Abstract: Reflective pellets (16) are formed by extrusion of reflective micro beads (26) in a thermoplastic (20), removal of the surface layer of the pellets so as to expose the reflective beads at the surface of the pellets and applying the reflective pellets to the base line (14) of the striping applied to a paved road.

Abstract: A fishline guide according to the present invention has a frame which includes a fixing portion which is mounted on a fishing rod, a ring holding portion, to which a guide ring through which a fishline passes is attached, and a support leg portion which connects the ring holding portion and the fixing portion. The frame is composed of a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers in which fiber-reinforced prepregs in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with synthetic resin are laminated.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article may include crosslinking a UHMWPE preform, shaping the crosslinked preform, heat-treating the shape in a temperature-controlled oven and low-oxygen environment, and inspecting the heat-treated shape for conformance to article specifications.

Abstract: A process for making a fiber reinforced cementitious product such as a panel which hardens to an ultra-high compressive strength composite for use in making panels with ballistic and blast resistant properties. The panel has a continuous phase resulting from curing an aqueous mixture, in the absence of silica flour, of inorganic cement binder, inorganic mineral filler having a particle size of about 150-450 microns, pozzolanic mineral filler, and polycarboxylate based superplasticizer self-leveling agent, and water. The mixture may also include alkanolamine and acid or acid salt. The continuous phase may be reinforced with fiber distributed in the continuous phase before curing to form a panel. The panel may be reinforced with a fiber reinforced skin attached to at least one surface of the core, e.g., by lamination with an adhesive, e.g., epoxy, to form a ballistic and blast resistant cementitious armor panel.

Abstract: A system is provided for forming solid ink sticks comprising a molten ink delivery station for introducing molten ink material into a forming tub to form a solid ink stick. The forming tub includes an open top for receiving the molten ink material and a cavity defining a lower portion of a solid ink stick shape. The system includes a top surface conditioning station for altering the top surface of the ink material introduced into the cavity of the forming tub.

Abstract: There are provided a golf ball in which the depths of dimples after grinding, which greatly affect the trajectory of golf ball, can be controlled readily and exactly, and a golf ball molding die for manufacturing the golf ball. The golf ball molding die in accordance with the present invention comprises two die bodies in which a cavity for molding a golf ball is formed by joining the die bodies to each other; and a protrusion formed on the cavity side surface of at least one of the die bodies, the protrusion having a uniform height from the surface or an imaginary spherical surface on which the protrusion is assumed to be absent toward the center of the cavity, wherein when a parting line is at latitude zero degree, the protrusion is arranged in the range of from latitude about 10 degrees to latitude about 80 degrees.

Abstract: A tube material is formed by continuously extruding a thermoplastic resin material in the shape of a cylinder that has a thickness of 100 ?m and a circumferential length of 800 mm. After that, in a polishing process, the tube material is rubbed with a lapping tape of #2000 while being rotated in one direction at a fixed speed, so that circumferential stripes are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the tube material. Then, the circumferential stripes are thermally transferred by pressing the outer circumferential surface of the heated tube material against a mold surface that is finished in the shape of circumferential stripes by a thermal transfer process.

Abstract: The invention comprises methods of patterning a plurality of substrates, and imprint templates used in imprint lithography. In one implementation, a method of patterning a plurality of substrates includes providing an imprint template having a plurality of spaced features. A first substrate is imprinted with the imprint template effective to form a plurality of recesses into the first substrate from the spaced features. After imprinting the first substrate, an elevationally outermost portion of the spaced features is removed effective to reduce elevation of the spaced features. After the removing, a second substrate is imprinted with the imprint template using the elevation-reduced spaced features effective to form a plurality of recesses into the second substrate from the elevation-reduced spaced features. Other aspects and implementations are contemplated.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing composite wheel beam key by: forming entirely from carbon fiber precursors or from carbon fiber precursors and ceramic materials a fibrous preform blank in a shape of a desired wheel beam key, wherein the fiber volume fraction of the preform blank is at least 50%; carbonizing the carbon fiber precursors; rigidifying the carbonized preform blank by subjecting it to at least one cycle of CVD; grinding the surface of the preform blank to open pores on its surface; and subjecting the open-pored preform blank to RTM processing with pitch. Also, carbon-carbon composite or carbon-ceramic composite wheel beam key produced by this process, having a density of from 1.5 g/cc to 2.1 g/cc and a maximum internal porosity of 10% or less.

