In order to provide a laminating apparatus that enables a film to be loaded in a reliable and easy manner without a complicated structure, a laminating apparatus 1 includes a sheet feed mechanism unit 10, a film cassette 20, and a press-bonding mechanism unit 30 configured to perform thermal press-bonding while sandwiching a sheet with a pair of films. The laminating apparatus 1 also includes an openable/closable upper unit 5, and employs a configuration in which the upper unit 5 is provided with one pressing roller 31 of a pair of pressing rollers of the press-bonding mechanism unit 30, and an upper member of another mechanism for performing a process in a state where the sheet is sandwiched between the films.

A method of fabricating a display comprising a plurality of autonomous pixels is described. Each autonomous pixel comprises a display element and a control element. The control element is configured to sense an external stimulus and to generate, entirely within the autonomous pixel, a control signal to drive the display element based, at least in part, on the magnitude of the sensed external stimulus.

A method for manufacturing a touch sensing device including at least 1) to 5) as follows: 1) preparing a material film being biaxially stretched and including an available area that is a partial area in a widthwise direction of the material film, the available area extending in a lengthwise direction of the material film and including first and second segments, the first and second segments defining different areas in the lengthwise direction; 2) forming an electrode group on one of the first and second segments; 3) cutting a first piece out of the material film to make the first piece including the first segment; 4) cutting a second piece out of the material film to make the second piece including the second segment; and 5) bonding the first segment to the second segment, substantially maintaining orientations of the first segment and the second segment as before the cutting.

A sealing tape roll which comprises barrier layers extending in the radial direction that are arranged axially between layers of foam and consist of a sealing element wound up into the sealing tape roll. The sealing element includes at least three sealing tape sections which are arranged next to each other in a functional direction of the sealing element. First and second barrier layer sections are each arranged between two adjacent sealing tape sections and parallel to the side surfaces of the sealing element. The first and second barrier layer sections each comprise two legs connected to each other. The legs of the first barrier layer section are connected to each other in an area of the bottom surface of the sealing element and the legs of the second barrier layer section are connected to each other in an area of the top surface of the sealing element.

The invention relates to a formaldehyde-free binder composition for mineral fibres comprising at least one phenol and/or quinone containing compound, and at least one protein.

The invention relates to a method of bonding together surfaces of two or more elements, whereby at least one of the two or more elements is a mineral wool element, said mineral wool element(s) being bound by a mineral wool binder, the method comprising the steps of providing two or more elements; applying an adhesive to one or more of the surfaces to be bonded together before, during or after contacting the surfaces to be bonded together with each other; curing the adhesive, wherein the adhesive comprises at least one protein; at least one phenol and/or quinone containing compound, and/or at least one enzyme.

A fishing rod that includes an elongated, tapered rod blank at least a portion of which is quadrilateral in cross section, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank diminishing in cross-sectional area toward a tip end of the rod blank, the quadrilateral portion of the rod blank comprising a sandwich-structured composite of a core disposed between facings, the core less dense than the facings, the quadrilateral portion of rod blank less stiff in a casting direction than transverse to the casting direction; fishing line guides mounted at intervals along the length of the rod blank; a reel seat mounted at the base end of the rod blank; and a handle mounted at the base end of the rod blank adjacent to the reel seat.

A method of making a disposable absorbent article with a plurality of conforming features is described. The conforming features may be provided to the absorbent article in a variety of zones to allow for customizable conformance in particular regions of the absorbent article. And, the provision of these zones can also allow for customizable fluid kinetics in particular regions of the absorbent article.

A disposable absorbent article has a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a first plurality of conforming features in at least the absorbent core or a combination of the absorbent core and the topsheet. At least a portion of the are depressions, wherein the depressions have a depression centerline bisecting a length and/or width of the depression. A first strut forms a first sidewall of the depression opposite a second sidewall of the depression formed by a second strut, wherein neither of the first strut nor the second strut extend longitudinally and/or laterally beyond the depression centerline by more than 0.75 mm.

A disposable absorbent article is described herein. The disposable absorbent article includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent system disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least a portion of the has a plurality of conforming features such that the absorbent article has a blot residual value of less than 30 mg and a bending stiffness of less than 12.