Abstract: Graphite gaskets with an improved release characteristic are pressed (to reduce their void content) and then embossed with a pattern of relatively raised areas surrounded by interconnected depressions.

Abstract: An ice making apparatus including a machine for producing and harvesting a flake ice product and transferring said product to an ice extruding chamber in which the product is compressed into a hard column of ice that can be broken into ice chunks or "cubes" of predetermined length and be transported to a remotely located ice storage bin, dispenser or the like.

Abstract: An installation is disclosed for processing a wet slurry of raw materials for cement manufacture having from 28% to 45% of water, the installation comprising a horizontal centrifugal separator connected to an extruder which produces slugs of partially dewatered material which is then pelletized and fed to a rotary Portland cement kiln. The extruded slugs can be admixed with dry powdery material to prevent their sticking together and to introduce powdery dry material in the kiln.

Abstract: A binder system is provided for the preparation of lignocellulosic composite molded articles, such as flake or particle board, which incorporates an internal release agent and comprises an emulsifiable organic di- or polyisocyanate and an emulsifiable carboxy functional siloxane. The emulsifiable carboxy functional siloxane is preblended with the di- or polyisocyanate providing for increased mold release properties.

Abstract: In a method of making molded articles, such as particleboard from mixtures of wood chips or like particles, bonding agents and reaction accelerators, initially the particles are divided into two portions A and B. Portion A is wetted with bonding agents and portion B is wetted with reaction accelerators. The two portions A and B are maintained separate until they are mixed loosely layered together and introduced randomly into a mold forming a mat. Within the mold, the mat formed by the particles of portions A and B are pressed together and the pressing action triggers the reaction hardening. Prior to the pressing step, the mutual contact of the particles in the mat of portions A and B causes only limited hardening bridges.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying pellets of particulate material such as carbon black is characterized by a columnar drying vessel containing inclined trays or screens positioned so that the pellets or particulates roll from screen to screen down the column. Preferably, the pellets are subjected to countercurrent flow of drying gases while flowing down the screens. In other aspects, carbon black is pelleted with a nonaqueous liquid pelleting fluid and dried with vapors of the same pelleting fluid.

Abstract: A cable-coating extruder head having a head body with a central passageway for an advancing cable, a die insert removably seated in a fixed die body at the forward end of the passageway providing a die aperture through which the cable passes, and a guider insert removably mounted in a fixed guider body within the passageway for centering the cable in the die aperture, wherein both the guide insert and the die insert are insertable forwardly and removable rearwardly through the rearward end of the passageway to enable change of guider and die apertures without displacing the forward end of the head body. The guider insert has a rearward extension projecting beyond the head body for manipulation to facilitate guider insert removal and replacement.

Abstract: In a process for producing fiber-reinforced hydraulically setting extruding materials, the process which comprises, not adding the reinforcing fiber in the form of single fibers to the starting materials, but employing it as collected yarns by collecting the single fibers with a collecting agent, uniformly dispersing them in the starting materials, then releasing the collected condition of said dispersed collected yarns and splitting into single fibers by swelling and dissolution of the collecting agent and by the shear force by a screw etc., thereby the dispersion is improved.The single fibers having a great aspect ratio which have been released from the collected condtion are uniformly dispersed in the extruding material, and a remarkable reinforcing effect is obtained.

Abstract: A process of consolidating and compacting unconsolidated particulate materials such as powders with or without short fibers to a density of about one hundred percent by carrying out the process in a can or tube which is moving through a convergent die having an angle of convergence of less than 90.degree..

Abstract: Process for producing encapsulable globules by means of a film polymerized in situ, applicable particularly to the production of breeding substrates for entomophagous insects in the form of artificial lepidoptera eggs, in which process drops are frozen for their encapsulation and comprising the stages of: forming a jet of the substance to the frozen and spraying said jet in the form of drops by disintergration of said jet; collecting said drops on a cellular grid which is held at the surface of a bath of cryogenic liquid having a density less than that of said substance; sifting the frozen globules derived from the drops on at least one sieve immersed in the bath beneath said cellular grid.

Abstract: A method of producing accurately sized sintered material of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene including the steps of mixing an organic peroxide and a lubricant with an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene powder having more than 1,000,000 of mean molecular weight by a viscosity method and more than 3,000,000 by a light scattering method, and forming a ram extrusion of the mixture. The transverse dimensional accuracy, or displacement, i.e. the difference between the maximum surface diameter and the minimum surface diameter at longitudinally spaced positions of the extruded product, is extremely small, thereby providing highly accurate size, roundness, etc. Further, a product is formed by the method having uniform electroconductivity.

