Abstract: Apparatus and methods for routing an optical fiber over a desired span on a structural surface at a given premises are provided. When the optical fiber is unwound from a spool, the optical fiber attaches to the structural surface by an adhesive material. The adhesive material can be applied along the desired span, or portion thereof, before, during, or after the optical fiber is routed over the desired span.

Abstract: A method for forming cushions including the following four steps: (1) a compression step in which the structure (2) is compressed in a mold (3); (2) a thermal softening step in which the structure (2) is thermally softened by means of a heating medium; (3) a curing step in which the structure (2) directly undergoes forced cooling in a cooling medium, and is then cured; and (4) a mold release step in which the structure (2) is released from the mold (3).

Abstract: In a step of performing a stretching process performed by using an embossing roll mechanism, a continuous body of an exterior sheet is conveyed in a state in which strand-shaped members are joined with each of an end region and an end region of the continuous body of the exterior sheet, along a conveyance direction of the continuous body of the exterior sheet; and the strand-shaped members joined with the end region are sandwiched by tooth units of a first embossing roll and interdental units of a second embossing roll corresponding to the end region side, and the strand-shaped members joined with the end region are sandwiched by the tooth units of the first embossing roll and the interdental units of the second embossing roll positioned at the end region side.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing an organic light-emitting display panel and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display panel by using the same. A device for manufacturing an organic light-emitting display panel includes a plurality of chambers; a deposition unit configured to form a transfer layer on a film supplied into the plurality of chambers in a roll-to-roll process; and a laser thermal transfer device configured to transfer a pattern of the transfer layer formed on the film onto a substrate that is supplied into a chamber of the plurality of chambers.

Abstract: A method for producing a connecting part (30), such as a connecting rod for an aircraft, made from a composite material, the connecting part including at least one hollow body (32) and at least one yoke (34) at each of the ends (36) of the body (32), is characterized in that the body (32) and the yokes (34) of the connecting part (30) are produced from a single section (P, P1, P2) made from a composite material and obtained using a continuous production process.

Abstract: An adhering jig and an adhering method for screen protector plastic sheets are provided for encapsulating and packing, by means of the adhering jig capable of safe coverage, screen protector plastic sheets intended to protect the surfaces of panel cell phones against scratches inflicted by foreign bodies, in the course of delivery or sales after being manufactured by a manufacturer, so as to preclude contact with and prevent dents, bends, or damage from occurring to the screen protector plastic sheets and covering the surfaces of the panel cell phones with the screen protector plastic sheets by means of the packing-oriented adhering jig to achieve precise smoothness and flawless attachment.

Abstract: An adhesive agent comprising a condensation resin having a structural unit obtained by polycondensing a polymerizable monomer containing a monomer (A) having 2 or more carboxyl groups and a monomer (B) having 2 or more amino groups, and meeting at least one of the following (1) and (2), and the following (3): (1) at least one selected from the group consisting of the monomer (A), an anhydride of the monomer (A). and the monomer (B) is liquid at 25° C.; (2) the condensation resin has a polyoxyalkanediyl group; and (3) the monomer (A) contains an isophthalic acid.

Abstract: A heat-activatedly bondable sheetlike element having at least one electrically conductive sheetlike structure and at least two layers of different heat-activable adhesives. A first heat-activatable adhesive layer is located substantially on a first side of the electrically conductive sheetlike structure and the second heat-activatable adhesive layer is located substantially on a second side of the electrically conductive sheetlike structure. Activation temperatures for achieving the adhesive properties of the heat-activatable adhesive layers differ from one another less than the melting temperatures of the two heat-activatable adhesive layers.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal composition exhibiting a blue phase and has high reliability is provided. In a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal composition exhibiting a blue phase, the liquid crystal composition including nematic liquid crystal, a chiral agent, a polymerizable monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator which absorbs light with a peak wavelength that is different from a peak wavelength of light absorbed by the nematic liquid crystal is used. The liquid crystal composition is capable of exhibiting a blue phase and is irradiated with light absorbed by the photopolymerization initiator so that the liquid crystal composition is polymerized.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a microporous film for a fabric and method of producing the microporous film are provided. The microporous film may be treated with a treatment agent. In some embodiments, the microporous film may be treated prior to the film being applied to the fabric. In other embodiments, the treatment agent may be applied to an exposed side of the film after the film is laminated to the fabric. The treatment agent may include a relatively high concentration of an oil repellent (oleophobic) component to increase the oleophobicity of the film. Additionally, the treatment agent may include a high concentration of a wetting component, such as isobutyl alcohol (IBA) and/or isopropyl alcohol (IPA), to facilitate absorption of the oleophobic component by the film and/or penetration of the oleophobic component into the micropores of the film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to moisture-curable silane-reactive hot melt compositions having an acrylate-urethane copolymer moiety. Desirably, the silane groups contain alkoxy functionality to enable and enhance moisture curing. Such compositions provide enhanced green strength without sacrificing other desirable properties.

