Abstract: A method of controlling consumption of animal feed is disclosed which is capable of limiting consumption to a desired level per animal without the use of special equipment or additional labor for this purpose. The feed composition includes a basal ration containing an effective amount of sodium hydroxide to control consumption of the feed composition to the desired level.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a novel method of preparing and preserving fresh ripe fruit pieces so that the fruit may be stored for long periods of time without appreciable loss of natural flavour, colour and texture. A method of preparing and preserving fresh fruit for storage comprised of: (a) separating edible parenchyma tissue from inedible tissue of the fruit; (b) cutting and/or segmenting the edible parenchyma tissue of the fruit into pieces; (c) packing the fruit pieces in a high gas-barrier or gas impermeable container; (d) flushing the container with an oxygen-containing gas mixture; (e) sealing the container from ambient outer atmosphere; (f) regrigerating the container with the fruit pieces or segments at a temperature between about -1.degree. C. to about 6.degree. C. to cold shock the fruit pieces in the container; and (g) storing the fruit pieces in the container at a refrigerated temperature between -1.degree. and 10.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for producing soybean milk and, more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a foodstuff suitable for soybean milk production and an apparatus for carrying out the method. The apparatus includes a brushing machine for removing earth matter and earth-born germs depositing on material soybean, a band dryer for adjusting the water content of the material soybean so as to facilitate separation of the material into skin and flesh portions, a skin remover for separating the skin portion from the flesh portion and for dividing the flesh portion of each piece of soybean into four to eight parts, and flat pressing rollers for converting the resulting powdery masses into uniformly distributed flaky masses.

Abstract: The invention relates to canned pet foods and to a process for preparing them. Meat and gravy pet foods are prepared which are highly palatable due to high meat and significant fat contents. The meaty pieces exhibit high integrity and the gravy component is flowable from the can and coats the meaty pieces to provide a high sheen with no significant visible fat in the gravy.

Abstract: A chocolate comprising a hard butter and a sucrose fatty acid ester, wherein said hard butter is a nontempering type and said sucrose fatty acid ester comprises capric acid, lauric acid or myristic acid as a constituting fatty acid and has an average degree of substitution of the fatty acid to the sucrose of 4 to 7, is disclosed. This chocolate scarcely suffers from any fat bloom upon storage and thus is highly preferable.

Abstract: A vessel (1) contains a rotor disc (23) mounted for rotation around a vertical axis (17) and arranged to bound a processing space (31) disposed above it. The agglomeration and/or the coating of particles are accomplished by moving the particles by the rotation of the rotor disc (23) and by means of a gas, in particular air, passed upwardly through the processing space (31) and by spraying them with a liquid. The torque required for the rotation of the rotor disc (23) is continuously measured by means of a torque measuring member (75) disposed between the rotor disc (23) and the drive device (77) arranged to drive the same. The agglomeration and/or the coating operation is controlled on the basis of the time-dependent variation of the torque and/or of the first derivative of the same, and/or of a variable having relation to the torque and/or its derivative.

Abstract: An insulating film formed by a plasma CVD method at the substrate temperature of 350.degree. to 550.degree. C.l is good in electric properties and heat resistance without causing whitening phenomenon is suitable for use in a thin-film electroluminescent device.

Abstract: A system and method for forming a pattern, such as a layer of metallization, on a surface. A layer comprising patterning material is positioned next to a deposition surface and a portion of the layer is heated to deposit some of the patterning material on the surface. The invention provides a means for transferring a pattern under atmospheric temperature and pressure conditions.

Abstract: A method particularly adapted for alloying a coating on a steel strip. The invention uses an induction heating furnace to produce a galvannealed product. In particular, the operating frequency to the heating coils of the furnace is modulated to avoid a resonant vibration in the steel strip through the heating zone of the furnace. Preferably the invention comprises imposing a frequency modulation on the operating frequency of the power signal to the heating coils.

