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A PSA laminate is provided comprising at least one non-adhesive laminate and at least one tackifier layer; wherein the non-adhesive laminate comprises at least one facestock layer and at least one adhesive base layer; wherein the facestock layer comprises at least one facestock material; wherein the adhesive base layer comprises at least one adhesive base polymer; wherein the tackifier layer comprises at least one tackifier; wherein the tackifier composition is not a PSA; and wherein the tackifier layer is applied to the adhesive base layer side of the non-adhesive laminate to produce the PSA laminate. Processes for producing the PSA laminate are also provided as well as articles comprises the PSA laminates.

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for an identity resolution application to handle identity resolution issues that arise when data regarding a persona is available from multiple sources. A method may be provided that includes receiving an indication that a first profile represents a persona of interest, searching for potential profile matches that are at least partially related to the persona of interest, and assessing a confidence level that the potential profile match belongs to the persona of interest. The method may further include providing for presentation of a potential profile match and receiving a confirmation that a potential profile match belongs to the persona of interest where the potential profile match then becomes a confirmed profile match. The first profile may comprise a plurality of data elements related to the persona of interest.

Improvements in present day fire hydrants are presented. The improvement relates to a fire hydrant where the above ground structure is essentially removed and is replaced with an adaptable connection. The connection uses the same mounting hole pattern as used in the above ground hydrant. In operation, the adaptable connection is protected by a hinged cover that is opened to provide access to the adaptable connection. The adaptable connection includes a bayonet type connection where a portable fire hydrant is secured and rotated to start the flow of water. The adapter includes an electronic communication device that transmits real-time information on connection and flow characteristics. The adaptable fire connection eliminates the appearance of the fire hydrant, the potential of a vehicle hitting a fire hydrant and the material cost associated with above ground fire hydrants.

A device and method for reinforcing a blister, including a transport mechanism for transporting the blister, and a centering mechanism that bring the blister into a particular position in the direction transverse to the travel direction of the transport mechanism. A gluing station applies an adhesive to the blister and / or to a card, with the card having at least one opening that is matched to the geometry of a pocket of the blister. An insertion device is provided that sets the card into place on the blister.

In a method for stimulation and treatment of a biological structure the biological structure is stimulated by high power time-varying magnetic field. The stimulation is followed by at least a partial muscle contraction. The method may be used e.g. in applications for non-invasive aesthetic medicine.

A creasing device includes a feeding mechanism, a creasing mechanism, sensors, and an aligning mechanism. The feeding mechanism conveys paper on which an image has been formed in a post-processing apparatus main body direction. The creasing mechanism makes a crease on the paper. The sensors detect a deviation of the paper with respect to the feeding direction. The aligning mechanism, based on an amount of deviation in a result of a detection by the sensors, causes the creasing mechanism to rotate in such a way that the creasing mechanism is aligned parallel to a crease direction of the paper.

A service apparatus for a transportation means comprises a first component in the form of an air shower with an air inlet and at least one air outlet, and a second component in the form of an illumination device. The first component and the second component are arranged essentially centrically in relation to each other, wherein one of the two components encloses the other component essentially in a ring-shaped manner. In this way an integral reading light with a forced-air nozzle, or an integral forced-air nozzle with a reading light, is implemented that uses little design space.

An aluminium brazing sheet comprising an aluminium alloy core material covered by an interlayer and an Al—Si braze alloy is disclosed. The interlayer consists of an aluminium alloy comprising ≦1.0% Si and 0.1-2.5% Mg. The Al—Si braze alloy comprises 5-14% Si and 0.01-1.0% Bi. The core material and the interlayer has a higher melting temperature than the braze alloy.

The invention discloses a plant fiber environment-friendly material and a preparation method thereof as well as application of the material in tableware, toys, furniture, decoration or wall. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: pretreating, grinding and screening the plant fiber; mixing the screened plant fiber powder with an adhesive and a modification aid, and stirring at high temperature, wherein the adhesive mainly adopts hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose; filtering with a riddler, and dehydrating and preheating the screened organic synthesis plant fiber raw material; and performing high-temperature die pressing. According to the plant fiber environment-friendly material as well as the preparation method and application thereof, the product has good performance and additional functionality, can be applied to wider fields, conforms to relatively high requirements on using safety, and facilitates environmental protection so as to overcome the shortcomings of the existing plant fiber environment-friendly material and a preparation method and application thereof.

A solid-state lamp comprises: one or more solid-state light emitting devices (typically LEDs); a thermally conductive body; at least one duct; and a photoluminescence wavelength conversion component remote to the one or more LEDs. The lamp is configured such that the duct extends through the photoluminescence wavelength conversion component and defines a pathway for thermal airflow through the thermally conductive body to thereby provide cooling of the body and the one or more LEDs.

