Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a coated optical article including providing a non-conductive substrate; forming a conductive coating layer over the substrate; electrodepositing a first electrodepositable coating composition over the conductive coating layer to form a first electrodeposited inorganic coating layer; and electrodepositing a second electrodepositable coating composition over the first electrodeposited coating layer to form a second electrodeposited inorganic coating layer thereover, thereby forming a multi-layer antireflective inorganic coating over the conductive coating layer. Each of the first electrodepositable coating composition and the second electrodepositable coating composition is different one from the other, and each includes a sol prepared from a composition of a metal oxide precursor and protic acid such that each coating composition is hydrolyzed. Coated optical articles are also provided.

Abstract: A method for producing a galvanically decorated component with a symbol or structure of a transilluminatable design incorporated in the surface produces the component from an electroplatable plastic in an injection-molding process, and the symbol or structure is produced from a non-electroplatable, electroplating-resistant printed image. The printed image is transferred from a carrier onto the component using thermal transfer by being activated using a laser. A galvanically decorated component is produced by the method.

Abstract: Embodiments of nanostructures comprising metal oxide and methods for forming the nanostructure on surfaces are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the nanostructures can be formed on a substrate made of a nickel titanium alloy, resulting in a nanostructure containing both titanium oxide and nickel oxide. The nanostructure can include a lattice layer disposed on top of a nanotube layer. The distal surface of the lattice layer can have a titanium oxide to nickel oxide ratio of greater than 10:1, or about 17:1, resulting in a nanostructure that promotes human endothelial cell migration and proliferation at the interface between the lattice layer and human cells or tissue. The nanostructure may be formed on the outer surface of an implantable medical device, such a stent or an orthopedic implant (e.g. knee implant, bone screw, or bone staple).

Abstract: A film forming device that avoids a leakage of a liquid electrolyte and a method for forming a metal film using the film forming device are provided. The film forming device to form the metal film includes an anode, a cathode, a solid electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, a solution container that defines a solution containing space between the anode and the solid electrolyte membrane, and a power supply that applies a voltage between the anode and the cathode. The solid electrolyte membrane includes a first surface exposed to the solution containing space and a second surface opposed to the cathode, and is dividable along a division surface having no common point with the first surface or the second surface.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for electrolytically depositing a zinc-nickel alloy layer on a substrate, wherein the method comprises an interrupting of the execution of the electrolytical deposition of a zinc-nickel alloy layer on the surface of a substrate by terminating applying the current from the external current source to each of the soluble zinc anode(s) and to each of the soluble nickel anode(s); and wherein afterwards at least one soluble zinc anode, which is remaining in the electrolysis reaction container, is electrically connected by an electrical connection element to form an electrical connection to at least one soluble nickel anode, which is remaining in the electrolysis reaction container, for at least a part of the defined period of time in which no current from the external current source is applied to each of the soluble zinc anode(s) and to each of the soluble nickel anode(s).

Abstract: A device (1) for generating high pressures in solid and liquid media is described. The device (1) includes a lower shell-shaped body half (2) and an upper shell-shaped body half (3). The device (1) further includes a lower elastic membrane (6) and an upper elastic membrane (7), which are each inserted into the lower body half (2) and into the upper body half (3), respectively. The respective body half (2, 3) and the respective membrane (6, 7) inserted into it each surround a pressure chamber (62, 73). The device (1) furthermore includes an opening and a channel (14) in the lower body half (2), in order to attach an oil line from an oil pump to the device and to pump the oil into the pressure chamber between the lower body half (2) and the elastic membrane (6) inserted into it. The pressure chambers (62, 73) in the lower body half (2) and in the upper body half (3) communicate by means of a line.

