Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a tire tube which has excellent air impermeability and such excellent durability that the occurrence of cracks in the tube main body is prevented in a contact surface between the tube main body and an inner circumferential surface of the tire. The tire tube of the invention includes a tube main body having a multilayer structure in which at least one rubber layer and at least one thermoplastic resin layer made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending an elastomer in a thermoplastic resin are laminated together. In at least a region where the tube main body is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the tire tread part, the rubber layer is placed as the outermost layer of the multilayer structure, and the thermoplastic resin layer is placed inside the outermost layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a rubber composition capable of improving wear resistance without losing low heat buildup and a heavy duty pneumatic tire in which the low heat buildup and the wear resistance are simultaneously established, and more particularly to a rubber composition characterized by comprising 40 to 60 parts by mass of a carbon black based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component composed of natural rubber and a diene-based synthetic rubber and satisfying a relation of the following formula (1): ?E?<0.29×A?11??(1) [wherein ?E? is a difference between a storage modulus (MPa) at a strain of 0.1% and a storage modulus (MPa) at a strain of 2% measured at 25° C., and A is an amount (parts by mass) of the carbon black compounded based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component] and a heavy duty pneumatic tire characterized by using the rubber composition in a tread.

Abstract: A tire and electronic device assembly is disclosed, the electronic device measuring one or more tire parameters. The electronic device attaches to a cellular insert member to create a sub-assembly, the insert member having an inward surface attached on a centerline of the tire to an inward facing tire surface defining a tire cavity. The electronic device attaches to the cellular insert member between raised regions of the cellular insert member with an outward surface of the device uncovered and exposed and recessed below outward boundaries of the raised regions.

Abstract: A method for producing a bilayer of amphipathic molecules comprising providing a hydrated support and providing a hydrophilic body, and bringing the hydrated support and hydrophilic body into contact to form a bilayer of amphipathic molecules. A bilayer produced by the method of the invention, and uses of the bilayer.

Abstract: An apparatus (200) and a method for labeling containers (100) with different types of label is disclosed. To each of at least two labeling machines (1, 2) there corresponds an infeed star wheel (61, 62) and a discharge star wheel (81, 82). A container path (7) is formed, along which the containers (100) to be labeled are fed to the at least two labeling machines (1, 2) in a controlled manner. At least one type of label is processed with each of the at least two labeling machines (1, 2), wherein the types of label processed with the at least two labeling machines (1, 2) are different.

Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to an electronic device and a method for manufacturing the same. The electronic device includes a polymer thin film and an electrode. The polymer thin film includes nanoparticles. The electrode is formed by attaching a graphene thin film of a sheet shape formed through graphene deposition using a vapor carbon supply source to the polymer thin film. In the method, a graphene thin film of a sheet shape is formed through graphene deposition using a vapor carbon supply source. A polymer solution with distributed nanoparticles is prepared. The polymer solution with distributed nanoparticles is spin-coated on a substrate. A polymer thin film comprising the nanoparticles is formed by drying the spin-coated polymer solution. An electrode is formed by attaching the graphene thin film onto the polymer thin film.

Abstract: A lamination station for laminating a film to a web of paperboard includes a nip roller and a cooling roller. Between the rollers there is formed a nip which presses together the film and the web of paperboard with an interjacent molten polymer layer or adhesive layer disposed between the film and the web of paperboard. The film, the paperboard and the molten polymer lie, after the nip, in abutment against the cooling roller for a certain angle interval. The nip roller is a shoe-press type roller, either comprising a pressure bar having several hydraulically operated pressure elements, or comprising one or several rigid pressure bars.

Abstract: Friction stir methods are disclosed for processing at least one workpiece using a rotary tool with rotating member for contacting and processing the workpiece. The methods include oscillating the rotary tool laterally with respect to a selected propagation path for the rotating member with respect to the workpiece to define an oscillation path for the rotating member. The methods further include obtaining force signals or parameters related to the force experienced by the rotary tool at least while the rotating member is disposed at the extremes of the oscillation. The force signals or parameters associated with the extremes can then be analyzed to determine a lateral position of the selected path with respect to a target path and a lateral offset value can be determined based on the lateral position. The lateral distance between the selected path and the target path can be decreased based on the lateral offset value.

