Abstract: A method of filling an annular space between inner and outer coaxially arranged pipes while providing the option of maintaining fluid flow through the inner pipe includes optionally establishing fluid flow through the inner pipe; installing first and second seals in the annular space between the two spaced apart pipes at first and second ends of the pipes and inserting one end of a vacuum tube into the annular space through the first seal at the high point in the first seal. A grout tube is inserted into the annular space through the second seal at the high point of the second seal. A vacuum is applied to the second end of the vacuum tube and a grout mixture is applied to an opposite end of the grout tube. A sufficient vacuum is maintained within the annular space for such a time period to draw the grout mixture from the second end to the first end of the pipes to completely fill the annular space.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for simultaneously extruding a coating comprising a plurality of layers of dissimilar plastic compounds having substantially different melting points onto a moving electrical conductor wherein the plastic compounds are mechanically and thermally separated and the conductor is centered in the plastic jackets by a center trim guide, said trim guide having replacable guide tips. Separating the two plastics prevents thermal degradation of the two extrudates by causing their melt temperatures to remain substantially constant.

Abstract: A method for making a prestressed concrete article including a cylindrical body surrounded by a cylindrical jacket by joining end walls to the jacket overlying the ends of the article and placing gasket rings between the article and the end walls. A hardenable medium is injected between the jacket and the concrete article and generates a sufficient pressure so as to outwardly bulge the jacket, drawing the end walls together thereby compressing the gaskets.

Abstract: A method of covering steel parts onto the outer surface of which there is applied a plastic coating which is surrounded by an embedding material. In order to obtain in a simple manner increased adherence between plastic coating and embedding material a granular powder or granulate is applied to the plastic coating which is still not completely hardened so that the individual powder granules are received only in part by the coating surface, so as to form profiling projections. In accordance with a variant, the profiling projections can also be formed by the side flanks of a helical rib which is extruded onto the heated plastic coating.

Abstract: Tall oil pitch is used as casing fillers in the interstitial spaced between a pipeline and a surrounding casing pipe. The tall oil pitch can be used per se or can be modified by: increasing its specific gravity above 1.0; increasing its pour point or dropping point; increasing its viscosity; decreasing its pumpability temperature. The tall oil pitch is pumped into the interstitial space between the pipeline and the casing pipe.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for insulating a pipeline (1) which is more or less submerged in the sea bottom consists in that the insulation (3) is made directly at the pipeline (1): the substances for production of the insulating overing are transported to a mixing chamber (7) at the production site and are foamed around the pipeline (1). For this purpose may be used a flexible sheet (4) of material such as foil which is anchored to the sea bottom (2). Through the production of the insulation (3) in situ, the gas pressure in the insulating material (3) can be adapted to the outer pressure and thereby a compression of the material with loss of insulating effect can be avoided.

Abstract: A method of insulating a water heater with an expandable foam insulating material. The expandable foam insulating material has an initial viscosity of <300 cps, a flow index.gtoreq.about 0.7, a gel index.gtoreq.about 0.8 and generates a maximum pressure of.ltoreq.about 1.0 psig. The foam is injected into the annular space between the water tank and the outer jacket. Preferably, the foam is injected into a sleeve, which acts to confine the foam during its most liquid state, positioned within this space. The foam is preferably injected into the annular space between the tank and the jacket while the top cover is removed. In this way, the injected foam can be distributed more evenly around the circumference of the tank.

Abstract: A novel reusable plastic drum container assembly and a process for installing a fitting-receiving member in an opening provided in a drum head wherein the opening is formed by a cylindrically-shaped neck member having an outer sloping surface including a circularly-shaped indentation portion extending perpendicularly from top surface of the drum head and wherein the fitting-receiving member in cross-section is of an inverted U-shape having an inner cylindrically-shaped portion, a circularly-shaped base portion, and an outer cylindrically-shaped leg portion defining a channel and is disposed over the neck member of the drum head with an electromagnetic bonding material fused between the outer surfaces of the neck member and the interior surfaces of the fitting-receiving member.

