Abstract: Modular plastic structural composites having a web section disposed along a horizontal axis and at least one flange section disposed along a horizontal axis parallel thereto and integrally molded to engage the top or bottom surface of the web section, wherein said composite is formed from a mixture of (A) high density polyolefin and (B) a thermoplastic-coated fiber material, polystyrene, or a combination thereof. Composites molded in the form of I-Beams and bridges constructed therefrom are also disclosed.

Abstract: A print structure includes a pattern layer that selectively actuates one or more of a plurality of actuators to selectively form one or more wells in a print surface to create a defined pattern on the print surface. A material is applied to the one or more wells and subsequently transferred to another surface in order to transfer the pattern.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image receiving sheet with a toner image receiving layer containing a release agent and formed on a support sheet for use in a fixing belt type electrophotography is disclosed.

Abstract: Film-based dressing material lined on the side remote from the wound with a backing material of the same size as the film, which in particular is transparent, the wound-facing side of the film bearing an imprint.

Abstract: A solid-state defibrillation circuit for applying a multiphasic defibrillation pulse to a patient is disclosed. The circuit eliminates the need for a mechanical relay, and provides for a current limiting circuit for limiting leakage currents that would otherwise flow to the patient from the solid-state components, and for preventing the short-circuiting of a defibrillation pulse from a second defibrillator. In one embodiment, the output circuit of the defibrillator comprises an H-bridge, and the current limiting circuit comprises a plurality of resistors coupled in parallel with each of the legs of the H-bridge. The plurality of resistors allow current flow which reduces the voltage potential across the patient that is caused by the leakage currents through the output circuit. The current limiting circuit also includes a shunt resistor for shunting leakage currents away from the patient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for manual, mechanical reproduction of short audio information, consisting of a flat, multilayered material (1) in which a longitudinal profile (2) is embossed. The embossing die is produced by means of a milling process.

Abstract: This invention relates to a thermoplastic resin film permitting excellent paper feed and discharge and excellent transfer of offset printing ink and ink adhesion even under high humidity conditions in the summertime.

Abstract: A reusable printing plate for recess or relief printing. The reusable printing plate features a number of adjacent printing cells, each of which can be independently alternated between a printing mode and a non-printing mode. In the printing mode the printing cell acquires a configuration for receiving and retaining a printing substance. In the non-printing mode the printing cell acquires a configuration which does not receive and retain the printing substance.

Abstract: A sales receipt for displaying transaction and/or advertising indicia. The sales receipt consists of a coated plastic film with one or more layers. The surfaces of the plastic film may be treated and coated so that they can be provided with printed characters that will not smudge or smear.

Abstract: A biaxially oriented film which is made substantially of (1) a polyethylene naphthalate copolymer comprising an ethylene naphthalate unit in an amount of 92 to 99.5 mol % based on all recurring units and at least one copolymer component selected from the group consisting of (a) a glycol having a fluorene skeleton in the molecule, (b) p-hydroxymethylbenzoic acid, (c) p-hydroxyethoxybenzoic acid and (d) p-hydroxyethoxyethoxybenzoic acid in an amount of 0.5 to 8 mol % based on the total of all dicarboxylic acid components, and which has (2) Young's moduli in both longitudinal and transverse directions of 500 kg/mm.sup.2 or more and (3) a delamination resistance of 10% or less in terms of fold line whitening ratio. Since this biaxially oriented film of the present invention is excellent in delamination resistance, curling resistance, mechanical strength, color and transparency, it is of great value as a base film for a photo film.

Abstract: A coating formulation suitable for use in preparing thermal transfer ribbons is provided which is curable by UV radiation or visible light. The coating formulation forms thermal transfer layers that produce printed images when used in a thermal transfer printer. The coating formulation comprises a photoreactive monomer or oligomer, a photoinitiator and a sensible material. Also provided are printers which use these ribbons and processes for preparing them.

