Abstract: A system and method of manufacturing reinforced bags having reinforcing elements applied about the bags to support the bags in an opened and/or upstanding configuration. A web of bag material can be fed from a supply and can be folded and secured to form the bags. A series of reinforcing strips can be fed through an adhesive application station for application of an adhesive material thereto in a desired pattern. The reinforcing strips and bags are brought into registration and are adhesively attached to form the reinforced bags.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling a pouch type package with a liquid product, comprising a plurality of stations arranged to consecutively receive and handle the pouch type package, the plurality of stations comprising a filling station for filling the product compartment with the liquid product, a sealing station for sealing the product compartment and comprising a first sealing member arranged to provide the pouch type package with a first seal closing the filling duct, a gas filling station arranged to introduce gas into the handle compartment, and a transfer unit comprising a gripping member for retrieving the package from the gas filling station and transferring it to a neighboring down-stream situated station. A gas sealing unit (36) integrated in the gripping member of the transfer unit, the gas sealing unit (36) comprising a second sealing member (37) arranged to provide the pouch type package with a second seal entrapping gas introduced into the handle compartment.

Abstract: An anti-fogging and anti-fouling laminate, including a substrate made of a resin; and an anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer on the substrate made of a resin, wherein the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer comprises micro convex portions or micro concave portions in a surface thereof wherein the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer comprises a hydrophilic molecular structure, and wherein a pure water contact angle of the surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is 90° or more.

Abstract: A textile composite material for lamination, in particular a textile composite material for lamination of a seat cover, with at least one nonwoven fabric component and with at least one foam material component which is connected to the nonwoven fabric component, wherein the nonwoven fabric component and the foam material component are mechanically connected to each other. The nonwoven fabric component and the foam material component may be needled with each other, wherein a holding force between the nonwoven fabric component and the foam material component, which acts counter to a foam-nonwoven separating force, is greater than 1 N.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active ester, a thermosetting resin composition, a prepreg and a laminated board containing same. The active ester is a PPO main chain-containing double-ended polyfunctional active ester, and the thermosetting resin composition comprises epoxy resin and the PPO main chain-containing double-ended polyfunctional active ester. The prepreg, laminated board and copper-clad plate prepared from the thermosetting resin composition containing the PPO main chain-containing double-ended polyfunctional active ester have excellent dielectric properties, damp-heat resistance, heat resistance, extremely low water absorption and high bending strength.

Abstract: To provide a material for a printed circuit board which is less likely to be warped in a high temperature region (from 150 to 200° C.) while maintaining electrical properties, a metal laminate, methods for producing them, and a method for producing a printed circuit board. A material having a fluorinated resin layer is subjected to a heat treatment. The fluorinated resin layer is composed of a composition containing a fluorinated copolymer (a) having at least one type of functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, having a melting point of from 280 to 320° C. and a melt flow rate of at least 2 g/10 min measured at 372° C. under a load of 49 N. The heat treatment is carried out at a temperature of at least 250° C. and lower by at least 5° C.

Abstract: An adhesive reinforcing sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a surface layer containing a crosslinked fluororesin as a main component, an intermediate layer laminated on one of surfaces of the surface layer and containing a metal or a super engineering plastic as a main component, and an adhesive layer laminated on a surface of the intermediate layer, the surface being opposite to the surface layer. In the adhesive reinforcing sheet, the crosslinked fluororesin is chemically bonded to the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer may contain aluminum, stainless steel, or iron as the main component. The intermediate layer may contain a polyimide, a polyamide-imide, or a combination of a polyimide and a polyamide-imide as the main component.

