Abstract: A thermoplastic composition is disclosed that includes a thermoplastic polymer and volatile organic compound sorbent particles, and that exhibits a viscosity of no greater than 15,000 centipoise at 177° C.

Abstract: A system that includes an adhesive storage unit, the adhesive storage unit configured to separately hold a plurality of solid adhesive forms; a liquid adhesive level detector configured to sense the level of liquid adhesive in a liquid adhesive melt tank; and a delivery element configured to deliver solid adhesive forms stored in the adhesive storage unit to the liquid adhesive melt tank when necessary as indicated by the liquid adhesive level detector.

Abstract: A dispensing unit, which utilizes a chemical reaction or phase transition to soften a material into a flowable state, is described. The material comprises an adhesive, sealant or caulk.

Abstract: An absorbent article such as a panty liner that includes a liquid pervious top sheet, a first interior component, a liquid impervious back sheet having an exterior surface and an interior surface, a hot melt superabsorbent polymer composition disposed between the top sheet and the interior surface of the back sheet, the panty liner having a thickness no greater than 1 millimeter and exhibiting at least one of a 0.9% saline wet back no greater than 30% and a synthetic blood wet back of no greater than 40%.

Abstract: This invention is a two-part induction-curable epoxy adhesive comprising a first part of a polyfunctional epoxy such as a sorbitol polyglycidyl ether, and a diepoxy compound such as a diepoxy bisphenol-A wherein a portion of the diepoxy compound may preferably comprise a glycol-based epoxy having an epoxy equivalent weight of at least about 250. The second part of the adhesive is a curing agent which preferably maybe a mixture of nitrogen-based compounds di(aminoalkyl)ether of diethylene glycol, and a toughening agent. The invention also comprises a method of adjoining two substrates by applying the adhesive composition of the invention and curing as well as the article resulting from this method.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprising a polycarbonate resin and a benzotriazole ortho carbonate having an improved level of resistance to deterioration caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation is disclosed. The ultraviolet stabilizer of the invention conforms to ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes a hydrogen or a halogen atom or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl or alkoxy group,R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1-12 alkyl, a C.sub.1-4 alkoxy group, a phenyl or a phenoxy radical, andR.sub.4 denotes a C.sub.1-12 alkylene or a C.sub.6-30 arylene group. The composition is suitable for the preparation of molded articles having an improved level of resistance to ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions containing at least one member selected from among aromatic polycarbonate and aromatic polyestercarbonate resins were plasticized by incorporating therewith a small amount of a copolyetherester conforming to ##STR1## wherein x is about 2 to 15, n is about 3 to 10 and y is about 1 to 10. A and A' are end groups which may independently be a hydroxy group, a carboxy radical, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkoxy or a C.sub.6 -050249762 C.sub.10 aryloxy group. The compositions of the invention are characterized by their improved processability.