Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for making and stacking bundles of corrugated folded boxes into accurate loads.

Abstract: A self venting sealable vessel system for microwave assisted chemistry is disclosed. The system includes a vessel formed of a microwave-transparent material, one end of which forms an opening for placing materials inside the vessel, a lid for being seated against the opening, a flexible frame surrounding the vessel and lid and formed of a microwave-transparent material, and means for urging the frame against the vessel and seated lid with a predetermined force to seal the vessel at low pressures and so that the frame refrains from flexing until the pressure inside the vessel exceeds the predetermined force, after which the frame flexes sufficiently to allow the lid to unseat and gases to vent safely from the vessel without rupturing the vessel or the frame.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing polyester fibers having uniform primary and secondary crimps. The method includes the steps of advancing fibers into a stuffer box having an upper doctor blade and a lower doctor blade, positioning the upper doctor blade and the lower doctor blade such that the doctor blade gap is broad enough to permit the formation of secondary crimps and yet is narrow enough to maintain primary and secondary crimp uniformity, and then applying a longitudinal force against the advancing fibers to impart uniform primary and secondary crimps.

Abstract: A microwave vessel system for external and noninvasive pressure monitoring and control is disclosed. The system comprises a reaction vessel formed of a material that is transparent to microwave radiation, with the reaction vessel including a portion that is movable under pressure generated by a chemical reaction inside the vessel while maintaining the reaction sealed inside the vessel. A sensor is adjacent to the movable portion of the vessel for detecting the motion of the movable portion as the portion responds to pressure generated inside the vessel. The system includes means for maintaining the sensor against the movable portion while microwaves are applied to the vessel so that the movement of the movable portion under pressure is detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A double heterostructure for a light emitting diode comprises a layer of aluminum gallium nitride having a first conductivity type; a layer of aluminum gallium nitride having the opposite conductivity type; and an active layer of gallium nitride between the aluminum gallium nitride layers, in which the gallium nitride layer is co-doped with both a Group II acceptor and a Group IV donor, with one of the dopants being present in an amount sufficient to give the gallium nitride layer a net conductivity type, so that the active layer forms a p-n junction with the adjacent layer of aluminum gallium nitride having the opposite conductivity type.

Abstract: The invention is a method of coloring melt spun condensation polymers while avoiding hydrolytic degradation and maintaining the melt viscosity of the polymer. The method includes adding a liquid dispersion of a colorant to the melt phase of a condensation polymer, and in which the amount and type of the liquid in the dispersion will not substantially affect the melt viscosity of the condensation polymer; and thereafter spinning the colored melt phase condensation polymer into filament form. In another aspect the invention is a polyester filament including polyethylene terephthalate, a colorant, and a nonaqueous organic liquid that is soluble in melt phase polyester, and has a boiling point above 300.degree. C., but that otherwise does not modify the polymer chain.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for increasing the rate at which young poultry will ingest beneficial probiotic compositions effective against bacteria such as salmonella.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of producing a blended fabric of polyester and cotton with superior low pilling characteristics. The method comprises polymerizing a melt consisting essentially of terephthalic acid, ethlyene glycol and at least about 1300 parts per million of pentaerythritol to an intrinsic viscosity of at least about 0.55 dl/g. The resulting polymer can be spun into filament, textured, cut into staple, spun into yarn, and formed into fabric. The method and resulting polyester also have advantages in the production of polyester bottle resin and the resulting bottles.

Abstract: A method for generating information for producing a pattern, defined by design information on a medium, using at least one direct-writing pattern generating process, which first provides the design information and then calculates correction data based on the provided design information and depending on the pattern generating process which corrects pattern faults in the pattern to be generated which were caused by the pattern generating process. The design and correction information is then separately provided to the direct-writing pattern generating process for its activation.

Abstract: A microwave vessel system for external and noninvasive pressure monitoring and control is disclosed. The system comprises a reaction vessel formed of a material that is transparent to microwave radiation, with the reaction vessel including a portion that is movable under pressure generated by a chemical reaction inside the vessel while maintaining the reaction sealed inside the vessel. A sensor is adjacent to the movable portion of the vessel for detecting the motion of the movable portion as the portion responds to pressure generated inside the vessel. The system includes a structure for maintaining the sensor against the movable portion while microwaves are applied to the vessel so that the movement of the movable portion under pressure is detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A method of microwave assisted chemistry is disclosed in which power can be supplied more continuously at preferred power levels to more precisely control or moderate a chemical reaction. The method comprises measuring the duty cycle required to maintain a measured selected parameter of a sample at a predetermined set point while the sample is being exposed to microwave radiation at a first predetermined power level; and moderating the duty cycle and the applied microwave power to increase the on time of the duty cycle while applying power at a second predetermined power level that is sufficient to maintain the sample at the set point using the moderated duty cycle. A corresponding device for microwave assisted chemistry is also disclosed and comprises a cavity for receiving a sample, a waveguide connected to the cavity, a source of microwave radiation connected to the waveguide, and a switching power supply for driving the source of microwave radiation.

Abstract: An improved chemical vapor deposition method is disclosed that increases the uniformity of silicon carbide epitaxial layers and that is particularly useful for obtaining thicker epitaxial layers. The method comprises heating a reactor to a temperature at which silicon carbide source gases will form an epitaxial layer of silicon carbide on a substrate in the reactor; and then directing a flow of source and carrier gases through the heated reactor to form an epitaxial layer of silicon carbide on the substrate with the carrier gases comprising a blend of hydrogen and a second gas in which the second gas has a thermal conductivity that is less than the thermal conductivity of hydrogen so that the source gases deplete less as they pass through the reactor than they would if hydrogen is used as the sole carrier gas.