Abstract: An electrical apparatus is provided that has an electrical device encapsulated in a plastic encasement. The encasement includes an inner shell and an outer shell. The inner shell has a thickness greater than the outer shell and the inner shell is more flexible than the outer shell. The inner shell is formed from a first resin composition that, when cured, has a tensile elongation at break of greater than 5% and the outer shell is formed from a second resin composition that, when cured, has a tensile elongation at break of less than 5%.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bearing material of a medical implant, which is an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) composite. The composite comprises, for example, UHMWPE and a polyethylene copolymer having a polymer backbone and pendant hydrophilic groups or pendant surface active agents that are attached to the polymer backbone. Also disclosed are methods for preparing bearing materials. The bearing material has one or more advantageous properties including reduced immune response, reduced wear, and/or increased lubrication.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing golf balls composed of a core and one or more cover layer which encloses the core, at least one cover layer being a thin layer having a thickness of 1.0 mm or less. The thin layer is formed to a desired thickness on a surface of a core or spherical body by holding within a mold cavity the core or a spherical body composed of the core enclosed by a cover layer and injecting a synthetic resin material into a space defined by a surface of the core or spherical body and an inner face of the mold cavity so as to form a cover layer on the surface of the core or spherical body, then grinding the resulting cover layer to a thickness of at least 0.1 mm with a specific type of grinder. Golf balls obtained in this way can be provided with a good sphericity even when the cover is formed to a very small thickness.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for fabricating a three dimensional model from a composite model formed or a plurality of successive layers of model material and sacrificial mold material. Each successive layer is constructed by depositing, drop-by-drop, at least one line of sacrifical mold material delineating at least one boundary of the model material within the layer and thereafter depositing the model material onto all delineated regions of the layer by spray deposition. Each successive layer is completed by a planing process which removes the undesired thickness of both the sacrificial and the model materials. Following completion of the composite model, the sacrificial mold material is removable from the composite model, by a process effecting only the sacrificial mold material, to produce the three dimensional model. A device, for depositing the model material at the rate faster than the rate that the mold material is deposited, is also described.

Abstract: A III-V nitride, e.g., GaN, substrate including a (0001) surface offcut from the <0001> direction predominantly toward a direction selected from the group consisting of <10-10> and <11-20> directions, at an offcut angle in a range that is from about 0.2 to about 10 degrees, wherein the surface has a RMS roughness measured by 50×50 ?m2 AFM scan that is less than 1 nm, and a dislocation density that is less than 3E6 cm?2. The substrate may be formed by offcut slicing of a corresponding boule or wafer blank, by offcut lapping or growth of the substrate body on a corresponding vicinal heteroepitaxial substrate, e.g., of offcut sapphire. The substrate is usefully employed for homoepitaxial deposition in the fabrication of III-V nitride-based microelectronic and opto-electronic devices.

Abstract: A method of forming a transferring surface onto a producing die to produce an optical element, wherein the transferring surface transfers an optical surface onto the produced optical element, the method comprising the steps of: cutting a material so as to form the transferring surface with a curvature; wherein the material has a hardness not smaller than Rockwell hardness HRA 80 or Vickers hardness Hv 1000 and the cutting step is conducted with a critical cutting-in depth of 5 ?m or less for the material.