Abstract: It is provided that a polyester-based film for laminating a metal plate having corrosion resistance, being capable of being adhered to a metal plate at a relatively low temperature, having excellent can-making properties, and easily repairing a joint part after can making. A polyester-based film for laminating a metal plate constituted by two layers of Layer A and Layer B, wherein a resin constituting Layer A is a polyester-based resin having a total content of ethylene terephthalate units and diethylene terephthalate units of not less than 95% by mol and not more than 98% by mol, in 100% by mol of total constituent units of the polyester, and a resin constituting Layer B comprises 80 to 100% by mass of a polyester-based resin (B1) mainly including ethylene terephthalate and 0 to 20% by mass of a polyester-based resin (B2) having composition different from composition of the polyester-based resin (B1).

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass having recesses in the shape of engraved lines on both surfaces to exhibit excellent deaeration properties in production of a laminated glass and suppressing formation of a moire pattern when unwound from a rolled body thereof. The present invention also aims to provide a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass, a method for producing an embossing roll suitably used for production of the interlayer film for a laminated glass, and a method for producing the interlayer film for a laminated glass.

Abstract: At least one polycarbonate sheet is laminated to at least one further rigid layer by at least one adhesion layer, characterized in that the adhesive layer consists of polyvinyl acetal having a content of vinylacetate groups of more than 10 wt. % but less than 25 wt. % and a content of plasticizer of less than 10 wt. %.

Abstract: A fabric for support including: a first synthetic resin film layer that is less stretchable than a stretchable substrate formed on a top surface of the stretchable substrate within the stretchable substrate, and a second synthetic resin film layer that is less stretchable than the first synthetic resin film layer formed on a top surface of the first synthetic resin film layer within the first synthetic resin film layer. The fabric for support has fixing strength despite being thin and prevents peeling of a synthetic resin.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly laminate structure that provides improved print properties, wherein the laminate structure comprises a print film and an overlaminate film. The print film includes a print layer and a support layer. In one embodiment the print film further comprises an adhesive layer. In another embodiment the print film even further comprises a release liner. The print layer comprises a polymeric material and a silicone additive. The overlaminate material comprises a polymeric material. The overlaminate material may further comprise a functional material.

Abstract: A composite structure (10) includes a first outer skin (12); a second outer skin (14); and a core (16) sandwiched between the first outer skin (12) and the second outer skin (14). The core (16) includes a plurality of spaced apart ridges (18) between the first outer skin (12) and the second outer skin (14), each of the spaced apart ridges (18) extending from one end (20) of the composite structure (10) to an opposite end (22); and a plurality of connecting elements (24) between the first outer skin (12) and the second outer skin (14) configured to intersect with the ridges (18) to form open channels (26) within the core (16).

Abstract: A mechanochromic system comprising a first inorganic/polymer composite layer; and a first elastomer layer bonded to the composite layer to form a composite/elastomer assembly, methods of making, and methods of use thereof are provided.

Abstract: Rear-side film for solar modules, which are embedded in EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) which are transparent and cross-linked at a temperature of more than 140° for rear-side film applied to the rear side of the EVA and hence binding same, wherein the rear-side film consists in a multi-layer construction comprising co-extruded layers of polyolefin that are directly connected with each other, of which layers a front layer comprising a layer thickness of less than 100 ?m is filled with pigments or reflecting particles in a weight proportion up to 20% and reinforced with subsequent layers to an overall strength of the rear-side film of over 300 ?m, wherein the layers consist overall or with a mixture proportion of non-cross-linked polypropylene, wherein the layers lying behind the front layer are filled at least partially with an inorganic stabilising filler with a weight proportion of up to 40% relative to the weight of the rear-side film, and a method for producing a rear-side film.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of layer structures in the production of rotor blades for wind power plants, and to rotor blades for wind power plants.

Abstract: A decorative laminate lay-up includes a decorative laminate sheet assembly composed of an exterior overlay paper layer, a decorative layer, and a core layer. The decorative laminate lay-up includes a texture imparting member in the form of a textured release sheet including a top side and a bottom side. The textured release sheet includes a textured matte surface formed on the bottom side thereof and ultimately applied the textured matte surface to a resulting decorative laminate.

