Abstract: A new infrared heater containing a gas fired burner having a metallic burner body with a combustion plenum chamber, a matrix which covers the combustion mixture plenum and a screen made of fibers treated with a silicon carbide. The screen could be connected to the matrix by a pressure fit. The invention also relates to a new matrix that is energy efficient and made from fibers ceramic or metallic, treated with a pre-ceramic polymer containing silicon and carbon to rigidize the matrix and increase its emittance. The matrix could also have a variety of surfaces that are also more efficient.

Abstract: An armor coating (3) is provided on a surface of a metal engine component (1) that is adapted to be in grazing contact with an abradable bedding-in seal lining provided on a second engine component. The armor coating (3) includes a ceramic layer (6) and has a profiled surface contour including peaks (4, 7, 9, 10) and depressions or grooves (5) therebetween. The grooves (5) serve to receive and carry away abrasion material that is abraded from the bedding-in lining. The profiled surface contour is formed in the surface (2) of the engine component (1) by cold deformation without material removal, and thereafter the ceramic layer (6) is applied thereon preferably by thermal spraying, such that the layer (6) follows and also embodies the profiled surface contour. The cold deformation is carried out by pressing a knurling tool (11) into the original un-profiled surface (2) of the component (1).

Abstract: A power transmission belt having a body with a length and defined by a cushion rubber layer having at least one load carrying cord embedded therein and extending lengthwise with respect to the body, and a compression section made at least partially from rubber. The cushion rubber layer has a rubber composition including an ethylene-&agr;-olefin elastomer capable of being cross-linked with sulfur. The rubber in the compression section is a rubber composition made from an ethylene-&agr;-olefin elastomer capable of being cross-linked with an organic peroxide.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a press jacket of flexible material for a press device and a press jacket that is adapted to drain a material web in a press opening in a paper making machine. The process includes arranging at least one reinforcing fiber in a jacket material that forms the press jacket so that the reinforcing fibers are arranged to run substantially in a peripheral direction of the press jacket, forming grooves to run substantially in the peripheral direction in at least one surface of the press jacket, and orienting the arrangment of the at least one reinforcing fiber and the formation of the grooves relative to each other so that the at least one reinforcing fiber and the grooves do not run radially superposed in a same direction.

Abstract: A channel structure for a PALC display panel comprises a channel member defining at least one channel, a cathode having an upper surface exposed in the channel, and an anode having an upper surface exposed in the channel. The upper surface of the anode is of substantially uniform composition and has a conductivity perpendicular to its upper surface of at least about 10.sup.-4 ohm.sup.-1 cm.sup.-1.

Abstract: A method of making a retroreflective marking material is provided, the method has the steps of: (a) providing an enclosed-lens retroreflective sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface and comprising a cover layer and a monolayer of retroreflective elements; (b) applying a conformance layer to the bottom surface of the retroreflective sheet; and (c) laminating a configuration member to the conformance layer thereby creating first portions and second portions in the sheet, the first portions being arranged in an upwardly contoured profile and the second portions being arranged in a lower, substantially planar position. A retroreflective article made by the method is also provided.

Abstract: A substantially planar jointed multi-layer industrial fabric, assembled from at least one segment comprising at least one woven or nonwoven ply, in which the joints utilize jointing yarns or formed structures. The jointing yarns or formed structures are placed at selected locations, such as the lateral edges, of at least one planar surface of a ply of the at least one, or first, fabric segment, and interlock in mating engagement with corresponding jointing yarns or formed structures either in at least one surface of a ply of a second segment, or in another location on the first fabric segment, to provide an integral joint. The joints are comprised of shaped yarns and formed structures which in any combination form mating engagements substantially within the plane of the fabric, such as in hook-and-loop or slot-and-rib type joints, and the like.

Abstract: The invention proposes an upholstery element with a covering which covers a core of an elastic material, preferably of a foamed plastic, and is fastened to this core by an anchorage element which is enclosed by the core, wherein the surface of the core (1) comprises a groove (4) which widens inwards, one edge of a material strip (7) is fixed to the inside of the covering (2), the opposite edge of which strip is provided with a dimensionally stable body (3), the body (3) is introduced into the groove (4), and the maximum diameter of the body (3) is located in the groove (4) and is greater than the minimum diameter of the groove (4), and a method for the production thereof.

