Abstract: The specification discloses a method for affixing a strip to an underlying web substrate. According to the method, a substrate web having at least one surface is provided and at least one strip is applied over at least a portion of the substrate surface such that at least a significant portion of an underside surface of the strip disposed adjacent the substrate surface is unbounded to the substrate. A polymer coating is extruded over both the substrate surface and the strip. The strip is thereby affixed to the substrate surface by the coating while the portion of the underside surface of the strip remains substantially unbounded to the substrate surface. At the same time, a substantial portion of an upper surface of the strip adjacent the polymer coating layer is bonded to the coating layer. Also disclosed are packaging materials formed from the reinforced substrate.

Abstract: A sticker structure includes a transparent paper, a release paper of a back glue of which is printed with a pattern, and a simile paper which is printed with multiple variations of colors. The transparent paper is used as a bottom, the simile paper is used as a top, and they are fed in and printed at the same time. After the transparent paper and the simile paper are affixed together, the aligned stickers are constituted by forming once with a guillotine molding, to provide for an affixing at a side as an index, such that a data searching can be clearer and convenient, and the simile paper can be written with a water pen, thereby improving a practicability of the sticker. The release paper is provided with a weak glue of strong stickiness, such that the sticker can be affixed more firmly, and can be affixed repeatedly.

Abstract: Supplemental labels and methods of manufacturing supplemental labels are disclosed herein. A supplemental label according to an embodiment includes a presentation portion having a front face and a coupling portion extending from the presentation portion and having opposed front and rear faces. The presentation portion front face includes indicia. Transparent adhesive is adhered to the coupling portion rear face to removably couple the coupling portion to an object. The presentation portion includes a first material, and first and second sheets of transparent laminate sandwich the first material and comprise the coupling portion.

Abstract: Supplemental labels and methods of manufacturing supplemental labels are disclosed herein. A supplemental label according to an embodiment includes a presentation portion having a front face and a coupling portion coupled to the presentation portion. The front face has a printable area and includes a print-receiving medium. The coupling portion is transparent and has opposed front and rear faces. The rear face has an adhesive, and at least a portion of the adhesive is exposed to removably couple the coupling portion to the object. A supplemental label according to an embodiment includes a presentation portion having a front face and a coupling portion coupled to the presentation portion. The front face has a printable area and includes a print-receiving medium. The coupling portion is transparent, has opposed front and rear faces, and extends beyond the presentation portion. The rear face of the coupling portion has a transparent adhesive.

Abstract: A protective floor film adhesive composition includes an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive having an inherent viscosity in a range of 0.3 dl/g or greater, a cross-linker, and a plasticizer compatible with the acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive. The adhesive composition has a glass transition temperature of ?10 degrees Celsius or less, and the adhesive composition has an initial 180 degree peel adhesion test value of 5 oz/in or greater and builds to a final 180 degree peel adhesion test value of 40 oz/in or less, and a haze test value of 10% or less. Protective floor film articles and methods of protecting flooring are also described.

Abstract: In a method for sealing an opening in a component (18) a sealing plug (10) is produced in a shape of use which ensures a sufficient tightness. The sealing plug (10) is treated thermally so that the sealing plug (10) takes on a mounting shape which differs from the shape of use. The sealing plug is inserted in the opening and treated again thermally so that in the opening the sealing plug (10) takes on the shape of use again.

Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds of formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV) and their use in the recording layer of an optical recording medium comprising a substrate, a recording layer and optionally one or more reflecting layers.

Abstract: Method for producing a micro- or nano-mechanical part, for example a pulley or belt for clock/watch making, comprising a laser ablation step which is performed with the aid of a femtolaser, i.e. a laser having a pulse with a duration of less than 5×10?13 seconds and a power greater than 1012 watts on the beam/material interaction surface. The part to be machined is pre-modeled in three dimensions and said three-dimensional model is used to generate the machining program.

