Abstract: A composite sheet material includes a cover sheet, a substrate and an adhesion promoting layer. The cover sheet has a cover sheet material. The substrate has a substrate material. The adhesion promoting layer is disposed between the cover sheet and the substrate. A first side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the cover sheet has an affinity to bond with the cover sheet material. A second side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the substrate has an affinity to bond with the substrate material.

Abstract: A label for a bottle where the label is comprised of a laminate where an outer layer (3) is a material susceptible to losing opaqueness when made wet, and an inner layer (5) behind this first layer which is a material that is opaque, and such that it will maintain such opaqueness when wet.

Abstract: Methods of making prepregs are described. The methods include the steps of forming a fiber-containing substrate, and contacting the fiber-containing substrate with a resin mixture. The resin mixture may include polymer particles mixed in a liquid medium, and the polymer particles may be coated on the fiber-containing substrate to form a coated substrate. The liquid medium may be removed from the coated substrate to form the prepreg. The prepregs may be used to make fiber-reinforced articles.

Abstract: A melamine resin metal decorative panel (101) is obtained by sequentially stacking a melamine resin decorative layer (13) including a surface decorative layer (11) and a core layer (12), an adhesive layer (14), and a metal layer (15). The surface decorative layer (11) is formed using a surface decorative layer material (11A) which includes a surface decorative layer substrate obtained by coating at least a first surface which is a design surface with a resin containing a melamine resin, and the core layer (12) is formed using a core layer material (12A) containing a chemical fiber substrate.

Abstract: A production equipment for corrugated paper comprises a bonding device having a base, and a guiding assembly is installed in base and a driving mechanism is installed adjacent to guiding assembly, in which space is created between driving mechanism and guiding assembly for mutually squeezing and bonding glue layers among lining paper, paper material and sandwiched core-paper to form paper board, and bonding device is configured with a heating tool. A pre-heater capable of heating sandwiched core-paper is installed on input side of base to perform pre-heating to sandwiched core-paper by means of pre-heater before heating lining paper, paper material and sandwiched core-paper in heating tool, so speed for solidifying and bonding between glue layers of paper material and sandwiched core-paper can be effectively accelerated through the temperature contained in itself thereby lessening the number of elements installed in the subsequent heating process and reducing manufacturing costs of corrugated paper.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for creating multi-layered lightly-laminated provide films with increased or maintained strength. An increased level of strength is achieved by bonding adjacent layers of the multi-layer film together in a manner that the bond strength of the laminated layers is less than a strength of a weakest tear resistance of the individual first and second film layers. The inventors have surprisingly found that such a configuration of light bonding provides increased and unexpected strength properties to the multi-layer film as compared to a monolayer film of equal thickness or a multi-layer film in which the plurality of layers are tightly bonded together.

Abstract: A method of bonding a vulcanized elastomer is provided comprising the steps of; providing an adhesive comprising a primary acrylate monomer, a reactive flexibilizing monomer, and further optionally comprising a toughener, an adhesion promoter and a free radical initiator, then depositing the adhesive on at least one surface of an elastomer or a second substrate, wherein the elastomer is a vulcanized elastomer, then bringing the elastomer substrate and second substrate together with the adhesive disposed therebetween, and allowing the adhesive to cure and bond the elastomer and second substrate together at a temperature of less than about 100° C. to produce a bonded structure.

Abstract: A method of forming an article is provided, comprising providing a decorative covering; providing an injection molded substrate, the substrate formed of at least one thermoplastic polymer, the thermoplastic polymer having a cellular structure formed by a gas expelled into the thermoplastic polymer by a chemical blowing agent mixed with the thermoplastic polymer during injection molding, wherein an upper surface of the substrate includes surface defects including surface voids; applying a hot-melt adhesive to at least one of an lower surface of the decorative covering and the upper surface of the substrate; bonding the decorative covering and the injection molded foamed substrate with the adhesive; and wherein the adhesive is applied such that presence of the surface voids in the upper surface of the substrate do not appear on an upper surface of the skin layer after the decorative article is formed.

