Abstract:
In an optical fiber coating method comprising the steps of; applying an injecting first coating resin to the outer periphery of the optical fiber while inserting the optical fiber through a first die hole provided in a first coating die; and applying an injected second coating resin onto the first coating resin while inserting the optical fiber through a second die hole provided in a second coating die. Wherein a disk-shaped upper end face of the second coating die and a basically disk-shaped lower end face of the first coating die having a protrusion formed around the first die hole and projecting in the passing direction of the optical fiber are opposed to each other so as to arrange the first and second die holes concentrically, and the second coating resin is injected into the second die hole by way of a gap formed between the lower end face of the first coating die and the upper end face of the second coating die, so as to reduce an annular lower-pressure region formed around the optical fiber in a flow of the second coating resin within the gap.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to a device for the two-dimensional application of free-flowing adhesive to strip material, especially to furniture edge banding, which material is in motion relative to the device, with an adhesive channel in the applicator head (2), with an applicator valve for the selective blocking or release of the flow of adhesive in the adhesive channel, and with a slot nozzle (16) communicating with the adhesive channel, which nozzle has a slot and an elongated, slot-shaped exit opening (18) for dispensing adhesive onto the strip material. It is proposed according to the invention that a guide device (3) for guiding the strip material past the exit opening (18) of the slot nozzle (16) along a defined path be attached removably to the applicator head (2), that the guide device (3) have a first guide element (38), which comes in contact during operation with the surface of the strip material opposite the surface to be glued, and at least one additional guide element (46, 48), which comes in contact during operation with an edge of the strip material.
Abstract:
A method of preparing carbonaceous blocks or bodies for use in a cathode in an electrolytic cell for producing aluminum wherein the cell contains an electrolyte and has molten aluminum contacting the cathode, the cathode having improved wettability with molten aluminum. The method comprises the steps of providing a carbonaceous block and a boron oxide containing melt. The carbonaceous block is immersed in the melt and pressure is applied to the melt to impregnate the melt into pores in the block. Thereafter, the carbonaceous block is withdrawn from the melt, the block having boron oxide containing melt intruded into pores therein, the boron oxide capable of reacting with a source of titanium or zirconium or like metal to form titanium or zirconium diboride during heatup or operation of said cell.
Abstract:
An inventive apparatus for producing electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a guide portion permitting passage of a cylindrical coated member; a coating-solution feed portion disposed around an outer periphery of the guide portion and allowing a coating solution to flow over an upper end of the guide portion thereby applying the solution to an outer periphery of the coated member; a coating-solution feeding assembly for feeding the coating solution to the coating-solution feed portion; a coating-solution recovery portion disposed around an outer periphery of the coating-solution feed portion via a partitioning wall for recovery of the coating solution flowing from the coating-solution feed portion over the partitioning wall; and an openable communicating portion for communication between the coating-solution feed portion and the coating-solution recovery portion.
Abstract:
A process and apparatus for processing a monolayer film and transferring the monolayer film to a substrate are provided. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a process for transferring a monolayer film to a substrate is provided comprising the steps of: (i) providing a water-based carrier media defining an upper surface; (ii) introducing process particles on the upper surface of the carrier media, wherein the molecules are dissolved in a solvent and the particles and the solvent are insoluble in the carrier media; (iii) evaporating the solvent such that a non-cohesive monolayer film of the particles is formed on the upper surface of the carrier media; (iv) decreasing a degree of void incorporation in the monolayer film of particles by compressing a dimension of the non-cohesive film along the upper surface of the carrier media, and sonicating the carrier media to form micro-bubbles in the carrier media, wherein the compression and the sonication contribute to a decreased degree of void incorporation in the film of process particles; and (v) transferring the film of particles to a surface of the substrate. The steps of compressing and sonicating may be executed concurrently.