A transaction card includes at least one metal layer having one or more apertures therein. A light guide is disposed beneath the metal layer. The light guide has a light output and a light input. The light output is positioned to transmit light through at least the one or more apertures of the metal layer. At least one LED is positioned to transmit light into the light guide light input

A method of making a laminated shingle is provided. The method includes coating a shingle mat with roofing asphalt to make an asphalt-coated sheet, adhering a reinforcement member to a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet, covering the asphalt-coated sheet, and optionally covering the reinforcement member, with granules to make a granule-covered sheet, dividing the granule-covered sheet into an overlay sheet and an underlay sheet, wherein the overlay sheet has a tab portion normally exposed on a roof and a headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, the headlap portion having a lower zone adjacent the tab portion and an upper zone adjacent the lower zone, and wherein the reinforcement member is adhered to the lower zone of the headlap portion and laminating the overlay sheet and the underlay sheet to make the laminated shingle.

In order to provide a composite good in formability into a three-dimensional shape and easy to manufacture, in a laminate having a core material layer and a skin material laminated on the core material layer, the core material layer has a plurality of plate-shaped flakes lined up along a surface of the skin material, and adjacent plate-shaped flakes are separated from each other by a gap or by a cut in the core material layer, and cutting directions along a thickness direction, which is determined from cutting marks formed on an outer periphery, are identical to each other among the plurality of the plate-shaped flakes.

A multifunctional apparatus of automatic punching, laminating, tape-preparing and cutting for a tailing end of a coiled material and a method associated therewith are provided. The apparatus is provided with a winding device and the coiled material. The coiled material is wound on a rotating shaft of the winding device. A robotic arm is disposed above the winding device. One end of the robotic arm is mounted with a punching, tape-preparing and cutting mechanism, and the other end thereof is rotatably connected to a centering and deviating-correcting mechanism fixed on a winding diameter tracking mechanism. The robotic arm is driven by a motor or a pneumatic cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder. The winding diameter tracking mechanism is slidably disposed on a rail of a rack. The apparatus and method can improve efficiencies of winding and jointing of coiled materials, and reduce production cost.

A method can be used for producing a plurality of sealing profiles for an edge joint of drywall. The method involves providing a first web of sealing material, and applying a plurality of adhesive strips to the first web, where adjacent adhesive strips are at a distance from one another corresponding to at least 50% of the height of a sealing profile. The method then involves providing a second web, and merging and joining the first web to the second web via the adhesive strips to form a multilayer web. The method further involves introducing a plurality of cuts in a particular way at a distance from all adhesive strips to form a number of sealing profiles. A corresponding sealing profile is produced in this way.

A light emitting device can further improve light extraction efficiency. A method of manufacturing such a light emitting device can also prove advantageous. The light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a light-transmissive member which is disposed on a light extracting surface side of the light emitting element, and a reflecting layer disposed on an element bonding surface of the light transmissive member where the light emitting element is disposed and adjacent to the light emitting element. The light-transmissive member, in a plan view, has a planar dimension greater than the light extracting surface of the light emitting element.

A nonwoven fabric comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern on at least one of the first and second surfaces. The visually discernible pattern has a regular, repeating pattern of three-dimensional features. Each of the three-dimensional features define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property. The first surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V.sup.2 rms to about 15 dB V.sup.2 rms. The second surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V.sup.2 rms to about 15 dB V.sup.2 rms. A ratio of the TS7 value of the first surface to the TS7 value of the second surface is in the range of about 1 to about 3.

A fiber placement device includes an accumulation portion that stores and discharges a reinforcing fiber bundle including: a movable roller guided by a guide mechanism able to be moved in a constant movable range; a cylinder; a piston arranged within the cylinder; a coupling member coupling the movable roller and the piston; and an adjustment portion adjusting a force applied to the piston within the cylinder by discharging fluid from a space with the cylinder sealed on a side opposite the coupling member with respect to the piston within the cylinder or supplying the fluid into the space, the fluid is discharged from the space within the cylinder to apply a force to the piston to move the piston, a force is also applied to the movable roller through the coupling member to move the movable roller and thus a tension is applied to the reinforcing fiber bundle.

A method includes obtaining a first roll of a first sheet comprising thermoplastic polyolefin and having a width of at least 60 inches; obtaining a second roll of a second sheet comprising thermoplastic polyolefin and having a width of at least 60 inches; heating at least a portion of a width of the first sheet with hot air from a hot air knife to form a heated first sheet; and compressing the heated first sheet and the second sheet between two rollers, to form a laminated roofing membrane, where the heated first sheet and the second sheet directly contact one another without a scrim layer disposed between the heated first sheet and the second sheet.

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, comprises 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.