Abstract: A lamination device and a lamination method for attaching a film layer onto a substrate are provided. The lamination device includes a platform configured to carry and deliver a substrate, a layer application member configured to apply the film layer onto a surface of the substrate, a first roller configured to roll on the substrate having the film layer to perform a smoothing and bubble-removing operation, a deformable layer arranged on the first roller and capable of being deformed to change a rolling dot pattern at an outer circumferential surface of the first roller, thereby to enable the rolling dot pattern to match the surface of the substrate, and an alignment mechanism configured to align the substrate with the first roller.

Abstract: A method for vacuum bag sealing a composite part including: using a composite bagging sheet including a first sealing surface and a first interlocking strip coupled to the first sealing surface of the composite bagging sheet; joining the first interlocking strip with a second interlocking strip coupled to a second sealing surface; and forming a sealed vacuum bag around an uncured composite part positioned between the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a joined body in which a plurality of structures are joined to each other, the method including forming of an adhesive layer on one face of a medium; adjusting of viscosity of the adhesive layer formed in the forming of the adhesive layer; transcribing the adhesive layer of which viscosity is adjusted in the adjusting of viscosity to the structure; and measuring of surface roughness of the adhesive layer on a transcribing film in a stage before the transcribing.

Abstract: A method for producing a metal composite material with an embedded functional structure, in which a build-up of layers comprising a number of layers that are arranged one on top of the other in the vertical direction is produced and pressed, may involve producing the build-up of layers by providing a lower layer comprising a metal substrate, arranging at least in certain portions over the lower layer in a vertical direction an intermediate layer that is in contact with the lower layer, and arranging one or more functional structures respectively in a portion of the build-up of layers. To reduce the risk of increased degradation, before the pressing, the build-up of layers may have the same thickness in the respective portion with the functional structure as in the remaining build-up of layers. Further, a metal composite material with an embedded functional structure may be produced by such a method.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for an ink-based digital printing system, comprising providing an imaging member a reimageable surface layer disposed on a structural mounting layer, the reimageable surface layer comprising a fluorosilicone elastomer and an infrared-absorbing filler comprising carbon black, and a plurality of surface defects on the reimageable surface layer, wherein the surface defects comprises carbon black exposed through the fluorosilicone elastomer of the reimageable surface layer. The method also comprises applying a coating of rejuvenating oil comprising an amino-functional organopolysiloxane to the reimageable surface layer, whereby at least a portion of the plurality of surface defects are coated by the amino-functional organopolysiloxane, thereby rejuvenating the imaging member.

Abstract: A roller module includes a roller, a magnetic bearing, a permanent magnet, at least one pair of magnetic coring, and a plurality of gap sensors. The roller has a protrusion and has a cylindrical shape. The protrusion is formed at both outer surfaces of the roller with a stepped portion and has the cylindrical shape. The magnetic bearing is formed at the roller. The permanent magnet is formed at the roller. At least one pair of magnetic coring covers an outer circumference of the protrusion. The gap sensors are formed along an axial direction and a radial direction of the roller.

Abstract: Disclosed is a recording apparatus that includes a recording head that ejects a liquid onto a medium, a liquid housing unit that houses the liquid, a supply path of the liquid from the liquid housing unit to the recording head, an assembly body that includes the recording head, a liquid receiving tray that receives the liquid leaking from the assembly body below the assembly body and that has an opening portion which opens at a position higher than a bottom portion.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet recording device, including a print head that includes a head base including: a nozzle from which ink is ejected; charging electrodes that charge the ink ejected from the nozzle; deflection electrodes that deflect the ink charged by the charging electrodes; and a gutter that collects ink not used in printing, and a head cover included in the head base, wherein the head base has a first horizontal uneven side portion, an oblique uneven side portion, and a second horizontal uneven side portion.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes an application unit, a conveyance unit, a stacking member, a pressing member, and a control unit. The application unit applies a recording agent to a recording medium, which then is conveyed by the conveyance unit. The stacking member stacks sequentially conveyed recording media with a surface of the recording media to which the recording agent is applied facing up. The pressing member presses the sequentially stacked recording media. The control unit controls timing at which the pressing member contacts the recording media. The pressing member presses an upper surface of the stacked recording medium. The control unit controls the timing at which the pressing member contacts a recording medium when the recording medium has been stacked on the uppermost recording medium, based on data for applying the recording agent to a predetermined area, on the recording medium, including an area which the pressing member can contact.

