Abstract: An endodontic unit comprising an elongated ultrasonic oscillating body having a tubular conduit extending beyond one end and provided with a weighted head on the outer end and in which a socket is formed and disposed at an obtuse angle to the axis of the body by means of providing a bend in the conduit intermediately of the ends thereof subtending an obtuse angle of greater magnitude than the obtuse angle of the socket, the weight of the head being adequate to damp the vibrations imposed upon an endodontic file, when mounted in the socket, to a degree sufficient to minimize the breakage of files and also induce in the files desired vibratory and oscillating movement to effect efficient operation in endodontic performance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing dental prostheses of the dental porcelain fused to metal type, in particular, the temperatures employed to fire and cool the prostheses are disclosed with a new tempering temperature disclosed during cool down. The tempering temperature is preferably the temperature with approximately the maximum rate of crystallization out of the glass phase of the feldspathic dental porcelain.A furnace is also disclosed having a heatable firing chamber, a firing platform, a firing platform socket, and control means that include a means for positioning the platform and adjusting the temperature. The furnace control means is programmed by a keyboard feeding a microcomputer, which controls separate programmable elements to control the furnace.

Abstract: A sagger furnace especially adapted for the dental ceramic field. The furnace has a sagger platform and a top part that closes with the sagger platform to form a closed firing chamber. The upper part is powered by a positive drive but connected to the powering means by gravity force which allows the manual opening of the furnace at any time. Also provided is a method of firing dental ceramics.

Abstract: A method of preparing a letterpress printing plate from a liquid photopolymer using an air knife to etch out the unpolymerized liquid to leave the relief image. A new printing plate substrate is used that has a laminae that is paper and a lamina that is a sealing coat on the paper. The paper is a special paper known as tag stock that is 5 to 20 mils thick, has tensile strengths of at least 30 pounds per inch in width in the press direction and at least 20 pounds per inch in width in the cross press direction, and fibers that are independently colored with a dark color having a good light absorption/reflectivity ratio.

Abstract: A battery separator having a planar back web and a plurality of ribs on at least one face with the ribs being sinusoidal like in configuration.

Abstract: A non-dusting and fast-wetting powdered impression material is prepared by coating at least a portion of the powder components of an otherwise conventional impression material with a surface coating agent prior to mixing with water.

Abstract: A compressible printing element that has a thermosol lamina. A thermosol is a thermosetting plastisol, preferably a polyvinyl chloride plastisol containing dioctyl phthalate as a plasticizer and having a di- or tri-acrylate monomer that crosslinks therewith to form a thermoset material preferably in the presence of a peroxide free-radical initiator activated by heat. A phenolic resin is preferably included in the thermosol. The thermosol lamina is resilient and adhered to a compressible lamina, preferably one that is highly porous.

Abstract: Glass beads having a particle size of 1 to 200 microns are included as part or all of the filler in a sealing composition suitable for sealing container ends and which is made by dispersing a filler in a latex of a styrene butadiene or other rubbery polymer, optionally also containing a tackifying resin.

Abstract: Glass beads having a particle size of 1 to 200 microns are included as part or all of the filler in a sealing composition suitable for sealing container ends and which may be made by dispersing or dissolving solid styrene butadiene or other rubbery polymer and filler, and optionally also containing a tackifying resin, in a liquid medium.

Abstract: A method for removing water from water base can end lining compound after application without the use of a dryer. The method comprises the steps of arranging the lined can ends in a stack, wrapping the stacked can ends in a suitable absorbent material, and allowing the absorbent material to remove the water from the compound by absorption.

Abstract: Concretes containing a hydratable cementitious binder such as Portland cement and a high strength aggregate material are described. The high strength aggregate material is produced from hydrated cementitious compositions which contain relatively low proportions of Portland cement and relatively high proportions of a select fly ash component. The high strength aggregate material is produced by mixing the aforementioned Portland cement and fly ash components with water and allowing such to hydrate. The hydrated aggregate product may then be reduced in size (e.g. by crushing) and screened prior to combination with the cementitious binder to produce concrete compositions. Concretes can be prepared with such aggregate which have at least comparable compressive strengths to concrete prepared using conventional crushed stone aggregate.