Abstract: To provide a snug-fitting bearing for journalling the spindle end of a printing press cylinder, a flanged bearing sleeve is disposed in a bore in the press frame and an anti-friction plastic material which compensates for the bearing play is injected into an external annular groove in the bearing sleeve of considerably less width than the depth of the bore in the press frame. Preferably, the bore is pretreated with a volatile release agent and the plastic material cures in situ to become a narrow bearing ring in the groove. The bearing sleeve may have eccentric annular shoulders on either side of the groove and a thin annular metal bushing may be interposed between the cylinder spindle and the interior of the sleeve bearing.

Abstract: A lip-type oil seal for use with a rotary shaft is manufactured by a method wherein different elastomeric materials for forming respectively the sealed liquid side and the atmospheric side of a tip portion of a sealing lip of the oil seal have different moduli of elasticity or hardnesses and are placed in a superposed condition within a mold prepared for vulcanization molding the oil seal. The mold is then clamped and the materials are heated and compressed so that an elastomeric material is fluidized and is vulcanization molded together with the other material to form an integral structure while a surplus portion is allowed to remain on the atmospheric side, thereby forming a sealed liquid side surface of the sealing lip. After the fluidized material has been hardened, the mold is opened and the surplus portion is then cut off, thereby forming an atmospheric side surface of the sealing lip.

Abstract: A concrete filled tube column includes: an outer tube connected to beams of the structure, the outer tube consisting of a plurality of tube pieces coaxially disposed in series; a concrete core disposed within the outer tube; an inner flange peripherally mounted on the inner face of each tube piece; and a concrete layer peripherally disposed on the inner face of each tube piece. The concrete layer includes a tubular portion positioned under the inner flange and in direct contact with the entire lower side of the inner flange. The tubular portion has an inner peripheral face tapering upward so that the transverse inner size at the lower end of the tubular portion is equal to the transverse inner size of each tube piece. In constructing the column, a plurality of the precast structural tubes, each including: the tube piece; the inner flange; and the concrete layer, are prepared. Then, one of the precast tubes is erected. Concrete is placed within the erected precast tube to form a concrete core.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a sealing ring with a sealing lip, the material forming the sealing lip is fabricated in plastically deformable condition into the shape of a column-like hollow body. Prior to solidification, the column-like hollow body is twisted between axially spaced cross-sectional planes. This forms return elements with hydrodynamic action. Subsequently, the hollow body is solidfied and its diameter is enlarged axially outside the region of the sealing lip and it is then secured in a sealing ring housing.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a composite styled wheel of the type including a metallic disc and rim and an ornamental plastic overlay permanently affixed to the disc. A disc and rim subassembly is placed in a mold. A retainer is formed as a separate part and releasable secured in the mold. A reactive plastic liquid mixture is injected into the mold cavity and the retainer is engulfed in the plastic material and permanently secured to the plastic overlay.

Abstract: A method of forming a floor polisher mounting disk is provided which includes the steps of injection molding plastic hub and rim portions, annealing the plastic hub and rim portions, and therafter injection molding a relatively soft plastic material to overlie and interconnect the plastic hub and rim portions.

Abstract: The invention concerns a steel tube threaded joint particularly useful in the petroleum industry of the type in which the male element (3) and female element (1) are combined by threading (2, 4) wherein a portion of the surface of each thread is forcefully applied to the status of screwing to the thread of the outer element. A first element (1) of the joint has a composite structure and has on at least a certain length of its thread a lining of synthetic material whose volume and shape correspond exactly to the volume and shape of the existing clearance of the screwing status between the metal part and composite element (1) and the second element (3) having dimensions at the limit of the machining tolerances which allow the greatest possible clearance in the assembled state of the joint.

Abstract: A threaded joint for steel pipes useable in particular for the petroleum industry is provided. The joint is formed by threaded male and female elements wherein one part of the thread of a first element is strongly applied against the thread of the other element. One of the elements contains a groove having a length of at least one thread pitch and a depth greater than the height of the threads. A sealing device is provided in the groove consisting of a synthetic lining whose volume and shape essentially correspond to the volume and shape of the play that would exist between the threads of the elements.