Abstract: A laminated packaging material for fabrication into a container for a flowable food product is disclosed herein. The laminated packaging material has a fluted medium between a first layer and second layer. The fluted medium may have a flute density of 200 to 450 flutes per linear foot. The fluted medium may also have a flute height profile of 8 mils to 50 mils. The laminated packaging material may be fabricated into a gabletop carton or a parallelepiped container such as the TETRA BRIK.RTM. container. The laminated packaging material may have a barrier layer such as aluminum or another gas impermeable composition. The laminated packaging material provides substantial material savings due to the fluted medium.

Abstract: A sheet of paper, in particular for a sanitary paper, consists of at least one ply of absorbent, creped paper of a specific surface weight between 12-35 g/m.sup.2 evincing first and second protrusions respectively (10, 2) respectively arrayed in a first and second pattern. The first pattern is composed of pattern elements each constituted by at least one of the first protrusions (10) and is comparatively well spaced apart mutually, while the second so-called background pattern comprises the second protrusions (2) arranged in more compact manner between the pattern elements. The sheet of paper is characterized in that the pattern elements form a graphic pattern while being arrayed at a rate of at most 0.5 element/cm.sup.2 and the first protrusions (10) constituting them evince at their top a line-shaped surface with a width between 0.1-2 mm, the second protrusions (2) being arrayed at the rate of at least 30, and preferably 40, protrusions/cm.sup.2 and ensuring the essential functional features.

Abstract: A paperboard material 101 is mainly composed of a paperboard having a weight of 200 to 450 g/m.sup.2, a density of 0.65 to 0.82 and a gas permeability of 50 to 200 sec. A first resin layer having liquid-impermeability and thermal resistance is formed entirely on the surface of the paperboard on the inner side of the receptacle, and a second resin layer having permeability to gas and liquid is formed entirely on the back surface of the paperboard. Radial score lines 117 are formed in the portion corresponding to the corners of the paperboard material 101 toward its outer periphery. The score lines 117 do not reach the outer periphery of the paperboard material 101 but terminate at the position at a distance "a" (1 to 3 mm). The score lines 117 are formed by pressing the paperboard with a pressing die from the side constituting the inner side of the receptacle toward the outer side.

Abstract: A ceramic wiring board has a non-oxide based ceramic substrate which is a sintered body containing aluminum nitride, silicon nitride or the like as main component, and a metallized layer formed on the non-oxide based ceramic substrate; the metallized layer is plasma-etched, irregularities having a difference of elevation of about 0.5 to about 200 nm are formed on the surface of metal particles forming the metallized layer which are positioned on the surface of the metallized surface, and a metal plated layer is further formed on the metallized layer.

Abstract: Flexible graphite sheet having embedded ceramic fibers extending from its surfaces into the sheet to increase the permeability of the sheet to resin which is grooved by mechanical deformation into a shape useful as a flow field plate in fuel cells, having a thin sheet of flexible graphite affixed to the grooved sheet to provide support therefor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a water-repellent glass plate. This glass plate has a glass substrate having a major surface and a water-repellent film formed on the major surface of the glass substrate. The water-repellent film is prepared by an application of a water-repellent agent which is in a liquid form, to the major surface of the glass substrate, while the glass substrate is heated at a temperature of from 90 to 200.degree. C. The glass plate is superior in water repellency duration even under severe environment.

Abstract: A topsheet used in a disposable body fluids absorbent garment comprises a plurality of first ribs extending in parallel one to another in one direction and a plurality of second ribs extending in parallel one to another so as to intersect the first ribs. Each pair of adjacent first ribs intersect each pair of adjacent second ribs to define an air- and moisture-permeably opened region around which at least one of the respective pairs of adjacent first ribs and adjacent second ribs have their crests configured so that, between each pair of adjacent intersections of the first and second ribs each of the crests underlies an imaginary straight line connecting this pair of adjacent intersections.

