A siding straightening tool includes two arms engaged with one or more ratchets; one or more spikes extending from the one or more ratchets; a release engaged with one of the two arms and to allow the arms to release; and a mold extending from the one or more arms, the mold having a groove; the two arms clamp together, thereby bringing the spikes toward each other; the mold is ratcheted down to straighten a piece of siding; and the two arms pivots via the one or more ratchets thereby engaging the mold and disengaging the mold with the siding.

A structure includes a reinforcing member made up of reinforcing fibers that are impregnated with a resin. The reinforcing member includes a first region and a second region. The first region is formed by irradiating the reinforcing fibers with plasma. The second region is formed by irradiating the reinforcing fibers with a smaller amount of the plasma than the first region. The reinforcing member is provided such that the first region is positioned in a location where more strength is required than the second region.

A method for producing a sealing tape with interior barrier layers, each of which extends between opposite end surfaces of the sealing tape, the method includes the steps of providing a first foam web; applying a first barrier layer to a first surface of the first foam web to form a laminated foam web; introducing a plurality of first cuts into the top surface and a plurality of second cuts into a bottom surface of the laminated foam web in the transverse direction, the cuts being offset from each other in the longitudinal direction, to form strips arranged behind each other in a row; folding over the strips to produce a foam-barrier layer web, such that subsections of the top surface lie opposite each other and subsections of the bottom surface lie opposite each other; and forming a sealing tape roll from the foam-barrier layer web.

The present invention provides a method for producing a molded body, having the step 1 of applying a composition containing an alicyclic urethane (meth)acrylate to a thermoplastic resin substrate to obtain a coated material, the step 2 of irradiating the obtained coated material with an active energy ray to cure the composition, obtaining a laminated material having a cured product layer obtained from the cured composition, and the step 3 of subjecting the obtained laminated material to bending processing to obtain a molded body, wherein the alicyclic urethane (meth)acrylate has a structure having an alicyclic structure represented by the formula (A), and a group having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups represented by the formula (B), and further has a polymerizable double bond equivalent of 100 to 1,000 g/mol.

A knitted spacer fabric has a tightly knitted bottom layer, a more loosely knitted upper layer and linking fibres extending across the space between the lower and upper faces. Settable material, e.g. cement, is introduced into the space between the upper and lower faces and can be caused to set by the addition of a liquid, e.g. water. Until set, the fabric is flexible and can be shaped but after the material in space has set, the fabric is rigid and can be used as a structural element in a wide range of situations. The bottom layer has an extension that extends beyond the upper face and is connected to the upper face by elastic connecting fibres that draw the extension towards the other face, thereby at least partly closing the space at the edge of the cloth and preventing the settable material from spilling out. In addition, the packing of the settable material and maximum space between the faces are such that only a predetermined amount of liquid can be accommodated within the space and that amount is matched to the water required to set the cement.

In one aspect, a method of forming a linear panel from a thermoformable fibrous material by a continuous process includes continuously drawing an elongate strip of thermoformable fibrous material through a heating station to heat the material, forming the heated material into a desired panel shape, and continuously drawing the material through a cooling unit in order to cool the material after the material has been formed into the desired panel shape.

A method for improving the heat sealability of a packaging material and a method for manufacturing a heat-sealed container or package are described. The material can be polymer-coated packaging paper or cardboard, or a polymeric packaging film. The material includes a polymer layer that contains polyester, particularly polylactide, the heat sealability of which is improved by ultraviolet radiation. Polylactide is useful as such or when blended, for example, with other biodegradable polyester. The containers and packages thus manufactured include disposable drinking cups and cardboard carton and box packages.

An apparatus for producing a web of fibrous material includes a roll having incisions with a depth of 0.01-2.00 mm, a width of 0.01-2.00 mm, and a pitch 0.01-10.00 mm, and rotated at a peripheral velocity v.sub.1 equal to the velocity of an upstream apparatus unit; a belt stretched between transmission rollers that advances at a velocity v.sub.2 less than v.sub.1, wherein v.sub.1/v.sub.2 lies between 1.05 and 1.40; a presser roller rotating at a peripheral velocity v.sub.2, associated with a presser system acting to press the belt against the metal roll with a pressure of 1-200 kg per centimeter; and a system that feeds a sheet of pliable fibrous material between the belt and the roll, the belt having a longitudinal elongation of no more than 5%, dimensional stability along its entire length, a thickness of 1-10 cm, and a hardness 24-70 Shore A.

A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.

A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.