Abstract: Apparatus for dehydrating air to be supplied to a blast furnace comprising a dehydration assembly wherein intake air is dehydrated by contact with a circulating hygroscopic liquid and a regeneration assembly wherein the liquid is regenerated by contact with air under heating with steam, characterized in that a cylinder through which a part of the circulating liquid is caused to flow is provided for comparing the pressure of the liquid with a reference liquid to detect the concentration of the circulating liquid, the regeneration assembly is divided into a plurality of independently operable units each having regeneration means, means for controlling the steam flow rate according to the detected concentration, means for controlling the liquid flow rate according to the detected concentration, and at least one heat exchanger for transferring sensible heat between at least one fluid entering said regeneration means and at least one fluid leaving said regeneration means.

Abstract: A filter assembly for a clean room and a total clean room assembly incorporating the filter assembly wherein the filter assembly includes a filter housing for receiving a suitable filter unit. The filter design of the filter assembly produces a seal between the filter housing and the upper and lower edges of the filter unit to prevent unfiltered air from leaking around the filter housing into the clean room. The filter assembly is also designed to be positively clamped and sealed to a supporting framework, or lattice, in order to provide a totally sealed air delivery system for a clean room.

Abstract: A duct system for distributing humidified air from a humidifier has a duct and an eliminator sheet assembly mounted at an outlet of the duct. The eliminator sheet assembly includes eliminator sheets movably mounted in the outlet of the duct, and means for securing the eliminator sheets in a plurality of positions so that the direction of air discharged from the outlet can be changed. A structural member for mounting the eliminator sheet assembly at the duct includes a track defined by sidewalls, one of which sidewalls extends upward of the other to capture droplets emitted from the eliminator sheet assembly, and a drain plate assembly for catching condensation falling from the duct. The drain plate assembly includes an elongated trough for attachment to the duct, the trough having two sidewalls and a flexible partition. The partition has an inverted V-shaped cross section and divides the trough into two compartments extending side-by-side.

Abstract: A rigidized convoluted foam suitable as a self-standing filter is made by passing a sheet of air-permeable flexible polyurethane foam through a convoluting machine to obtain two unnested sheets of convoluted foam, each sheet being convoluted on only one side. The two sheets are nested and impregnated from the flat surface of each sheet almost to the closest valley surface with a thermosetting melamine, urea, or benzoguanamine resin in an amount to not appreciably impair the permeability of the foam and to increase the rigidity of the foam sufficiently so that each unnested sheet will be self-standing. After the resin has reacted, the nested sheets are separated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bushing for spinning glass fibers having at its bottom an orifice plate provided with a great number of extremely densely disposed plain holes constituting orifices. In order to stiffen the orifice plate, beam members are provided in the bushing to extend substantially in parallel with and spaced from the orifice plate. Each beam member is fixed at its both ends to confronting walls of the bushing, and is connected to the orifice plate by means of rod members having a small diameter.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of foamed glass includes providing a mixture of a finely divided glass and a bonding agent. The bonding agent is selected from the group of aqueous solutions of the oxygen acids of beryllium, boron, aluminum, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, tellurium, polonium, astatine and phosphorous, the aqueous solutions of the anhydrides of the oxygen acids, and the aqueous solutions of the salts formed by the oxygen acids and the basic oxides, and basic hydroxides of beryllium, boron, aluminum, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, tellurium, polonium, astatine and of the transition metals having a variable oxidation number. The mixture is dried at a temperature from 20.degree. to 600.degree. C. to thereby transform the bonding agent into a gel having water bound thereto. The dried mixture is heated to a temperature from 800.degree. to 1,000.degree. C. to thereby melt the mixture and release the bound water from the gel.