Abstract: A housing suitable for an electrical or electronic component such as a relay, including a wall having apertures (5, 6) and gaps (7) wherein distribution ribs running on the outside form with the housing surface a sharp inner edge (10). Due to these sharp inner edges, capillary action of the sealing compound is developed on the distribution ribs whereby the sealing compound is transported from a dispensing site to the apertures (5, 6) and housing gaps (7).

Abstract: A method for mounting an insert fastener to accommodate a bolt in lightweight panels is described. A hole is bored in a panel to penetrate the core and upper facial sheet and then is filled with a quick setting resin. A fastener having a flat circular head and central threaded bore is inserted into the hole. Integral with and depending from the head is a cylindrical body with a pair of radial flanges parallel to each other and to the head. The flanges are spaced apart from each other and the head. The edges of the flanges are serrated. Two holes, one on each side of the central bore, are present in the head to allow excess resin potting material to leave the hole in the lightweight panel. A bolt for holding auxiliary structures to the panel is screwed into the central bore.

Abstract: To improve noise prevention and waterproof effects and simultaneously wiring workability of a funnel-shaped grommet used for wiring a wire bundle or a cable through a panel, a sealing material is put into the grommet from above to fill a space between a small-diameter cylindrical portion of the grommet and the wire bundle and gaps between wires. The sealing material is a two-liquid polyurethane resin based bonding agent or a nitrile rubber based bonding agent.

Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly of the type for transmitting motion in a curved path by a flexible core element (12) in a conduit (18) and a method of making same. An end fitting (20) is disposed about the conduit (18) by a cylindrical section which includes abutments (24). A vibration dampener (16) includes a cylindrical tube disposed about the end fitting (20) with grooves (28) aligned with the abutments (24) and tabs (30) extending radially outward from the vibration dampener (16). A support (14) includes a cylindrical wall (32) disposed about and coextensive with the vibration dampener (16) with openings (34) aligned with the tabs (30) of the vibration dampener (16). The vibration dampener (16) is in axial mechanical interlocking engagement with the end fitting (20) and support (14) for maintaining the vibration dampener (16) free of radial compressive forces.

Abstract: The threads of a nut on a multithreaded, high helix lead screw are formed by disposing a nut over a lead screw where the center hole of the nut is larger than the threads of the lead screw. Polymer material is filled into the space between the nut and the lead screw and cured to form a high helix, multithreaded nut which has threads complimentary to the threads of the lead screw.

Abstract: A method of lining a passageway comprising pulling a first flexible lining pipe sized to the passageway to be lined into the passageway, the first lining tube comprising at least one resin absorbent layer impregnated with curable synthetic resin, and by the eversion into the first lining tube of a second flexible lining tube sized to the first tube inner diameter, to the inner surface of which a second lining tube before eversion is applied an initiator for the resin impregnating the first lining tube whereby, as the second lining tube everts into and along the first tube when in the passageway, the first tube is pressed against the passageway surface by fluid pressure used to evert the second tube, and also the initiator comes into contact with the resin of the first tube and commences and effects cure of the same.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for simultaneously extruding a coating comprising a plurality of layers of dissimilar plastic compounds having substantially different melting points onto a moving electrical conductor wherein the plastic compounds are mechanically and thermally separated. Separating the two plastics prevents thermal degradation of the two extrudates by causing their melt temperatures to remain substantially constant.

Abstract: Methods for forming prestressed concrete members wherein a pressure-containing casing is disposed around the outside surface of the concrete member and is spaced therefrom so that a cavity is formed between the casing and the outside surface of the concrete member. A pressurized medium is injected into the cavity between the casing and concrete member at a pressure sufficient to apply the required prestressed compressive force to the outside surface of the concrete member. The pressurized medium changes form by hardening or solidifying after injection. Examples of solid pressurized mediums include cement-like grouts and plastic, and epoxy resin materials. When the concrete member is cast within the casing so as to be in intimate contact with the casing the cavity is then formed by peeling the concrete member and casing away from each other as the pressurized medium is injected therebetween.

