Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions suitable for molding or extruding articles such as thin-walled battery containers which possess high heat distortion temperatures and which also simultaneously possess excellent impact resistance at low temperature.

Abstract: A vented cap for a multiple cell storage battery comprises a base member having a plurality of integrally molded vent plug portions adapted to fit into individual filler wells of the battery and a cover member which snaps in place over the base member to form a chamber for gas egressing from the battery. The base member includes interior walls and a plurality of integrally molded latch members which engage the rim of the cover member to secure the cover member in abutting relationship to the interior walls. The interior walls are dimensioned to space the rim of the cover member from the rim of the base member whereby a continuous vent slot is formed around the periphery of the cap which allows battery gas to escape from the chamber with wide dispersion while inhibiting inward propagation of an externally generated flame.

Abstract: Acid electroplating baths for bright zinc plating containing a zinc salt, ammonium chloride and bath additives which include a carrier component comprising an alkyl substituted ammonium propoxylate salt, preferably a trialkylammonium propoxylate salt, and a lower molecular weight alkyl substituted naphthalene sulfonic acid, or bath soluble salt thereof, in combination with other brighteners and grain refiners for providing bright, ductile, fine grained, adherent deposits over a broad current density range.

Abstract: As improved corrosion inhibitors, reaction products of alkylene oxides and blocked phenols wherein two substituents of the phenol are non-oxyalkylatable, saturated tertiary-amino alkylene groups, and acid-stable salts of these products.

Abstract: A phonograph record molding composition formed by copolymerizing a vinyl aromatic monomer with an acrylic ester monomer in the presence of one or more waxes which composition is especially suitable for injection and compression molding and which is characterized by substantially improved wear resistance, particularly when compared to conventional polystyrene record molding materials. The compositions of this invention comprise about 90 to 98, preferably 94 to 97, weight percent of vinyl aromatic/acrylic ester copolymer (with the weight ratio of vinyl aromatic to acrylic ester of from about 10:1 to 40:1), about 1 to 9, preferably 3 to 6, weight percent of the wax component and about 0.1 to 3, preferably 0.1 to 0.8, weight percent of a suitable lubricant. Preferred copolymers are styrene/2-ethylhexyl acrylate and styrene/stearyl methacrylate copolymers.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprising a terpolymer having a weight ratio of from about 20 to 50, preferably 20 to 30, parts .alpha.-methylstyrene, about 79 to 40, preferably 73 to 67, parts methyl methacrylate and about 1 to 10, preferably 3 to 6, parts N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone. A particularly preferred terpolymer composition includes 25 parts .alpha.-methylstyrene, 70 parts methyl methacrylate and 5 parts N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone. Thermoplastic molding compositions embodying this invention are characterized by excellent transparency, high flow rates and resistance to deformation at high temperatures.

Abstract: A light-sensitive composition comprising novel arylglyoxyalkyl acrylates that exhibits useful light sensitivity. The basic structure of the new compositions, which may also themselves be polymerized are as follows: ##STR1## wherein Ar represents an aromatic structure selected from the group consisting of benzene, naphthalene and substituted products of each, R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents a grouping selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or a lower alkyl group having from one to five carbon atoms and R.sub.3 represents an alkenyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms and singular unsaturation. The light-sensitive compositions may themselves be utilized in photochemistry as photopolymers, they may be combined with suitable solvents and additives or polymerized with suitable backbone polymers to provide substances which can be used as light-sensitive coatings.

Abstract: An alkaline, electroplating bath for bright zinc plating comprising a heterocyclic nitrogen-containing compound such as, for example, nicotinic acid, which has been alkylated with a condensate of a difunctional halohydrin such as, for example, epichlorohydrin, and a hydroxy aryl compound such as, for example, vanillin, in admixture with certain polyethylenepolyamines or quaternary salts thereof, which bath is capable of producing bright, fine grained zinc deposits over a broad current density range both in the presence and absence of cyanides.

Abstract: A light-sensitive composition comprising novel arylglyoxyalkyl acrylates that exhibits useful light sensitivity. The basic structure of the new compositions, which may also themselves be polymerized are as follows: ##STR1## wherein Ar represents an aromatic structure selected from the group consisting of benzene, naphthalene and substituted products of each, R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents a grouping selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or a lower alkyl group having from one to five carbon atoms and R.sub.3 represents an alkenyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms and singular unsaturation. The light-sensitive compositions may themselves be utilized in photochemistry as photopolymers, they may be combined with suitable solvents and additives or polymerized with suitable backbone polymers to provide substances which can be used as light-sensitive coatings.

