Abstract: A process for fusing a toner image to a substrate includes applying to a fuser member a replenishable layer containing a controlled amount of a wicking agent; the fuser member surface sites reactive to binding with Si--H functional groups included in an organopolysiloxane. The wicking agent have an organopolysiloxane having Si--H functional groups and at least about 1.times.10.sup.-6 weight percent of a metal compound that is effective for promoting reaction between the reactive sites on the fuser member surface and the Si--H functional groups of the organopolysiloxane. The toner image is contacted with a substrate at a temperature sufficient to fuse the toner image to the substrate.

Abstract: A pressure regulation valve is disclosed which comprises a housing including first and second ports, a support for slidably supporting a tubular member defining a valve seat against which a valve element is engageable. The tubular member and valve element are spring biased into engagement with one another. In use, the application of pressurized fuel to the first port pushes the tubular member against the stop, the valve element being able to leave the valve seat in order to permit fuel flow through the valve. If the second port is at a higher pressure than the first port, the valve element moves into engagement with the valve seat, the application of a high pressure resulting in the valve element and tubular member moving until the valve element engages the support, further movement of the tubular member permitting fuel flow through the valve from the second port to the first port.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a programmable current or voltage sensing circuit for use in measuring concentration levels of combustible gases. Generally, the present invention provides an electrical apparatus for detecting the concentration level of a combustible gas comprising a pair of sensor elements each having an electrical output which is compared to the other for measuring the amount of the gas undergoing combustion. The apparatus also generally comprises a first pair of electrical circuits each connected to one sensor element for controlling the amount of electrical current or voltage at that element, a second electrical circuit connected to both elements for comparing the electrical outputs of the sensor elements to measure the amount of gas undergoing combustion, and a third electrical circuit having a reference output signal for individually controlling the amount of electrical current or voltage generated by each of the first electrical circuits.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of 5-methylchroman-6-carboxylic acid, a useful intermediate in the preparation of chroman-containing diacylhydrazines which are useful as insecticides, by reacting a Hagemann's ester with a propargyl derivative in the presence of a base and a solvent to produce a propargyl ether, rearranging the propargyl ether by application of heat with a suitable catalyst being present, with or without a solvent, to produce a cyclic ether type compound and isomerizing the cyclic ether type compound with a catalyst in a suitable solvent to produce a chroman ester. The propargyl ethers and the cyclic ether type compounds produced by the process of the present invention are new.

Abstract: A novel process for the manufacture of a lipstick is described which comprises melting a combination of colour pellets together with a measured amount of an oil blend with mixing to give a lipstick base composition and moulding said base composition into a lipstick of a predetermined colour. A colour pellet comprises: 1-50% by weight of a wax component; b) 30-65% by weight of an oil component; and c) 10-35% by weight of a pigment and/or a pearlising agent.A kit of parts suitable for implementing the process is described. The process is particularly suitable for the clean and efficient manufacture of lipsticks, of a wide range of colour, at the point of sale.

Abstract: The problems caused by chemical and thermal shrinkage of hard roll covers, are reduced by the inclusion of one or more intermediate compressive layers between the metal roll and the outer cover, or topstock. A compressive layer has the properties of being rigid enough to allow the topstock to be applied to the roll, and compressible enough to buffer and absorb the stresses which occur as the topstock is shrinking during processing.In one embodiment, the intermediate compressive layer comprises a three dimensional fabric that is filled preferably with a thermoset resin system which cures at lower temperature than topstock. In a second embodiment, the precise amount of shrinkage in the roll can be predetermined to a high enough degree of accuracy so that a depth for the fabric layer can be used to compensate for the amount of shrinkage, thereby eliminating the need for filling. In a third embodiment, the compressive layer is comprised of a wax material.

Abstract: In a computer network comprised of multiple nodes spread across different geographic locations and connected through a communication system, a Distributed Data Synchronizer (DDS) synchronizes files across the network so that user applications running at the various nodes can share common databases of information. In a preferred embodiment, rather than store master files at a server node, each node stores a master copy locally in a disk drive. When a user application modifies one of the local files, the DDS communicates the update to the appropriate remote nodes under the control of a user defined script file.