Abstract: A centralizer apparatus having turbolizer protuberances includes groups of openings for receiving set screws to define a plurality of circumferential and longitudinal points of engagement between the centralizer and a tubular string to which it is attached. Associated with the centralizer is a bonding layer of adhesive material, which is injected through one of the openings while the centralizer is rotated relative to the tubular string to obtain a rigid bond between an outer surface of the tubular string and a majority of the inner surface of the centralizer. The bond can be broken by the external application of heat so that, after also loosening the screws, the centralizer can be removed from the tubular string.

Abstract: This relates to the forming of a seal between a container and a top element, such as a fitment, wherein the seal is subjected to a high top loading of a nature wherein conventional gasket materials, such as plastisols, will unduly flow and result in leakage. In lieu of the conventional gasket material, a hot melt material is utilized with the hot melt material being in a flowable state when the fitment is applied to the container and held in place by a mechanical interlock between the fitment and the container so as to cause an extrusion and flowing of certain of the hot melt material wherein the hot melt material functions both as a gasket and as a support to eliminate or restrain movement between the fitment and the container due to top loading. A special dispensing head is also provided for applying a controlled volume of hot melt material to each fitment in a preselected pattern.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a method of making a pipe gasket having an asymmetric profile which is made by connecting two ends of an extruded elastomeric material, and the gasket made thereby.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ion sensor having an ion-sensitive substrate provided within a tube at a position recessed from an open end of the tube and having an ion carrier membrane, which is selectively permeable to an ion of interest, filling the space between the opening of the tube and the surface of the ion-sensitive substrate on the open-end side of the tube. A method of manufacturing the ion sensor includes steps of inserting and retaining the ion-sensitive substrate in the tube, filling the space between the ion-sensitive substrate and the tube with a sol-like ion carrier membrane composition, and gelling the sol-like ion carrier membrane composition.

Abstract: A process for making a rigid pipe with the aid of flexible parallel coextensive skins interiorly filled with a catalyst-curable flexible filler, where the flexible skins and filler are laid along any desired surface contour and then the interior space within the inner skin is expanded to form the pipe and catalyst is introduced through one or both of the skins which is catalyst-permeable, to produce a rigidized pipe.

Abstract: A crowned, domed garment button for use with a garment. The garment button comprises a generally cylindrical base member, a generally disc-like front facing portion, the facing portion, configured in a generally domed convex configuration, includes a periphery, and a generally annular rim portion, the rim portion being adapted to embed the front facing portion periphery, whereby the rim portion accentuates the domed front facing portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a means whereby a body such as that of a butterfly valve can be prepared with minimal machining. The manufacture of a butterfly valve is described in which the stem openings for the valve are left in their as-cast condition, the stem bushings inserted, aligned with a stem replica and then permanently locked in aligned position by filling the voids between the bushings and the walls of their openings with the same elastomeric compound from which the valve seat is molded. The compound, after curing or setting, being of such thin wall section that for all practical purposes it is a rigid material.

Abstract: An array of electrodes is presented for accurate and improved measurement of borehole resistivity. Electrode structures and methods of formation thereof are also presented.

Abstract: This antenna includes a helically formed wire coil having a lower end that is positioned in a connector a solid dielectric material is injection molded into the coil and connector to precisely maintain the coil dimensions and support the coil. An outer cover is injection molded over the coil and dielectric material.

Abstract: A method of making a pole and coil assembly for a dynamo-electric machine (e.g., interpole for locomotive traction motors) comprising providing the coil wires with a polyphenylene sulfide coating, filling the pole-coil interspace with solid, foamable polyphenylene sulfide ground insulation and heating the assembly such as to foam the ground insulation in place and cause it to constrictively engage and bond to the pole as well as fuse to the PPS coating on the coil. The pole surface may be roughened and/or coated with PPS for improved pole retention and/or may be nickel plated for improved corrosion resistance.

