Abstract: A multilayer film is disclosed having improved heat sealing characteristics, comprising a first outer layer containing a heat sealable thermoplastic polymer having substantial freedom from cross-linking bonds, and a second layer containing a cross-linked ethylene polymer. In one embodiment the multilayer film is suitable for use in packaging primal and subprimal meat cuts, said film comprising a first outer layer containing a heat sealable thermoplastic polymer; a core layer comprising an oxygen barrier film; and a second outer layer comprising an ethylene polymer having siloxane cross-linking bonds. In another embodiment the multilayer film contains a second core layer containing an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, which is located between the barrier core layer and the second outer layer.

Abstract: An aqueous natural liquid smoke impregnated food casing suitable for imparting smoke color to food products processed therein and method for making the same using an aqueous natural liquid smoke which is neutralized to a pH between about 5-9 to precipitate tar materials which are removed prior to impregnation.

Abstract: A glass butt joint for curtain wall construction is formed from a novel insulating glass panel unit having a peripheral edge with an outwardly opening U-shape and a novel pair of brackets adapted to hold a pair of adjacent panel units to a supporting framework member such as mullion or rail located within the interior of a building thereby providing an exterior glass surface which is mullion and/or rail free.

Abstract: An oriented multilayer film comprising a barrier layer, a first layer on one side of said barrier layer and a second layer on the opposite side of said barrier layer is provided for use in food packaging applications. The first and second layers have melting points of at least about 115.degree. C. The barrier layer comprises amorphous nylon having a glass transition temperature greater than the higher of the two melting points or higher than the melting point of the first and second layers. The barrier layer is substantially impermeable to oxygen, while the first and second layers may comprise certain polyethylene resins. The oxygen barrier properties of the film do not deteriorate as the barrier layer gradually absorbs moisture. A process for making such multilayer films is also provided.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced cellulosic casing article with 40%-65% moisture, a first ketene dimer peeling aid coating on the casing inner surface, a second wood-derived tar-containing liquid smoke coating and precipitated tar having a single mode mass spectrometric distribution below 400 atomic mass units.

Abstract: A moisturized cellulosic casing article with water activity of at least 0.80 and having in the casing wall and a spice-derived natural or synthetic equivalent antimycotic compound, such as eugenol or vanillin, imparting a food-related odor to the casing but at concentration below about 0.2 percent based on the total casing article weight.

Abstract: A shirred tubular cellulosic food casing suitable for imparting smoke color and flavor to food products processed therein is manufactured by treating the external surface of the casing with liquid smoke before shirring.

Abstract: A heat-shrinkable multilayer film suitable for use in fabricating bags for packaging primal and subprimal meat cuts. The multilayer film has a first outer layer of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a first core layer of an oxygen barrier material, a second core layer of a polyurethane, and a second outer layer of a linear low density polyethylene. The multilayer film is preferably made by coextrusion of the layers, and then it is biaxially stretched. After biaxial stretching, the multilayer film is preferably irradiated to a dosage level of between 3 megarads and 8 megarads, and is then heat-sealed in the form of a bag. The bag has improved toughness properties.

Abstract: A manifold and cooling system for V-type marine engines utilizing two novel exhaust manifold/cooling jacket units, each unit having separate cavities and a flow-through heat exchanger whereby engine coolant circulates through the engine block pumped by a water pump first into a forward cavity of one unit in fluidic communication with an exhaust manifold channel wall then traveling adjacent to the heat exchanger into a rearward cavity and into fluidic communication with a second portion of an exhaust manifold channel wall and then out of the unit via piping to a second unit into a rear cavity with similar fluidic communication with a second exhaust manifold channel wall then along a heat exchanger into a forward cavity and further channel wall contact, out of this unit and back into a engine block to complete the coolant circuit. Raw water is pumped (segregated from the coolant) through each heat exchanger and expelled back to the sea.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with a device for setting down beverage containers, especially open beverage containers, preferably in vehicles.The purpose of the invention is to create a device of the type described above, which prevents the splashing of a liquid from a beverage container during the movements of the vehicle and prevents tipping of the beverage containers, and which can be handled simply, preferably even with one hand.According to the invention, this task is solved by a device which is characterized by the fact that it has a holder that can be set up in the vehicle, that a container receptacle is seated in this holder so that the receptacle can follow a pendulum movement and by the fact that the container receptacle has a guide to guide the pendulum movements.In a preferred mode of execution, the guide is a recess on the top part of holder, and the container receptacle is placed in it with positive locking.

Abstract: A process for dimensionally stabilizing low density foamed polyolefins utilizing a dimensionally stabilizing control additive comprising a nitrogen-containing compound (having an unsaturated leg) said compound represented by formulas (I) and (II): ##STR1##

Abstract: A process to form glycol ethers by reacting an organic compound (A) having at least one aliphatic hydroxyl group with an oxirane compound (B) under reaction conditions in the presence of a catalytic amount of a polymeric material that is substantially insoluble in the reaction mixture, said polymeric material having a plurality of pendant sulfonate moieties with divalent metal counterions. Preferential formation of the mono adduct of glycol ethers is noted.

Abstract: A process to form silyl ethers by contacting a carbonyl compound with an organosilicon hydride under reaction conditions in the presence of a catalyst, said catalyst being formed from a transition metal carbonyl coordination compound precursor by irradiation at an appropriate wavelength.