Abstract: A meshed plastic filter of a narrow-pitch net including a net and a frame in a unitary body is produced in either a square or a circular overall shape, and has diverse applications, such as a filter or sieve for gasoline or oil, a dust collector filter and other various filtration. A precision die has developed for producing such a meshed fabric plastic filter. The precision die has grooves called dam/discharge rib grooves radiating from the die center for guiding and pressuring the injected material and the vertical and horizontal rib grooves existing in horizontal and vertical directions for forming the net, so that gas retention inside the die is prevented and the material sneaks uniformly into the vertical and horizontal rib grooves and a frame groove through the dam/discharge rib grooves.

Abstract: The invention relates to a barless mold closing device for injection molding machines, which absorbs the mold closing and opening forces via a C-shaped machine frame, in which plate bending is minimized by asymmetrical internal die forces and eccentric opening forces and the load on the die guides and in which it is possible to automatically compensate for non-parallelisms at the die parting line. The solution calls for the fixed die mounting plate 2 and/or the end plate 4 to be supported in two horizontal bearing axes 9, 10 and 11, 12 above and below the axis of injection 7. The lower bearing axes 10, 12 are connected to the fixed die mounting plate 2 and/or to the end plate 4 via elastically deformable components 13 in such a way that these components are connected to the elastic deformation of the machine frame 1, so that there is no angular deviation from the vertical position of the mounting surfaces 2.1, 3.1.

Abstract: Refrigeratable yeast-leavened dough products are prepared that can be stored for extended periods of time at refrigeration temperatures. The dough composition and yeast strain are chosen to limit the total leavening action of the yeast by controlling the mount of substrate in the dough fermentable by the yeast. Dough compositions made in accordance with the invention are capable of being leavened at elevated temperatures, yet stored in a sealed container at refrigeration temperatures for extended periods of time. In one embodiment, a maltose negative yeast is used and sucrose or the like is added to the dough to serve as a fermentable substrate for the dough; this dough is suitable for storage times of up to 30 days or so.

Abstract: Coated animal feed agglomerates such as pellets are made starting with uncoated agglomerates or pellets that may be formed of easily agglomerated or pelleted ingredients but which may be lacking in desirable nutritional or other ingredients. A binder such as a viscous aqueous gel is coated onto the uncoated agglomerates or pellets. Thereafter, the damp binder coated agglomerates or pellets are dusted with a powder containing ingredients which usually are not amenable to being extruded. After the dusting powder has been applied the coated and dusted pellets are dried and cooled.

Abstract: By providing a liquid, vegetable oil-based formulation incorporating a particular flavoring, concentrate or blending agent and placing the formulation in a vessel on which a high pressure, non-throttling pump is attached, a unique, reliable dispensing system is achieved which repeatedly and consistently dispenses the formulation in a wide, uniformly dispersed spray. Preferably, the high pressure pump provides a delivery pressure between about 75 and 110 psig, thereby assuring that the moderate viscosity formulation is dispersed in the desired spray pattern. In addition, the formulation preferably incorporates pure grain ethyl alcohol in addition to vegetable oil and the desired blending agent, concentrate or flavoring.

Abstract: A hot beverage brewing and dispensing machine with the ability to dispense first and second successive single shots of espresso coffee with the dispensing of a second separate liquid additive such as foamed milk and/or hot water spanning the time lag between the end of the dispensing flow of the first shot of espresso and the beginning of the dispensing flow of the second shot in order to maintain a continuous dispensing flow.

Abstract: A process for making a low fat meat product includes grinding meat having less than 50% fat to reduce the meat to a small particle size. The meat is then heated to a target temperature less than 100.degree. F., which is hot enough to melt the fat and low enough not to denature the meat. The meat is then placed in a centrifuge and subject to centrifugal separation, thereby making a low fat meat product and an oil product. The low fat meat is removed from the centrifuge and chilled and the oil product is removed and may later be subject to a polishing operation. In addition, the process may include mixing the meat after it has been heated and before being placed into the centrifuge.