Abstract: Assemblies and methods for applying painter's tape to a wall for painting stripes and patterns on the wall wherein the assembly has a first elongated body defining a first straight outer edge and a first inner edge and having a first body length and a second elongated body defining a second straight outer edge and a second inner edge and having a second body length. The assembly also includes at least one arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the first elongated body and a second end rotatably coupled to the second elongated body, each of the arms having an arm length and configured to space the first elongated body apart from the second elongated body such that the first straight outer edge is a taping distance from the second straight outer edge.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for retreading a heavy duty tire with a polyurethane tread where, after a tire carcass is inspected for utility and is cleaned, the worn tire tread is removed and the carcass is reinspected to insure its suitability for retreading.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for building hoses reinforced with spirally laid fibres, where the hose under construction (3) undergoes both rotation and advancing motion relative to the laying head (12), and where the reinforcing fibres are unwound from drums (14). The drums (14) are rotated about two axes, the first axis being the principal axis of the drums (A) and the second axis (B) being nearly parallel with the direction in which the fibres are unwound, where the direction of rotation of the drums (14) about the second axis (B) is the same as the direction in which the hose under construction (3) is rotated.

Abstract: A structure of a microreactor includes a joined body having a pair of substrates joined together, a flow path formed by a microchannel portion formed on a joining surface of at least one of the substrates, and a catalyst carrying member disposed in the flow path. In the production of such a microreactor, the catalyst carrying member is produced separately from formation of the joined body and the catalyst carrying member is disposed in the flow path at the time of forming the joined body.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite substrate according to the present invention includes a formation step of forming a structural element portion on a front surface of a first substrate, a grinding step of fixing the first substrate and grinding a back surface of the first substrate, and a bonding step of bonding a second substrate to the ground back surface with an adhesion layer composed of an adhesive. In such a manner, before forming the adhesion layer, the handling properties of which are affected by heating, and before grinding the first substrate, the strength of which is decreased by grinding, a process of forming the structural element portion, including a heating step, is performed. Furthermore, a piezoelectric substrate may be used as the first substrate, and a supporting substrate which supports the piezoelectric substrate may be used as the second substrate.

Abstract: The embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus for preferably producing a two layer off-axis composite prepreg material in tape form that has fiber direction at angles such as plus or minus five degrees to the longitudinal direction of the backing paper. The use of such off-axis prepreg composite material tape is primarily for fabricating high length-to-width ration parts such as composite wing stringers or spars for aircraft.

Abstract: A resilient floor tile includes a base layer, a film layer, a decorative film layer, and a topcoat. The resilient floor tile has a shaped edge formed on an upper surface thereof that extends about at least a portion of a perimeter of the resilient floor tile. In order to make the resilient floor tile, a continuous sheet of a base layer is conveyed into a press die. The press die is actuated from an open position to a closed position. The continuous sheet is cut with a blade of a cutting tool of the press die to form side surfaces of the resilient floor tile when the press die is in the closed position. A shaped edge is formed on at least a portion of a perimeter of an upper surface of the resilient floor tile with a forming tool of the press die when the press die is in the closed position.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced core panel having a first side and an opposing second side. The core panel contains a series of adjacent low density strips having at least three faces and having a length to width aspect ratio of at least 5:1. The longitudinal axis of the low density strips are substantially parallel and the cross-section of each strip has a major face, a first edge face, and a second edge face. The major face of each strip is disposed within the first or second side of the core panel and the major face of each strip is disposed within an opposite face of the core panel than the major face of the adjacent strips. The core panel also contains a continuous fibrous reinforcement sheet which is threaded through the low density strips such that the fibrous reinforcement sheet is disposed between adjacent strips and adjacent to the major faces of the low density strips.

Abstract: Method of welding a strip for the production of flexible tubular bodies made of plastic, comprising the following steps: shaping of a strip (1) around a welding rod; contacting of the ends (3, 4) of the strip; formation of a welded zone (5) by heating and compressing said ends (3, 4) and then by cooling them, said method being characterized in that the strip (1) is also heated outside the welded zone (5).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a roll comprises a plurality of ribbons, each ribbon comprising a series of labels attached to a transparent support, whereby each ribbon is connected to an adjacent ribbon by means of a seal. The present invention further discloses a method for manufacturing such rolls.

Abstract: A sheet peeling machine includes a movable table for moving a substrate in a moving direction, a planar member, a holder for holding the planar member; an elevating unit for supporting the holder and moving the holder in an elevating direction, a forwarding unit for contacting an end of the planar member with an edge of a sheet member on the substrate, a tape roller for affixing a peeling tape from the planar member and the sheet member, and a tape wind-up unit for peeling off the sheet member together with the peeling tape. According to the sheet peeling machine, the peeling tape is affixed onto the sheet member and then the sheet member is peeled off together with the peeling tape with a support by the planar member.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a vinyl cover to an elongated member utilizes a sheet extruder providing a sheet of pliable vinyl or fiber reinforced polymer of predetermined width, a feed conveyor capable of supporting and rotating an elongated member adjacent the sheet extruder such that a still hot and pliable sheet may be applied thereto beginning at a proximal end as the wooden member rotates. The feed conveyor includes a linear drive urging the member transversely of the sheet extruder to position the member for continuous application of the sheet substantially along the length thereof, a rotary drive engaging the member at the proximal end and capable of rotating the member to continuously apply the sheet over an opposite end of the member.

