Abstract: A laminated glazing unit composed of an improved polymer interlayer composite interposed between two glass sheets and its method of manufacture are disclosed. The improved interlayer contains various layers with appropriate thicknesses of silane primer, poly(ethylene vinyl acetate) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) arranged and bonded together in a particular fashion to increase the fragment retention capabilities of the laminated glazing while also improving the overall penetration resistance and safety characteristics of the structure without increasing the rigidity to a point where it poses a safety threat to the occupant.

Abstract: A thermal insulator for sleeping bags and protective clothing and comprising silicon treated continuous filament fibers which are unquilted and unbonded, and chopped staple fibers intermixed with opposed surfaces of the continuous filament fibers and laminated to a liner or shell fabric. The silicon treated continuous filament fibers which are unquilted and unbonded have the freedom to freely move relative to each other to achieve a loft 2 or 3 times greater than has heretofore been possible in thermal insulators for sleeping bags and protective clothing.

Abstract: A vehicle window 100 comprises a glass sheet 101 bearing a coating 102. The coating 102 is a tin oxide coating located on an external face of the vehicle window, and has been polished after deposition.Such a coating can confer increased abrasion resistance, and facilitates removal of frozen condensation. The coating may be electrically conductive so that it reduces the emissivity of the coated face in respect of infra-red radiation having wavelengths greater than 3 micrometers.A method of manufacturing a transparent vehicle window is disclosed which comprises depositing a coating on a face of a piece of glass in sheet or ribbon form, the coating deposited being a tin oxide coating. After deposition the coating is subjected to a polishing treatment.

Abstract: A cast simulated-stone containing flattened globules of overfilled, cured resin, which flattened globules substitute for natural stone chip additives and other such additives. The globules are formed by mixing an excess of a filler with a catalyzed liquid resin composition, the filler being added in an amount sufficient to cause the liquid to break apart into discrete, separable globules of resin composition. The globules are combined with a liquid resin composition and compressed and flattened in forming the simulated-stone.

Abstract: Ceramic-metal composite bodies are disclosed, which are each formed by joining a projection on a ceramic member to a recess or a through hole formed in a metallic member together. A groove portion is provided substantially all around the outer periphery of the metallic member such that a fitting end of the metallic member is located in a position corresponding to the groove portion. A difference between a diameter of a bottom of the groove portion and an outer diameter of the projection of the ceramic member is 0.05 to 0.8 times as large as a difference between an outer diameter of the metallic member and the outer diameter of the projection of the ceramic member.

Abstract: A transdermal nicotine patch comprising an antipruritic to counteract pruritis observed with the transdermal administration of nicotine is disclosed. The patch can be any conventional patch type, e.g., reservoir, adhesive or polymeric matrix.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel implant material excellent in biocompatibility, stability in living body and mechanical properties, comprising a metallic material and a layer of a thermosetting resin or a layer of a composition comprising the thermosetting resin and hydroxyapatite, the layer of the thermosetting resin or the layer of the composition being formed around the metallic material.

Abstract: An expanded perlite insulation board having an integrally attached scorch-resistant layer is provided. During formation of the perlite insulating board using a traditional Fourdrinier manufacturing process, a liquid slurry of mineral wool and clay is applied to the still-wet perlite board, forming a coating thereon. Upon completion of the manufacturing process, the coated layer protects the underlying perlite board from scorching during installation of the outer modified bitumen layer when using the open flame, propane torch method of installation.

Abstract: An inexpensive lamination for use in transformers and/or other static or dynamic electric machines has a metallic layer one side of which is provided with a coat of hardenable adhesive and the other side of which is provided with a coat of insulating material. At least the adhesive coat can contain particles of sand, glass, a metallic oxide or a synthetic plastic material; such particles act as distancing elements between the respective side of the metallic layer and an adjacent metallic layer. The two coats are applied simultaneously between an unwinding station for a web or strip of coherent metallic layers and a winding station for the freshly coated web or strip of coherent metallic layers.

Abstract: An anti-reflection optical article which has an excellent anti-reflection properties, scratch resistance, impact resistance, flexibility, anti-static properties and weatherability, and which is easy to dye, is disclosed. The anti-reflection optical article of the present invention includes a transparent plastic substrate; a hard coat film formed on a surface of the substrate, the film having an index of refraction of not less than 1.52; and a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film with a thickness of 10 nm to 500 nm, which has an index of refraction lower than that of the hard coat film by not less than 0.02, and which is formed on the hard coat film.