Abstract: A support mandrel for producing curved composite components includes a prismatoid mandrel body formed from a flexible material, the mandrel body having two polygonal bases and an upper support surface extending between the two polygonal bases of the mandrel body, and a reinforcement bar enclosed within the mandrel body and extending between the two polygonal bases of the mandrel body substantially parallel and near to the upper support surface of the mandrel body.

Abstract: A method for producing a product package having one or more laminated window portions includes supplying a web of packaging material to an inline process including one or more die cutting stages and a lamination stage, the web of packaging material having a lamination side and an opposing non-lamination side; cutting one or more window apertures into the web of packaging material; and laminating the lamination side of the web of packaging material to form the product package, the lamination side forming the exterior of the product package and the non-lamination side forming the interior of the product package.

Abstract: A method for placing an optical lens, with a first side and a second side, on a block piece for holding the optical lens and which has a coupling part for holding the block piece in a workpiece chuck and with a holding part for fastening the lens. The holding part has a convex or concave holding surface corresponding to a first side of the lens. The holding surface is, according to the shape of the lens to be held, provided in the form of a negative free-forming surface, and the block piece is made from a plastic that can be machined.

Abstract: An improved advertising and labeling method comprising forming a substantially planar label, die-cutting a plurality of openings in at least two opposing locations on the label, such that the openings are configured to align with a plurality of openings on a display device and locating a fastening device within at least one of the plurality of openings.

Abstract: In a thermal stencil-making machine, a thermosensitive stencil screen made by pasting a thermo sensitive material on a stencil-making side of a mesh screen for screen printing and a thermal perforator that perforates the thermosensitive stencil screen are relatively moved to each other to thermally perforate the thermosensitive material according to image information. The thermal stencil-making machine includes a residue remover that removes a melted residue generated on the stencil-making side of the thermosensitive stencil screen along a circumference of a perforated hole when the thermosensitive material is melted by the thermal perforator. The residue remover removes the melted residue while the thermosensitive stencil screen and the thermal perforator are relatively moved to each other.

Abstract: Systems and methods for aligning preprinted images on a roll of substrate to the moving components of a web press are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes determining the speed of the moving components of the press, determining the speed of the web of preprinted images and adjusting the speed of the web of preprinted image to match the speed of the web. In particular embodiments, a press which produces rolls of preprinted material can be modified to change the equivalent cutoff length of the press. In further embodiments, a method of pasting new rolls of material to expiring rolls of material is accomplished by modulating the drive speed of the new roll of material to match the expiring roll of material while at the same time aligning the images on the new roll with the expiring roll.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a modulation circuit that generates a modulated signal by pulse-modulating a source signal; a transistor that amplifies the modulated signal to generate an amplified modulated signal; a low-pass filter that includes an inductor and a capacitor and smoothes the amplified modulated signal to generate a drive signal; a feedback circuit that returns the drive signal to the modulation circuit; a circuit board; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by application of the drive signal thereto. The circuit board has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface. The capacitor and the feedback circuit are mounted and a first ground wiring connected to the capacitor and a second ground wiring connected to the feedback circuit are provided on the first mounting surface. At least one of the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the inductor is mounted on the second mounting surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a page wide array (PWA) printer (20) particularly but not exclusively for performing print jobs while maximizing print bar performance uniformity within the printer. The PWA printer includes a print bar which can be moved laterally and a controller which causes the print bar to laterally move from a first to a second position and causes the nozzles within the print bar to print an image while the print bar is in the second position without modifying the lateral alignment of the image.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: an modulation circuit that generates a modulated signal by pulse-modulating a source signal through self-oscillation; a transistor that amplifies the modulated signal to generate an amplified modulated signal; a low-pass filter that includes an inductor and a capacitor and smoothes the amplified modulated signal to generate a drive signal; a feedback circuit that allows the drive signal to return to the modulation circuit; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by application of the drive signal thereto; a cavity that is filled with a liquid inside and has an internal volume which changes when the piezoelectric element is displaced; and a nozzle that is provided to discharge the liquid inside the cavity in response to the change of the internal volume of the cavity. In this configuration, a self-resonant frequency of the capacitor is higher than a frequency of the self-oscillation.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a modulation circuit that generates a modulated signal by pulse-modulating a source signal through self-oscillation; a pair of transistors that include a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor and amplify the modulated signal to generate an amplified modulated signal; a low-pass filter that includes an inductor and a capacitor and smoothes the amplified modulated signal to generate a drive signal; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by application of the drive signal thereto; a cavity that is filled with a liquid inside and has an internal volume which changes when the piezoelectric element is displaced; and a nozzle that is provided to discharge the liquid inside the cavity in response to the change of the internal volume of the cavity. A shortest distance between the low-side transistor and the capacitor is shorter than a shortest distance between the high-side transistor and the capacitor.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a pressure generating chamber which is used for discharging a liquid in the pressure generating chamber through a nozzle by driving a driving element; a manifold which supplies a liquid to the pressure generating chamber; a discharge unit which discharges a liquid in the pressure generating chamber through the nozzle. Mode 1 is a mode in which air is drawn into the pressure generating chamber through the nozzle due to the operation of the discharge unit, and Mode 2 is a mode which drives the driving element such that air is not drawn into the pressure generating chamber through the nozzle due to the driving of the driving element.