Abstract: An MOCVD deposition technique wherein the pressure of reagent vapors within the reaction vessel (1) is maintained at a reduced pressure in the range 10.sup.-2 to .about.10 millibars and contained mounted substrates (15) are heated non-inductively e.g. by an electric resistance circumferential furnace (5). In the above pressure range, high diffusivity of the reagent vapors ensures exposure of the substrates (15) to a uniform reagent mixture. A large number of substrates (15) may be processed simultaneously. As heating is non-inductive, an inert mounting (17) can be utilized avoiding the introduction of contaminants (e.g. carbon) into the deposited film.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a plurality of superimposed layers, at least one outer layer being a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, contiguous layer defining an interface therebetween, each of said layers comprising a photopolymerized matrix of polymeric chains; said polymeric chains extending from the matrix of one of said layers through said interface into the matrix of a contiguous layer; said polymeric chains comprising polymerized monomers having migrated from the matrix of each contiguous layer prior to polymerization, whereby said layers cannot be delaminated.

Abstract: A method for metal plating the surface of an article formed from an organic plastic. The method includes a step of passing a current between two electrodes immersed in an electrolyte containing dissolved plating metal. One of the electrodes is the article to be plated and is provided with a surface having areas of a catalytic metal chalcogenide conversion coating adjacent to and in contact with conductive areas. In a preferred embodiment, the catalytic metal chalcogenide conversion coating is formed by treating the article with an acid colloidal solution of a tin-noble metal electroless metal plating catalyst and, subsequently, treating with a solution containing a dissolved sulfide to form a sulfide of the noble metal. The conversion coating allows the article to be directly electroplated. The method is especially useful for the formation of printed circuit boards and is sufficiently versatile to permit formation of a printed circuit board by a process that involves pattern plating.

Abstract: A stainless steel wire for springs is proposed which has a colored coating of resinous paint thereon. The wire is coated with a paint, dried and baked to form a coating and is then drawn to a desired diameter. The coating has a good adhesiveness and good heat resistance. The stainless steel wire may be nickel-plated before painting.

Abstract: A decorative device simulating a complex decorative bow know in ribbon includes a base member and individual pieces which may be bent into a loop configuration, with each of the loop-configured pieces attached to the base member by corner portions which extend through slits defined in the base member. The slits are preferably of two-legged "V" configuration in order to grip the loop members resiliently, and adhesive material may be used to hold the loop members in an arcuate loop configuration. Adhesive material may also be used, together with or instead of the slits, to attach the loop members to the base member. The bow may be made in large or small sizes and may be made in a form suitable for outdoor use at a modest cost. The decorative bow, in a preferred embodiment, may be disassembled and stored flat as a set of parts.

Abstract: A convertible receptacle has two layers of sheet material joined to each other at their peripheries. The upper layer is provided with a central opening such that when the upper layer is lifted, debris lying on the upper layer enters the opening into a space between the upper and lower layer.Preferred embodiments of the receptacle include drawstring means for lifting the upper layer away from the lower layer, for closing the receptacle, and for transporting the receptacle carrying debris.The invention can be applied as a table cloth, drop cloth, leaf bag, or sanitary disposal in medical applications. Moreover, the invention can be applied as a convertible bag, such as a combination beach bag/towel.

Abstract: Expanding the parison while the mold side parts defining the walls of the blow-molding chamber, one part per wall, are moved to mold closed positions causes flash to be pinched between each mold part and provides good wall thickness near the edges of the final product.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a multi-layered parison having adjacent layers of different polymeric resins with incompatible melt flow temperatures without degrading the polymeric resin having the lower melt flow temperature.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape can be produced by photopolymerization and yet its pressure-sensitive adhesive layer can have a dark appearance when it contains a pigment or dye plus finely divided hydrophobic silica. As compared to a tape which is identical except for omission of the hydrophobic silica, the adhesive layer of the tape is substantially darker and usually of substantially more intense color. Furthermore, the tape exhibits better adhesive properties than do otherwise identical tapes containing no silica. The pressure-sensitive adhesive preferably is an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive and may be filled with glass microbubbles which afford a foamlike appearance and character.

