Abstract: In at least some implementations, a blow molding process provides that portions of the parison are engaged by one or more clamping devices disposed on or adjacent to the blow mold parts, and that the blow mold is opened whereby the parison is torn apart between the clamping devices, into two or more pieces of the parison. In other implementations, the clamping devices may be moved relative to the blow mold to tear the parison, or the parison may be torn by a combined movement of the blow mold parts and clamping devices.

Abstract: An inspection and ejector unit for preforms for plastic containers in a transportation line, has at least one driver device which picks up preforms travelling from an inward conveyor device to the inspection and ejector unit, transports them further and passes on at least some of the preforms to an outward conveyor device, at least one detection device by which faulty preforms in the driver device are detected, and at least one ejection device by which preforms which are detected as faulty are removed from the driver device, and a corresponding method.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for seaming a polymeric material. The method involves forming an interface between a plurality of separate polymeric sheets of materials. Next, heat and pressure are applied to facilitate the diffusion of the polymer molecules at the interface. A diffusion weld is made when the polymer molecules diffuse across the interface.

Abstract: A sealing device (D) for sealing a pouched strip (N) to a cladding film (P) for obtaining a blister strip (B) has a pair of pair of heat-welding plates (10) for sealing, by heat-welding, the film (P) and the strip (N), thereby obtaining the blister strip (B). A sliding element (11), for sliding the blister strip (B) released by the pair of heat welding plates (10) is provided with a curved sliding surface (110) for receiving the blister strip (B). The device (D) further has a device (20) for forcing the blister band (B) to slide along and in contact with the curved sliding surface (110), and a device (30) for directing at least one cooling fluid to cross the sliding element (11) so as to cool the blister strip (B) during the sliding thereof along the curved sliding surface (110).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the construction of a shaped body from photopolymerizable material by using lithography-based generative production (rapid prototyping), in which a layer of liquid photopolymerizable material is defined on a production platform (1, 2, 3, 4), the layer is polymerized in an exposure region having a predetermined contour by exposure, a further layer of photopolymerizable material is defined on the polymerized layer, the layer defined last is polymerized by exposure in an exposure region having a predetermined contour for the layer defined last, and the latter two steps are repeated until a shaped body having a predetermined shape has been formed by the sequence of cured layers with contours predetermined layer by layer, wherein ink is applied onto at least one layer inside the predetermined contour, wherein the production platform is suspended moveably and wherein the production platform is brought, after the polymerization of a layer in a processing station for polymerizing

Abstract: An improved lamination molding apparatus which can maintain the inert gas environment in the chamber as well as remove the fume swiftly and efficiently away from the optical pathway of the laser beam, is provided.

Abstract: A mobile cart that moves through a three-dimensional object printing system includes a platform, and at least one bearing operatively connected to the platform and configured to engage with a lower surface of a rail of the printing system in order to locate the platform with respect to an ejector head positioned opposite the rail. The cart further includes at least one other bearing operatively connected to the platform and configured to engage with an upper surface of the rail and apply a bias force that urges the at least one bearing against the lower surface of the rail. The rail can be configured to block material ejected by the ejector head from reaching the lower surface thereon.

Abstract: A mobile cart that moves through a three-dimensional object printing system includes a first member having a pair of surface that slide along a pair of tracks, a receiver mounted to the first member that moves the cart along the tracks, and a planar member that has a surface for forming a three-dimensional object, and that is connected to the first member. The planar member and the first member are configured to enable an ejector head positioned opposite the track to pass between the planar member and the first member as the cart moves along the track.

Abstract: A cart that helps eliminate contaminants from a printing system with a rail support track includes a platform, a first bearing, and a first blade. The first bearing is operatively connected to the platform, and is positioned and configured to roll along a first cylindrical rail of a rail support track of a printing system to enable the platform to move along the first cylindrical rail. The first blade has a leading edge oriented at an acute angle relative to a curved surface of the first cylindrical rail, and is configured to engage the curved surface to remove contaminant as the cart moves along the first cylindrical rail.