Abstract: A glass-to-metal seal for an electrochemical cell terminal includes a formed apertured plate and a tack-shaped terminal pin. The formed apertured plate has a relief ring of concavo-convex configuration and the terminal pin has the vertical section thereof within the aperture and the horizontal section spaced away from the plate. A glass seal is formed between the relief ring and about the terminal pin, including the space between the horizontal section and the plate by the application of heat and pressure within a carbon mold.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for forming hollow and cylindrical ingots of amorphous or fused silica and other ingot materials. The ingot is formed from a melt on a deposition surface which is lowered as the ingot is formed at a rate which maintains a constant distance between the deposition surface and a heat source vertically positioned above same. The melt is shaped into a vertical cylinder by at least one forming tool which is a roller member rotatable about a vertical axis. In a preferred embodiment the fixed distance from the heat source is maintained with the aid of the laser beam.

Abstract: A 4,5-dichloro-imidazole derivative of the formula ##STR1## in which X represents trifluoromethyl, cyano or a ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 represents an optionally saturated or unsaturated aliphatic radical,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, alkenyl with up to 8 carbon atoms or the formyl group,R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, alkyl with 1 to 8 carbon atoms or alkenyl or alkynyl with up to 8 carbon atoms, it being possible for each of these alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl radicals to carry one or more substituents, or represents cycloalkyl with 5 to 7 carbon atoms in the ring which is optionally substituted by alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or represents phenyl which may optionally carry one or more substituents, orR.sup.2 and R.sup.

Abstract: Herbicidal N-(haloacetyl)-N-(N'-methylenepyrrolidonyl)-2-alkoxyanilines are provided in this invention having the formula: ##STR1## where R is alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms, R' is hydrogen or lower alkyl of 1-3 carbon atoms, and X is halogen.Another feature of the invention is the provision of N-(N'-methylenepyrrolidone)-2-alkoxyaniline or intermediates useful in making such herbicides. These intermediates are prepared by reaction of a 2-alkoxyaniline with an N-methylolpyrrolidone or an N-halomethylenepyrrolidone. The herbicide product than is obtained by acylation of the intermediate with a haloacetyl halide.The compounds of the present invention show good herbicidal activity against grassy weeds.

Abstract: Herbicidal compounds having the formula: ##STR1## where n is 1-3,R is alkyl of 1-3 carbon atoms,R' is hydrogen or alkyl of 1-3 carbon atoms, andx is chloro or bromo,are disclosed herein.The compounds of the invention show good herbicidal activity, especially against wild grasses.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, or nitroX.sup.1 is hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, cyano, carbamoyl, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, or amino,Y is --S--, --SO--, or --SO.sub.2 --,Z is hydrogen or alkyl andZ.sup.1 is carboxy, or a salt thereof, carbalkoxy, cyano or carbzmoyl,are useful in regulating the growth of plants when applied to the plant, plant habitat, or plant seeds.

Abstract: In the direct reduction of iron ore in a series of fluidized beds, for the production of carburized iron sponge briquettes for use in electric furnaces, carburization is carried out after the last fluidized bed, at a temperature of 600.degree. to 700.degree. C., by batching the reduced iron powder with a solid finely divided carbonaceous material and then briquetting the mixture, in an inert atmosphere.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of acicular ferromagnetic iron particles by reducing acicular iron(III) oxide hydroxides which consist of pure synthetic lepidocrocite or a mixture of synthetic goethite and at least 70% by weight of synthetic lepidocrocite.The iron(III) oxide hydroxides used carry, on their surface, an alkaline earth metal cation and an anion of a monobasic, dibasic or tribasic aliphatic carboxylic acid of up to 6 carbon atoms or an organic compound containing at least two groups capable of chelating the alkaline earth metal cation, and are produced in such a way that they consist of at least 70 percent by weight of lepidocrocite and have a length-to-width ratio of not less than 15:1.Reduction of such iron(III) oxide hydroxides gives iron particles with pronounced shape anisotropy, which exhibit both good magnetic properties and a narrow field strength distribution.