Abstract: This invention discloses a protective disc and structure to hold an optical data disc to the protective disc so that if the during use the combination of the data disc and protective disc are mishandled the protective disc does not permit the data to become scratched. Instead the protective disc might become scratched. The data disc is held to the protective disc in a releasable fashion so that it can be removed from the protective disc and attached to another if the first protective disc becomes scratched. The data disc can be held to the protective disc by a band which extends entirely around the circumference of a data disc. The band can be comprised of two semicircular rings which are held together by hinges and/or by clasps so that as the semicircular rings are brought together they surround the edges of the protective disc and the data disc and hold the discs together. Alternatively, the band can be made of a continuous ring of heat shrink material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat insulator that is extremely low in environmental load during production and recycling, is superior in handleability and workability, and shows favorable heat-insulating properties over an extended period of time. The present invention relates to vacuum heat insulator, comprising at least a core member and an external packaging member that stores the core member and can keep inside under reduced pressure, wherein the core member is a sheet-shaped fiber aggregate containing a polyester fiber having fiber size of 1 to 6 deniers in an amount of 50 wt % or more.

Abstract: Improve ASTM E-84 flame spread index and smoke developed index ratings of polyisocyanurate or urethane-modified isocyanurate foams by coating one or both major planar surfaces of a foam body or board with an intumescent coating material that contains expandable graphite and a silicate. If desired, provide reinforcement for the intumescent coating when it intumesces using a material such as a carbon veil mat or a fiberglass mat. Add a moisture vapor barrier layer to minimize water-induced degradation or water absorption of the foam.

Abstract: A method of producing an entangled sheet of microfine long fibers using long fibers for forming microfine fibers. The method includes a step of forming a long-fiber web made of long fibers for forming microfine fibers, at least one component of the long fibers being a water-soluble, thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol resin; a step of entangling the long-fiber web to form a long-fiber entangled sheet; a step of shrinking the long-fiber entangled sheet to form a long-fiber shrunk sheet; and a step of converting the long fibers for forming microfine fibers in the long-fiber shrunk sheet to microfine long fibers, thereby producing the entangled sheet of microfine long fibers. The step of entangling is conducted so as to allow the long-fiber entangled sheet to have an interlaminar peel strength of 2 kg/2.5 cm or more. The step of shrinking is conducted so as to shrink in an areal shrinkage of 35% or more.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flocked article and method for forming the flocked article in which a surface to be flocked is first roughened to provide a stronger bond with the flock adhesive. The flocked article includes a plurality of flock fibers adhered directly, or as an assembly containing flock, to an adhesive that is also adhered to a roughened surface of a material. The method of forming the flocked article can include forming a flocked article by contacting a laser-ablated roughened surface of a material with an adhesive that binds the material to a plurality of flock fibers or a flocked containing assembly containing a plurality of flock fibers.

Abstract: A method of producing a carpet or rug pursuant to a tufting process, including tufting pile threads into a tuft substrate, and guiding the back side of the tuft substrate along while pressing the back side, together with the loops of the pile threads pierced through the tuft substrate, against a heated drum. At a predetermined temperature, the loops of the pierced-through pile threads begin to melt, and at a predetermined pressure are pressed flat against the tuft substrate.

Abstract: A polycrystalline silicon thin film having grains defined by grain boundaries is provided. The polycrystalline silicon thin film is formed by interposing a cover layer between an amorphous silicon layer and a metal layer to diffuse the metal into the amorphous silicon layer through the cover layer, removing the cover layer, crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer to be changed to a polycrystalline silicon layer, depositing a metal on the polycrystalline silicon layer, and annealing the polycrystalline silicon layer.

Abstract: A honeycomb body includes a housing and a plurality of layers with a curved profile and a predetermined length. Each layer includes at least one at least partially structured metal foil forming a multiplicity of passages with a passage cross section. A majority of the layers have different lengths than one another. A process for producing a honeycomb body, a process for treating exhaust gas, and an exhaust gas assembly, are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus. In one embodiment, this apparatus includes a substrate having a surface, and a plurality of nanostructures each having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each of the plurality of nanostructures is attached to the surface. At least a portion of the second ends of the plurality of nanostructures, in this embodiment, are bent toward one another to form two or more similarly configured clumps each including two or more nanostructures.