Abstract: A security element for the authentication of a substrate has a pattern comprising optical diffraction elements which are embossed in a carrier material of plastic material and unembossed neutral areas. On the embossing side of the carrier material a reflecting layer covers only surfaces with relief structures of the diffraction elements while the neutral areas which lie between are free of the reflecting layer and are therefore non-reflecting. If the security element is stuck in the form of a stamp onto the substrate and the carrier material is transparent, image portions, which are covered by the stamp, of a feature on the substrate can be discerned through the neutral areas.

Abstract: A method is provided for using a pad printing device to decorate a base surface with an image. Initially the form of the image is printed on the base surface using a base coat material which has a sufficiently high adhesion with the base surface. An ink image is then printed in registry with the base coat image using an ink which has a sufficiently high adhesion to the base coat material. The image is then printed in registry with the ink image using a top coat material which has a sufficiently high adhesion to the ink. Because each layer of material has a sufficiently high adhesion to the adjacent material, the resulting decorative label has a high adhesion to the base surface.

Abstract: An illuminated sign board which comprises a film having printing, a frame, and a light source is described. The film is a semi-transparent film made of a stretched resin film containing a finely divided powder of a white inorganic material. The semi-transparent film satisfies the following requirements (1) to (4):(1) an opacity of from 40% to 70%;(2) a whiteness of from 80% to 100%;(3) a total light beam average reflectance of from 30 to 60%; and(4) a total light beam average transmittance of from 30% to 70%.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying labels onto small cylindrical articles such as dry cell batteries is disclosed. A label transport drum has a substantially smooth surface. Cut labels are applied to the surface and an adhesive applicator applies a preferred cold adhesive onto an area adjacent the leading edge of the label. A solvent applicator applies a predetermined amount of solvent on the area adjacent the trailing edge of the label. The solvent applicator includes a solvent transfer roll and a rotatably support rotary pad print head. The rotary pad print head includes at least one narrowly tapering, flexible wiper tip. In one embodiment the wiper tip has a V-notch on its end. The flexible tip engages the solvent transfer roll, transferring solvent from the solvent transfer roll into the V-notch. the rotary pad print head is timed to rotate so that the flexible tip is deflected against the area adjacent the trailing edge of the label.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying labels onto small cylindrical articles such as dry cell batteries is disclosed. A label transport drum has a substantially smooth surface. Cut labels are applied to the surface and an adhesive applicator applies a preferred cold adhesive onto an area adjacent the leading edge of the label. A solvent applicator applies a predetermined amount of solvent on the area adjacent the trailing edge of the label. The solvent applicator includes a solvent transfer roll and a rotatably support rotary pad print head. The rotary pad print head includes at least one narrowly tapering, flexible wiper tip. In one embodiment the wiper tip has a V-notch on its end. The flexible tip engages the solvent transfer roll, transferring solvent from the solvent transfer roll into the V-notch. The rotary pad print head is timed to rotate so that the flexible tip is deflected against the area adjacent the trailing edge of the label.

Abstract: A method for making an optically readable medium containing a relief information track comprising the sequential steps of(a) laminating a dry photohardenable film to a surface of a transparent dimensionally stable substrate;(b) embossing the exposed surface of the photohardenable film with the relief information track by applying thereto under pressure a stamper die containing a reverse relief image of the information track;(c) passing actinic radiation through the transparent substrate and the photohardenable film to effect hardening of the photohardenable film while it is contact with the stamper die; and(d) separating the stamper die from the embossed photohardened film;The embossed film of the medium is made reflective by applying a reflective layer to either the photohardenable film prior to embossing or to the photohardened film subsequent to embossing.