Abstract: A ribbed particleboard (waferboard) product having substantially uniform density throughout is provided by forming a mat of wood particles and superimposing on the mat, ribs of such wood particles and then pressing the mat and ribs simultaneously to consolidate the product and provide the ribbed panel having one side substantially planar and the other side ribbed.

Abstract: A drug delivery device is disclosed for delivering a drug to the colon. The device comprises means for delaying the delivery of drug in the stomach, means for delaying delivery of drug in the small intestine, and means for delivering drug in the colon.

Abstract: A transdermal delivery device for delivering drugs, typically ionized drugs, from an aqueous reservoir is described. The device comprises an aqueous drug reservoir in the form of a gel confined between an impermeable backing member and a porous support structure. In preferred embodiments the support structure is the substrate to which is applied a porous or patterned in-line adhesive. A strippable release liner is preferably provided on the adhesive while in the package. The devices are usable to deliver drugs such as chlorpheniramine maelate, brompheneiramine maleate and scopolamine hydrobromide.

Abstract: A moisture sensitive resistive element includes a substrate made of an electrically non-conductive material, first and second electrodes deposited on the substrate in a spaced relation to each other, and a moisture sensitive film deposited on the substrate covering both the first and second electrodes. The moisture sensitive film is formed by a material given by a formula: [--CH(C.sub.6 H.sub.4 SO.sub.3 X)--CH.sub.2 --].sub.n wherein X is any one of a hydrogen atom, metal atom, ammonium, urea, triethylenediamine, tetramethyleneguanidine and hexamethylenediamine, or formed by a mixture of the above material with a hydrophilic polymer which is any one selected from a group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, methyl cellulose and polyamide resin.

Abstract: A high temperature sliding element is provided with a metallic film formed of any one of metals Ni, Mn, Cr, Fe and Co, and alloys of these metals on a sliding surface of a substrate of carbide ceramics or nitride ceramics in accordance with physical vapor deposition. When the substrate and a sliding counterpart ceramic member are slid in a high temperature atmosphere 500.degree. C. or higher with the metallic film intervening therebetween, wear due to sliding motion between the substrate and the counterpart ceramic member can effectively be reduced. The metallic film forms an oxidized sliding surface layer at the high temperature.

Abstract: An electroluminescent (EL) lamp element and a process for making same. The EL lamp element has a monolayer of phosphor particles deposited in a resin binder material. The sizes of the particles are controllably pre-selected to lie within a selected range thereof. The thickness of the resin binder layer is about one-half that of the average particle size so that the tendency of the resin to migrate through the particles and to cover the surfaces of the particles is prevented. A second resin binder layer is then deposited over the exposed surfaces of phosphor particles to form a relatively thin monolayer of particles uniformly distributed in the resin binder layers. If desired, the particles can be coated with a colloidal silica material to prevent any agglomeration thereof when depositing them in the resin binder layer.

Abstract: A transparent article for reflecting solar energy comprising a titanium oxynitride film, a highly infrared reflective metal film and, optionally, a neutral metal alloy film is disclosed along with a sputtering method for its production.

Abstract: A multilayer coating film is provided on one side of a transparent or semitransparent glass plate to afford a golden appearance to the coated glass plate at least when viewed from the uncoated side. Essentially the multilayer coating film is made up of a TiN layer adjacent to the glass plate surface and either a Ti layer or a Cr layer which overlies the TiN layer, and the coating film is formed such that the transmittance of the coated glass plate for visible light becomes not more than 40%. Optionally, the Ti or Cr layer is overlaid with either a TiO.sub.2 film or a Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 film. Also optionally, either a TiO.sub.2 film or a Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 film is interposed between the TiN layer and the glass plate surface. Each layer of the multilayer coating film can be formed by sputter deposition using a relatively simple method, an the multilayer coating has good durability.

Abstract: A radiographic intensifying screen comprising a support and a phosphor layer provided on the support which comprises a binder and a phosphor dispersed therein, characterized in that said phosphor is a phosphor containing iodine and that said phosphor layer contains a compound having an epoxy group and/or at least one compound selected from the group consisting of phosphites, organotin compounds and metal salts of organic acids.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of forming a pyrolytic tin oxide coating on a face of a hot glass substrate during transport of the glass through a coating station into which a coating precursor solution containing a tin compound is sprayed so that the glass is contacted by material from which the tin oxide coating is formed by pyrolysis. The coating is formed by spraying a solution containing at least two additives. These additives and their amounts, and the thickness to which the coating is formed, are selected so that the coating contains doping atoms and has an emissivity in respect of infra-red radiation having wavelengths greater than 3 micrometers of at most 0.3 and a specific internal haze factor of at most 1.5.