Abstract: A radial-type ceramic turbine rotor comprising a blade member and a shaft bonded to the blade member, and having an axial hole extending through the blade member from its front surface towards the tip of the shaft, can be produced without forming cracks during dewaxing, ill-bonding of the blade member with the shaft, and lowering of the bonding strength, and has a high workability in the precise machining.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite seal assembly. A primary sealing ring in generally frustoconical form is cut from a cylindrical billet of a resinous fluorocarbon material so as to have first and second principal surfaces each inclined with respect to the axis of the billet. The ring thus formed is supported against movement by disposing a relatively rigid annular casing unit adjacent the ring, with the ring lying within the casing opening, and bonding the casing element to the seal ring by molding an elastomeric collar of thin cross-section between a portion of the second surface of the ring and a part of said casing.

Abstract: The invention provides for the light curing of a synthetic resin which is light curable, and is arranged as a layer upon the surface of a pipeline or passageway. The curing lamps are enabled to be pulled into the pipeline or passageway by virtue of inserting a tubular member into the passageway which is inflatable by fluid pressure so as to hold the resin layer in position. The lamps pass through the inflatable tubular member so that radiation therefrom will fall on the layer of resin and cure or initiate the cure of the same.

Abstract: A cylindrical pressure vessel housing a filter media wherein the vessel is formed from a tubular thermoplastic pipe portion having opposite conical shaped end portions integrally formed with molded internal base portions with one base portion having integrally molded thereto the filter media in sealed position within the vessel housing.

Abstract: A method of making a shaft seal ring starts with a tube, optionally provided on its outside and/or inside with hydrodynamically-acting return elements, as may be cut from a hollow cylinder. The tube is axially slipped along a form with a continuously increasing diameter until its leading or lower end is shaped into a flange in the radial direction. The flange may be simultaneously joined to a reinforcing ring.

Abstract: The production of a tubular container is effected by rolling and lap-welding a multi-ply foil to form a cylindrical tube body (1), the arrangement of a collar (5) which partially closes this tube body (1) at the top, and the production of a head piece (4) of plastics material, which on the one hand connects the tube body (1) to the collar (5) and on the other hand forms the top closure of the tube. The collar (5) has a simple basic form before working and is brought by the working into a form in which its cut edges can be covered by plastics material flowing thereover, this shaping requiring no additional working operation, but being effected by the forces set up during the moulding process of the plastics material. Further by the shaping of the collar (5), the spacing between the collar and the tube body is reduced, thereby further improving protection against diffusion.

Abstract: A method of forming a heat resistant gas transfer line. The line includes a metal outer shell, a tubular inner liner formed of a plurality of prefired refractory rings joined together by shiplap joints having expansion gaps, and an intermediate liner including bubble alumina concrete filling the annular space between the inner liner and the outer shell.

Abstract: A mechanical seal assembly for use with centrifugal pumps including at least one unitized elastomer assembly for urging the seal faces of a pair of seal rings into sealing engagement with each other. The unitized elastomer assembly serves as a seal ring mounting arrangement and includes a spaced pair of metallic rings which are chemically bonded to an annular elastomer body disposed therebetween and whose cross section between the rings is loaded in shear when the elastomer assembly is operatively arranged in the pump. A mechanical seal is established between at least one of said rings and the elastomer body for protecting the chemical bond therebetween against attack by corrosive pump product.

Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly of the type for transmitting motion in a curved path including a flexible motion transmitting core element, a conduit for supporting the core element and an end fitting disposed at the end of the conduit. A rod is attached to the end of the core element. The assembly also includes a swivel tube having a bore therethrough for swiveling movement relative to the end fitting and for movably supporting the rod. The swivel tube is connected to the end fitting in a swivel joint. The assembly is characterized by the swivel joint including a male swivel portion of the swivel tube and including a cup-shaped insert engaging the male swivel portion at least beyond the front face thereof. The end fitting encapsulates the end of the conduit and the insert and the remainder of the male swivel portion on the swivel tube. A method of making the motion transmitting remote control assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: Joints and leaks in pipelines or mains are sealed by injecting into the joint or leak a sealant by means of an expandible tubular pig which is moved endwise through the pipeline or main. The sealant is in the form of an anaerobically curable monomer which cures in the relatively air free conditions in the joint or leak. The pig forms within the pipeline or main an air-free space which communicates with the joint or leak and which is isolated from the fluid in the main. Nevertheless the pig is hollow to permit the flow of fluid therethrough while the joint or leak is sealed. The sealant is injected into the joint or leak by way of the space so that the sealant cures in situ in the joint or leak.

