Abstract: A metallized polyester film capacitor is composed of a metallized polyester film comprising: a polyester film; a coating layer composed of a water-soluble or a water-dispersible polyester resin or polyurethane resin wherein the coating layer is formed on at least one side of the polyester film and wherein the alkali metal content of said coating layer is no more than 126.5 ppm; and a vapor-deposited metal on the coating layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a catalytic converter or diesel particulate filter comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a catalytic converter element or diesel particulate filter element disposed within said housing; and (c) a flexible intumescent sheet material disposed between said catalytic converter element and said housing; wherein said flexible intumescent sheet material comprises 1 to 70 dry weight percent of at least one unexpanded intumescent material, from greater than 20 to 50 dry weight percent of organic binder, 5 to less than 79 dry weight percent of inorganic binder, and 0 to 70 dry weight percent of one or more fillers.

Abstract: A laminated film useful for packaging includes two outer layers and a core layer of a polypropylene resin interposed therebetween. Each of the outer layers includes (A) an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer having a density of less than 0.910 g/cm.sup.3 but not less than 0.870 g/cm.sup.3 and an ethylene content of at least 50 mol % and showing only one endothermic peak when analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), (B) an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.910-0.935 g/cm.sup.3 and an ethylene content of at least 50 mol %, and (C) an anti-fogging agent. The density of (B) is greater by at least 0.008 g/cm.sup.3 than that of (A).

Abstract: A coated donor roll comprises a core with a coating, the coating comprising a charge transporting polymer, an organic acid metal salt compound, and iodine.

Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyester film which has excellent resistances to dry heat deterioration and wet heat deterioration, which can withstand the use in an atmosphere of relatively high moisture content, and which is useful, for example, as an electrical insulating film, a film for transparent electrode, a film for absorption of electromagnetic wave (e.g. a film used as an inspection window of microwave oven) and a reflection film. This polyester contains ?ethylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate as the main recurring unit.! 99.5 to 95 mole % of ethylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate and 0.5 to 5 mole % of ethylene-2,7-naphthalenedicarboxylate and has a density of 1.355 to 1.370 g/cm.sup.3 and an intrinsic viscosity of 0.62 to 0.90. The polyester film has an amount of terminal carboxyl in the polyester of 40 eg/10.sup.6 g or less and an amount of oligomers of 2.0 mg/m.sup.2 film or less.

Abstract: A two-component, heat reactive patch particularly useful for sealing gage and drain holes in automobile bodies which comprises an ionomer component and an olefinic/elastomeric component. The ionomer component contains an ionomeric copolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically-unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 carboxylic acid, a metallic coagent and a filler and, optionally, a non-ionomeric copolymer of ethylene. The olefinic/elastomeric component contains an uncrosslinked elastomer, a multifunctional acrylic monomer, and a free-radical curing agent.

Abstract: Environmental etch resistant coatings are described. The coatings are derived from aqueous, curable coating compositions comprising:(a) a carbamate-functional grafted acrylic polymer that comprises the reaction product of a first acrylic polymer and a second acrylic polymer, with at least one of the first and second acrylic polymers having groups that impart water dispersibility to the grafted acrylic polymer, and at least one of the first and second acrylic polymers having carbamate functionality; and(b) a second component comprising a compound having a plurality of functional groups that are reactive with the carbamate functionality.

Abstract: The present invention provides improved techniques for metallizing ceramic substrates. The method comprises providing a ceramic substrate and depositing a layer of reducible material on the ceramic substrate. The layer of reducible material includes a reducible ceramic such as copper oxide. The ceramic substrate having the layer of reducible material disposed thereon is heated and the reducible material is contacted with a reducing agent to create a conductive region. The conductive region is either a metallized region formed by reduction, or it is a conductive ceramic formed through surface reduction. The present invention further provides a metallized ceramic substrate. The metallized layer comprises ceramic regions having at least one constituent in common with the ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate and the ceramic regions of the metallized layer are sintered to each other such that the metallized region is interspersed between the sintered ceramic regions.

Abstract: A laminated base film for a photographic film, (A) which is a laminated film comprising a first layer formed substantially of polyethylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate and a second layer formed substantially of a polymer composition containing a 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate unit ##STR1## and an ethylene unit (--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --) in a total amount of at least 50% by weight, and (B) which has a haze value of 3.0% or less, (C) in which the first layer has a plane orientation coefficient (NS.sub.1) of 0.270 or less, and (D) in which the first layer thickness/second layer thickness ratio is in the range of from 3/7 to 7/3 wherein the laminated film has a curl degree f.sub.2 in the longitudinal direction of 0 to 70%. This base film is provided with a proper curling which can be cured by the contraction of a photosensitive emulsion and has various suitable properties as a base film for a photographic film, such as transparency, lubricity, and the like.