Abstract: A stack of aligned sheets, each of which sheets includes a backing, a coating of pressure sensitive adhesive on a lower surface of the backing by which the sheet is adhered to the sheet beneath it in the stack, which coating extends along and within at least 12.

Abstract: A label for application to a support surface. The label includes a moisture dissipative layer applied to a major surface of a sheet member. A layer of pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to the moisture dissipative layer opposite the sheet member for securing the label to a support surface. The label may be removed from the support surface without damage to the label by dissipating the moisture dissipative layer.

Abstract: A flocked polyurethane foam fabric and method for manufacturing the same for which flock fibers imbedded in an adhesive on the foam are permanently flattened and entangled. Dry ink is transferred onto the flock fibers at the same time that flattening of the fibers is taking place. The flock fibers are thermally set into their flattened state along an outer surface of a polyurethane foam base of the fabric. Flattening the flock fibers causes the entanglement of the flock, thereby improving the hand, appearance, drapeability, abrasion resistance, water repellency and heat insulation qualities for apparel items over that of unflattened flock fibers.

Abstract: Thermoplastic film, permeable to liquids, used particularly as a covering film for absorbent material, whose openings are formed as projections on one side only of the film, and having its narrowest cross-section in a plane different from that of the smooth side of the film. The cross-section of the opening widens on passing from its narrowest point towards the free edge of the projection on film. The free edge of the projection can be irregularly lobed or wrinkled.

Abstract: A carbon composite tensile test specimen for high temperature testing and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. A plurality of holes are drilled in first and second end sections of the specimen and then the end sections are electroplated with nickel. The nickel plating of the end sections prevents breakage of the ends in the jaws of a tensile testing apparatus. For high-temperature testing, a standard-sized specimen may be used with the jaws in the hot zone.

Abstract: A waterproof, water-vapor-permeable fabric construction is provided comprising a laminate of a water-permeable material such as a polyester fabric bonded to a waterproof, water-vapor-permeable film such as a film of expanded, porous polytetrafluoroethylene, wherein at least a part of the laminate is molded so that it has a permanent curved shape. This fabric construction is useful in various articles of clothing such as hats.

Abstract: Laminate is disclosed comprising a perfluoropolymer reinforced with polyaramid positioned between two layers of copper.

Abstract: A flexible fender cover adapted for covering a fender of an automobile or the like while a mechanic works on the automobile. The cover comprises an absorbent layer of a generally oleophilic melt blown microfiber material, and a non-slip layer on one major surface of the absorbent layer. The absorbent layer is bonded at spaced locations to prevent separation or linting of the fibers forming the layer. The non-slip layer is formed of generally non-slip and non-abrasive elastomeric material having a generally high coefficient of friction in a shear mode relative to the fender to grip the fender, with generally low adhesion when peeled or lifted from the fender.

Abstract: Use of surface modification treatment on mineral fines to obtain higher filler loadings in asphalt used for roofing shingles. Mineral fines are coated with oil such as a petroleum oil at about the 0.25-1.0 percent level before they are incorporated into molten asphalt. This treatment makes minerals which otherwise would be uncompetitive with traditional fillers, such as limestone, sufficiently compatible with asphalt to be a viable alternative to limestone. Nepheline syenite mineral fines treated in this manner have been successfully incorporated into asphalt for shingles at a loading of 65-70%.

Abstract: Advanced epoxy resins are disclosed which result from the reaction of a relatively low molecular weight epoxy resin and a polyhydric phenol wherein at least one of the reactants contains at least one halogen atom which is meta with respect to a glycidyl ether group or a hydroxyl group attached to an aromatic ring. These advanced epoxy resins, when cured with a suitable curing agent, possess an improvement as compared to an advanced epoxy resin containing halogen atoms which are ortho with respect to a glycidyl ether group in at least one of thermal stability, glass transition temperature, relationship of viscosity to molecular weight and resistance to forming hydrolyzed halides in the presence of a refluxing solution of an alkali metal hydroxide.