Abstract: A photoreactive composition containing an effective amount of a compound having at least two alkoxyaromaticglyoxy substituents per molecule, which substituents have the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the class consisting of H, aryl, alkyl, halo and arakyl having up to 10 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 18, Ar is an aromatic substituent, and M is selected from the class consisting of H, alkali metal, ammonium, and substituted ammonium. These compositions are useful in a wide variety of photochemical and photomechanical processes and are particularly suited for use as photopolymers, photoinitiators and photosensitizers in light sensitive coatings of presensitized lithographic plates.

Abstract: Compositions comprising the reaction product of a novel, highly branched polyalkylenimine-urea-aldehyde resin and a polyacrylic resin provide useful intermediate coatings when applied to preconditioned metal surfaces which may be subsequently coated with light sensitive materials to make photolithographic plates. The intermediate coating, particularly when applied to a grained or ungrained aluminum support member which has been anodized and finally coated with light sensitive materials produces a highly durable plate that possesses good storage characteristics and is capable of unusually extended press runs.

Abstract: A water insoluble emulsion polymer used as a component of floor finish formulations. The polymer comprises the emulsion polymerization reaction product of from about 5 to about 40% by weight alpha methylstyrene, from about 5 to about 40% by weight styrene and about 60% of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers such as, for example, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and their esters, said weights being based on the combined weight of monomers charged. The emulsion polymer is combined with an alkali soluble resin and a natural or synthetic wax to provide an emulsion floor finish product which may be of the buffable or of the self-polishing kind. The final floor finish product is an aqueous emulsion containing 8 to 45% by weight solids and preferably 10 to 20% by weight solids.

Abstract: A photoreactive composition containing an effective amount of a polymer which includes as a recurring structure: ##STR1## wherein Ar is a bivalent aromatic radical, and M is selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium, and substituted ammonium. These compositions are useful in a wide variety of photochemical and photomechanical processes and are particularly suited for use as photopolymers, photoinitiators and photosensitizers in light sensitive coatings of presensitized lithographic plates.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions suitable for molding or extruding articles such as thin-walled battery containers which possess high heat distortion temperatures and simultaneously excellent impact resistance at low temperature.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a composition comprising a copolymer product of a vinyl aromatic monomer selected from the group consisting of .alpha.-methylstyrene, 2-methylstyrene and tertiary butylstyrene, methyl methacrylate, and acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile monomers which are polymerized at regulated conditions to produce a terpolymer having a disclosed weight ratio of vinyl aromatic to methyl methacrylate to acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile. The present composition is thought to be useful for applications in which clear solvent resistant polymeric compositions are required which also have high heat resistance evidenced by high heat deflection temperatures. Such composition possesses unique properties which can be exploited through recognized molding procedures to produce many household appliances which must be subjected to high temperatures, possess substantial clarity and reasonable chemical inertness.

Abstract: A method of emulsification comprising of utilizing salts of water-soluble organic acids and phenols with at least one salt-forming aminoalkylene group. An illustrative salt which can be used is the reaction product of dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid and 2,6-Bis(dimethylaminomethylene)-4-methyl phenol. These salts in combination with non-ionic surfactants provide particularly useful emulsifying systems in salt water, hard water and bacteria-containing systems.

Abstract: An alkaline, electroplating bath for bright zinc plating containing a composition comprising a condensate of a heterocyclic compound and an epihalohydrin, for example a condensate of nicotinamide and epichlorohydrin or a corresponding quaternary salt of such condensate, which bath is capable of producing bright, fine grained zinc deposits over a broad current density range both in the presence and absence of cyanides.

Abstract: A container produced in a mold assembly comprising a cavity member and a core member having depending core segments where the free ends of such core members are stabilized during molding by means of locking members within such core members and engagable with the cavity member so as to produce partitions and walls for the containers of uniform thickness and spacing.

Abstract: A photoreactive composition containing an effective amount of a compound having at least two alkoxyaromaticglyoxy substituents per molecule, which substituents have the following general formula: ##EQU1## wherein R is selected from the class consisting of H, aryl, alkyl, halo and arakyl having up to 10 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 18, Ar is an aromatic substituent, and M is selected from the class consisting of H, alkali metal, ammonium, and substituted ammonium. These compositions are useful in a wide variety of photochemical and photomechanical processes and are particularly suited for use as photopolymers, photoinitiators and photosensitizers in light sensitive coatings of presensitized lithographic plates.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising a cooling means which can comprise an elongated coil which is connected to a reservoir means which is utilized to condense and trap material passing through the cooling means. The reservoir means is in communication with a throttling valve means which is in communication with a vacuum reservoir. The combination of elements described above can be used for sampling fluid materials and preferably, can be used for taking samples over a given period of time from a moving fluid stream such as a flue gas from a chimney or stack.