Abstract: A drape, such as but not limited to, a drape that can be used to cover a C arm of a medical device is provided. The drape includes material, at least one cuff and at least one adhesive strip. The material has a select property and has a select shape. The at least one cuff is formed along at least one edge of the material. The at least one cuff is configured to allow manipulation of the drape by a user. The at least one adhesive strip is configured to selectively adhere the drape to a surface to be covered by the drape.

Abstract: A method of producing floor panels is disclosed. The method includes the steps of separating a roll formed surface material (51) into surface strips (53) and gluing said surface strips to a core (50) with a space (54) between the surface strips (53).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to speed change kits adapted to allow converting lines to be reconfigured to operate at different speeds. In one form, a system for fabricating disposable absorbent articles includes a plurality of converting modules; a plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms; and a speed kit. The plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms can be configured from a first configuration to a second configuration by modifying the plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms to include the speed kit. In the first configuration, the plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms operate to produce absorbent articles at a first speed range; and when in the second configuration, the plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms operate to produce absorbent articles at a second speed range different from the first speed range.

Abstract: A label including a substrate having a face side and a rear side. An adhesive layer is arranged on the rear side of the substrate. The adhesive layer is non-tacky but activatable to become tacky adhesive. The adhesive layer includes a polyurethane polymer composition that is reversibly changeable from the non-tacky state to the tacky adhesive state. A method for attaching a label to an item.

Abstract: A disposable absorbent core comprises first and second absorbent layers each comprising an absorbent particulate polymer material such that the absorbent particulate polymer material is substantially continuously distributed across an absorbent particulate polymer material area. A disposable absorbent article and method for making the absorbent core are also disclosed.

Abstract: One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a textured surface may include providing a first thermally stable sheet, printing a pattern of material on the first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface, and curing the material, then using said first sheet to impart negative texture into Tedlar faced epoxy composite blanket, which is in turn used to impart texture into a decorative laminate.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a manufacturing method for a PDP which allows even high-definition and ultra-high-definition PDPs to demonstrate an excellent image display capability at improved luminous efficiency, by suppressing variation of a discharge gas composition, and by eliminating an impurity gas in a discharge space effectively. To achieve the aim, deterioration of an absorbent material 39 composed of copper ion-exchanged ZSM-5-type zeolite is prevented, by performing both sealing and evacuation steps for the front substrate 2 and back substrate 9 in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere. This maintains properties of the absorbent material 39 for absorbing the impurity gas without degradation, even if the absorbent material 39 absorbs a Xe gas in a discharge gas introducing step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing element for fixing to a base body, in particular to building surfaces comprising a support and an reactive adhesive.

Abstract: A method of making a floor panel includes the steps of: providing an adhesive on a release member; laminating or marrying the release member to a bottom layer such that the adhesive is between the release member and the bottom layer; removing a portion of the release member to expose an area of the adhesive; and adhering a top layer to the area such that the top layer is offset with respect to the bottom layer in a direction of length and width and a marginal end portion of a top surface of the bottom layer and a marginal end portion of the bottom surface of the top layer is exposed.

Abstract: Curable material comprising silylated polymers containing urethane groups, and use thereof in sealants, adhesives, binders and/or surface modifiers.

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing semiconductor devices are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a processing system that includes providing a processing system including a first container and a second container fluidly coupled to the first container, the second container being adapted to receive and retain an overflow amount of a fluid from the first container, and disposing the fluid in the first container and a portion of the second container. The method includes providing at least one semiconductor device, disposing the at least one semiconductor device in the first container, and maintaining the fluid in the second container substantially to a first level while processing the at least one semiconductor device with the fluid.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The apparatus includes a processing chamber designed to perform a process to a wafer; an electrostatic chuck (E-chuck) configured in the processing chamber and designed to secure the wafer, wherein the E-chuck includes an electrode and a dielectric feature formed on the electrode; a tuning structure designed to hold the E-chuck to the processing chamber by clamping forces, wherein the tuning structure is operable to dynamically adjust the clamping forces; a sensor integrated with the E-chuck and sensitive to the clamping forces; and a process control module for controlling the tuning structure to adjust the clamping forces based on pre-measurement data from the wafer and sensor data from the sensor.