Abstract: A printed circuit is provided wherein the electrically conductive material which forms the circuit elements is embedded within a dielectric substrate. The preferred dielectric substrate is porous, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene.

Abstract: A paper support material for photographic layers, as well as a process for the manufacture of such a support material, includes coating the paper on at least one side with a polyolefin layer containing a polyalkylene glycol, preferably a polyethylene glycol, a polypropylene glycol, or a copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide in a quantity between 40 ppm and 1% by weight, relative to the total quantity of the polyolefin. The molecular weight of the polyethylene glycol can be between 100 and 35,000, preferably 400 to 20,000, that of the polypropylene glycol can be between 400 and 10,000, preferably between 2,000 and 4,000, and that of the copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide can be between 200 and 20,000. In addition to the polyalkylene glycol, the polyolefin layer advantageously contains a fatty acid derivative from the group of soaps and fatty acid amides.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium suitable for high density recording comprising a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic layer which contains a non-magnetic binder and ferromagnetic powder dispersed therein formed on said substrate, the coercive force of the magnetic layer being from 1,400 to 2,000 oersteds, the residual magnetic flux density being at least 1,100 gausses and a thickness of the layer being at least 0.5 .mu.m, which effectively works when it is used together with a magnetic head, a part of which near a magnetic gap, made of a magnetic material having saturation magnetic flux density of at least 7,000 gausses and which has a magnetic gap length of 0.15 to 0.4 .mu.m.

Abstract: Described is a titanium dioxide-containing resin saturable paper sheet in which from about 5 to about 40 weight percent of the titanium dioxide filler is replaced with amorphous precipitated silica having an essentially neutral to slightly alkaline, e.g., 6.5 to 8.5, pH and a medium agglomerate particle size of less than 30 micrometers, e.g., 3 to 10 micrometers. The BET surface area of the silica may vary from about 25 to about 200 m.sup.2 /g, e.g., 50 to 100 m.sup.2 /g. Also described are decorative laminates in which the core of the laminate contains at least one of such saturable paper sheets.

Abstract: Covering a rigid but pliable, smooth surface with a one-sided matte embossed polyethylene film, where the non-embossed smooth side of the film is in direct contact with the smooth surface being covered. Adhesion of the smooth side of the film to the smooth surface to which it is applied is effected much like a vacuum adhesion as seen when a drop of water is placed between two sheets of glass. The embossed side of the film forms microscopic air pockets when rolled upon itself which prevents blocking. This feature allows the non-embossed side to be made as smooth as possible without the need for an anti-blocking agent.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for improving the stability of the surface-releasing performance of a silicone-coated release paper so as to minimize the changes in the peeling resistance between the release paper and an adhesive surface bonded thereto even after lapse of time from preparation of the release paper to bonding of the adhesive surface or from bonding of the adhesive surface to peeling thereof. The method comprises providing an overcoating layer of an organotin compound such as dibutyl tin diacetate on the surface of a cured coating layer of an organopolysiloxane composition comprising a vinyl-containing organopolysiloxane, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane and a platinum catalyst to promote the addition reaction between the silicon-bonded vinyl groups and the silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms.

Abstract: In construction of a magnetic recording material having overlaid anodic oxide layers and well suited for perpendicular magnetic recording, a substrate is made of a hard material and Al predominant layers of 0.1 to 2 .mu.m thickness and formed on the substrate as a base for the overlaid anodic oxide layers for improvement in mechanical properties with acceptable magnetic recording characteristics.

Abstract: When non-magnetic solid particles, the surface of which are treated with an organosilazane, are used in the formation of a magnetic recording medium, they are well dispersed in a binder resin, so that a magnetic layer comprising such solid particles has improved electromagnetic conversion characteristics, traveling stability and durability, and a back coat layer comprising such solid particles has improved abrasion resistance and surface evenness.

