Abstract: An apparatus for taping wires of a wire harness includes first and second tape application heads interconnected together and disposed proximate to a wire guiding mechanism. Both of the first and second tape application heads have hollow inner cores which communicate with a source of negative air pressure to draw a vacuum in each tape application head which causes a strip of wire tape to adhere to the outer surfaces of the application heads. One of the application heads is brought into contact with a plurality of wires guided across the head, while the second application head rotates around a common axis shared by the two heads, whereby each of the first and second application heads generally oppose each other and apply the strip of tape to the wires.

Abstract: To obtain a disposable diaper having at its respective waist sides welded zones which provide smooth touch, herein disclosed a method for making a disposable diaper 1 comprising steps of putting wing-like portions 21, 22 provided on front and rear bodies 5, 6 of the diaper 1 one upon another with a topsheet 2 facing inward, and welding these wing-like portions together under heat and pressure. In each wing-like portion 21, 22, a piece of sheet member is attached to at least one of the top- and backsheets 2, 3 so as to form an extension thereof and provide thereby the backsheet of said portion having a melting point higher than a melting point of the topside sheet member.

Abstract: Labels with release liners, including integrated labels, are manufactured in a simple manner that does not require two webs of material. A pressure sensitive adhesive is applied (e.g. patterned coated) in a first strip on a second face of a web of label material (e.g. bond paper). Then silicone release material is applied in a second strip on the second face of the web of label material so that the second strip is adjacent, but spaced from, the first strip and substantially parallel to it, a line of demarcation (about 1-25 mm wide) provided between the first and second strips, and each strip is at least about one inch wide. Then the label material is folded (e.g. plow folded while on a Webtron press) about the line of demarcation so that the first and second strips come into face-to-face contact with each other.

Abstract: A reusable and collapsible container having a collapsed configuration for storage and shipment and an assembled configuration for containing a product. The container is formed from a polymeric sheet and has substantially flat panels, hinges connecting adjacent panels, and releasable fasteners on at least some of the panels for holding the panels in an assembled configuration. The sheet has opposing walls separated by longitudinally extending webs. A portion of the hinges cross the longitudinally extending webs and are formed by hot compression of at least one wall of the sheet. Another portion of the hinges are longitudinally extending and are formed by cold compression of at least one wall of the sheet.

Abstract: A method is provided for joining an elastic band to a continuously moving, partially elastic substrate. The method includes temporarily inhibiting portions of the elastic band and then positioning the band on the substrate. The substrate includes elastic and non-elastic segments, and the band is positioned so that an elastic portion of the band is on an elastic segment of the substrate and the temporarily inhibited portion of the band is on the non-elastic segment of the substrate. The band and substrate are then joined together, and the temporarily inhibited portion is activated to gather the non-elastic segment.

Abstract: A non-woven fabric consisting of random entangled staple fibers which serves as a supporting structure is first subjected to pressure spraying on each side with a paint-like liquid comprised of a water base, or of a petroleum solvent thinner containing micron sized particles, such as copper treated with a suitable compatible binder, such as polyester epoxy, or acrylic resins. After spraying and drying, all solvents are removed by air circulating in an oven. The thus-sprayed fabric is then passed through apparatus which simultaneously heats and compresses the fabric to greatly reduce its thickness to form a sheet in which the entrained metal particles are brought into intimate contact with each other, thereby to impart conductivity to the fabric sheet.

Abstract: A unitary disposable garment, such as disposable training pants, having a high degree of stretch in the cross-machine direction and fitting a broad range of wearer sizes. The unitary disposable garment is manufactured from a chassis and has a waist opening, two leg openings and a pair of side seams which join the front portion of the chassis to the rear portion of the chassis. The unitary disposable garment preferably has an absorbent assembly, i.e. an absorbent insert, secured to the inner layer of the chassis. The chassis from which the unitary disposable garment is manufactured, has four elasticized ear flaps; each ear flap is elasticized by securing an elastomeric element thereto and mechanically stretching the ear flap and the elastomeric element such that the ear flap is elastically extensible in the direction of initial stretching. The front portion of the chassis is then joined to the rear portion of the chassis on each side of the disposable garment by a seam.

Abstract: A decoration is formed by feeding a flat sheet of material between a pair of rotating rollers having intermeshed teeth which produce a series of pleats in the sheet. The pleats are gathered together by placing the pleated sheet between a pair of parallel, spaced apart plates and then moving a compressor plate between the spaced apart plates to compact the pleats. A tie can be fastened around the compacted, pleated sheet to hold the pleats in a gathered state. The tied sheet is removed from between the plates and ends of the gathered pleats are fanned out on at least on side of the tie. Apparatus for pleating the sheet and compressing the pleats is disclosed.