Abstract: Under a condition in which bowed printing occurs, a horizontal shift is suppressed to improve print quality. Following a program stored in a ROM 12, an MPU 10 generates video data for charging print particles according to print contents data stored in a RAM 11. Based on the print contents data, the MPU 10 detects a letter to be printed last, and when the letter to be printed last is printed to end a print operation, generates video data so that based on the video data, a non-print charge voltage driving non-print particles to an extent that they do not fly over a gutter 25 is applied to non-print particles. The number of the non-print particles subjected to the non-print charge voltage is determined by the MPU 10, based on the distance from a print head 2 to a print subject 30, a letter height preset value, etc. A character signal generating circuit 18 generates the non-print charge voltage, based on the video data, and applies the generated the non-print charge voltage to a charging electrode 22.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus according to the invention includes an ink, and a discharge head that discharges the ink, in which the discharge head includes a plurality of pressure chambers respectively communicating with a plurality of nozzle holes formed in a nozzle plate, a vibration plate changing the capacity of each of the plurality of pressure chambers, and an ink supply chamber for supplying the ink to the plurality of pressure chambers, the capacity of the pressure chamber is 10.0×106 ?m3 or less, the density in which the plurality of nozzle holes are arranged in the nozzle plate is 200 dpi or more, the ink includes a pigment, water, an organic solvent, and a resin component, a ratio (organic solvent/water) of a mass of the organic solvent to a mass of the water in the ink is 0.2 to 0.5, and a solid content of the resin component in the ink is 1.5 mass % or more.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus according to the invention includes an ink, and a discharge head that discharges the ink, in which the discharge head includes a plurality of pressure chambers respectively communicating with a plurality of nozzle holes formed in a nozzle plate, a vibration plate changing the capacity of each of the plurality of pressure chambers, and an ink supply chamber for supplying the ink to the plurality of pressure chambers, the capacity of the pressure chamber is 10.0×106 ?m3 or less, the density in which the plurality of nozzle holes are arranged in the nozzle plate is 200 dpi or more, the ink includes a dye, water, and an organic solvent, a ratio (organic solvent/water) of a mass of the organic solvent to a mass of the water in the ink is 0.3 to 0.7.

