Abstract: An aluminum alloy having improved strength and ductility, comprising: Cu 3.5-5.8 wt. %, Mg O.2-1.5 wt. % Mn 0.2-0.5 wt. % Ag 0.2-0.8 wt. % Ti 0.02-0.12 wt. % and optionally one or more selected from the group consisting of Cr 0.1-0.8 wt. %, Hf 0.1-1.0 wt. %, Sc 0.03-0.6 wt. %, and V 0.05-0.15 wt. %, balance aluminum and incidental elements and impurities, and wherein the alloy is substantially zirconium-free.

Abstract: Titanium alloys with a sufficient cold workability and excellent superplasticity characteristics as shown in the (1) and (2) below, and a method for manufacturing a titanium alloy material as shown in the (3) below are provided. (1) A titanium alloy consisting of, by mass %, Al of 2.0 to 4.0%, V of 4.0 to 9.0%, Zr of 0 to 2.0%, Sn of 0 to 3.0% and the balance being Ti and impurities. (2) A titanium alloy consisting of, by mass %, Al of 2.0 to 4.0%, V of 4.0 to 9.0%, Zr of 0 to 2.0%, Sn of 0 to 3.0%, further one or more elements selected from Fe of 0.20 to 1.0%, Cr of 0.01 to 1.0%, Cu of 0.01 to 1.0% and Ni of 0.01 to 1.0%, and the balance being Ti and impurities, wherein Veq obtained by the following equation (1) is in a range of 4.0 to 9.5: Veq=V+1.9Cr+3.75Fe??(1) where a symbol on a right side of the equation (1) means a content of each element.

Abstract: A copper alloy having an improved combination of yield strength and electrical conductivity consists essentially of, by weight, from 1% to 2.5% of nickel, from 0.5% to 2.0% of cobalt, with a total nickel plus cobalt content of from 1.7% to 4.3%, from 0.5% to 1.5% of silicon with a ratio of (Ni+Co)/Si of between 3.5 and 6, and the balance copper and inevitable impurities wherein the wrought copper alloy has an electrical conductivity in excess of 40% IACS. A further increase in the combination of yield strength and electrical conductivity as well as enhanced resistance to stress relaxation is obtained by a further inclusion of up 1% of silver. A process to manufacture the alloys of the invention as well as other copper-nickel-silicon alloys includes the sequential steps of (a). casting the copper alloy; (b). hot working the cast copper-base alloy to effect a first reduction in cross-sectional area; (c).

Abstract: A large-heat-input butt-welded joint of welded structures prepared by butt-welding high-strength steel plates over 50 mm in thickness, having excellent brittle fracture resistance, is characterized by: (a1) the hardness of the weld metal is not more than 110% of the hardness of the base metal or (a2) the hardness of the weld metal is not less than 70% and not more than 110% of the hardness of the base metal, and, as required, (b) the width of the weld metal is not more than 70% of the plate thickness of the base metal, (c) the width of the region affected by welding whose hardness is softened to not more than 95% of the hardness of the non-heat-affected base metal has a width not less than 5 mm, and/or (d) the prior austenite grain size in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) contacting the welding fusion line is not more than 200 ?m.

Abstract: An article having a nickel-titanium alloy and a homogeneous dispersion of discrete particles. The discrete particles are substantially free of nickel and titanium. A method of making the article includes melting a substantially equiatomic composition of nickel and titanium to form an alloy and dispersing a discrete particle in the alloy to form an ingot. The melting and dispersing are performed at a temperature above the alloying temperature of the composition and below the melting temperature of the discrete particle. The ingot is hot worked to form a processed ingot. The processed ingot is cold worked and annealed to form the article.

Abstract: An article made of a medical alloy having two or more alloying elements, and a uniform dispersion of discrete particles, which are substantially free of the two or more alloying elements. A method of making the article includes melting a composition having two or more alloying elements to form an alloy and dispersing a discrete particle in the alloy to form an ingot. The melting and dispersing are performed at a temperature above the alloying temperature of the composition and below the melting temperature of the discrete particle. The ingot is hot worked to form a processed ingot. The processed ingot is cold worked and annealed to form the article.