Abstract: A printhead includes an address line, data lines, a fire pulse line, and a plurality of primitives, each primitive corresponding to a different data line and including a plurality of activation devices, each activation device corresponding to a different address of a set of addresses. A buffer receives data packets, each data packet including address data representative of an address of the set of addresses and print data for each primitive corresponding to the address. For each data packet, the buffer directs the address data to address logic and places the print data on the respective data line, and the address logic encodes the address represented by the address data onto the address line. For each primitive, the activation device corresponding to the address on the address bus activates a corresponding primitive function based on the corresponding print data when a fire pulse is present on the fire pulse line.

Abstract: Printhead pin configurations are disclosed. An example printhead assembly includes an interface to place the printhead assembly in communication with a logic circuit; and a logic circuit configured according to a pin configuration, the pin configuration comprising pin groups, wherein each of the pin groups includes a signal line and a reference voltage.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an ink treatment chamber having an inlet for receiving ink into the chamber. The ink is received in a non-gaseous statement. Heating elements heat the ink in the ink treatment chamber. After being heated, a nozzle ejects the heated ink. The heating of the ink may cause the ink to be changed to a gaseous ink and the gaseous ink may be ejected by the nozzle.

Abstract: An ink jet print head 1 includes: a pressure chamber (cavity) 7; a movable film formation layer 10 arranged on the pressure chamber 7 and including a movable film 10A defining a ceiling surface portion of the pressure chamber 7; a piezoelectric element 9 formed on the movable film 10A and including a lower electrode 11, a piezoelectric film 12 formed on the lower electrode 11, and an upper electrode 13 formed on the piezoelectric film 12; and first upper wiring 16. The upper electrode 13 includes a main electrode portion 13A constituting the piezoelectric element 9 and an extension portion 13B as second upper wiring drawn out of the main electrode portion 13A and connected to the first upper wiring 16. The first upper wiring 16 has a portion arranged between the extension portion 13B and the movable film formation layer 10, and, within this portion, the extension portion 13B is connected to the first upper wiring 16.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a substrate formed with a first pressure chamber and two second pressure chambers; a vibration film; a first piezoelectric element; two second piezoelectric elements; a first wire connected to the first piezoelectric element; two second wires connected to the two second piezoelectric elements, respectively; and three contact sections to which the first wire and the two second wires are connected, respectively. The first wire passes between the two second piezoelectric elements and extends toward one of the three contact sections corresponding thereto; and length in the first direction of second active portions in second piezoelectric portions of the two second piezoelectric elements, is shorter than that of a first active portion in a first piezoelectric portion of the first piezoelectric element; and length in the second direction of the second active portion is longer than that of the first active portion.

Abstract: A fluidic dispensing device includes a housing having an exterior wall and a fluid reservoir. The exterior wall has a chip mounting surface defining a first plane and has a first opening. The fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the first opening. An ejection chip is mounted to the chip mounting surface. The ejection chip is in fluid communication with the first opening. The ejection chip has a plurality of ejection nozzles oriented such that a fluid ejection direction is substantially orthogonal to the first plane. A stir bar is moveably confined within the fluid reservoir. The stir bar has a plurality of paddles and a rotational axis, with each of the plurality of paddles having a free end tip that intermittently faces toward the first opening that is in fluid communication with the ejection chip as the stir bar is rotated about the rotational axis.