Abstract: A curing tool for a shell component, includes a first tool component, which is a polyhedron and has a wedge-shaped bevel forming a first sheared edge on a first side edge, and a second tool component, which is a polyhedron, has a wedge-shaped bevel forming a second sheared edge on a first side edge and has a first corner bevel on a second side edge diagonally opposite the first side edge. The wedge angles of the first and the second sheared edge are equal.

Abstract: A tire sealant bottle assembly that includes a bottle, a nozzle, and a cap is disclosed. The bottle is designed to hold tire sealant therein. The nozzle removably couples to the bottle and includes a nozzle base, a nozzle head integral with the nozzle base, and a channel extending through the nozzle. The channel includes a substantially cylindrical portion at the terminating end of the nozzle head that is at least 5 mm in length and has an inner diameter between approximately 7 and 8 mm. The cap may be a hollow valve core tool cap having an open first end, a closed second end, and a valve core removal tool extending from the second end away from the first end.

Abstract: A method for producing a multi-layer foam sheet having a foam layer and a resin layer laminated on at least one side of the foam layer, includes coextruding a foamable molten resin composition which contains a low density polyethylene and a physical blowing agent and a molten resin composition which contains 80 to 20% by weight of a specific ethylene-propylene random copolymer and 20 to 80% by weight of a specific polyethylene resin so that the foamable molten resin composition forms the foam layer and the molten resin composition forms the resin layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a lens array includes a first lens forming unit that has a plurality of blades forming partition walls on a polymer substrate on which a parallax image is formed and a plurality of nozzles discharging a polymer, a detecting unit that detects a position of the parallax image, and a scanning control unit that adjusts a scanning start position of the first lens forming unit based on the position of the parallax image detected by the detecting unit and controls forming of the partition walls by the blades and discharging of the polymer to a region between the partition walls through the nozzle on a surface of the polymer substrate on which the parallax image is formed.

Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, inscribing a grating in an optical waveguide so as to reduce transverse inscription variations, are provided. The waveguide is exposed to multiple beams or interference patterns of actinic radiation from multiple azimuthal directions. The beams of actinic radiation are preferably split into a plurality of beams that have wave vectors with different longitudinal components, e.g., via gratings such as phase masks. The periods and phases of the interference patterns of the beams of actinic radiation are preferably matched. A control beam may be provided that does not hit the waveguide. A control loop optionally controls at least one of the position or orientation of at least one of the beams of actinic radiation. The gratings are, for example, Bragg gratings.

Abstract: A tire vulcanization forming mold and a tire manufacturing method using the same. In the forming mold, a plurality of segment blocks divided in a circumferential direction are equal in circumferential length and are formed with tread forming patterns of plural kinds on which blades for forming tread patterns on a tire are arranged in different arrays. The segment blocks formed with the tread forming patterns of the plural kinds are arranged randomly in the circumferential direction to constitute the mold of a ring shape covering a whole circumference of the tire.

Abstract: A tablet for pharmaceutical use has on at least one part of its surface a diffractive microstructure which generates diffraction effects which can be perceived in the visible spectral range and which serve as visual safety feature. The tablet includes a plurality of individual powder particles, where the diffractive microstructures are impressed into the surface of the individual powder particles. A compression tool to produce such tablets has on one pressing surface of the compression tool micro-structures, where the microstructures have dimensions which are smaller than the dimensions of the individual crystallites of the material of the pressing surface of the compression tool. The micro-structures of the compression tool can be produced for example by ion etching or by imprinting.

Abstract: A modular corrugated container integrates product cushioning with a product support surface formed from corrugated paper and having features that absorb transverse accelerations. The support surface has scored tabs that bend perpendicular to an interior support portion, forming feet that elevate the interior portion relative to a container bottom. The interior portion has perforations that absorb accelerations, such as a perforations formed around the outside perimeter of the location at which a product rests, perforations extending from corners of the support surface towards a central location of the support surface, and perforations at the scoring of the tabs. Voids formed along the tabs remove portions of the feet from contact with the container bottom to encourage constant dissemination of accelerations across the support surface.