Abstract: A film formation apparatus is configured to epitaxially grow a film on a surface of a substrate, and the film formation apparatus may include: a stage configured to allow the substrate to be mounted thereon; a heater configured to heat the substrate; a mist supply source configured to supply mist of a solution that comprises a solvent and a material of the film dissolved in the solvent; a heated-gas supply source configured to supply heated gas that comprises gas constituted of a same material as a material of the solvent and has a higher temperature than the mist; and a delivery device configured to deliver the mist and the heated gas to the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Semiconductor wafers useful for NAND circuitry and having a front side, a rear side, a middle and a periphery, have an Nv region which extends from the middle to the periphery; a denuded zone which extends from the front side to a depth of not less than 20 ?m into the interior of the semiconductor wafer, where the density of vacancies in the denuded zone, determined by means of platinum diffusion and DLTS is not more than 1×1013 vacancies/cm3; a concentration of oxygen of not less than 4.5×1017 atoms/cm3 and not more than 5.5×1017 atoms/cm3; a region in the interior of the semiconductor wafer which adjoins the denuded zone and has nuclei which can be developed by means of a heat treatment into BMDs having a peak density of not less than 6.0×109/cm3, where the heat treatment comprises heating the semiconductor wafer to a temperature of 800° C. over a period of four hours and to a temperature of 1000° C. over a period of 16 hours. The wafers are produced by a unique RTA treatment of Nv wafers.

Abstract: A fiber-processing apparatus includes a feed section feeding a dispersion containing liquid and a fibrous material which contains a polysaccharide as a main component and which is dispersed in the liquid and also includes an ejection section ejecting a fluid in which the concentration of the fibrous material is lower than that in the dispersion toward the fed dispersion to crush the fibrous material in the dispersion. The feed section preferably feeds the dispersion vertically downward. Furthermore, the ejection section preferably ejects the fluid downward rather than horizontally.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a color-changing fiber includes loading a polymeric material and a thermochromic pigment material into a fiber fabrication machine that comprises an extruder and a spinneret, operating the extruder to provide a molten mixture of the polymeric material and the thermochromic pigment material, providing a volume of the molten mixture to the spinneret, and operating the spinneret to coat an electrically conductive core with the molten mixture to form a coating layer around the electrically conductive core to produce the color-changing fiber. The polymeric material and the thermochromic pigment material are provided as (a) a first raw material comprising the polymeric material and a second raw material comprising the thermochromic pigment material or (b) a thermochromic pigment and polymer mixture.

Abstract: In particular embodiments, a process for producing bulked continuous carpet filament from recycled polymer utilizes two vacuum pumps (140A, 140B) in combination with a single extruder (100). In various embodiments, the dual vacuum arrangement (e.g., at least two vacuum pumps (140A, 140B)) operably coupled to the single extruder (e.g., MRS extruder (100)) may be configured to remove one or more impurities from recycled polymer as the recycled polymer passes through the extruder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filament having flame retardant properties, as well as methods for its preparation and its use. The filament according to the invention are Lyocell filaments.

Abstract: Resorbable multifilament yarns and monofilament fibers including poly-4-hydroxybutyrate and copolymers thereof with high tenacity or high tensile strength have been developed. The yarns and fibers are produced by cold drawing the multifilament yarns and monofilament fibers before hot drawing the yarns and fibers under tension at temperatures above the melt temperature of the polymer or copolymer. These yarns and fibers have prolonged strength retention in vivo making them suitable for soft tissue repairs where high strength and strength retention is required. The multifilament yarns have tenacities higher than 8.1 grams per denier, and in vivo, retain at least 65% of their initial strength at 2 weeks. The monofilament fibers retain at least 50% of their initial strength at 4 weeks in vivo. The monofilament fibers have tensile strengths higher than 500 MPa. These yarns and fibers may be used to make various medical devices for various applications.

Abstract: The biocomponent fiber functions as a carrier or vehicle for delivering additives to a polymer composition. The bicomponent fiber may be “splittable segmented pie” or “island-in-the-sea” construction with the sea being the low melt temperature component and the island being the high melt temperature component. The low melt temperature polymer may be selected from the group consisting of low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), polylactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkenoate (PHA), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinylidene fluoride, polybutylene succinate (PBS), low melt temperature polyethylene terephthalate, polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) and low melt temperature nylons.