Abstract: A five-piece expanding pocket having front inner and outer panels secured to each other by cohesive glue, rear inner and outer panels secured thereof by cohesive glue, and a gusset having outer edge portions with cohesive glue and opposite sides thereof bonded between edge portions of the front and rear inner and outer panels which are bonded to each other. A fixture for assembling a five-piece expanding pocket including locating plates for retaining front and rear inner panels in a predetermined position, a positioning member for locating a gusset relative to the front and rear inner panels on the locating plates and permitting the gusset to be secured to cohesive glue on the front and rear inner panels, and the locating plates also permitting the locating of the front and rear outer panels relative to the front and rear inner panels, respectively.

Abstract: A self-adhesive label (54) in the form of a tag for attachment to a neck (56) of a bottle (55), the label (54) being carried on a backing of release material (34), the label (54) comprising a printed sheet (2) which is folded so as to form a body portion (30) and tag portion (32) adjacent thereto, an aperture (48) which extends through the tag portion (32), a weakened tear line (46) which extends through the sheet (2) between the body and tag portions (30,32), and a layer of adhesive (38) disposed on a rearwardly directed surface of the body portion (30) which releasably adheres the label (54) to the backing of release material (34) and by which the body portion (30) may be adhered to a bottle (55). There is also provided a method of producing a succession of such self-adhesive labels (54) carried on a backing of release material (34).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for forming and applying edging material to the corners of ductwork and other conduit structures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of distributing opening devices and preparing the opening devices for application individually to a packaging containers. The opening devices are positioned, closed and marshalled together to form a web or a sheet. The prefabricated opening devices are arranged in rows of length x. Two or more of the opening devices in each row are provided with projections which are placed against corresponding opening devices in a neighboring row and are welded together using ultrasonic means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of manufacturing vacuum cleaner bags with a unique tri-lock top and bottom seal. The paper end of at the end of the open bag length is sealed onto itself with seam-paste glue three times providing an extra strong seam to accommodate the ever increasing air pressure created by today's powerful cleaners.

Abstract: A process for applying an adhesive band with one adhesive side to the narrow rim of an elongated workpiece, particularly a coathanger of corrugated paper, includes the following steps: removing a workpiece from a magazine; sorting the workpieces into corresponding compartments of a compartmented disk carousel that rotates on an axis; forward cyclical rotation of the filled compartmented disk carousel, such that the workpieces placed in the compartments, which are positioned one on top of the other, are transported to other processing stations; at the next processing station, pressing the adhesive band, which has one adhesive side, onto the narrow rims of the flattened workpieces, which project from the compartments of the carousel; at another processing station, cutting the adhesive band and pressing it to the lateral profile of the narrow rim; at another processing station, folding and pressing the projecting edges of the adhesive band against the workpiece, and ejecting the fully processed workpiece.

Abstract: A method for forming a strong and flexible bond between two plastic fabric layers requires the controlled use of an ultrasonic welding apparatus. Control of the time ultrasonic energy is delivered to the two overlapped plastic fabric layers, and of the pressure placed upon those layers during that time, is exercised to ensure that no melting of the yarns from which the two fabric layers are woven occurs. Rather, the yarns are softened by the application of ultrasonic energy, and are compressed together between the horn and an anvil to force them to adhere to one another. After the ultrasonic energy is turned off, compression is maintained while the overlapped plastic fabric layers cool and harden. A strong, flexible bond, suitable for operation as a seam for an endless belt, is obtained.

Abstract: A method for making an absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, having tabs. A first series of patches of a hot melt type pressure sensitive adhesive are applied to one side of a double-sided release strip. The release strip is then placed against the central portion of the absorbent article so that the first adhesive patches bond to the central portion. A second series of patches of the adhesive are applied to the other side of the double-sided release strip and tabs are folded over the central portion so that the second adhesive patches bond to the tabs. Since the release strip has been coated with a release agent, such as silicone, on both of its sides, the first and second patches of adhesive bond to the central portion and the tabs, respectively, with greater tenacity than they did to the release strip. When the user removes the release strip prior to use, the first and second adhesive patches remain on the central portion and the tabs.

