Abstract: Hollow polyester undrawn filaments having excellent mechanical quality and uniformity are prepared by a simplified post-coalescence melt spinning process at speeds of e.g. 2-5 km/min by selection of polymer and spinning conditions whereby the void content of the undrawn filaments can be essentially maintained or even increased when drawn cold or hot, with or without post heat-treatment.

Abstract: A thermal barrier for controlling heat transfer across through buildings, appliances and textile products is disclosed. The thermal barrier includes opposing, spaced apart sheets which define at least one chamber therebetween. A temperature stabilizing material is disposed in the chamber. The temperature stabilizing material is preferably a phase change material such as a paraffinic hydrocarbon, hydrated salt, plastic crystal or glycol. In one embodiment, an interconnecting structure is disposed between opposing sheets to create a plurality of cells of the chamber into which the temperature stabilizing material is uniformly disposed. A method of manufacturing the thermal barrier is also disclosed.

Abstract: To obtain a high tensile strength steel sheet which has an improved lubricating ability during press working, coating sharpness and defect-formation resistance, and which is useful as an outer plate of automobiles and electrical appliances, by forming uniform recesses and protrusions thereon and regulating the shapes of the recesses and protrusions, the recesses each having a flat portion at their bottom, and the size of the protrusion top faces, the depth between the recesses and the protrusions and the peak-to-peak distance being restricted. The recesses and protrusions formed thereon satisfy the following conditions; oil pools are formed thereon in an area covering 30% of the surface thereof; the top faces of the protrusions each having a size of 10 to 450 .mu.m; the level difference between the recesses and the protrusions being from 2 to 20 .mu.m; the peak-to-peak distance of the protrusions being from 50 to 1000 .mu.m; P and D satisfying the relationship 2.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium is disclosed which includes a substrate, and an information recording layer provided on the substrate and containing a specific metallophthalocyanine having a substituent which prevents the molecular association of the metallophthalocyanine and which contains at least one of O, S and N atoms.

Abstract: A composite article of a massive carrier layer of a polyester material which can comprise up to 50% by weight of another polymer material which is compatible with it, and if appropriate up to 50% by weight of reinforcing and/or filling additives and other auxiliaries, and a decorative layer, which is built up, if appropriate, from several layers of materials which influence the visual properties and/or haptic properties and which all essentially comprise polyester material, the carrier layer of which is anchored undetachably in the contact area with the layer of material of the decorative layer which is in contact with it, the layers of the composite article in their entirety having a composition such that a homogeneous mixture of the same composition can be employed again to produce a structural element of plastic which has adequate mechanical data, is described.A process for the production of these composite articles furthermore is described.

Abstract: A waterproof connection device is provided for use with a garment having optionally many detachable liners including a functional layer insert having a water vapor permeable functional layer.

Abstract: A thin film device comprising a substrate which is magnetic and has insulation property at least on the surface, coils formed spirally in a planar configuration on the substrate, a first interlayer insulation film formed to a portion excepting for the terminal portion of the coils and a magnetic material connection portion of the substrate, a magnetic film and a second interlayer insulation film formed successively on the first interlayer insulation film excepting for the terminal portions, and bump electrodes formed in connection with the terminal portions in which a crystallite material having a composition: Fe.sub.78 Ta.sub.10 C.sub.12 is used as the magnetic film. The thin film device can be formed an a reduced size and having a large inductance value. When the device is used as a noise filter, a cut-off frequency range can be lowered.

Abstract: A glass fiber reinforced polymer which excels in mechanical properties and is suitable for use in a large-sized structural members, formed from a dispersion liquid by dispersing reinforcement glass fibers and particulate thermoplastic resin in a surfactant-containing aqueous medium in which bubbles of air are dispersed, forming a sheet-like web on a porous support plate, and applying heat and pressure to form a sheet. The reinforcement glass fibers include a silane coupling agent while the matrix resin has functional groups bonded to the silane coupling agent. The concentration of said functional groups is higher in the regions adjacent the surfaces of said reinforcement glass fibers than in regions farther removed therefrom, and said concentration progressively decreases in the direction away from said reinforcement glass fibers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a simple, undrawn, 1-10 dtex, propylene polymer fiber, the thermowelding stength of which is at least 5 Newtons, the flexibility index of which is greater than 800, and which has good resistance to yellowing and aging. Also disclosed are a nonwoven fabric of said fiber, and a process of making the fiber.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a multilayered structure comprising copper-oxide perovskite material having strained crystallographic lattices and altered superconductive properties. The multilayer structure of the invention comprises at least one first layer of a first copper-oxide material and at least one second layer of a second, different copper-oxide perovskite material. The first and second layers are adjacent to one another in an epitaxial lattice-distortion relationship. The first and second copper-oxide perovskite materials in unstressed bulk states define respectively first and second comparison nondistorted crystallographic lattice structures. The first and second comparison nondistorted crystallographic lattice structures have unit cell dimensions which differ in at least one dimension. The first copper-oxide perovskite material in the first layer has a first crystallographic lattice structure which is distorted relative to the first comparison nondistorted crystallographic lattice structure.