Abstract: A prophylaxis cup formed of a silicone elastomer having perlite particles incorporated therein as an abrasive material. The silicone elastomer and perlite particles are processed in a 3-roll mill so that the perlite particles have a predetermined size and are uniformly dispersed throughout the prophylaxis cup. As the prophylaxis cup is used to clean and polish teeth, the prophylaxis cup disintegrates upon contact with the teeth releasing the perlite particles which act as a cleaning and polishing agent between the prophylaxis cup and the teeth.

Abstract: A rotatable turntable tool is used in trimming wheel-thrown pottery. The turntable tool includes a base portion, a bearing member, and a cap portion which is rotatably attached to the base portion. A method of trimming an unfired clay workpiece includes steps of inverting the workpiece and placing it at a central portion of a wheel head on a potter's wheel; placing the turntable tool on top of a central portion of the inverted workpiece; pressing downwardly on the cap portion of the turntable tool while rotating said wheel head to stabilize the workpiece, whereby the base portion of the turntable tool rotates with the workpiece, while the cap portion is substantially restrained from rotating; and applying a trimming tool to an edge of the workpiece to remove unwanted clay therefrom.

Abstract: A spray non-contact cutting type antenna fabrication method is disclosed to have an antenna radiator be formed on a plastic shell by means of spray-painting a metallic spray paint on the surface of the plastic shell and then cutting the metallic coating into shape, and then to cover the plastic shell with a cover layer by means of an insert molding or spray paining technique to have the antenna radiator be enveloped in the cover layer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for simultaneously polishing the inner and outer surfaces of an unpolished polymeric stent using a heat process. The unpolished stent can be mounted, for example, on a “spiral-mandrel,” a tubular helical structure with gaps in between a series of coils of the structure. Heat from a heat source can then applied to the spiral-mandrel at a range between the glass transition temperature and melting temperature of the polymer of the stent.

Abstract: A fabrication method involving unique steps for creating a hollow replica of a pre-existing object and then converting the replica into an aesthetically pleasing light show display device having internal lighted interchanging lights that illuminate the device producing a light-show that is eye-catching, soothing and mesmerizing.

Abstract: An attitude adjusting device (1) comprises a first roller (3), a second roller (5), a first stopper (7) and a second stopper (9). A golf ball (G) having a spew (B) is mounted on the first roller (3) and the second roller (5). Each of the first roller (3) and the second roller (5) includes a portion (11) having a small diameter. A groove (13) is formed on the surface of the portion (11) having a small diameter. With the rotations of the first roller (3) and the second roller (5), the golf ball (G) is rolled. When the spew (B) abuts on either or both of the first stopper (7) and the second stopper (9), the rolling is stopped. In a state in which the rolling is stopped, the spew (B) is extended in a horizontal direction. By the portion (11) having a small diameter and the groove (13), the rolling of the golf ball (G) is promoted.

Abstract: There is provided a production method of a weather strip for an automobile, comprising a rubber-made installation base member 1 which embeds a plastic-made insert 4, and a holding lip 2 provided inside the groove portion 10, which comprises the following steps. An extrusion-molding process 101 wherein a whole weather strip 100 is integrally extrusion-molded in a state that a portion of a lid member 3 wider than an opening of the groove portion 10 is connected to an end portion of either side wall portion 12. A holding lip manufacturing process 102 wherein the holding lip 2 is processed by inserting a manufacturing tool 8 in the groove portion 10 through the opening. A lid closing process 103 wherein another portion of the lid member 3 is connected to the end portion of the other side wall portion 13 to cover the opening of the groove portion 10 with the lid member 3. A vulcanization process 104 wherein the weather strip 100 is vulcanized.

Abstract: In a friction drive belt B, at least a contact part 13 of a belt body 10 with a pulley is made of an elastomer composition. The contact part 13 of the belt body 10 with a pulley has a large number of cellular pores 15 formed in the contact surface with the pulley.

Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb structure comprising the steps of machining end surfaces of an unsintered or sintered ceramic honeycomb structure, and ejecting a gas from a slit-like orifice moving relative to an opposing end surface without contact, thereby removing dust and/or cut pieces from end surface portions.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method for forming a concrete floor as a monolithic unit, wherein a wet concrete mix is deposited and worked to achieve a generally uniform flatness of concrete and adding to the top layer thereof a decorative aggregate material. Subsequently, the surface of the concrete is worked, allowed to partially cure and then ground and polished to substantially remove surface irregularities and reveal the decorative aggregate. The floor surface may then be coated with a sealant to achieve a terrazzo-like appearance.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for filling form gaps are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a heating and pressurizing dispenser for thermoplastic, heating and pressurizing a thermoplastic in the dispenser, discharging the thermoplastic through a nozzle attached to the dispenser and filling the gap in a form with the discharging thermoplastic from the nozzle. In other aspects of the invention, the thermoplastic includes polypropylene with talc. In another aspect of the invention, a composite product is produced by providing a form, and filling the gaps in the form with thermoplastic, and forming the composite product against the form. In yet another aspect to the invention, a high temperature and high pressure dispenser for filling gaps in forms is provided.

Abstract: A method for forming a surface layer on a substrate is provided. First, a mold having a cavity is provided. Next, a surface layer is formed on at least a part of the surface of the mold within the cavity. After that, a molding step is performed.

Abstract: A mold assembly includes a mold base plate and a mold. The mold base plate has a bottom plate located in a recess. The mold can be inserted into and removed from the recess and is located on top of the bottom plate. The mold has a first section that is separable from a second section.

Abstract: A method and article of preparing a synthetic solid surface material having a simulated burled wood effect in a pattern therethrough comprising the steps of: preparing a matrix of isophthalic polyester resin, alumina trihydrate (ATH), iron oxide pigments and pearlescent mica pigments, mixing said matrix completely in a vessel, catalyzing said matrix with methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) in said vessel, placing said vessel containing said matrix into a vacuum for removing any trapped air in said matrix, removing said matrix from said vacuum, preparing a burling effect material which comprises polyester resin, ATH, iron oxide pigments, and pearlescent mica pigments wherein said iron oxide and pearlescent pigments are chosen to simulate the color of the grain of a wood to be simulated and are generally a darker color than said matrix and said burling effect material has a specific gravity slightly less than the composition of said matrix, catalyzing said burling material with methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEK

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a two-layer roll having a foamed elastic layer provided on a core, and an elastic layer provided on the foamed elastic layer includes the steps of forming the elastic layer by use of a cylindrical mold holding a first cylindrical member used to form the outer cylindrical surface of the elastic layer, the first cylindrical member being manufactured by means of machining a solid member; forming a solid primary layer on the core by means of side extrusion; setting the formed elastic layer and the core having the solid primary layer formed thereon in a second cylindrical member of a foaming mold; and foaming the solid primary layer into the foamed elastic layer to form the two-layer roll having the formed elastic layer and the elastic layer.

Abstract: An exemplary key includes a main body and a glazed layer. The main body has a contact receiving surface. The glazed layer is formed on at least one part of the contact receiving surface of the main body. The main body is made of ceramic materials. A method of making the present key is also provided.

Abstract: A liner for bottle caps and method for controlling the oxygen diffusion rate of closures. The oxygen barrier layer of a laminated cap liner or seal over cork stopper for a container closure, such as a metal foil or PVDC, is provided with perforations, formed, for example, by laser. Perforations permit an increased oxygen diffusion rate as compared to conventional barrier layers having imperforate metal foil, while permitting the liner or seal to retain a lower oxygen diffusion rate as compared to other conventional liners having no oxygen barrier. The oxygen diffusion rate can be further adjusted by changing the cumulative area of perforations in the metal foil of the barrier laminate, by varying the number of perforations, or by varying the size of the individual perforations.