Abstract: An elastic nonwoven composite that contains an elastic film laminated to one or more nonwoven web materials is provided. The composite is formed by passing the film through a nip to bond the film to the nonwoven web material(s). Concurrent with bond formation, apertures are also formed in the elastic film. The apertures are of a size sufficient to provide a desired level of texture, softness, hand feel, and/or aesthetic appeal to the composite without having a significant adverse effect on its elastic properties. Aperture and bond formation are accomplished in the present invention by selectively controlling certain parameters of the lamination process, such as film content, bonding pattern, degree of film tension, bonding conditions, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a medical adhesive tape or sheet having a superior texture, which can be easily cut with hands to form a good cross-section. The medical adhesive tape or sheet of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a support, which is a multi-layer laminate of non-woven fabrics having different fiber diameters and treated with a sealer, and an adhesive layer laminated on one surface of the support, wherein at least the support is perforated, the perforation forms plural pores sequenced at least in one direction, the ratio (b/a) of interval a of the perforated part and interval b of the non-perforated part in one direction is 1-1.5, and the ratio (c/d) of the tensile strength c in the longitudinal direction and the tensile strength d in the width direction is 0.8-1.7.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing screen elements for use with vibratory separators are disclosed. The screen elements include a curved structural frame with perforations therein, the perforations designed to maximize both open area and process liquid throughput. At least one layer of screen cloth is attached to the curved structural frame by means of fluidized powdered epoxy resin.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a molecular electronic device, the method comprising: fabricating a substrate having a plurality of banks defining wells for the deposition of molecular material; and depositing molecular electronic material into said wells, dissolved in a solvent, using a droplet deposition technique, to fabricate said device; wherein a said bank has a face, defining an edge of said well, at an angle to a base of the well of greater than a contact angle of said solvent with said bank face; and wherein a height of a said bank above a said base of a said well is less than 2 ?m, and more preferably less than 1.5 ?m.

Abstract: In an injection compression molding method of the present invention, dies 11, 12 are clamped with low pressure and a melted thermoplastic resin composition 16 is filled in a cavity space 13 from a gate while moving the cavity space 13 relative to the gate 30, and then the dies 11, 12 are clamped with a high pressure substantially simultaneously with completion of the filling to compress and form the thermoplastic resin composition 16 filled in the cavity space 13. Since the thermoplastic resin composition containing a high content of thermally-conductive filler such as an electrically-conductive filler can be injected and compressed to be molded, the present invention can be applied in manufacturing molding such as a fuel cell separator and a flat antenna.

Abstract: A support structure includes a first layer of foam material and a second layer of elastomeric gel material. In accordance with one example, the first layer of foam material includes a first side with a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of channels with the second layer of elastomeric gel material disposed within the plurality of channels. In accordance with another example, the first layer of foam material includes a first side with a plurality of protrusions and a network of channels surrounding at least one of the plurality of protrusions with the second layer of elastomeric gel material disposed within the network of channels. A third layer extends over the first support surface of the protrusions and the second support surface of the second layer of gel material. In accordance with yet another example, the first layer of foam material includes a first side with a plurality of protrusions extending through corresponding Shapertures of the second layer.

Abstract: A granular composite and roofing material covered by such composite comprising reflective roofing granules and traditional roofing granules to create a granule composite having a total solar reflectance of greater than 0.19, and a CIELAB coordinate L* of less than 75.

Abstract: A method of patterning a first material on a polymeric substrate is described. The method includes providing a polymeric film substrate having a major surface with a relief pattern including a recessed region and an adjacent raised region, depositing a first material onto the major surface of the polymeric film substrate to form a coated polymeric film substrate, forming a layer of a functionalizing material selectively on the raised region of the coated polymeric film substrate to form a functionalized raised region and an unfunctionalized recessed region, and etching the first material from the polymeric substrate selectively from the unfunctionalized recessed region.