Abstract: A flexible hose or a tubing having a barrier layer of polyamide 6 having an impact modifier, and/or branched molecular structure, a flexural modulus of 1 to 2 GPa and/or a tensile elongation of 100% or more. The hose may have additional layers such as an HNBR rubber inner tube, an EVM/CPE rubber blend outer cover, a textile or wire reinforcement, or the like. Permeability to ethanol- and methanol-containing fuels is very low. Permeability to B20 biofuels is very low.

Abstract: An amino resin film, obtained by at least partial curing of an aminoplastic-nonwoven impregnate having a residual moisture of at least 4.0% by weight, comprising, in each case in relation to the total weight of the aminoplastic-nonwoven impregnate, (a) 5.0% by weight to 95.0% by weight of a partially cured aminoplastic resin and (b) 5.0% by weight to 95.0% by weight of a nonwoven, wherein the nonwoven comprises polyester fibers and polyamide fibers, and wherein the amino resin film has a residual moisture of less than 4.0% by weight.

Abstract: A composite laminate comprises a plurality of plies of reinforcing fibers. At least some of the plies have reinforcing fibers oriented at ±? with respect to an axis of primary loading, where ? is between 2 and 12 degrees. At least some of the plies have reinforcing fibers oriented at ±? with respect to the axis of primary loading, where ? is between 50 and 85 degrees.

Abstract: A composite structure having a base charge and an outer channel charge is provided. The outer channel charge has an inner radius and an outer radius. A charge of plies adjacent to the inner radius reduces the inner radius.

Abstract: A co-injected molded multi-layer article has inner and outer layers, an interior layer contained within the inner and outer layers and a surface portion to which a closure or other component may be heat-sealed. The article is molded by co-injecting the inner, outer and interior layer materials into a mold cavity of a mold. The interior layer material is caused to flow along a steam line offset from the zero velocity gradient of the combined material flow and biased toward a material flow for forming an outer wall of the multi-layer article. The resultant molded multi-layer article contains an interior layer located in a heat sealable region that avoids a breach or failure during a heat seal operation to seal an opening of the molded article.

Abstract: An interlayer comprised of a thermoplastic resin, at least one high refractive index plasticizer and, optionally, a conventional plasticizer. The use of a thermoplastic resin, a high refractive index plasticizer, and, optionally, a conventional plasticizer reduces or minimizes the optical defects caused by different refractive indices without sacrificing other characteristics of the interlayer.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing an optical display device by sequentially peeling a plurality of optical film sheets continuously supported on a long web of a carrier film and laminating the plurality of optical film sheets to a plurality of panel components are provided.

Abstract: A process to apply pressure sensitive adhesive to cut sheet media and eliminate a separate release liner. A Silicone release layer is applied (post fuser) on a top surface of the media and then UV cured. A pressure sensitive adhesive layer is applied next. The cut sheets are then stacked and a compressive force is applied that transfers the pressure sensitive adhesive from one sheet to another and helps hold the stack together.

Abstract: A seal formed of laminated films adhered to a peel strip. The seal includes a target area free of adhesive, and adhesive surrounding the target area. The seal is formed so that the target area is visually distinguished from the surrounding adhesive to facilitate accurate placement of the seal on a medical container by a user. The use of a large adhesive dot pattern enhances the peripheral edge of each adhesive dot to provide a prominent and visual lattice. The prominent and visual lattice distinguishes the adhesive areas of the seal from the non-adhesive areas. The lattice boundary surrounding each adhesive dot is still prominent and visible when a clear and transparent adhesive is applied to selected surfaces of the seal.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for making a carbon fiber tubular component by sliding a carbon fiber sleeve and a fiber sleeve over a tubular mandrel. The sleeves overlying the tubular mandrel are saturated with a curable resin and inserted into a mold cavity of a compression mold. The cured carbon fiber tubular component is removed from the compression mold after the curing of the resin.