Abstract: A method for tempering a workpiece is provided. The method includes providing a ferrous alloy workpiece having a martensite and/or bainite phase therein, heating at least a portion of the workpiece to a preselected temperature and then cooling the workpiece to a lower temperature. The preselected temperature is below the austensizing temperature of the alloy and the heating is accomplished in no more than 60 seconds. One embodiment of the present invention heats the workpiece using resistance heating.

Abstract: High-strength steel sheet excellent in hole-expandability and ductility, characterized by; comprising, in mass %, C: not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.20%, Si: not more than 1.5%, Al: not more than 1.5%, Mn: not less than 0.5% and not more than 3.5%, P: not more than 0.2%, S: not less than 0.0005% and not more than 0.009%, N: not more than 0.009%, Mg: not less than 0.0006% and not more than 0.01%, 0: not more than 0.005% and Ti: not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.20% and/or Nb: not less than 0.01% and not more than 0.10%, with the balance consisting iron and unavoidable impurities, having Mn %, Mg %, S % and O % satisfying equations (1) to (3), and having the structure primarily comprising one or more of ferrite, bainite and martensite. [Mg%]?([O%]/16×0.8)×24??(1) [S%]?([Mg%]/24?[O%]/16×0.8+0.00012)×32??(2) [S%]?0.

Abstract: A copper alloy for electric and electronic instruments, containing Ni of 1 to 3 mass %, Ti of 0.2 to 1.2 mass %, any one or both of Mg and Zr of 0.02 to 0.2 mass %, and Zn of 0.1 to 1 mass %, with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities, in which the copper alloy contains at least one of an intermetallic compound comprising Ni, Ti and Mg, an intermetallic compound comprising Ni, Ti and Zr, or an intermetallic compound comprising Ni, Ti, Mg and Zr, and the copper alloy has a stress relaxation rate of 20% or less after holding the alloy at 150° C. for 1,000 hours; and a method of producing the copper alloy for electric and electronic instruments.

Abstract: A customizable handbag, wherein attachable articles are attached to a handbag using matched sets of fasteners on the handbag and the attachable articles. The attachable articles can change the appearance of the handbag by allowing the user to change the color, pattern and texture of the handbag.

Abstract: A wallet comprises a back layer and at least one front layer stitched to the back layer around a part of a perimeter thereof to define at least one pocket in the wallet. At least one of the layers is composed of a stainless steel fabric and preferably all of the layers are composed of stainless steel fabric. The threads of which the woven stainless steel fabric is composed are preferably of an Inox alloy, especially Inox 316L stainless steel with a metric mesh number between 350 and 550 and composed of stainless steel threads with a thickness generally of 0.25 mm to 0.35 mm. More preferably, the mesh number is 440 and the thread thickness is 0.28.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire having excellent drainage property and performances on snow, a central main groove 2 and a side main groove 4 and first and second gently slant grooves 5, 6 are arranged in a tread portion 1, and the first and second gently slant grooves 5, 6 are terminated in a central land portion 9 between the central main groove 2 and the side main groove 4, and first and second fine grooves 7, 8 are further arranged so as to extend from terminal ends 11, 12 of the first and second gently slant grooves 5, 6 toward the central main groove 2 and open thereto, respectively.

