Abstract: Diazotype material having enhanced water-wet properties and especially suitable when imaged for being drawn or written upon, and for use as an intermediate original, is made of a support such as a transparent polymeric film carrying on one of its sides a light sensitive diazo layer formed of a dispersion of a light sensitive diazonium compound and a large amount of amorphous hydrated silica particles having a bound water content of at least 50% by weight in a polymeric binder consisting essentially of a 20 to 45% hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate which preferably is a product of partial hydrolysis of a PVAC having in ethyl acetate at 20.degree. C. a Heoppler viscosity of 100 to 800 mPa.s. The weight ratio of the hydrated silica to the partially hydrated PVAC in the layer typically is in the range of 2:3 to 3:2. The support advantageously carries on its other side a light-pervious drafting layer formed of a dispersion of a silica filler in a partially hydrolyzed PVAC the same as that required for the diazo layer.

Abstract: Aromatic polyamides which include units based on disulfonated aromatic diamines, the sulfonate groups being present as sulfonic acid groups or alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, aluminum, ammonium or lower alkyl quaternary ammonium salts thereof, are provided. Permselective membranes fabricated from such polyamides are also provided. The membranes are suitable for reverse osmosis, especially for purification of water.

Abstract: Prolonged tack toner consisting essentially of organic polymer, plasticizer therefor, electrically conductive metal particles, glass frit, and, optionally, inorganic particulate refractory materials, the plasticizer being present in an amount greater than its compatibility level in the polymer. The toner is useful for preparing electrically conductive images or circuits.

Abstract: Heat seal compositions and articles including the compositions are disclosed. The compositions exhibit a broad temperature range for making heat seals of variable strengths and are useful as the sole heat seal composition in making flexible packages requiring both permanent and peelable seals.

Abstract: Press-fit electrical terminals such as press-fit pins for insertion into plated through holes of circuit boards. Such pins have a generally H-shaped press-fit zone formed by a central web 2 indented with a series of transverse corrugations 4 interconnecting four perpendicularly extending compliant fins 10, 11', 12, 12'.Preferably the terminals are formed by stamping from sheet material with plurality of such pins remaining interconnected to a carrier strip until after mass insertion into plated through holes. Stamping with a pair of corrugated-faced dies into opposed anvil members reduces longitudinal movement of material during swaging and improves dimensional tolerances. The corrugations on the central web reduce flexing of the pin after installation in the plated through hole.Preferably, the terminals include a slug of solder held on at least a portion of each of the opposed faces of the central web.

Abstract: Oriented net furniture support materials made from thermoplastic elastomers have been found to possess a unique combination of properties including high strength, low creep and good flexibility. These furniture support materials can be made by extrusion through a pair of concentric die sets rotating transversely to one another or by weaving of monofilament.

Abstract: A machine tool safety system having a signal induced in a capacitive receptor antenna by the action of an electric field capacitively coupled thereto includes a receiver having an array of linear amplifiers with fast response times, a network connected to the output of each amplifier and responsive to a first command to sample the amplifier output signal, an analog-to-digital converter associated with the sampling network to quantize the signal from the first amplifier in the array that is not saturated, and a network responsive to a second command to dump the sampled signal value prior to the occurrence of the next sample time.

Abstract: A process for preparing a two layer printed circuit having conductive interconnections wherein at least one layer of a photoadhesive composition is applied to a substrate bearing an electrically conductive circuit pattern and exposing said photoadhesive layer or layers through a circuit image of three different optical densities, i.e., zero, gray and opaque, removing portions of the photosensitive layer by solvent washout, applying finely divided metal, alloy or plating catalyst to adherent image areas, optionally curing the printed circuit, e.g., heating or ultraviolet exposure and plating to form an interconnected electrically conductive circuit pattern. Multilayer printed circuits can also be prepared by repeating the steps using additional layers of photoadhesive material.

Abstract: Oriented woven furniture support materials made in part from elastomer monofilament and in part from yarn have been found to possess a unique combination of properties including high strength, low creep and good flexibility. These furniture support materials can be made by weaving of the elastomer in a first direction and the yarn in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction followed by heat-setting of the woven material.

Abstract: A process of reducing the particle size of oversize crude quinacridones to pigmentary grade material by ball or rod milling the crude quinacridone with 3-10 parts per part by weight pigment of borax pentahydrate and 5-40% by weight, based on pigment, of a monohydric alcohol containing 4-8 carbon atoms of a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 150-600.

