Abstract: Vinyl ester emulsion copolymers are modified to introduce improved thermosetting cure capacity by including in the copolymer a proportion of a formaldehyde addition product with an allyl carbamate. These emulsions are useful as binders for fibers in non-woven fabrics where the improved cure confers superior resistance to home laundering in aqueous detergent solutions.

Abstract: A drilling device for workpieces of different sizes is disclosed herein. The drilling device includes a tool carrier supported by a carriage for reciprocable movement thereon along a path and the carriage is also reciprocable along the path. The carriage is biased to a predetermined starting position. When a tool on the tool carrier engages the workpiece, the carriage is moved in the opposite direction and engages a switch to reduce the feed speed of the tool carrier for a short period of time during which the carriage engages a stop to define a fixed drilling position. Upon completion of the drilling operation, a biasing spring moves the carriage in the drilling direction beyond the starting position to actuate a switch and return the tool carrier to a starting position while the carriage is also returned to the starting position.

Abstract: Microcapsules having a capsule core material surrounded by a relatively impermeable, densified protective wall and a method of producing such microcapsules are disclosed. To produce the microcapsules, an agitated system is provided including a liquid vehicle as a major component of the system and constituting a continuous first phase of the system. A plurality of discrete capsule core material entities are dispersed in the liquid vehicle and constitute a discontinuous second phase. A film-forming, cross-linkable, polymeric base material is also present in the liquid vehicle and, upon induction of phase separation within the agitated system, forms a sheath about the capsule core material entities. The formed sheath also contains entrapped liquid vehicle; however, a major portion of the entrapped liquid vehicle is subsequently extracted from the sheath, and the resulting densified polymeric base material in the sheath is then cross-linked to form a densified protective wall around the capsule core material.

Abstract: A multisection crane boom having a fly and jib assembly attachable thereto is disclosed herein. The fly section and jib section of the assembly are pivotally interconnected at adjacent ends through a freely pivoted link so that the jib section can be pivoted from the stored position extending generally parallel and below the fly section to a usable position wherein the longitudinal axes of the two sections are aligned with each other or coincident at the interconnected ends. Cable means are utilized for holding the jib section in an extended position on the fly section and the cable means are capable of having the jib in end-to-end or angular relation with respect to the fly section. The fly section also has a lug thereon which prevents attachment of the cable means when the fly section is at an angular position with respect to the main boom. The fly section is connected to the boom in a unique fashion which eliminates the need for cables to hold the fly section in a plurality of positions.

Abstract: A powered assist braking system having a pressurized fluid source which also supplies fluid to the steering system of a vehicle is disclosed herein. The braking system includes left and right-hand brake actuators that cooperate with a power brake valve and the actuators are designed so that, when actuated, hydraulic fluid is trapped in a chamber and this fluid is supplied to actuate the brake while the pressurized fluid source assists in pressurizing the trapped fluid. The power brake valve has a pressure release assembly incorporated therein which controls the maximum pressure of the inlet fluid and also controls the flow of fluid to the steering system. The system also is designed to equalize the pressure of the fluid when both brakes are simultaneously actuated.

Abstract: An electrical coil including a flanged bobbin having a coil of wire wound thereon is disclosed herein. The bobbin has a terminal block secured to one flange which supports a pair of terminal leads. The terminal block also has a separate peg element for each terminal lead and the peg elements as well as the ends of the wire are respectively soldered to the terminal leads to secure the ends of the wire to the respective leads and securely retain the terminal leads on the block.

Abstract: A spring-biased, normally open flow check valve with on-line in-service replacement capability is disclosed. A plug member which prevents reverse flow is disposed within a housing having an orifice for passing forward fluid flow through the valve. The housing is threadingly engaged on one end with a removable spring reaction support member. A helical spring is disposed within the housing for biasing the spherical plug member in a direction away from sealing the orifice. The spring reaction support member may be threadingly disengaged from the valve housing to permit removal and/or replacement of the helical spring without releasing downstream fluid pressure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing shock loads to an operator of a vehicle during turning movement is disclosed herein. The method consists of increasing the mass of an actuator connected to a control element which controls flow of hydraulic fluid to a fluid motor that produces turning movement for the vehicle. The increased mass is spaced from the fixed rotational axis for the actuator which results in an increased moment of inertia for the actuator that resists acceleration and deceleration of the actuator thereby resisting rapid changes in turning movements for the vehicle.

Abstract: Monoethylenic monomers are copolymerized in aqueous emulsion in the presence of about 0.5-5% of a polyanionic phosphate-based emulsifying agent to provide a stable aqueous emulsion which electrodeposits at the anode to form a continuous film of high quality.

Abstract: A multilayer engine gasket is provided for resisting scoring, scratching and fretting corrosion. The gasket includes a metal core or substrate, an intermediate phosphate layer and an exterior layer of anti-fretting material. The metal core is preferably formed of steel and is constructed and arranged to be mounted between an engine head and block of an internal combustion engine, such as a diesel engine. A pair of piston-size apertures and a plurality of oil and water passageways are defined in the metal core. The intermediate phosphate layer enhances the ability of the anti-fretting material to adhere to the gasket and provides and assists in resisting anti-fretting corrosion. The exterior layer of anti-fretting material is formulated from a ratio of from about 65 per cent to about 35 per cent polytetrafluoroethylene to a ratio from about 35 per cent to about 65 per cent molybdenum disulfide by weight.

