Abstract: Process and relative feeding device to provide small objects on a single plane, according to which in a series of magazines holding the stacked objects of different thicknesses and tolerances a differentiated operation pusher by adjustable stroke is caused to act upon one end of each of the magazines, whereas at the same time the opposite ends or free top openings of the magazines are closed by a stop device, the objects thus moving against the device; then moving the latter away from the openings and contacting the aligned external surface of the objects with the planar surface onto which the objects will be applied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a skid protections device (3) for wheels preferably snow chains for vehicle wheels. In order to permit quick and simple assembly of snow chains on vehicle wheels the device according to the invention comprises a power aggregate attached to a wheel, coupled to a bracket thereon. The bracket with skid protection means may be mounted at the wheel with the skid protection means extending in working position around the wheel except a part thereof which is prevented from attaching a working position by the wheel engaging a ground. The power aggregate, in coupled condition, moves the blocked part of the skid protection means to the working position when it is released by rotation of the wheel, the skid protection means in working position is movable in peripheral direction relative to the wheel during rotation.

Abstract: In bonding molded articles of a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer to each other or bonding a molded article of a 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer to a molded article comprised of a vinyl alcohol type polymer, metal or glass, if a solution of a modified 4-methyl-1-pentene polymer in cyclohexene and/or carbon tetrachloride is coated on at least one of the molded articles to be bonded, the adhesion strength can remarkably be improved.

Abstract: A tire patch that has a center rubberized fabric body assembly including overlaid pairs of plies of fabrics, each ply of each pair being a roughly half-moon shaped fabric piece positioned in superimposed but reversed relation to its companion, which pairs of plies are in gradually increasing size from top to bottom of the patch assembly, and top and bottom cover sheets for the patch assembly which has pairs of opposed concave shaped side and end edges to facilitate assembly into a tire carcass adjacent to the tire bead thereof.

Abstract: A method for making a cosmetic pencil having a lead of solvent-based cosmetic composition.The leads are packaged in an airtight container, such as a plastic bag and stored in a freezer at temperature no higher than 0.degree. for 12 to 168 hours. The leads are then stored at room temperature for at least two hours and unpackaged. Then the leads are encased in grooved slates to form an assembly which is wrapped with airtight wrapping.

Abstract: A process for providing a low haze, high transparent, high heat-resistant laminate by forming a preform laminate of a high heat-resistant layer covered on both surfaces by a non-glass protective layer with at least one said layer being an as-cast acrylic layer. This combination can be readily stored for long periods of time or used immediately after the formation thereof by peeling off one of the as-cast acrylic layers and applying a transparent flexible adhesive layer thereto. The transparent material can be added to the adhesive layer. Many other combinations and laminates can be formed from the preform high heat-resistant laminate since during the preparation thereof, haze is not introduced to the transparency via moisture, and contact with haze-forming release coatings is avoided.

Abstract: The method of etching a porcelain dental appliance insitu including the steps of contacting the porcelain with a buffered solution containing trace amounts of hydrogen fluoride and removing the solution after sufficient time has elapsed to etch the porcelain. Preferred solutions are buffered at a pH from about 2.0 to about 6.0 and most preferably from about 3.5 to about 4.5. Contact time of the solution with porcelain ranges from about five minutes to from about five to about thirty minutes or longer.The solution preferably contains an alkali metal fluoride dissolved in a weak acid. In a preferred embodiment, the solution contains about one to about three parts by weight of sodium fluoride dissolved in about 50 parts to about 150 parts by weight of dilute weak acid. The weak acid has a molarity of from about 0.05 molar to about 0.5 molar. The weak acid solution is buffered, if necessary, and has a pH of from about 2.0 to about 6.0 and preferably from about 3.5 to about 4.

Abstract: An aqueous acidic composition suitable for etching containing an acid and polyvinyl alcohol and use thereof.

Abstract: Environmental resistance of rubber-metal bonded assemblies is significantly improved by a process comprising treating such substrates in a "low temperature" plasma comprising at least one 1,2-oxirane reactive monomer.

Abstract: A top fitted with a basin having good water drainage which is constructed by fixing the basin to the top made by laminating a decorative board on the top surface of a wood derived material, e.g. plywood, particle board etc. as a core material, so that a flange part of the basin is situated beneath the rear surface of the decorative board, and bonding and reinforcing with a synthetic resin, and a process for their production.By the present invention, the basin can be firmly fixed without any spaces, and therefore remarkably increases durability of kitchen fixtures.

