Abstract: A method of forming or treating an article or preform (10) and an article or preform made according to the method are provided. The method includes the step of providing around at least part of the article or preform (10) a generally tubular element (14) whose effective cross-section tends to reduce on extension, and applying an extension load to the tubular element (14) thereby to apply a compression load to the exterior of the article or preform to aid consolidation thereof.

Abstract: A composite laminated sheet comprises a thermoplastic crystalline film and a non-woven fabric having a thermoplastic conjugated fiber comprising the low melting point component and the high melting point component, in which the difference in the melting point between the low melting point component and the high melting point component is not less than 10° C.; the difference in the melting point between the thermoplastic crystalline film and the low melting point component of the conjugated fiber is not more than 30° C.; and the temperature of the position corresponding to 10% of the area from the side of the melting starting point of the endothermic peak of an entire conjugated fiber evaluated by DSC is between the melting starting point and the melting completion point of the endothermic peak of the film evaluated by DSC.

Abstract: A method for grinding colorant agglomerates with a grinding medium comprising a Group IIIB and/or a lanthanide element and a Group IVB oxide. The grinding medium has a grain size of less than about 1.35 microns, and results in the production of substantially pure colorant concentrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blend composition and a method for the use of such to improve the adhesion properties of coatings. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of a polymeric blend containing a macromolecular aqueous dispersion, an acid-functional alkali-soluble resin, and an aminosilane in order to provide adhesion of coatings over difficult surfaces such as chalky substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing ink which consists of pigments, an alkyd resin binder modified with fatty acids having an iodine number from 120 to 280 (g of I2/100 g), a phenolic resin-modified rosin binder and, if appropriate, further binders and further conventional constituents, such as lubricants, solvents, thickeners and thixotropic agents. The alkyd resin binder and the phenolic resin-modified rosin binder are present in proportions from 10 to 40% by weight and 60 to 90% by weight respectively, their sum giving 100% by weight. The alkyd resin has an acid number of Less than 11 and a hydroxyl number from 40 to 260 and has been prepared by reacting a) an unsaturated fatty acid having 6 to 20 carbon atoms or a mixture of such acids or their triglycerides with b) a polyol and c) a dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: Polymer is recovered by ultrafiltration from a whitewater waste stream generated during the production of a polymer latex. The whitewater stream is circulated through an ultrafiltration system in laminar flow, under conditions of shear insufficient to destabilize the whitewater emulsion, and the recovered polymer is in the form of an emulsion which may be blended at significant levels into the original polymer latex without degrading its performance properties.

Abstract: Automotive bedliners (e.g., for pickup trucks) are formed from a sheet of thermoplastic material having electrically conductive fibers embedded in a surface thereof in an amount sufficient to render said sheet electrically conductive. The bedliners are most preferably formed of a thermoplastic material (e.g., a polyolefin, such a polyethylene and/or polypropylene) having a matrix of electrically conductive fibers physically embedded in at least one side thereof. By physically embedding the conductive fibers in a surface of the bedliner, the fibers are capable of establishing electrical continuity between the bedliner and the pickup truck bed thereby effectively dissipating static electrical charges.

Abstract: This invention relates to metallized, particularly aluminized, fabrics which are coated with specific polyurethane finishes. Such specific polyurethanes must be cross-linked and present in latex form. Upon impregnation within metal-coated fabrics, these particular polyurethanes provide vastly improved washfastness properties to the fabrics and thus ensure the retention of substantially all the metal coating within and on the target fabric.

Abstract: An ink for ink jet printers contains an aqueous carrier medium; an aqueous carrier medium insoluble colorant; a polymeric dispersant; and a hydrosol polymer is stable, exhibits excellent print quality, and provides excellent smear resistance after drying and good decap or crusting time.

Abstract: An article for absorbing fluid includes a fluid-storage region and a fluid receiving region. The fluid receiving region releases fluid to the fluid storage and has a dry laid web of staple fibers with a high bulkiness. The article may be used for treating female incontinence.

Abstract: A conductive paste comprising conductive powder and low-melting glass frit, wherein the low-melting glass frit constituting the conductive paste crystallizes crystals during firing to increase the resistivity of the conductive paste.

