Abstract: The adhesion of metal to a polyimide substrate is enhanced by depositing onto at least one surface of the polyimide a thin film of metal such as copper and heating in air to cause the deposited metal to texturize that surface by producing asperities that are at least 0.05 .mu.m in average height and average breadth. In doing so, metal oxide clusters are formed at the textured surface. When the textured surface is metallized, the resulting composite resists delamination even at soldering temperatures.

Abstract: A container and cap assembly includes a double barrel dispensing container having two side-by-side outlets, and a cap with two side-by-side closure portions for simultaneously closing both outlets when the cap is connected to the container. The cap includes two protruding orienting sections for orienting the cap relative to the container as the cap is connected to the container. The orienting sections insure that each closure portion comes into contact with the same outlet each time the cap is coupled to the container so that small quantities, if any, of materials flowing through one outlet and deposited on one closure portion of the cap cannot cross-contaminate materials in the remaining barrel after the cap is removed and then re-connected to the container after a dispensing operation.

Abstract: Release coated nonwoven sheet materials are provided through the process of (a) forming a web from fibers; (b) applying a water-based binder to the web; (c) applying a water-based release coating to one side of said web while the web is still wet from the application of the binder; and (d) drying said web. This process eliminates at least one heating step, with unexpected control of the migration of the release coating through the web.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a backing, layer of fibrillated, polymeric film adhered to at least one major surface of said backing, and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the major surface of said layer of said fibrillated, polymeric film not facing said backing. A methd for manufacturing the aforementioned pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is also provided.The tape of this invention can be made to have a tensile strength in excess of 100 lbs/in and cross-direction tear resistance in excess of 11 lbs/in.

Abstract: A disposable garment or diaper having a fastener including fastener portions adapted for releasably mechanically engaging each other; and a bonding layer of room-temperature non-tacky thermoplastic material adhering one of the fastener portions to a thin polyolefin layer of the garment and being bonded to that polyolefin layer under heat and pressure that leaves the polyolefin layer substantially undeformed. The bonding layer holds the fastener portion to the polyolefin film with greater force than that which is required to separate the engaged fastener so that the fastener may be repetitively closed and opened.

Abstract: A disposable, single chamber ampule is initially provided with a single reactive component, with additional component or components added to the ampule immediately prior to use. The ampule is placed within a capsule, and the capsule is then secured in a holding mechanism of a dental amalgamator for mixing the ingredients. The ampule has flexible wall portions and may be compressed by finger pressure or by use of a dispenser in order to expel the mixed contents directly to an application site.

Abstract: A container for transporting hazardous liquids has a self-sustaining, leak-proof housing, a removable cover that can seal the housing, and a sorbent body resting on the flat bottom of the housing, which body comprises polyolefin microfibers and has a solidity of from 7 to 25%. The polyolefin microfibers preferably are particles, and the particles preferably are microwebs produced by divellicating a polyolefin microfiber web. When the container is used to transport sorbent materials that have been saturated by liquids of a chemical spill, the sorbent body ensures against there being any free liquid in the container.

Abstract: Novel compounds which are di-t-butylphenyl alkyl or benzyl ethers which alkyl or benzyl group is substituted by an acidic group are useful an antiallergic agents. Synthetic intermediates for making such compounds are also disclosed.

Abstract: A high speed visible light sensitive photopolymerizable composition useful for printing plates comprising(a) at least one free radically polymerizable monomer having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group,(b) an ethylenically unsaturated free radically polymerizable oligomer having carboxyl groups substituted thereon,(c) a visible light sensitizing initiator system for free radical polymerization comprising an initiator selected from diaryl iodonium salts, halogenated triazines, and triaryl iodonium salts which are photoinitiating electron acceptor compounds having a reduction potential in the range 0.0 to -1.5 eV, spectrally sensititzed with at least one merocyanine sensitizer containing a constrained alkylamino group, preferably a julolidinyl group.

Abstract: A composite chromatographic sheet-like article is prepared by the steps comprising blending one or more non-swellable sorptive hydrophobic particulate materials in the presence of an amount of polar organic masking agent sufficient to allow rapid wetting of the surface of the particulate and in the presence of sufficient lubricant water to exceed the sorptive capacity of the particulate, provided that the volume ratio of water to masking agent does not exceed 3:1, adding with stirring an aqueous emulsion of polytetrafluoroethylene so that the resulting mass has a dough-like consistency, mixing the mass in an intensive mixer at a temperature between 50 C. and 100 C. for a time sufficient to cause fibrillation of the polytetrafluoroethylene particles, biaxially calendering the mass, while maintaining water at a level near the absorptive capacity of the particulate, between a gap in the calendering rolls maintained at about 50 C. to about 100 C.

