Abstract: A method for preparing a lithium alloy as an anode material includes the following steps: heating lithium metal into a molten state in an environment with a dew point not higher than ?50° C. and an oxygen content not higher than 10 ppm; adding a transition metal to the molten lithium metal, maintaining the temperature for 5-15 minutes, and uniformly mixing to form a molten alloy; cooling the molten alloy to room temperature to obtain the lithium alloy as the anode material. The preparation method of the present invention is simple and feasible with less cost. The prepared lithium alloy as the anode material can effectively improve the coulombic efficiency and cycle lifespan of the lithium battery.

Abstract: A PWB may be drilled forming a via. The via may expose one or more internal portions of a core layer, a prepreg layer, and an anti-plate coating. A seed material may then be applied from a top portion of the PWB to the via, forming a seed layer in the via, the seed material not adhering to the anti-plate coating. Electroless metal may then be applied from the top portion of the PWB to the via, forming an electroless plate layer that adheres to the seed layer. Electrolytic copper may then be applied from the top portion of the PWB to the via, forming a copper layer that adheres to the electroless plate layer. A bottom portion of the electroless plate layer may then be removed.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing infiltrating water-proof material for zippers comprising a lower mold and an upper mold, wherein the lower mold is positioned with a positioning recession and a groove, the upper mold is provided with a mold cave on a top thereof and a scraper portion on a bottom edge thereof and adhering to a bottom surface of the positioning recession, whereby the upper mold is assembled to the lower mold into a unitary member in which the upper mold is fitted in the positioning recession, a liquid PU rubber which has been treated with thickening step is poured into the mold cave of the upper mold, and then a zipper tap is moved by transferring rollers to the positioning recession to provide a water-proof film therefor.

Abstract: A coating film transfer tool capable of firmly preventing a non-transfer portion from being brought about at a face on which a transfer is to be made by coating film detachment of a transfer tape in a transfer head and capable of eliminating idle slip at every time of starting to be used, has a front end portion of a case main body (1) which is provided with a head cap (9) slidably disposed in front and rear directions between an advanced position in a state of covering a transfer head (15) and a rear position in a state of exposing the transfer head (15). The head cap (9) is urged in a direction of the advanced position by a spring (20), while when started to be used, by pressing a front end portion of the head cap (9) against a face P, the head cap (9) can be moved to the rear position. Inside of the case main body (1) there is provided a tape reeling out means (7) for reeling out a transfer tape T to the transfer head (15).

Abstract: A hand-held device for applying a film of, for example, adhesive, covering, or colored material onto a substrate. The device includes a housing, in which a film material supply is disposed, and an application member with an application end to which the film material can be supplied. The application member is moveable back and forth between a retracted position in the housing and an application position projecting out of the housing through a housing opening. An actuating element is manually moveable between a stand-by position and an active position and activates the application member to move into its application position when it moves into the active position. To improve the operability and handling of the hand-held device, the actuating element is arranged on a side surface of the housing.

Abstract: A coater for dispersed slurry capable of coating coated dispersed slurry on a nonwoven cloth-like base material while bringing the slurry into contact with the material, comprising a net conveyor for transferring the nonwoven cloth-like base material, a supply means for supplying the dispersed slurry onto the net conveyor, and a coating roll for forming a coating layer of a specified thickness by pressing, from the upper side thereof, the dispersed slurry supplied onto the nonwoven cloth-like base material, wherein this coating roll is allowed to come into direct contact with the dispersed slurry on the peripheral surface of the nonwoven cloth-like base material or allowed to come into contact with the dispersed slurry through a film provided therethrough.

Abstract: There is provided a handy type foil printer capable of performing printing operation easily with one hand and achieving an effective use of a print film. A film roll is accommodated detachably within a casing that is sized to be operable by one hand and has an opening for printing. The film roll is a print film that consists of a base film and a foil removably adhered thereon and is processed in the form of a long tape and rolled. A printing roller is arranged at the opening, exposing a part of its circumferential surface. The print film drawn out from the film roll is wound by a winding roller via the outer circumferential surface of the printing roller. Holding the casing in one hand, pressing and rotating the printing roller on the original character and/or diagram depicted with an adhesive ink can print the foil on the character and/or diagram.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing a striped coating on a continuously moving strip are provided, in which the apparatus has a smoothing device including a doctor roll forming a nip with the strip. A stationary partition means is provided, which divides the nip into nip lengths, and upstream of the smoothing device is a means to deposit coating materials on the strip for delivery into the respective nip lengths at predetermined rates. The deposit means maintains a bead of coating material in each nip length and a stripe of coating material is formed on the strip from coating material escaping the respective nip length as the strip passes through the nip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tipper apparatus for pigmenting the embossed section (raised characters for copying) of a card used to perform transactions by a customer at financial institutions or the like. The tipper apparatus comprises a card feeder for feeding a card; a pusher for pressing a color ribbon against the embossed section of the card fed by the card feeder; a ribbon driver for advancing and winding the color ribbon; and a controller for controlling the card feeder and the ribbon driver on the basis of tipping signals received from a host apparatus, transporting the card and the effective section of the ribbon to the pusher, and actuating the pusher.