Abstract: Extra fine cobalt powder is manufactured by pyrolysing a cobalt (III)hexammine salt and then reducing the obtained oxide.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improvement in a process for preparing a stainless steel of low carbon content from a steel melt containing chromium or chromium nickel of higher carbon content where the process is carried out in a converter having at least one blast nozzle below the molten steel bath level and at least one blast lance above the bath level wherein oxygen is supplied to the steel melt through the blast lance and inert gas is supplied through the blast nozzle during a first refining phase, and in a succeeding refining phase oxygen is combined with inert gas and introduced through the blast nozzles to the steel melt, the proportion of the oxygen being reduced in relationship to the proportion of inert gas with decreasing carbon content of the steel melt. The improvement of the invention permits a decrease in the amount of inert gas supplied during the first refining phase while not significantly increasing the refining time.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is a process for the direct production of copper metal by directing an aqueous slurry of cupriferous material into a molten cupriferous bath maintained at a temperature of 2100.degree. to 2400.degree. F. Neither the cupriferous material of the slurry nor that of the bath contains sufficient sulfidic materials to maintain the bath temperature by oxidation of these sulfides, so a carbonaceous fuel is incorporated in the slurry. Such fuel-containing slurry together with an oxygen-containing gas is directed at high velocity against the bath surface at an angle of about 20.degree. to 40.degree. from the horizontal. The incorporation of fuel in the injected slurry provides a heat source for the maintenance of the 2100.degree. to 2400.degree. temperature necessary for smelting the cupriferous material of the slurry.

Abstract: A method of agitating a bath of melted metal for treating the same by blowing gas into a columnar body of such melted metal disposed in the bath to cause the apparent specific gravity of the columnar body to be reduced and to thereby be hydrostatically lifted, and returning the lifted portion of the melted metal to the bath by pouring the same with a splashing effect onto the free surface of the bath, in a manner to continuously change the pouring position on the free surface of the bath, thereby causing improved agitation of the bath, and especially improved contact and mixing of the melted metal and a treating agent generally floating on the free surface of the bath.

Abstract: Iron metal values and titanium metal values may be recovered from iron and titanium bearing sources such as ilmenite by subjecting the source to a reductive roast followed by leaching of the reduced source with a halogen-containing compound. Thereafter, the iron halide is crystallized and separated from the soluble titanium halides. One portion of the iron halides is subjected to a reducing step to form metallic iron while a second portion is oxidized, the iron oxides being used to precipitate the titanium as titanium dioxide. The titanium dioxide may then be separated and recovered while the liquid portion is recycled to the leaching zone.

Abstract: Fluid masses comprising molten metal, such as magnesium alloys, are stirred using a loop-shaped paddle rotating about an axis which itself rotates orbitally about a fixed axis, the loop being shaped so that it passes close to substantially the whole of the bottom of the vessel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and structure for manufacturing solid bodies from a quantity of powder. The powder is preformed and the preform is enclosed in a casing provided with an evacuation nozzle. The preform and the casing are preheated and the preform is degassed by evacuating the casing through the nozzle after the casing has been appropriately evacuated. The nozzle is then sealed by heating the same to forging temperatures, compressing the end thereof which is remote from the casing, cutting the compressed end of the nozzle to present a straight edge and thereafter welding the nozzle shut along said edge. After the nozzle has been sealed the same is enclosed in and surrounded by a gas tight hood and the space between the hood and the nozzle is filled with a fill material which may be a powder, an annular solid body or a combination of such body and a quantity of powder.

Abstract: A conversion solution for zinc oxide coated electrophotographic master printing plates is provided containing triethylenetetramine or ethylenediamine which replaces the normally used ferrocyanide in conventional EP master conversions solutions.

Abstract: Copper physical development using certain heterocyclic ligand copper(I) complexes which are resistant to aerial oxidation is disclosed. The copper(I) complexes can be represented by the formulaL(CuX).sub.mwherein L is a monodentate or bidentate heterocyclic ligand, X is an anion and m is the integer 1 or 2. The described physical development compositions can operate in either the disproportionation mode, in which case the composition further comprises, in addition to the copper(I) complex, a ligand for copper(II); or in the reduction mode, in which case the composition further comprises a reducing agent and preferably a base. Generally, nuclei of metals from group VIII and IB of the periodic table are catalytic for the deposition of copper from these compositions. The nuclei can be imagewise formed by exposing an electromagnetic radiation sensitive compound. Physical development formulations, processes and elements are disclosed.