Abstract: In a magnetoresistance multilayer film comprising at least two magnetic layers on a substrate, with a nonmagnetic layer intervening between the magnetic layers, each interface between the magnetic layer and the nonmagnetic layer is corrugated in both X and Y directions of a substrate major surface. The corrugations of the interface are formed by providing the substrate surface with a multiplicity of asperities distributed in both X and Y directions and depositing magnetic layers and nonmagnetic layers thereon. The film shows a linear rise of MR change in an applied magnetic field within a very low range of 0 to about 40 Oe.

Abstract: A composite article is provided having covalently reactive particles incorporated in a continuous, porous matrix. The reactive particles have surfaces of covalently reactive functional groups capable of directly forming covalent chemical bonds with ligands without need for an intermediate activation step. An adduct composite article is also provided comprising a continuous, porous matrix and derivatized particles dispersed therein. The derivatized particles comprise a direct, covalent reaction product of ligand with the covalently reactive particles. Methods of making and using the composite articles and adduct composite articles are also provided. Preferred covalently reactive functional groups are azlactone-functional groups of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: A pavement marking tape having a scrim, wherein the scrim is extensible to enable the tape to conform to irregularities in a road surface, and thereby bond more securely to that surface.

Abstract: A magneto-optical recording medium includes at least a reproduction layer and a memory layer on a substrate on which a groove and a land is formed. Information is reproduced from the magneto-optical recording medium by transferring magnetization information recorded in the memory layer to the reproduction layer by magnetostatic coupling. Prior to recording of information, the magneto-optical recording medium is initialized such that a magnetization of the memory layer on the land is aligned in one direction and a magnetization of the memory layer on the groove is aligned in a direction opposite to the one direction.

Abstract: A side entry heat recoverable article. The heat recoverable article comprises a longitudinal body member composed of a cross-linked polymer and having a generally C-shaped cross section. The body member preferably includes circumferential ribs. A layer of adhesive adjacent to the interior surface of the body member may be co-extruded with the body member or provided separately. The heat recoverable article is preferably used for repairing damaged wire.

Abstract: The welding rod used to weld the surface covering has a laminate structure in which a print layer is disposed between a first thermoplastic layer and a second transparent thermoplastic layer. Preferably the welding rod is in the form of an elongated element having a half-round cross-sectional shape. The welding rod is used to join two pieces of thermoplastic sheeting, particularly flooring, together. If the welding rod has a pattern similar to the printed pattern of the sheeting the resulting surface covering looks seamless.

Abstract: A file marker for marking the position of material removed from a file drawer or similar receptacle is disclosed. The file marker comprises a relatively flat body portion having a body side edge, a clip body extending from the body side edge, and a clip extending downwardly from the clip body and defining a gap adjacent to the body side edge for receiving a file rail. The clip is resiliently biased toward the body portion and is resiliently movable to adjust the size of the gap for receiving file rails of varying widths. The adjustable clip is particularly beneficial for accommodating the assorted types of file rails typically found in lateral files and file drawers in office furniture.

Abstract: An impact energy absorptive structure is made of usual plastic materials suitable for molding processing, and is designed to suit different degrees of impact loading anticipated in various applications. The impact energy absorptive structure is composed of a base member 11 and protruding rib members including long and short members, in which the proportion of the cross sectional area of the long rib members is between 0.3 to 0.8 of the total cross sectional area of the rib members. Other design modifications can be made readily to customize the impact resistance of the impact energy absorptive structures.

Abstract: The present invention includes a structured optical film with variable pitch peaks and/or grooves to reduce the visibility of moire interference patterns and optical displays incorporating one or more layers of the film. The pitch variations can be over groups of adjacent peaks and/or valleys or between adjacent pairs of peaks and/or valleys.

Abstract: The decorator's graining tool (1) is formed from a flat blank (8), which can be wrapped around and secured to itself so as to form the tool in the form of a tubular body having a plurality of teeth (2) at one end and an arcuate convex face (3) at the other end, the convex face forming the outer surface of the tubular body and having a plurality of spaced ridge formations thereon (4). The ridge formations (4) may comprise either a series of undulating ridges (5) and furrows (6), or, alternatively, smooth ridges and furrows in which the formations (4) are concentric about an intermediate point (7) of the convex face (3).