Abstract: A baking improver composition in a homogeneous solid shaped form which includes one or more baking improver agents and at least one binding agent which permits disintegration of the solid form when in use for mixing a dough. Such a composition form may weigh between 25 grams and 2 kilograms and is capable of manual division into smaller dosage units and obtained, for example, by compacting a powder composition based on flour and containing about 20 to 30% by weight of lecithin as a binding agent and baking emulsifier.

Abstract: A low-fat saute and method for making the same is disclosed, the mixture substantially simulating the appearance, taste, texture, and mouth feel of traditional fat-filled sautes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat-stable oil-in-water emulsion comprising hydrolyzed protein as well as hydrolyzed lecithin having a degree of hydrolysis above 40%, to a powdery product obtained by drying an emulsion according to the invention, as well as to a dry, mixed product comprising hydrolyzed protein and hydrolyzed lecithin. The invention further relates to the use of hydrolyzed lecithin as stabilizer in oil-in-water emulsions comprising hydrolyzed protein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a muco-adherent, soluble device for administering active ingredients, a method of using said device, and an improved method of manufacturing said device using a continuous, enclosed mixing device capable of operating under pressure. The devices of the invention, which comprise a lyophilized foam and an active ingredient, have a dissolution time of at least about 8 hours, and preferably at least about 24 hours, and can provide for the sustained and/or controlled release of an active ingredient for up to about 24 hours.

Abstract: There is disclosed a coating method involving a dispensing apparatus defining a particulate material exit opening including: (a) rotating a first applicator and an adjacent second applicator against a substrate, wherein the first applicator and the second applicator define a gap region therebetween; and (b) introducing particulate material into the gap region from the particulate material exit opening positioned at the gap region and moving a portion of the particulate material across the gap region to the substrate, wherein the rotation of the first applicator and the second applicator rubs the particulate material against the substrate.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a process for producing Co-coated acicular magnetite particles each comprising:acicular magnetite particle as the core particle;a lower coating layer of Co-containing spinel ferrite having a spinel structure, which is formed on the surface of said acicular magnetite particle; andan upper coating layer of Co- and Mg-containing spinel ferrite having a spinel structure, which is formed on said lower coating layer.

Abstract: A device for coating substrates has a capillary slot which is used in a first step to apply lacquer to the substrate. In a second step, the lacquer layer thickness of the substrate is reduced and made more uniform by spinning in a spinning device.

Abstract: A host-guest jet vapor deposition system uses sonic jets and moving substrates to produce host-guest films in which complex organic molecules are trapped in hard, inorganic hosts. The system is capable of film fabrication at high rate and room temperature. Guest molecule concentrations are large and film quality is excellent. Films made in accordance with the present invention have applications in optics and electronics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method to produce Group III nitride thin film having a lower defect density, which method comprises:(a) combining under metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) conditions at least one Group III metalorganic compound with ammonia, hydrazine, nitrogen-hydrogen, or combinations thereof in a molar ratio of between about 1/10000 and 2/1 of metalorganic to the ammonia, hydrazine, nitrogen-hydrogen, or combinations thereof, at a low pressure of about 100 torr or less, to produce a first nitride layer;(b) combining under metalorganic chemical vapor deposition conditions at least one Group III metalorganic compound with ammonia, hydrazine, nitrogen-hydrogen, or combinations thereof in a molar ratio of between about 1/10000 and 2/1 of metalorganic to the ammonia, hydrazine, nitrogen-hydrogen, or combinations thereof, at a high pressure of about 700 to 760 torr or greater for between about 5 and 60 min to produce a nitride layer having a reduced defect density and;(c)

Abstract: A multilayered electronic component created by a wet process, wherein a ceramic base is imprinted with an electrode and an interlayer via is formed on top of it by introducing a via pattern printed in ink that is incompatible with a layer of wet ceramic slurry coating placed on top of the electrode and the via pattern. The incompatibility leads to a physical-chemical reaction that removes ceramic material away from the top of the via pattern by diffusing ceramic materials contained in a colloidal suspension forming a via-through hole. After the wet ceramic slurry is dried, it surrounds the via-through hole and the imprinted via pattern. Then a new electrode layer is imprinted on top of the dried ceramic coating. The new electrode layer completes an electrically conductive path formed from the bottom-most electrode layer, to the via pattern, and then terminating at the new electrode layer on top.

