Abstract: Safety glasses holders and eye glass holders for securing to hats or fabric comprising a fixed fastener design, wherein said fastener design has a broad Y-shaped insertion point, a rigid or resilient serrated tooth or ratchet type interference eyeglass holder mechanism and a narrowing U-shaped body similar to the shape of an eyeglass arm and fastening design which allows the fastener to either be sewn into or glued onto the hat for holding the arm of a pair of eye glasses, sun glasses or safety glasses.

Abstract: A semisubmersible multipurpose unit (MPU) having a deck, a multipurpose tower secured to the deck, supports, pontoons connected to the supports with each pontoon adapted for ballast transfer, at least two hawsers connected to the MPU for connecting the MPU to an object at sea having a mooring system, a hawser guidance system to direct each hawser to the object at sea, a crane secured to the deck of a semisubmersible MPU, and at least an 6-point mooring system, wherein the combination of the semisubmersible MPU, hawsers and 6-point mooring system create a global equilibrium between the mooring system of an object at sea and the at least 6-point mooring system and the hawsers have both an elasticity sufficient to accommodate the wave frequency between the object at sea and the MPU and a stiffness adequate to synchronize the average and low frequency movements during a 10-year storm.

Abstract: A non-swiveling height adjustable podium comprising a base, a column, a cam locking pneumatic cylinder disposed within the column; a receiver tube having a first tube end slidingly disposed over a first end, and a second tube end; a top mount assembly having a right side, a left side, a front side, a speaker side, a top side, a bottom side, a receiver tube engaging structure secured to the bottom side for fixedly connecting the receiver tube to the top mount assembly, a top shelf having a sloping portion and a flat portion, and wherein the sloping portion is secured to the top mount assembly; a front panel secured to the front side and the flat portion; a support structure having a first part fixed to and extending from a position between the first tube end of the receiver tube and the second end of the receiving tube to a second part secured to the front panel; a left panel secured to the left side and to the front panel; a right panel secured to the right side and the front panel; an actuation structure for

Abstract: An apparatus for transferring media (2) to and from an information transfer device (1) consisting of a media supply tray (36) for holding the media (2) and a drive roller (8). The first idle roller (10) forms a first nip for moving the media (2) from the media supply tray (36) to the information transfer device (1). The drive motor (4) is connected to the drive roller (8) for rotating the drive roller (8). The deflector (44) is located between the first nip and the information transfer device (1). The second idle roller (18) forms a second nip with the drive roller (8) for moving the media (2) from the information transfer device (1) to an exit tray (34) when the deflector (44) is in a second position.

Abstract: A bioreactor system features a vessel capable of being temperature controlled comprised of two or more cylindrical chambers separated by a common porous membrane. The chambers are capable of being mounted for rotation about a common horizontal axis, essentially creating a micro gravity environment, for the purpose of creating an interface between the chambers while maintaining fluid culture medium in at least one of the chambers and enabling cells to grow in the wells or pores disposed between the chambers. The device is formed by a tubular vessel having an inner surface and an outer surface, a first open end, a second open end and a longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Films or sheets are fabricated from blends of an ethylenic homopolymer or copolymer, a butene-1 homopolymer or copolymer, and a propylene homopolymer or copolymer wherein the weight percent of the homopolymer or copolymer is equal or greater than 25 w % and is less that of the butene-1 homopolymer or copolymer which result in good peel seal characteristics.

Abstract: A process for preparing a blend of a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and a polyurethane polymer, the novel composition, as well as articles prepared from the blend and the blend prepared by the novel process.

Abstract: A process for graft-polymerizing vinyl monomers onto cellulose fiber materials, by reacting by a fibrous carboxymethyl cellulose peroxide having a degree of substitution for the peroxide groups from 0.02 to 0.11, with a vinyl monomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a ferrous iron compound at a temperature from 20.degree. to 95.degree. C.

Abstract: A composition comprising a non-miscible blend of, as a major component, a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and a lesser amount of a mineral filler.