Abstract: A fiber can be made having a structure with an axial core and a coating layer. The fiber can have a polymer core and one or two layers surrounding the core. The fine fiber can be made from a polymer material and a resinous aldehyde composition such that the general structure of the fiber has a polymer core surrounded by at least a layer of the resinous aldehyde composition.

Abstract: The method for producing a unidirectional carbon fiber tape, the method comprising: passing a first portion of a strand of fiber through an oven to carbonize the first portion, thereby converting carbon fiber precursor fiber of the first portion to carbon fiber, wherein the first portion comprises carbon fiber precursor fiber; and impregnating the carbon fiber of the first portion with thermoplastic matrix material to form impregnated fiber, while a second portion of the strand of fiber that is upstream of the first portion is passing through the oven to convert carbon fiber precursor fiber of the second portion to additional carbon fiber.

Abstract: A spinning apparatus with continuous adjustment of a yarn accumulation system includes at least one spinning head including a spinning device including a spinning chamber for yarn production, a reel on which yarn produced by the spinning device is wound, the reel being rotatably influenced by a yarn guide shaped to impart a rotation movement of the reel for winding the yarn and a traversing movement of the yarn winding on the reel, an accumulation device arranged between the spinning device and the reel and shaped to create a reservoir of yarn not wound on the reel, a joining device including joining means to join together a first yarn end associated with the spinning device and a second yarn end associated with the reel, and a processing and control unit programmed to control the yarn guide to adjust accordingly the amount of yarn accumulated in the accumulation device.

Abstract: A fibre guide insert for an opening roller housing, with an insert body to be pushed into a mounting opening of the opening roller housing, the insert body having a fibre guide surface forming a fibre channel inlet and a fibre channel connection section connected to a fibre channel input. An opening roller housing for an opening device of an open-end rotor spinning device, having a fibre channel leading into an opening roller housing interior, where it adjoins a fibre channel input for fibres, and a mounting opening for a fibre guide insert, which mounting opening is open towards the opening roller housing interior.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a textured artificial turf yarn includes providing a monofilament yarn, wherein the monofilament yarn includes a polymer blend of polymers; receiving differential scanning calorimetry, DSC, data of a sample of the polymer blend; determining one or more melting temperatures of the monofilament yarn using the DSC data; and texturing the monofilament yarn within a chosen temperature range using a texturing device to provide a textured artificial turf yarn, wherein the chosen temperature range is selected using the one or more melting temperatures.

Abstract: Silk woven fabric is known and renowned for its touch. The drawback of silk, however, is its price, its poor washability, and low resistance against certain chemical treatments. It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a silk-like woven fabric which overcomes these problems. According to the invention, this problem is solved by providing a silk-like woven fabric (2) made from weft yarns (4) and warp yarns (6), wherein at least one of the weft yarns (4) and the warp yarns (6) contains or consists of lyocell filaments (8). Especially twisted lyocell filament yarns are used, the resulting material has a touch comparable to silk and physical properties that are equal to or even surpass those of silk. Moreover, the lyocell filament yarns (4, 6) may have a higher twist than silk yarns, other cellulose yarns, or synthetic yarns.

Abstract: A device for texturizing strand material into a wool-type product includes outer and inner nozzle sections. The outer and inner nozzle sections interface and define a passage through which the strand material travels. At least a portion of the passage has a non-uniform diameter that increases in a direction moving away from an input end of the device.

Abstract: A knitted fabric article, one or a plurality of dissimilarly bright and dark regions which transition into one another in a stepless manner being configured on the knitted fabric article external side of said knitted fabric article, which has a knitted base fabric composed of at least one knitted base fabric thread, wherein the knitted base fabric is embodied as a knitted compression fabric and/or as a thin knitted fabric which in the worn position is transparent.

Abstract: A knitted component includes a first yarn and a second yarn, where the first yarn comprises a thermoplastic material having a melting temperature. The first yarn is used to create window openings of different shapes and sizes within the knitted component. This is achieved by using the first yarn to releasably secure adjacent edges of a window opening. The first yarn is then heated to release, at least in part, the first yarn from the edges of the window opening, allowing the edges to separate and thereby form a window opening.