Abstract: A slip-preventing device has plural sets of arm frames for a tire. Each set of the arm frames has a pair of crossing components, an inner side component and a pair of outer side components. Each pair of the crossing components is bent closely on the tread of the tire so as to extend to part of an inner sidewall and to part of an outer sidewall. The inner side component connects bent parts of the pair of-crossing components with each other along part of the curved surface of the inner sidewall: Each pair of the outer side components extends in the circumferential direction of the tire along part of the curved surface of the outer sidewall from bent parts of the pair of the crossing components. Each of the arm frames has: a link unit at each leading end of the outer side components so as to link detachably with the other arm frame fitted next in the installation on the tire. The arm frames are linked with each other only by the link unit.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly comprises a pneumatic tire manufactured by vulcanization using an expandable bladder for molding an inner surface of the tire, the bladder with at least one vent groove extending on its outer surface, the inner surface of the tire being provided with at least one projecting stripe molded by the vent groove of the bladder, and a noise damper being attached to the inner surface of the tire and extending in the circumferential direction of the tire, wherein the projecting stripe comprises at least one first projecting stripe extending in an adhesion region to which the noise damper is attached, and the first projecting part has a height of from 0.2 to 1.0 mm, a width of from 0.4 to 1.6 mm and an virtual section area of from 0.08 to 1.00 mm2.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire and noise damper assembly comprises a pneumatic tire, a noise damper being attached to an inner surface of the tire and extending in the circumferential direction of the tire, and a protective cover being detachably attached to the tire and protecting the noise damper from ultraviolet rays and water.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire and rim assembly is provided in the cavity with a noise damper in which a sponge material extending in a circumferential direction of the tire and having a volume v2 of 0.4 to 20% of entire volume v1 of the cavity, wherein the noise damper comprises a fixing surface fixed to a surface which surrounds the tire cavity, and a free surface directed to the tire cavity, a maximum value of thickness from the fixing surface to the free surface is in a range of 5 to 50 mm, including a thick mountain portion and a thin valley portion; and at least one of outer ends of the noise damper in the circumferential direction of the tire is formed into an inclined surface portion comprising a first inclined surface rising from the fixing surface and a second inclined surface extending from, the first inclined surface to the free surface.

Abstract: A runflat tire having an improved runflat durability and including sidewall-reinforcing rubber layer 10 having a crescent-shaped cross section disposed axially inward of carcass 6 in sidewall portion 3, wherein the carcass 6 comprises at least one carcass ply 6A in which carcass cords made of an aramid fiber or a polyethylene naphthalate fiber are arranged at an angle of 70 to 90° with respect to the circumferential direction and are covered with a topping rubber.

Abstract: A runflat tire having an improved ride comfort performance without impairing the runflat durability, and comprising a carcass 6 and sidewall-reinforcing rubber layers 9 having a crescent-shaped cross section disposed axially inward of carcass 6 in sidewall portion 3, wherein each sidewall-reinforcing rubber layer 9 comprises at least a radially outermost first rubber portion 9a and a second rubber portion 9b which is contiguous to the first rubber portion 9a and extends toward a bead portion 4, and the second rubber portion 9b has a complex modulus E*2 of at least 1.1 times the complex modulus E*1 of the first rubber portion 9a.

Abstract: high elongation cable and a tire having a tread belt with an extensible reinforcing cable is provided. The high elongation cable has a 3×7×m or a 4×7×m construction, wherein m is comprised of at least two layers, wherein the outermost layer is comprised of a plurality of twisted filaments, said filaments having a diameter d, wherein the spacing between said twisted filaments is less than the diameter d.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprising a carcass structure having at least one carcass ply of reinforcing cords extending between a pair of opposing bead portions, a belt structure having at least two plies of parallel cords radially outward of the carcass structure, and a tread radially outward of the belt structure. The cords of at least one of the plies of either the carcass structure or the belt structure are a monofilament cord having a cross-sectional configuration defined by a scalloped circumference.

