Abstract: A compressible liquid retaining berm having a plurality of wall members, the wall members composed of a compressible, resilient material such that the wall members will rebound to a neutral state after being compressed. A longitudinal slot is disposed in the top wall of the wall members and extends the length of the wall member, and a transverse slot is disposed in the top wall adjacent each end of the wall member, preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal slot. A liquid impermeable liner member is disposed on the interior side of the wall members, the liner member extending across the wall members. The liner member is secured to the wall members by positioning elongated anchor members atop the liner member in alignment with the longitudinal slots, such that the weight of the anchor members results in the anchor members being received within the longitudinal slots.

Abstract: An enhanced, co-formed fibrous web structure is disclosed. The web structure may have a co-formed core layer sandwiched between two scrim layers. The core layer may be formed of a blend of cellulose pulp fibers and melt spun filaments. The scrim layers may be formed of melt spun filaments. Filaments of one or both of the scrim layers, and optionally the core layer, may also be meltblown filaments. The fibrous web structure may have a Consumer Preference Indication (governing allocation of melt spun filaments between core layer and scrim layers) greater than 0. Alternatively, the filaments forming the scrim layers may constitute from 1 to 13 percent of the weight of the structure. Alternatively, the scrim layers may have a combined basis weight of from 0.1 gsm to less than 3.0 gsm. A method for forming the structure, including direct formation of layers, is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a laser-bonded component and a production method for same that ensure sufficient bonding strength using little laser energy and which cause little increase in surrounding temperature. A nickel layer, being a surface layer, is formed having sufficient thickness on the upper surface of a copper plate that is uppermost amongst at least two superposed copper plates, a laser is irradiated from above the nickel layer, a re-solidification section formed by fusing and alloying the copper in the copper plates and the nickel in the nickel layer is formed through to inside the bottommost copper plate, and the copper plates are bonded together. The re-solidification section having high breaking strength is formed by the alloying of the nickel and the copper. As a result, the copper plates can be bonded with a small welding surface area and little laser energy.

Abstract: A laminate is formed by laminating a substrate and a support plate through an adhesive layer and a release layer. The release layer is formed by applying a composition containing a reactive polysilsesquioxane and a crosslinkable group-containing siloxane onto the surface of the support plate or the surface of the substrate and heating the composition to polymerize the reactive polysilsesquioxane and the crosslinkable group-containing siloxane.

Abstract: In a floor panel (10) including a foamed cement board (1) having at least a foamed cement layer (3), a top plate (5a) attached to an upper surface of the foamed cement board (1), and a bottom plate (5b) attached to a lower surface of the foamed cement board (1). The foamed cement layer (3) is configured so that the layer (3) has a porous hardened cement phase and a fiber dispersed in the phase. Also, the layer (3) has a thickness within a range from 12 to 30 mm and a specific gravity within a range from 0.8 to 1.5. Thereby, the floor panel can be light in weight while desired strengths for the floor panel are established. The floor panel can be readily produced without any complicated processes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a laminate comprising providing an aluminum foil inner layer, a paper middle layer, and an aluminum foil outer layer; laminating the inner aluminum foil layer to the middle layer by a process selected from the group consisting of adhesive lamination with polyurethane, polyvinyl acetate, and an acrylic-type adhesive, and extrusion lamination with polyethylene; curing the inner aluminum foil layer and middle paper layer; laminating the middle paper layer and the outer aluminum foil layer by a process selected from the group consisting of adhesive lamination with polyurethane, polyvinyl acetate, and an acrylic-type adhesive, and extrusion lamination with polyethylene; and curing the inner aluminum foil layer, the middle paper layer and the outer aluminum foil layer.

Abstract: A window assembly for a vehicle having an essentially chlorine-free modified polyolefin primer (24) disposed onto a transparent pane (12) and a two-shot encapsulant applied onto the primer is provided. The two-shot encapsulant includes a first encapsulation layer (22A) disposed on the primer (24) and a second encapsulation layer (22B) disposed on the first encapsulation layer (22A). The first encapsulation layer (22A) has a Shore D hardness of at least 39 and a Flexural modulus of at least 100 MPa, while the second encapsulation layer (22B) has a Shore A hardness of less than 90.