Abstract: A composition comprising a blend of a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and an at least partially crystalline polyamide polymer having a number average molecular weight of at least 5,000, a process for making the blend, and articles prepared thereof.

Abstract: A laminar structure comprising a substrate and a hot melt adhesive, wherein said hot melt adhesive comprises:(A) a butene-1 polymer blend of from 10% by weight of 90% by weight of an at least partially crystalline copolymer of butene-1 and ethylene, wherein the ethylene content is from about 1 mole % to about 20 mole % of said copolymer, and from 10% by weight to 90% by weight of a butene-1 homopolymer;(B) from about 20% by weight to about 60% by weight of a substantially non-polar tackifying resin selected from the group consisting of polyterpene and aliphatic resins from C.sub.5 -C.sub.9 hydrocarbon streams or hydrogenated resins thereof with softening points in the range of 70.degree. C. to 130.degree. C.; and(C) from about 0.1 phr to about 0.5 phr of an antioxidizing agent.

Abstract: A hot melt adhesive comprising a blend of:from about 10% by weight to about 90% by weight of a blend of from 10% by weight to 90% by weight of an at least partially crystalline copolymer of butene-1 and ethylene, wherein the ethylene content is from about 1 mole percent to about 20 mole percent of said copolymer, and from 10% by weight to 90% by weight of a butene-1 homopolymer;from about 10% by weight to about 90% by weight of a tackifying resin; andfrom about 0.1 phr to about 0.5 phr of an antioxidizing agent.

Abstract: A weatherproof coating for roofs or decks is formed when an adhering material is used in conjunction with a nonwoven mat formed from a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon.

Abstract: A process for the in-reactor stabilization of an alpha olefin comprising the steps of sequentially:adding alpha olefin monomer into a polymerization reactor;adding a mixture of selectivity control agent and cocatalyst to the polymerization reactor;adding a procatalyst to the polymerization reactor;injecting an alkyl-aluminum-antioxidant into the polymerization reactor;injecting an acid acceptor into the polymerization reactor; andpolymerizing the monomers in the reactor.

Abstract: An improved polyolefin pipe or wire and coating composition having improved resistance to deterioration in the presence of chlorinated and nonchlorinated water and having improved resistance to temperatures in the range of about 0.degree. C., as well as in cool water consisting of a blend of:(a) about 93 to about 99.5 percent by weight of an isotactic poly-1-butene polymer;(b) about 0.05 to about 0.50 percent by weight of a hindered amine UV stabilizer;(c) about 0.05 to about 1.1 by weight of a hindered phenolic thermal stabilizer having a molecular weight above 530;(d) about zero to about 0.5 percent by weight of a nucleating agent;(e) about zero to about 4 percent by weight of a pigment;(f) about zero to about 3.0 percent by weight of a filler; and(g) up to about 3.0 percent by weight of a chelating agent.

Abstract: A molecularly miscible blend of a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and a polyvinyl phenol.

Abstract: A composition of matter or a film for producing a peelable heat seal between substrates on which it is carried, comprising a blend of:(a) about 6 to about 25 weight percent of polybutylene having a melt index of about 0.1 to about 500;(b) about 75 to about 92 weight percent of modified EVA or modified low density polyethylene; and(c) about 2 to about 15 weight percent of polypropylene; andwherein said blends are coated onto either nylon or polycarbonate.

Abstract: A separation membrane having cell sizes in the range of 0.1 to 10 microns, prepared by:mixing at least one linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrogen in a solvent forming a solution;casting said solution on a substance, andremoving at least a portion of said solvent.

Abstract: A non-crosslinked foam of a composition comprising:(A) 72 to 98% by weight of a 1-butene polymer; and(B) 28 to 2% by weight of a propylene polymer, the percentages being based on the total weight of the 1-butene polymer and the propylene polymer.

Abstract: A process for solvent welding pure polybutene-1, or blends or copolymer of polytbutene-1 to polybutene-1 where the polybutene-1 items are contacted with a solvent such as methylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran or cyclohexane and then contacted together within a variable period of time after solidification of the polybutene-1 items.