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Ink-jet inks for ink-jet printing are provided which include a vehicle and a colorant, the colorant associated with a primer core / shell polymer to form a primer / colorant combination, and the primer / colorant combination, upon printing on a print medium, encapsulated by a durable core / shell polymer. The primer core / shell polymer serves to promote adhesion of the durable core / shell polymer to the colorant and to disperse the colorant in the ink and the durable core / shell polymer serves to provide a smear-fast film upon drying of the ink on a print medium. The primer core / shell polymer comprises a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell comprising a polar component, while the durable core / shell polymer comprises a hydrophobic core comprising a first Tg component, which, when homopolymerized, has a glass trnnsition temperature, Tg, between -150 DEG C. to +25 DEG C. and a second Tg component, which, when homopolymerized, has a glass transition temperature above +25 DEG C. and a hydrophilic shell selected from the group consisting of neutral shells, cationic shells, and anionic shells.

Fluorochemical urethane compositions comprising one or more fluorochemical urethane compounds, and one or more auxiliary compounds for treatment of a fibrous substrate are described. The fluorochemical compositions are capable of improving one or more of the oil- and / or water repellency, stain- and / or soil repellency and stain and / or soil release properties, with improved durability, of the fibrous substrate treated with the fluorochemical composition.

The present invention is generally directed to improved methods, devices, and systems for eye surgery. In some embodiments, the invention may provide new and / or improved devices, systems, and methods for detecting surgical fluids in a fluidics cassette, particularly cassettes which are used to couple an eye treatment probe to an eye treatment console. Rather than relaying on internal reflection by a gas-liquid interface, the fluid detection techniques described herein may make use of the changes in propagation of light through a portion of the holding tank when the portion varies between empty and full. For example, light may propagate directly through the holding tank portion when there is no surgical fluid, but may be directed away from a light detector when the portion of the holding tank is filled with surgical fluid. As the light may be controllably refracted using the interface between the transparent holding tank material and the surgical fluid, the propagation properties of the light may be more reliably predicted and controlled. While the sensor may not determine the actual liquid level within the holding tank, a plurality of individual liquid detectors may be sufficient to determine when it is appropriate to (for example) turn drain pumps on and off, when the holding tank is in danger of being overfilled, and the like. Other aspects of the invention may provide devices, systems, and methods for producing different types of fluidics cassette using a single cassette body type.

The present invention relates to a cleaning and / or deodorizing pasty composition for sanitary ware, wherein the composition comprises a detersive surfactant and further comprises dispersed water soluble particles capable of absorbing water.

The present invention relates to a method of computer based data card software downloading and updating, in which, the data card connects with computer via data communication interface and acts the power on initial process at same time, the data card downloads software kit from computer to RAM memory, and the data card operates the software kit downloaded to the RAM memory. With this method of computer based data card software downloading and updating, no any more expensive Flash memory to be used in the data card, a lower cost is thus resulted, the data card failure resulted from Flash memory damage could be avoided and hence the data card reliability is increased; In course of data card downloading the update program and software from computer, it just needs re-update again only even though in fault, the complete operation is convenient and rapid with a wide suitable field, this lays the foundation of the advancing and development for the data communication peripheral equipment technology of portable equipment.

Method and apparatus for the measurement of mass or density and / or for the measurement of the humidity in a plurality of portioned units in a non-metallic carrier material, which provides the following: a microwave measuring instrument, consisting of at least one microwave resonator for generating at least one resonance mode in a spatially limited measurement area and an analysing unit for analysing at least one variable of the at least one resonance mode, a conveying device for the carrier material, which transports the carrier material with the portioned units through the measurement area, the microwave measuring instrument measures at least one variable of the at least one resonance mode at a time when only the carrier material without portioned unit is in the measurement area, and at a time when the portioned unit is at least partially in the measurement area, the analysing unit subtracts the variable measured for the carrier material from the measurement values for the portioned unit, and determines a value of the humidity and / or of the mass or density of the portioned unit from at least one difference by way of an input-output map.

The present invention relates to a fluorochemical composition for rendering fibrous substrates oil repellent, water repellent and / or stain or soil repellent. Additionally, the invention also relates to fluorochemical compositions for providing stain release or soil release properties to fibrous substrates. In particular, the present invention relates to fluorochemical compositions that contain a fluorinated polyether compound that can be obtained by reacting an isocyanate component with a particular isocyanate reactive fluorinated polyether compound and a stain release compound. The invention further relates to a method of treating the fibrous substrate with the fluorochemical composition.