Abstract: In a melt deposition painting station, a solid body of paint is fed onto an endless belt conveyor, incorporating a substantially planar belt flight, a head pulley, and turn round means adjacent to the contact point of the paint block and the moving steel strip and consisting of a stationary guide and an idler pulley. The turn round means is so constructed that the direction of the belt movement after the turn is at least parallel to that of the continuously moving strip and preferably at an angle away from it. The head pulley is preferably coated with a high friction material such as natural rubber. The planar belt flight is adapted to support one or more blocks of substantially solvent-free paint composition, which becomes bonded to the pliable, durable heat-resistant material of the belt. The belt causes continuous movement of the paint block towards one end of the flight to affect melting of some portion of a solid body of paint composition onto a moving strip.

Abstract: There is disclosed a coating method involving a dispensing apparatus defining a particulate material exit opening including: (a) rotating a first applicator and an adjacent second applicator against a substrate, wherein the first applicator and the second applicator define a gap region therebetween; and (b) introducing particulate material into the gap region from the particulate material exit opening positioned at the gap region and moving a portion of the particulate material across the gap region to the substrate, wherein the rotation of the first applicator and the second applicator rubs the particulate material against the substrate.

Abstract: The method of the invention for co-reactive slot die extrusion coating of elongated tubular articles, such as pipes, comprises the steps of extruding a two-component thermosetting material through a slot die that is comprised of low friction material and so configured as to permit the slot die to be rapidly opened for purposes of peeling gelled material from the die by hand. The method provides for substantially increased coverage rates and the use of interchangeable and reusable slot dies. In a preferred method, the extrusion step campuses the use of a slot die comprised of two blocks comprised of an acetal resin, and the blocks are clamped together and can be quickly unclamped to permit convenient removal of gelled thermoset material.

Abstract: A method of continuously painting one side of a moving substrate metal strip (1) utilizing a thermosetting polymer based paint composition comprises pre-heating the strip in a pre-heat furnace (2) to a pre-heat temperature above the glass transition temperature of the paint composition, driving a solid block (8) of the paint composition into collision with the strip at a predetermined block speed to cause liquid paint to be melted from the block and applied to the strip at a precisely controlled deposition rate. The deposit, which for thin paint coats is discontinuous, is then spread over the surface of the strip by a pressure roll (14) and emerges therefrom as a smooth coat of wet paint. A bead of liquid paint (17) builds up on the strip on the up stream side of the pressure roll and the block speed may be adjusted in response to the bead size. The emergent strip then travels through a paint curing furnace (5) and a bath (6) to complete the process.

Abstract: A metal strip (4) is continuously coated with a thermoset resin based paint by passing it through a pre-heating furnace (5) wherein it is raised to a pre-heat temperature of from 100.degree. to 210.degree. C., then through a coating applicator (6) wherein a solid, substantially solvent free block (11) of the paint composition is pressed against the strip (4) at a substantially constant pressure of from 10 to 100 kilopascals to cause a liquid layer (13) of the paint composition to be deposited on the strip, then through a roll type smoothing device (18) to smooth and spread the layer and doctor it to thickness, then through a curing furnace (8) to thermoset the layer, and finally through a quenching bath (9).

Abstract: This invention concerns a mechanical plating process comprising: shaving metal off from a pure metal or alloy block and plating an object to be plated with the shaved off metal by the use of at least a single metal brush, wherein the metal block and the metal brush are in frictional contact with each other, and the object to be plated and the metal brush are concurrently in frictional contact with each other.

Abstract: A marking apparatus for coloring a lateral edge of a sheet moving along its longitudinal axis includes a marking head including a body and a tubular shaft mounted on the body for rotation about an axis of said shaft. A roller is fixedly mounted on the tubular shaft for rotation therewith. An elongated coloring element of a solid material is received in the tubular shaft for rotation therewith and has one end extending outwardly of one end of the tubular shaft a predetermined distance. An actuator is operable to move the marking head in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the sheet parallel to a plane in which the lateral edge of the sheet lies so as to bring an end face of the one end of the coloring element into contact with the lateral edge of the sheet to apply a marking thereto. The axis of the tubular shaft is disposed transversely of a path of travel of the sheet and inclined with respect to the plane of the sheet.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for treating a movable surface with material which has been removed from an erodable bar of such material. A movable applicator is adapted to brush against the bar and to transfer eroded material to the movable surface. The bar is cylindrical and mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis to present a continuously changing portion of its periphery to the applicator. By causing the bar to rotate, the peripheries of the applicator and the bar move at relative speeds less than that which would cause objectionable dusting to occur. The bar is mounted for movement generally toward the rotatable applicator to maintain contact therebetween as the bar wears. The pressure between the bar and the applicator is maintained partially by gravitational force and partially by magnetic force.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of dissipating the static charge that is built up by a dryer fabric opeating in the dryer section of a paper making machine, thereby preventing adhesion of the paper to the fabric when it is transferred from one fabric to another. More particularly the invention relates to the addition of an anti-static agent to the coating material which is applied to the dryer fabric. The invention also relates to a dryer fabric coated with a coating material which includes 0.2 to 10% by weight of an anti-static agent.

Abstract: A liner sheet for a magnetic tape cartridge, said sheet being a fibrous sheet containing thermoplastic synthetic fibers with at least those fibers which are in its surface layer being bonded as a result of heat melting, said fibrous sheet having (1) an apparent specific gravity 0.55 to 0.85 time the specific gravity of the polymer constituting the fibers, (2) air permeability expressed by a pressure drop of not more than 200 cm Aq/mm when air is caused to flow at a speed of 10 cm/sec in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the sheet and (3) a thickness of 50 to 300 microns, and said fibrous sheet containing in its structure a lubricant and an antistatic agent dispersed therein.