Abstract: A robotic base compartment has an interior locating surface. A plurality of pins extend squarely from the locating surface. The pins are located by pre-assembly machining and the extending pin surfaces are coated with a release agent. A robotic component plate, such as a gear-carrying plate, is assembled in the base compartment, with clearance slots surrounding the locating pins. After adjustably positioning the gear elements with one another by shifting the component plate, the slots are filled, for at least a portion, with a pourable hardenable material such as epoxy which is then allowed to harden. The components may thereafter be disassembled and reassembled without the loss of precision location. The assembly method obviates the need for manual drilling and reaming of pin holes at assembly and the attendant chip contamination that results therefrom.

Abstract: A method of forming a molded encapsulation around a sealed spliced region between two cables in which the cables pass through a mold with the splice region in the mold cavity and correctly centered before molding. To allow for the centering operation to be performed, apertures are provided in the mold. Hook members are passed through the apertures. These hook members are caused to engage both inner and outer mold surfaces and they also engage tie means at two circumferentially spaced positions around the splice region to centralize the region within the cavity. The mold is then filled with molten material and the hooks removed from the apertures with the material still molten. Hook removal may take place either when the cavity is completely filled or after sufficient molten material has entered the mold to hold the splice region in fixed position. The method is applicable to low pressure molding, i.e. below 100 psi and preferably below 50 psi.

Abstract: A viscous sealing material is applied to a communications cable by being forced out of a container by means of a heatable pressure plate having a bore and a pump adjacent to the bore; the sealing material is conveyed by the pump through a conduit to a chamber, in which the sealing material is introduced under pressure into and around an already stranded cable core; the pressure plate includes a plurality of preferably helically coil electrical heating elements separated from each other and projecting therefrom for penetrating into the sealing material in the container when the pressure plate applies pressure to the sealing material so that it is progressively liquified and can be pumped out of the container.

Abstract: A coaxial line as a rigid probe interposer is particularly useful for connecting an electrical tester to a high speed integrated circuit utilizes two coaxial dielectrics for spacing a center conductor from an outer conductor in the form of a holed metallic body. The line center conductor is initially coated with a first dielectric. The dielectric coated center conductor is thereafter positioned in an oversized hole within the conductive body. The annular free space existing between the inside wall of the hole and the outer circumference of the first dielectric is filled as by capillary action, with a second, liquid dielectric which flows into the fissures and cracks within the first dielectric prior to curing.

Abstract: A technique for stabilizing an insulating liner formed of thermoplastic material which is injection molded onto the inner surface of a metal spool having a cylindrical body provided with end flanges, an annular gap being created between the liner and the spool body due to differential shrinkage between the liner and the body as the molded liner cools and solidifies. In order to fill this gap to prevent a change in the inner diameter of the liner when the liner is subjected to the pressure of a fluid flowing therethrough, the spool body is provided with ports which extend between the exterior and interior surfaces thereof. These ports are sealed during the injection-molding process by removable plugs. After injection-molding, the plugs are removed and a thermosetting resin is introduced into one of the ports until the gap is filled as evidenced by the fact that the resin begins to rise in the other ports, the resin then being cured to solidify the filler.

Abstract: In a rolling bearing assembly including at least two contact metal surfaces, such as a rolling bearing engaging a housing and a shaft, a homogeneous elastic layer is fixedly applied to one of said contacting surfaces, the outer surface of this layer having high density and extreme smoothness for full intimate contact with the contacting metal surface to avoid fretting corrosion between said contacting metal surfaces.