Abstract: An open-end cushioned eyeglass case and method of manufacture wherein the case comprises an outer cover of heat-sealable material and a protective inner cushioning layer, the inner layer having a width and length which are each smaller than the width and length, respectively, of the outer cover. The cover and cushioning layer are assembled in overlying relationship with their top edges flush and are sealed together along those edges. The composite sheet is then folded along its longitudinal axis so that the opposed inner peripheral side and bottom edges of the outer cover are in direct contact and these edges are heat sealed together.

Abstract: A device for making a blind having Y-shaped pleats comprises an ultrasonic welding gear or a high frequency welding gear, a pressing wheel, a base plate, a motor, two drive wheels, two guide wheels, and two guide brackets. The welding gear has a weld head over which the pressing wheel is mounted for pressing a blind cloth against the weld head. The base plate is disposed horizontally between the pressing wheel and the weld head and provided with a through hole corresponding in location to the pressing wheel and the weld head. The motor is used to drive the pressing wheel which in turn drives the two drive wheels to press the blind cloth moving on the base plate. The two guide wheels are driven by the motor for guiding the unwelded blind cloth to move. The guide brackets are provided respectively with a protruded portion corresponding in level to the base plate for holding the pleats of the blind cloth waiting to be welded.

Abstract: A method of laminating a customized presentation folder including placing a plastic cover sheet on one cover face of the folder and sealing the bottom of the plastic cover sheet thereon, inserting an insert sheet behind the plastic cover sheet in-between it and the cover face, inverting the folder and urging the folder, bottom first, through a laminator for fabricating a customized presentation folder in which any skinning that occurs on the inside of the folder is hidden.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of manufacturing laminate for honeycomb structure. The invention includes first and second adhesive agent applying units, each of which applies an adhesive agent to a material strip in parallel strips, first and second pressing rolls corresponding to each of said adhesive agent applying units, and a layering table reciprocated by a predetermined stroke. The second stripes of the adhesive agent are displaced transversely by a half pitch from the first stripes of the adhesive agent. The adhesive agent applying units and the pressing rolls are disposed immediately above the layering table and the rolls press the material strip being fed onto the layered material strip, and are moved between an operating position and an un-operating position with relation to the movement of the layering table. The layering table is movable and a roll stand housing the pressing rolls moves in a direction opposite to that of the layering table.

Abstract: An adhesive backed label is perforated or scored along its mid-line. The same label either can be used as a standard adhesive label or it can be folded along its midline to capture the ends of a string and can be used as a tag label.

Abstract: A ridge cover also useable as a shingle having a three dimensional appearance much like shake, together with methods of making and using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, right isosceles triangular pieces of asphalt composition roofing material are cut. Thereafter, the material on each side of the center line bisecting the right angle is folded under the top surface of the asphalt composition material a plurality of times in a Z-fold manner along lines approximately parallel to the center line to effectively progressively thicken the material at the respective side of the center line, the folding pattern for the two sides being symmetrical with each other.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing plastic containers such as crates by assembling two shaped sections (7) forming opposite ends (5d and 5e) of the container along with a shaped section (1) forming the sides (5b and 5c) and the bottom (5a) thereof. Said shaped sections (7 and 1) are obtained by extruding, punching and cutting plastic material.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for making an absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, having flaps and zones of differential extensibility for relieving the stresses that develop in the flaps when the flaps are folded down along the edges of crotch of the wearer's undergarments.

Abstract: Pop-up items are provided which can either be mounted in three-dimensional form on a suitable supporting surface by means of pressure-sensitive adhesive carried by the item or can be affixed to facing panels of a letter or pages of a book. The preferred items include a pop-up element in the form of one or two panels carrying strategically located pressure-sensitive adhesive which permits instant mounting, e.g. between facing panels so that, upon opening, the pop-up element assumes a three-dimensional configuration as a result of the pressure-sensitive adhesive bonding to the surfaces of facing panels or pages. The 3-dimensional pop-up can also be mounted to any suitable supporting surface. A variety of methods for the mass production of such pop-up elements from a continuous web, e.g., a printed and die-cut web from a web press, facilitate their inexpensive fabrication. These pop-up elements are preferably marketed or distributed in groups, e.g.

Abstract: A method for forming a skin-contacting topsheet of disposable diaper with an elastic opening, wherein the opening 16 formed in the skin-contacting topsheet of a disposable diaper is elasticized along its whole peripheral edge and reinforced so as to form uniform gathers along the whole peripheral edge.The skin-contacting topsheet comprises a pair of sheet members overlapping side by side and having mutually opposed inner side edges, respectively, which are provided with cutouts so that each pair of mutually opposed cutouts form each opening, then elastic members are provided along halves of the opening's whole peripheral edge and these elastic members are covered with a part of the skin-contacting topsheet.

