Abstract: A container for flammable fluid has an insulating plastic container body, metallic structural handle parts carried on the plastic container, a delivery port, and a metallic screen flame arrestor positioned across the delivery port.In accordance with this invention, an insert is sealed within the plastic container body in contact with both the structural handle member parts and the screen flame arrestor. The insert comprises an electrically conductive mixture of a plastic which is sealingly compatible with the plastic of the container body, and a finely divided, electrically conductive material. Accordingly, differences in static electric potential between the screen flame barrier and the structural handle member parts may be minimized to eliminate static electric sparks.

Abstract: A reaction injection molding process is disclosed comprising:introducing a mixture of substantially stable reactant streams into a mold, said mixture, in the aggregate, containing polyamide polymer forming compounds and polyurethane polymer forming compounds, said polyamide polymer forming compounds including lactam, an anionic polymerization catalyst and a polymerization activator, said polyurethane polymer forming compounds including a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a chain extender if desired, and a polyurethane polymerization catalyst, said polyamide polymer forming compounds and said polyurethane forming compounds reacting to respectively form polyamide and polyurethane polymers in said mold to thereby yielding a reaction injection molded product composed of said polymers; andrecovering said product from said mold.

Abstract: The physical properties of reaction injection molded (RIM) polymeric articles are substantially improved by internally reinforcing them with flake glass filler particles. The flake glass is incorporated in the liquid chemical polymer precursors, and is co-injected with them into the mold. The flow of the liquids in the mold orients the glass flake to provide maximum improvement in physical properties in the hardened polymerized article. Molding with glass flake filler also substantially alleviates problems of surface waviness in RIM panels.

Abstract: A tough acrylic sheet having a smooth surface and a thickness of 1 to 10 mm, which is composed of methacrylate polymer having a weight average molecular weight of at least 1,000,000 and being biaxially oriented at an area stretch ratio of at least 3 and has a maximum orientation release stress of at least 20 kg/cm.sup.2. The acrylic sheet is prepared by a method wherein an acrylic resin blank having a surface area of at least 400 cm.sup.2 is heated at a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the resin but lower than the melting point of the resin so that the ratio of the viscosity of the resin in the surface layer portion to the viscosity of the resin in the core portion is smaller than 0.8; the heated resin blank is placed in a flat clamping mold heated to the temperature of the surface layer portion of the resin blank or a temperature close thereto, a high compressive force of at least 45 kg per cm.sup.

Abstract: A method of providing a dam in a loading coil case for the blocking of an encapsulant solutions penetration into the cable beyond a desired distance by inserting, via a hypodermic needle, a quantity of encapsulant activator at the desired site of a dam. The encapsulant upon contacting the activator jells very rapidly preventing the remaining encapsulant from draining into the cable.

Abstract: Molded articles comprising fiber reinforced polyether modified styrene polymer wherein the weight ratio of glass fiber to styrene polymer is in the range of about 55:45 to about 75:25. The molded articles are prepared by a transfer molding process in which glass fiber mat containing 1 to 5 weight percent of an unsaturated polyester binder is impregnated with styrene monomer mixture containing an unsaturated polyether and the mold is subjected to conditions which induce fast polymerization of the monomer mixture. The molded articles possess resistance to heat distortion.

Abstract: Molded articles comprising glass fiber reinforced styrene polymer wherein the weight ratio of glass fiber to styrene polymer is in the range of about 55:45 to about 75:25. The molded articles are prepared by a transfer molding process in which glass fiber mat containing 1 to 5 weight percent of an unsaturated polyester binder is impregnated with styrene monomer and the mold is subjected to conditions which induce fast polymerization of the styrene monomer. The molded articles possess resistance to heat distortion.

Abstract: Tooth positioner comprising several integral tooth engaging portions formed of materials having different hardness, the harder portions of which assist in anchoring the tooth positioner in its proper position in the patient's mouth.Further, a method of making such tooth positioners by enclosing dental counterpart of the mold to form a first portion of the positioner, placing at least one other material into the mold in interfacing relation to the first portion to form a second portion of the tooth positioner, and curing the several materials into an integral body before extracting the positioner from the mold.

Abstract: A technique for constructing inflated shell enclosures in which (1) cementing matrix and reinforcing material components are placed on an inflatable membrane before inflation except that one component, which is required for hardening the cementing matrix, is sprayed on after inflation, (2) the reinforcing material is a textile fabric, interbedded with the cementing matrix to form a laminate, and (3) the hardened shell can be lifted to a raised position for permanent support by removing anchorages at its perimeter used during inflation for hardening, and inflating the space between the hardened shell and the membrane, which reacts against a supporting base surface to lift the shell.The fabric stretches slightly under inflation pressure so that shells having circular and polygonal perimeters, with center rises from one tenth to one fifth of the span, can be constructed with flat (untailored) fabrics.

Abstract: Nylon compositions are prepared by anionic polymerization of at least 75% of a lactam with up to about 25% of an epoxy component in the presence of a basic catalyst and a promoter that can be used in lactam polymerization wherein, in a preferred embodiment, the epoxy component is a modified epoxy resin containing physical property enhancing constituents. The nylon compositions are prepared by mixing a fraction of a lactam with the epoxy component and the promotor to form liquid mixture A, mixing remaining lactam with the catalyst to form liquid mixture B, mixing liquid mixtures A and B in the ratio ranging from 1/1 to 4/1 to form liquid mixture C, injecting liquid mixture C into a mold maintained at a temperature of about 100.degree. to 200.degree. C. wherein a chemical reaction takes place whereby the liquid is converted to a solidified mass in less than about 2 minutes, and removing the nylon composition in the form of a molded object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an embedding system for embedding tissue samples in a mixture of a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and an alkyl (meth)acrylate in a weight ratio of at most 9:1. The embedding process takes place at low temperatures using a low-temperature initiator system. It is thereby possible largely to retain the enzyme activity and the cell morphology.