Abstract: An apparatus for etching features in an etch layer is provided. A plasma processing chamber is provided, comprising a chamber wall, a chuck, a pressure regulator, an electrode or coil, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet. A gas source comprises a fluorine free deposition gas source and an etch gas source. A controller comprises at least one processor and computer readable media, comprising computer readable code for providing a conditioning for a patterned pseudo-hardmask, wherein the conditioning comprises computer readable code providing a fluorine free deposition gas comprising a hydrocarbon gas, computer readable code for forming a plasma, computer readable code for providing a bias less than 500 volts, and computer readable code for forming a deposition on top of the patterned pseudo-hardmask, computer readable code for etching the etch layer, and computer readable code for cyclically repeating the conditioning and etching at least twice.

Abstract: An etching equipment including a stage, a plasma generator, a center electrode, and a peripheral electrode is provided. The work-piece is mounted on the mounting surface of the stage. The plasma generator generates plasma above the stage, wherein the plasma generator generates plasma at a higher concentration around a center axis of the mounting surface than on the center axis. The center electrode is disposed at a lower side of a space in which the plasma generator generates plasma and at a position through which the center axis passes. The center electrode is configured capable of controlling a potential of the center electrode. The peripheral electrode is disposed at an upper side of the stage and a lower side of the center electrode, wherein the peripheral electrode extends along a periphery of the center electrode. The peripheral electrode is configured capable of controlling a potential of the peripheral electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent article includes: first and second reference-signal outputting sections for outputting first and second reference signals indicating a conveyance amount of a workpiece, a processing device for processing the workpiece based on a drive signal, an adhesive discharging device for discharging adhesive toward the workpiece based on a discharge signal, and a controller. While manufacturing the absorbent article, the controller generates both the drive signal and the discharge signal based on the first reference signal. While inspecting a discharge amount of the adhesive, the controller generates the discharge signal based on the second reference signal, without outputting the drive signal.

Abstract: A hand tool used to mask and cover a large area when painting that dispenses unwound sections of two rolls of masking tape in a side-by-side manner on a desired wall with their adhesive surfaces oriented in opposite directions. The hand tool includes two spools horizontally spaced apart and attached to a rigid support plate. Attached to the support plate is a rotating alignment rod and a rotating tensioning rod that the unwound sections of tape travel across. The adhesive surface on the first roll is pressed against the desired surface. The tool is then pulled across the surface causing both rolls to simultaneously unwind. When the desired amount of tape has been dispense, a cutting edge on the hand tool is used to cut the two unwound sections of tape. The adhesive surface on the second roll is exposed and a large masking sheet may attached thereto.

Abstract: A device for the production of structural components from a fiber composite material, the components being three-dimensionally arched over a large surface, including a jig having a convex mounting surface having receiving channels for the insertion of structural components, wherein the loaded jig interacts with a laminating bonding device having a corresponding shape for forming the structural component under pressure, wherein the mounting surface includes a plurality of individually elastically deformable mounting shell parts arranged adjacent to each other along at least one longitudinally extending pitch line and attached to a plurality of elastically deformable supporting frame elements extending on the interior of the shell at a right angle to the pitch line, and a plurality of actuators for deforming the mounting surface between an extended position (A) and at least one retracted position (B) to move the jig from the bonding device relative to the receiving channels without undercuts.