Abstract: The tire includes a first and second axially-spaced bead core, a carcass having at least one belt extending under a tread, and a first ply layer having first and second ends, a first end is located axially outside and adjacent a first bead core, and a second end that is located axially outside and adjacent a second bead core. The carcass further comprises first and second shoulder ply layers each shoulder ply layer having first and second ends, a first end is located under the tread belt, the shoulder ply extending down the side wall region with the second end folding from a position axially outside a respective bead core to a position axially inside and around the bead core. The carcass further comprises an additional reinforcement layer which wraps around the bead and is preferably positioned between the shoulder ply and the first ply layer, although not required.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a carcass ply with carcass cords. The carcass cords comprise high tenacity vinylon fiber, polyethylene naphthalate fiber or polyalylate fiber. viscoelasticity characteristics per one cord at 120° C. of the carcass cord satisfy the following equations (1) to (3): B>0??(1) B?0.0000437×A+0.042857??(2) B??0.00003636×A+0.163636??(3) (wherein “A” represents a product of complex modulus E*(N/cm2) and cross-sectional area “S” (cm2) of cord), and “B” represents a loss tangent tan?).

Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to webs, components, composites, and strands comprising re-activatable adhesive compositions, as well as health-and-hygiene products employing such webs, components, composites, and strands. By inputting energy to the web, component, composite, or strand (including, for example, an elastic web, component, composite, or strand) comprising a re-activatable adhesive composition, the adhesive is activated (i.e., rendered tacky) so that it can be used to join or adhere the web, component, composite, or strand to another material (or another location on the same web, component, composite, or strand). Generally, energy will be inputted to the adhesive in the form of infrared heat, heat, or ultrasonic energy, although any energy form may be used, so long as the energy is capable of activating the adhesive. Prior to activation, webs, components, composites, and strands comprising such re-activatable adhesives are convenient to handle because the adhesive is not yet tacky.

Abstract: A desired fabric pattern is glued to a top surface of a polymeric crease resistant backing material and a threaded outline of the pattern is stitched to the backing material. The design pattern is cut away from the backing material not covered by the threaded outline and double sided sticky tape is applied to a back surface of the backing material so that the design pattern can be removably applied to a wall surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a machine for producing a seam (12) which is not susceptible to coming undone, with at least one interlooped and/or interlaced stitching thread and with stitching passes in or through at least one thickness of the material of an object, called the sewn object (3). The seam (12) is produced with at least one stitching thread having a thermoplastic material at least on its exterior. At least one infrared laser beam (17, 18) is applied locally to the seam (12) on the exterior of the sewn object (3), which laser beam is adapted to soften punctually the thermoplastic material present on the exterior of at least one strand of thread extending on the exterior of the sewn object (3) and adjacent to at least one other strand of thread. An air jet enables mingling of the softened fibres and at least one pressing device (6) is then applied to the softened and mingled thermoplastic material of at least one strand of thread of so as to join punctually the adjacent strands together.

Abstract: In order to seal the corner joint of an elastoplastic tape placed as a spacer on a glass pane, a film strip is pressed with a first portion of its length against the first leg section of the spacer and the protruding portion of the film strip is wrapped around the corner and pressed against the second leg section. For the purpose of automating this process, the film strip is severed mechanically from an automatically supplied film tape and held via a transfer apparatus which thereafter presses the film strip with the first portion of its length against the first leg section. The portion of the film strip protruding freely over the corner is wrapped around the corner via a pressure carriage and pressed by tautening against the second leg section of the spacer.

Abstract: An expandable bladder has at least one first layer of a natural or synthetic rubber-based material or a mixture thereof, and one second layer of silicone material, radially external to the first layer. The first and second layers have an undulated interface profile defining mechanical-engagement elements between the first and second elastomer materials. A process for manufacturing a bladder as well as a tyre manufacturing apparatus incorporating bladders is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a colored reinforced article of manufacture having a substantially uniform distribution of color. The colored reinforced article of manufacture comprises a fiber-reinforced thermosetting resin matrix and a non-appertured colored veil in the thermosetting resin matrix.