Abstract: In air-knife coating, the coating mix is applied to the paper or board web by a coating applicator, and the coating mix is doctored to the desired coating thickness by blowing a sharp air jet discharged from an air knife. The air knife doctoring separates coating mix that has not been absorbed by the web forming a filter-cake layer. The air knife is directed at the upper boundary between the filter-cake layer and the un-absorbed coating mix. The coat weight is controlled by adjusting the distance between the point of initial application of the coating mix to the web and the point of doctoring where coating mix is removed.

Abstract: A process for depositing carbon nitride films on substrates or work pieces by means of plasma assisted energy controlled ion beam deposition. The process produces microscopically smooth, nearly stress free, insulating and transparent carbon nitride thin films at room (or elevated) temperature. In the process the substrate, tool or other component to be coated is placed in a vacuum chamber at room temperature and is acted upon by a source of negative carbon ions and a high flux plasma source of nitrogen radicals. The source of C.sup.- ions is hydrogen free and provides particle energies suitable for the production of films of high quality carbon nitride. The source of the nitrogen flux provides a high density of nitrogen radicals to interact with the C.sup.- ion beam and coat the substrate with carbon nitride. In a further embodiment of the process, which provides an even higher deposition rate, a source of N.sup.+ is added which provides charge neutralization and surface nitridation prior to deposition.

Abstract: Methods of forming a platinum deposit on a nonconductive substrate are diosed, comprising the steps of hydrophobically treating a carbon black powder, forming a solution of chloroplatinic acid, suspending the hydrophobically treated carbon black powder in the chloroplatinic acid, immersing a nonconductive substrate in the chloroplatinic acid and adding formaldehyde to said chloroplatinic acid. The hydrophobically carbon black powder suspended in the chloroplatinic acid catalyzes and drives the reduction of platinum within the chloroplatinic acid toward the nonconductive substrate and reduces the chloroplatinic acid forming metallic platinum on the nonconductive substrate. In a preferred embodiment, a platinum deposit is formed on a glass substrate immersed in the chloroplatinic acid and the step of hydrophobically treating the carbon black powder is accomplished by adding a CF.sub.4 gas plasma to the carbon black powder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to ion emitter tip metals and alloys for ionizing the molecules of a gas which concurrently produces small diameter and very low numbers of unwanted particles. Specifically, the invention discloses ion emitter tip materials which, when subjected to normal operating electrical conditions of between about 0.1 and 100 microamperes per emitter tip, produces about 1 particle or less having a diameter of about 0.5 microns or less per cubic foot. Useful ion emitter tip materials include zirconium, titanium, molybdenum, tantalum, rhenium or alloys of these metals. In a specific embodiment, the metal alloys comprise zirconium and rhenium, titanium and rhenium, molybdenum and rhenium, or tantalum and rhenium. Silicon coated metal emitter tips, particularly titanium-silicon coated are disclosed. The emitter tip materials are useful to obtain Class 1 clean room standards in static air or flowing air environments used, for example, in semiconductor manufacture.

Abstract: The refillable polyester bottle of the invention has a mean crystallinity of 32 to 70% at the bottle body, a methanol adsorption of 1,500 ppm or less at the same portion and a paraxylene adsorption of 300 ppm or less at the same portion. Therefore, the bottle is excellent in non-adsorptivity and heat resistance. According to the method of removing adsorbates on a polyester bottle of the invention, the adsorbates can be rapidly desorbed by holding the bottle in air of 40.degree. to 150.degree. C. or bringing the bottle into contact with water or water vapor heated at 40.degree. to 150.degree. C.

