Nonwoven sheet materials, and pressure sensitive adhesive tapes formed from nonwoven sheet materials are provided. The nonwoven sheet materials comprise a randomly interlaced fibrous web of tensilized nonfracturable staple fibers and binder fibers, wherein the fibrous web is pattern embossed, and is interbonded by a chemical bonding agent, physical entanglement, or a combination thereof, and furth...

"APARELHO ROTATIVO E MéTODO RELACIONADO". A presente invenção refere-se a um aparelho rotativo e métodos relacionados para artigos de pressão e de corte. Mais especificamente, esta invenção refere-se a uma estrutura de pressão rotativa, configurada para reduzir a tensão sobre o membro de pressionamento, no desempenho de operação de pressão em artigos que apresentam uma variação na área de superfíc...

"REVESTIMENTO DE MáQUINA DE PRODUçãO DE PAPEL E UM PROCESSO DE PRODUçãO DO MESMO". Esta invenção refere-se a um revestimento da máquina de produção de papel poroso (1, 11, 21) para desaguamento de um tecido de papel em uma máquina de produção de papel, compreendendo uma disposição de filamentos constituída de pelo menos uma camada (2, 12, 22) de filamentos longitudinais (3, 13, 23) e pelo menos um...

A hair dryer attachment system provides a dryer and a plurality of attachments. A fastening mechanism is provided so that multiple attachments are each securable to the generally circular or ovate dryer barrel using the same fastening technology. Each of the attachments forms part of the barrel, and when used with the preferred present shortened barrel, a so-called "standard-length" drier is provi...

Water-soluble films suitable for water-dissolvable packaging comprising a polyurethane polymer having defined amounts of poly(ethylene oxide) (and optionally poly(propylene oxide)) groups and acid (preferably carboxyl) groups at least 50% neutralised with a base, at least a proportion of which is of the non-volatile type, the polyurethane being made by chain extension of a urethane prepolymer. Als...

This invention describes a novel production method of manufacturing metal/ceramic articles with complex internal undercut features using powder injection molding processes The shape of the undercut/hollow feature is initially molded using a disposable material such as a degradable polymer. The PIM feedstock is then molded onto this to form the required shape geometry, in effect encapsulating the p...

A polyester pellet composition, a preform, and a bottle, each comprising a polyester polymer and silicon carbide. A polyester, and in particular a polyethylene terephthalate polyester, bottle containing silicon carbide has a low coefficient of static friction and a low bottle sidewall haze.

Polyester films which comprise a stabilizer for inhibiting oxidative degradation, at least some of which has been covalently incorporated into the polymer chain of the polyester through polycondensation during formation of the polyester, have not only high resistance to oxidation but also very few surface defects and high stability during processing, and are suitable not only for use as a packagin...

A method for producing a rigid polyurethane foam, which comprises reacting a polyol with a polyisocyanate in the presence of an amine catalyst and a blowing agent, wherein as the amine catalyst, at least one amine compound having at least one type of substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule, or N-(2-dimeth...

An isocyanate-based polymer foam comprising an isocyanate-based polymer foam matrix having disposed therein a particulate material having an enthalpy of endothermic phase transition of at least about 50 J/g. A process for producing the foam is also described. During the process, the particulate material acts as a heat sink and will undergo an endothermic phase change by absorbing a significant por...

A method of controlling a disk writing operation based on a currently remaining electric power capacity of a battery is disclosed. This method is applicable to a portable device such as an electronic notebook or a disk drive using a battery as a power source. This method detects a remaining electric power capacity of the battery, compares the detected remaining electric power capacity with a refer...

A portable image analysis system including a hand held head assembly with an imaging window in the bottom of a housing, at least one light source in the housing directed at the imaging window, and an imaging device in the housing optically coupled to the imaging window. A computer, coupled to the hand held head assembly includes an imaging quality analysis program and a monitor for displaying imag...

"INFUSãO DE RESINAS DE OLEFINAS CìCLICAS EM MATERIAIS POROSOS". A presente invenção refere-se a novas composições compreendendo materiais porosos infundidos com polímeros obtidos de reações de metátese, por exemplo, polímeros derivados de ROMP e polímeros derivados de ADMET. A invenção refere-se ainda a formulações de monómeros de olefinas cíclicas, incluindo catalisadores de metátese de carbeno d...

"ANEL DE SUSTENTAçãO DE PNEU". é descrito um anel de sustentação de pneus de veículos. O anel de sustentação deve ser montado sobre uma roda de pneu para sustentar o lado de baixo do pneu quando o pneu é operado em condições de subinflação. O anel de sustentação possui uma base, uma série de arcos de sustentação que estendem-se entre a base e a cobertura. O ponto mais alto do arco contacta a cober...

It is directed to a silicon carbide-based porous body, wherein said body is a porous one which contains silicon carbide particles as an aggregate and metallic silicon, and has an oxygen-containing phase at the surfaces of silicon carbide particles and/or metallic silicon or in the vicinity of the surfaces thereof. The silicon carbide-based porous body contains refractory particles such as silicon ...

A communication navigation system includes a server that transmits items of route guidance information to terminal units via a communication network such as the Internet, a processing subsystem, provided in each terminal unit, for determining whether or not the items of route guidance information from the server are necessary, a display subsystem for performing guidance using only one or more item...

A disposable undergarment such as a disposable diaper includes a front waist region 20, a rear waist region 22 and a crotch region 21 extending therebetween, the undergarment has afterward bonded edges 5 extending along a longitudinal end of the rear waist region 22 and a concavity 24 depressed toward a surface destined to be remote from the wearer's skin, the rear waist region 22 is divided into ...

A disposable diaper 1 is provided on its inner side with an opening 8 extending across a crotch region 21 into a rear waist region 22 over a predetermined area of a core 4 and being normally biased to protrude from the inner surface of the diaper 1. The opening 8 comprises a pair of cushioning pad members 6A, 6B spaced apart from each other and a pair of liquid- resistant side flaps 7 spaced apart...

"DOBRADIçA COM AMORTECEDOR DE ROTAçãO, COM EFEITO AMORTECEDOR VARIáVEL". A invenção refere-se a uma dobradiça com um braço da dobradiça (17) a ser fixado em uma parte do móvel, e um copo da dobradiça (20) a ser colocado em um furo de uma porta do móvel, os quais são ligados de maneira articulada um com o outro. A dobradiça está provida com um amortecedor de rotação (1), que compreende uma caixa (1...

"ABSORVENTE HIGIêNICO FINO, APRESENTANDO AGRUPAMENTO REDUZIDO". Absorvente higiênico para posicionamento em uma porção de gancho de uma vestimenta íntima de uma usuária, apresentando um eixo longitudinal e sendo ainda caracterizado pelo fato de que apresenta uma zona preferencial de dobra, estendendo-se de forma oblíqua em relação ao eixo longitudinal, cada zona preferencial de dobra ficando local...