Abstract: An ink composition is provided for forming an ultra-thick thick film which is suitable for conducting heat laterally from a heat generating device supported on a substrate. The ink composition is formulated to enable the ultra-thick thick film to be formed as a single layer, such that only a single print, dry and fire cycle is required to form the film. Advantageously, ultra-thick thick films having thicknesses of about 125 micrometers (about 0.005 inch) and greater can be formed by a single layer of the ink composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a structural material having a wire lattice configuration. The structural material can manufactured by first weaving a continuous wire filament on a loom assembly. Once woven into arrays of parallel wires, the filament is fixed in position and cut into segments. The segments are then placed in a rig. The rig positions the segments at relative angles so as to form a matrix or mesh. In the final step of the manufacturing process, the wires are welded together using, for example, a forge press. Alternatively, the material can be formed by first holding wire segments in a pair of rigs and then sequentially welding the wire segments together. The structural material of the invention can be used alone or layered to form a multilaminate material.

Abstract: A play area surface treatment is provided comprising, from top to bottom: a layer of polymeric mesh, a layer of landscape separator, six inches of ground rubber buffing, a second layer of landscape separator, and six inches of pea gravel as a base material. Additionally, a protective edging is provided which is attached to the top layer of nylon woven mesh and provides a protective edging surrounding the play area.

Abstract: Organic polymer surfaces are modified by contacting such surfaces with a halohydroxy compound and a cationic compound of a volatile acid having a pK.sub.a >2.5. Preferably the organic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyesters, aromatic polyamides and graphitic polymers and the contacting is conducted at an elevated temperature.

Abstract: A radiation shielding element especially for use in the temporary shielding of ancillary equipment or apparatus in nuclear-powered steam raising installations, said element comprising a flexible radiation-shielding sheet laminate comprising a flexible inner layer of plastic material, preferably silicone, filled with particles of radiation shielding material such as lead, said layer being interposed between two flexible skins of silicone elastomer.

Abstract: A high strength polyester strap, preferably polyethylene terephthalate, suitable for higher load applications that typically require steel strapping. The strap is made by a process in which an extruded strand or sheet of polyester is subjected to a plurality of stretching steps with a final stretch ratio of at least 5 to 1. Raising the temperature of the strap in at least one of the stretching steps is preferred. In a preferred embodiment, the strap is surface treated to reduce the brittleness of the strap and to improve weldability. The profile of the strap is flattened as part of the surface treatment which treatment enhances the weldability of the strap.

Abstract: A vehicle window comprising a relatively thin sheet of clear plastic material having opposed surfaces, an electrically operable defrosting grid adhered to one surface of the relatively thin sheet, and a relatively thick substrate layer of clear plastic material having opposed surfaces curved into a vehicle window configuration.

Abstract: An optical shutter which responds to temperature may be caused to respond to an electrical current by placing a transparent conductor of electricity parallel to and in thermal contact with it, and by running an electrical current through the transparent conductor, such that the transparent conductor is resistively heated, and thereby heats the optical shutter. The above transparent conductor may be used simultaneously as a component of a transparent insulation. The electrical current may be controlled by a photosensor, a temperature sensor, a thermostat, and/or a manual switch.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a ceramic substrate having a plurality of bumps of the present invention, includes the steps of: forming a bump forming layer having a plurality of holes therein on at least one of upper and lower faces of a laminated body of green sheets; filling the holes in the bump forming layer with a bump forming paste; sintering the laminated body of the green sheets and the bump forming layer; and forming bumps made of the sintered bump forming paste by removing the bump forming layer.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin defines a core of a thermoformable thermoplastic composite material. The core is sufficiently thick to provide for a shaping of the composite material at an elevated temperature to any desired configuration. First and second layers of fabric material are disposed on opposite sides of the core. The fabric material may be formed of glass, carbon or aramid and may be formed from woven fibers, unidirectional or chopped fibers or random strand mats. The fabric layers have a thickness sufficient to impart strength and rigidity to the fabric material. Layers of a thermoplastic thermoformable resin material may be disposed on the layers of the fabric material. The thermoplastic layers impregnate the fabric layers, bond the fabric layers to the core and provide a smooth external surface to the composite material.

Abstract: A treating agent comprises a nitrile group-containing highly saturated polymer rubber latex (A) having an iodine value of 120 or less, a rubber latex (B) other than the highly saturated polymer rubber latex, and a water-soluble resorcinol/formaldehyde condensate in amounts of 15 to 80%, 5 to 70% and 2 to 15%, all by weight in terms of solids, respectively. A rubber-reinforcing fiber product is coated with the treating agent. A rubber article such as a toothed belt, a tire and the like is made using this rubber-reinforcing fiber product. The glass fiber product coated with the treating agent may be further coated with a halogen-containing polymer-based adhesive as a secondary treating agent. Thus, the treating agent exhibits a large bonding force between the reinforcing fiber product and a matrix. Even if the rubber article is repeatedly subjected to a flexing stress, the strength thereof cannot be reduced. A peel-off cannot occurs between the reinforcing fiber product and the rubber matrix.