Abstract: Described is a multi-layer body (11, 12) having a replication lacquer layer (22). A first relief structure (25, 125, 65) is shaped into the replication lacquer layer (22) in a first region of the multi-layer body in a plane defined by co-ordinate axes x and y and an electrically conductive coating (23l, 23n, 123n) of a constant surface density is applied to the replication lacquer layer (22) in the first region of the multi-layer body (11, 12) and in an adjacent second region of the multi-layer body (11, 12). The first relief structure (25, 125, 65) is a structure with a high depth-to-width ratio in respect of the individual structure elements, in particular with a depth-to-width ratio>2. At least one perpendicular or almost perpendicular flank extends over the entire or almost the entire depth of the relief structure, the flank in that way reducing or suppressing electrical conductivity of the coating.

Abstract: Articles are provided that have fluorescent properties and that are suitable for use in making retroreflective articles such as safety and informational signage. The articles have at least one fluorescent film layer that exhibits excellent overall color durability while also providing chromaticity properties dictated by industry standards for a particular coloration. In a particular application, the articles embody retroreflective properties and are fluorescent yellow-green signs.

Abstract: A method of patterning a deposit metal on a polymeric substrate is described. The method includes providing a polymeric film substrate having a major surface with a relief pattern having a recessed region and an adjacent raised region, depositing a first material onto the major surface of the polymeric film substrate to form a coated polymeric film substrate, forming a layer of a functionalizing material selectively onto the raised region of the coated polymeric film substrate to form a functionalized raised region and an unfunctionalized recessed region, and depositing electrolessly a deposit metal selectively on the unfunctionalized recessed region.

Abstract: Methods of blocking stains on a substrate to be painted are disclosed, as are stain-blocking composites that are useful according to the disclosed methods. In a broad aspect, the methods include the steps of contacting a stained portion of the substrate with a dry film layer; applying pressure to the dry film layer to cause the dry film layer to adhere to the stained portion of the substrate and to at least a portion of the substrate adjacent the stained portion of the substrate; and subsequently coating the dry film layer and the adjacent substrate with one or more additional liquid coating layers.

Abstract: A camouflage coloring scheme is provided that includes a plurality of first images. Each of the plurality of first images represents an inanimate object or animate entity and comprising a first color. Each of the plurality of first images has substantially the same shape and size. The scheme comprises a plurality of second images, each of the second images representing an inanimate object or animate entity and comprising a second color. The second color is different from the first color, and wherein each of the plurality of second images has substantially the same shape and size. The first and second images comprise an affinity theme.

Abstract: An electrical component includes a ceramic base body that includes a surface that is partially ceramic, electrodes in the ceramic base body that have ends that form parts of the surface of the ceramic base body, and a bonding layer on the surface of the ceramic base body. The bonding layer has a composition such that, when the bonding layer is heated, the bonding layer is less adhesive to the ends of the electrodes than when not heated.

Abstract: The invention concerns a decorated injection molded article which is formed from at least one injected plastic material and at least one decorative element mechanically fixedly connected thereto, wherein the decorative element has one or more layer portions and provides a decoration and/or a protective layer for the injection molded article, wherein the injection molded article has at least one injection molded seam which is formed on the injected plastic material in the injection molding operation in the closing region of an injection molding mold or in the transitional region between at least two individual parts of the injection molding mold, and wherein the at least one decorative element only partially covers a surface region of the plastic material defined by an injection molded seam extending in an annular configuration on the plastic material and the decorative element has at least one protective lacquer layer and/or at least one decorative layer and adjoining the protective lacquer or decorative laye

Abstract: The present invention relates to a master substrate (10) for creating a high-density relief structure, particularly a master substrate (10) for making a stamper for the mass fabrication of optical discs or a master substrate for creating a stamp for micro contact printing, wherein an organic dye layer (12) is provided for creating the high-density relief structure. The present invention further relates to a method for providing a high density relief structure on a master substrate (10) comprising an organic dye layer (12), the method comprising the following steps: applying dye bleaching laser pulses on regions (30) of the master substrate (10) where pits (32) are to be formed; and removing the bleached regions (30) of the organic dye layer (12) by an etching process.

Abstract: The present invention offers sheet molding material for obtaining a thin fuel cell bipolar plate with excellent conductivity and thickness precision, production method thereof, and a fuel cell bipolar plate made by molding the sheet molding material. It relates to sheet molding material for a fuel cell bipolar plate and production method thereof, wherein the sheet molding material has carbon particle layer on at least one surface of the resin sheet, and the percentage of particles of carbon layer in the sheet molding material is 70% to 90% by weight.