Abstract: Provided are a manufacturing method of an inkjet print head, the inkjet print head and a drawing apparatus equipped with the inkjet print head. The manufacturing method includes: forming a separation assisting layer on a substrate; forming heating resistors, thin-film transistors and nozzles for ejecting liquid, on the separation assisting layer; separating the separation assisting layer from the substrate; forming a first heat-conductive layer on the opposite surface of the separation assisting layer from the nozzles; and forming an ink supply port for supplying ink to the nozzles from a first heat-conductive layer side of the inkjet print head.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a recording portion, a wipe unit, a cleaning mechanism, a wipe moving-up/down mechanism, a transfer surface moving mechanism, and a control portion. The wipe unit has a wipe blade that wipes purged ink that is forcibly discharged from an ejecting nozzle. The cleaning mechanism has a cleaning member onto which ink adhering to a tip end surface of the wipe blade is transferred. The control portion controls the wipe moving-up/down mechanism to force the wipe blade to repeat contacting and leaving a plurality of times the transfer surface of the cleaning member substantially vertically to remove the ink present on the tip end surface of the wipe blade, and controls the transfer surface moving mechanism in such a manner that the tip end surface of the wipe blade contacts a clean portion of the transfer surface.

Abstract: A liquid storage container supplies ink to a printer which consumes the ink, and includes a liquid storage body which includes a liquid lead-out port communicating with the printer and a filler port formed to pour the liquid to the liquid storage container, an auxiliary holding member which is mounted to be slidable to a side in which the filler port is formed, and a memory unit holding member which is detachably configured to the auxiliary holding member and includes a memory unit.

Abstract: A motorized coupler assembly includes a coupler for coupling an insert to a receiving device; a plurality of movable components that cover an opening of the coupler; an electric motor; and an electronic sensing device. When the electronic sensing device detects an insert of a correct type, the movable components rotate to uncover the opening of the coupler and permit the insert to come into contact with the coupler.

Abstract: Provided is a printer in which the rotating shaft of a ribbon roller can be connected to its driving unit with high accuracy by using a mechanism simple in structure, while preventing breakage that may occur when connecting the rotating shaft to the driving unit. The printer (1) includes a cabinet (7), a drawer unit (11) which can be drawn out of the cabinet, a ribbon roller (4A, 4B) on which a belt-like ink ribbon used for transferring to a recording sheet is wound, a driving unit (31A, 31B) which drives the ribbon roller for rotation by being connected to a rotating shaft (14A, 14B) of the ribbon roller when the drawer unit is loaded in the cabinet, and a disengaging member (40) which is provided on the cabinet and which disengages the driving unit from the rotating shaft when the drawer unit is drawn out of the cabinet.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a continuous label member having an adhesive surface to which a liner is affixed while separating the liner from the continuous label member at a separating position, and transports the continuous label member from which the liner has been separated while affixing the liner to the adhesive surface at an affixing position located downstream from the separating position, and a laser irradiator that forms in the continuous label member a cut line enabling the continuous label member to be cut by irradiating the continuous label member, whose adhesive surface is exposed due to the liner being separated, with a laser beam at an irradiation position located between the separating position P1 and the affixing position.

Abstract: In a method or device to determine a lift state of a recording medium from a surface of a heating saddle of an inkjet printing system, the recording medium being directed past the surface for drying, an index for power consumption of the heating saddle is determined including a determination of a time curve of the electrical power consumed by the heating saddle. The power consumption of the heating saddle depends on a desired temperature of the heating saddle. The lift state of the recording medium is determined based on the index for the power consumption.

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording method including: discharging an ultraviolet ray-curable ink, which has a viscosity at 20° C. of 25 mPa·s or less and an average equivalent of polymerizable unsaturated double bond of 100 to 150, from a head onto a recording medium at a discharge temperature of 30° C. to 40° C.; and irradiating the ultraviolet ray-curable ink, attached onto the recording medium, with ultraviolet rays emitted from a light source to cure the ultraviolet ray-curable ink.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head that ejects liquid onto a recording medium, a transporting device that transports the recording medium along a supporting surface of a supporting member, and a preheating device that preheats the recording medium to the upstream side of the recording head in a transporting direction of the recording medium. The preheating device includes a preheating unit that increases the amount of heat per unit time which is applied to the recording medium as the recording medium is moved toward the downstream side in the transporting direction. The supporting member includes the supporting surface and bending portions.