Abstract: A device for recovery of the atmosphere containing solvent vapours from at least one ink recovery reservoir of a print machine comprising: n (n?1) filter(s) arranged at the outlet from at least one ink reservoir (10). Each filter comprises an inlet face, an outlet face, a filter body between the two faces, and conduit(s) for recovering at least part of a liquid condensed on the surface of the inlet face before this liquid has passed through it. Each filter is either: upstream from a condenser, an atmosphere output from the reservoir, passing through the inlet face, and then the filter body and the outlet face before being sent to the condenser; or downstream from the condenser, an atmosphere from the condenser passing through the inlet face, and then the filter body and the outlet face before being sent to at least one print head of the print machine, respectively.

Abstract: A light blue ink discharge opening array unit is located between cyan ink discharge opening array units, between the magenta ink discharge opening array units, and not between the black ink discharge opening array unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe a thermal print head (TPH) that is easily replaced in a slot on the side of a thermal printing device using a push/eject mechanism. Other embodiments of the present invention describe a thermal printing device where the print pressure is easily adjusted for different types of printing media (labels) by turning a turnknob. In preferred embodiments, the turnknob has three print pressure settings, high, medium, and low.

Abstract: A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a main key operating portion configured with a plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219 on a front surface, in which, among the plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219, a group of keys 215 having a high frequency of operations is disposed at a position near a gravity center portion in a longitudinal direction, and the groups of keys 217 and 219 having a low frequency of operations are disposed at a position distant from the gravity center portion in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A medium flattening method, when a medium is transported by being adhered to an adhesive layer which is on a surface of a transport belt, includes detecting a presence or absence of floating being generated in the medium on the transport belt using a sensor, executing a process for flattening to flatten the floating in the medium in the case where the floating exists, and transporting the medium, where the floating is eliminated using the process for the flattening, to a liquid discharge region of a liquid discharge section. The executing of the process for the flattening includes executing the process for the flattening with regard to the medium and liquid discharge with regard to the medium in parallel.

Abstract: In one example, a printer includes a paper path having a drying area, a printhead near the paper path upstream from the drying area, and a convection dryer to force air simultaneously into an upstream part of the drying area at a first density and into a downstream part of the drying area at a second density less than the first density and to force air into the upstream part of the drying area at a first air speed for a duration and then at a second air speed faster than the first air speed.

Abstract: A method for coloring an optical element in a non-uniform linear pattern is provided. The method includes (a) preparing at least one colorant composition containing at least one photochromic material; (b) depositing the colorant composition on at least one surface of the optical element in a controlled, predetermined pattern using an inkjet printing apparatus to provide a linearly gradient color pattern on the optical element when the optical element is exposed to actinic radiation; and (c) drying the colorant composition on the surface of the optical element. An optical element prepared by the method also is provided.

Abstract: A system for performing substrateless and/or local donor Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT), comprising a reservoir (9) comprising at least one opening and an energy source configured to deliver energy to a donor material within said reservoir, characterized by at least one of: said reservoir is embedded into a medical device; said reservoir is in fluid connection with a medical device; said reservoir is incorporated into a medical device; said reservoir contains at least one biologically active substance; and, said reservoir is in fluid connection with at least one source of at least one biologically active substance. This system enables deposition of material by LIFT without any need for a donor substrate. Methods of substrateless and local donor LIFT, in particular for medical and biological applications, are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite comprising a base layer, preferably made of plastic foam, wood, plaster, plywood, cork, cardboard, metals or alloys, cement, concrete, stone, ceramics, glass, acrylic polymer, alumina trihydrate; an adhesive layer or a fabric layer, said layer positioned onto the base layer; one or more recurring set of layers, said set of layers comprising an adhesive layer and a fabric layer, wherein the one or more recurring set of layers are positioned onto the adhesive layer or fabric layer, in an alternate order; provided that the composite comprises at least 3 layers in addition to the base layer. In one embodiment, the base layer is an object or surface covered with the described layers.