Abstract: This invention concerns improvements in interference film photography.

Abstract: In a color diffusion-transfer photographic element comprising a support carrying at least two color image forming units, each comprising a selectively sensitized silver halide emulsion layer and a color image-forming material contained in either said silver halide emulsion layer or a layer adjacent to said silver halide emulsion layer, there is provided an intermediate layer between two of said color image-forming units or protective overcoating layer comprising a polymer of at least one monoacrylate or monomethacrylate of an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol.

Abstract: Ballasted 1-hydroxy-2-naphthamide couplers which are N-substituted with a thiazolyl group that is in turn substituted with a phenyl group are disclosed as well as compositions and photographic elements containing these couplers in coupler solvents. The coupler solvent particles are comprised of a combination of a coupler solvent and the coupler capable of permitting the formation of a microcrystalline dye. Surprisingly these microcrystalline dyes exhibit a broadened absorption characteristic in the 750 to 850 nm region of the spectrum. Dye images having such absorption characteristics are particularly suited to forming integral infrared absorbing sound tracks in photographic elements, such as motion picture projection films.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a color photographic material which is characterized as containing a compound represented by the following formula I in combination with a compound represented by the following formula II ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic ring; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 individually represent hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group, an alkylthio group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an acyl group, an acylamino group, a diacylamino group, an acyloxy group, a sulfonamido group, an alkylamino group, a cycloalkyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group; and Z represents an atomic group or groups necessary for forming a chroman or coumaran ring; provided that R and R.sub.1 can cooperatively be cyclized to form a chroman or cumaran ring. ##STR2## wherein A.sub.1, A.sub.2, A.sub.3 and A.sub.4 are individually alkyl having 1-18 carbon atoms, the total number of carbon atoms of A.sub.1, A.

Abstract: A resin for coatings, particularly useful as a medium for printing inks and paints, comprising a modified polymer produced by adding at least one .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or anhydride thereof to at least one liquid conjugated diolefinic polymer having a number average molecular weight of 150 to 3,000, a viscosity of 2 to 5,000 cps at 30.degree. C. and at least 50% of cis-1,4 structure and subjecting the resulting adduct to imidation or diamidation with at least one amine having 1 to 27 carbon atoms and whereby the total amine value of the resulting modified polymer being made not more than 3.

Abstract: Mixed oxide compounds La.sub.2 O.sub.3.11Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, NdAlO.sub.3 and nonstoichiometric MgAl.sub.2 O.sub.3 are suitable for making cores and molds for casting advanced superalloy materials such as NiTaC-13.

Abstract: A delicate workpiece, such as a semiconductor wafer is cleaned by supporting the workpiece on a shaft which is rotated. A film of liquid solvent is caused to continuously flow across the exposed workpiece surface while the workpiece is in rotation and ultrasonic energy is applied to the liquid film for causing cavitation in the solvent, thereby effecting cleaning of the workpiece surface. Upon shutting off the solvent and the ultrasonic energy, the workpiece is dried by spinning it at high speed.

Abstract: A tool for mounting a cartridge case to a drill chuck for rotating the cartridge case about its longitudinal axis for the purpose of cleaning and polishing the cartridge case. The tool comprises a body member having a bore extending axially from one end thereof to the other end, with at least a portion of the bore being internally threaded. One end of the body member is provided with an undercut slot extending from the periphery thereof inwardly to encompass the bore therein. The undercut slot is adapted to receive the flanged end of a universal cartridge case shellholders. A shaft, at least a portion thereof having external threads, is positioned within the bore in the body member so that the threads on the shaft engage the threads of the bore. The shaft is of sufficient length to extend through the bore in the body member from said one end thereof to and beyond the other end so as to project outwardly from the other end.