Abstract: A room temperature vulcanized silicone pad which is used in pad transfer printing on contact lenses with a special opaque ink which has been approved by the FDA and which results in a longer life span, better print quality, improved adhesion of the ink, more resistance to swelling from the ink, and is cheaper to manufacture. The silicone pad is manufactured from Dow Corning.RTM. HS III base resin, Dow Corning.RTM. HS III colored catalyst, Loctite.RTM. (Visilox.RTM.) V-50 silicone oil, and Loctite.RTM. (Visilox.RTM.) Vi-cure #2 stannous-tin-octuate in the approximate ratios of 100:10:17.5:0.1 at room temperature and then added to a suitable base for later attachment to a pad transfer printing machine.

Abstract: A recording medium and method of performing recording/reproducing on the recording medium. The recording medium includes a multi-layer structure wherein at least two kinds of atomic layers are alternately laminated on a support. The elements of the atomic layers are selected so that they have secondary electron emission characteristics, such as secondary electron emission efficiency or secondary electron energy spectrums different from each other and do not form any alloy with each other, or so that a reacted mixture between the at least two kinds of atomic layers has secondary electron characteristics different from the atomic layers. The recording is performed by irradiating the surface of the recording medium with a recording beam selected from an electron beam, a charged particle beam, and a neutral particle beam to expose the next lower different kind of atomic layer of forma mixture.

Abstract: A low fiber, high filler content matrix board is provided. The matrix board is characterized by a total mold shrinkage of not more than 0.002 "/", wherein the shrinkage is substantially non-directional. In addition to the fibers and fillers, the board further comprises a resin binder. A matrix mold made from the board is provided together with a method for forming a flexographic printing plate from such a matrix mold and a printing plate made according to this method.

Abstract: The method of providing an impression fabric in which the fill yarns do not protrude from the plane of the fabric. The impression fabric is a tubular woven fabric in which a plurality of warp yarns is woven in one edge thereof and dissolved by washing after the fabric has been formed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer composition comprising:(a) 5-90% by weight of a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer obtained by hydrogenating the substantially whole double bonds derived for the conjugated diene bonds and not less than 60 mol % and less than 80 mol % of an aromatic-ring, the content of the conjugated diene polymer segments in said block copolymer being 1-50 wt %; and(b) 10-95% by weight of a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer obtained by hydrogenating not less than 60 mol % and less than 80 mol % of an aromatic-ring, and an optical disc substrate molded therefrom.

Abstract: A conductive die attach tape is described which allows for mounting of diced semiconductor chips thereon, followed by removal of the chip with an adherent conductive adhesive, and the mounting of the chip/adhesive combination in a chip carrier preparatory to the wire bonding operation.

Abstract: Adhesive sheet material (10) for signmaking machines including a carrier tape (20), a release liner (16) and a sign tape (21,21') between the carrier tape (20) and release liner (16). Either the carrier tape (20) or release liner (16) has a high degree of elongation, and characters are defined in the sign tape (21, 21') by contacting the high elongation carrier tape (20) or release liner (16) with a character-forming tool of a signmaking machine.

Abstract: An electrostatic recording material comprising a conductive having on at least one side thereof an electroconductive layer and a recording layer in this order is disclosed, wherein said support is made of fabric having a weaving density of at least 30 yarns/cm and a weaving interstice of not more than 150 .mu.m. The recording material exhibits satisfactory recording characteristics and excellent durability, while having a feeling inherent to the fabric.

Abstract: A method for wrapping a label about a container by employing a solvent activated adhesive composition. The method includes either a shrink wrap method, a mandrel wrapping method or a method employing a preformed roll of flat seamed tubular film. The roll of flat seamed tubular film is bonded at its seam by solvent activated adhesive. A roll for any of these methods with such adhesive, and a container covered by a film which includes strips of such adhesive is provided. A preferred adhesive comprises thermoplastic polyurethane with or without suitable additive.

Abstract: A carrier tape for electronic circuit elements adapted to be provisionally held on printed circuit boards prior to fixing of them on said printed circuit boards by soldering, comprises a flexible tape body extending in a longitudinal direction, and adhesive means applied with respect to the tape body and for serving the purpose of provisionally holding of electronic circuit elements on printed circuit boards, the adhesive means being formed of a material which exhibits adhesion upon being heated. The adhesive means is formed of a polymeric material which exhibits adhesion upon being heated. The carrier tape further includes electronic circuit elements held with respect to the tape body at equal intervals in a row in the longitudinal direction of the tape body through the adhesive means, thereby constituting an electronic circuit element series.