Abstract: A spacer fabric has two textile layers and spacer yarns that transversely connect the textile layers and where the yarns forming the textile layers are composed exclusively of a nonmetallic material. In addition, at least a first portion of the spacer yarns is composed of metallic yarn, and a weight of all metallic spacer yarns is between 40 and 96% relative to the total weight of the spacer fabric.

Abstract: Systems and methods for forming a tubular braid are disclosed here-in. A braiding system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper drive unit, a lower drive unit, a mandrel coaxial with the upper and lower drive units, and a plurality of tubes extending between the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit. Each tube can be configured to receive individual filaments for forming the tubular braid, and the upper and lower drive units can act in synchronization to move the tubes (and the filaments contained within those tubes) in three distinct motions: (i) radially inward toward a central axis, (ii) radially outward away from the central axis, and (iii) rotationally about the central axis, to cross the filaments over and under one another to form the tubular braid on the mandrel.

Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating a material is provided. The apparatus may comprise a magnetic device arranged in a three-dimensional configuration. The apparatus may comprise a surface on which at least one carrier is configured to move. The magnetic device may be configured to provide a magnetic field for driving the carrier on the surface to manipulate a material. The apparatus may comprise a controller configured to control the magnetic device to modulate the magnetic field. The controller may be further configured to detect a position and/or motion of the carrier.

Abstract: The polypropylene nonwoven fabric produced by the method for producing a polypropylene nonwoven fabric according to the present invention has features that it has excellent stretchability and excellent water pressure resistance.

Abstract: The present invention provides portable devices and systems for electrofocused blow spinning, and methods for using the same. The devices of the invention are convenient to carry and use and are able to aerodynamically spin a variety of materials in a mobile setting.

Abstract: A process for aligning discontinuous fibers, and composite products and mats comprised of highly aligned discontinuous fibers, including products of the process. Aligned discontinuous fiber composite products include a matrix of fibers, each fiber having a longitudinal fiber axis, the composite comprising a free, uncut edge extending along an edge axis. The longitudinal fiber axis of a majority of the fibers in the composite product are aligned within a predetermined alignment tolerance of an alignment axis non-parallel to the edge axis. Aligned discontinuous fiber mats may have a first areal density of fibers in a first region of the composite located inward relative to the free, uncut edge, and a second area density at or adjacent to the free, uncut edge.

Abstract: Provided is a spunbond nonwoven fabric which is made of a polypropylene fiber and satisfies all of the following conditions A to E: A. the average single fiber diameter of the fiber is 6-17 ?m; B. the degree of crystal orientation of the fiber as obtained by wide-angle X-ray diffraction is at least 0.91; C. the crystallite size of the (110) plane of the fiber as obtained by wide angle X-ray diffraction is at least 12 nm; D. the average orientation parameter of the fiber as obtained by Raman spectroscopy is at least 8.0; and E. the complex viscosity of the spunbond nonwoven fabric at a temperature of 230° C. is 20-100 Pa·sec at an angular frequency of 6.3 rad/sec.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric is provided. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein at least one of the surfaces has a TS7 value of less than about 15 dB V2 rms, and wherein the first surface has a TS7 value that is higher than the second surface TS7 value.

Abstract: A washer and dryer unit offers gentle washing or drying of lingerie including bras and panties. The unit uses a series of reciprocating bristles made of a specific elastic material that does not damage the lingerie. A washer compartment of the unit is adjustable to allow insertion of different sized bras that are mounted on a support grille. A dryer compartment of the unit offers drying of the lingerie using air fans. The unit is portable and small to be placed in a bathroom.

Abstract: A method of operating a laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to a treating cycle of operation. The laundry treating appliance comprises a treating chamber for receiving the laundry that is selectively accessible through a door movable between opened and closed positions. The method comprises determining at the end of a laundry treating cycle whether the door has been opened and subsequently reclosed and reducing humidity in the treating chamber after the determination that the door has been reclosed.