Abstract: A laminate material having a decorative appearance has a plurality of layers that are bonded together with at least one of the layers having a first orientation. A portion of at least one of the layers adjacent to an exterior surface of the material is deviated into a second orientation differing from the first orientation. The exterior surface of the material is substantially flat, thereby revealing multiple layers at the exterior surface. Each layer may comprise a sheet that is pre-impregnated with a thermosetting resin. A form having a surface feature may be pressed into the exterior surface of the material while the layers are bonded together to deviate a portion of at least one of the layers adjacent to an exterior surface of the material into the second orientation. The invention also includes a method of generating a laminate material having a decorative appearance.

Abstract: A device body comprises: a winding roller that is provided so as to contact with a flooring material sheet bonded to a floor and on which is wound the sheet that is stripped from the floor starting from a contact portion with the sheet; a driving means that, by rotationally driving the winding roller, winds the sheet onto the winding roller and strips the same from the floor, and that advances the device body by the winding roller being pushed toward the floor by the reactive force of the removal and rolling on the sheet; and a guiding means that discharges the sheet being stripped from the floor in front of or to the side of the direction of advancement of the device body.

Abstract: An apparatus performing as a base for printing 3D objects using high temperature thermoplastics employing additive manufacturing methods is provided. The apparatus comprises a heated build platform, a thin removable plate secured on top of the build platform, a high temperature polymer coating applied over the removable plate, and surface treatment of high temperature polymer coating to maintain adhesion between 3D object and printing surface. Also, the removable plate has low coefficient of thermal expansion compared to build platform below it, for avoiding bowing of the plate as it is heated due to heated build platform, hence providing flat printing surface. The thin removable plate allows 3D objects to pop off the plate upon cooling, without damaging the polymer coating, the plate, or the object. It also allows for continuous operation of printing, while the plate is released for cooling, a new plate is installed for printing.

Abstract: A system for depositing an imprint onto a substrate includes a deposition surface having at least one outlet disposed therein, a substrate holder for holding the substrate against the deposition surface, means operatively associated with the deposition surface for supplying a material through said at least outlet to deposit said material onto the substrate, and a spacer member disposed in contact between the deposition surface and the substrate.

Abstract: In a method to damp an oscillation of a roller driven via a drive in a printing system, a printing substrate web is directed across the roller, the roller and the printing substrate web forming a system capable of vibrating. With the drive the roller is driven with a predetermined nominal moment. With a sensor, a real value is determined of a variable representative of a velocity with which the printing substrate web is transported by the roller. In aid of a predetermined calculation rule, a correction moment is calculated from the determined real value such that a damping of the vibration-capable system results like a mechanical viscous damper. The correction moment is added to the predetermined nominal moment upon activation of the drive.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head unit includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid through a nozzle formed in a nozzle surface, and a holding member to which the liquid ejecting head is attached. Further, in the liquid ejecting head unit, the holding member includes a holder that supports the liquid ejecting head in a predetermine direction which is different from a direction of the nozzle surface of the liquid ejecting head, and a base portion that sticks out from the holder to a side which is parallel to the predetermined direction.

Abstract: An integrated circuit including a first EPROM, a second EPROM, and a circuit. The first EPROM is configured to provide a first state and a second state. The second EPROM is configured to provide a third state and a fourth state. The circuit is configured to select the first EPROM and the second EPROM individually and in parallel with each other.