Abstract: A method for producing an elongate hollow member that includes a laterally protruding mounting component, the mounting component is formed from the hollow member. For this purpose the latter, at a point about a horizontal axis intersecting the central longitudinal axis of the hollow component at an angle of approximately 45°, is bent upwards or downwards at an angle of approximately 90°, such that the bent section projects transversely in relation to the longitudinal extent of the remainder of the component. The lateral projection of the bent section is then angled at an offset height in relation to the remainder of the component to form the mounting component.

Abstract: Methods of making, using and applying a composition to an exposed surface are disclosed using a disposable applicator. The method of making the disposable applicator includes forming a back sheet and a liquid permeable substrate. The substrate is secured to the back sheet and a composition is applied to the substrate. The composition is capable of being transferred onto an exposed surface by wiping the substrate against the exposed surface. A seal is formed on at least a portion of the back sheet. The back sheet is then folded upon itself such that the seal extends completely around the substrate to protect the composition. The methods of using and applying a composition to an exposed surface include breaking the seal and opening the back sheet, grasping the back sheet in one hand and wiping the substrate onto the exposed surface.

Abstract: A method of bonding material in a process system for producing a bonded product includes the steps of loading a plurality of rolls of elastomeric material in an unwind system; programming a controller with an unwind speed and a rewind speed, the controller in communication with the unwind system and a rewinder disposed downstream from the unwind system for respective communication of the unwind and rewind speeds to the unwind system and the rewinder; unwinding a quantity of material from the plurality of rolls of elastomeric material into a pressure bonder disposed upstream of the rewinder, the pressure bonder and the rewinder operating faster than the unwind system operating at the unwind speed to generate a speed differential, wherein the speed differential imparts a stretch state to the quantity of material; and bonding the stretched quantity of material with the pressure bonder.

Abstract: There is provided a mounting apparatus capable of forming dicing tapes in the process of feeding-out a strip material, and sticking the dicing tape to a ring frame to fix a semiconductor wafer. The mounting apparatus 10 sticks the dicing tape to the ring frame RF to fix the semiconductor wafer to the ring frame in a state that the ring frame RF and the semiconductor wafer W are disposed on a table 11. The mounting apparatus 10 includes a pre-cut means 13 for forming a cut L in a state of half cut in a film FL of a strip material A to form a dicing tape T in the process of feeding out the strip material A and a sticking means 34 for peeling off the dicing tape from a base sheet S to stick the dicing tape to the ring frame RF.

Abstract: An optical film stack includes a plurality of optical films held together by electrostatic force. Liners, which may also be held to the optical film stack by electrostatic force, protect the optical film stack to form an optical film unit. Multiple optical films may be stacked onto each other and efficiently assemble into an optical display. In addition, the optical film stack has no exposed adhesive, which tends to collect dust and particles or transfer to other parts of the display if the edges of the optical films are misaligned relative to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a gliding board (10), characterized in that it comprises the following distinct steps, which involve: manufacturing a foam preform (23) of core (24) by at least one shaping step by machining; proceeding with shaping the core (24) by thermoforming the foam preform (23) with material compression; covering the core (24) with an outer skin (26).

Abstract: A method of forming a fabric covered article includes providing a substrate and trim cover laminate. The trim cover laminate includes a trim cover portion and a heat-activated adhesive portion laminated to a B-side surface of the trim cover portion, the adhesive portion defining an exposed surface. The exposed surface of the adhesive portion is exposed to heat, thereby activating the adhesive portion. The substrate is positioned onto the activated adhesive portion of the trim cover laminate to bring the substrate and the trim cover portion into contact with one another, thereby forming a fabric covered article.

Abstract: A process for laser welding objects comprising the thermoplastic polymer compositions comprising a material having voids.

Abstract: This publication discloses an electronic module and a method for manufacturing an electronic module, in which a component (6) is glued (5) to the surface of a conductive layer, from which conductive layer conductive patterns (14) are later formed. A conductive adhesive, preferably an anisotropically conductive adhesive, is used in the gluing. After gluing the component (6), an insulating-material layer (1), which surrounds the component (6) attached to the conductive layer, is formed on, or attached to the surface of the conductive layer. After this, conductive patterns (14) are made from the conductive layer, to the surface of which the component (6) is glued.