Abstract: In the bevel etching apparatus relating to the present invention, a substrate is inserted between electrically connected electrodes. A high-frequency power source is connected to the electrodes, and ground potential is applied to a support unit that supports the substrate. Gas (atmosphere) is supplied to the gap between the electrodes and the application of the high-frequency electric power to the electrodes causes the generation of atmospheric-pressure glow discharge between the electrode and the substrate. Bevel etching is performed by rotating the substrate along the circumferential direction in this condition. According to this construction, the bevel etching can be simultaneously performed to the front surface, the rear surface and the side of the substrate without causing any configuration change in the substrate.

Abstract: To provide a plasma generator having a plasma-generating zone of an increased volume. A plasma generator 100 has a casing 10 made of a sintered ceramic produced from alumina (Al2O3) as a raw material. The casing 10 has a slit-like gas intake section 12, and a gas discharge section 20 in which a plurality of holes are disposed in a line. From the gas intake section 12 to the top of a plasma-generating zone P, the slits have a width of 1 mm. There is provided a second gas discharge section 22 including holes 24 which have a diameter of 0.5 mm and a length of 16 mm and which are arranged in a line along the longitudinal axis of the plasma-generating zone P. The plasma-generating zone P has a cross-section which is a rectangle having a side of 2 to 5 mm. Electrodes 2a, 2b are provided with hollow portions on the surfaces thereof facing each other. A power sources supplies about 9 kV, which is obtained by boosting 100 V (60 Hz) and is applied to the electrodes 2a, 2b with a current of 20 mA.

Abstract: A plasma etching device is provided. The device includes a chamber, a cathode assembly, and an integral cathode liner. The chamber provides a plasma reaction space. The cathode assembly is positioned at an inner and central part of the chamber and supports a substrate. The integral cathode liner has a plurality of first vents and second vents formed at two levels and spaced apart respectively such that the uniformity of a gas flow and exhaust flow within the chamber is maintained, and is outer inserted to the cathode assembly and coupled at its lower end part to an inner surface of the chamber.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a combination of a substrate (6) and a wafer (15), wherein the substrate (6) and the wafer (15) are arranged parallel to one another and bonded together with the aid of an adhesive layer (8) situated between the substrate (6) and the wafer (15), and wherein the adhesive is chosen such that its adhesive properties are neutralized or at least diminished when a predetermined temperature is exceeded. According to the invention, the adhesive layer (8) is only applied annularly between the substrate (6) and the wafer (15) in the edge region of the wafer (15).

Abstract: A composite sheet comprising an upper layer 2 and a lower layer 3 both made of a substantially inextensible sheet which are partially bonded to each other at a large number of joints 4. The upper layer 2 forms a large number of outward hollow projections 5 in the area other than the joints 4. The projections 5 and the joints 4 are arranged such that the projections and the joints alternate in one direction to make lines and that the projections in each of the lines are out of alignment with the projections in the adjacent lines.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing an absorbent article are provided. Generally, the apparatuses and methods allow for continuous delivering of a plurality of web material to downstream equipment during a manufacturing process. In some embodiments, the apparatuses and methods allow for simultaneously unwinding, splicing, and lamination of multiple rolls of web material rotatably mounted to a frame and delivering the web material to various downstream manufacturing processes.

Abstract: An apparatus for bonding substrates includes a base member having a top surface and a recessed region which is configured for receiving at least a first substrate. The apparatus also has a plurality of support members disposed over the top surface for supporting a second substrate peripherally over the first substrate. Each support member is configured to vary a separation between the first substrate and the second substrate. Moreover, a pressure bar is configured to cause a center portion of the second substrate to contact the first substrate while the support members maintain peripheral separation between the first substrate and the second substrate. In operation, a bonded region between the first and the second substrates is expanded radially from the center portion when the support members are positioned to reduce the separation between the first and the second substrates.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an ultrasonic oscillating unit comprising a converter and a sonotrode (1) optionally connected to the converter by way of an amplitude transformer (2), wherein the sonotrode (1) has a sealing surface (10) which is substantially in the form of a circular ring or a cylinder surface and the ultrasonic oscillating unit has a holder (3) for fastening the ultrasonic oscillating unit to a machine stand. To achieve that it is proposed according to the invention that the holder (3) is fastened directly to the sonotrode (1).

Abstract: A factory layout including a track circuit, one or more wheeled carts for traversing the track circuit and a tire/wheel assembly carried by the wheeled cart. One or more work stations can be positioned at locations along the track circuit. Various wheeled cart embodiments are disclosed and various work station configurations are disclosed.

Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided with a panorama screen, a pull-out roller blind, more preferably sun roller blind, for covering said screen and at least one support member for supporting the at least partially pulled-out roller blind against the screen. The support member relative to the pull-out roller blind is moveably guided on the screen.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrical control mechanism for a built-in sunshade product for a hollow glass. The electrical control mechanism a handle disposed outside the hollow glass and a sliding block disposed within the hollow glass, the handle and the sliding block are provided with magnets therein and being attracted to each other via magnetic force of the magnets, a transmission mechanism disposed outside the hollow glass and coupled to a motor to drive said handle to move up and down; and a control device for controlling the motor and the transmission mechanism The control mechanism further includes a remote controller or/and a manual controller. The sunshade product according to the present invention can overcome the difficulty of operating a manually controlled built-in sunshade product for a hollow glass which is mounted at a high location. Meanwhile, the motor and the control circuit are disposed outside the hollow glass, so that the maintenance thereof becomes possible and convenient.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a blind adapted to be used in a double glazing. The double glazing includes a magnet disposed in a lower supporting member of the double glazing. The blind comprises a weight bottom member, and magnetic members are disposed in the weight bottom member of the blind. During turning of the weight bottom member, the magnetic member disposed at a descending side of the weight bottom member is attracted by the magnet. Therefore, the turning control of the slats is more reliable. The present invention improves shadiness, shading coefficient, and heat preservation of the double glazing with the blind. The total energy saving performance of the double glazing with the blind is improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-locking slat for shutter, which has been specially designed to lock the shutter before attempts to open it from the exterior. The ends of the self-locking slat can be inserted into a coupling element, while the sides of the slat and of the coupling element between slats can be positioned inside side shutter guides, such that, the ends of the slat can rotate in relation to the ends of the coupling element. The slat object of the invention is characterized in that it at least includes a locking projection which becomes locked in the guide and at least one of its ends matches a cavity for engaging the end of the coupling element.

Abstract: Scale formation on the electrode(s) of a liquor sensor can be prevented by continuously delivering a water-soluble scale inhibitor or dispersant into the vicinity of the electrodes of a liquor sensor device. Scale inhibitors include, for instance, polymers that are derived from acrylic acid, maleic acid, acrylamide acid, phosphonate, and combinations thereof. An aqueous mixture of scaling inhibitor continuously delivered to the probe tip of the liquor sensor that was placed in a kraft pulping liquor allowed the sensor to operate accurately for over a month without having to be cleaned of scale.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wood composition containing olefin and raw wood materials, the use of said olefins for rendering raw wood materials water repellent, and a method for producing wood materials therefrom. The raw wood materials contain or are made of lignocellulose and are provided in the form of fibers, strands, or chips.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for chlorine dioxide bleaching of chemical pulps in an aqueous suspension, which uses magnesium hydroxide or magnesium oxide. The process involves the addition of magnesium hydroxide or magnesium oxide to the pulp, in addition to chlorine dioxide, maintaining the mixture at a pH between about 2.5 to 7.5 for about 1 or more hours, most suitably between about 1-4 hours. This process can be used in the D1 or D2 stage of a typical D0EopD1E2D2 bleaching sequence, as well as in the chlorine dioxide brightening stage of other three, four, five, and six-stage bleaching sequences of either the so-called ECF process, or those containing elemental chlorine (Cl2). The temperature is between about 40 to about 90° C., and the pulp consistency is between about 1 to about 16%.

Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in methods of making sheets for security documents having edge or corner reinforcing watermarks (13, 18) and a surface applied feature (15) and a method of making a sheet from a fibrous substrate, said sheet has corners and edges joined at said corners. The method comprises the step of forming the substrate by depositing fibres on a support surface and forming at least one reinforcing watermark (13, 18) at a predetermined position in the substrate. The reinforcing watermark (13, 18) increases the stiffness of the sheet in the watermarked region and is a positive watermark formed by varying the grammage of fibres of the substrate to form at least two adjacent bars (13a, 18a) of increased grammage relative to the mean grammage of fibres in adjacent areas of the substrate. At least one raised region (17) is formed by increasing the grammage of fibres, which joins the adjacent bars within the at least one reinforcing watermark to form a smooth planar surface.

Abstract: An embossing system for embossing and perforating at least a portion of a web is provided comprising a first embossing roll having embossing elements and at least a second embossing roll having embossing elements, wherein the elements of the first and second embossing rolls define perforate nips for embossing and perforating the web and wherein at least a predominate number of the perforate nips are substantially oriented in the cross-machine direction. Moreover, substantially all of the nips defined by the embossing elements of the first and second embossing rolls can be substantially oriented in the cross-machine direction. Further, the cross-machine embossing elements are at an angle of about 85° to 95° from the machine direction.