Abstract: A release coating used in cooking and baking comprising a thermosettable polyorganosiloxane resin, a noncurable polydiorganosiloxane fluid, and a combination of at least two metal containing compounds. Optionally, the coatings may contain carboxylic acid.

Abstract: A method of improving the heat stability of silicone elastomers is disclosed. An improved pigmentable silicone elastomeric composition is produced by mixing a silicone elastomer composition having a vinyl radical content of from 0.01 to 0.1 percent by weight with a pretreated, white clay having a surface area of less than 50 m.sup.2 /g, said surface containing olefinic unsaturated siloxy groups, and an organic peroxide vulcanizing agent. The improved silicone elastomeric composition is formed, then heated to vulcanize, to yield a silicone elastomer having improved resistance to the effects of elevated temperatures. The improved silicone elastomeric composition is also claimed. The improved silicone elastomeric composition can be pigmented.

Abstract: Mixing under low shear vinyl-containing polyorganosiloxane, a silicon-bonded hydrogen polysiloxane and a platinum catalyst, and continue mixing produces a crumb which has an extrusion rate of at least 50 grams per minute through an orifice of 0.5 inch diameter under a pressure of 345 kilopascals and compression points of less than 1035 kilopascals. The crumb is useful in hydraulic applications.

Abstract: A method of constructing a weatherproof coating over a roof comprises laying a piece or pieces of cloth over a roof, bonding the pieces of cloth together at any seams, adhering the cloth to the roof surface at least at the edges and projections, then coating the cloth with a liquid elastomeric silicone composition. The composition cures under ambient conditions to yield a water impermeable membrane that has been manufactured in place. A preferred embodiment uses unimpregnated, non-woven thermoplastic cloth having an upper surface thermally treated to remove projecting fibers, the thermally treated surface being subsequently wash coated with a layer of liquid elastomeric silicone emulsion except for any surface of the cloth edges which will be subsequently bonded at any seams, the wash coating being cured before application of the coated cloth to the roof.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for increasing the ceramic yield of a ceramic material obtained by firing a R.sub.3 SiNH-containing silazane polymer to an elevated temperature in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum. The method involves adding certain boron compounds to the R.sub.3 SiNH-containing silazane polymer prior to firing. Suitable boron compounds include, among others, metaboric acid, orthoboric acid, and organoboron compounds of the general formula BR.sub.3 " where R" is selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms, phenyl radicals, and --OR'" radicals where R'" is an alkyl radical containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for increasing the ceramic yield of a ceramic material obtained by firing a R.sub.3 SiNH-containing silazane polymer to an elevated temperature in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum. The method involves adding certain metallic compounds to the R.sub.3 SiNH-containing silazane polymer prior to firing. Metallic compounds which increase the ceramic yield include ruthenium compounds, palladium compounds, silver compounds, indium compounds, iridium compounds, and platinum compounds.

Abstract: A solid lubricant combination comprising (a) 25 to 65 parts by weight graphite, (b) 15 to 45 parts by weight zinc sulfide, (c) 5 to 20 parts by weight antimony (III) sulfide, and (d) 5 to 20 parts by weight of an alkali earth metal phosphate, or other inorganic metal phosphate or mixtures of such phosphates which are commonly known as solid lubricants, is described. The solid lubricant combination is especially suitable as an additive to friction linings and results in an improvement in their tribological properties.

Abstract: An inflatable surgical implant having a remotely located inflation button also designed for implantation and adopted to be pierced by a hypodermic needle. A fluid conduit connector in the wall of the implant for fluid communication with the inflation button has a center element which is rotatable in a cup-shaped elastomeric fixed element. A flange in the fixed element cooperating with a groove in rotatable element holds the rotatable element in place. The fixed element is made of elastomeric material such as silicone rubber which is forced by internal pressure into fluid tight relationship with the rotating element. Silicone fluid is optionally placed between the two elements to further effect positive sealing. As an alternate, an integral inflation button may be built into the rotatable element to allow the surgeon a choice of inflation sites.

Abstract: Compounds represented by the general formula ##STR1## when a and b are each 0 or 1 and R represents OH or lower alkoxy when a is 1, or OH or -NR'.sub.2 when a is zero. They can be prepared by the reaction of allyl glycidly ether with the appropriate organic acid e.g. salicylic acid.Useful as ultra-violet absorbent substances and as intermediates for the preparation of other such substances, for example by polymerization and copolymerization and by reaction with organosilicon compounds having silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms.

Abstract: A medical-surgical dressing comprising a reinforced sheet of silicone elastomer foam having a thickness not exceeding 10 millimeters, one of the surfaces of the sheet having a surface layer of open cell foam and the other surface having a substantially non-cellular surface skin. The dressing may be manufactured by a process comprising depositing a liquid foamable silicone composition on an absorbent surface, allowing the composition to foam and set to an elastomer and thereafter separating the foam sheet from the substrate.The dressings are useful e.g. for the treatment of wounds, burns and as liners for plaster casts.