Abstract: A high gloss, water base, pigmented latex is provided by grinding a pigment into a water-free solution of a carboxyl-functional addition copolymer of monoethylenically unsaturated monomers including at least about 3% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid in water miscible organic solvent, the copolymer being at least partially neutralized with an amine, particularly an hydroxy amine, to render the said copolymer dispersible in water, and thereby form a nonaqueous pigment paste, and then mixing the nonaqueous pigment paste with an aqueous latex. The invention includes the latex paint so-produced.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for rapidly filling an inflatable dunnage bag with entrained ambient air to a predetermined maximum stabilized pressure level. A dunnage bag is provided with a housing defining a chamber extending from an opening on the exterior of the bag to an opening in the interior of the bag. In the preferred form of the method, a supply of pressurized gas or air is brought adjacent to the housing in the dunnage bag and is located relative to the housing and in alignment with the chamber to permit flow of ambient air into the chamber. One or more jets of high pressure gas or air are discharged into the chamber substantially parallel to, and spaced from, the walls of the chamber, whereby, ambient air is entrained through the chamber to the interior of the bag until an equilibrium is reached where the mass flow rate of the air entering the bag equals the mass flow rate of the air flowing back out of the bag in response to the internal pressure.

Abstract: A safe and tamper-resistant lock assembly for sliding glass doors and the like for securely locking a slidable door in a closed or partially opened position. The lock assembly includes a specially configured bracket which is mounted upon the stationary frame assembly of the door unit. The bracket has an inverted J-shaped channel and an elongated wall defining a plurality of apertures including one aperture which is positioned to overlie an aperture in the slidable frame of the door when the door is in a closed position and another aperture which is positioned to overlie the aperture in the slidable frame when the door is in a partially opened position. A specially configured locking key is provided with a cylindrical shank having an arcuate locking cam for lockably engaging the inverted J-shaped channel of the bracket when the shank is inserted into the aperture in the slidable frame and into one of the apertures in the bracket.

Abstract: Aqueous emulsions adapted for application to textile fabrics and which provide improved water and soil resistance are supplied using aqueous emulsion copolymers of nonreactive monoethylenically unsaturated monomers providing a T.sub.g below about 20.degree. C. with from 0.5% to 20% of reactive monoethylenically unsaturated monomer providing active hydrogen, preferably OH and most preferably the ##STR1## AND FROM 1 TO 40% OF A TERMINAL-BLOCKED LOWER ALKYL HYDROGEN POLYSILOXANE HAVING A VISCOSITY OF FROM 20 TO 1000 CP at 20.degree. C. In preferred practice, from 0.5 to 4% of the polysiloxane is used, and at least 50% of the copolymer is vinyl acetate.

Abstract: Method of spreading fertilizer, plant killer, or similar agents from an aircraft which includes the provision of a mobile station that receives a plurality of containers from which the agents are to be dispersed. The containers are filled at the station and moved on carrying means at the station to where they are to be subsequently lifted by the aircraft and the agents dispersed therefrom. The emptied container is returned to the station behind the filled container by the aircraft, disconnected therefrom, and the aircraft thereafter picks up a filled container.

Abstract: Apparatus for spreading fertilizer, plant killer, or similar agents from an aircraft which includes a container in which the agents are disposed, which container contains at its lower end rotating dispersion means for spreading agents to the surrounding area. The container further includes stabilizing means secured thereto for keeping the container in a predetermined attitude relative to the aircraft while maintaining the central axis of the container in substantially vertical position. The position of the container will be maintained independent of the amount of agent in the container and the flying speed of the aircraft.

Abstract: Cutting fluid residues are removed from swarf such as turnings, borings, mill scale, grinding sludge, and the like, by washing the swarf with an aqueous detergent solution so as to emulsify the residues, thereafter removing the emulsified residues by entrainment in fluid stream, and then drying the swarf. If desired, the aqueous detergent solution can be reclaimed for further use by physically separating the emulsified residues therefrom.

Abstract: Viscous brines or other viscous solutions are evaporated in a falling film evaporator in which a header having a plurality of distributor arms supplying rapidly moving solution to feed tubes is formed with a graduated cross section and the feed tubes have a total cross-sectional area substantially equal to the cross section of the line through which the viscous solution is pumped so that a substantially constant velocity is maintained throughout the header. To employ a tubular evaporator, the viscous solution from the feed tubes is spread out on a conical distributor positioned at the upper end of each evaporator tube to deposit a film of solution on the interior of these tubes.

Abstract: A wear-resistant article comprises a zinc base metal having a substantially continuous, hard chromium skin layer on at least one surface thereof and a chromium-enriched subsurface layer of the zinc base metal situated immediately below the chromium skin layer. The chromium-enriched subsurface layer has a gradually decreasing chromium content in a direction inwardly away from the skin layer and is at least as thick as the skin layer. The wear-resistant article of this invention is produced by direct electrodeposition of chromium onto the zinc base metal from a self-regulating bath under controlled conditions.

Abstract: A combination low ground pressure, low turning resistance, and self-cleaning shoe for an articulated endless track used on track-type vehicles is disclosed. The shoe is formed as a rigid body having a sloping forward planar surface and a sloping rearward surface which each run the length of the shoe and which substantially converge toward each other. Projecting from between the forward and rearward surfaces is a third surface, or traction lug. High-floatation planar bearing surfaces are located on each end of the body and each have a portion adjacent to, and of the same width as the traction lug but increase in width with increasing distance from the lug.