Abstract: The present invention provides fiber strands and products coated with a blend of a hydrophobic fluoroalkylacrylate polymer and an amine-reactive material or a polymerization reaction product of a hydrophobic fluoroalkylacrylate and a amine reactive monomeric material which are useful as reinforcements for nylon composites to inhibit hydrolysis.

Abstract: An electrically conducting member (2) is insulated with a thin coating (6) of a resinous insulation composition containing a resin interactive with and bonded to an oligomer containing a metal of at least one of Cr, Sn and Zn, where the oligomer is within a silicate type mica or clay structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to an angular profiled shape (3) designed to be glued to a surface for finishing the edges of set ceramic tiles (5,6) or similar items. Said profiled shape comprises a first perforated leg (31) and a second leg (33) joined to the first leg at an angle. On said second leg distancing means are embodied pointing in the direction of the adjoining ceramic tile (5,6) which determine the visible joint width (B) between the outer leg (35) and said adjoining ceramic tile (5,6). To this end, a chamber open only to one side is embodied, together with the thickened area (34) forming the distancing means (36), at the free end of the leg (35) in the direction of the side of the ceramic tile whose edge is to be finished.

Abstract: A method of forming a display label for displaying predetermined information on a member on which display information is to be displayed which member is elastic or expandable/contractible, comprising the steps of laminating at least a protective layer which is made of an elastic material and an expandable/contractible material, a display layer for displaying display information which is formed by at least one of a picture pattern, a letter, a symbol, a photograph, a pattern and a bar code, and a base material layer which is made of an elastic material or an expandable/contractible material, in that order, applying, to a member on which display information is to be displayed, a display label which is formed by the laminating of the protective layer, the display layer and the base material layer, and in which a supporting member is laminated on a surface of the protective layer so as to be peelable off of the protective layer such that the base material layer faces a member on which display information is to be

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition having high detergency without damaging styrene-based resin. The liquid detergent composition comprising (a) 0.1 to 50% by weight of a mixture of at least two different compounds from each other in view of their strutural isomers and/or their number of carbon atoms, selected from glyceryl-ether compounds having the formula (I): R—OCH2CH(OH)CH2OH (I) wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 11 carbon atoms; (b) 0.01 to 30% by weight of a surfactant; (c) 0.01 to 30% by weight of a builder or an alkali agent; and (d) the balance of water.

Abstract: A self-bonding insulated wire has a bonding outermost layer formed from a resin composition prepared by adding at least two, but less than 10 parts by weight of a high-melting nylon resin having a melting point of 200° C. to 300° C., such as nylon 66 or 46, to 100 parts by weight of a copolyamide resin having a melting point of 105° C. to 150° C. The polyamide resin contains a lower molar ratio of terminal carboxyl groups than terminal amino groups.

Abstract: Polyolefin wire insulation in hydrocarbon grease filled telecommunications cable which is subsequently exposed in an outdoor interconnection box is especially vulnerable to the adverse conditions of heat, oxygen and moisture. The combination of one or more primary phenolic antioxidants selected from N,N′-hexane-1,6-diylbis-(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylpropionamide)), tris(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)isocyanurate and tris(2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyhydrocinnamoyloxy)ethyl)isocyanurate together with one or more alkylhydroxyphenylalkanoyl hydrazine metal deactivators is very effective towards providing oxidative stability for polyolefin wire insulation under these conditions.

Abstract: A high temperature resistant glass fiber composition consists essentially of glass fibers having a nominal softening point of about 1000° F. (about 538° C.) which is capable of passing the British Standard 476 Part 4 fire test for building materials. The BS476-4 test begins at 750° C., substantially above the nominal softening point of the glass fibers. The increased temperature resistance is provided by coating the glass fibers with a halogenated resin latex binder and a calcium carbonate material. The method of making the glass fiber composition comprises depositing the resin latex and a calcium carbonate material on the glass fibers using a cationic flocculant. The preferred halogenated resin latex binder is selected from polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glass fiber strand comprising at least one glass fiber at least partially coated with a sizing composition prepared from ingredients comprising; at least one starch; at least one lubricant; and at least one silane coupling agent comprising: [((R1)bY)aR23-aSiR3]2NX, wherein R1 and R2 are each monovalent radials; R3 is a divalent linking group; a is 1 to 3; X is (R4)bZC(═O)CH(Q)CH(Q)—, wherein Z is CH2, O, S or N, Q is H, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, or C(═O)ZR4 and R4 is a hydrocarbon moiety of one to twenty carbon atoms, hydrogen, a silyl group or an organic polymer; Y is oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur; and b is 1 or 2 depending upon the valency of Y. In one particular embodiment of the invention, the silane in the aqueous sizing composition is (CH3)3COC(═O)CH2CH2N[CH2CH2CH2Si(OCH3)3]2.