Abstract: An improved bipolar transistor including an emitter region having a relatively high-impurity-concentration portion separated from the base region of the transistor by a significantly lower-impurity-concentration portion disposed therebetween comprises a graded impurity concentration in the low-impurity-concentration portion with the lowest-impurity-concentration section thereof being disposed adjacent the base region.

Abstract: An improved process of forming planar silicon-on-sapphire MOS integrated circuit devices by a local oxidation process in which portions of a silicon layer on a sapphire substrate are thermally oxidized throughout the thickness of the layer to provide interdevice dielectric isolation and a substantially planar topology includes a step of ion implanting phosphorus, boron, or a combination thereof into the silicon prior to the thermal oxidation step. The implanted impurities have a stabilizing effect on the devices thereafter built in the remaining silicon.

Abstract: Titanium, aluminum, lithium, magnesium and calcium are metal wetting agents which are capable of reducing the oxide of a semiconductor material naturally occurring, deposited or grown on a body of the semiconductor material and increasing the solubility of oxygen in gold, silver and tin.

Abstract: The corrosion resistance of a base metal article is improved by frictionally applying a metal to the article which is capable of forming an intermetallic compound with the base

Abstract: The electrolytic pickling of silicon electrical steel sheet that follows hot rolling, is improved by limiting the potential imposed on the steel, during the anodic phase thereof, to less than +1 V with respect to the standard hydrogen electrode, preferably less than +0.8 V. The avoidance of electrolysis of the aqueous medium shortens the treatment time, reduces energy consumption, avoids over-pickling, facilitates subsequent rolling, reduces the subsequent rolling load, improves adherence of the subsequently applied glass film, and renders more uniform the magnetic characteristics of the steel.

Abstract: A technique for fabricating a semiconductor heterostructure by growth of a ternary semiconductor on a binary semiconductor substrate from a melt of the ternary semiconductor containing less than saturation of at least one common ingredient of both the binary and ternary semiconductors wherein in a single temperature step the binary semiconductor substrate is etched, a p-n junction with specific device characteristics is produced in the binary semiconductor substrate by diffusion of a dopant from the melt and a region of the ternary semiconductor of precise conductivity type and thickness is grown by virtue of a change in the melt characteristics when the etched binary semiconductor enters the melt.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image pickup tube target is disclosed, in which, in evaporating a porous Sb.sub.2 S.sub.3 film in a low pressure insert gas, the amount of pre-evaporation of Sb.sub.2 S.sub.3 is decreased as the number of times of repetitive use of an evaporation boat increases in which Sb.sub.2 S.sub.3 is placed for evaporation, whereby an Sb.sub.2 S.sub.3 film having a given porosity is formed.

Abstract: Epitaxial tunnels may be formed in crystalline bodies of crystalline materials by growth of the material on a substrate having two intersecting crystallographic planes that exhibit rapid epitaxial growth and by maintaining the growth until the structure forming along those planes closes, thereby producing a tunnel. P-n junction structures can be made in semiconductor devices by appropriate techniques.

Abstract: A method of applying a tread band to a tire carcass includes the steps of placing a pre-vulcanized tread band on the inner surface of a resiliently flexible tread band holder and deforming the band holder inwardly to contact the tread band with a tire carcass. The deformation is carried out using inflatable air bags on the outer surface of the tread band holder. The deformation shortens the periphery of the tread band and produces a compressive stress in the band, which is retained in the band after bonding to the tire carcass.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread design for reducing the amount of noise generated by the tire when rolled on a given surface, is disclosed. The tread comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced lugs defining therebetween respective grooves, the lugs all being substantially similar to one another in configuration. Each of the lugs and its corresponding groove adjacent thereto in a given circumferential direction together defining a pitch of specified length which circumferentially is dimensionally identical to the pitch of certain others of the lugs and their corresponding grooves and is yet dimensionally different from the pitch of still others of the lugs and their corresponding grooves.

Abstract: A roll or roller for urging extruded thermoplastic strip onto an axially advancing, rotating pipe is constructed from a silicon rubber core with a shore hardness of 40 and having a softer silicon rubber jacket with a shore hardness not exceeding 30. The core is traversed by axial bores.