Abstract: A device consisting of the combination of an outdoor field notebook and flower press having a plurality of pages for writing and a plurality of stock inserts disposed between opposing, bounded covers. The pages are adapted for writing, sketching, and general note-taking. The stock inserts provide a base for pressing organic material specimens there between. The opposing, bound covers include aligning press holes though which mating fasteners are threaded and tightened. The covers serve as the platens between which organic specimens are placed and dried for preservation.

Abstract: Disclosed here is a system and method of use of a bill receipt adaptable to hold currency while currency is being handed from a cashier to a customer. The bill receipt comprises a sheet of paper which is substantially symmetrically folded, and the edges adjacent to the folded edge are fastened, and the edge opposing the folded edge is not fastened to define an opening. A cash transaction is printed on an outer surface of the folded sheet of paper. A pocket is accessed through the opening, through which a cashier is allowed to insert currency into the pocket during a cash transaction between the cashier and the customer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a security and/or value document having a security feature, to an ink for making the security feature, to a method for making such a security and/or value document, and to a method for verifying such a security and/or value document.

Abstract: A security document may include a laserizable first layer including a grayscale image formed by laserizing; a color pattern that is in alignment with the grayscale image; and a second layer arranged between the first layer and the pattern, such that the first layer is above the second layer, and the pattern is below the second layer. The second layer may be more opaque than the first layer, such that when observing the security document from the top, the grayscale image appears to be colored by the color pattern only when the bottom of the security document is being illuminated.

Abstract: A structure of the base plate for preventing movement of the slider in the direction different from the movement direction is simplified. There is provided a file having a structure in which a protrusion and an erected wall are not provided in a slider, a guide plate and the like are not provided in a base plate by welding or adhesion, and movement of the slider is regulated to a predetermined position in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A foldable palette blank includes a working portion defining a first working surface and a second working surface opposite from the first working surface, the working portion defining a reservoir hole extending from the first working surface to the second working surface; a support portion defining a first support surface and a second support surface opposite from the first support surface; and a hinge disposed between the working portion and the support portion of the foldable palette blank, the hinge flexibly connecting the working portion to the support portion, the hinge foldable about a hinge axis; wherein the support portion is configured to cover an end of the reservoir hole when the foldable palette blank is folded about the hinge, and the working portion is positioned in facing contact with the support portion.

Abstract: A foldable canvas blank including a working panel, the working panel including a top end, a bottom end, a right side, and a left side; a top end panel flexibly attached to the top end, the top end panel defining a right top end locking tab and a left top end locking tab; a bottom end panel flexibly attached to the bottom end, the bottom end panel defining a right bottom end locking tab and a left bottom end locking tab; a right side panel flexibly attached to the right side, the right side panel configured to frictionally engage the right top end locking tab and the right bottom end locking tab; and a left side panel flexibly attached to the left side, the left side panel configured to frictionally engage the left top end locking tab and the left bottom end locking tab.

Abstract: An article of artwork having multiple images selectively viewable in different light conditions, the article comprises a substrate and a first image applied to the substrate using a first marking material. The first marking material is viewable under ambient and incandescent light. A second image is applied to the substrate using a second marking material comprising fluorescent compounds which are viewable under ultraviolet light. A third image is applied to the substrate using a third marking material comprising phosphorescent compounds which are viewable when the article is in a dark environment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for protecting the embellished surface of a wheel rim, the device comprises a tool that can be installed on the surface of a wheel rim for the protection of said rim, the tool comprising a circular structure formed in such way as to be held detachably on said wheel rim, the circular structure comprising an inwardly bent contour, the circular structure preferably comprises two semi-annular sub-structures connected by at least one resilient element bringing the two sub-structures closer to each other, said semi-annular sub-structures being held detachably in an adjustable manner on wheel rims of variable dimensions.