Abstract: An assembly for home installation replaces a metal-bodied valve in an inner tube with a vulcanized elastomeric valve so that the tube can be safely used for play, such as in a swimming pool. The assembly includes a vulcanized elastomeric cover having a diameter larger than the diameter of the flange of the elastomeric valve, with the cover having a vulcanized bond to the flange of the replacement valve. An annular disk of unvulcanized and vulcanizable material has a central opening fitting around the body of the replacement valve so that the disk underlies the inward facing surface of the valve flange. A nonvulcanizing adhesive temporarily adheres the disk to the flange, and an unvulcanized and vulcanizable material is provided under the cover radially outward from the flange.

Abstract: A process for bleaching pulp in tank comprises several steps. A pulp slurry and an oxidizing agent are supplied to a first tank compartment. The mixture of pulp slurry and oxidizing agent is agitated at a first power level that corresponds to an approximate minimum power level for a maximum reaction rate on a plot of reaction rate versus power level for a first residence time. The mixture is re-agitated in another tank compartment at a second power level that corresponds to an approximate minimum power level for a maximum reaction rate on a plot of reaction rate versus power level for a second residence time. The second power level is lower than said first power level and corresponds to the amount of unreacted oxidizing agent and unreacted pulp slurry.