Abstract: A method of protecting a bond layer in a substrate support adapted for use in a plasma processing system. The method includes the steps of attaching an upper member of a substrate support to a lower member of a substrate support with a bonding material. An adhesive is applied to an outer periphery of the upper member and to an upper periphery of the lower member, and a protective ring is positioned around the outer periphery of the upper member and the upper periphery of the lower member. The protective ring is originally fabricated with dimensions that provide mechanical stability and workability. The protective ring is then machined to an exact set of final dimensions consistent with the design of the substrate support application.

Abstract: A centering device (13) is arranged to surround a loading table (11) on which a lens blank (1) is to be set, to set the geometric center of the lens blank (1) to coincide with the center of the loading table (11). The centering device (13) includes three clamp pins (31) which press the peripheral surface of the lens blank (1). When centering is ended, the loading table (11) on which the lens blank (1) is set is pushed up by a moving device (12) from a centering position (H1) to a block position (H2), and a peripheral portion of the lens blank (1) on a concave surface side is urged against the lower surfaces of locking portions (31A) of clamp pins (31). After a predetermined amount of wax (4) is dripped onto the lens blank (1), a lens holding unit (2) is moved downward by a predetermined amount and urged against the wax on the lens blank (1) to spread the wax thin and let the wax to solidify. Thus, the lens blank (1) and lens holding unit (2) are bonded to each other.

Abstract: An erect honeycomb fiber foam and its manufacturing method that mix a highly contractible PET fiber with an elastic low melt PET fiber, open the fibers by an opening machine, card the fibers into a fiber net by a carding machine, cut the fiber net into a 90-degree continuous perpendicular and parallel fiber net by a cutting machine, and bake the fiber net in an oven by a hot wind such that the highly contractible PET fiber is crimp when heated and the elastic low melt PET fiber is melted and entangled with the highly contractible PET fiber. Layers of fibers of the fiber net are contracted to form a complex cellular form and give a stable elasticity, and the erect honeycomb fiber foam can be cut in a desired thickness. The present invention can replace the existing foam and is applicable for filtering, insulating heat, and absorbing sound.

Abstract: An apparatus and a clocked method for pressure-sintered bonding of a plurality of chiplike components to conductor tracks on a substrate. The apparatus has a pressing device, a conveyor belt, and a further device for covering the substrate with a protective film. The pressing device is suitable for clocked operation and has a pressing die with a silicone pressure cushion and a heatable pressing table. The conveyor belt is pressure-stable and extends directly above the pressing table. The protective film is disposed between the substrate, with the components disposed thereon, and the pressing die. During the clocked method, the top side of the substrate is covered with the protective film, and then the pressure-sintering operation is started by pressing the pressure cushion onto the top side of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention makes an improvement of the sensitivity (accuracy) of monitoring of an amount of etching or remaining amount of etching on the surface of a sample to be processed of a plasma processing apparatus compatible with a long-term continuous stable operation. A transparent body end face of a light introducing section which detects a wavelength of reflected light from the surface of the sample to be processed 3 and a variation in light intensity of each wavelength is placed at a spatial distance equal to or greater than 5 times a mean free path of gas molecules in a vacuum chamber 1 from a boundary of plasma.

Abstract: A shaping drum for a tire blank comprising bottom zones formed of a circular reinforcement ring which is moved in rotation about an axis XX?, comprising bead-holding means (2a, 2b) mounted opposite one another on a central spindle. Each of the bead-holding means comprises a support (5a, 5b) mounted to be axially movably relative to the spindle. An assembly of return segments (9a, 9b) is distributed circumferentially around the axis XX?, which circulate radially between two circular rings (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b) fixed on the support (5a, 5b), and comprises a bead-receiving seat (10a, 10b). A turn-up membrane (12a, 12b) can slide over the bead-receiving seat, anchored in an airtight manner by its two ends (121a, 122a, 121b, 122b) on the radially outer circumference of the circular rings (6a, 7a, 6b, 7b) and anchored mechanically by appropriate means (14a, 14b) on the return segments (9a, 9b) along a circumferential anchoring line (90a).