Abstract: A laminate sheet includes at least one base layer including a first thermoplastic resin; and at least one metallic resin layer disposed on one side or both sides of the base layer and including a second thermoplastic resin and a metal-resin composite particles, wherein the first thermoplastic resin and the second thermoplastic resin are the same or different from each other, the metal-resin composite particles includes a metal deposition layer, a first coating layer positioned on one side of the metal deposition layer, and a second coating layer positioned on the other side of the metal deposition layer, and each of the first coating layer and the second coating layer includes a thermosetting resin. A method of manufacturing the laminate sheet, an article using the laminate sheet and a method of manufacturing the article are also provided.

Abstract: A heat-shrinkable label film includes a foamed layer having polystyrene as a principal component, and a pair of non-foamed layers adhesively melted to either side of the foamed layer, wherein the foamed layer and the pair of the non-foamed layers are coextruded to provide a low specific gravity less than 1.0. The film is prepared by coextruding to form the several layers completing a non-drawn film; and drawing the non-drawn film in a transverse direction (TD) at a drawing ratio of 3.5 to 5.5. The foamed ratio of the foamed layer is in the range of 5 to 20%. The thickness of the foamed layer is 60 to 90% of the total thickness of the film; and the thickness of each non-foamed layer is 5 to 20% of the total thickness of the film. The heat-shrinkable label film has a thickness of 30 to 60 ?m.

Abstract: A thermo-compression bonding tool with a high temperature elastic element, and methods of bonding a metal sheet to a substrate using a thermo-compression bonding tool are described. In an example, a system for bonding a metal sheet to a substrate includes a stage to support the substrate and an elastic roller located above the stage. The elastic roller includes a high temperature material. The system also includes a heated backing plate located above the elastic roller. The backing plate is configured to apply pressure and heat to the elastic roller as the elastic roller rolls across a metal sheet disposed above the substrate.

Abstract: A device for heating and connecting sheets (11, 12, 111, 121) of bituminous or synthetic membranes (100), comprising at least one sheet (11, 12, 111, 121) of a bituminous or synthetic membrane (100) which is applied to at least one base layer (141), said membrane (100) being formed with a single compound or having at least one bottom layer including a compound or a bituminous mixture and at least one upper layer including a polymeric material and an electrically conductive material, which is heated; in particular, a body (13, 23) having a mainly longitudinal (A) development and placed on a first edge (11a, 21a) of a first sheet (11, 21, 111, 121) of the membrane (100) in order to connect said first edge to a second edge (12a, 22a) of a second sheet (12, 22, 111, 121) of the membrane (100) is provided with an upper face (13a, 23a).

Abstract: Methods are disclosed of forming a joint between a relatively hardened strip of material, such as a molded and cured conveyor belt strip, and an adjacent material that is in the process of curing. The curing material shrinks during the curing process, pulling away from the edge of the relatively hardened strip. The method includes moving the relatively hardened strip of material toward the curing, adjacent material strip to compensate for the shrinkage. An apparatus, for example, grips the relatively hardened strip of material and maintains a constant pressure at the interface between the relatively hardened strip of material and the curing material strip while the latter cures and shrinks.

Abstract: A method of making an airdam to be placed along the edge of a composite work piece during a curing process is disclosed. The method comprises forming a strip of peel ply, forming a strip of tacky putty, and automatically affixing the strip of tacky putty to the strip of peel ply without human assistance to form a laminate comprising at least one layer of peel ply and at least one layer of tacky putty.

Abstract: Means for joining two surfaces comprise providing a heat activated sealant (7) at the end of one of the surfaces and inserting the end into a C or U shaped cup in the end of the other surface and heating to cause the sealant (7) to flow and join the surfaces. Preferably the sealant (7) is foamable, the invention is particularly useful in the production of automobile hem flanges.

Abstract: A method of using an adhesive sheet material application squeegee and method of applying an adhesive sheet material are disclosed. The method includes securing a portion of adhesive sheet material to a surface and applying the adhesive sheet material to the surface with the adhesive sheet material application squeegee.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for bonding a member to a substrate is disclosed. A surface of the member is prepared by applying an element to the surface. The element includes a dye agent that changes color when exposed to a level of plasma radiation consistent with preparing the surface for bonding. The surface is exposed to the plasma radiation and is inspected to see whether or not a change in a color of the dye agent occurs. After the dye agent changes color; the surface is bonded to the substrate.