Abstract: Compositions of matter and methods of preparation are described for water and air stable, square planar transition metal double-complex salts which contain isonitrile ligands derivatized with long chain aliphatic groups. These salts are composed of two metal-containing complex ions: the cation is a tetrakis isonitrile metal ion and the anion is a tetrahalometallate or tetracyanometallate. These double-complex salts exhibit the novel property of thermochromism and are useful as temperature indicators and in imaging applications.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium disk with substantially improved tolerances comprising:a hub including a center portion and recessed flange portion, the center portion having a planar drive surface; a magnetic medium, including a side zero and a side one; and an adhesive bonding the side one of the medium to the flange of the hub, wherein the side zero of the medium is fixed a precise, desired distance .alpha. from the plane of the drive surface and the total indicated runout of the hub used divided by the total indicated runout of the distance .alpha. is greater than one. A method and apparatus for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium disk with substantially improved tolerances by applying ultrasonic vibrations to the medium and a hot melt adhesive until the precise desired distance .alpha. is achieved.

Abstract: Hydrated sodium silicate particles can be expanded by heat to form thin-walled bubbles that can be broken, neutralized, washed and dried to provide hydrated silica flakes. These flakes can be mixed with non-swelling sorptive particles such as TLC grade silica and used to make chromatographic articles. One such article is a composite of a poly(tetrafluoroethylene) fibril matrix in which those particles and hydrated or fired silica flakes are enmeshed. The hydrated silica flakes can be fired to a refractory state and then incorporated into protective coatings to enhance their resistance to abrasion while also better protecting the coated substrates from corrosion.

Abstract: A liquid spray gun including (1) a reusable air gun portion including a manually operable valve for controlling air flow; and (2) a disposable container and spray nozzle assembly including a sheet of flexible material having portions attached together and to a central portion of a tube to form a chamber, a liquid in the chamber, and an aspirating nozzle connected to the tube and adapted to be releasably coupled to the air gun portion so that upon movement of air through the nozzle liquid in the chamber will be entrained in that air and sprayed from the nozzle. The assembly can include a coil comprising a strip disposed in a plurality of wraps about an axis and having a spring temper biasing the strip to an axially extended position to form a tube like structure, with an end portion of the coil positioned around an end portion of the tube within the bag so that during spraying the tube like structure will insure that most of the liquid can be dispensed from the chamber.

Abstract: An radiant energy transmitter that includes a d.c. to d.c. converter, a d.c. energy storage circuit portion, a triggered radiant energy signaling device, a trigger pulse circuit to initiate operation of the signaling device and an operator adjustable trigger pulse timer circuit portion supplying signals to the trigger pulse circuit at a repetition rate selected by an operator with each signal causing the trigger pulse circuit to provide a trigger pulse to initiate an operation of the signaling device.

Abstract: Novel optical fiber cladding compositions containing fluorinated acrylamide monomers are described. The claddings are liquids at room temperature which possess excellent coating viscosities in the pre-polymerized state and are polymerized by actinic radiation.

Abstract: A novel composition useful as an adhesive at room temperature (20.degree. C.) and which comprises a copolymer which has both pendant fluorochemical groups and pendant polysiloxane grafts. Also disclosed are topical applications containing the novel composition.

Abstract: An improved power supply circuit for supplying power to intermittently energized loads, such as gaseous discharge tube devices. Such power supply has a transformer wherein current flow in the primary winding is controlled by a first semiconductor device that in turn is controlled by a second semiconductor device. A feedback circuit coupled to the primary winding provides a signal for turn-off of the first semiconductor device when its turn-off is initiated by the second semiconductor device. A circuit portion connected between the primary winding and the second semiconductor device provides a signal to the second semiconductor device when it initiates a turn-off of the first semiconductor device. Such signal continues operation of the second semiconductor device until the turn-off signal from the feedback circuit is effective to turn-off the first semiconductor device serving to reduce power dissipated in the first semiconductor device.

Abstract: The casing of a hearing aid can be acoustically dampened and its receiver is less likely to amplify noise stemming from vibrations of the casing when the casing is lined with a viscoelastic material. The viscoelastic lining can be applied by laying a viscoelastic layer across the rim of the casing and drawing a vacuum at the sound-communicating orifice of the casing until the viscoelastic is drawn tightly against the interior of the casing. A preferred viscoelastic layer has at one surface a substance such as fibers or beads that will form temporary bridges to permit an air to be evacuated between the viscoelastic layer and a casing to which it is applied. When the deposited viscoelastic is tacky at room temperature, the components of the hearing aid can be positioned simply by pressing them into the viscoelastic material, thus making the assembly easier than prior methods of assembling tiny hearing aids.

Abstract: Novel compounds which are 2,6-di-t-butylphenols substituted in the 4 position by an alkoxy or benzyloxy group or a benzylthio group, which alkoxy or benzyloxy group is directly substituted by a tetrazole ring, and which benzylthio group is directly substituted by carboxy or tetrazolyl are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene biosynthesis and as antiallergic agents. Synthetic intermediates for preparing such compounds are also described.