Abstract: Disclosed are a sponge applicator device, and a tube dispenser for adhesive compositions and adhesive components which comprise a sponge applicator device. The tube includes an upper neck body which is cylindrical with exterior threads so that the sponge applicator cap may be attached. The sponge applicator comprises a rigid cap portion having interior threads, a cylindrical top end having a longitudinal channel, an absorbent, porous applicator material covering the external opening of said longitudinal channel, and a lance centered within the said threaded cap and coaxial with said longitudinal channel. The porous applicator material may be affixed to the end of the top end with an adhesive, or held in place by a snap ring.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing double-faced corrugated paperboards is provided, which exerts uniform pressure and enlarge the heated area during the adhesion of a single-faced corrugated paperboard and a liner into a double-faced corrugated paperboard. The device mainly contains a number of flexible, strip-shaped, pressurizing members arranged in parallel along the advancing direction of the paperboard, each of which is suspended by two ore more lifting members which can lower the pressurizing member down to the paperboard and lift the pressurizing member up from the paperboard.

Abstract: A shutter curtain lifting prevention structure comprises a shutter curtain formed by connecting a plurality of slats via an interlock portion in the vertical direction, guide rails standing on both sides of an opening of the construction, and a cutout recess being integrally formed at the guide groove of each guide rail. The cutout recess is formed by horizontally cutting out the interior side plane portion of the front face located above and in the vicinity of the floor surface, such that when a bottom plate of the shutter curtain kept in a shut state is lifted, a connection portion of the bottom plate and the slat, which is opposed to the cutout recess is made engaged by the engaging portion defined by the cutout recess, thus preventing lifting of the shutter curtain.

Abstract: A screening device with a movable screen and an automating system (1) for mobile screens is disclosed comprising at least one mobile screen (2), guiding means for the movement of the mobile screen (2), compressing means for a fluid, channelling and controlling means for such fluid, internal magnetic elements connected to the mobile screen (2) and external magnetic elements (3) cooperating with the internal magnetic elements.

Abstract: A paper pulp used in papermaking is produced as follows: fiber material is fed into a precipitation reactor; a reactive mineral material is fed into the reactor; the reactive mineral material and the fiber material are combined to form a fiber suspension in the reactor and/or before feeding these materials into the reactor; a gas containing a precipitant is fed into the reactor thereby precipitating the reactive mineral material in order to form a gas space containing the precipitant; the fiber suspension fed into the reactor and/or formed there is dispersed into small parts into the gas space, whereby the precipitated mineral material forms a filler on the fibers; the treated fiber suspension is discharged from the reactor; the filler-containing paper pulp is fed to the forming section of the paper machine; water is removed from the paper pulp; and the resulting paper web is dried and finished.

Abstract: A method of loading a fibrous stock suspension containing chemical pulp fibers with calcium carbonate including the steps of: adding one of calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide in one of a liquid form and a dry form into the fibrous stock suspension; adding gaseous carbon dioxide into the fibrous stock suspension; precipitating of the calcium carbonate through said carbon dioxide; and refining of the fibrous stock suspension during said precipitating step.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for modifying a lignocellulosic fibre material. In particular, the present invention gives new properties to the fibrous matrix of the material. This is achieved by producing fibrous products with modified properties by activating the fibres of the matrix with an oxidizing agent and attaching compounds to the activated fibre in order to incorporate desired, pre-selected properties in to the fibre matrix. The invention makes possible to produce novel kinds of fibrous materials having practically a large variety of properties. Examples of such properties include hydrophobic hydrophilic character.