Abstract: A hybrid extruder provides plastic insulation which is as uniformly and tightly disposed about a substrate as that produced in a conventional pressure extruder and accommodates irregular substrates. The hybrid extruder includes a core tube which is positioned in a die cavity to form a flow passage which includes a restriction to the flow at the end of the core tube to maximize the pressure in the plastic material. The leading end of the core tube is spaced a distance from the land of a die which is substantially less than in conventional pressure extruders to form another portion of the flow passage having a predetermined configuration. After flowing through the restriction, the plastic material expands. This avoids any backflow of the plastic material into the core tube in the event the core tube is to allow the passage of oversized spliced portions of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of forming an extended elongate product from a plurality of strands by subjecting the strands to heat and pressure. The improvement of the present invention comprises a method for compressing the strands in a manner to reduce internal stresses imparted to the product during its subjection to pressure.

Abstract: The melt index is reduced and the rheology is modified in ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers used in the manufacture of films, by the addition of a crosslinking agent to the copolymer. This allows the use of more readily available raw materials and improves the stability of the bubble during stretching of tubular films.

Abstract: A process for producing a composite plastic pipe, which comprises producing a thermoplastic resin pipe (I) by an extruder, covering the surface of the pipe (I) uniformly with a continuous fibrous reinforcing material (II) impregnated with a thermosetting resin in its axial direction by a draw molding method, helically winding a continuous fibrous reinforcing material (III) impregnated or not impregnated with a thermosetting resin uniformly on the layer of the resin fibrous reinforcing material (II) by a filament winding method, thereafter curing the thermosetting resin by irradiation of ultraviolet light and coating a thermoplastic resin (IV) on the resulting product within a crosshead die in an extruder.

Abstract: A process at continuous blowing of film such linear thermoplastic materials which after that the plastic melt has left an annular die, when introducing gas to the inner of the tube, forms a neck part having an essentially constant diameter and then forms a rapidly expanding main bubble whereby the speed of the film at the upper part of the neck is kept above 15 m/min.

Abstract: Arrow fletchings (42,102) disclosed have curved vanes (50,114) inclined inwardly in a rearward direction to provide pockets (54,118) for restricting air flow while allowing vane flexing in a manner that moderates drag in response to wind changes. One fletching embodiment (42) is preferably made by plastic extrusion and a subsequent heat forming process and includes a vane (50) whose inner portion projects radially from its foot (44) and whose outer portion define its curved pocket (54). Another fletching embodiment (102) made from sheet plastic includes a vane (114) that projects tangentially from the arrow shaft on which its foot (104) is mounted and is curved to define the pocket (118) that restricts air flow. A fixture (68) for heat forming the pocket of the one fletching embodiment (42) and a method for making the other fletching embodiment (102) are also disclosed.

Abstract: A rotary extruder contains pump rings positioned at opposite ends of the rotor shaft to collect excess thermoplastic melt forced outwardly to the housing ends and to redirect this excess melt to the feed section of the extruder. Redirection of the melt is accomplished by helical grooves located on the inside surfaces of the pump rings having an axial component directed toward the center of the extruder to provide a conduit for the melt. The melt is also directed by a series of angular grooves positioned circumferentially about the rotor opposite the pump rings which rotationally and axially propel the melt as the extruder rotor rotates. The rotor shaft is supported by bearings at opposite ends of the shaft which are offset from the axial center of the bearing housing.

Abstract: A process for preparing a thermoplastic poly(imidesulfone) is disclosed. This resulting material has thermoplastic properties which are generally associated with polysulfones but not polyimides, and solvent resistant which is generally associated with polyimides but not polysulfones. This system is processable in the 250.degree.-350.degree. C. range for molding, adhesive and laminating applications. This unique thermoplastic poly(imidesulfone) is obtained by incorporating an aromatic sulfone moiety into the backbone of an aromatic linear polyimide by dissolving a quantity of a 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA) in a solution of 3,3'-diaminodiphenylsulfone and bis(2-methoxyethyl)ether, precipitating the reactant product in water, filtering and drying the recovered poly(amide-acid sulfone) and converting it to the poly(imidesulfone) by heating.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of calcium acetate pellets suitable for surface deicing, which comprises slow addition of water to dried calcium acetate or to calcium acetate freshly prepared from reaction of hydrated or unslaked lime with concentrated acetic acid, in an agitated vessel designed to produce pellets. Pellets are dried to a critical residual water level to avoid their embrittlement. The relative amount of water used in the pelletizing process is highly critical, and depends upon the source of calcium acetate as well as the amount of magnesium ion in the pellet formulation.