Abstract: An improved process for producing biphenylene sulfide comprising reacting difluorobiphenyl with an alkali metal sulfide in a polar organic compound. The resulting polymer has a high melting point and fiber composites formed therefrom have excellent mechanical properties.

Abstract: Improved coatings derived from arylene sulfide polymers are provided by use of powdered or liquid slurry coating formulations comprising a metal oxide and an arylene sulfide polymer which has an extrusion rate of about 80 to about 400 grams/10 minutes.

Abstract: This invention relates to aqueous epoxy resin-containing compositions and to such compositions which are particularly useful for depositing coatings on metallic substrates in order to protect substrates against corrosion. The aqueous compositions generally comprise (A) an organic resin component consisting essentially of at least one water-dispersible or emulsifiable epoxy resin or a mixture of resins containing more than 50% by weight of at least one water-dispersible or emulsifiable epoxy resin, (B) chromium trioxide, and (C) water, said composition further characterized as being substantially free of strontium chromate. The aqueous compositions may also contain other ingredients including zinc and/or ferro alloys.These aqueous compositions are useful as pretreatment coatings on metal surfaces, and in particular, on steel and on galvanized and aluminized metal substrates.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a compound of formula 1, and optionally a mild stimulant, are effective anorectics, where formula 1 is: ##STR1## and its pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition salts, wherein X and Y are each independently hydrogen, hydroxy, methyl, ethyl, propyl, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, fluoro, chloro, or bromo.These compounds are effective for reducing appetite globally, or at lower dosage, for altering macronutrient preferences and decreasing substance dependence.

Abstract: Composites comprised of reinforcing fibers in a continuous matrix of poly(biphenylene sulfide) resin and methods of producing such composites are provided. The poly(biphenylene sulfide) resin is produced by reacting 4,4'-difluorobiphenyl with an alkali metal sulfide in a polar organic compound whereby the resin has a high melting point and a high melt viscosity, and the composites formed therefrom have excellent mechanical properties and retention of mechanical properties at high temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention provides for the use in the production of cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes, particularly xylanase and cellulase, of the microorganism Thermoascus aurantiacus in a culture medium containing at least one of a cellulose or hemicellulose substrate whereby to produce thermostable enzymes, particularly cellulase and xylanase.

Abstract: A cam for controlling the injection rate of fuel in a fuel injection system having a four part cam profile is disclosed. The first 120.degree. is the plunger advancement segment. The next 80.degree. is the advanced dwell segment. The next 100.degree. is the plunger retraction segment and the last 60.degree. is the retracted dwell segment. The plunger advancement segment is divided into three subsegments: pre-injection stroke, injection stroke, and overtravel stroke. The pre-injection subsegment achieves minimum velocity and acceleration at the start of injection. In the injection subsegment, the cam follower acceleration is achieved as rapidly as can Hertz stress permits to increase the injection pressure and to achieve the maximum injection rate. The overtravel subsegment achieves a sharp and clean end of injection. Preferably, this cam causes injection of less than 20 mm.sup.3 of fuel per stroke during the first ten cam angle degrees of cam rotation.

Abstract: Improved coatings derived from arylene sulfide polymers are provided by use of powered or liquid slurry coating formulations comprising a metal oxide and an arylene sulfide polymer which has an extrusion rate of about 80 to about 400 grams/10 minutes.

Abstract: Poly(arylene sulfide) resins are modified by melt mixing a resin with a basic additive to form a resin product composition. The basic additive is selected from the group consisting of inorganic hydroxides, inorganic oxides and organic metal salts wherein the metals are from Group IA, IIA, or IIB and the salts are of carboxylic acids and phenols. The product compositions are suitable for injection molding, film forming and fiber spinning processes.

Abstract: A sortation conveyor for packages and products comprising a frame defining a main line of the conveyor and at least one branch outlet extending laterally therefrom. An endless conveying apron is supported for movement on the frame along the main line. The apron comprises a pair of endless chains joined together by a plurality of cross tubes affixed to the chains and extending transversely of the frame in parallel spaced relationship. A pusher element is slidably mounted on and between each adjacent pair of cross tubes throughout the length of the apron. The pusher elements are moveable with and by the apron in the conveying direction. Diverter structure is provided for shifting a desired number of pusher elements transversely of the apron along those cross tubes to which they are mounted to divert a desired package or product onto the branch outlet. A low-friction layer is located on each of the cross tubes and a package or product contacting cap is located on each of the pusher elements.

