Abstract: A buffing and burnishing composition for cleaning, polishing and for reconditioning plastic and plastic coated floor surfaces, and other floor surfaces to which floor finishes including "self-polishing" preparations have been applied. The composition includes a water soluble, low volatility, linear polymer of ethylene and propylene oxide as a combination low-volatility, lubricant and plasticizer, a glycol ether as a cooperating solvent, cleaner and coupling and stabilizing agent, and a surfactant as a wetting agent and cleaner, and water. The composition is characterized by the absence of wax and ingredients which give rise to wax-like residues, by the capability of effectively solubilizing and removing any clouding wax and wax-like deposits present, by a reduced evaporation rate, and an enhanced stability in the presence of heat generated during floor surface buffing and polishing procedures.

Abstract: A dual purpose bracket is provided for cooperating with a corner post structure to join adjacent sides of a piece of furniture and to mount a caster-receiving socket. This dual purpose bracket comprises a single strip of substantially flat material formed to define a pair of substantially symmetrical joining portions and a socket-receiving portion intermediate and continuous with these joining portions. Each of the joining portions includes a portion locatable substantially coplanar with one of the adjacent sides to be joined and attachable to one adjacent side and to the corner post. The socket-receiving portion comprises a curved surface projecting inwardly with respect to an imaginary corner defined by the adjacent sides, the curvature thereof being similar to the curvature of at least a portion of the caster-receiving socket to receive the caster-receiving socket inwardly of the corner post.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a hairpiece, and to a method of making the same, and more particularly, to a hairpiece having a thin, flexible, transparent sheet member vacuum formed from thermo-setting plastic film, with hair strands extending through the sheet member and from the outer surface thereof. The embodiment of the invention disclosed herein includes a low-viscosity penetrating, anaerobic adhesive applied to the hair strands during their extent through the sheet member to secure the hair strands in place, and further includes a removable smooth transparent plastic coating on the undersurface of the sheet member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a machine and method wherein envelopes are removed from a supply hopper, one by one, and then transmitted to a plurality of sequentially disposed cutting stations wherein one end edge of the envelope is first severed, and thereafter an adjacent side edge of the envelope is severed. The envelope with two adjacent edges thus severed is transmitted to a processing station at which the envelope is opened and held open by suction cups, for removal of contents by an operator. The envelope is thereafter transmitted to a detector station to confirm content removal and then to a recovery station, and then to a point of discharge. Means is provided for adjusting the opening of the suction cups at the processing station, and stop means is provided for positioning the envelope as it reaches the processing station.

Abstract: A composition is provided for neutralizing acid corrosive agents in boiler flue gases and like vapors. In large industrial boilers and like systems, flue gases carrying sulfur trioxide contact metal surfaces of heat recovery equipment. Under some circumstances, the sulfur trioxide combines with moisture in the boiler flue gases to produce sulfuric acid. This acid can corrode the surfaces of this equipment. The composition offered here comprises a particulate carrier having a relatively large surface area, and a particulate, active neutralizing agent having a relatively small surface area surface-coated on the carrier. Here, the particulate carrier is bentonite clay and the active neutralizing agent is sodium aluminate.