Abstract: A multiplexed multilevel converter amplifier. The converter is configured to generate a converter voltage. The converter voltage varies among a plurality of voltage levels. A multiplexer is comprised of at least four switches configured to generate a positive output voltage and a negative output voltage according to a configuration of the at least four switches. The positive output voltage varies between the converter voltage and a positive supply rail and the negative output voltage varies between the converter voltage and a negative supply rail. An amplifier is supplied by the multiplexer, and the amplifier generates an output voltage that varies between the positive output voltage and the negative output voltage. A control module is configured to control the configuration of the at least four switches of the multiplexer and the plurality of voltage levels of the converter voltage, such that the converter voltage is synchronized with the output voltage.

Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a fluid within an environment. The method includes the steps of: providing a dispensing system within an environment; discharging fluid from the dispensing system at a first, non-zero rate; detecting a change in the environment; and discharging fluid at a second rate after detecting the environmental change. The system comprises: a MEMS element coupled to a fluid reservoir and adapted to dispense fluid at a plurality of non-zero rates; at least one sensor; and a controller in communication with the MEMS element and at least one sensor and adapted to receive an output from the sensor and to alter the dispensing rate of the MEMS element according to the sensor output.

Abstract: A printhead substrate, comprising an electrothermal transducer configured to heat a printing material, a first DMOS transistor configured to drive the electrothermal transducer, a MOS structure forming an anti-fuse element, a second DMOS transistor configured to write information in the anti-fuse element by causing an insulation breakdown of an insulating film of the MOS structure, and a driving unit consisted of at least one MOS transistor and configured to drive the second DMOS transistor.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: an element-substrate to eject liquid according to an electrical signal; an electrical circuit substrate to send the electrical signal; and a body including the element-substrate on a first face and the electrical circuit substrate on a second face, in which the liquid ejection head is mounted in a mount unit of a liquid ejection apparatus via an electrical connector; the body includes a pressure-receiving portion for receiving a force including components in first and second directions; the liquid ejection head includes first and second positioning portions that determine a position of the body; and the first positioning portion is arranged at both outsides of an arrangement region of the element substrate; the second positioning portion is arranged at both sides of the second face; and the pressure-receiving portion is arranged at the both sides and an intermediate portion of the body.

Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium, a support section which is displaced between a support position which faces the recording head and supports the recording medium, and a position which is retreated from the support position, a capping unit which carries out maintenance on the recording head at a facing position which faces the recording head by switching the support section, and a movement mechanism which moves the capping unit between the facing position and the position which is retreated from the facing position, and when the capping unit comes close to the facing position, or separates from the facing position, the movement mechanism moves the capping unit in a direction which is orthogonal to a head surface of the recording head.

Abstract: There are provided a liquid accommodating container that has a sufficient volume for reserving waste ink and can accommodate therein a sufficient amount of ink used in printing with space-saving, a liquid ejecting device provided therewith and a liquid introducing method. Therefore non-print ink is discharged and reserved in a portion, in which unused ink for printing was reserved, in an ink tank for replacement of the unused ink.

Abstract: An example method for managing a service cartridge for an inkjet printhead in accordance with the present disclosure is provided. The service cartridge comprises a printing fluid storage container for receiving printing fluid discharged from the printhead and a web wipe intended to be advanced a predetermined length for performing a wiping operation on the printhead. The method comprises monitoring the amount of discharged printing fluid into the container, monitoring the amount of consumed web wipe, and causing that in a subsequent wiping operation the web wipe is advanced a length that is higher than the predetermined length, if the ratio of the amount of discharged printing fluid to the capacity of the printing fluid storage container is higher than the ratio of the amount of consumed web wipe to the total length of the web wipe.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus having a wiping device which performs a first wiping operation in which the first surface wipes the nozzle forming surface while setting a contact pressure of a wiper with respect to the nozzle forming surface to a first contact pressure, in a state where the pressurizing portion is driven and the pressure of liquid in the nozzles is set to be equal to or greater than atmospheric pressure and a second wiping operation in which the second surface wipes the nozzle forming surface wiped by the first surface while setting the contact pressure of the wiper with respect to the nozzle forming surface to a second contact pressure less than the first contact pressure.