Abstract: A method for creating a tamper-evident label is described. Embodiments of the method or process typically include four steps. In a first step, an ultraviolet cured ink mask can be printed onto a substrate by an inkjet printer. In a second step, once the printing is done and the mask has been formed, the substrate can be anodized in a weakened anodizing bath. In a third step, the ultraviolet cured ink can be removed from the substrate leaving a portion of the substrate unanodized. To remove the ultraviolet cured ink, the substrate can be heated to an elevated temperature and a cleaning solution and/or solvent can be applied to the ultraviolet cured ink mask. In a fourth step, the substrate can be anodized for a second time.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a roll-out motor that rotates a roll body supported by a roll body support unit, a feed roller pair that transports a paper drawn from the roll body, and a load measuring unit that measures a rotation load of the roll body when the roll body is rotated at a low speed and a rotation load of the roll body when the roll body is rotated at a high speed. A rotation angle range in which the roll body is rotated at the high speed is greater than a rotation angle range in which the roll body is rotated at the low speed. In one rotation of the roll body, at least a part of the rotation angle range of the roll body rotated at the low speed overlaps with the rotation angle range of the roll body rotated at the high speed.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for printing a predetermined pattern on silk fibroin materials using water based “inks.” Such technique may be useful for micro- and nano-engineering applications.

Abstract: Roll paper for printing maintains high bending resistance at the perforations without impairing the ease of separation at the perforation. The paper has perforations 15A, 25A formed across the width of the paper at a specific interval lengthwise, and the perforation 15A, 25A have either a sawtooth shape or a wave shape. The roll paper also has a liner 11, and a plurality of labels 12 affixed by adhesive 13 at an even interval along the length of the liner 11. The perforation 15A, 25A are formed in the liner 11 between two adjacent labels 12.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus which has a function of performing an erasing process of erasing an image formed on a recording medium and an image forming process of forming an image on the recording medium is provided. The image forming apparatus automatically performs the erasing process when a state where an operation panel does not receive a process request from a user continues during a predetermined time or more.

Abstract: A book and method for reading a book as a shadow is disclosed. The book includes at least one page containing at least one light window. The method for reading a book as a shadow includes the steps of selecting at least one page to read from the book, wherein the at least one page includes at least one light window with at least one shape, providing at least one light source, positioning the at least one page with the at least one light window between the at least one light source and at least one surface, displaying a shadow on the at least one surface in the shape of the at least one light window, and reading the text or images displayed on the at least one surface.

Abstract: Described herein are marking instruments comprising an erasable ink and a non-erasable ink; eradicating instruments; and systems comprising same.

Abstract: A series of business methods, processes, and results incorporates licensing popular and readily identified sports-related trademarks and copyrighted images, and uses these images in the production of silk flowers. The method of the invention incorporates a device that will incorporate a silk flower with the image of a popularly identifiable figure, such as a sports mascot or emblem, or a player in a sports uniform on it. The popularly identifiable figure would be a trademark or copyrighted image from a popular sports team, and the trademark or copyrighted image would be licensed for production as part of a licensing agreement. The flowers are composed of fabric such as silk, rayon, cotton or similar material. Various team emblems, mascots and sports figures, in different team colors, would be affixed to the petals and leaves in the form of decals, heat transfer printing, or other processes.

Abstract: A floor covering is composed of a plurality of hard floor panels wherein the floor panels show a common general decor and may differ from each other in respect to their appearance and/or on their own have zones of a differing appearance. The floor panels, at least at two opposite sides or edges thereof, are provided with coupling parts allowing that two of such floor panels can cooperate with each other at these sides. At least some of the floor panels possess at least one chamfer, such as a beveled edge or the like, wherein the surfaces of these chamfers are provided, at least partially, with a separately applied decorative covering including at least a decorative layer. The appearance of the decorative covering is realized in a manner varying in function of differences occurring in the decor of the floor covering.

Abstract: An insert for a vehicle wheel having a plurality of spokes which define, in part, an outwardly-facing wheel surface, and further define between adjacent ones of the spokes, a cavity for receiving the insert, in use, the insert comprising: an outer profile of complementary shape to the cavity and arranged to fit securely within the cavity, in use; and a flow redirecting surface which is aerodynamically shaped so as to reduce drag on an adjacent spoke of the wheel, in use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a track widening system for motor vehicles, having at least one track widening disc and at least one centering ring which is inserted into a central opening of the track widening disc, wherein the centering ring has at least one first catch device which is arranged at the free end of a resilient arm and wherein the track widening disc has a corresponding second catch device. The centering ring may comprise plastic, and may be fiber-reinforced. One or more centering rings may have different colors.

