Abstract: An air conditioning system is disclosed for cooling a cabin of a vehicle. The vehicle has combustion chambers and a cooling system which circulates vehicle coolant. The cooling system also includes a radiator and an intake manifold. The air conditioning system includes a source of a liquid gas which is connected to the combustion chambers with a first heat exchanger positioned between the source and the combustion chambers. A coolant line also extends through the first heat exchanger whereby a coolant passing therethrough is cooled via vaporization of the liquid fuel. A pump is connected to the coolant line and circulates the coolant through the air conditioning system. The coolant line is also connected to a second heat exchanger whereby coolant passing through the second heat exchanger is heated and thereby cools the air. The now heated coolant circulates back to the first heat exchanger.

Abstract: A dispenser package including a stack of flexible sheets adhered together by layers of pressure sensitive adhesive with first and second ends of successive sheets in the stack adjacent; and an enclosure in which the stack of sheets is positioned having top wall portions with spaced opposed surfaces that define a wide slot. The first end portion of the uppermost sheet on the stack projects through the slot and rests against the adjacent first abutment surface.

Abstract: Novel crystalline .alpha. (silicon nitride-like)-carbon nitride and .beta. (silicon nitride-like)-carbon nitride are formed by sputtering carbon in the presence of a nitrogen atmosphere onto a single crystal germanium or silicon, respectively, substrate.

Abstract: Passivation of predominantly crystalline semiconductor devices (12) is provided for by a surface coating (21) of sputtered hydrogenated amorphous semiconductor material. Passivation of a radiation detector germanium diode, for example, is realized by sputtering a coating (21) of amorphous germanium onto the etched and quenched diode surface (11) in a low pressure atmosphere of hydrogen and argon. Unlike prior germanium diode semiconductor devices (12), which must be maintained in vacuum at cryogenic temperatures to avoid deterioration, a diode processed in the described manner may be stored in air at room temperature or otherwise exposed to a variety of environmental conditions. The coating (21) compensates for pre-existing undesirable surface states as well as protecting the semiconductor device (12) against future impregnation with impurities.

Abstract: A microporous medical pressure-sensitive adhesive tape construction is provided having a plurality of layers of pressure-sensitive adhesive on a thin, uniformly porous backing wherein the total adhesive mass is microporous.