Abstract: A modular laundry system includes a laundry appliance defining a width and a height. A module is below the laundry appliance. The module has a cabinet with an open face. A tub is provided within the cabinet. A washing or drying chamber is provided within the tub for receiving fabric items to be washed or dried.

Abstract: A washing machine and an operating method thereof are disclosed. A washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a washing tub; a touch screen for outputting a graphical object corresponding to a washing-related function which can be performed by the washing tub; a detergent supplying unit which is formed to receive a laundry detergent in an inner space thereof and supply the received laundry detergent to the washing tub through a supply fluid path; and a control unit which detects a load and a contamination level of laundry in response to input of a washing start command and determines an input quantity of the laundry detergent received in the detergent supplying unit on the basis of the detected load and contamination level. In addition, the control unit displays a graphical object related to the determined laundry detergent input quantity on the touch screen.

Abstract: A driving device for a washing machine includes: a shaft including an inner shaft and an outer shaft surrounding the inner shaft; a motor assembly including a stator, a rotor that surrounds the stator, a modulator that surrounds the rotor, and a magnetic gear rotating body that surrounds the modulator; a first fixation body that connects between the inner shaft and the magnetic gear rotating body; a second fixation body having one end connected to the stator and the other end connected to a tub; and an electronic clutch that disconnects the outer shat and the rotor or connects the inner shaft and the rotor according to an operation mode of the washing machine. The modulator adjusts a speed and torque of the magnetic gear rotating body. The driving device may make a motor drive area highly efficient and may reduce electric consumption.

Abstract: A package for a single unit dose detergent, the package having an outer shell and an inner structure. The outer shell and the inner structure comprise of a biodegradable material. The inner structure has one or more divided sections enabled to contain one or more single unit dose detergents articles. At least one of the one or more divided sections comprises a protuberance extending from a surface facing an inner surface of the outer shell.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a laundry treating appliance dispense treating chemistry into a rotating basket. A dispenser can be a centrifugal dispenser adapted to move or dispense treating chemistry based upon rotational movement of a basket. The dispenser can include a holding pocket to hold a volume of treating chemistry, a transferring pocket to centrifugally receive the treating chemistry, and a dilution pocket to dilute the treating chemistry and dispenser the treating chemistry.

Abstract: The invention relates to a household intelligent clothes dryer with thermal uniformity and dust filtering function which includes a box body. The box body is provided with a positioning slot, the left end of the box body is hinged with a cabinet door, and the box body is provided with a drying device. The box body is fixedly connected with the rotating device, and the upper end of the positioning slot is fixedly connected with a hanger device. The cabinet door is provided with an observation window, and the lower end of the box body is provided with an air exhaust hole. The drying device includes a bellows, a card slot, a bayonet, a spring, a support strip, a high-efficiency filter net, a support piece and a fan. The bellows is fixedly sleeved with the box body, and the bellows is provided with the card slot. The card slot is connected to the bayonet. The outer side of the bayonet is sleeved with the spring. The bayonet is slidably sleeved with the support strip.

Abstract: A treating apparatus for drying articles according to a predetermined cycle of operation. The treating apparatus includes a cylindrical drum having a circumferential wall, a pair of non-anode baffles spaced on the circumferential wall, and a third baffle positioned between the pair of non-anode baffles on the circumferential wall comprising an anode element having an anode contact point at the circumferential wall. The treating apparatus also has a first cathode element disposed between the third baffle and one of the pair of non-anode baffles along the circumference of the circumferential wall and a second cathode disposed between the third baffle and the other of the pair of non-anode baffles along the circumference of the circumferential wall. The treating apparatus also has a radio frequency (RF) generator coupled to the anode element and to the first and second cathode elements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus that makes provision for two identical folding machines to be arranged one beside the other, and for these to be operated synchronously, so that the large operating width which is necessary for ironing large laundry items, in particular transversely, is also available for folding such laundry items. If large laundry items are to be ironed, and folded, in particular transversely, this requires ironers and folding machines with an appropriately large operating width. Such large operating widths currently cannot be realized technologically in folding machines.

