Abstract: A method of applying a filled thermosetting resin flooring material to an essentially horizontal substrate to produce a non-porous protective coating which involves compounding a mixture of a thermosetting resin with an aggregate, the mixture using a low level of 50 to 75% aggregate by weight; the aggregate being a graded aggregate that will produce maximum packing and having a specific gravity of over 2.0; the thermosetting resin having a room temperature cure and a viscosity less than 1500 cps; spreading or troweling the mixture on the substrate producing a resin rich layer upon setting; and broadcasting onto the resin rich layer an aggregate having a specific gravity of over 2.0, thereby producing a finished flooring material containing 76 to 82% filler by weight.

Abstract: A process for glossing a developer sheet and an apparatus useful therein are provided. The developer sheet has a thermoplastic developer resin on the surface thereof wherein the thermoplastic developer resin is capable of forming a film which imparts gloss upon the applications of heat thereto. In the process, an arched plate is heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the thermoplastic developer resin to coalesce. The arched plate has a heat transfer limiting blanket thereon to maintain the flatness of the developer sheet. The developer sheet is fed between the convex side of the heated arched plate and a belt held snugly against the plate. The belt is driven so as to move the developer sheet over the heated arched plate.

Abstract: This specification discloses a method of bonding an oil-based ceramic paint to a surface of a glass sheet. The method is initiated by washing the glass sheet with hot water to both clean and heat the glass sheet. Any excess water is removed from the washed glass sheet. An oil-based ceramic paint is applied to a surface of the washed glass sheet. Thereafter, the heat placed in the glass sheet by the washing operation is utilized to take part in the bonding of the ceramic paint to the surface of the glass sheet as the oil vehicle of the ceramic paint is evaporated.

Abstract: Seed grains are dressed and/or encrusted with an aqueous dressing and/or encrusting liquid wherein the liquid contains a relatively large amount of water and the treated seed grains are dried very rapidly in a pneumatic conveyor pipeline.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for applying to sheet steel an electrically insulating layer which permits mainly a satisfactory welding of the sheets when they have been blanked and stacked. The sheet steel is contacted with a treating liquor which contains a resin that is adapted to be diluted in an alkaline aqueous medium and also contains a fluoride of a polyvalent metal, particularly aluminum fluoride, in an amount of 0.1 to 80 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight resin. The treating liquor is subsequently dried and the sheet is subjected to a stress-relieving annealing, if required.In preferred embodiments of the invention a treating liquor is employed which additionally contains borates and/or dispersed particles comprising silicate and/or polymers and which is applied by means of rollers and is dried at 120.degree. to 350.degree. C.

Abstract: A primer composition for metallic material comprising (a) a urethane epoxy ester resin having primary hydroxyl groups and a number average molecular weight of 6000 to 12,000, (b) a chromate anticorrosive pigment and (c) a polyethylene wax having a density of 0.94 or more, a molecular weight of 1000 to 10,000 and an acid value of 15 or less (KOH mg/g), the pigment volume concentration being 24 to 45% of the total solids of the composition.A chemical pretreatment on various metallic materials for improvements in scratch resistance, corrosion resistance and the like can be obviated by the use of said primer composition.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of producing an elongated, fiber-reinforced composite having a glass or glass-ceramic matrix and an elongated axial form. A continuous length of fibers is impregnated with glass and the impregnated fiber body consolidated by being pultruded through a die. A combination of axial tension to pultrude the fiber body and sintering pressures exerted by the die result in a composite body of continuous length.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sustained-release transdermal delivery preparation which comprises a slow-release microcapsule containing 2-nitroxymethyl-6-chloropyridine or its occlusion compound with .beta.-cyclodextrin and a skin-compatible base.

Abstract: A device for protecting the beauty rims of ceiling-mounted water sprinklers comprises a shield member having a closed end removably attached to one end of an elongate handle. The shield member has an open end terminating in a flared lip, the interior surface of which is provided with a ring of adhesive material. The method of using the device includes the steps of (a) attaching the closed end of the shield member to the handle end; (b) placing the open end of the shield member over the sprinkler to cover the sprinkler and the rim, whereby the adhesive material adheres to the rim; (c) removing the handle from the closed end of the shield member, leaving the shield member attached to the rim by the adhesive material; (d) painting the ceiling around the shield member; and (e) removing the shield member from the rim.