Abstract: A reinforced panel comprises at least two strength-providing strands and an insulating filler wherein the filler is situated around the strands such that a combination of the strands and the filler form a cohesive structure. Additionally, a ratio of the strength-providing strands to the filler is such that the panel is strong and rigid and is capable of providing insulation.

Abstract: A process for making abrasion-resistant composites is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of providing a fibrous sheet containing a high density of relatively short staple fibers having a decitex under 6.6; needle-punching the staple layer and applying an adhesive containing layer; followed by the application of heat and pressure to the composite to form a thin consolidated and abrasion-resistant back-face layer on the composite. Preferably, the adhesive layer is penetrated by the needled fibers during the needling step and the product is shrunk in area by 20-50% before the consolidation step. Also optionally, the consolidated layer is abraded or perforated to create micro-pores that are permeable to gases and capable of containing liquids under low-to-moderate pressures.

Abstract: A method of making a golf ball comprising the steps of providing a preform comprising an uncured polybutadiene composition; coating the preform with a cure-altering material comprising an organosulfur compound, an inorganic sulfide compound, or a metal-containing organosulfur compound; curing the coated preform at a predetermined temperature to form a crosslinked golf ball core having an outer surface having a first hardness and a geometric center having a second hardness greater than the first to define a negative hardness gradient; and forming a cover layer about the core to form the golf ball.

Abstract: A method of producing a baluster component includes the steps of: (A) blending wood flour with a resin to form a wood flour composition; (B) filling a mold with the wood flour composition to form a semi-finished baluster component; (C) polishing the semi-finished baluster component; and (D) providing an outer surface of the semi-finished baluster component with a coating layer after polishing to form the baluster component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an abrasive product and to a method of manufacturing same. Such an abrasive product comprises a structured abrasive coating provided on an upper side (6) comprised by the abrasive product. Herein, abrasive grains (8) and glue (7) are molded on a backing such that the upper side of the abrasive product is provided with a three-dimensional product-specific pattern. This pattern is created by said abrasive grains and glue, which constitute an individual composite grain (9). In generating the pattern, a special computer program is utilized in a computer program product for placing said composite grains randomly over the upper side of the abrasive product. The invention also relates to a casting mould with which the thus obtained pattern may be transferred onto the upper side of the abrasive product. The invention further comprises an arrangement for manufacturing said casting mould.

Abstract: A method of making a golf ball comprising the steps of providing a preform comprising an uncured polybutadiene composition; curing the preform for a first isothermal step at a cure cycle index of 200 or less to form a crosslinked golf ball core having an outer diameter of 1.0 inches or greater, and an outer surface having a first hardness and a geometric center having a second hardness equal to or greater than the first to define a zero hardness gradient or a negative hardness gradient, wherein the cure cycle index has a formula CCI time = ? n = 1 n ? t n ? Log ? ? T n where t=time in min, T=temperature in ° C., and n=the number of the isothermal step; and forming at least one cover layer about the core to form the golf ball.

Abstract: A rotary concrete mixing drum (16) includes an interior surface (74) at least partially provided by a polymer (90) impregnated with a slip agent.

Abstract: A device is formed by the process into a bone screw or fastener, wherein the head has a degree of polymer alignment and strength, and wherein the shank has a higher degree of polymer alignment and strength. In practice of the present invention, the polymer slug is pressed into the die cavity by the actuation of ram press, causing the slug to conform to the die cavity. Through this process, the polymer molecular orientation is aligned to different degrees, in different zones of the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a matter composition, and a method for obtaining the same, comprising at least one fluid hardenable resin component and at least one toning component suitable for changing its colour or colour shade depending upon the kind of energy applied to the composition. The matter composition can be advantageously used as a building material or for covering building materials.