Abstract: The powered backup tong assembly 10 includes a planar support plate 14, a pair of hydraulically powered cylinders 16, 18, a pair of link arms 20, 22, and heads 24, 26, and 30 for gripping engagement with the oilfield tubular. The powered backup tong frame includes an open throat 28 for laterally moving the power tong on and off the tubular member. A pair of rear ears 32, 34 each extending laterally outward from a centerline 12 of the plate 14 facilitate mounting the pair of hydraulically powered cylinders 16, 18 laterally outward of the support plate 14. The opposing heads 24, 26 are each pivotally connected to a respective pivot arm 20, 22, and the head 30 is mounted directly to support plate 14. The power tong is relatively simple and lightweight, and is highly reliable.

Abstract: The apparatus of the invention forms a sealed pocket area which excludes water or other liquid fluent directly over a portion of an angled configuration that is to be welded, where the angled configuration is created by teeing two pieces of material together at an angle and joining them by fillet welding.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl; R.sup.2 is alkylene; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, halogen, nitro group, amino group, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, aryl, or aralkyl; X is aryl, or aromatic heterocyclic; Y is oxygen, sulfur or a group of formula >N--R.sup.4, in which R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or acyl; and Z is a group of formula (Za), (Zb), (Zc) or (Zd): ##STR2## and salts thereof can be used to treat or prevent are included those arising from hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, obesity, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), insulin resistant non-IGT (NGT), non-diagnostic glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, diabetic complications, fatty liver, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM); in addition the compounds of the present invention have aldose reductase inhibitory activity.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pourable, hot wash, refillable container comprising a base, a cylindrical body having an average side wall thickness of at least 0.635 mm, a shoulder portion, and a neck portion, the pourable, hot wash, refillable container being composed of polyethylene napthalate or a copolymer thereof, the refillable container being capable of undergoing multiple trips through a washing, filling, shipping and consumer use cycle, and the base of the container having sufficient impact resistance so that the container will not break when dropped one meter onto a concrete surface when filled with water at both 4.4.degree. C. and 22.2.degree. C. The invention is further directed to a method for manufacturing a pourable, hot wash, refillable container, which comprises the steps of forming a preform of the container composed of polyethylene napthalate or a copolymer thereof, and molding said preform to form a pourable, hot wash, refillable container.

Abstract: A polymerization process produces polymers that are insoluble in a reaction mixture that was homogeneous before the polymer began to form. A dispersing agent in the polymerizing system (i.e., the reaction mixture plus the dispersing agent) allows a kinetically stable dispersion of the polymer to be formed in this polymerizing system. The polymerization process is performed in a fluid held under superatmospheric conditions such that the fluid is a liquid or a supercritical fluid; the fluid being carbon dioxide, a hydroflurocarbon, a perfluorocarbon, or a mixture of any of the foregoing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for regulating wrinkles and/or atrophy in mammalian skin comprising treating the skin with a safe and effective amount of salicylic acid and/or additional active component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, and incontinence pads. More particularly, the present invention relates to absorbent articles, such as sanitary napkins, that have longitudinal side edge components that naturally wrap the sides of a wearer's panties which provide an alternative to conventional side flaps.

Abstract: A test structure is described which indicates the occurrence of plasma damage resulting from back-end-of-line processing of integrated circuits. The structure consists of a MOSFET which is surrounded by a conductive shield grounded to the substrate silicon along its base perimeter. The walls of the shield are formed from the sundry levels of conductive layers applied during the integrated circuit interconnection metallization beginning with contact metallurgy which is connected to a diffusion within the substrate. This diffusion is formed within a trench in field oxide surrounding the MOSFET and is of the same conductive type as the substrate material. The top conductive plate of the test structure is formed from a selected metallization layer of the integrated circuit. By forming test structures with top conductive plates formed from two different metallization levels, the plasma damage incurred during the intervening processing steps can be uniquely determined.

Abstract: Particles of melt-fabricable fluoropolymer resin have functional units only in the particle shell.

Abstract: A system converts a source image into destination image pixels that are binary. The system includes a memory which stores at least a portion of a row of source grey level pixels, and a corresponding row of a threshold matrix of plural rows of grey level pixel values, each row including at least W pixel values. A scale register stores N source grey level pixel values that have been scaled to match N grey level destination image pixel locations. A threshold register outputs, in parallel, up to N of the W threshold pixel values. Alignment logic controllably enters the threshold pixel values into the threshold register. A controller operates the alignment logic to enter the W threshold pixel values into N contiguous storage positions in the threshold register, and if W greater than N, enables entry of excess ones of the W threshold pixel values into contiguous storage positions in the threshold register after the (W-N) previously entered threshold pixel values have been outputted.