Abstract: A sunlight reflector for vehicles includes a first layer of polyester film having a reflectively coated side and a non-reflectively coated side; a second layer of polyester film adjacent said first layer and adherently joined to said first layer at intervals, and "VELCRO" hooks and loops for attachment of the sunlight reflector to the inside of a vehicle.

Abstract: A laminated roofing material includes an aluminum foil top sheet laminated to a polyethylene film by an ionomer resin. After the sheets are bonded together they are cooled to set the resin and a bitumen coating is applied to the exposed polyethylene sheet and covered with a release paper. The roofing material is applied over an underlayment to form a roof supported by conventional sheeting material.

Abstract: A process for creating decorative laminates comprising a resin based substrate layer, a barrier layer impermeable to the reaction products produced during the curing of the substrate resin and subsequent heating of the resultant laminate, and a decorative layer formed by a decorative ink pattern is disclosed. The barrier layer, which is located between the substrate layer and the decorative layer, prevents the reaction products from reaching the decorative ink pattern when the substrate resins are cured during laminate processing, and, during subsequent heating of the final product, acts as a sink for heat stress and prevents combustible toxic gases from passing through the laminate into the surrounding environment. Thus, destructive of the decorative ink pattern during laminating processing is prevented. Further, the resulting decorative laminates have high heat release thresholds and reduce the risk of flashover in enclosed areas.

Abstract: A process for coating a packaging film with a transparent barrier coating. The process starts with a metal substrate made of, or having a surface coating of, a valve metal or valve metal alloy. The metal substrate is anodized to form an anodic film of the valve metal on the metal substrate. The anodic film is made readily detachable from the metal by carrying out the anodization step in the presence of an adhesion-reducing agent, e.g. a fluoride. The packaging film is then attached to the anodic film and the anodic film is detached from the metal. The transferred anodic film forms a thin dense oxide coating on the packaging film that acts as a barrier against oxygen and moisture transparent. The invention can be used for making packaging films suitable for packaging foodstuffs, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for hermetically sealing a container having an open top. The process of this invention employs a novel cap liner comprising a backing layer consisting of thermoplastic material, a sealing layer and a bond layer between the backing layer and the sealing layer. The process comprises the steps of: providing a cap adapted to engage the open top of a container; providing a novel cap liner of this invention; inserting the cap liner into the cap; securing the cap to the container such that the sealing layer of the cap liner contacts the container and extends across the open top of the container; and bonding the sealing layer of the cap liner to the container to produce a hermetically sealed container.

Abstract: A patterned metallized film comprises a transparent or translucent polymeric film coated on one side with a thin coating of metal, with the metal coating and the polymeric film being bonded to each other. The metal coating has a multiplicity of fractures of different sizes distributed throughout the coating in a prescribed pattern so that the reflection of light by the fractured metal coating produces a three-dimensional illusion of the pattern when viewed through said polymeric film. The film may also include a layer of adhesive on the opposite side of the metal coating from the polymeric film, and a paper backing sheet on the opposite side of the adhesive layer from the metal coating. The fractures are preferably formed by heating the metallized film non-uniformly so that selected areas of the film expand and soften at a rate different from the rate at which other areas of said film expand and soften.

Abstract: An abrasion resistant low temperature air fired thick film ink composition is disclosed. The composition includes a glass matrix material having a softening point below about 700.degree. C., a particulate conductive material and a particulate reinforcing material.

Abstract: Sheet material including a cellulose acetate temporary support carrying thereon a continuous strippable layer. The strippable layer is a non-photosensitive layer containing a coverage of at most 20 g/m.sup.2 gelatin hardened to a degree corresponding to the addition of at least 0.001 g of formaldehyde per g of gelatin. Transfer of the strippable layer from the temporary support onto an image material having e.g. an imaged hydrophilic colloid layer or relief pattern given improved gloss control and optical dot gain control for such image material.

Abstract: Laminate displaying improved blunt notch behavior, so that it is suitable for use as a construction material in aviation and cosmonautics. It comprises an intermediate layer of synthetic material reinforced by continuous glass filaments having a modulus of elasticity of at least 80 GPa. The glass filaments contain at least 58-69% by weight of SiO.sub.2, 18-29% by weight of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and MgO. Preferably, they have a tenacity of at least 4 GPa, and an elongation at break of at least 4%. The synthetic material may be an amorphous thermoplastic resin having a Tg>140.degree. C. such as, e.g., polarylates, poly(ether)sulfones, polyetherimides or poly-p-phenylene ethers, or a semi- or para-crystalline resin having a crystalline melting point>170.degree. C., such as poly-phenylene sulfides, polyetherketones or liquid crystal polymers.

Abstract: A paint film structure formed on an aluminum member or aluminum alloy member has a first paint film layer formed on a surface of the aluminum member or aluminum alloy member and a second paint film layer formed on a surface of the first paint film layer, the first and second paint film layers being chiefly composed of a colloidal silica, an organoalkoxysilane part hydrolysis condensation product, and a polymer or copolymer of an unsaturated ethylenic monomer, polymeric content or copolymeric content of the unsaturated ethylenic monomer in the first paint film layer being less than polymeric content or copolymeric content of the unsaturated ethylenic monomer in the second paint film layer.