Abstract: A five-piece expanding pocket having front inner and outer panels secured to each other by cohesive glue, rear inner and outer panels secured to each other by cohesive glue, and a gusset having outer edge portions with cohesive glue on opposite sides thereof bonded between edge portions of the front and rear inner and outer panels which are bonded to each other. A fixture for assembling a five-piece expanding pocket including locating plates for retaining front and rear inner panels in a predetermined position, a positioning member for locating a gusset relative to the front and rear inner panels on the locating plates and permitting the gusset to be secured to cohesive glue on the front and rear inner panels, and the locating plates also permitting the locating of the front and rear outer panels relative to the front and rear inner panels, respectively.

Abstract: This invention effectively avoids the inconvenience conventially occuring such that, with the pants of prior art being put on the user, the front body is displaced downward under a force exerted thereon as the user's legs move or under a weight of excretions accumulated in the crotch area of the pants, resulting in loosened leg-openings through which leak of excretion may occur.A front body comprising a sheet having elastic stretchability in the transverse direction and a rear body comprising a sheet having no elastic stretchability are bonded to each other with a transverse dimension of the front body in its transversely contracted state being smaller than a transverse dimension of the rear body so that laterally opposite waist sides of the user's body wearing the pants may be covered by a part of the rear body.

Abstract: Pile weatherstripping having rows of pile sandwiching a fin is fabricated so as to precisely locate the height of the fin with respect to the height of the pile. A travelling endless band receives webs providing the fins on opposite sides thereof with the edge of each web, which defines the height of the fin, precisely positioned on a side of the band and the other edge overhanging the edges of the band. Alignment of the webs on the band is provided either by an aligning fixture or by coining the webs to provide lines of indentations which index the webs at the edges of the band. The yarn which forms the pile is wound around the webs and the band and serves to wrap the overhanging portions of the webs around the band, or a guide may be used to facilitate wrapping of the webs around the band, prior to winding of the yarn. Backing strips are attached, as by ultrasonic welding, along the edges of the band. Then the yarn is slit without cutting into the webs.

Abstract: A method of making a flower pot or flower pot cover comprising a base and a skirt connected to an upper end of the base. The base includes a plurality of overlapping folds for providing structural integrity. The skirt includes a plurality of folds which are not connected to provide an overall pleated appearance. Portions of the folds in the skirt are connected and portions of the folds in the skirt are unconnected. In one embodiment, some of the folds in the base are connected and the remaining portions of the folds in the base are unconnected.

Abstract: Belts used in agricultural applications and particularly in round, hay balers have inherent problems created by their predominant process of manufacture. This process often involves cutting a large processed sheet of material into the narrow strips which form the core of the belt. The method disclosed herein produces a belt with a folded edge, a fabric wrapped edge, or an edge that is reinforced with a hard elastomer. These belts have strengthened longitudinal edges and an increased cross-sectional modulus at the edges which alleviates many problems associated with current hay-baler belts.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming trim panels has upper and lower mold sections which perform a laminating and bonding between a substrate and a cover sheet while simultaneously cooperating with one or more folding devices to fold a sheet edge around a substrate rim to bond the sheet edge to the back of the substrate rim. Where prelaminated sheets are used, a brim is formed of the sheet edge and a substrate rim and the brim is first folded, after heating, through an angle of 90.degree. and then through a further angle of 90.degree. to complete the fold.

Abstract: A booklet label adapted to be fixed to a container and having a spine. A plurality of sheets are provided which are folded along a fold line and permanently secured together along the fold line to form the spine. The first and last sheets have a length greater than the other sheets and the last sheet has a length greater than the first sheet. A resealable glue not disposed between the first and last sheets and beyond the other sheets for bonding the first sheet to the second sheet for holding the booklet in a closed position but permitting the booklet label to be reopened.

Abstract: An intermediate from an I.D. card and method in which paper equipped with a patch of release material is combined with a film carrying pressure sensitive adhesive. The paper is die-cut in a generally rectangular configuration and so also is the film in a fashion so as to permit folding of the film on itself to encapsulate the card.