A polyurethane is dyed with an aqueous solution of an acid dye compound, a quaternary ammonium compound selected from soluble tetrabutylammonium compounds and tetrahexylammonium compounds, and, optionally, an water-soluble organic solvent.

A software tool and method for extracting embedded source code documentation into an XML-based file, and then further processing the XML-based file to identify documentation errors corresponding to missing tagging and descriptions for classes, interfaces, methods, parameters, etc. Once the errors are identified, missing tags are filled in, and additional comment tags are created within the XML-based file, identifying the error and presenting possible recommendations for fixing it. The error information may further be highlighted to enhance its visual appearance.

A digital ink environment is provided for non-native ink application programs to create independent ink services for sharing between different application programs and transmission. The digital ink environment is provided for interacting with embedded or linked ink words or other ink data in a compound ink document. The user is provided with the freedom to input digital ink so they can write anywhere in the ink environment, in any orientation, and using any desired stroke size provided by the ink environment. The ink environment is provided in an activated state for in-situ user interaction and manipulation in a computing environment, for example a pen-based environment.

The present invention relates to a steering wheel assembly. The steering wheel assembly has a center portion and an outer rim. The outer rim encircles the center portion. A cover and an upper housing are also added to the center portion. The cover goes over the top of the center portion whereas the upper housing is positioned below the cover. The upper housing is constructed such that it is capable of being depressed from a normal position to a compressed position. An intermediate portion is also added to the steering wheel. The intermediate portion is positioned between the outer rim and the center portion and forms an interface with the cover. The steering wheel is constructed such that when the upper housing is in the normal position, there is no gap at the interface between the cover and the intermediate portion. This may be accomplished by constructing the intermediate portion to include an overhanging portion that overlaps and fits together with the cover. Alternatively, a shingle that attaches the cover to the intermediate portion may be used to prevent a gap from forming at the interface when the upper housing is in the normal position.

The present invention relates to a process for producing a metallic and / or nonmetallic substrate which is protected against corrosion at least in regions and is, in particular, shiny, which comprises a) provision of a substrate having at least one surface which can be coated at least in regions and b) application of at least one metallic protective layer comprising a first metal, a first noble metal or a first metal alloy and at least one acid, an oxide, double oxide, hydrated oxide, sulphide, halide, nitride, carbide, carbonitride, boride, silicide, oxyhalide and / or salt of a second metal, of a second noble metal and / or of a second metal alloy. The invention further relates to a substrate which is protected against corrosion at least in regions and is, in particular, shiny, which comprises a substrate and at least one metallic protective layer comprising a first metal, a first noble metal or a first metal alloy and at least one acid, an oxide, double oxide, hydrated oxide, sulphide, halide, nitride, carbide, carbonitride, boride, silicide, oxyhalide, in particular oxyfluoride, and / or salt of a second metal, of a second noble metal and / or of a second metal alloy.

A razor cartridge including a guard at a front portion of the cartridge, a cap at a back portion of the cartridge, at least one blade positioned between the guard and the cap, a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, and a lubricating member positioned in the cartridge at the top surface. The visible surface of the lubricating member includes a printed object. The printed object appears as a solid object to a viewer's naked eye. The solid object includes a plurality of printed dots not visible to the viewer's naked eye. The printed dots are spaced apart from one another such that portions of the lubricating member within the solid object contain no printed dots.

A solid-state lamp is described that includes a wavelength conversion component located at one end of the lamp. The solid-state lamp comprises: one or more solid-state light emitting devices (typically LEDs); a thermally conductive body; at least one duct; and a photoluminescence wavelength conversion component remote to the one or more LEDs, located at one end of the lamp. The lamp is configured such that the duct extends through the photoluminescence wavelength conversion component and defines a pathway for thermal airflow through the thermally conductive body to thereby provide cooling of the body and the one or more LEDs.

An adaptive halftone scheme is applied to a compound document to smooth the rendering while preserving edge sharpness. The adaptive halftone scheme involves identifying document regions as either smooth, edge or texture. Each identified region is then processed as follows. Wherever a smooth region is adjacent to an edge region and wherever a smooth region is adjacent to a texture region, create a transition region in a portion of that smooth region bordering that other region and apply a blend of a screening halftone technique (SCN) and an error diffusion with screening halftone technique (EDSCN) to that transition region, apply SCN to the remainder of that smooth region, apply ED to that other region if it is an edge region, and apply either EDSCN or SCN if it is texture region.

A simplified cutter for providing decorative pieces to enhance the visual appearance of various dishes. The cutter comprises a hallow cylindrical member secured to a disk shaped lip member. A series of shaped cutter elements are secured to the inside surface of the cylindrical member. In operation, the cutter is positioned on the top portion of the item being cut, such as carrots, and the user presses down on the lip, or collar, portion. The vertically extending cutter surfaces cut the item along the length of the item, remainder of the item having a center portion with the circumference having a shape corresponding to the mirror image of the cutter surface.