Abstract: A flame-retardant resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, from 10 to 80 parts by weight of a bis(halogenophenyl)terephthalamide, and from 5 to 40 parts by weight of antimony trioxide; an electric wire comprising a conductor having thereon an insulating layer comprising the resin composition; and a tube or a heat-shrinkable tube comprising the resin composition.

Abstract: A high strength, uncoated, uncalendered airbag fabric that is lighter in weight than heretofore and exhibits an air permeability of less than 4 cfm per square foot of area at air pressures of one-half inch of water. The fabric is woven on a fluid jet loom from synthetic, continuous, multi-filament yarns having a denier in the range of 200 to 900.

Abstract: A laminated window includes at least one rigid external substrate (5) and a sheet made of flexible plastic material (6) which is adjacent to the substrate (5). The window is equipped with an electrostatic protection circuit which is capable of dissipating the charges which have accumulated on the external sheet (7). This circuit includes conducting elements (2) which cross through at least the substrate and at least one part of the sheet made of plastic material (6). The conducting elements (2) are connected to a collector element (3) which is connected to the ground (4) and embedded in the sheet made of flexible plastic material (6).

Abstract: A card package assembly and method of manufacture thereof allow simple and inexpensive production of desirable products, particularly useful for telephone debit cards. A web of card stock is imaged on both first and second faces with indicia (preferably variable and non-variable), and the faces are spot coated with plastic at spaced locations equal to the length of card package ultimately separated from the web. A card is formed from or out of each of the spot coated plastic locations, by die cutting, or with lines of weakness such as perforations. The form is narrower at the card, and adhesive patterns outside the card portions hold other panels of the package together once folded over to sandwich the card between other panels. The cards may be produced from a web one package wide, or from a web two or even more packages wide. A bang tail is preferably provided connected to the card, and of the same width, with a perforation separating the bang tail from the card and coupon indicia imaged on the bang tail.

Abstract: A method and structure are provided for joining structural wood members. A plurality of slits is formed in the end portions of members to be joined, and the end portions are brought into proximity with slits in alignment. The members are temporarily fixed in the desired orientation and adhesive is applied into the slits. Connecting plates are coated with the adhesive, inserted into the aligned slits and the adhesive is hardened.

Abstract: A quilt design planner in the form of relatively thin but substantially rigid panels or strips having a grid marking on an upwardly exposed surface thereof positioned in overlying relation to the sashings and/or borders on the quilt top to enable a quilter to more effectively plan the design to be formed on the sashings and/or borders prior to making any marks on the quilt top. The panels or strips having the grid marking thereon have an easily erasable surface on which designs may be formed by using templates or stencils and a marking pencil or other marker. This enables a quilter to form, lay out and adjust the design on the panels or strips with the planned design overlying the sashing and/or borders around each block of the quilt top.

Abstract: A retroreflective composition of the present invention comprises non-volatile matrix material, volatile constituent, and a plurality of retroreflective microsphere beads wherein the ratio of the volume of matrix material to the volume of retroreflective microsphere beads is in the range of 75% to 185%, and is optimally suitable for use on fabrics.

Abstract: A soft web material which exhibits an elastic-like behavior along at least one axis when subjected to an applied and subsequently released elongation. The web material includes a strainable network having a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions of the same material composition. A portion of the first regions extend in a first direction while the remainder extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to intersect one another. The first regions form a boundary completely surrounding the second regions. The second regions include a plurality of raised rib-like elements.