Abstract: Tamper-indicating tape comprising a light transmissive monolayer film having opposing first and second major surfaces. On each surface is printed colored indicia, preferably identical, such that the colored indicia on each surface obscure the colored indicia on the opposing surface when the film has not been split internally, but neither of the colored indicia obscure the other when the film has been split internally.

Abstract: A heat activated adhesive film is disclosed, 2-15 mil thick, for bonding a circuit-printed substrate to its support. The adhesive's main constituent is a thermoplastic organic high polymer containing the elements of carbon and hydrogen, and one or more of the elements oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, halogen in its repeating unit. The polymer's Vicat softening temperature is 70.degree.-280.degree. C. Optionally, the adhesive may also contain up to 45 volume percent of a thermally conductive inorganic filler of 0.5-20 micrometer particle size. The attachment process simply consists of heating and pressing the film, sandwiched between the adherent surfaces, above the melting temperature and cooling to ambient.

Abstract: A porous material, e.g. a paper, has pores with a range of sizes. A pore modifying agent comprising particles of a narrow size range is selectively incorporated within the larger pores to provide zones of high surface area. These greatly reduce the penetrability of the material, e.g. by mirco-organisms, while having relatively little effect on its air-permeability. The modifying agent may be incorporated by creating a pressure difference across the material, and treating it with a dispersion, e.g. an aerosol, of the modifying agent, under conditions of low inertia, and incorporating only a small amount of the agent, e.g. not more than 1% w/w.

Abstract: A flexible writing surface including a coated flexible substrate having a dust collecting cuff around the perimeter thereof to prevent the scattering of chalk dust during use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing plate for corrugated board which comprises a rubber or plastic foam sheet having a smooth skin layer on its surface, the thickness of the skin layer being 0.3 to 2.0 mm and the surface hardness of the printing plate is SRIS (C) 35 to 55. Preferably, the surface roughness of the skin layer is not more than JIS R.sub.max =100 .mu.m. Preferably, the printing plate further includes a reinforcing sheet comprising a base cloth and a rubber or resin cladding layer disposed on either side thereof and the interface between the foam sheet and one surface of the base cloth of the reinforcing sheet is separably bonded with comparatively weak adhesion.

Abstract: A process for producing an information recording medium such as an optical disc comprises the steps: putting a disc-shaped flexible resin film having a hole at its central part upon a surface of the recording layer-side of a disc-shaped resin substrate; placing them on a ultrasonic welding machine between its applying horn and its receiving tool in such a manner that the resin film and the applying horn are opposed to each other, wherein the horn has a ring-shaped protrusion provided with a raised portion; and applying ultrasonic wave to them while pressing the resin film to weld the resin film to the substrate.

Abstract: A lithographic plate for printing without dampening comprising a strong stable substrate, an oleophobic surface layer on the substrate and an oleophilic surface underlying the surface layer, the surface layer being decomposable by spark discharges originating from a non-contacting electrode scanned across the plate surface. A preferred plate embodiment includes a multiplicity of tiny electrically conductive peaks in the plate which point away from the substrate and are in a relatively uniform distribution across the plate surface area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a security paper having a security thread embedded therein, running from edge to edge, that is printed with luminescent colors in such a way that they are invisible in normal lighting. The luminescent colors are provided along the security thread in successive overlapping portions which, when the colors are excited, have a length recognizable to the naked eye and show characteristic mixed fluorescences in the overlapping areas.