Abstract: In a package sortation conveyor comprising an endless apron supported for movement on a frame defining a main line and one or more side outlets therefrom, and a plurality of pusher elements mounted for sliding movement on the apron from one side thereof to the other to push a package through one of the side outlets, each pusher element has a guide pin depending therefrom and an anti-friction bearing on the upper part of the guide pin for cooperation with a switching mechanism and a camming bar in such manner that when a pusher element is diverted from its rest position at one side of the apron, the bearing thereon will engage the camming bar during the balance of its travel across the apron. In addition, special guide members are provided for preventing any incompletely diverted pusher element from jamming against a stationary part of the conveyor and for preventing any pusher element from jamming against a package which has been held against forward movement on the apron.

Abstract: An electronic device made by the method of connecting a circuit member (18) having a plurality of laterally spaced electrically conductive terminals (20) to a substrate (12) including a mounting surface (14) having a plurality of laterally spaced conductive paths (16) wherein the method includes the steps of applying an adhesive (22) including a resin having a twenty to twenty-five percent by weight content of conductive metal particles over the mounting surface (14) of the substrate (12) having the conductive paths (16) wherein the resin is a dielectric preventing conductivity between the spaced metal particles therein and mounting the circuit member (18) on the adhesive (22) while vertically aligning the conductive terminals (20) over preselected ones of the conductive paths (16).

Abstract: A freerunning roller for use in a roller conveyor system comprises a cylindrical tube having saw cut ends providing a rough edge on each end which is relied upon to effect frictional interengagement with a relatively soft plastic cup dimensioned for force fitting into the tube and also dimensioned internally to receive a ball bearing in force fitted relation. The bearing assembly is completed by a bushing which is force fitted into the bearing and also has a hexagonal bore for receiving a hexagonal shaft by which the roller is mounted in a conveyor frame.

Abstract: Improved coatings derived from arylene sulfide polymers are provided by use of powdered or liquid slurry coating formulations comprising a metal oxide and an arylene sulfide polymer which has an extrusion rate of about 80 to about 400 grams/10 minutes.

Abstract: A multiprocessor interrupt rerouting mechanism and method is disclosed for rerouting messages intended for a first processor to a second processor. In a fault tolerant computer system having several processors or LANs under the control of a single controller, when the controller completes a communication task requested by one of the processors, it will send an interrupt request to the requesting processor which then notifies the application process for which the communication task was performed, information regarding the status of the communication task. If for any reason the requesting processor being interrupted is inoperative or too busy to handle the interrupt request, the application process is then notified as to the status of the communication task by rerouting the interrupt request from the controller so that another processor can handle it.

Abstract: An improved endotracheal tube is disclosed which provides for a more reliable and safer airway to a patient's lungs for the purpose of administering anesthesia, supplying oxygen and assisting a patient in breathing, and the like. The new and improved features of the tube make it easier for a health care professional to secure the tube to a patient's face, monitor its depth of insertion into the throat and assure its easy connection an disconnection from a medical or surgical apparatus. These improved features include flexible flanges molded to the tube, each of said flanges including a plurality of radially opposite slots to which adhesive tape is attached for securing said tube to a patient's face. The tube is also provided with colored rings, located between the upper and lower edges of each set of slots for monitoring the depth of insertion of the tube into the throat of a patient.

Abstract: A screw cap removing and tightening device comprises: an elongate plate member formed to provide a front gripping member at its front end, a plurality of longitudinally equal spaced teeth members in the intermediate portion, a cylindrical channel member at its rear end, and a slightly slopped downward member connecting the intermediate portion and the rear end; surrounding means which substantially surrounds the intermediate portion of the elongate plate member and is slidably movable along the elongate plate member; locking means movably secured to the surrounding means for preventing a rearward movement of the surrounding means; a rear gripping member supported and confined by the surrounding means; and rotating and twisting means contained by the cylindrical channel member and engaged with the surrounding means.

Abstract: A polymer blend of a polyarylate with a minor amount of a segmented polyesteramide is useful as a molding composition, with improved impact strength and elongation.