A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided to facilitate consistent, repeatable and/or custom manufacture of lacrosse equipment. The pocket can be constructed from multiple different sections joined with one another, or can be knitted, weaved or otherwise assembled on an automated assembly machine from strands, and/or can be formed as a unitary textile material having regions/sections with different physical and/or mechanical properties. The pocket can be integrally molded within portions of a lacrosse head to eliminate manually constructed connections between the pocket and lacrosse head. The lacrosse head can be integrally molded with a lacrosse handle to provide a one-piece unitary lacrosse stick. Related methods of manufacturing also are provided.

The present invention discloses membrane modules utilizing innovative geometries of net-type feed spacers for improved performance in separations and spacer-fabrication methods therein. Membrane modules include: a central tube having perforations along its length for collecting a permeate; at least two filtration envelopes, each filtration envelope having two membrane sheets and a porous, fabric-type insert in between the two membrane sheets for facilitating the permeate to flow, wherein each envelope is closed along three edges of the two membrane sheets, and wherein each envelope is configured to allow the permeate to exit from a fourth, open edge attached to the central tube; and a respective feed-spacer sheet in planar contact with an outer membrane surface of a respective filtration envelope; wherein the respective feed-spacer sheet is in the form of net having nodes connected by flexible segments such that the net forms a regular planar net.

Provided is a mesh-patterned resin molded product (10) used for encasing and protecting a hollow piping member provided in a vehicle or a small ship. The mesh-patterned resin molded product (10), in a case of an ordinary state where no load is applied to the mesh-patterned resin molded product (10), includes a plurality of first resin wired portions (11) that extend parallel to each other, and a plurality of second resin wired portions (12) that extend parallel to each other in a direction respectively intersecting the first resin wired portions (11). Each of the first resin wired portions (11) and each of the second resin wired portions (12) are joined to each other on a joint portion (13) positioned at a mutual intersection portion. At the intersection portion, a direction passing through both axial centers of the first resin wired portion (11) and the second resin wired portion (12) and being orthogonal to both the axial centers is set as an orthographic projection direction P. When the first resin wired portion (11) and the second resin wired portion (12) are viewed in the orthographic projection direction P, a second surface area that is a surface area of the joint portion (13) between the first resin wired portion (11) and the second resin wired portion (12) is smaller than a first surface area that is an overlapping surface area between the first resin wired portion (11) and the second resin wired portion (12). The plurality of first resin wired portions (11) and the plurality of second resin wired portions (12) are formed of a material including a thermoplastic resin.

The present disclosure generally relates to thermoplastic truss structures and methods of forming the same. The truss structures are formed using thermoplastic materials, such as fiber reinforced thermoplastic resins, and facilitate directional load support based on the shape of the truss structure. In one example, multiple two-dimensional patterns of fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin are disposed on one another in a saw tooth pattern, sinusoidal pattern, or other repeating pattern, and adhered to one another in selective locations. The two dimensional patterns may then be expanded in a third dimension to form a three-dimensional, cross-linked truss structure. The three-dimensional, cross-linked truss structure may then be heated or otherwise treated to maintain the three-dimensional shape.

A three-dimensional netted structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces a left end surface, and a right end surface, including at least a plurality of filaments helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, wherein the filaments are formed out of a thermoplastic resin by extrusion molding followed by cooling with a liquid; and the netted structure is four-surface molded, the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces being molded. An apparatus and a method for manufacturing the three-dimensional netted structure.

Provided is a lightweight mesh nonwoven fabric having excellent adhesiveness between uniaxially oriented bodies, excellent low-temperature heat sealability, and high strength. A mesh structure 1 includes two or more uniaxially oriented bodies 2, 3; which include a thermoplastic resin layer and a linear low-density polyethylene layer laminated on at least one side of the thermoplastic resin layer; the mesh structure is produced by laminating or weaving the uniaxially oriented bodies through the linear low-density polyethylene layer in such a way that orientation axes L, T of the uniaxially oriented bodies cross; and the mesh structure has properties of: (1) a fiber weight per unit area of 5 to 70 g/m.sup.2, (2) a thickness of the linear low-density polyethylene layer of 2 to 10 m, (3) an adhesive force between the uniaxially oriented bodies of 10 to 60 N, and (4) a tensile strength of 20 to 600 N/50mm.

Shaped gel articles that are formed within a mold cavity and that retain the size and shape of the mold cavity upon removal from the mold cavity, sintered articles prepared from the shaped gel articles, and methods of making the sintered articles are provided. The shaped gel articles are formed from a casting sol that contains colloidal silica particles that are treated with a surface modification composition that includes a silane surface modification agent having a radically polymerizable group. The sintered article has a shape identical to the mold cavity (except in regions where the mold cavity was overfilled) and to the shaped gel article but reduced in size proportional to the amount of isotropic shrinkage.

The present application provides an apparatus and a method of welding a fabric material to a frame including for removable use in a door opening or a window opening. The method includes receiving the frame having an outer edge defining an interior space at a work surface. The fabric material is then extended across the frame, so that the fabric material to be welded to the frame rests on top and covers the interior space of the frame received at the work surface. An activated welding head is then moved across the work surface and the received frame, wherein the activated welding head is moved so as to trace proximate the frame along the outer edge of the frame, thereby adhering the fabric material to the frame at the outer edge.

The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same. The present disclosure has an effect of providing a thermoplastic resin composition having tensile strength, elongation, and flexural strength equal or superior to those of a conventional polyester composite material; having greatly improved impact strength, flexural modulus, and heat deflection temperature under high load; and thus being suitable for lightweight automotive parts requiring high rigidity, and a molded article manufactured using the thermoplastic resin composition.

The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same. The present disclosure has an effect of providing a thermoplastic resin composition having tensile strength and flexural modulus equal or superior to those of a conventional polyester composite material; having greatly improved impact strength, flexural strength, and heat deflection temperature under high load; and thus being suitable for lightweight automotive parts requiring high rigidity, and a molded article manufactured using the thermoplastic resin composition.