Abstract: A workpiece composed of a glass plate and a display panel joined to each other via an adhesive sheet is suction-held on both surfaces thereof by a pair of upper and lower holding members. The glass plate is detached from the display panel through swinging downward one end of the lower holding member around a support shaft provided on the other end side thereof with an entire surface of the glass plate being held in a planar state with a suction surface of the lower holding member.

Abstract: A window shade device including a shade, a pair of rails disposed so as to have a gradually decreasing spacing therebetween from proximal ends to distal ends thereof, a housing device disposed on the proximal end side, a drawing member supporting a drawing-side edge of the shade, and a pair of runners connected to both ends of the drawing member and configured to respectively move along the pair of rails. Upon the pair of runners being guided by the pair of rails to move, the drawing member deforms to have a dimension varying in the width direction of the shade, and causes the drawing-side edge of the shade to advance and retract in the drawing/housing direction such that the drawing-side edge is disposed on the drawing side exceeding the pair of runners in a state in which the shade is drawn.

Abstract: Wire supports for use with a movable partition system comprise a cantilever member configured for connection to a panel of a movable partition. A wire-supporting member through which wire may be inserted is rotatably connected to the cantilever member. Movable partition systems comprise a movable partition comprising at least two sheets of panels extending at least substantially parallel to one another and laterally distanced from one another to define an interior space between the at least two sheets of panels. At least one wire support disposed in the interior space between a proximal end and a distal end of the at least two movable partitions comprises a cantilever member secured to at least one panel of one of the movable partitions and a wire-supporting member rotatably connected to the cantilever member at least partially supporting at least one wire inserted through the wire-supporting member.

Abstract: A window shade that reduces the risk of an individual becoming entangled in cords used to operate the shade includes a headrail adapted for horizontal mounting above a window, a shading material attached to the headrail, and at least one cord for raising and lowering the shading material. The cord is attached to a location adjacent a lower end of the material, and extends upward through cord guides toward the headrail. The cord is encased within a collapsible shroud attached to each cord guide. The shroud is adapted to longitudinally extend as the shading material is lowered toward a deployed position, and then longitudinally collapse as the shading material is raised toward a stowed position. The cord is secured to and is wound about a spring-loaded roller. The roller provides tension on the cord that counterbalances the weight of the shade so that the shading material may be positioned at any desired level.

Abstract: A bogey assembly including a body for supporting a cantilevered hanger bolt, a wheel to support the body on a rail and a roller, spaced lengthwise of the body and offset relative to the wheel, so as to bear against an overhead surface and resist rotation of the body away from the rail when load is applied to the hanger bolt.

Abstract: Wire trolleys for use with a movable partition system comprise a wire-supporting member through which wire may be inserted. At least one roller configured for insertion into a track along which a movable partition extends is connected to the wire-supporting member. Movable partition systems comprise a track. A movable partition comprising at least two sheets of panels extending at least substantially parallel to one another and distanced from one another to define an interior space between the at least two sheets of panels are suspended from and movable along the track. At least one wire trolley located in the interior space between a proximal end and a distal end of the at least two movable partitions comprises at least one roller in rolling engagement with the track and a wire-supporting member at least partially supporting at least one wire inserted through the wire-supporting member.

Abstract: A window shade that reduces the risk of an individual becoming entangled in cords used to operate the shade includes a headrail adapted for horizontal mounting above a window, a shading material attached to the headrail, and at least one cord for raising and lowering the shading material. The cord is attached to a location adjacent a lower end of the material, and extends upward through cord guides toward the headrail. The cord is encased within a collapsible shroud attached to each cord guide. The shroud is adapted to longitudinally extend as the shading material is lowered toward a deployed position, and then longitudinally collapse as the shading material is raised toward a stowed position. The cord is secured to and is wound about a spool fixed to a spring-loaded roller. The roller provides tension on the cord that counterbalances the weight of the shade so that the shading material may be positioned at any desired level. The shade does not require a graspable cord or cords for operation.

