A polymeric film includes a plurality of tapered microcells containing a dispersion of a first group and a second group of charged particles. The first group and second group of charged particles having opposite charge polarities. The tapered microcells include a wall and at least a portion of the wall is configured to repel the first group of charged particles. Also provided is a method of making a laminate for an electrophoretic display comprising embossing a plurality of tapered microcells through a layer of polymeric film and into a release sheet to form an embossed film; laminating the embossed film to a layer of conductive material on a protective sheet to form a laminated film; removing the release sheet from the polymeric film to form an opening to an interior of each microcell of the laminated film; filling the microcells with a dispersion fluid; and sealing the microcells.

An absorbent core comprising substantially continuous zones of one or more high fluid distribution structures and discontinuous zones of fluid absorption structures surrounding the one or more high fluid distribution structures, wherein the one or more high fluid distribution structures are arranged to distribute fluid across the absorbent core at a speed that is faster than the speed of fluid distribution across the absorbent core by said discontinuous fluid absorption structures, and wherein said continuous zones extend along a path that is substantially parallel to at least a portion of the perimeter of the core, said portion of the perimeter of the core comprising at least a portion of the sides of the core and one of the ends of the core.

The present disclosure relates to assembling elastic laminates that may be used to make absorbent article components. Methods herein may include an anvil adapted to rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein first and second spreader mechanisms adjacent the anvil roll are axially and angularly displaced from each other with respect to the axis of rotation. During the assembly process, a substrate may be advanced in a machine direction onto the rotating anvil. The first spreader mechanism stretches a first elastic material in the cross direction, and the second spreader mechanism stretches a second elastic material in the cross direction. The stretched first and second elastic materials advance from the spreader mechanisms and onto the substrate on the anvil roll. The combined and elastic materials may then be ultrasonically bonded together on the anvil to form at least one elastic laminate.

According to an aspect, a pressure bonding device is configured to bond, to a plate-like first workpiece having a curved surface part, a plurality of plate-like second workpieces smaller than the first workpiece. The pressure bonding device includes: a vacuum chamber; a stage disposed in the vacuum chamber and having a shape extending along a first surface of the curved surface part of the first workpiece so as to fix the first surface on the stage; and a bonding unit configured to deform an elastic diaphragm by internal pressure and pressure-bond one of the second workpieces to a second surface of the first workpiece. A plurality of the bonding units are disposed facing the stage.

A bridging element is positioned between a pair of insulating outer layers and a pair of rigid supporting inner layers. The bridging element includes a plurality of spaced-apart ribs supporting the rigid inner layers in a spaced-apart overlying relationship with a flexible sealing layer surrounding the plurality of spaced-apart ribs to form a first sleeve and another flexible sealing layer surrounding the supporting inner layers to form a second sleeve. The pair of insulating outer layers includes a composite assembly formed from non-metallic fibers and a thermal insulating material matrix.

Systems and methods for assembling elongate composite structures are disclosed. The systems include a first rigid elongate cure tool defining a first elongate support surface for supporting a first elongate charge of composite material (FEC), a second rigid elongate cure tool defining a second elongate support surface for supporting a second elongate charge of composite material (SEC), and a flexible elongate caul plate. The systems further include a vacuum compaction film, a translation structure, and a vacuum source. Methods according to the present disclosure include positioning a vacuum compaction film, positioning a flexible elongate caul plate, and positioning an FEC. The methods further include positioning an SEC, contacting a region of the FEC with a region of the SEC, sealing the vacuum compaction film, evacuating the enclosed volume to generate an elongate composite assembly, and heating the elongate composite assembly to define the elongate composite structure.

An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a pressurizing portion and a first unit arranged apart from the pressurizing portion in a first direction when the first unit is in a first position, where the first unit includes a first support portion movable in the first direction, a first chamber arranged on the first support portion, where a first substrate is loaded in the first chamber, and a second chamber arranged on the first chamber, where a second substrate is loaded in the second chamber, and the first support portion moves between the first position in which the first support portion is located apart from the pressurizing portion in the first direction and a second position in which the first support portion and the pressurizing portion overlap each other in a plan view.

A method of shaping a preform includes: laminating plural dry tape members each including a binder and fiber while partly heat-sealing the dry tape members with the binder to provisionally fasten each dry tape member to an adjacent dry tape member; bending the dry tape members having been provisionally fastened, along a bending line; and heat-sealing the dry tape members having been bent with the binder to manufacture a shaped dry preform. At the laminating, at least one of the followings is satisfied: (i) an amount of heat-sealing with the binder is changed in an area along the bending line, (ii) an amount of heat-sealing with the binder is different between portions adjacent to and on opposite sides of the area along the bending line, or (iii) an amount of heat-sealing with the binder is different between portions adjacent to each other at the bending line as a border.

The present disclosure relates to assembling elastic laminates that may be used to make absorbent article components. Methods herein may include an anvil adapted to rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein first and second spreader mechanisms adjacent the anvil roll are axially and angularly displaced from each other with respect to the axis of rotation. During the assembly process, a substrate may be advanced in a machine direction onto the rotating anvil. The first spreader mechanism stretches a first elastic material in the cross direction, and the second spreader mechanism stretches a second elastic material in the cross direction. The stretched first and second elastic materials advance from the spreader mechanisms and onto the substrate on the anvil roll. The combined and elastic materials may then be ultrasonically bonded together on the anvil to form at least one elastic laminate.

The present disclosure provides a curved-surface laminating device and a curved-surface laminating method, for realizing lamination of a curved-surface cover plate and a flexible panel. The curved-surface laminating device comprises: a flexible profiling jig comprising a laminating surface with a shape matched with the curved-surface cover plate; a bearing film arranged between the laminating surface and the flexible panel and extending to two sides of the laminating surface, the bearing film being configured to be attached to the flexible panel; and a tensioning device in contact with the bearing film extending to the two sides of the laminating surface and configured to tension the bearing film, so that the bearing film and the laminating surface are profiled.