Abstract: Composite tooling systems and methods of manufacturing composite stringers of aircraft are provided herein. A composite tooling system includes a layup tool and an articulating stringer mandrel. The layup tool has a contoured surface with portions having different surface complexities. The articulating stringer mandrel includes two rigid mandrel elements and a cable. The first rigid mandrel element defines a first aperture, a first stringer surface, and a first bottom surface. The second rigid mandrel element is adjacent to the first rigid mandrel element and defines a second aperture, a second stringer surface, and a second bottom surface. A first length of the first rigid mandrel element cooperates with the surface complexity and a second length of the second rigid mandrel element cooperates with the surface complexity at the second rigid mandrel element so that a gap between the rigid mandrel elements does not exceed a predetermined gap threshold.

Abstract: Methods for producing building materials comprising a reinforced substrate are described herein. The method can include providing a substrate having a first surface and an opposed second surface, applying a fabric material to the first surface of the substrate, applying a hydrophobic polymeric woven mesh to the fabric material, applying a coating to the hydrophobic polymeric woven mesh thereby allowing the coating to penetrate the hydrophobic polymeric woven mesh and fabric material, removing the hydrophobic polymeric woven mesh, and curing the coating thereby bonding the fabric material to the first surface of the substrate. The substrate can include a polymeric material. In some embodiments, the substrate can include a polyurethane foam. The substrate can further include a filler. The hydrophobic polymeric woven mesh used in the building materials can be derived from alkylene monomers.

Abstract: A method for forming an impeller housing for an appliance is provided. The method includes establishing three-dimensional information of the impeller housing, converting the three-dimensional information of the impeller housing into a plurality of slices, and successively forming each cross-sectional layer of the impeller housing with an additive process. The additive process may permit formation of various features of the impeller housing.

Abstract: A multi-color printer has an array of monochrome fixed inkjet printheads aligned in a media feed direction. The printer includes: a first printhead positioned furthest upstream relative to the media feed direction; a second printhead positioned furthest downstream relative to the media feed direction; and a third printhead positioned between the first and second printheads. Each printhead is supplied with a respective ink from a multi-color ink set, the first printhead being supplied with a lowest luminance ink of the ink set and the third printhead being supplied with a highest luminance ink of the ink set.

Abstract: A printer matter and manufacturing method thereof are provided. In the printed matter in which a print surface of a medium is decorated by applying a powdery decorative body on the print surface of the medium, an application region of the powdery decorative body on the print surface of the medium is colored by a color that is the same or similar to a color of the powdery decorative body. Due to this, in the printed matter, in the case of drawing a letter or a drawing and the like on the print surface of the medium using the powdery decorative body, the entire image and the contours of the letter or the drawing and the like can be made clear by the color given to the application region for the powdery decorative body.

Abstract: To more appropriately carry out printing at high precision even when a gap distance is large. A printing apparatus includes an inkjet head, a main scan driver, and a controller, where the controller sets a moving speed of the inkjet head according to a gap distance, and sets the moving speed in a main scanning operation so that an entering angle at a time of landing of the ink droplet on a medium becomes smaller than or equal to 45 degrees with respect to at least a position where the gap distance becomes the largest in a region of the medium to become a target of the main scanning operation.

Abstract: In a droplet ejection control apparatus according to the invention, a judgment section judges, taking a dot position that is assigned by a predetermined nozzle (incorrect ejection position) as a reference, whether or not a printing state is such that a second proximity dot lands earlier than a first proximity dot. A changing section changes an ejection state, when the ejection state is judged to be such that the second proximity dot lands earlier than the first proximity dot, to another ejection state in which the first proximity dot lands earlier than the second proximity dot.