Abstract: The invention provides pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coated articles, including tapes and transfer coatings, having microstructured surfaces and methods of making pressure-sensitive adhesive articles bearing such microstructured surfaces. The performance properties of the pressure-sensitive adhesive articles can be tailored by independently varying the microstructure and the rheological properties of the pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A sheet material is capable of converting a two dimensional image which may be of interest to a visually handicapped individual, into a three dimensional raised image that can be perceived by the visually handicapped individual using the individual's tactile sense. The method, apparatus and material uses a sheet-like substrate which is coated throughout its entire area by an expandable composition. A two dimensional, initially flat, image can be drawn, imprinted or otherwise placed on the substrate using a dark, dense color which is preferably black. The black color of the image absorbs energy to a greater extent than the surrounding substrate so that when the substrate is irradiated, for example, using an infrared lamp in an enclosure through which the sheet of material passes, the image becomes puffed and raised. The visually handicapped individual can than touch the surface of the substrate and easily perceive the raised image.

Abstract: A soft tissue product is disclosed having uniformly distributed surface deposits of a solidified composition having a melting point of from about 30.degree. C. to about 70.degree. C. The solidified composition is applied to the outer surfaces of the tissue product in melted form, preferably by rotogravure printing. The solidified composition contains an oil, a wax, and preferably a fatty alcohol.

Abstract: A method of disposing of garments after use. The garments, linens, drapes, towels and other useful articles are provided as woven, non-woven, knitted or otherwise formed fabric of thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol polymer fiber, the fiber being water soluble only at temperatures above approximately 37.degree. C. and preferably above 50.degree. C. After use, the fabric is subjected to water at a sufficient temperature to substantially dissolve the fabric whereupon the water and dissolved fabric are subjected to disposal.

Abstract: A formable reinforcement bar, a process for producing a formable reinforcing bar and a supported structure including a formable reinforcement bar are provided. The reinforcement bar includes a body portion of a fiber reinforced thermoplastic material. The process involves laminating multiple layers of thin strips or bundles of fiber reinforced thermoplastic to produce the formable rebar. The formable rebar may be produced at remote locations such as a construction site. The supported structure includes a composite material having a formable rebar embedded therein.

Abstract: A sensible and latent heat exchange or adsorbent media formed from an improved desiccant or adsorbent paper having higher strength and thinner gauge to provide increased area of media, the media having a multiplicity of passageways therethrough through which an air stream can flow. The improved desiccant or adsorbent paper is comprised of fibrillated organic fibers formed to provide an improved support material having improved levels of strength and higher levels of desiccant or adsorbent material contained in the improved fibrous support material to provide the improved paper. The improved desiccant paper is capable of adsorbing or transferring sensible heat from a warm air stream and releasing or transferring the absorbed sensible heat into a cool air stream as the air stream flows though the sensible and latent heat exchange media.

Abstract: Low density collapsed absorbent foams materials that, upon contact with aqueous fluids, in particular urine, can expand and absorb these fluids. These low density foams typically have an expanded thickness from about 6 to about 10 times the thickness of the foams in their collapsed state. These low density foams are made by polymerizing high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) where the volume to weight ratio of the water phase to the oil phase is in the range of from about 55:1 to about 100:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, and incontinence pads. More particularly, the present invention relates to absorbent articles, such as sanitary napkins, that have undergarment covering components (or "side wrapping elements") that automatically wrap the sides of a wearer's panties and provide an alternative to conventional side flaps. The side wrapping elements have at least one zone of extensibility and at a region therein that is stiffer than the zone of extensibility.

Abstract: An elongated structural member suitable for use as a marine piling includes a continuous, extruded plastic body having rebar disposed within the plastic body and extending in the lengthwise direction of the structural member. The structural member is formed by continuously extruding a molten plastic into a die so that the molten plastic surrounds and bonds to rebar fed into the die.

Abstract: Waterproof, breathable, flexible, seamless shaped articles, such as gloves or socks, are described which are made of a flexible layered composite comprising:(a) a microporous thermoplastic polyester polyurethane or polyether polyurethane that is water vapor permeable, and(b) a nonporous copolymer that is waterproof but water vapor permeable which provides improved waterproofness to the microporous polymer layer.