Abstract: A glazing assembly, suitable for use as an emergency escape, includes a laminated panel composed of at least two sheets of vitreous material adhered to a polymeric intervening layer which extends continuously between the at least two sheets of vitreous material, wherein, in at least one minor area zone of the laminated panel, possibility of elongation of the polymeric intervening layer under the influence of mechanical stess when the at least two sheets of vitreous material are broken, is different compared with the possibility of elongation of the polymeric intervening layer over the rest of the laminated panel.

Abstract: A lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO.sub.3) substrate on which thin films of layered perovskite copper oxide superconductors are formed. Lanthanum aluminate, with a pseudo-cubic perovskite crystal structure, has a crystal structure and lattice constant that closely match the crystal structures and lattice constants of the layered perovskite superconductors. Therefore, it promotes epitaxial film growth of the superconductors, with the crystals being oriented in the proper direction for good superconductive electrical properties, such as a high critical current density. In addition, LaAlO.sub.3 has good high frequency properties, such as a low loss tangent and low dielectric constant at superconductive temperatures. Finally, lanthanum aluminate does not significantly interact with the superconductors. Lanthanum aluminate can also used to form thin insulating films between the superconductor layers, which allows for the fabrication of a wide variety of superconductor circuit elements.

Abstract: Printed circuit board having excellent peel strength and conductance resistance is provided with a substrate, a resin insulating layer formed thereon and roughened at its surface, and a conductor formed thereon, in which at least a portion of the conductor is composed of an eutectic metal layer.

Abstract: A method for producing an article of clothing that bears an athlete's race time includes the placement of a plurality of indicia on the shirt after selected segments of the indicia have been manually removed from a paper or like backing. The indicia are arranged in pairs for minutes and seconds and there can be a third pair (or a single indicia) for indicating hours. Each of the indicia comprises six (6) peripheral segments arranged in a vertically extended rectangular, and one transverse horizontal internal segment. These segments thus have the shape of the number 8. The user can selectively remove any of the segments as desired to make any number 1-9 or 0. The indicia can be applied to the shirt or to a color contrasted background previously placed on the shirt using heat transfer, for example.

Abstract: A phase change type optical recording medium has a recording layer of a recording material containing elements A, B, and C wherein A is Ag and/or Au, B is Sb and/or Bi, and C is Te and/or Se. Information is recorded by directing a light beam to the recording layer to form recorded marks therein such that the recorded marks are amorphous or microcrystalline while an unrecorded portion of the recording layer remains crystalline, and the A concentration of the unrecorded portion is at least 0.5 atom % higher than the A concentration of the recorded marks. C/N and modulation factor are improved and such improvements are kept even after hot humid storage.

Abstract: A non photographic method for making patterns in organic films comprising the sequential step:a) applying in predetermined pattern an imaging layer comprising an agent which is capable of changing the solubility of a solid organic polymer in at least one unpatterned layer laying in contact with solid imaging layer to form the compiled body on a substrate by screen printing with a screen having a plurality of apertures of polygon of which each side is recessed,b) drying the unpatterned layer fully or partially at a predetermined temperature to diffuse said solubility change agent from the imaging layer to the unpatterned dielectric layer(s) andc) removing the patterned imaging layer and the diffusion patterned areas of the unpatterned layer(s) which are both soluble in a predetermined eluant, by washing said compiled body with the predetermined eluant.

Abstract: A shipping label is provided for use by a first party to prepare a shipping container for delivery to a second party, and thereafter by the second party to return the shipping container to the first party. The shipping label includes a return label, the back surface of which is attachable to the shipping container. The address of the first party is printed on the front surface of the return label. The shipping label also includes an initial address label, the back surface of which is releasably secured to the front surface of the return label, thereby at least partially covering the return label. The address of the second party is imprinted on the front surface of the initial address label. The shipping label is affixed to the shipping container by the first party to facilitate delivery of the shipping container to the address of the second party indicated on the initial address label.

Abstract: A sheet of writing paper which is white, but which has been colored, or tinted to a pastel color by printing on its surface with a strippable or chemically removable ink. The surface printing with ink allows the paper to have a desirable tinted color, but allows the color to be easily removed so that the paper can be relatively easily recycled and reused without the normal problems associated with recycling of vat-dyed tinted papers. The surface printing can be accomplished by printing a random spotted pattern on the paper to provide for the perception of tinting. The invention allows the printed pattern to have a random-toned effect or allows the visual incorporation of words or symbols which would very subtly appear, macroscopically, in the tinting pattern.

Abstract: A pre-impregnation has a ribbon-shaped tow of reinforcing fibers and a ribbon of thermoplastic resin laminated on the ribbon-shaped tow and fixed thereto at intervals, and the thermoplastic resin is allowed to uniformly impregnate into the ribbon-shaped tow under heat application so that a void does not take place in the ribbon-shaped tow.