A decorative panel including a substrate material and a decorative top layer, wherein the decorative top layer includes at least one timber layer with a wood structure, wherein the timber layer is a compressed timber layer with naturally occurring vessels throughout a thickness of the wood structure, the vessels being collapsed.

A multilayer protective covering can protect a surface from lightning strikes. The covering includes a bottom conductive layer affixed to the surface and having a first opening that is aligned with a grounding connection so that the grounding connection is exposed through first opening and not in contact with the bottom conductive layer. The covering also includes a dielectric layer affixed to the bottom conductive layer and having second opening aligned with the grounding connection so that the grounding connection is exposed through second opening and not in contact with the dielectric layer. The covering additionally includes a top conductive layer affixed to the dielectric layer and covering the grounding connection. The top conductive layer directs electrical current from a lightning strike on the surface to the grounding connection.

Methods of making membrane elements for fluid or gas filtration, comprising applying feed or reject spacers, or intermediate spacers, or fold line protection strips, or end support strips directly to a membrane sheet, or to a substrate material which are subsequently applied to a membrane sheet, which thereby avoids contamination from directly printed adhesives, inks, or polymers, or damage from heat or radiation damage to the membrane sheet during direct application of spacers or patterns to the surface of the membrane sheet, thereby avoiding utilization of conventional feed spacer mesh materials. Membrane sheets and spiral wound filtration elements having spacers applied to defined regions of the sheet, in some embodiments having spacers mounted on substrates with different material properties, e.g., stiffness, than the underlying membrane.

The present invention relates to a method of producing a glued wood product for use in construction, comprising the steps of: providing at least two wooden pieces each piece comprising at least one joining face; creating a groove in at least one of said joining faces where the groove is arranged between a pair of peripheral edges; applying adhesive onto at least one of the joining faces of at least a first of said two wooden pieces; arranging said first wooden piece so that the joining face which comprises the applied adhesive meets a corresponding joining face of said second wooden piece, wherein at least one of said two joining faces comprises said groove; pressing the two joining faces towards each other so that the adhesive is compressed between said two wooden pieces, and maintaining said pressing for a sufficient time to bond the wooden pieces to each other; wherein the applied pressing force is strong enough to force the wood tissue to collapse at a contact area until the pressure force is transmitted primarily through the adhesive, wherein said contact area is defined by the surface area whereat the two joining faces of said wooden pieces contact each other upon being pressed together.

A label including a first strip including a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first strip includes an opaque material. The first strip further includes a first area proximate the first end. The first area includes a first length along a longitudinal axis common to the first strip. The label also includes a second strip including a third end and a fourth end opposite the third end, wherein the second strip includes a transparent material. The second strip is laminated over the first strip such that the third end is disposed outside the first area. The fourth end extends beyond the second end a distance at least equal to the first length.

A laminating system according to one embodiment includes: a film sticking-and-cutting device that sticks a film fed from a roll to a workpiece, and cuts the film at a position where the film is not overlapped with the workpiece; and a laminator that receives the workpiece delivered from the film sticking-and-cutting device, and presses the film stuck to the workpiece to the workpiece to join the film to the workpiece. The film sticking-and-cutting device includes a cooling unit that cools the workpiece or the film, before the film is cut. The laminating system may further includes a cooling device that cools the film by supplying air to the film on the workpiece delivered from the laminator, and a film peeling device that peels a layer from the film on the workpiece.

A plasma generator for a secondary battery includes a transfer roller for transferring a separator and a plasma generation part configured to form an adhesive surface having adhesive force on a portion of a surface of the separator transferred by the transfer roller and a non-adhesive surface having no adhesive force on a remaining portion. The plasma generation part includes a metal member embedded in the transfer roller, a plasma generation member configured to be spaced apart from the transfer roller and to react with the metal member to generate plasma and thereby to-form the adhesive surface, and a blocking member on an outer circumferential surface of the transfer roller configured to block the reaction between the metal and plasma generation members and thereby form the non-adhesive surface having no adhesive force on the remaining portion of the surface of the separator.

Disclosed is a novel multi-functional laminator, having a laminator body. The laminator body is equipped with a lamination channel for a paper or photo to pass, mounting columns are disposed on two sides of the laminator body respectively, and a sliding rod is disposed between the mounting columns. The novel multi-functional laminator is further equipped with a cutting/perforation integrated mechanism, and the cutting/perforation integrated mechanism is slidably connected to the sliding rod via a sliding hole. When cutting is needed, the paper or photo is placed below the cutting/perforation integrated mechanism and slides for cutting; and when perforation is needed, the paper or photo is placed at a paper inlet of the cutting/perforation integrated mechanism for perforation. A cutting knife and a perforation knife are integrated in the laminator while the volume is applicable; and with a collector added for recycling waste paper after perforation, the use is more convenient.

A foam sheet core, including a plurality of foam sheet walls defining an array of hollow cells, wherein the plurality of foam sheet walls are bonded together to form the array of hollow cells, each of the plurality of foam sheet walls has a thickness from about 0.002 inches to about 0.08 inches, and each of the plurality of foam sheet walls has an average height from about 0.05 inches to about 5 inches.

A multipart underlayment having a cap sheet and base sheet combined to form a pocket for securely holding building materials and environmentally-friendly manufacturing method for manufacturing the same.