Abstract: A carrier for holding sheets of material to be bound along one edge thereof for use in a thermal binding machine. The carrier includes two side portions and a bottom portion which cooperate to support glue material to maintain the edges of the sheets being bound proximate the glue material. The bottom portion defines an inner surface which allows the bound material to be withdrawn from the bottom portion while maintaining the material in a bound disposition.

Abstract: A method of facilitating the disposal of waste cutting liquid consisting essentially of an emulsion of partly soluble oils and water comprises subjecting a trickling flow of the liquid to the action of a current of hot air at a temperature of from 80.degree. to 250.degree. C. and thus evaporating the water from the liquid. Insoluble oils may be removed from the liquid by decantation before the liquid is subjected to the current of hot air. Preferably the oil which remains after the water has been evaporated from the liquid is used as fuel in the heating of the hot air so that the oil is disposed of. Apparatus for carrying out this method comprises an evaporation tower containing a series of plates alternately inclined in opposite directions to the horizontal and arranged one beneath the other to permit a trickling zig-zag flow of the cutting liquid over the plates from the top plate to the bottom plate in the series.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided herein a method of increasing the strength of wet glass fiber mats prepared by the wet-laid process. The wet-strength of such freshly prepared glass fiber mats are improved in this invention by treating the wet mat with a dilute solution of an anionic surfactant. As a feature of the invention, the wet-strength of such mats are increased substantially so that they may be conveniently handled and transferred, even manually, for further processing, e.g. for applying binders and drying, into the finished glass fiber mat product.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided herein a method of increasing the strength of wet glass fiber mats prepared by the wet-laid process. The wet-strength of such freshly prepared glass fiber mats are improved in this invention by treating the wet mat with a dilute solution of an anionic polyelectrolyte. As a feature of the invention, the wet-strength of such mats are increased substantially so that they may be conveniently handled and transferred, even manually, for further processing, e.g. for applying binders and drying, into the finished glass fiber mat product.

Abstract: A high strength, non-woven fibrous material is prepared by (a) mixing an aqueous slurry of a negatively charged, water-insoluble natural or synthetic fiber or blend of fibers with an amount up to the fiber charge reversal point of a structured particle latex having pH independent cationic charges bound at or near the particle surface to form an aqueous suspension, (b) draining water from the aqueous suspension to form a wet web (c) wet pressing the web and (d) drying the web by heating.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided herein improved glass fiber dispersions for making uniform glass fiber mats by the wet-laid process. The well dispersed glass fiber compositions of this invention usually are prepared by mixing chopped glass fibers in water with a small amount of a select group of cationic quaternary ammonium compounds which have at least two long chain groups as part of the molecule. As features of the invention, the dispersions may be formed at relatively high glass fiber consistencies, in neutral or slightly alkaline solutions, and without generation of a high degree of foams. The resultant dispersions then are used to make very high quality glass fiber mats at high rates of production.

Abstract: Apparatus for the production of combustible munition containers includes a normally vertical, hollow, water permeable but fiber-impermeable form having a circular cross-section.The form is rotated by a variable speed motor and the interior of the form is maintained under partial vacuum as aqueous suspensions are fed to adjacent axial zones of the form by pipes connected to separate suspension supply tanks so that, after dewatering, the resulting container is non-uniform in composition axially but is uniform in composition axially.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a self locking drive system for rotating the plugs on the head of a nuclear reactor which is able to restrain plug motion if a seismic event should occur during reactor refueling. A servomotor is engaged via a gear train and a bull gear to the plug. Connected to the gear train is a feedback control system which allows the motor to rotate the plug to predetermined locations for refueling of the reactor. The gear train contains a self locking double enveloping worm gear set. The worm gear set is utilized for its self locking nature to prevent unwanted rotation of the plugs as the result of an earthquake. The double enveloping type is used because its unique contour spreads the load across several teeth providing added strength and allowing the use of a conventional size worm.