Abstract: The perceived softness of embossed tissue can be increased greatly while avoiding nesting when a particular pattern is embossed into the tissue. This pattern combines relatively shallow stitchlike bosses with deeper more sharply defined signature bosses. The stitchlike bosses can be rounded and arranged in wavy flowing intersecting lines. The signature bosses can be arranged in regions framed by the intersecting wavy flowing lines.

Abstract: A self-adhering duct insulation board having a central foam insulation board with first, second, third, and fourth parallel outer board bend channels formed into an outer surface thereof and first, second, third, and fourth parallel inner board bend channels formed into an inner surface thereof, the first, second, third, and fourth outer board bend channels being oriented in parallel with the first, second, third, and fourth inner board bend channels, each of the first, second, third, and fourth outer board bend channels being arranged in relation to one of the first, second, third, and fourth inner board bend channels in a manner to form a flexible board bending hinge; an outer foil layer permanently attached onto the outer surface of the central foam insulation board, the outer foil layer forming four foil bend channels, one into each of the first, second, third, and fourth outer board bend channels of the central foam insulation board; an inner foil layer permanently secured to the inner surface of the cen

Abstract: An anticopying film or layer consists of a film or of a layer of transparent material having a large number of completely or partially nontransparent regions which are arranged distances apart and whose planes are arranged in about the same predetermined position relative to the surfaces of the film or of the layer so that, from a predetermined viewing angle onto the surfaces of the anticopying film, the latter is essentially transparent. The regions consist at least partially of photosensitive material which is converted by the action of radiation into nontransparent or reflecting material, it also being possible to provide, in the transparent plastics material, furrows or grooves in which the photosensitive material is present.

Abstract: In a magnetoresistance multilayer film comprising at least two magnetic layers on a substrate, with a nonmagnetic layer intervening between the magnetic layers, each interface between the magnetic layer and the nonmagnetic layer is corrugated in both X and Y directions of a substrate major surface. The corrugations of the interface are formed by providing the substrate surface with a multiplicity of asperities distributed in both X and Y directions and depositing magnetic layers and nonmagnetic layers thereon. The film shows a linear rise of MR change in an applied magnetic field within a very low range of 0 to about 40 Oe.

Abstract: Large composite structures are produced using a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding process incorporating a resin distribution network. The structure includes cores each having a main feeder groove or channel therein. A resin distribution network is provided adjacent the core surface in fluid communication with the feeder groove. In a first embodiment, the resin distribution network comprises a plurality of microgrooves formed in each core surface. In a second embodiment, the resin distribution network comprises a separate distribution medium surrounding each core. Each core and associated resin distribution network is covered with a fiber material. The dry lay-up is placed against a mold and encapsulated in a vacuum bag. Uncured resin is fed under vacuum directly into the main feeder groove in each core via a fitting through the bag. The resin flows from the main feeder groove through the resin distribution network and outwardly into the fiber material and is allowed to cure.

Abstract: A structure forming part of a shoe comprising a sealed member of elastomeric material having a plurality of chambers containing a fluid, the chamber having a generally planar alignment, the plurality of chambers interconnected by a plurality of flexible sheets, wherein at least a portion of at least a plurality of the interconnecting sheets is oriented at an angle to the general plane of the chambers.

Abstract: Add-on filters for heated-air blowers and other electric motor-powered appliances. The filters are fabricated from a washable, flexible, reticulated foam which traps even minute solid and liquid particles and is adhesively attached to the blower housing. A template, which also serves as a protective cover for the adhesive, has index lines along which a blank of the filter material can be trimmed to size and configured for a particular blower intake.

Abstract: A process for preparing embossed, finely-divided, thin, bright-metal particles which process comprises forming an embossed release surface to at least one side of a carrier sheet, depositing a metal film onto the release surface so that the metal film conforms to the embossed surface, solubilizing the release surface, removing the metal film from the carrier sheet, and breaking the thin metal film into embossed particles having an average diameter of between 25 to 50 microns. The film may also take the form of an optical stack.