Abstract: A spring assembly for a roller blind, the assembly including a stationary end, a rotatable end and a spring arrangement located therebetween which is connected at a first end thereof to the stationary end and at a second end thereof to the rotatable end, wherein the rotatable end includes a rotatable body which is adapted to rotate relative to a fixed body about a rotational axis, and wherein the spring assembly further includes a locking pin coupled to the fixed body such that it has a locked configuration in which it engages a portion of the rotatable body and prevents rotation of the rotatable body relative to the fixed body and a free configuration in which rotation of the rotatable body relative to the fixed body is permitted.

Abstract: A finial assembly includes a sleeve and a finial. The sleeve has a first end and a second end and the finial is mounted on the first end of the sleeve. The finial includes a band of rigid material configured to form a central opening, a decorative insert removably disposed in the central opening and a first set screw. The first set screw serves to tighten the band about the decorative insert and also serves to secure the finial against movement relative to the sleeve. A window covering support rod or a holdback bracket is press fit into the second end of the sleeve. A second set screw further secures the window covering support rod or holdback bracket to the sleeve.

Abstract: A sunshade assembly includes a winding shaft, a sunshade cloth wound around the winding shaft, and a pull rod connected to one end of the sunshade cloth. A guide unit includes a base seat disposed below a housing of the sunshade assembly, and a guide rod having a top end connected to the pull rod. A locking mechanism includes a push-push lock mounted on the base seat, and a latch unit fixed to the guide rod and having an engaging tongue. When the sunshade cloth is pulled upward by the pull rod to a stretched position, the guide rod is moved upward so that the engaging tongue pushes and engages the push-push lock. When the guide rod is moved further upward, the engaging tongue pushes again the push-push lock and disengages therefrom, thereby permitting the sunshade cloth to be wound automatically by the winding shaft to a wound position.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding one or more chemicals into a process stream of a pulp process is disclosed, as well as a method of utilizing the apparatus for feeding one or more chemicals into a pulp process is disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for softening paper. An inventive composition and method of its use softens paper products (like tissue paper) by de-bonding its cellulose fibers and by improving the smoothness of the resulting paper. The invention forms a surfactant-polymer complex that attaches de-bonding non-ionic surfactants to cellulose fibers that would otherwise not be retained by the cellulose fibers. This complex prevents the fibers from bonding with each other and makes the paper product smoother. Best of all, the composition is environmentally superior and is a non-toxic.

Abstract: A multiaxial press felt base fabric construction is provided in which the base fabric is formed from a spirally wound precursor textile strip having a width that is less than an overall width of the assembled papermaking fabric and which is joined together along neighboring adjacent edges to form a fabric tube. At least one of: 100% of the MD yarns located on one surface of the precursor textile strip are comprised of cabled yarns or from 50% to 100% of the CD yarns are a cabled yarn. The MD yarns are arranged as vertically stacked pairs for compression resistance to provide void volume, and the vertically stacked arrangement is maintained by interweaving with one system of CD weft yarns.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement in connection with the press section of a web-forming machine. The arrangement includes at least one press nip for dewatering the web manufactured on a web-forming machine. The arrangement also includes a smoothing press including a smoothing roll arranged after the press nip. The smoothing press includes smooth heat carrying devices arranged as a loop around at least two guide rolls. The smoothing roll is arranged into contact with the devices between two guide rolls. The smoothing roll and/or at least one of the guide rolls is a steam heated drying cylinder or a steam heated roll modified thereof. The invention also relates to a board or paper produced in such arrangement.

Abstract: There is provided an air conditioning system for a passenger compartment R of an electric vehicle having a rechargeable battery unit that is chargeable by supply of power from an external power source external to the vehicle. An air conditioner (AC) ECU 27 acquires a preparatory air conditioning time ? that is the time it takes to condition the interior air of the vehicle to a target interior air temperature 27T. An HEV controller 25 acquires from a quick charger 100 a charge time left 100R that is the time it takes until charge is completed and initiate preparatory air conditioning within the passenger compartment if the charge time left 100R is less than or equal to the preparatory air conditioning time ?.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a passenger compartment of an electric vehicle has a battery unit that is chargeable by supply of electric power from an external power source. The system includes a charge-level detection section to detect a charge level of the battery unit and an HEV controller has an integrated control of the whole of an electric vehicle including an air conditioner. Before a preparatory air-conditioning operation for air conditioning in the passenger compartment during charge, the HEV controller grants permission to enter air conditioning in the passenger compartment if the battery charge level is greater than a predetermined level. The HEV controller adjusts an amount of electric power usable for air conditioning in the passenger compartment based on a change in the charge level.

Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger includes a first member having an inlet at a first end and a first flange at an opposite end. The first member is made from a nickel-chromium material. A second member is provided having a second flange one end coupled to the first flange. The second member further having an outlet on a second end opposite the second flange. The second member is made from titanium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for recovering heat from the environment, for use in underground and underwater construction, wherein in a sheet piling wall (2) anchored in a subgrade and made of sheet piling wall elements (4) that can be locked to each other, the sheet piling wall elements (4) comprise at least one closed hollow space (6) designed as a heat tube (8), wherein the heat tube (8) transfers heat energy drawn from the water or the ground via the sheet piling wall elements (4) to a heat pump (16) via a heat exchanger (12) at the one end (14) of the heat tube (8).

Abstract: An architectural heat and moisture exchanger. The exchanger defines an interior channel which is divided into a plurality of sub-channels by a membrane configured to allow passage of water vapor and to prevent substantial passage of air. In some embodiments, the exchanger includes an opaque housing configured to form a portion of a building enclosure, such as an exterior wall, an interior wall, a roof, a floor, or a foundation.

Abstract: An adaptor is provided for use with the heat sink, said heat sink comprising a base for contacting a heat source and a plurality of protrusions extending from said base. The adaptor itself comprises a base and a structure projecting therefrom. The structure is arranged to mate with one or more protrusions on the heat sink to enable heat transfer by conduction from the heat sink to the adaptor.

Abstract: A liquid fuel includes a hydrocarbon-based liquid fuel and an additive mixed with the hydrocarbon-based liquid fuel. The additive includes an endothermic fuel-cracking catalyst.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base, at least one heat pipe, and a fin assembly. The base is substantially planar. The base includes a first interface and a second interface opposite to the first interface. The first interface is adapted to contact a heat element. The base defines a slot at the second interface. The at least one heat pipe is received in the slot. The fin assembly contacts the second interface and the at least one heat pipe simultaneously.

Abstract: Systems and fabrication methods are disclosed for a heat spreader to cool a device. The heat spreader has first and second opposing proximal surfaces defining a chamber having a liquid therein; and one or more structures mounted in the chamber to induce a liquid flow pattern during a boiling of the liquid to distribute heat.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cooling system for removing heat from a Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) slurry reactor. The cooling system including a downcomer disposed within the F-T reactor to deliver a coolant downward through the F-T reactor at a predetermined velocity. The downcomer and the pressure of the introduced coolant cooperate to increase the coolant velocity, thereby maintaining the coolant in the substantially liquid phase in the downcomer. The cooling system further includes a plenum connected to the downcomer, wherein the coolant remains in the substantially liquid phase. Additionally, the cooling system includes at least one riser extending upward from the plenum, wherein a portion of the coolant vaporizes to provide a boiling heat transfer surface on the at least one riser.

Abstract: A thermal module structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The thermal module structure includes a base and a heat pipe. The base has a first channel and a first recessed section in communication with the first channel. The heat pipe is correspondingly disposed in the first channel. According to the thermal module structure, the heat pipe can directly contact heat source and directly connect with the base without brazing. Therefore, the manufacturing cost is greatly lowered.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base and a fin group fixed on the base. The base includes a container, a flattened heat pipe and a solid supporting member. The container includes a baffle plate and a cover engaging with the baffle plate to define a receiving chamber therebetween. The heat pipe and the supporting member are housed in the receiving chamber. Opposite sides of the heat pipe and the supporting member respectively abut against the baffle plate and the cover of the container.