Abstract: A method for molding a substrate for use in supporting a magneto-optic recording structure includes the steps of providing a mold having a cavity that defines a plane and that is designed to form a thin disk-like magneto-optic substrate and mounting such mold with such plane horizontal and an axis of circular symmetry thereof substantially vertical. Hot fluid plastic flows from the center of such horizontal mold so that the fluid plastic flows relatively uniformly and radially outwardly from the center of the mold to minimize azimuthal variations in birefringence. Such flowing may be by injection or compression molding. Molding apparatus for manufacturing such magneto-optic substrate includes such mold and a support for positioning such mold with the plane thereof horizontal. Hot fluid plastic is injected to the center of such mold, as for example from the vertical axis of symmetry of such mold.

Abstract: An optical recording material comprising a recording layer containing a substance with its optical properties changeable by irradiation with light in which information is recorded by irradiating the recording layer with light, said substance being an ethylene derivative having at its 1- and 2-positions heterocyclic groups which are cyclizable by irradiation with light to form a cyclohexadiene ring and thereby change the optical properties, and the other 1- and 2-positions connected to each other to form a ring.

Abstract: In an electrostatic recording material being composed of a multi-layered sheet support having an electroconductive layer and a dielectric layer formed successively thereon, the number of projections having a height of 10 .mu.m or more from the flat surface is limited to a maximum of 50 per 0.1 m.sup.2, so that the material has excellent properties and can produce prints of very high quality.

Abstract: Transparent sheet capable of receiving oil-based inks from impact ink transfer printers that use fabric ribbons.The sheet of this invention is non-tacky, and comprises a backing bearing on at least one major surface thereof an ink-receptive layer, capable of receiving oil-based ink from a fabric ribbon, said layer comprising a polymeric material having a Hansen dispersion parameter from about 10 to about 20 J.sup.1/2 /cm.sup.3/2, a Hansen dipole parameter of less than about 6 J.sup.1/2 /cm.sup.3/2, and a Hansen hydrogen bonding parameter from about 8 to about 20 J.sup.1/2 /cm.sup.3/2. The ink-receptive layer can also contain particulate material.

Abstract: At least one layer of a conductive organic polymer, formed by electropolymerization on the anode in a two electrode cell, is bonded to a plastic substrate by compression with sufficient heat and pressure to cause it to bond to the substrate and release from the anode. Improved sandwich-type capacitive electronic discs having an information pattern in ultra thin outer conductive layers which are homogeneous and which contain no conductive particles are formed by this process by providing as the anode a mastering disc containing an information pattern which is the negative of the desired information pattern.

Abstract: A matrix coating system and method of manufacture thereof is presented wherein the matrix coating contains chemical blowing agents which permit low pressure molding and also the formation of printing plates having deep relief. The method of manufacture is such that a foamed coating is produced which at molding temperatures is highly compressible at low pressures and which also expands into the relief or nonprinting regions of the pattern plate. The unusually low molding pressures necessary result in less distortion of rubber pattern plates or made from photo polymers. In addition, the combination of high compressibility in appropriate areas, and of volume expansion in relief areas allows the board coating to conform before and during cure to pattern plates of deep relief, so that in the cured state there results a rigid, durable high fidelity mold useful for molding numerous flexographic printing plates.

Abstract: An improved, waterproofed, non-slip, non-skid kraft lumber wrap for covering milled lumber as stacked for shipment on flatbed railroad cars and having a printed application of a high friction material which is applied in the form of a plurality of groups of generally quarter-circular area shapes, the shapes in each group being spaced apart in transverse directions to form a unitary pattern of predetermined total area size which, when repeated on predetermined centers over the central upper side area of the wrap will, when in use, provide an overall non-skid surface for the top surface of the wrap covered lumber stack where workmen are likely to walk during loading and unloading operations, the circular area shapes of each pattern being so arranged that in the overall application of the pattern onto the lumber wrap, the area of an average sized worker's foot, as he walks on the covered lumber stack, will always be in contact with a portion of at least two of the circular shapes comprising the overall applicati

Abstract: Security papers with luminescing authenticity characteristics built in or printed thereon which absorb in the visible region of the optical spectrum but in the infrared have a transparent region in which the luminophore also emits. By the absorption in the visible undesired parasitic emissions are suppressed which would make the luminophore visually evident on corresponding excitation. For testing the authenticity of the document the emission is investigated in the infrared. Suitable luminophores are rare earth metal luminophores in suitable host lattices, particularly in ferrite lattices or garnet lattices, which contain transition metal ions as absorbing elements.