Abstract: This invention is a method of producing a colloidal silica reinforced polydiorganosiloxane fluid in aqueous emulsion. The method combines an acidic aqueous colloidal silica sol and low molecular weight hydroxyl endblocked polydiorganosiloxane with anionic emulsifying agent, then homogenizes the mixture to form an emulsion. Because the water in the colloidal silica sol is used to supply water for the emulsion, it is possible to produce emulsions with solid content as high as 80 percent by weight. The emulsion is then mixed with surface active anionic catalyst and aged at room temperature to allow the polydiorganosiloxane to polymerize. Polymerization is halted by adding base to bring the pH to greater than 7. The reinforced polydiorganosiloxane emulsion can be further mixed with diorganotindicarboxylate and aged to give a curable emulsion which yields an elastomer upon removal of the water.

Abstract: This invention provides novel silanes and bis-silylhydrocarbons that contain a plurality of silicon-bonded alkoxy groups and at least one substituent that is bonded to silicon through oxygen and contains at least four carbon atoms, two of which form a terminal group of the formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--. A preferred class of these compounds will cohesively bond polyorganosiloxane elastomers and resins to both organic and inorganic substrates.

Abstract: A novel mixed binder system for agglomerates is disclosed. The agglomerates are suitable for use in the production of metals and alloys in a carbothermic reduction process such as the production of silicon in a direct arc furnace by the carbothermic reduction of silica. The agglomerates prepared using this mixture binder system have high physical strength over a wide temperature range. The mixed binder system consists essentially of a primary binder selected from the group consisting of coal tar pitch, asphalt, and petroleum pitch and a secondary binder selected from the group consisting of lignosulfonate salts, carbohydrates, and silicates.

Abstract: Compositions of hydroxyl endblocked polydiorganosiloxanes and tetrafunctional ethoxy-ketoximo silane mixtures containing tetraketoximosilane, monoethoxytriketoximosilane, diethoxydiketoximosilane, and triethoxymonoketoximosilane provide one package room temperature compositions. Exposing these compositions to moisture results in a rapid cure without the use of a curing catalyst.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved transdermal drug delivery device for the controlled transdermal delivery of amino-functional drugs. The improvement resides in providing the device with a silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which has been chemically treated to reduce the silicon-bonded hydroxyl content of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition to render the adhesive layer resistant to loss of tack and preserve the instant adherence of the device to the skin of a wearer during storage and while the device is being worn. Preferably, the composition used comprises a silicon-bonded hydroxyl radical containing resinous copolymer of R.sub.3 SiO.sub.1/2 units and SiO.sub.4/2 units and a polydiorganosiloxane which have been chemically treated with R.sub.3 SiO.sub.1/2 units where R is preferably a hydrocarbon radical such as a methyl group to reduce the silicon-bonded hydroxyl content of the adhesive and thereby its sensitivity to amino-functional drugs.

Abstract: A method for painting coil coated substrates which comprised (a) coating said substrate with a primer composition comprising organoxysilane, tetralkyltitanate, and a volatile organic solvent, (b) drying said primer coat, and (c) coating said dried primer coat with a protective coating.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for edge contouring and severing a lens such as a contact lens of an elastomeric material such as a silicone elastomer from a workpiece containing the lens. The method most preferably employs two beam focussing means such as laser optics systems situated opposite each other which project a ring-shaped beam of, e.g., 10.6 micron wavelength radiation from a carbon dioxide laser at a workpiece centered between the two beam focussing means. Such a laser beam is preferably directed at both surfaces of a workpiece to fully edge contour and sever a contact lens from the workpiece in a fast and efficient manner.

Abstract: This invention relates to an implantable, multiple envelope tissue expander and to a method of using the same to produce a flap or section of tissue having a preselected shaped for use in plastic surgical procedures. The device consists essentially of at least two separately inflatable envelopes wherein one is used as a base and is fixed to body members underlying the tissue to be expanded. The other envelope is smaller in volume than the first and is attached to the upper half of the base envelope to expand the tissue overlying the second envelope to a greater extent than is accomplished by the first envelope to thereby produce a section of tissue with a preselected shape.

Abstract: This invention is a method of improving the shelf life and oil resistance of silicone elastomeric sealants which are based upon hydroxyl endblocked polydiorganosiloxanes, alkyltrialkoxysilane, and titanate catalyst. The improvement is accomplished by the addition of from 10 to 100 parts by weight of silethylene ended polymer of the formula ##STR1## where each R is an organic radical selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, phenyl, and trifluoropropyl, each R" is methyl or ethyl, Z is an ethylene radical or combination of ethylene radicals and siloxane radicals, a is 0 or 1, and x is of a value such that the polymer has a viscosity of from 0.05 to 10 Pa.s at 25.degree. C.

Abstract: A novel organosilane coupling agent is disclosed and its use as an adhesion promoter in mineral-filled unsaturated polymer systems is described. Additionally, use of the organosilane as a primer for various substrates is presented. The coupling agent comprises the reaction product of an isocyanatoalkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid with an aminoorganosilane. The organosilane so formed links the acryloxyalkyl or methacryloxyalkyl functionality to an alkylene, or aminoalkylene, group on the silicon atom through a urea group. Use of the organosilane as a coupling agent in a mineral-filled unsaturated polymer results in superior resistance to moisture, particularly when the polymer is selected from the group of corrosion resistant unsaturated polyesters.