Abstract: In magnetic recording media consisting of a nonmagnetic base and, firmly applied to this, one or more magnetic layers based on a magnetic material finely dispersed in organic binders, the binder consists of not less than 50% by weight of a high molecular weight branched polyurethane elastomer possessing OH-containing urea groups at the chain ends.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to polycrystalline titanium nitride and zirconium nitride coating compositions and coated articles with a I(111)/I(200) x-ray diffraction intensity ratio of at least about 75 for the titanium nitride composition and at least about 15 for the zirconium nitride composition and to a method of forming a highly oriented polycrystalline titanium nitride or zirconium nitride coating composition with a high I(111)/I(200) x-ray diffraction intensity ratio. This invention also concerns polycrystalline titanium nitride and zirconium nitride coating compositions and coated articles of the type described with an interplanar spacing, d.sub.111, of 2.460 Angstroms or less for TiN and an interplanar spacing, d.sub.111, of 2.660 Angstroms or less for ZrN and to methods for producing same. The composition is deposited upon a substrate in an evacuated chamber from a titanium or zirconium cathode source surrounded by an elongated member which overhangs the cathode to form a cathode chamber.

Abstract: Coating compositions for bakeware release are disclosed to contain (a) base silicone resin having alkoxy or acyloxy functional groups and a viscosity between 10 to 200,000 centipoise; (b) base polydiorganosiloxane fluid having functional groups to react with the base resin; (c) a hydroxy functional polyphenylsiloxane resin; (d) a nonthermosettable polydiorganosiloxane fluid; and (e) an effective amount of condensation catalyst.

Abstract: A transparent article comprising on the surface of a transparent substrate a cured transparent coating film composed of a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an organic silicon compound represented by the following general formula (I) and/or a hydrolysis product thereof:R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b Si(OR.sup.3).sub.4-a-b (I)wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each stand for an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or a hydrocarbon group having a halogen group, an epoxy group, a glycidoxy group, an amino group, a mercapto group, a methacryloxy group or a cyano group, R.sup.3 stands for an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group, an acyl group or a phenyl group, and a and b are 0 or 1,10 to 300 parts by weight of a polyfunctional epoxy resin having an aromatic ring and/or an aliphatic ring and 25 to 800 parts by weight of antimony oxide fine particles having an average particle size of 1 to 200 m.mu..

Abstract: An automotive and refinish coating containing a curing catalyst which minimizes yellowing of a finish after exposure to weathering wherein the composition has a binder of an acrylic polymer of polymerized monomers of alkyl methacrylate, alkyl acrylate or mixtures thereof and the polymer has pendent aminoester or hydroxy aminoester groups and a glycidyl acrylic crosslinking polymer of polymerized monomers of glycidyl methacrylate or glycidyl acrylate and an alkyl methacrylate or acrylate or mixtures thereof; wherein the catalyst is the alkyl ester of para hydroxy benzoic acid having 1-4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group.

Abstract: A stainable polymeric sheet material adapted to the production of a light polarizer therefrom is provided by a method, according to which, a support sheet of amorphous polymeric material is uniaxially stretched in a first direction (at or above the glass transition temperature of the polymeric support material), a layer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is coated from an aqueous PVA-containing composition onto the uniaxially stretched support material, and the PVA-coated uniaxially stretched polymeric sheet material is stretched along a second direction, at an angle within about .+-.60 degrees to a normal to the first direction of stretch. The method provides a material which can be converted, by incorporation of visible dichroism into the PVA layer, to a light polarizer which combines efficient light polarizing properties and good mechanical strength and resistance to fracture along the stretch directions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of multi-layered wear-resistant CVD- or PVD-coatings applied to hardmetal parts containing WC-Co or WC-Ni, where at least one of the layers is a metal-boronitride layer. According to the invention, the boron concentration in the metal-boronitride layer is maintained below the critical level above which in addition a homogeneous boronitride mixed crystal phase a further phase, particularly a diboride phase is formed. A non-boronic, or only slightly boronic, intermediate layer is employed as a diffusion barrier between the hardmetal and the metal-boronitride layer to limit or prevent the formation of brittle tungsten cobalt boron or tungsten nickel boron phases on the external surface of the hardmetal. The metallic boronitride layer can be applied either as a single layer or in multiple layers alternating with other mechanically resistant layers. The hardmetal part is particularly a cutting insert for machining.