Abstract: A two-step adsorption process for producing ordered organic/inorganic multilayer structures is provided. Multilayered films are formed on metallic and nonmetallic substrates by alternate adsorption of a cationic polyelectrolyte and anionic sheets of a silicate clay. The two-step adsorption process is not only fast but allows also for preparation of multilayer elements of thicknesses greater than about 2200 Angstroms on silicon, and greater than about 1500 Angstroms on gold, silver, and copper.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is described, comprising a nonmagnetic support having provided thereon at least a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic metal particles dispersed in a binder, wherein the magnetic layer has a coercive force, Hc, of from 1,500 to 4,000 Oe and an Hc/HK ratio of Hc to an anisotropy field, HK, of from 0.30 to 1.00.

Abstract: A security element for the authentication of a substrate has a pattern comprising optical diffraction elements which are embossed in a carrier material of plastic material and unembossed neutral areas. On the embossing side of the carrier material a reflecting layer covers only surfaces with relief structures of the diffraction elements while the neutral areas which lie between are free of the reflecting layer and are therefore non-reflecting. If the security element is stuck in the form of a stamp onto the substrate and the carrier material is transparent, image portions, which are covered by the stamp, of a feature on the substrate can be discerned through the neutral areas.

Abstract: Rubber articles are coated with a powder-free coating; the power-free/non-tacky coating comprises a copolymer formed by the sequential polymerization of two mixtures of monomers comprising styrene, alkyl acrylates, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and a silicone oligomer. The sequential polymerization of the two monomer mixtures produces a core copolymer surrounded by a shell copolymer, in which the two copolymers have differing glass transition temperatures.

Abstract: A multi-layered plastic sheet comprising of a first layer composed of a copolymer obtained by reacting a dimethyl terephthalate or terephthalic acid with a mixture of 99-55 mole % ethylene glycol and 1-45 mole % cyclohexane dimethanol wherein the first layer is covered on at least one surface with a 2 to 100 .mu.m thick UV-absorbing second layer composed of the copolymer of the first layer and a UV-absorbing additive. The UV-absorbing additive can be a benzophenone compound or a benzotriazole compound.

Abstract: A method of making a fuser member such as a fuser roller, pressure roller, or fuser belt, comprising of bonding an outermost fluoropolymer resin layer to an inner fluoroelastomer layer by means of a fluoropolymer-containing polyamide-imide primer layer.

Abstract: An extruded product comprising a rigid portion (1) and a flexible portion (2) which are co-extruded, wherein the rigid portion (1) is made of a resin or resin composition having a deflection temperature under load of from 80.degree. to 120.degree. C. as measured by JIS K 7207 A-method, and the flexible portion (2) is made of a resin composition comprising from 5 to 75 wt % of a vinyl chloride resin, from 5 to 70 wt % of a partially crosslinked acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer and from 10 to 65 wt % of a plasticizer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a preparation process of a biaxially oriented heat-shrinkable ultra-thin film, biaxially oriented by the flat process and made of linear low-density polyethylene, characterized in that:an ethylene homopolymer or an ethylene and C.sub.4 to C.sub.18 alpha-olefinic comonomer copolymer of a density lying between 0.89 and 0.94, alone or in combination, are heated beyond the melt temperature and extruded,the extruded film is poured and cooled at the appropriate hardening temperature,the film is drawn a first time in the machine direction at the appropriate temperature between 3 and 7 times the initial dimension of the non stretched film,the film is drawn a second time in the transverse direction at the appropriate temperature between 3 and 15 times the initial dimension of the non stretched film, the biaxially oriented film is drawn a third time in the machine direction at the appropriate temperature between 1.

Abstract: The present invention are dielectric black particles for use in electrophoretic images displays, electrostatic toner or the like, and the corresponding method of manufacturing the same. The present invention black particles are latex particles formed by a polymerization technique, wherein the latex particles are stained to a high degree of blackness with a metal oxide.

Abstract: An adhesive composition and foils coated with the adhesive, wherein the adhesive consisting essentially of: (I) a fist amount of a non-modified epoxy resin and a second amount of a rubber-modified epoxy resin in a total amount of 60-100 parts by weight, wherein the amount of rubber-modified epoxy resin is 0.5 to 20 parts by weight; (II) 5-30 parts by weight of a polyvinyl acetal resin; and optionally contains (III) at least one resin selected rom the group consisting of blocked isocyanate resins, polyester resins, polyester resins, melamine resins and urethane resins. The adhesive coating can optionally contain inorganic fillers, fire retardants, and curing agents.

Abstract: A spin valve magnetoresistive sensor includes a substrate and a layered structure formed on the substrate. The layered structure includes a pair of thin film layers of ferromagnetic material separated from each other by a nonmagnetic spacer. The direction of magnetization of one of the thin film layers is pinned by a first permanent magnet layer. A second permanent magnet layer is located adjacent to the other of the thin film layers for longitudinal biasing purposes. The first permanent magnet layer has significantly higher coercivity than the second permanent magnet layer.