Abstract: A process is described for the successive production of at least two non-cellular molded articles differing in their mechanical properties. Both articles are based on organic polyisocyanates which are trimerized in the presence of compounds which are reactive with isocyanate groups where the equivalent ratio of NCO groups to groups reactive with NCO groups is varied within the range of 1:0.8 to 1:0. In a second embodiment, a uniform article is produced having anisotropic mechanical characteristics varying continuously and/or stepwise.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a process for filling a cavity with a flowable reaction mixture through an inlet opening located at the bottom of the cavity. The process broadly comprises injecting a relatively small amount of reaction mixture into the cavity to cover the inlet opening with reaction mixture. The injection process is then briefly interrupted. Thereafter, the remaining amount of reaction mixture is injected into the cavity. The invention also relates to apparatus useful in performing the above-described process.

Abstract: A process for introducing into a container dry particulate solidifying agent, such as portland cement, and a fluent material, such as a slurry or solution, that is mixable with the solidifying agent to provide ultimately a mass that is at least partially solidified within the container. The solidifying agent which when in a dry condition often has a sizable volume of air contained therein, and a predetermined quantity of the fluent material, are introduced into the container and, after the container is closed, agitated in the container to form a first mixture in which the air is removed from within the solidifying agent. The container is then opened and a second quantity of the fluent material is placed in the container with the first mixture to fill the container to a desired degree. The container is then closed and the first mixture and second quantity of fluent material are agitated to provide a second mixture which is then at least partially solidified in the container.

Abstract: A method is described for making a shaped silicon carbide-silicon matrix composite. A confined carbon fiber preform is infiltrated with sufficient molten silicon metal at a temperature in the range of from about 1400.degree. C. to about 1800.degree. C. in an inert atmosphere or vacuum. Silicon carbide powder can also be incorporated in the preform structure.

Abstract: A process for making sheets of plastic material of high optical quality by casting the plastic material or a mixture of its components on a flat, moving substrate is disclosed. According to the invention, a stable pocket of material is formed on the moving substrate upstream of the zone at which the plastic material flows from the casting apparatus onto the substrate. The material in the pocket moves in predetermined paths and leaves the pocket to form the lower portion and the edges of the sheet. A direct stream of material is simultaneously formed downstream of the zone of delivery of the plastic material onto the substrate in a tangential relation to the meniscus, to form the upper portion of the sheet.

Abstract: A method of sealing a cavity or recess with a one-component sealing material which cures in the presence of moisture, comprising the steps of filling the recess or cavity with a moisture curable material and inserting a water-carrying member into said recess or cavity to provide moisture and cause the moisture curable material to cure in said recess or cavity. A sealing assembly is also provided comprising a cured body of moisture curable material having a water-carrying member embedded therein.

Abstract: A method is described for making a shaped silicon carbide-silicon matrix composite. A confined carbon fiber preform is infiltrated with sufficient molten silicon metal at a temperature in the range of from about 1400.degree. C. to about 1800.degree. C. in an inert atmosphere or vacuum.

Abstract: In accordance with a preferred embodiment of this invention there is provided a method and apparatus for coating a wire or cable with a thermosetting polymer formed from a "liquid polymer" system such as a two-component polysiloxane. This system may be characterized as having two components each having a low viscosity and which when mixed react quickly to form the cross-linked polysiloxane rubber.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for making structural members of concrete or the like having a fractured or fracture-like surface wherein expansive agents are employed to break intra-concrete bonds along the desired fractured surface to create a fracture stratum in the member.

Abstract: Foundry cores and molds are produced from foundry sand and/or other inert fillers, polyhydroxyl compounds, polyisocyanates and tertiary amine catalysts. The precatalyzed mixtures can be stored for long periods of time without any adverse effects on the subsequent processing or core properties when at least 80% by weight of the polyisocyanate used is of the diphenyl alkane series in which the isocyanate groups are sterically hindered solely by substituents in at least one ortho position.

Abstract: A method of forming a polymer laminate which comprises mixing an unsaturated polyester resin with allyl melamine monomer; molding the mixture under heat and pressure to cause the allyl melamine to cross link the polyester chains and thereby produce a substrate; applying a melamine-formaldehyde glaze material to one face of the substrate; and heating the glazed substrate to effect polymerization and adherence of the glaze material on the substrate surface. The use of allyl melamine as the cross linking agent for the polyester prevents the glaze from cracking, blistering or peeling when subjected to heat, attack from household chemicals, or abrasion forces.

Abstract: A process for making a valve housing for a prosthetic socket. The process eliminates the need for a male and female mold by applying an elastic resilient separator material over the entire surface area of a housing mold, sealing one end of the material to enclose the surface area of the housing mold, applying a vacuum to the sealed material so that the material closely conforms to the entire surface area, applying an outer elastic resilient separator material to the housing mold over the reinforcing materials so as to trap the reinforcing materials to control thickness and shape, applying a vacuum thereto to force the outer elastic resilient separator and underlying reinforcement material to closely conform to the housing mold; and adding the resin molding material to impregnate the reinforcing materials.