Abstract: A cover pad for an air bag device, a main body of which is molded into a single layer using a resin/elastomer blend. The resin/elastomer blend is made by blending PP with an elastomer in a ratio ranging from 60/40 to 40/60 by weight. The elastomer is made by blending an EPM with a styrene-containing thermoplastic elastomer in a ratio ranging from 80/20 to 20/80 by weight. In addition, copolymerization of the EPM produces a propylene content ranging from 21 to 40 mol %; 3 mol %.ltoreq.P-P.ltoreq. 12 mol %; and 35 mol %.ltoreq.E-P.ltoreq.50 mol % (where P-P is the dyad chain configuration (.sup.13 C-NMR) of the propylene-propylene bond; and E-P is the dyad chain configuration (.sup.13 C-NMR) of the ethylene-propylene bond).

Abstract: A container for a photographic film wherein the container body is made of a thermoplastic resin and a roughened face having a height of 0.001 to 5 .mu.m is formed on the inner peripheral wall portion, and a container for a photographic film, container for a photographic film can be produced without the occurrence of bursting pop sound, bottom sink mark and buckling, small decrease of impact strength and transparency, is excellent in wear resistance and slipping character, and can shorten molding cycle.

Abstract: A flat display device preferably of the PALC type in which a fragile micro-sheet covering the plasma channels is replaced by a more robust plate having etched spaced elongated cavities configured in such a way that the top portions of the plate between side walls of each cavity defining a channel and facing the bottom plate are substantially flat. Preferably, the thickness of the glass top plate separating each plasma discharge from an electro-optic pixel is made substantially uniformly thin while the side walls reinforce and greatly increase the strength of the plate making it less prone to breakage during assembly of a display panel. Preferably, the glass plate is etched by means of a plasma etching process.

Abstract: A porous rubber stamp material having open cells is here disclosed which comprises a print layer 2 having a spring hardness of 30 to 40 and an ink-occluding layer 1 having a spring hardness of 10 to 20, and preferably, the ink-occluding layer 1 is provided with lugs 3. The porous rubber stamp material of the present invention can overcome faults of a conventional porous rubber stamp material having open cells and permits obtaining a very sharp imprint under any push pressure. Thus, the porous rubber stamp material of the present invention can be used for the continuous sealing of a private seal, an address seal, a date seal and the like.

Abstract: An embossed tissue having improved bulk and puffiness while being non-nesting by having a lattice pattern and at least two signature bosses. More particularly, one of the signature bosses is defined by embossments having a lower portion which is continuous and an upper portion which is defined by crenels and merlons.

Abstract: The reproduction characteristics, particularly the C/N ratio of a reproduced signal of an optical recording medium are deteriorated by an unevenness or deformation of an optical recording layer due to a convex or concave configuration of underlying guide means that are formed on the surface of the substrate. This deterioration can be prevented by disposing a leveling layer under the recording layer, but the leveling layer lowers the efficiency of the servo tracking. This lowering of servo tracking efficiency is prevented by insertion of a dielectric layer between the leveling layer and the guides.

Abstract: The perceived softness of embossed tissue can be increased greatly while avoiding nesting when a particular pattern is embossed into the tissue. This pattern combines relatively shallow stitchlike bosses with deeper more sharply defined signature bosses. The stitchlike bosses can be rounded and arranged in wavy flowing intersecting lines. The signature bosses can be arranged in regions framed by the intersecting wavy flowing lines.

Abstract: A free-flowing dunnage packaging material formed from individual dunnage elements which are individually constructed from small sheets of paper, such as small paper squares, with the sheets being preformed into cup-like configurations so that such material, when used to fill a space or region between an article and a surrounding confinement, possesses sufficient strength to permit safe but cushioned support of the article.