Abstract: There is provided a control system including: a motor, a moving apparatus, a detector, a driving circuit, and a controller. The controller executes: inputting, to the driving circuit, a first voltage command value up to a predetermined time; inputting, to the driving circuit, a second voltage command value since the predetermined time, and in accordance with a predetermined transfer function including an integral element; and setting an initial value of the integral element. The predetermined time is a time since the deceleration of the object has been started. When executing the switching from the first voltage command value to the second voltage command value, the controller sets a target position trajectory of the object up to the target stop position. Further, the controller sets the initial value of the integral element.

Abstract: Determination of a maximum jetting frequency for an inkjet head. The method includes generating a velocity/frequency curve for an inkjet head, and determining failure zones in the velocity/frequency curve that comprise frequencies in the velocity/frequency curve resulting in jetting failure of the inkjet head. The method further includes determining a range of maximum jetting frequencies of the inkjet head that are higher than the frequencies of the failure zones, wherein subharmonic frequencies of each of the maximum jetting frequencies are outside of the failure zones. The method further includes selecting the maximum jetting frequency for the inkjet head from the range of maximum jetting frequencies.

Abstract: With respect to a configuration for performing printing in an inkjet method, the disclosure implements a more appropriate configuration in which it is difficult for the quantity of printing to deteriorate. This configuration includes a head unit (12), a main scan driver (14), and a controller (20). When main scan operations are performed, the controller (20) performs control with respect to the same area on the medium (50) such that the head unit (12) ejects ink drops of one selected color onto a plurality of first selection pixels selected on the basis of a first mask data item and a plurality of second selection pixels selected on the basis of a second mask data item different from the first mask data item in the arrangement of a plurality of pixels to be selected.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a head unit which includes a discharge unit which discharges a liquid, a controller which controls discharging of the liquid, a plurality of first signal lines which connect the controller to the head unit, and at least one second signal line which connects the controller to the head unit, in which, the controller transmits the differential signal to the head unit via the first signal lines, and in which the head unit transmits the state signal in analog format to the controller via the second signal line.

Abstract: The methods and apparatuses herein relate to inkjet printing a substrate at a desired print resolution. A substrate advances at a first speed under the first printhead and the second printhead such that a desired print resolution exceeds the maximum print resolutions of a first printhead and a second printhead. When the substrate is advancing at the first speed, the first printhead ejects ink onto the advancing substrate at a first firing frequency to create a first printed zone, and the second printhead ejects ink onto the advancing substrate at a second firing frequency to create a second printed zone. In turn, the first printed zone and the second zone together define a printed region having the desired print resolution.

Abstract: An inkjet material dispenser system includes a printhead member. According to one exemplary embodiment, the printhead member includes at least one drop ejector including an insulating stack layer and a top orifice surface defining an orifice, wherein a ratio of a diameter of the orifice to a height of the insulating stack layer (O/L ratio) is at least 1.0.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a piezoelectric element, a piezoelectric element-formed substrate, a drive IC, and a wiring board which has a first side and a second side intersecting each other. The wiring board has two surfaces including a first surface facing the drive IC and a second surface facing the piezoelectric element-formed substrate. The wiring board includes, on the first surface, a first input terminal for a drive signal to the piezoelectric element, a second input terminal for a control signal, a first wire connected to the first input terminal, and a second wire connected to the second input terminal. The first wire has a first connection terminal. The second wire has a second connection terminal. A distance along the second side from the first side to the first connection terminal is longer than a distance along the second side from the first side to the second connection terminal.

Abstract: A MEMS device includes a first substrate; a second substrate that is disposed laminated on the first substrate; and a functional element that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the second substrate is smaller than the first substrate, and in planar view, an end portion of the second substrate is disposed inside an end portion of the first substrate.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head of the present disclosure includes a flow path member having a plurality of discharge holes, a plurality of pressure chambers, a plurality of first common flow paths, a plurality of second common flow paths, and a plurality of pressure sections. The first common flow paths and the second common flow paths are linked through a connection flow path outside a connection range C, the connection range C being linked through the pressure chambers. The flow path member is configured by laminating a plurality of flat plates. The connection flow path includes holes and/or grooves disposed in plates other than the common flow path plates that constitute the first common flow paths and the second common flow paths.