Abstract: A laundry accessory protects laundry. The laundry accessory includes a body defining a cavity therein. The body includes a base and one or more sidewalls extending generally upward from the base. A plurality of rails are coupled to an upper portion of the sidewalls. The rails define a gateway in fluid communication with the cavity, and a gate is slidably coupled to the rails to selectively close the gateway for containing a solid object, such as a piece of laundry, in the cavity.

Abstract: An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion, the emulsion having a particle size of 1 nm to 150 nm b. Free perfume, having an emulsion particle size of 1 nm to 30 ?m.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to an aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion includes a plurality of particles. Each of the particles includes a polycarbonate component. Individual particles of the polycarbonate component have substantially the same size. The dispersion further includes a plasticizer component and a surfactant component. In an embodiment, a sized carbon fiber tow can comprise: a polycarbonate sizing on a carbon fiber tow, wherein the polycarbonate sizing has a concentration of volatile organic compounds less than 10 ppm, preferably less than 5 ppm, or less than 2 ppm; and an average sizing content of at least 0.5 wt % of the carbon fiber tow with a coefficient of variation less than 15%, preferably less than 11%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a microfibrous non-woven synthetic suede-like fabric, which does not require the use of organic solvents and which enables a soft finished product to be obtained that is provided with a good hand, that is elastic and with excellent resistance to yellowing and high durability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic leather at least including a base fabric (i), an intermediate layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii), in which the intermediate layer (ii) is formed of a moisture-curable hot-melt urethane resin composition containing a hot-melt urethane prepolymer (A1) having an isocyanate group and a foaming agent composition (A2), the skin layer (iii) is formed of an aqueous urethane resin composition (Z) containing a urethane resin (X) and an aqueous medium (Y), and the urethane resin (X) is a reaction product obtained by using a polyol (b1), a reactive silicone (b2) having a functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group, and a polyisocyanate (b3) as essential raw materials.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dewatering an aqueous cellulosic pulp slurry or mat of cellulosic fibers or sludge. The method includes adding at least one anionic surfactant and at least one amide of a carboxylic acid to cellulose containing material to form a treated material and then dewatering the material. Besides effective dewatering, the present invention also provides foam control such as, but not limited to, the suppression of foam. Pulp products containing the treatment compounds are also described.

Abstract: Methods of improving the drying rate of a cellulosic web, such as a tissue web, by providing an apparatus having two noncompressive dewatering devices, such as two through-air driers, where the temperature of the drying medium supplied to each device is separately controlled. The temperature of the medium supplied to the first device may exceed 450° F., such as from about 450 to about 600° F. On the other hand the temperature of the medium supplied to the second device may be less than the temperature supplied to the first, such as from about 350 to 450° F. Drying the web in this manner not only improves drying efficiency, but also limits or prevents degradation of the web, such as the combustion of cellulosic fibers making up the web or monosaccharides associated therewith. As such, webs that are substantially free from furan and acetaldehyde may be produced by the present methods.

Abstract: A fibrous material, method for making the same, and articles comprising the same are shown and described. The fibrous material is a low density material that exhibits high strength properties. In embodiments, the fibrous material has a density of 0.15 g/cm3 or less and a tensile strength of 10 N/inch or greater. The fibrous material may be in the form of a paperboard and is suitable for use in a variety of applications including as a packaging material.

Abstract: Provided are woven papermaking fabrics having a web contacting surface having protuberances formed from woven warp and shute filaments. The protuberances, which may be oriented in the machine direction (MD) converge, merge or diverge and may be arranged to form a pattern. In certain instances the protuberance may comprise a first MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about 0.5 to about 15 degrees, a second MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about ?0.5 to about ?15 degrees wherein the first and second protuberances converge at a convergence area to form a third MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about ?15 to about 15 degrees.