The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which forms an image on an ejection receiving medium, by ejecting liquid having electrorheological properties onto the ejection receiving medium; a holding device which holds the ejection receiving medium on a surface facing a liquid ejection surface of the ejection head; a conveyance device which conveys at least one of the ejection head and the ejection receiving medium held by the holding device relatively to each other in a conveyance direction; a first electrode group which includes at least a pair of a positive electrode and a negative electrode provided in the holding device, has a lengthwise direction coinciding with a sub-scanning direction substantially parallel to the conveyance direction of the conveyance device, and is disposed so as to be aligned with the main scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction; and a voltage supply device which supplies a prescribed voltage to the first electrode group.

The invention relates generally to a device designed for the comfort of a pet or other small animal during travel. More specifically, the present invention relates to a device that can function a pet carrier designed and sized for travel on a public or private transportation vehicle that comprises one or more reversibly expandable and collapsible sections that, when expanded, increase the interior space of the pet carrier and, when collapsed, are substantially flush with the sides or top of the carrier to which they are attached.

A thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) is disclosed which is foamed and has low density by virtue of the use of glass microspheres.

The present invention relates to a fluorochemical composition for rendering fibrous substrates oil repellent, water repellent and / or stain or soil repellent. Additionally, the invention also relates to fluorochemical compositions for providing stain release or soil release properties to fibrous substrates. In particular, the present invention relates to fluorochemical compositions that contain a fluorinated polyether compound that can be obtained by reacting an isocyanate component with a particular isocyanate reactive fluorinated polyether compound and a stain release compound. The invention further relates to a method of treating the fibrous substrate with the fluorochemical composition.

The invention is directed to a stain-resistant and fluid-barrier composite fabric material that exhibits a good hand while maintaining intimate adhesion between the base fabric and the polymeric barrier material. The laminated composite material comprises three layers, a first or outer layer comprising a base fabric; a second layer of a thin waterproof film to provide the primary waterproof characteristics to the composite material; and a third or protective backing layer, to provide protection to the thin film during manufacturing and subsequent use of the composite material, such as for example as upholstery fabric. The composite fabric material of the invention is substantially water-proof.

The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which forms an image on an ejection receiving medium, by ejecting liquid having electrorheological properties onto the ejection receiving medium; a holding device which holds the ejection receiving medium on a surface facing a liquid ejection surface of the ejection head; a conveyance device which conveys at least one of the ejection head and the ejection receiving medium held by the holding device relatively to each other in a conveyance direction; a first electrode group which includes at least a pair of a positive electrode and a negative electrode provided in the holding device, has a lengthwise direction coinciding with a sub-scanning direction substantially parallel to the conveyance direction of the conveyance device, and is disposed so as to be aligned with the main scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction; and a voltage supply device which supplies a prescribed voltage to the first electrode group.

Antimicrobial fibers useful for the manufacture of gas permeable fabrics are manufactured by co-extrusion of polymerics and antimicrobial materials. The fibers may be ed in various combinations to provide antimicrobial fabric materials.

Dielectric ceramics and a multi-layer ceramic capacitor with internal Ni electrodes having a more improved property showing the reliability such as high accelerated life time than usual, a temperature characteristic of the permittivity satisfying the X6S property, and having a permittivity of from 800 to 1800, wherein the dielectric ceramics comprise a main ingredient within a range:1.100≦Ba / Ti≦1.7000.02≦a≦0.100.01≦b≦0.05when represented as:ABO3+aRe+bM(in which ABO3 is a general formula for a perovskite structure, wherein the A cation sites are predominantly occupied by Ba and optionally one or more of Ca and Sr, and wherein the B cation sites are predominantly occupied by Ti and Zr, wherein Re represents at least one oxide of metals selected from La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Y, wherein M is an oxide of metal element selected from Mg, Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and Zn, wherein a and b each represents the number of mols for each oxide based on 1 mol of ABO3 when each oxide is converted into that of a chemical formula containing one metal element), and wherein the Zr is within a range, when represented as a ratio of Zr to Ti, of; Ti:Zr=95:5 to 60:40.