Abstract: An assembly (200) for loosening or tightening mechanical nuts includes a socket arm (40) defining a socket (42) at its distal end for engaging a mechanical nut (102); a crank (30) connected or connectable at its first end transversely to a proximate end of the socket arm (40); a sliding hammer (20) connected or connectable to a second end of the crank (30), thereby being operable to impart a rotational impact on the socket arm (40) via the crank (30); and a support structure (250) connected or connectable at its proximate end to one of the socket arm (40), crank (30), or sliding hammer (20) and defining at its remote end a support surface (260) operable to bear against an external structure (100) thereby to support the assembly (200) in use.

Abstract: A tire work stand comprises a frame for supporting the work stand on a ground surface and for attaching a set of components to the tire work stand. A plurality of rollers is attached to the frame to support a tire above the ground surface and to permit rotation of a tire during inspection of the tire. A ramp is configured to have a first ramp end capable of extending from the ground surface and a second ramp end extending to a position proximal to the frame. A bridge is configured to have a first bridge end extending from the second ramp end and a second bridge end extending to a position proximal to a surface of at least one of the rollers, wherein the bridge acts to inhibit rotation of the roller during loading of the tire and further permits rotation of the tire after the tire has been loaded on the tire work stand.

Abstract: A method of re-sizing a compactor wheel for fitment onto a machine is provided. The compactor wheel includes a rim, a hub that is concentrically positioned within the rim, and a pair of discs connecting the rim to the hub. Each of the discs has a first edge and a second edge in rigid attachment with an outer surface of the hub and an inner surface of the rim respectively. The method includes detaching the rim from the second edge of each disc, rigidly attaching a first side of a spacer element to the second edge of the disc, and rigidly attaching the rim to a second side of the spacer element.

Abstract: An axle assembly and a method of manufacture. The axle assembly may have an axle housing, a bowl ring, and a bowl cover. The bowl ring may be disposed on a center portion of the axle housing and may extend around a bowl opening. The bowl cover may be disposed on the bowl ring.

Abstract: An axle assembly having an axle housing and a bowl cover. The axle housing may have a center portion that may define a bowl opening and a differential carrier opening that may receive a differential. The bowl cover may be mounted to the axle housing and may cover the bowl opening.

Abstract: A tire which has a circular tire frame formed of a resin material, and a reinforcing metallic cord member wound around an outer circumferential portion of the tire frame, in which the resin material comprises a polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer including a soft segment and a hard segment including a structural unit represented by —[CO—(CH2)m—NH]— (wherein m represents an integer of 6 to 11) in a molecule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-pneumatic wheel having an improved cushioning effect by separating an inner ring and an outer ring of the non-pneumatic wheel. In addition, the present invention relates to a non-pneumatic wheel having an improved cushioning effect by increasing a tension of the outer ring occurred by the inner ring when the outer ring and the inner ring are coupled and concurrently limiting an expansion of the outer ring. The non-pneumatic wheel comprises an outer ring having a number of coupling portions of protruding shape formed in an inner side; a spoke portion integrally formed in an outer side; and an expansion preventing portion formed on an upper portion of the spoke and tightly fitted between a coupling portions of the outer ring.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire is disclosed herein. The non-pneumatic tire includes a cylindrical tread configured to come into contact with a road surface, an aluminum wheel configured to form a circumference smaller than that of the tread and concentrically disposed inside the tread, and a polyurethane spoke configured to perform a shock absorbing action while connecting the tread with the aluminum wheel. The aluminum wheel includes a plurality of depressed grooves formed at predetermined intervals along the circumferential surface of the aluminum wheel. A plurality of vibration isolators made of vibration isolation material is inserted into the grooves.