Abstract: Articles of manufacture which comprise biodegradable fibers and fabrics made therefrom. The fibers are made from starch-based biodegradable thermoplastic polymers, which preferably include a an additional biodegradable thermoplastic polymer blended with thermoplastic starch for improved chemical and physical properties. Threads or fibers for the manufacture of these articles are drawn in a process that improves their mechanical properties, particularly their strength. These threads or fibers can be used in the manufacture of articles that have open, semi-densely packed or densely packed structures.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a melt-blown non-woven fabric based on cellulose esters, with fibers of mean diameter less than about 10 microns. The fabric contains 0-10 wt. % extractable softener, has a reflection factor determined according to DIN 53 145 Part I (1992) of more than 60% and the cellulose ester has a degree of substitution DS of about 1.5-3.0. The softener is preferably water-extractable. A melt-blown non-woven fabric is produced with the cellulose ester as follows: a cellulose ester, cellulose acetate, with a DS of about 1.5-3.0, in particular 1.7-2.7, is mixed with softener in a weight ratio of about 2:1 to 1:4 and simultaneously heated and melted. The mixture of softener and cellulose ester has a melting index MFI (210/2.16) according to DIN 53 735 of about 400 to 5 g/10 min., in particular 300 to 50 g/10 min. The melt is worked in a melt-blown spinning device into a melt-blown non-woven fabric and the softener is then extracted with a softener solvent to leave a proportion of 0-10 wt. %.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for the detection of microorganisms, which comprises a laminate of an adhesive layer mainly composed of a water-soluble polymer and a water-permeable membrane which does not allow passage of the microorganisms; a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for the detection of microorganisms, wherein the surface of the adhesive layer has a contact angle with water of not more than 90°; and a method for detecting a microorganism, which comprises bringing the surface of an adhesive layer of a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet into contact with the surface of a test object, and then bringing the surface of the adhesive layer into contact with water, said adhesive layer or water containing a chromogenic reagent. The use of the laminate makes it possible to leave only stained microorganisms on the water-permeable membrane and to precisely observe the color developed by the microorganisms.

Abstract: A die head assembly for meltblowing thermoplastic material comprising a first chamber for receiving a pressurized fluid, a second chamber for receiving a pressurized molten thermoplastic material, the second chamber defining an outlet through which the molten thermoplastic material exits the die head, and a fluid tube removably securable to the first chamber and defining a passageway having an inlet in communication with the first chamber and an outlet extending at least into the outlet of the second chamber. The die head assembly of claim 1, wherein the outlet of the second chamber defines a longitudinal axis, and the outlet of the second chamber and the outlet of the fluid tube define at least one elongated opening therebetween elongated in a direction extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the molten thermoplastic material passing through the elongated opening as it exits the die head.

Abstract: Disclosed are a novel polylactone having amino groups and to a process for the preparation thereof. The polylactone having amino groups of the present invention is excellent in color hue, and it can be preferably employed in fields such as coatings, inks, ultraviolet ray curable or electronic beam curable resins, etc., in which the color hue becomes a serious problem. Furthermore, disclosed are a novel compound having amino groups and to a process for the preparation thereof. The compound having amino groups of the present invention can be preferably employed as a dispersant for pigments in a coating composition or a printing ink composition.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polyester textile fabric having a relatively low level of particulate contaminates and high absorbency is provided by heatsetting the fabric at a temperature of 300° F. or less.

Abstract: Color images with high fixation comparable to that of silver salt photographic images are formed on printing papers, using aqueous ink compositions by ink jet recording. Color images thus formed have high saturation and high resolution. An intercalated compound capable of fixing water-soluble dyes to a printing paper due to the intercalation based on ion-exchanging between them is incorporated into the dye-receiving layer 2 of the paper, on which color images are formed by ink jet recording using an aqueous ink composition containing a water-soluble dye. The content of the intercalated compound in the layer 2 is from 10 to 90% by weight. As the intercalated compound, montmorillonoids are preferred when water-soluble cationic dyes are used while hydrotalcite-group minerals are preferred when water-soluble anionic dyes are used. FIG. 1 is selected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blend composition and a method for the use of such to improve the adhesion properties of coatings. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of a polymeric blend containing a macromolecular aqueous dispersion, an acid-functional alkali-soluble resin, and an aminosilane in order to provide adhesion of coatings over difficult surfaces such as chalky substrates.

Abstract: An adhesive composition based on resorcinol novolac or resorcinol-phenolic novolac contains 35-75% by weight of novolac, less than 25% by weight of water, and 10-40% by weight of an aliphatic divalent, trivalent alcohol. The adhesive composition may also contain up to 20% by weight of filter, based on the amount of novolac, water and alcohol. In a method for preparing the adhesive composition based on resorcinol novolac or resorcinol-phenolic novolac, the novolac is produced by conventional condensation, whereupon an aliphatic divalent, trivalent or tetravalent alcohol is added and water in the novolac is distilled off, resulting in an adhesive composition as defined above. Alternatively, the amount of water can be reduced in the condensation of the novolac to be replaced with an aliphatic divalent, trivalent or tetravalent alcohol.