Abstract: Security devices for a toilet bowl and refrigerator are disclosed which are designed for preventing small children from independently gaining access to the contents of the toilet bowl or the contents of a refrigerator. The toilet bowl security device (10) includes first and further suction cup members (46) and (54) fabricated from flexible air impervious material. One of such suction cup members has a face area less than the face area of the further suction cup member such that the adhesive forces of the face having the greater area are greater thereby enabling the installer to determine which surface the device adheres to at all times. These suction cup members are joined by a stem (38) and as necessary or desired may be integrally formed therewith. In the device (70) for securing a refrigerator door (72), means (86) are provided for selectively joining first and further suction cup members 78 and 82 which are secured on the cabinet portion of the refrigerator and the door (72) respectively.

Abstract: Monomethylformamide is converted to methyl isocyanate by reaction with oxygen in the presence of an inert diluent gas at 300.degree.-600.degree. C. using as catalyst sputtered silver or silver/gold on an inert, hard, nonporous support.

Abstract: An expansible shaft with an actuator having a bore through which the operating rod extends, and, adjacent one end of the actuator, a surface inclined relative to the rod which at least partially defines a recess extending radially outward of the bore. A retaining member is mounted in a recess in the outer surface of the rod in position for engaging the surface of the actuator recess so that, when the actuator is forced relative to the rod towards the retaining member, interaction between the retaining member and the surface of the actuator recess causes application of a radially inwardly directed force on the retaining member. A bearing surface at one axial end of the operating rod is defined by a portion of the exterior of a sphere and a drive screw engages and is arranged to apply force to the bearing surface.

Abstract: Photosensitive polymeric esters of alkoxybenzoin as defined which upon exposure become soluble in alkaline developers. The positive-working polymeric compounds are used as contact litho films, lithographic and relief printing plates and photoresists.

Abstract: An electrically self-powered miniature toy vehicle having three or more driven axles, and being capable of climbing over rough terrain and obstacles as well as up steep inclines. In a preferred form, the vehicle in the form of the cab of an 18-wheeler truck is only slightly longer than two AA penlight batteries placed end-to-end and the chassis is less than twice the width of such batteries. The vehicle has a small electric motor with a double-ended shaft and a gearing system which drives the three or more axles. The motor and gearing system are located along one side of the chassis while the batteries are located along the other side of the chassis. The batteries are located approximately the same height as the wheels of the vehicle, and laterally adjacent to the motor. The frame, the motor and the batteries do not protrude any appreciable distance below the level of the axles in the area between the front and rear wheel. In a preferred form there is one front wheel axle and two rear wheel axles.

Abstract: A system for the exchange of messages among a multiplicity of processing units includes a data channel and a service line interconnecting respective interfaces of these units. Each interface includes a busy-state detector determining during a test phase of a recurrent time slot whether the service line is available, a logic network connectable in a subsequent acquisition phase the service line in the event of its availability to emit successive bits of an address characterizing the respective processing unit, and a comparator determining during the aquisition phase whether an emitted address bit of a particular logic level ("1") coincides with another bit of a higher-priority level ("0") concurrently sent over the line by some other unit. If a higher-priority address bit is encountered, the emission of the address is aborted and restarted in a subsequent time slot.

Abstract: A tape cassette of a relatively small size for use in portable tape devices and the like. The cassette is formed out of two displaceable sections containing respective winding spools for the tape wherein in the sections move from a first position in which the cassette is relatively small to a second or expanded position wherein the cassette can be used in a larger tape device. A receiving container is provided adapted to receive the tape cassette to provide an outer dimension of a larger size, such as that utilizable in a standard video player/recorder.

Abstract: A protective garment fabricated at least in part from a fabric which contains a layer of a highly fluorinated ion exchange polymer having functionality of the sulfonic and/or carboxylic type in the form of an alkali metal, ammonium or amine salt.

Abstract: Nitrobenzofurazan derivatives having the formula ##STR1## are provided wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl-lower alkyl; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, hydroxy or lower alkyl; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; m is 2 or 3; and n is 0, 1 or 2; these compounds are useful analytical tools.

Abstract: A typewriter with a ribbon cartridge of the type having a frame which supports first and second ribbons on different planes, and having a mechanism which controls the positioning of the cartridge with respect to a typing member and which includes at least one drive shaft carrying cams for rotation therewith; an element for supporting the frame of the cartridge; rocker levers controlled by the cams and operable to control the displacement of the frame via the support element; and two positioning elements each of which is operable to maintain a respective lever in two distinct working positions.