Abstract: A new resilient compressible printing element having a rubber layer with foamed closed cells therein. The closed cells are formed by the use of blowing agents which are activated and foam the material while an external pressure is applied to the material to restrict expansion.

Abstract: A method of relief imaging liquids, particularly in manufacturing circuit boards, by providing a film of liquid photopolymer, solidifying the liquid by chemical hardening using actinic light, then pattern exposing the solidified film to actinic light to differentially chemically condition the film and then removing the portions of the film not exposed to the patterened exposure of actinic light. Also the product produced by the method.

Abstract: Battery separators, filters and other porous semi-rigid products are provided by a thermoset resin impregnated fibrous web containing cellulosic fiber, synthetic wood pulp, paper making staple long fiber and thermoset resin. The temperature for thermosetting can exceed the Vicat softening and even the melting temperature of the synthetic pulp without the loss of the flexibilizing effect of the synthetic pulp. By extension the teaching reaches to non-fibrous and non-porous materials. A process is also revealed.

Abstract: A battery separator is provided that has 30-70% polyolefin synthetic pulp, 15-65% siliceous filler and 1-35% by weight of long fibers having lengths of between 1/4 and 1 inch. The long fibers may be polyester fibers or glass fibers or a mixture. Cellulose may be included in an amount up to about 10%.A process for forming the battery separator is also revealed using standard paper making equipment but employing ionic copolymers containing acrylamide in cationic and anionic combination to give good affinity of the siliceous material and polyolefin. Alum and other processing aids are also included as are other procedural steps such as pressing the web.

Abstract: A relief producing laminate having an over-lamina comprised of an unsaturated natural-like rubber composition characterized by relief differentiation in response to patterned radiation exposure and an under-lamina comprised of a resilient composition and adhered to the over-lamina. The term "natural-like rubber" as used herein includes both natural and synthetic rubbers which exhibit creep as a result of stress relaxation after being cast or formed.The over-lamina is preferably a butadiene homopolymer or copolymer resin composition, more preferably a halogenated butadiene composition and most preferably a neoprene composition. The composition preferably includes a thiol, a monomer and a photoinitiator.The under-lamina composition may be a woven textile or a polymer and is preferably a monoalkenyl aromatic-diene block copolymer resin composition. It is preferably radiation cured and preferably includes a monomer and a photoinitiator.

Abstract: A device and method for accurately dispensing liquid photopolymer in accurate predetermined configuration to form a printing plate blank. The device gravity feeds the photopolymer from a first manifold through capillary tubes to a second manifold machined in an elongated member together with a doctor blade portion, laying down a carefully sculptured sheet. The sheet is formed into a printing plate upon exposure to actinic light through an indicia carrying negative. The invention may have other applications.

Abstract: Curable composition characterizing by its containing (1) 10 to 97% by weight of a material chosen from the group consisting of C--C unsaturated polymers exemplified by monoalkenyl aromatic diene copolymers, halogen substituted butadienes, acrylonitriles and acrylurethanes and C--C saturated polymeric binders such as the polyvinylpyrolidones, cellulose acetate butyrates and cellulose acetate succinates; (2) at least 1% by weight of material (1) of at least one monomer substantially compatible with material (1) and having at least one cross-linkable C--C double bond; (3) 0.1 to 35% by weight of material (1) of thiol exemplified by polythiols; and optionally (4) a curing agent. The disclosure is directed primarily at printing plate production with a composition containing 0.

Abstract: A battery separator embossed with a configuration that is neither vertical corrugation or vertical rib and yet in which all of the surface areas of the two separator faces open or slant upwardly except the portions actually directly engaged against a battery plate. Thus all intended recesses in the faces of the battery separator are open at their upper extremity so that no gas can be trapped by the configuration of the battery separator embossment. Additionally the division portions between the embossed recesses on the positive plate engaging face are in continuous engagement with the positive battery plate from the bottom of the plate to the top of the plate which provides stability to the raised areas of the battery separator that engage the negative battery plate.

Abstract: A screen printing blanket having two transverse stiffening plys of polyester rods spaced fron one another across the neutral plane. The rods are preferably monofilaments of polyethylene terephthalate. For less desirable practicing of the invention only one layer of the preferred rods need be used and in other embodiments other rod materials may be used and in yet other embodiments the invention may be extended to two spaced plys not bridging the neutral plane and even to non-printing blanket belts.