Abstract: The toner fuser roll of the present invention, which is characterized by good thermal conductivity and resistance to degradation by release agents in addition to excellent wear properties, is capable of producing toner fused images with desirably high gloss. In accordance with the invention, the fuser roll comprises a cylindrical core and a base cushion layer comprising a condensation-cured poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer formed on the core. A barrier layer that comprises a cured fluorocarbon polymer and includes a particulate filler overlies the cushion layer. Overlying the barrier layer is a highly smooth outer surface layer comprising an addition-cured poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer and having a roughness value, Ra, no greater than about 10 microinches. Further in accordance with the invention is a process for forming the just described toner fuser roll.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a substrate for an electrical device including a coating, wherein the coating comprises an oxygen plasma resistant polymer prepared from a mixture containing a polymerization material and a polycondensation product of a partially hydrolyzed chelated metal oxide precursor. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a component for an electrical device comprising an oxygen plasma resistant polymer prepared from a mixture containing a polymerization material and a polycondensation product of a partially hydrolyzed chelated metal oxide precursor. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to a microelectronic device comprising an oxygen plasma resistant polymer prepared from a mixture containing a polymerization material and a polycondensation product of a partially hydrolyzed chelated metal oxide precursor.

Abstract: A free-flowing built particulate laundry detergent composition comprises: (i) at least 27% by weight of non-soap organic detergent surfactant, (ii) one or more detergency builders, but not more than 7% by weight of alkali metal aluminosilicate, the weight ratio of surfactant to builder being at least 1.2:1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescence-reddening membrane which is made up of a light-transmittable medium and, dispersed therein, (a) a rhodamine base fluorescence pigment and (b) a fluorescence pigment which has absorptions in the blue region and induces energy transfer to and reabsorptions from the rhodamine base fluorescence lamp at high conversion effieciencies.

Abstract: An energy sensitive composition comprising a monomeric organometallic complex essentially free of nucleophilic groups and which, upon exposure to energy, bonds to basic reactive sites on a substrate via the metal center, leaving the polymerizable group of the complex unreacted and unrestricted; an energy sensitive composition at least one energy sensitive organometallic group is incorporated in or appended to the backbone of a polymer, such that the resulting coordinatively unsaturated organometallic group or groups bond to basic reactive sites on a substrate, thus forming permanent bonds, and further, the adherent compositions are useful in applications such as adhesion of polymers to substrates, protective coatings, printing plates, durable release coatings, primers, binders, and paints.

Abstract: Hydrophilic fibers having a durable hydrophilic property and excellent safety, and fabrics and filters both obtained by using the fibers are provided; the hydrophilic fibers are produced by adhering 0.1 to 1.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic thin film EL device which has: a transparent insulative substrate and a sealing cap which are bonded together by an ultraviolet-activated adhesive; wherein the ultraviolet-activated adhesive is composed of a combination of adhesives with different hardening conditions to the irradiation of ultraviolet rays.

Abstract: A filler rod for occupying space in a stranded optical fiber communications cable having at least one buffer tube containing at least one optical fiber is disclosed. The filler rod comprises an elongated rod extruded from a polypropylene homopolymer, a polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer (i-PP) resin material, or preferably, from a polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer having a nucleating agent disbursed therein. The resin material is foamed during extrusion so as to have a plurality of void spaces therein and a relative density which is less than 1 relative to the unfoamed resin material. As compared to rods made from high density polyethylene, the i-PP filler rods show a greater foaming efficiency, more efficient use of material, an improved combination of mechanical properties and density, reduced post-extrusion shrinkage and a substantial reduction in the sticking of the filler rods to the outer jacket that is experienced with high density polyethylene filler rods.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, useful for making lyocell fibers, having a high hemicellulose content, a low lignin content and including cellulose that has a low average degree of polymerization (D.P.). Further, the present invention provides processes for making compositions, useful for making lyocell fibers, having a high hemicellulose content, a low lignin content and including cellulose that has a low average degree of polymerization. The present invention also provides lyocell fibers containing a high proportion of hemicellulose. Further, the lyocell fibers of the present invention have enhanced dye-binding properties and a reduced tendency to fibrillate.

Abstract: A partially printed substrate with a print pattern comprising a first color deposited on the substrate and a second color deposited on the fist color, the second color being darker than the first color, whereby the first and second colors are perceived as a combined, substantially single color in the area defined by the first color.

Abstract: Multilayer polymeric films and other optical bodies are provided. The films, which have at least three layers of different composition in the optical repeating unit, reflect light in a first portion of the spectrum while transmitting light in a second portion of the spectrum, exhibit improved reflectivities at oblique angles, and can be designed to suppress one or more higher order harmonics of the main reflection band.