Abstract: Coated polymeric sheet comprising polymer substrate a cross-linked polymer, wherein the coating is characterized by:A. As being smooth, having a surface roughness not greater than 0.05 nanometers R.sub.a, except that;B. in the otherwise smooth surface, a multiplicity of depressions having depth ranging from 1 to 90% of the thickness of the coating.Backside coatings (containing carbon black in the cross-linked polymer) for magnetic recording tapes benefit from this invention by improved winding characteristics. The concept described is a replacement for rough random surface texture, formerly used in backside coatings, with a controlled surface texture. The process disclosed can also be used to make alphanumeric symbols on the pigment binder coating.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing medium includes: at least one recording and reproducing layer; and a heating layer which receives light for writing data, converts a part of energy of the light into heat, and selectively heats a desired portion of the recording and reproducing layer, thereby changing optical characteristics of the desired portion, wherein the heating layer converts the part of energy of the light into the heat by a surface plasmon resonance phenomenon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article of manufacture or polishing pad for altering a surface of a workpiece, such as polishing or planarizing a semiconductor device. The article includes a polymeric matrix impregnated with a plurality of polymeric microelements, each polymeric microelement having a void space therein. The article has a work surface and a subsurface proximate to the work surface. When the article is in contact with a working environment, polymeric microelements at the work surface of the article are less rigid than polymeric elements embedded in the subsurface. As the work surface of the article is abraded during use, the work surface of the pad may be continuously regenerated. In alternative preferred embodiments, the work surface may further include a minitexture and/or a macrotexture. Preferably, the minitexture is formed by fractal patterning at least a portion of the work surface.

Abstract: This invention provides an exceptionally expandable sheet elastic complex which consists of an elastic body sheet and a sheet backing material which is mounted on either one or both sides of it, these two members being bonded together along multiple, oblong, mutually parallel bonding sections, and in which multiple, mutually parallel channels are formed between the two members because the width of the sheet backing material between mutually adjacent bonding sections is greater than that of the elastic body sheet. The sheet backing material does not accept more than the minimum constraint of the elastic body sheet, and its waveform surface has excellent properties as a material for use in sanitary products. The invention also provides a process for manufacturing this sheet elastic complex.

Abstract: An embossed tissue having improved bulk and puffiness while being non-nesting by having a lattice pattern and at least two signature bosses. More particularly, one of the signature bosses is defined by embossments having a lower portion which is continuous and an upper portion which is defined by crenels and merlons.

Abstract: To form a seam of attractive appearance, a heated platen having a shaped lip acts to engage and press the central surface of an adhesively-backed sheet of a polymeric fabric against the top appearance surface of a panel and the peripheral edge of the sheet into a groove formed in the surface, the platen activating the adhesive and the lip forcing a potion of the adhesive inwardly adjacent to the sheet edge against one wall of the groove. An insertion blade presses a portion of the sheet edge towards the bottom of the groove, the blade acting as a heat shield to space and protect the other wall of the groove from the heated platen.

Abstract: The present invention is a lenticular sheet having lenticles over only a portion of the sheet. The lenticular sheet is formed by bonding a base substrate to a thermosetting polymer sheet having a lenticular array on its top surface. In one embodiment of the invention, a lenticulated image is printed on the top surface of the base substrate. In a second embodiment of the invention, the lenticulated image is printed on the bottom surface of the base substrate. In another embodiment of the invention, which can be used with either of the first two embodiments, text or other material is printed on a portion of the base substrate not underlying lenticles and not having the lenticulated image printed thereon.

Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes at least a substrate, a magnetic film formed on the substrate for storing data, a protective film and a lubricant film. The protective film has two regions of a predetermined pattern each having a different surface energy. The lubricant film including polar groups is formed on the protective film including the regions. The degree of adhesion of the lubricant film to the protective film is thus changed at the two regions each having a different surface energy so that the lubricant film can be prevented from being scattered.

Abstract: A covered article such as an automotive trim panel comprises a substrate having a front surface to be covered, a back surface and a plurality of holes extending through it for vacuum drawing a trim cover stock against the front surface. The substrate has sets of parallel saw-tooth holder grooves in a peripheral margin of the back surface adjacent to an edge of the substrate for mechanically interlocking with marginal portions of trim cover stock and transverse manifold grooves that communicate with the holder grooves. An adhesive is applied to the front surface and the peripheral margin and the substrate is supported on a vacuum buck so that the peripheral margin overhangs the buck and the manifold grooves communicate with a vacuum source of the buck.