Abstract: A metal coated substrate with improved resistivity to cyclic temperature stress is provided. A metal layers is attached to an insulating layer having a thickness of 0.2 mm. The metal layer is formed in a border area and is weakened by openings disposed in two rows. The depth of the openings nearer the border are greater than the depth of the openings in the tow farther from the border. The distance between the bottoms of the openings in the first row and the insulating layer is less than 1/3 of the thickness of the metal layer, and the distance between the bottom of the second row of openings and the surface of the insulating layer is 1/3 to 1/2 the thickness of the metal layer.

Abstract: An optical tape comprising a substrate having a center line average roughness (Ra.sup.A) on one side of 0.005 to 0.5 .mu.m and a tensile strength (F.sub.5) in the longitudinal direction of not less than 8 kg/mm.sup.2, and an optical recording layer formed on the other side of said substrate.

Abstract: The present invention comprises an electrical contact having solid homogenous conductive particles on the contact surface. The particles are of greater hardness than that of the contact material to deform the contact material and cause breakage or fracture of the oxide or other contaminating layer, or to penetrate the contaminating layer. The particles are applied to the contact surface by a technique which results in the particles being intimately bonded to the contact surface, usually as a layer of particles. A preferable technique for such particle application is hypervelocity oxygen fuel spraying (HVOF) or plasma spraying, by which the particles are embedded on the contact surfaces to provide a substantially permanent interparticle bond between the applied particles and the contact material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to textile-based floor covering or wall covering products endowed with acaricidal properties provided with a backing comprising a polymer matrix containing one or more acaricides as well as a carrier for the acaricides.

Abstract: The car interior member and its molding method are offered to improve recycling and to reduce the number of parts. The instrument panel 10 as the car interior member is made by molding integrally the core member 11 organizing the main structure of certain area of car interior and the functional member 12, 13, 14 having particular function and attached to the core member 11 by the blow molding. On the occasion of then, the number of parts can be more reduced when the base layer arranging the most inside and the foamed layer and the surface layer arranging outside of the base layer are effected by the multilayer blow molding in case of the instrument panel 10 formed with the multi-layer construction.

Abstract: A heat recoverable sleeve has a high recovery ratio of at least 60%. It uses a specific arrangement of recoverable fibers in one direction woven in a twill configuration with both heat stable fibers and heat recoverable fibers extending in another direction.

Abstract: A metal base board comprising a metal plate, a circuit conductor section, and an insulating layer provided between the circuit conductor and the metal plate wherein the insulating layer comprises an organic insulating material with flaky inorganic fillers added therein and the flaky inorganic fillers are stacked in the insulating layer in a stratified state.

Abstract: The electrostatic information recording medium of the present invention has an electric charge retaining layer 11 stacked on at least an electrode layer 13, as shown in FIG. 1 . The electric charge retaining layer is formed from either 1 resin selected from among fluorocarbon resins and polystyrene resins, and an insulating organic substance having no photoconductivity. The electrostatic information recording medium may be produced, as shown in FIG. 5 , by stacking an insulating resin layer 10 on an electrode layer 13, stacking a photoconductive or electrically conductive fine particle layer 11 on the insulating resin layer 10, and further stacking an insulating resin layer 12 on the fine particle layer 11 to a thickness of 0.1 .mu.m to 1 .mu.m. The electrostatic information recording medium is superior in electric charge retaining characteristics, particularly in the performance of retaining positive information electric charge, and also excellent in heat resistance and moisture resistance.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a template used in manufacturing printed circuit boards is disclosed. The template is made from boron nitride, silicon nitride or similar material which has a melting temperature higher than the melting temperature of the metal forming the conductors in the printed circuit board, is readily machinable or moldable with the desired circuit pattern, and does not adhere to the metal conductors after the metal particles have been melted onto the substrate.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for depositing a thin layer of silicon oxide bonded to a substrate of a polymeric material comprising, concomitantly or consecutively (1) subjecting a surface of the substrate to an electrical discharge with dielectric barrier and (2) exposing said surface of the substrate to an atmosphere containing a silane, thus forming a deposit of silicon oxide bonded to said surface of the substrate Application to the production of sheets or films useful for example as food wrapping.