Abstract: An improved method for etch-thinning silicon devices using three sequential tches. The device is pre-thinned in a hot KOH-H.sub.2 O etch. The thinning etch is a hydrofluoric, nitric, acetic acids (1:3:10) and a precise amount of hydrogen peroxide mixture. The cleanup etch is a potassium permanganate, hydrofluoric and acetic acids mixture. The result is a repeatedly specular, smooth, uniform, 10 micron thick membrane over the pixels with a p.sup.+ surface to enhance the CCI optical response.

Abstract: A chalcogenide such as As.sub.2 S.sub.3 is coated on a substrate at a very low rate of deposition in a vacuum evaporator and is coated with a thin silver layer. The silver coated layer is exposed to illumination in a quantity insufficient to form an etchable layer by conventional techniques and the silver is increased by treatment with a silver-containing agent capable of depositing silver on the image, preferably in the presence of radiation. NaAgSO.sub.3 is a presently preferred agent. The resulting image-bearing layer is photo-doped by exposure to band-gap radiation and the member is then etched.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a laminated foam-fabric endless belt is disclosed. A foam strip is joined endless and then stretched over an endless substrate fabric. A layer of batting is needled into the foam and substrate fabric to form an integral laminated belt. Several layers of batting may be applied to increase the weight of the belt to a desired level.

Abstract: This invention relates to an arrangement of vacuum cups in a bent glass sheet sandwich assembly apparatus and method of using said arrangement that provides a temporary bias to the central portion of a bent glass sheet to insure that a flexible sheet of interlayer material applied to the bent glass sheet initially engages its central portion and the area of engagement extends gradually to the edge of the sheets to avoid entrapment of air or other vapors in the interface of the resulting subassembly. When another bent glass sheet is applied to the opposite surface of the flexible sheet of interlayer material, the subassembly is temporarily biased once more to insure initial engagement in the central portion gradually extending to the edge of the sheets to avoid entrapment of air or other vapors in the interface of the subassembly with the second bent glass sheet.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the automatic assembly of a flexible interlayer sheet with one or more bent glass sheets using residual heat from bending the glass sheets to make the flexible interlayer sheet sufficiently tacky to avoid relative sliding between the sheets comprising the subassembly or sandwich that is assembled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for aligning a pair of bent glass sheets of matching configuration for assembly with a position occupied by a flexible sheet of interlayer material to form a sandwich to be laminated.

Abstract: A mold for supporting a flexible sheet of interlayer material for assembly against a bent glass sheet or between a pair of bent glass sheets of matching configuration has a first apertured wall shaped to conform to the shape of the bent glass, and a second apertured wall of conforming shape adapted for coupling to a vacuum source to form and hold the flexible sheet of interlayer material against the mold in unwrinkled condition. The mold is pivoted to a carriage from a mold loading orientation of convex elevational configuration to a mold unloading orientation of concave elevational configuration. Carriage movement between a mold loading station and an assembly station is correlated to the elevational configuration of the mold in a method of using the mold in assembling said flexible sheet of interlayer material againt one or more bent glass sheets.

Abstract: A large poster apparatus for a back-lighted signboard and a method of constructing same from a plurality of smaller poster sections, including improving the translucent quality of the poster material, aligning respective adjacent sections for exact image continuity, laminating a clear film over a first poster layer, laminating a second poster layer over the clear film, and applying heat and pressure to create a composite laminated poster apparatus having registered images throughout.

Abstract: A border molding strip is placed about the perimeter of an existing window pane. A second pane is then placed upon this border material. A retaining border is then placed to retain the window pane firmly against the border material, thus creating an airtight seal between the existing window pane, the border material and the second window pane. Appropriate adhesive and sealing compounds are applied to insure an airtight seal. Thereafter, the space between the existing window pane and the supplemental pane is purged with dry gas and may be evacuated through an opening exposed under a portion of the retaining means. After the window pane is purged and evacuated, a plug is inserted and the opening in the molding material is closed.

Abstract: A method employing etching technique alone or in combination with galvanic production of electrically conducting or insulating ring zones in small diameter holes which extend through a workpiece having a small thickness employs the steps of applying a base metallization to the surface of the workpiece including the walls of the holes, filling the holes with a positive photoresist which upon drying withdraws from the hole openings toward the inside of the hole forming a plug therein, irradiating both sides of the workpiece with ultraviolet light for making the photoresist partially soluble for a lacquer developer, and dissolving the partially soluble photoresist away up to a selected lacquer ring thickness. These steps are then followed by one of two steps. For the production of insulating ring zones one or several metal films are applied by galvanic deposition to those regions which have been freed of photoresist and the residual photoresist is dissolved away and the base metallization is selectively etched.