Abstract: A sport conditioning aid in the form of a viscoelastic plastic weight that grips onto a swingable sport object for example in the game of golf and tennis. The grip-on action for attachment is achieved by selecting the material characteristics of the plastic. The purpose of the sport conditioning aid is to increase the player's swing speed in hitting a sport object such as a ball. The swing speed weight can be used in sport specific training programs with varying incremental weight weights. The swing speed weight specifically conditions the fast twitch muscles and quickens the neural responses over a training period of several weeks.

Abstract: A novel swing speed training weight that is a composite plastic helical coil adapted to slidably attach to a bat used in the sport of baseball and softball.

Abstract: The described process uses aqueous hydrogen chloride as a catalyst to effect the condensation of chloride and hydroxy end-substituted polyorganosiloxanes, in the presence of triorganosilyl endblocker to control chain length. The inventors have discovered that within a range of about 10 to 30 percent aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride, it is possible to produce polyorganosiloxanes with low levels of chloride and hydroxy substitution. Furthermore, it has been found that within this hydrogen chloride range, temperature and hydrogen chloride concentration can be controlled to produce polyorganosiloxane polymers with a reproducible and predictable level of hydroxy substitution.

Abstract: The described process uses a Lewis base as a catalyst to effect the condensation of hydroxy end-substituted polyorganosiloxanes, in the presence of triorganosilyl endblocker to control polymer chain length. The inventors have discovered that within a base catalyst concentration range where the cation concentration is about 1.times.10.sup.-3 to 2.times.10.sup.-1 mole percent in relation to the silicon atoms present, the partial pressure of water can be controlled at a constant value to produce polyorganosiloxane polymers with a reproducible and predictable level of hydroxy substitution.

Abstract: A process for preparing a product cyclopolydiorganosiloxane, (R.sub.2 SiO).sub.c. The process comprises (A) vaporizing a feed cyclopolydiorganosiloxane material, (R.sub.2 SiO).sub.x ; (B) passing the vapors from (A) through a heated bed of a solid catalyst, the catalyst comprising an alkali metal compound; (C) controlling pressure and temperature in the heated catalyst bed to favor formation of (R.sub.2 SiO).sub.c in an equilibrating mixture with other cyclopolydiorganosiloxanes; and (D) recovering an amount of the product cyclopolydiorganosiloxane, (R.sub.2 SiO).sub.c, which is substantially increased from the amount present in the feed cyclopolydiorganosiloxane material.