Abstract: The new dispensing roll of deadfold stickers comprises a length of flexible carrier tape having a low adhesion surface and a multiplicity of flexible deadfold stickers releasably adhered to the low adhesion surface for easy removal therefrom. Each deadfold sticker comprises a laminate of pliable layers and at least two deadfold wires in spaced parallel alignment embedded in the laminate in a direction transverse to the length of the carrier tape. The carrier tape with releasably adhered deadfold stickers is wound upon itself in the dispensing roll. The dispensing roll is used in automatic machinery to form mouth-foldable deadfold reclosable bags; and the preferred reclosures are those having three creases of fold line formed by two folding steps.

Abstract: A closing method for a multi-sided paperboard carton includes sealing a cover with side edge extensions to corresponding side flanges defined by fold lines on the paperboard carton during continuous feeding of the carton along the feed path. The side flanges of the carton body are bent downward during continuous feed movement with a force sufficient to cause the flanges to fold and remain free and below a plane passing through the fold line when released. The cover is placed on the carton to lie substantially in a plane and with the edge extensions overlying the flanges. A hot air stream is directed into the half-V gap presented between each flange and associated cover side edge extension to activate an adhesive coating and the flanges are pressed against the cover for sealing. The carton is carried through the bending stage in a die having an open bottom cavity and forming blades on its side edges that engage the fold line between the side flanges and the carton side panels from below.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making a hexagonal-cell honeycomb core from a honeycomb half-cell structure. The structure has a plurality of peaks and valleys on each side thereof and a diagonal surface between each consecutive peak and valley. The process comprises the steps of applying a first adhesive component, which is preferably a cyanate ester and an epoxy, to a first group of peaks and applying a second adhesive component, which is preferably the epoxy and a catalyst, to a second group of peaks. The structure is then stacked so that the first adhesive component on the first group of peaks comes into contact with the second adhesive component on the second group of peaks, thereby mixing the components to bond the half-cell structure together and form the honeycomb core.

Abstract: A process of making a paint roller with a foldable end comprising the steps of: securing a paint-roller support core to a paint-roller pad and then removing a portion of the core secured to the paint-roller pad. If multiple paint rollers are being made, one cuts the paint-roller pad and support core into multiple segments with the cut ends of the segmented paint-roller pad and core coextensive with each other. Next, one removes a portion of the ends of the support core without removing the paint-roller pad extending over the support core to leave a paint roller with an unsupported free pad end that is folded over the end of the core of the paint roller to provide full corner painting abilities. The paint roller with a covered end can be rotatably mounted on different types of paint-roller frames.

Abstract: Two plastic cover sheets, each of which would produce warping upon lamination by heat and pressure, are loosely affixed to a presentation folder paper core sheet to provide a plastic envelope. Graphic indicia bearing insert sheets can be laminated between both sides of the core sheet and the plastic cover sheets to provide an attractive display of the graphic indicia. Manufacturing costs are saved since anti-warpage backing sheets need not be face laminated to substantial areas of the folder sheet. Also, the plastic envelope sold to the user before lamination is not bowed in contrast to the prior art envelope. A security folder which is difficult to compromise, using carbonless paper, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A releasable fastener, a method of fastening together a number of pieces of paper, and a dispenser carrying a supply of releasable fasteners are disclosed. In a first embodiment, a releasable fastener is disclosed which includes a first portion having front and back oppositely-facing sides which are substantially covered with an adhesive, and a second portion having front and back oppositely-facing sides which are free of adhesive. A releasable fastener dispenser carrying a supply of releasable fasteners is also disclosed which includes a strip of carrier material, and a plurality of releasable fasteners releasably adhered to the strip of carrier material.

Abstract: A label construction provides for labels applied to a surface that have long life even outdoors, or in conditions where there are dirt or chemicals. The construction includes a first ply of transparent protective material having first and second side sections and first and second faces. A first adhesive is disposed on the first ply first face, and a first release liner, having less affinity for the first adhesive than the transparent protective material, is disposed on the first adhesive covering the first side section of the first ply. A second release liner is disposed on the first adhesive covering the second side section of the first ply. A label ply is disposed over at least a portion of the second release liner on the opposite face from the transparent protective material, and a second adhesive is disposed between the second release liner and the label ply, having a greater affinity for the label ply than the second release liner.