Abstract: A flat panel display device is provided. The flat panel display device includes a display panel and a filter which is disposed at a front of the display panel and includes an external light shield layer. A base unit of the external light shield layer satisfies the following equation: 1.5×h3<h4<2.0×h3 where h3 indicates a drop height of a steel ball having a weigh of 5-9 g to generate a crack in a filter including no impact-resistant layer and h4 indicates a minimum drop height of the steel ball that can result in a crack in a filter including the impact-resistant layer. Therefore, the durability of the filter or the display panel against an external impact can be improved.

Abstract: A method and structure for forming a spring structure that avoids undesirable kinks in the spring is described. The method converts a portion of a release layer such that the converted portion resists etching. The converted portion then serves as an anchor region for a spring structure deposited over the release layer. When the non-converted portions of the release layer are etched, the spring curls out of the plane of a plane.

Abstract: A multi-function, multi-layer optical film is disclosed herein. The most basic structure of the optical film contains a first hard coat layer on a front surface of a transparent substrate. The first hard coat layer can integrate in itself the anti-glare, anti-smudge, anti-UV, and anti-static functions by blending appropriate amount of specific chemicals into the acrylate resin of the first hard coat layer. The first hard coat layer is made of acrylate resin containing an appropriate amount of polyoxetane polymers with pendant side chain having at least a fluorocarbon (C—F) bond. The constituent fluorine modifies the surface energy of the first hard coat layer so that additional function-enhancing layers can be developed from the front surface of the basic structure reliably.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer material for the production of protective clothing, in particular for firefighters, comprising, from the exterior toward the interior: a double-layer exterior fabric comprised of an exterior side and an interior side; optionally a membrane support; a waterproof/breathable membrane; optionally a thermal barrier; an interior lining. Characteristically, the exterior fabric has a weight equal to or greater than 285 g/m2 and the ratio between the weight per square meter of the layers located in front of the membrane and that of the layers located behind the membrane is greater than or equal to 1.8.

Abstract: A protective film for polarizing plate having a substrate film of a resin material and, laminated on at least one surface thereof directly or via another layer, an antireflection layer, characterized in that the substrate film has a photoelastic coefficient of less than 9×10?12 Pa?1 and a saturated water-absorbing percentage of less than 0.05%, and the resin material constituting the substrate film exhibits a warpage percentage of 1% or less when the film having an average thickness of 50 ?m and a dimension of 100 mm×100 mm is allowed to stand at 60° C. and a humidity of 95% for 500 hours is below 1%; a method for preparing the protective film for polarizing plate; a polarizing plate with antireflection function comprising the protective film and a polarizing plate laminated thereon; and an optical article having the polarizing plate with antireflection function.

Abstract: A crystalline thermoplastic resin composition containing a crystalline thermoplastic resin, acicular aluminum hydroxide having a BET specific surface area of from 10 m2/g to 100 m2/g and a nucleating agent in which a weight ratio (A/B) of the aluminum hydroxide (A) to the nucleating agent (B) is 40 or less.

Abstract: A fabric comprising a textile layer comprising yarns, wherein said textile layer is permeable to water vapour and impermeable to liquid water; and disposed on at least part of one side of the textile layer is a wicking means.

Abstract: Coated paper product and method and apparatus for the production thereof. The paper product comprises a base paper, the porosity of which is at least 300 ml/min (Bentsen) and at least one side of which is coated with a pigment-bearing coating layer. The coating layer according to the present invention comprises a homogeneous film, which is formed of binder and pigments and which is brought onto the surface of the base paper using curtain coating so that the variation of the grammage of the layer is less than 5%, and so that the coating layer is not penetrated into the base paper, in which case the coating layer covers at least 95% of the surface of the base paper. By means of the present invention such a good coverage is achieved that the porosity of the base paper does not affect the gloss or smoothness of the coated paper, nor how the paper functions as a printing base.