Electromechanical transducer element for converting mechanical stress into electrical signals, said transducer comprising: at least one transducer elements (119,120), said element having first and second surfaces; at least one signal electrode layer (209) arranged between two transducer elements, said signal electrode layer being a metal layer arranged in direct contact with first surfaces of the two transducer film elements. Bosses may be arranged adjacent to and / or partly onto at least one electrode layer. The invention relates also to a manufacturing method where adjacent to and / or partly onto a signal electrode and / or a ground electrode a thicker layer of isolating material is deposited, or for composition of the film bosses are arranged in the signal and / or ground electrode.

The present invention relates to a method or process for the manufacture of a virus and prion save native fibrinogen concentrate of high purity and low amounts of fibrinopeptide A and fibronectin.

Fluorochemical composition for rendering fibrous substrates oil repellent, water repellent, and / or stain or soil repellent. The composition comprises a dispersion or a solution of a fluorinated compound which comprises the reaction product of the following:(i) one or more fluorinated polyethers according to the formula:RfQTk  (I)wherein Rf represents a monovalent perfluorinated polyether group having a number average molecular weight of at least 750 g / mol, Q represents a chemical bond or a divalent or trivalent organic linking group, T represents a functional group capable of reacting with an isocyanate, and k is 1 or 2;(ii) one or more polyoxyalkylene diols;(iii) one or more short chain perfluoroalkyl alcohols;(iv) one or more isocyanate component selected from a polyisocyanate compound that has at least 3 isocyanate groups or a mixture of polyisocyanate compounds wherein the average number of isocyanate groups per molecule is more than 2;(v) optionally one or more isocyanate blocking groups; and(vi) optionally one or more co-reactants capable of reacting with an isocyanate group.Also, a method of applying such composition to substrates, e.g., fibrous substrates.

A chemically toughenable or toughened glass is provided. The glass has, before chemical toughening, a thickness of at most 500 μm. The glass, after chemical toughening, has a BACT (bendability and chemical toughenability) calculated as BACT=(CS*DoL) / (t*E) which is greater than 0.00050 and / or a NS (normalized stiffness) calculated as NS=CS / E which is greater than 0.0085, where CS is a compressive stress in MPa measured at one side of the glass after chemical toughening, DoL is a total depth of all ion-exchanged layers in μm on one side of the glass after chemical toughening, t is a thickness of the glass in μm after chemical toughening, and E is a E-modulus in MPa after chemical toughening.

A compressor station having at least one primary compressor and a booster compressor is controlled to conserve energy and air, and to respond quickly to sudden changes in demand for air, by employing a volume bottle to buffer changes in air pressure and by recycling already compressed air from the intake to the output of the booster compressor. The system may be used in air drilling and to provide compressed air for generating low density drilling fluid on site by injecting microbubbles into a base drilling fluid. Two different methods of generating microbubbles are illustrated. The primary and booster compressors are kept in a state of readiness during drill pipe connection time, providing for a rapid resumption of pressure and air flow after connection is completed. The system can utilize gases other than air.

A printed temperature sensor (10) comprising a substrate (1) with an electrical circuit (2) comprising a pair of electrodes (2a, 2b) separated by an electrode gap (G). A sensor material (3) is disposed between the electrodes (2a, 2b) to fill the electrode gap (G), wherein the sensor material (3) comprises semi-conducting micro-particles (3p) comprising an NTC material with a negative temperature coefficient (NTC), wherein the micro-particles (3p) are mixed in a dielectric matrix (3m) functioning as a binder for printing the sensor material (3); wherein the micro-particles (3p) contact each other to form an interconnected network through the dielectric matrix (3m), wherein the interconnected network of micro-particles (3p) acts as a conductive pathway with negative temperature coefficient between the electrodes (2a, 2b).

The present invention is directed to a master cylinder having a braking stroke simulator, wherein a master piston is slidably accommodated in a housing having an atmospheric pressure chamber and a master pressure chamber, and a simulator piston is slidably accommodated in the housing to define a simulator chamber. An elastic member is provided for applying a stroke of the simulator piston in response to braking operation force applied to a manually operated braking member. Thus, the braking stroke simulator transmits the braking operation force to the master piston through the simulator piston and elastic member. A cut-off seal member is disposed in the housing for supporting the master piston, and placed to be applied with the pressure in the master pressure chamber in front of it and applied with the atmospheric pressure behind it. And, a passage is formed in the master piston to communicate the simulator chamber with the atmospheric pressure chamber when the master piston is placed in its initial position. The cut-off seal member is positioned relative to the passage to block the communication between the simulator chamber and the atmospheric pressure chamber, when the master piston is advanced by a predetermined stroke from the initial position.