Abstract: A laminate insulating jacketing material having a layer of poly(vinyl chloride) bonded to a layer of aluminum foil having superior insulation jacketing properties, to be applied over pipe, tank or equipment insulation.

Abstract: Sandwich panels, i.e., laminates which comprise two metal sheets with a filled, reinforced resin core between and bonded to the metal sheets, are useful for structural and other uses. Combinations of metal sheets, resins, fillers, and reinforcement bonded together in the sandwich structure provided a laminate having a flexural modulus of at least 2.5 million psi, a rigidity index of at least about 2,000 and other unique properties which enable the laminates to be particularly useful for thin wall truck trailer body construction, as well as other uses. A rigidity index and a falling ball impact test for sandwich structures and panels are used to characterize the properties of these sandwich laminates. Methods of making the above sandwich laminates and means for joining the sandwich laminates and panels are disclosed, which provide for their particular usefulness in truck trailer body construction, as well as other structural and non-structural uses.

Abstract: A functional ZnSe.sub.1-x Te.sub.x :H film having a high doping efficiency and with no substantial change in the characteristics upon light irradiation. Said film is characterized in that the Se/Te quantitative ratio is in the range from 3:7 to 1:9 by the atom number ratio, hydrogen atoms are contained in an amount of 1 to 4 atomic % and the ratio of the crystal grain domains per unit volume is in the range from 65 to 85% by volume. There are also provided improved p-type and n-type ZnSe.sub.1-x Te.sub.x :H:M films (M stands for a dopant) of high electroconductivity characterized in the foregoing way.These deposited films may be efficiently deposited even on a non-single crystal substrate made of metal, glass or synthetic resin with a high deposition rate.These films are suited for the preparation of a high functional device such as a photovoltaic element.

Abstract: For waterproofing civil engineering structures using flexible, sheet-like waterproofing laminates which can be applied without primer to structures at temperatures of 40.degree. F. and above. Primerless waterproofing laminates having a bituminous layer comprising 29 to 54 weight percent asphalt, 25 to 50 weight percent process oil, and 16 to 35 weight percent thermoplastic block polymer of styrene and butandiene monomers.

Abstract: Anti-static conductive mechanical components of synthetic resin with a conductive membrane formed on the surface of the synthetic resin through evaporation. When static electricity is generated during the operation of the mechanical components, the conductive membrane, which can be used to ground the synthetic resin, quickly eliminates the static electricity. The equipment constructed from the mechanical components can thus prevent malfunctions caused by static electricity.

Abstract: Membranes are provided which minimize reflective cracking in the repair of roads. The membrane comprises a reinforcement along with a binder having a high modulus of elasticity and a binder having a low modulus of elasticity. The high modulus binder impregnates the reinforcement and is adhered to the distressed road whereas the low modulus of elasticity material is adhered to the impregnated reinforcement and is used in contact with the subsequently applied asphaltic overlay.

Abstract: A material for composite sliding surface bearings having a plastic sliding layer comprises a metallic backing layer and a sliding layer that is joined to the backing layer and consists of a matrix-forming fluorine-containing polymer, in which a metal powder having a high affinity to fluorine is finely dispersed. In order to increase the life, a fluorine-containing polymer is provided, which in an X-ray diffractogram prepared by CuK.alpha.-radiation has a sharp intensity peak at a double Bragg angle of 2.theta.=18.07.+-.0.03.degree. and has a melting range of 320.degree. to 350.degree. C. and contains metal fluoride and metal oxyfluoride.

Abstract: Porous plasma arc sprayed powder metal abradable materials used in knife edge labyrinth seals of gas turbine engines have their resistance to erosion improved when a thin ceramic surface layer containing fine aluminum particulate is applied. The fine equiaxed particulate and ceramic are applied as an aqueous liquid so that both the particulate and cermic matrix material fill the surface pores, without penetrating further into the powder metal material and thereby adversely affecting desirable abradability characteristics.

Abstract: A material for composite sliding surface bearings having a plastic sliding layer comprises a metallic backing layer and a sliding layer that is joined to the backing layer and consists of a matrix-forming fluorine-containing polymer, in which a metal powder having a high affinity to fluorine is finely dispersed. In order to reduce the friction torque and the wear rate, the fluorine-containing polymer contains metal fluoride and metal oxyfluoride and consists of monoclinally crystallized PVDF, amorphous PVDF and a novel polymer, which in an X-ray diffractogram prepared by CuK .alpha.-radiation has a sharp intensity peak at a double Bragg angle of 2.theta.=18.07.+-.0.03.degree. and has a melting range of 320.degree. to 350.degree. C. and is free of ortho-rhombically crystallized PVDF.

Abstract: Sealing system for roofs by means of two successive sealing layers. The first sealing layer is mechanically attached to the support and the second, self-adhesive, sealing layer is attached to the first sealing layer by cold self-adhesion. The first sealing layer comprises sealing sheets made up by the assembling of one asphalt-base sheet reinforced by an armature and of a film of a polymer having a high tear resistance.