Abstract: Process for protecting magnetic tapes, during their operation, from the friction and wear caused by the contact with accessories, either or not metallic, forming the cassette which contains said tapes, characterized in that said accessories are lubricated with a neutral perfluoropolyethereal fluid or with a perfluoropolyethereal fluid having functional groups at one or both ends of the polymeric chain.

Abstract: A process for protecting marble, stones, tiles, cement and similar materials from the action of atmospheric and polluting agents, by applying a perfluropolyether to the surface of the manufactured article, characterized by using a perfluoropolyether having at one or at both ends functional groups capable of acting as anchoring agents for the substrate.

Abstract: A method for enhancing the transdermal flux of a transdermally deliverable drug through intact skin is described in which the drug is delivered simultaneously with glycerol monolaurate. Preferred embodiments of therapeutic systems for delivering drug and glycerol monolaurate employ matrix containing drug at a concentration above saturation.

Abstract: Woven pile fabrics, particularly upholstery fabrics and corduroy, characterized by a superior balance of strength and softness are back-coated utilizing an aqueous emulsion prepared by the emulsion polymerization of a vinyl ester of an alkanoic acid interpolymerized with 10 to 30% by weight ethylene; 15 to 40% by weight of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.10 dialkyl maleate; to 5% by weight of copolymerizable N-methylol containing monomer; 0 to 4% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid and 0 to 1% by weight of a polyethylenically unsaturated comonomer.

Abstract: An anti-inflammatory analgesic adhesive preparation is disclosed, comprising a flexible support having laminated thereon a pressure-sensitive adhesive material layer which contains a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic agent having salt form and an organic acid. This adhesive preparation has excellent percutaneous absorption properties.

Abstract: Woven pile fabrics, particularly upholstery fabrics and corduroy, characterized by a superior balance of strength and softness are backcoated utilizing an aqueous emulsion prepared by the emulsion polymerization of: 30 to 50% by weight of a vinyl ester of an alkanoic acid; 10 to 30% by weight ethylene; 30 to 50% by weight of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate; 1 to 5% by weight of copolymerizable N-methylol containing monomer; 0 to 4% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid and 0 to 1% by weight of a polyethylenically unsaturated comonomer.

Abstract: Polyester/cotton and nylon/cotton blends are rendered flame-resistant in a two step process in which a THP salt prepolymer condensate of urea is applied, exposed to ammonia, then oxidized to form a polymer network in the cotton fibers, and cyclic phosphonate ester or hexabromocyclododecane is applied to impart flame resistance to the nylon or polyester fibers. Flame-resistant cotton/synthetic blended fabrics having excellent hand and washfastness result.

Abstract: A sustained release coating composition, comprising a mixture of from 0.5-10 parts by weight of a metallic soap per 100 parts by weight of a higher alcohol.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of dehydrating a thin water based ceramic slurry coating on a foam pattern assembly having hidden internal surfaces. The method comprises sequentially subjecting the coated assembly to a first warm air flow at a sufficient temperature and time to dehydrate and remove 60-80% of the water of the coating, and secondly subjecting the dehydrated coating assembly to low level microwave energy to substantially remove the remainder of the water in all of the coating, the dehydrated coating being devoid of bubbles or cracking.The coating is made by use of a slurry comprising a thixotropic silica water suspension with the silica comprising only 40-50% of the slurry; the slurry also may include a small portion of clay and in some cases an acrylic or epoxy glue additive. The pattern assembly or cluster is comprised of a plurality of molding patterns integrally carried by a gating system and common sprue, the patterns being at least four in number and radiating from the common sprue.

Abstract: A thermosetting organosiloxanic composition for protective coatings consists of a solvent and of the reaction product of four components, each one selected from one of following classes:(a) aminoalkoxysilanes;(b) formaldehyde or substances able to release formaldehyde;(c) alkyl- or alkenyl-acyloxy-silanes;(d) water;and is obtained by interreacting metered amounts of (a) and (b) components, by operating in the absence of solvents or diluents, and, separately, metered amounts of (c) and (d) components, by operating in an alcoholic solvent, and then mixing together the two reaction products obtained.Also a process is disclosed for polycarbonate sheets coating, by means of the above compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a magnet wire composition comprising the reaction product of a polyamide resin, a titanate catalyst, and a solvolytic agent admixed with a blocked polyisocyanate and hydroxylated polyester. Also disclosed is a method of applying such a magnet wire enamel to a magnet wire substrate and additionally disclosed is a method for making such magnet wire enamel.