Abstract: A cooling unit includes: a flow path that circulates coolant; and a tank that stores the coolant, the tank including a plurality of side walls, an inlet that is provided in a first side wall of the plurality of side walls and through which the coolant is caused to flow in, an outlet that is provided in a second side wall other than the first side wall and located below the inlet and through which the coolant is discharged, and an overhanging portion provided on the inner wall surface of the second side wall and located above the outlet.

Abstract: A cooling unit includes: at least one pump that circulates coolant; a tank having a first inlet through which coolant is caused to flow in and at least one first outlet through which the coolant is expelled to the at least one pump; and an air bubble accumulating portion provided in an upper part of the tank, wherein the first inlet is disposed at a position such that the coolant is caused to flow into the air bubble accumulating portion, and the at least one first outlet is provided below the air bubble accumulating portion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus including a plurality of nano-coated, porous integral fins and/or grooves on the evaporator tubes. In some examples, the apparatus is an evaporative cooler, such as a horizontal-tube, falling-film evaporator. In some examples, the evaporator tubes are in either a horizontal and/or tilted and/or vertical position. Also disclosed are methods of using the disclosed apparatus, such as a cooling device including as an evaporative cooler.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first header tank, a second header tank, and a core. The core is positioned between the first header tank and the second header tank. The core includes a plurality of tubes, a set of cooling fins and a plurality of channels. Each tube of the plurality of tubes provides fluid communication between the first header tank and the second header tank. The set of cooling fins are located between the heat exchange tubes of the plurality of tubes to increase a heat exchange area. The plurality of channels is defined by the plurality of tubes and the set of cooling fins. The channels of the plurality of channels are operative for directing a flow of air through the core such that a flow of air enters a front face of the core in a first direction and is generally directed toward a plane.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (80) includes a plurality of heat exchange layers (95) stacked in a stackwise direction. Each of the layers includes a first plate (110) and a second plate (115), each of the first plate and the second plate includes a portion of a first enclosed header (120), a second enclosed header (125) and at least one flow channel (130) that extends between the first enclosed header and the second enclosed header. The first plate and the second plate are fixedly attached to one another to completely define the first enclosed header, the second enclosed header, and the at least one flow channel. An inlet header (85) is in fluid communication with the first enclosed header of each of the plurality of heat exchange layers (95) to direct a flow of fluid to the heat exchange layers. An outlet header is in fluid communication with the second enclosed header of each of the plurality of heat exchange layers to direct the flow of fluid from the heat exchange layers.

Abstract: A plate heat exchanger comprises a stack of heat transfer plates each extending in a general plane and provided with a main heat transfer portion with a corrugation pattern. Each heat transfer plate comprises an outer peripheral portion extending outside the main heat transfer portion and along a periphery. The outer peripheral portion comprises outer and inner edge portions. In the stack the heat transfer plates in their outer peripheral portions abut against each other alternately along the outer and inner edge portions, and are welded together alternately along the outer and inner edge portions. The heat transfer plates in the stack are welded together by melting material of the heat transfer plates closest to abutting faces of the edge portions by supplying welding energy in a direction substantially parallel to the general plane to produce weld joints between the heat transfer plates in the outer and inner edge portions.

Abstract: Plate assemblies configured for use in heat exchangers are provided. The plate assemblies may include one or more plates defining an inlet end, an outlet end, and flow channels configured to receive a flow of fluid from the inlet end and direct the fluid to the outlet end. The flow channels may be defined by protrusions, grooves, and/or orifices defined in flow plates, and spacer plates may separate the plate assemblies from one another. The flow channels may be interconnected such that for each of a plurality of intermediate positions along the flow channels, a plurality of flow paths are defined. Thus, in an instance in which a blockage occurs in one of the flow channels, flow may be prevented through only a portion of the flow channel.

Abstract: The aim of the present invention to provide a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system (10) for an automobile vehicle, including a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning housing (100) capable of allowing the thermal treatment of an air conditioning airflow to be used to maintain a desired temperature within the cabin, the heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning housing (100) comprising primary distribution means (132b, 133b, 134b) for the air conditioning air within the vehicle cabin so as to define a limited number of distribution configurations. The heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system (10) includes an additional module (200) comprising additional distribution means (212b, 213b) for the air conditioning airflow out of the cabin.