Abstract: In one example, a print bar structure includes a beam having two flanges connected by a web and a planar surface along a longitudinal edge of each flange, a printhead mounting structure attached to the beam along the planar surfaces to mount a printhead, and a fluid flow structure positioned between the flanges to carry printing fluid to the printhead mounting structure.

Abstract: In one example, a fluid flow structure includes a micro device embedded in a molding having a channel therein through which fluid may flow directly into the device and/or onto the device.

Abstract: A cleaning adapter cleans print heads in an installation for the printing of containers. The installation includes a printing machine having an inkjet print head and a transport system that moves the containers to be printed. The container is moved past the print head and, in so doing, is printed with liquid printing inks. The cleaning adapter is designed in such a way that it is introducible into the transport system in place of one of the containers to be printed and is moveable to the print head for cleaning purposes. The cleaning adapter comprises a container which is hollow in portions and has an opening. The cleaning adapter, in regions thereof in which the transport system acts thereon during transport, has an external form corresponding to the containers to be printed, so that the cleaning adapter is configured to be positioned utilizing the transport system.

Abstract: In an inkjet printing apparatus, a controller causes a scanner to read an image formed on an original in response to reception of a copy instruction and generates image data representing the read image. The controller determines a standby period in response to reception of the copy instruction. In response to elapse of the standby period since the reception of the copy instruction, the controller separates a cap and an inkjet head. After the cap and the inkjet head separated each other and completion of reading at least part of the image on the original, the controller causes the recording head to eject ink droplets based on the image data.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a printing head cleaning device, comprising a cleaning unit configured to spray cleaning liquid onto a nozzle of a printing head so as to clean the nozzle; and a drying unit configured to dry the cleaned nozzle.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method uses an apparatus including plural aqueous inks including cyan, magenta and yellow inks; a recording head that thermally ejects the inks; a first ink storage portion having an atmosphere communicating portion; a second ink storage portion which is a resinous housing and is directly bonded to the head; and a tube that supplies the inks from the first to second ink storage portions and includes first, second and third tubes corresponding to the respective inks, the second tube having a portion sandwiched between and joined to the first and third tubes. The method includes ejecting the inks from the head to record an image on a recording medium. The difference between the maximum and minimum values of water molar fractions of the cyan, magenta and yellow inks is 5.0% or less. The tube corresponding to the magenta ink is the second tube.

Abstract: A tank includes: a wall separating a liquid storage chamber, which stores a liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming part, from an outside; an inlet penetrating the wall; and a liquid outflow part which allows the liquid to flow to the outside of the liquid storage chamber. The wall includes a view wall, which extends upward and downward and allows a user to visually check a liquid level in the liquid storage chamber, and a bottom wall, which defines an inner bottom surface of the liquid storage chamber by being connected to the view wall. The inner bottom surface of the bottom wall includes an inclined part which extends from at least a part of the view wall to incline downward in a direction away from the view wall.

Abstract: A printhead assembly including an ink cartridge body made of a material selected from the group of materials consisting of: nylon, polyethersulfone, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyoxymethylene and other materials that are compatible with ketone, acetate and alcohol based inks, an ink reservoir disposed within the ink cartridge body and adapted to receive and contain ink, and a printhead chip provided on the ink cartridge body and in fluid communication with the ink reservoir so as to receive ink from the ink reservoir for ejection of the ink onto a print medium.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a pressure-regulating mechanism which is provided in a liquid supply path in which it is possible to supply liquid to a liquid ejecting unit, and includes a liquid accommodation part which can accommodate the liquid internally, and in which a volume of the liquid accommodation part is changed depending on displacing of a diaphragm section, in which the diaphragm section includes an annular corrugated portion formed in a sectional waveform shape which is deformed when the diaphragm section receives pressure.