Abstract: A boot/trunk opening in the vehicle body has a flange to which a looped sealing strip should be attached. However, when the boot/trunk lid is fixed to the vehicle body by hinge arms, these hinge arms prevent a pre-formed loop-shaped sealing strip being satisfactorily fitted to the flange. Disclosed herein is a sealing strip having a heat-bonding air-permeable foil attached to one end thereof. A sealing strip of this type can be supplied in strip form and threaded between the hinge arms and the vehicle body. The end of the sealing strip to which the foil is already attached is then bonded to the other end of the sealing strip by a bonding operation performed at the vehicle to form a looped sealing strip. An apparatus and method for performing this in situ bonding operation is disclosed. Apparatus for forming a sealing strip with a foil attached to one end thereof is also disclosed.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to a composite lumber product include from about (i) 38-46% wood fiber, (ii) 0.2-5.0% foaming agent, and (iii) 46-60% polymer such as homopolymer polypropylene. Optionally, the lumber product may also include one or more of from about: (iv) 0.5 to 5% lubricant, (v) 0.5 to 6% pigment, and/or (vi) 0.4 to 5.0% coupling agent. Surprisingly, it has been found that such a composite lumber product is surprisingly less subject to moisture absorption thereby leading to a more stain resistant product and a product less likely to absorb moisture (less weight gain) during wet environmental conditions. Moreover, such a composite lumber product is easier to cut/saw, and easier to screw into, thereby leading to a more user-friendly product.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nanostructured substrate for SERS. A substrate of the invention comprises a surface featuring substantially monodisperse-sized metal nanoparticles disposed thereon. Preferably, the substrate surface provides for SERS and spectra therefrom. For example, a nanostructured substrate of the invention can be used to reproducibly and reliably detect or identify pathogens, molecules or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, a nanostructured substrate of the invention comprises a surface featuring metal nanoparticles substantially aggregated in clusters thereon. Exemplary metal nanoparticles disposed on the substrate surface can be silver, copper, gold or combinations thereof. Metal nanoparticles disposed on a substrate surface can also be substantially spheroidal comprising diameters in a range from about 40 to 120 nm.

Abstract: An optical film and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The optical film comprises a substrate and an anti-static layer disposed thereon. The anti-static layer comprises a resin layer and a plurality of anti-static particles *wherein the bottom half portion of the anti-static layer contains more than 60 wt % of tile anti-static particles.

Abstract: A composite structure body obtained through a plurality of processes including forming composite fine particles by way of a process in which a surface of the fine particles of a brittle material is coated with another brittle material; then by bombarding the composite fine particles against a surface of a substrate at high velocities, an anchor portion biting the substrate surface is formed; the composite fine particles are simultaneously distorted and fractured by impact of the bombardment; mutual rejoining of the composite fine particles is made through intermediary of a newly generated active surface formed by the distortion or fracture; and thereby forming a structure body in which crystals and/or microstructures of the brittle materials are dispersed above the anchor portion; and a pre-processing which includes imparting internal distortion to the brittle material fine particles.

Abstract: The present invention is an electrophotographic transfer paper having a coating layer containing a pigment and a binder on at least one side of a base paper comprising a pulp and a filler, and excellent transport characteristics in high-speed copy machines and printers. 30 wt % or more of the pigment is kaolin having a particle size distribution wherein 65% or more particles are in a range of 0.4-4.2 ?m based on volume, and/or delaminated clay having an average particle size of 3.5-20 ?m. The clark stiffness in the CD direction of the electrophotographic transfer paper is 20 cm3/100 or more.

Abstract: A soft magnetic nanocomposites (SMNC) which contains laminated thin flakes of magnetic materials coated with an insulating material wherein the thickness of the flake is from 100 nm to 20 ?m. The invention also relates to a process to make laminated thin flakes of magnetic materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rear surface mirror having a substrate which is transparent for the light to be reflected and having a silver layer which is applied on its rear side, a first intermediate layer being introduced as underlayer between the substrate and the silver layer at least in regions, said underlayer comprising a high-melting oxide or containing the latter and having a higher melting point than silver, and a further cover layer being applied on the side of the silver layer, which is orientated away from the substrate, at least in regions, said cover layer comprising one of the high-melting metals ruthenium, iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhenium and/or rhodium or containing these.