Abstract: A maintenance device includes a wiper that wipes a liquid ejecting unit; a double rack member which includes a rack sections made up of a first rack section and a second rack section and is configured to reciprocate the wiper; and an intermittent gear which includes a teeth portion which meshes with one of the two rack sections and a toothless portion which is arranged in line with the teeth portion in a rotation direction, wherein the double rack member allows the wiper to perform a forward motion when the first rack section meshes with the intermittent gear, and allows the wiper to perform a backward motion when the second rack section meshes with the intermittent gear.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a support configured to support the medium transported by the transport unit, a liquid droplet ejecting portion configured to eject liquid droplets to the medium supported by the support, a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction intersecting the transport direction while holding the liquid droplet ejecting portion, and an air flow generator configured to create an air flow in an area over the support. The air flow generator limits creation of the air flow when the liquid droplet ejecting portion faces the medium in an ejection direction and allows the creation of the air flow when the liquid droplet ejecting portion does not face the medium in the ejection direction, due to movement of the carriage in the scanning direction.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid fill container that is used to fill a liquid reservoir supplying a liquid to a liquid ejecting apparatus, with the liquid. The container includes a containing unit that contains the fill liquid; a filling port that is inserted into an inlet of the liquid reservoir, and that allows the liquid contained in the containing unit to flow therethrough to fill the liquid reservoir; and a positioning member that maintains the position of the filling port and the position of the liquid reservoir with respect to each other in the direction in which the filling port is inserted into the liquid reservoir during liquid filling of the liquid reservoir.

Abstract: An ink cartridge chip includes an interface unit, a control unit, and a storage unit, wherein the interface unit is configured to receive a light control command sent from an imaging device, and the light control command includes ink cartridge identification information; the storage unit is configured to store autogenic identification information and a state flag, and the state flag includes an executable state or a non-executable state; the control unit is configured to execute the light control command; and the control unit is is configured to, when the interface unit receives the light control command, control the light-emitting unit to execute the light control command based on the type of the light control command and the state flag in the storage unit to re-determined the state flag.

Abstract: A dot recording apparatus forms dots on a recording medium while relatively moving a recording head that includes a plurality of nozzles and the recording medium in a main scanning direction. The dot recording apparatus performs multi-pass recording in which dot recording on a main scanning line is completed by a plurality of main scanning passes. In dot recording in each main scanning pass, the dot recording is performed using a plurality of super cell regions that include m types of super cell regions having different sizes, the super cell region being formed as one dot group by some of the plurality of nozzles and having a boundary line portion which is not parallel to either the main scanning direction or a sub-scanning direction that intersects the main scanning direction in at least a portion of a boundary line between the super cell region and another super cell region.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method and system for applying markings on a food product by applying a radiant energy to the food product in such a manner to form a permanent marking thereon. The markings include text and graphics, and can include an advertisement, a freshness date, a traceability code, or other types of relevant information. A laser is preferably employed as the radiant energy source. The method preferably forms the markings on the food product while the product moves through a predetermined region of a food processing system. The performance or characteristics of the laser may be adjusted in response to selected characteristics of the food product, environmental conditions, and processing conditions, in order to optimize the marking applied thereon.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium; an ejecting portion that is provided to a mobile portion that is movable in a crossing direction intersecting a transport direction in which the medium is transported by the transport unit, and ejects liquid onto the medium transported by the transport unit; a first neutralizer that is provided to the mobile portion and neutralizes the liquid; and a second neutralizer that is provided to the mobile portion and neutralizes the medium.

Abstract: The ink jet recording method includes discharging liquid droplets of a photocurable ink composition including a solvent, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator from a head to a recording medium to land the liquid droplets, thereby forming an image; evaporating the solvent included in the photocurable ink composition constituting the image; and irradiating the image after the second step with light, wherein when the irradiation is initiated in the third step, the content of the polymerizable compound included in the photocurable ink composition constituting the image after the second step is from 20 to 90% by mass, based on the total mass of the ink composition.