A one-ply tissue product includes a first external surface and a second external surface, the first surface having a wet-formed pattern and the second surface having an embossed pattern imitating the wet-formed pattern. Additionally, also multi-ply tissue product is suggested comprising at least two plies including two outer plies, each outer ply having a first surface and a second surface, one outer ply having a wet-formed pattern on at least the first surface and the other outer ply having an embossed pattern on at least the first surface imitating the wet-formed pattern on the first surface of the one outer ply, both outer plies being brought together so that their respective first surfaces represent external surfaces of the multi-ply tissue product. Moreover, a corresponding method and an embossing unit are also disclosed.

A roofing material comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper surface includes reduced-particle size granules and may further include a reduced-thickness face coating. The thickness of the upper surface is related to the particle size of the granules deposed on the face coating. A smaller particle size granule than those used in traditional roofing shingles is utilized in the upper surface which may allow for a reduced-thickness face coating while not sacrificing the retention of the granules on the surface of the roofing material or desired physical characteristics. The face coating may include a reduced amount of filler material, such as mineral fillers, than face coatings of traditional roofing materials.

The invention provides a backlight module. The backlight module comprises a back plate, a light guide plate and optical films, wherein the back plate comprises a bottom plate and a side plate arranged on the bottom plate; a concave part is concavely arranged on the part, facing the surface of the bottom plate, of the side plate; the light guide plate and the optical films are arranged in the back plate; the side plate is arranged around the peripheries of the light guide plate and the optical films; a non-incident-light end of the light guide plate is inserted into the concave part; the optical films are overlapped on the light guide plate. The invention further provides a display device.

A power cord integrated hanger system for suspending a lighting fixture has a flexible load bearing inner suspension part and a flexible non-load bearing outer conductor part that acts as the “power cord” for the suspended lighting fixture. The flexible outer conductor part has an internal passageway for the inner suspension part. An outer cover of the outer conductor part holds electrical conductors in place in the outer conductor part and preferably conceals the conductors from view. The outer cover of the conductor part can be provided with different aesthetic qualities to enhance the visual appearance of the hanger system.

The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to selecting a reference image for images to be joined in accordance with projective transformations. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes obtaining projective transformations corresponding to two dimensional images to be joined together in accordance with the projective transformations; selecting one of the two dimensional images to be a reference image for remaining ones of the two dimensional images, the selecting being based on a measure of overall distortion for the two dimensional images; setting a projective transformation of the one of the images according to a group transform; correcting remaining projective transformations of the remaining images in accordance with the setting the projective transformation of the one of the images; and making the two dimensional images and the projective transformations available for further processing and output.

The invention discloses woodenware coating formed by matching of hydroxyl acrylic resin and synthetic fatty acid modified short-oil alkyd resin and preparation method of the woodenware coating. The preparation method of the woodenware coating comprises the step of taking hydroxyl acrylic resin, the synthetic fatty acid modified short-oil alkyd resin, an aliphatic diisocyanate curing agent, an isocyanate tripolymer curing agent, inorganic metallic oxide pigment, a polyurethane polymeric dispersant, anti-precipitant polyethylene wax, extinction powder, an acrylates flatting agent, a silicon oils flatting agent, an organic tin drier, an assistant and an esters solvent as raw materials for making white finish of woodenware. The invention also provides a preparation method of the white finish of the woodenware. The woodenware coating disclosed by the invention is based on the matching of the hydroxyl acrylic resin and the synthetic fatty acid modified short-oil alkyd resin, has the characteristics of high fullness and yellowing resistance and has the characteristic of quick drying at the same time.

The present invention relates to a steering wheel assembly. The steering wheel assembly has a center portion and an outer rim. The outer rim encircles the center portion. A cover and an upper housing are also added to the center portion. The cover goes over the top of the center portion whereas the upper housing is positioned below the cover. The upper housing is constructed such that it is capable of being depressed from a normal position to a compressed position. An intermediate portion is also added to the steering wheel. The intermediate portion is positioned between the outer rim and the center portion and forms an interface with the cover. The steering wheel is constructed such that when the upper housing is in the normal position, there is no gap at the interface between the cover and the intermediate portion. This may be accomplished by constructing the intermediate portion to include an overhanging portion that overlaps and fits together with the cover. Alternatively, a shingle that attaches the cover to the intermediate portion may be used to prevent a gap from forming at the interface when the upper housing is in the normal position.

A solid-state lamp is described that includes a first light emission zone and a second light emission zone, where the first light emission zone is longitudinally spaced apart from the second light emission zone. The light emission zones comprise a photoluminescence wavelength conversion component and a solid state light emitting device. The lamp comprises a lower body, a central body, and an upper duct, where the central body, and the upper duct together define at least one passageway / duct for thermal airflow.