Abstract: Security paper with luminescing authenticity characteristics which after excitation with invisible light emit exclusively invisible light of different wavelengths as authenticity signal. The luminophores can be included in the printing ink used or they can be added to the paper material in the manufacture of the paper material. A corresponding test apparatus makes it possible to check the authenticity of the security paper in the presence of customers but unnoticed by them; thereby the invisibility of the test signal and the authenticity signal are taken advantage of and the test device is hidden behind a plate non-transmissive for visible light which however is transmissive for the test signal and for the authenticity signal.

Abstract: Security papers with luminescing authenticity features worked into them or printed on them. The authenticity features used consist of a luminophore and one or more absorbing materials by which the emission and/or the excitation spectrum of the luminophore is changed in detectable fashion. The dyestuff can be present as an admixture to the luminophore, as a coating of a luminophore layer or as a coating on luminophore powder grains. For checking the authenticity of documents the emission spectrum of the luminophore is not used but the change generated by the technology used in the emission or excitation spectra.

Abstract: Security paper with narrow band luminescing authenticity characteristics which can only be excited in substantially the same wavelength region in which it also emits. With these authenticity characteristics therefore the authenticity signal is overlapped or covered by the test signal of several orders of magnitude stronger. The authenticity of the security papers cannot accordingly be tested with the normal processes or devices for determining of luminescence. The test devices used take advantage of the decay behavior of the luminescence emission for detection. The authenticity characteristics can be added to the paper material, the printing ink used, further mottling fibres or security threads.

Abstract: In a master plate for dry lithographic printing comprising (1) a substrate and (3) an ink-repellent silicone layer formed thereon, the improvement wherein a toner anchoring layers (2) composed of a resin having compatibility with an image layer (5) to be superimposed on the silicone layer (3) during image making or a resin containing an active group capable of reacting with the image layer (5) during image making is formed between the substrate (1) and the silicone layer (3), and wherein the silicone layer (3) is composed of a silicone resin containing a fluorine-containing surface-active compound of the formulaRf--X--Ywherein Rf represents a fluorinated aliphatic radical having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, X represents a divalent linking group, and Y represents a hydrophilic group having a nitrogen-containing linking moiety or a phosphorus containing linking moiety.

Abstract: A printable release coating composition having a combination of properties of good release, good ink retention, good adhesion, good tack and no backsize splitting is prepared having three essential components; (1) vinylidene chloride-acrylonitrile copolymer, (2) a polymer selected from vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol terpolymer, vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymer and solvent soluble copolyester, and (3) vinyl ester-alkyl maleate copolymer.

Abstract: A method of preparing a letterpress printing plate from a liquid photopolymer using an air knife to etch out the unpolymerized liquid to leave the relief image. A new printing plate substrate is used that has a laminae that is paper and a lamina that is a sealing coat on the paper. The paper is a special paper known as tag stock that is 5 to 20 mils thick, has tensile strengths of at least 30 pounds per inch in width in the press direction and at least 20 pounds per inch in width in the cross press direction, and fibers that are independently colored with a dark color having a good light absorption/reflectivity ratio.

Abstract: A sheet-guiding foil as a sheath for an impression cylinder in rotary offset perfecting presses, one surface of the foil being smooth while the opposite surface thereof is formed with spherical calottes of equal height and of statistically uniform distribution, including a chemically resistant, wear-resistant and rigid backing layer with good ink transfer behavior and a textured surface, and a thin chromium layer applied thereto for evening out microroughness, and the method of production.