Abstract: Gliding board that includes an upper sub-assembly, a lower sub-assembly, and an intermediate core, the upper sub-assembly including a first longitudinal opening, the lower sub-assembly including a second longitudinal opening, and the intermediate core including a third longitudinal opening, each of the first, second, and third longitudinal openings being positioned at the rear end of the gliding board, the gliding board further including a rigidifying element that is inserted simultaneously in the first, second, and third longitudinal openings. The rigidifying element can have a planar, bulging, or convex lower surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of a composite chassis piece (16, 28) for a motor vehicle, in particular, for production of a roof module in a tool (10), comprising a first (14) and a second tool part (12) which may be adjusted relative to each other. An outer skin (16) is laid in the first tool part, at least one part (24) of the circumferential region (22) of the side of the outer skin facing the first tool part is tightly inserted in a sealing arrangement (18) provided on the first tool part, plastic material (28) is applied to the side of the outer skin facing away from the first tool part, whereby a shaping of the plastic material is performed by the second tool part and the composite chassis piece is released from the seal arrangement and removed from the tool. The invention further relates to a corresponding tool.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a chemical mechanical polishing pad, comprising providing a tank with polymeric materials and providing a storage hopper with microspheres having an initial bulk density, wherein the storage hopper further comprises a porous membrane provided over a plenum. The method further provides the steps of connecting a fluidizing gas source to the plenum through a gas inlet line and fluidizing the microspheres and reducing the initial bulk density by feeding gas into the plenum. In addition, the method further provides the steps of providing a delivery system for delivering the polymeric materials and the microspheres to a mixer, forming a mixture of the polymeric materials and the microspheres, pouring the mixture into a mold to form a molded product and cutting the molded product into the polishing pad.

Abstract: A device is formed by the process into a bone screw or fastener, wherein the head has a degree of polymer alignment and strength, and wherein the shank has a higher degree of polymer alignment and strength. In practice of the present invention, the polymer slug is pressed into the die cavity by the actuation of ram press, causing the slug to conform to the die cavity. Through this process, the polymer molecular orientation is aligned to different degrees, in different zones of the device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to tool handle assemblies, tools and kits for finishing wet concrete and like materials. The inventive tool handle assemblies are of a unique shape that permit a worker using a tool employing them to finish concrete with greater efficiency. Methods of using the inventive tool handle assemblies, tools and kits are also described.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for making patterning tools from one or more discrete elements. Such tools can have one or more “seams” or joints where the individual elements abut which can limit the tools' performance and utility in roll-to-roll manufacturing. Methods are described herein for producing “near-seamless” tools, that is, tools having seams that exhibit minimum disruption of the tool pattern and thus improved material produced by such tools. The patterning tools can be cylindrical and/or closed in shape.

Abstract: A system is provided for forming solid ink sticks comprising a molten ink delivery station for introducing molten ink material into a forming tub to form a solid ink stick. The forming tub includes an open top for receiving the molten ink material and a cavity defining a lower portion of a solid ink stick shape. The system includes a top surface conditioning station for altering the top surface of the ink material introduced into the cavity of the forming tub.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hybrid structure (100) having a layer of CMC material (28) defining an interior passageway (24) and a layer of ceramic insulating material (18) lining the passageway. The method includes the step of casting the insulating material to a first thickness required for effective casting but in excess of a desired second thickness for use of the hybrid structure. An inner mold (14) defining a net shape desired for the passageway remains in place after the casting step to mechanically support the insulating material during a machining process used to reduce the thickness of the insulating material from the as-cast first thickness to the desired second thickness. The inner mold also provides support as the CMC material is deposited onto the insulating material. The inner mold may include a fugitive material portion (20) to facilitate its removal after the CMC material is formed.

Abstract: A process for producing a polyurethane grinding tool is provided, the process including a step of mixing one or more types of polyol component selected from the group consisting of polyether polyols and polyester polyols with inorganic abrasive grains, a step of mixing an organic polyisocyanate component with inorganic abrasive grains, a step of uniformly mixing the polyol component mixed with the abrasive grains and the polyisocyanate component mixed with the abrasive grains by means of a rotary-static mixer, and a step of molding the mixture thus obtained by reacting the mixture in a mold.