Abstract: Pulverulent coating compositions exhibiting excellent adhesion to metal substrates are formulated from a polyamide, e.g., nylon 6, nylon 11, nylon 12, or copolyamide thereof, and minor amounts of at least one phenolic polycondensate and/or at least one polyalkyl(meth)acrylate.

Abstract: Mouldings made from polyacetylene-containing polymer products comprising poly-acetylene and a polymer other than polyacetylene are distinguished by improved stability of their optical and electrical properties in air when they have a protective coating of a silicate.

Abstract: A replacement surface for bathtub and shower floors comprising a liner covering substantially the entire bottom interior surface of the bathtub or shower with a peripheral relief allowing access to a drain and conforming surface irregularities of the bottom interior surface to present a top surface with a relatively smooth contour, and a self-curing, waterproof adhesive layer which envelops and seals any cracks on the bottom interior surface and promotes an intimate bond between the liner and the bottom interior surface.

Abstract: A fiber filler for filling voids between mated fiber plies, for example, as occurs in the preparation of a preform assembly for forming a T-shaped structural member, is disclosed. The fiber filler comprises a plurality of unidirectional fibers, shaped to conform to the shape of the void and a stabilizer intermingled with the unidirectional fibers. The stabilizer is present in an amount sufficient to hold the fibers together in the shape of the void, but below an amount which would inhibit resin flow during subsequent injection, so that the fiber filler is fully integrated into the final part.

Abstract: A compressive strut for cryogenic applications includes a tube with a cylindrical bore wall defining an internal cavity, a rod of filling material within the cavity which has low thermal conductivity, and structure in engagement with the rod, such as end plugs partially inserted into the ends of the tube and in contact with the rod. The tube may be formed of a composite material such as fiberglass within a matrix of epoxy, wherein the fiberglass fibers are wound circumferentially. The plug at one end of the strut is attached to the warm support structure and the plug at the other end is attached to the cold structure, such as a superconducting magnet which is maintained at cryogenic temperatures. Compressive pressure applied by the magnet to the strut causes the plugs to press inwardly on the filling material rod, expanding the rod radially.

Abstract: A polymeric resin for optical fiber strips is formed from a mixture comprising a first base polymer selected from an epoxy acrylate and a urethane acrylate and a copolymer in a proportion of between 0.5% and 20% by weight of said mixture which is compatible with said first polymer and carries polysiloxane chains.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making a seamless capsule containing a shell material encapsulating a fill material by setting the fluid volumetric flux of the shell material equal to that of the fill material through concentrically aligned nozzles.

Abstract: Disclosed are a photo-setting colored filter composition, a color filter, a process for the preparation thereof, a curable resin, and a curable resin composition. The photo-setting colored filter composition of the present invention has an excellent photo-curability, miscibility in the composition, and developability.The curable resin composition is excellent in stability of the composition, tackiness, developability, sensitivity, anti-strippability, and hydrolysis resistance compared to conventional curable resin compositions.

Abstract: Several poly(ethylene glycol) mixed carbonates and their preparation are closed. These carbonates are synthesized by conversion of polyethylene glycol first to the chloroformate then by reaction with the hydroxyl group of N-hydroxybenzotriazole or 2-hydroxypyrimidine or N-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidinone. These mixed carbonate analogs smoothly react with amino groups in aminoglycans and protein and amino containing surfaces to form stable, hydrolysis resistant carbamate linkages.

Abstract: The oxidation and corrosion resistance of a nickel-base alloy are enhanced by a process which includes first enriching the surface of an alloy substrate with platinum, as by electrolytic deposition, and then simultaneously diffusing aluminum and silicon from a molten state into the platinum-enriched substrate. The invention further provides coatings and coated substrates with enhanced oxidation and corrosion resistance.