Abstract: A surface for providing an electrically conductive surface coating on an electrical contact body. The process resulting in such a coating comprises the steps of depositing upon the body surface in sequence, (a) a nickel layer, (b) a first gold layer, (c) a palladium/nickel alloy layer which may be an alloy containing nickel up to a proportion of 50% by weight, and (d) a second gold layer. All the layers may be deposited by an electrodeposition process.The resulting surface coating has excellent corrosion and wear resistance properties.

Abstract: A divalent europium activated alkaline earth metal halide phosphor which is coactivated with boron and has the formula (I):M.sup.II X.sub.2.aM.sup.II X'.sub.2 :xEu.sup.2+,yB (I)in which M.sup.II is at least one alkaline earth metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca; each of X and X' is at least one halogen selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br and I, and X.noteq.X'; and a, x and y are numbers satisfying the conditions of 0.1.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.10.0, 0<x.ltoreq.0.2 and 2.times.10.sup.-4 .ltoreq.y.ltoreq.2.times.10.sup.-1, respectively. A radiation image recording and reproducing method utilizing said phosphor and a radiation image storage panel employing said phosphor are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides a rechargeable electrochemical power storage cell. The cell has an anode compartment defined between a cell casing and a separator, the anode compartment containing active anode material which is liquid at the operating temperature of the cell. The separator defines a cathode compartment containing an electrolyte which is liquid at the operating temperature of the cell, and an active cathode material. The separator separates said compartments from each other and during discharge of the cell the active anode material passes from the anode compartment to the cathode compartment through the separator, to enter the cathode compartment in ionic form. The active anode material passes through the separator from the cathode compartment to the anode compartment during charging of the cell.

Abstract: A molten carbonate fuel cell comprising a pair of conductive electrodes, an electrolyte body sandwiched between the pair of conductive electrodes and consisting essentially of an electrolyte of an alkali carbonate mixture, more than 5 mole % to 15 mole % of magnesium carbonate with respect to the alkali carbonate mixture, and an electrolyte retaining material, fuel supplying means for supplying a fuel gas to one of the pair of conductive electrodes, and oxidant supplying means for supplying an oxidant gas to the other of the pair of conductive electrodes.

Abstract: An integrally molded, combined fuel cell electrode and matrix is provided having a matrix layer containing 3 to 20 weight percent polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and 80 to 97 weight percent inorganic powder, the matrix being integral with an electrode layer of PTFE containing a catalyst. The electrode layer preferably is 40 to 90 weight percent of electrically conductive fine powder, on which the catalyst has been supported, and 10 to 60 weight percent PTFE. Also provided is a method for manufacture of the integral fuel cell electrode and matrix of the invention.

Abstract: An improved high temperature electrochemical cell employing a molten alkali metal anolyte, a solid ceramic electrolyte containing mobile alkali metal ions, and a molten sulfur/selenium catholyte is disclosed.

Abstract: A sodium-sulfur storage battery comprises a battery housing which functions as a positive current terminal collector, a solid electrolyte tube which is permeable to sodium ion and is disposed in the battery housing, and a positive electroconductive material, into which positive reactant is impregnated, disposed in a positive chamber between the solid electrolyte tube and the battery housing. The positive electroconductive material has a rugged part consisting of longitudinally extending concave and convex portions, which are formed by compression molding, at the inner surface thereof.