Abstract: A static eliminator of the present disclosure includes a light source and a rod-shaped light guide member. The light guide member includes one end surface which light from the light source enters, and emits the light which has entered the one end surface toward an image carrying member. The light guide member includes a reflection portion which reflects light and a light emission surface which emits the light toward the image carrying member. In the one end surface, a concave portion is formed that includes a concave curved surface which is formed in the shape of an arc in a first direction along a direction of light emission extending from the reflection portion toward the image carrying member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a displacement detecting unit that detects a displacement of the image forming apparatus with respect to a first direction and a second direction that are parallel to a surface of a print medium when the image forming apparatus moves away from a first position, a skew information acquiring unit that acquires skew information of the image forming apparatus at the first position based on the displacement of the image forming apparatus, and a skew controlling unit that controls skewing of an image to be formed on the print medium based on the skew information of the image forming apparatus, the skewing of the image occurring when the image forming apparatus is skewed with respect to the print medium at the first position. The image forming apparatus further includes an image forming unit that forms the image skew-controlled by the skewing controlling unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a feeding unit feeding a sheet; a conveying unit conveying the sheet fed by the feeding unit; a printing unit printing the sheet conveyed by the conveying unit; an inversion path inverting the sheet printed on a first surface by the printing unit and conveying the sheet to the conveying unit; and a conveyance control unit performing conveyance control of overlapping a trailing edge of a preceding sheet conveyed through the inversion path and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet fed following the preceding sheet.

Abstract: A printer control section arranged to control a printhead, is operable to cause the printhead to: perform a plurality of passes over a swath of a print medium, the plurality of passes including first and second treatment passes; apply treatment to the print medium in each of the treatment passes, the treatment in each treatment pass being applied according to a respective treatment mask, wherein each treatment mask indicates a corresponding set of pixels to which the treatment may be applied in a pass to which the treatment mask is applied, the treatment mask having a weight indicative of the proportion of pixels in the corresponding set of pixels, and the treatment masks of the first and second passes are such that a weight of the first treatment mask is different from a weight of the second treatment mask.

Abstract: A post-processing agent application control device includes: a first post-processing agent application amount determination unit configured to determine an amount of a post-processing agent to be applied to an image formed on a recording medium; a first glossiness determination unit configured to determine a first glossiness that is a glossiness of a non-image area of the recording medium in a case where the determined amount of the post-processing agent is applied to the non-image area; and a second post-processing agent application amount determination unit configured to, if glossiness difference between the determined first glossiness and a second glossiness that is a glossiness of the non-image area of the recording medium is applied is larger than the predetermined value, change an amount of the post-processing agent to be applied, in a stepwise manner from an image area to the non-image area.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a housing; a recording device that is provided inside the housing; a medium receiving tray moves between a first position and a second position, the first position being housed inside the housing, the second position being a position of protruding from the housing; a guide for guiding the medium receiving tray; and a guided portion of the medium receiving tray being guided by the guide, wherein the guide includes a first guide area and a second guide area, wherein the first guide area is guiding the guided portion from the first position to a third position that is located between the first position and the second position before the second position, wherein the second guide area is guiding the guided portion from the third position to the second position, and wherein the second guide area includes a narrowing area narrower than the first guide area.

Abstract: A media transport system includes a drum with a plurality of rows of holes, a vacuum plenum, and a shutter. The vacuum plenum is positioned within the drum at a position opposite a printhead and the shutter is configured for movement in a cross-process direction. Each row of holes in the drum includes at least one inter-copy gap. The shutter includes a solid member having at least one aperture in it. The shutter is moved to a position so the aperture is aligned with a row of holes and the solid portion of the shutter prevents a flow of air through the vacuum plenum from the holes in other rows of holes not aligned with the aperture in the shutter and the inter-copy gaps in the row of holes aligned with the aperture selectively prevents air flow to the vacuum plenum.

Abstract: An apparel printing system for printing on regions of tubular fabrics with repeating patterns includes a textile printer having a print head and a tubular platen that includes features on the platen surface to retain and register the tubular fabric on the platen surface during printing.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a plurality of feeding units each configured to feed a sheet, a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet to this recording unit, a first detection unit provided on an upstream side of the recording unit in a direction in which the sheet is conveyed and configured to detect whether there is the sheet, a driving control unit configured to control driving of a motor for conveying a roll sheet fed from a roll sheet feeding unit, and a determination unit configured to determine the feeding unit that feeds the sheet to the recording unit. If the first detection unit detects that there is the sheet, the driving control unit drives the motor in a direction for rewinding the roll sheet, and the determination unit executes the determination processing for the feeding unit based on an output value associated with the driving of the motor.