Abstract: A method of making a support sheet-containing plastic film pocket for use in files. A continuous thin-film tubular material formed continuously by synthetic resin inflation molding is folded at opposite sides thereof into a flat tubular sheet consisting of an upper thin-film sheet and a lower thin-film sheet. The upper thin-film sheet is cut centrally along the length thereof. Two halves of the cut upper thin-film sheet are opened, and support sheets are inserted between respective opened halves of the upper thin-film sheet and corresponding portions of the lower thin-film sheet. Cut edge portions of the upper thin-film sheet are tacked to the lower thin-film sheet. Then, the thin-film tubular material, with support sheets inserted therein, is cut to a predetermined size of a target plastic film pocket. One end resulting from this cutting is welded. Again, the cut edge portions of the upper thin-film sheet or portions adjacent thereto are welded to at least the lower thin-film sheet.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a composite camouflage construction having an open mesh net substrate, and a continuous sheet overlying the substrate and bonded thereto along plural spaced lines of attachment, with lobes of the sheet cut to simulate the appearance of leaves and foliage. Apparatus and method includes a sewing station for stitching the sheet along plural spaced lines of attachment to the substrate to form open-ended pockets or channels between the sheet and substrate. The cutting station spaces the sheet from the substrate and a heated cutting wire reciprocates between adjacent lines of stitches to cut the sheet, open the channel, and use a series of loose lobes simultating the appearance of natural objects of a terrain, the fabric is then heated to cause the lobes to shrink and fall out of the plane of the fabric and are folded and creased to increase the openness of the fabric.

Abstract: A method of producing a succession of self-adhesive labels on a length of release material, the method comprising the steps of:(a) providing a length of release material which is coated on one side thereof with a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive;(b) providing a length of laminar material;(c) disposing a succession of multi-laminar label pieces between the laminar material and the adhesive layer on the release material;(d) cutting through the length of laminar material as far as the release material around the label pieces so as to form a succession of self-adhesive labels on the release material; and(e) removing from the release material waste portions of the laminar material and of the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive which surround the self-adhesive labels. The present invention also provides a self-adhesive label.

Abstract: The machine comprises: a first assembly (2) with receiving, pressure and feed elements (3, 5), through which the part-finished item is fed, and downstream of these two elements a first folder roller (9) with a line of bristles, for folding and glueing the first front flap, and a pair of pressure rollers; a second assembly (20) with receiving, pressure and feed elements in the opposite direction, with a second folder roller (29) and a pair of pressure rollers (39) for folding the second flap, now the front flap; downstream of the second assembly (20) there is an assembly (219) with a transverse conveyor (320) for moving the part-finished item in two opposite directions (fC, fD), with two assemblies (220, 222) for successively folding and glueing the remaining two flaps of the paper.

Abstract: A flower pot or flower pot cover and method of making comprising a base and a skirt connected to an upper end of the base. The base includes a plurality of overlapping folds for providing structural integrity. The skirt includes a plurality of folds which are not connected to provide an overall pleated appearance. Portions of the folds in the skirt are connected and portions of the folds in the skirt are unconnected. In one embodiment, some of the folds in the base are connected and the remaining portions of the folds in the base are unconnected.

Abstract: A multiple chamber hose for drip irrigation and the like, with a primary chamber for fluid flow therethrough and a multiple layer section having a primary layer, a mid layer and a secondary layer, and with a secondary chamber in said mid layer for fluid flow therethrough. The primary layer is positioned between the primary chamber and the mid layer, and the secondary layer is positioned between the mid layer and the exterior. The hose includes an inlet opening for fluid flow from the primary chamber to the secondary chamber and an outlet opening for fluid flow from the secondary chamber to the exterior. The invention also includes methods of making such a hose.

Abstract: A method of securely attaching for indefinite periods banners of flexible plastic electrostatically chargeable material to flagstaffs and then onto smooth non-porous surfaces, which may be the painted exteriors of vehicle bodies, and vice versa, without the use of separate adhesives.

Abstract: A pair of hollow plastic tubes are welded together by mounting each tube in the clamp jaws of a holder in a bent condition to form the U-shape. A structural element is utilized to create a space between the bight of the U-shape and the holder. The bent tubes are disposed toward each other. A tube section separating member is moved into contact with the bent tubes and through the space between each bight and its holder to create a set of two tube sections from each bent tube. A tube section from one set is aligned with a tube section from the other set and the aligned sections are welded together. The structural element may be a weld seam resulting from a prior welding.

Abstract: Disclosed is an insulated metal door edge guard having a stainless steel body, a PVC cover, and a sheet of colored PVF. The PVC cover is coextruded completely around the metal body in strip form. Then, before the heat of the coextrusion step is lost, the PVF sheet is laminated onto one surface of the PVC cover. The combination is then roll formed into a door edge guard having a base and two legs. The ends of the legs are folded inward to form two beads. The PVC cover has two regions of decreased thickness on the interior of the beads to facilitate the roll forming of the beads.