Abstract: The invention provides an on-line continuous method for producing a masking film roll to be used in painting, comprising corona-discharging the inner surface of a tubular film of a polyolefinic resin, cutting the tubular film open, folding the film in the lengthwise direction in a particular manner, partly attaching an adhesive tape to the film along its lengthwise one edge in such a manner that the adhesive surface of the tape is made to face the corona-discharged surface of the film and that the thus-attached tape is left to have a non-attached part in its lengthwise direction, and winding up the film around a tubular core to be a roll, provides the masking film roll as produced by the method in which the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape attached to thereto faces opposite to the non-corona-discharged surface of the uppermost layer of the folded film, and provides a tubular film of a polyolefinic resin from which the masking film of the invention is produced and of which the inner surface has been coron

Abstract: A method for the production of an inherently stable self-supporting composite part for engine hoods for acoustic screening of noises. A prefabricated outer membrane blank part is cut and trimmed to form an outside sheet. This outside sheet is bonded to a prefabricated inside packing to form a self-supporting structure independent of the engine hood. The inside packing is provided with fastener elements and a removable protective film attached to an exposed surface of the packing. A primer is applied to the outside sheet of the self-supporting structure. A lacquer is applied to the primer and the protective film is removed.

Abstract: A method of making a board in which a thermoplastic layer is joined to the surface of a wooden board includes the steps of gluing a particle layer onto the surface of a wooden board, covering the particle layer with a thermoplastic, melting the thermoplastic and cooling the melted thermoplastic to form the thermoplastic layer. The particles in the particle layer are wood-based particles such as wood fiber, dust, chips, and paper chaff and are used in a quantity of from 10 to 500 g/sq.m.

Abstract: One object of the invention concerns a card comprising an electronic element (2) and a coil (42), the ends of which are directly coupled to the electronic element, such latter and the coil being encased in a binding material (10). Another object of the invention concerns a card comprising an electronic element (2) encased in a binding material (10) and a positioning structure (46) for the electronic element, such structure being located in a layer (38) formed by the binding material. The present invention also concerns a method of manufacture for cards according to the invention.

Abstract: An adhesive composition using as the primary binder an emulsion of butadiene-vinylidene chloride copolymer is disclosed. The composition is particularly suited for binding rubber to metal in a variety of uses such as vibration damping devices. The adhesive composition has resistance to hot water and or water glycol solutions.

Abstract: A device for assisting with installing a slip-on golf grip onto a golf club shaft. The device or tool has a funnel that is used for mounting a golf club grip thereon, for pouring solvent into the mounted grip with solvent that is residing in the tool container portion, and for pouring unused solvent into a solvent storage container. Because of the shape, the tool can be easily held below a golf shaft with one hand and pouring solvent thereon with another hand. There is a notch on the tool that allows a portion of the golf club shaft to be placed below the rim of the container portion of the tool during the pouring of solvent thereon. Additionally, the notch serves to aid the golf club shaft longitudinal axis to be aligned parallel to the tool's longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed whereby elongate preformed thermoplastic elements are friction-welded coaxially in an end-to-end manner so that the core elements are joined integrally to one another. Most preferably, the elongate elements are perforated tubular elements formed of a thermoplastic material which are employed as core elements in the production of cylindrical melt-blown filter cartridges. As such, the integrally joined core elements can be rotated and traversed as a unit relative to a melt-blowing die during the continuous production of indefinite length cylindrical melt-blown filter cartridges.

Abstract: A dry etch process for stripping LOCOS nitride masks (302) with fluorine based removal of oxynitride (312) followed by fluorine plus chlorine based removal of nitride (302) and any silicon buffer layer (303) without removal of pad oxide (304).

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for processing combined liquid and solid dental waste from a patient's mouth such that the solid waste is separated from the liquid waste. The solid and liquid dental waste are removed from the patient's mouth and transmitted to a separation chamber. The liquid waste is substantially eliminated from the separation chamber to leave a solid waste residue therein. The solid waste residue is then collected from the separation chamber.

Abstract: Methods of treating process water containing metal ions is disclosed including contacting the process water with a pulp comprising lignocellulose-containing material at a pH of above about 7 and a temperature of from about 50.degree. to 120.degree. C. whereby at least a portion of the metal ions are removed from the process water. Preferably the process water is produced from initially washing a pulp solution prior to a bleaching step employing hydrogen peroxide or ozone.

Abstract: In a pulp washing method which employs a dilution stage, followed by an extraction stage, and followed, in turn by a dilution stage, filtrates from the extraction stage and the displacement stage are segregated so that at least a part of the filtrate from the extraction stage may be removed from the pulp washing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pad including a face on which liquid mugwort or powder mugwort is spread or impregnated and a pad including more than one sheet of mugwort-impregnated paper. A method for making a mugwort-impregnated pad, including the steps of: crushing a lump of dry mugwort into 50-200 mesh size pieces; straining the crushed mugwort to obtain mugwort naps without a stalk and chlorophyll; fumigating the mugwort naps at a temperature of about 80.degree.-130.degree. for 1 or 2 hours; diffusing the fumigated mugwort naps in water; providing diffused mugwort naps to a refiner and mixing the naps with a lump of dissociated pulp; preparing a sheet of paper by dehydrating the mixture and paper process; and attaching more than one sheet of paper on a pad.

Abstract: The invention concerns a headbox of a paper machine wherein an inlet region is provided along the entire width of the machine for introducing the pulp suspension, a discharge region is provided for distributing the pulp suspension along the width of at least one screen, and channels are provided between the inlet region and discharge region in which turbulence is produced in the pulp suspension (turbulence region). According to the invention, the turbulence region is formed with the aid of a number of channels, the cross-section of which, perpendicularly to the plane of flow, has an elongated form and may be variable.

Abstract: A papermaking vacuum apparatus having a web-facing surface adapted to support a papermaking belt and comprising a head, a body and at least one vacuum slot disposed in the head and defining an aperture on the web-facing surface. The vacuum slot is in fluid communication with the web-facing surface and extends from the web-facing surface to the body which is in further fluid communication with a vacuum source. The vacuum apparatus comprises a plurality of sequenced vacuum sections successively spaced in the machine direction from a first vacuum section to a last vacuum section. Each vacuum section comprises at least one vacuum slot in fluid communication with the web-facing surface and defining an aperture thereon. Each vacuum section has a vacuum applied therethrough, this vacuum increasing in the machine direction between successive vacuum sections.

Abstract: Substrates are disclosed having an ultra-smooth surface finish thereon rendering them useful in making high density magnetic storage components, such as a computer hard disk or thin-film head which can read and/or write data on such disks. The substrates are comprised of a non-oxide ceramic base which is coated with a smoothing layer comprised of amorphous, non-stoichiometric silicon carbide corresponding to the formula SiC.sub.x, wherein x is the molar ratio of carbon to silicon and is greater than 1. Also disclosed are processes for making the substrates and components.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-plans sputtering target and a method of using the multi-planar sputtering target in PVD sputtering for filling high aspect ratio interconnect structure openings. The multi-planar sputtering target comprises at least two planar sheets of conductive filler material joined together at a common edge with a selected angle between them. The multi-planar sputtering target is situated in a manner whereby an interior portion is facing an semiconductor wafer that is to be filled. The angle of the planes of the multiplanar sputtering target relative to the semiconductor wafer is selected such that a primary concentration of sputtered material is directed in either a normal angle of trajectory, or in a selected angle of trajectory that is selected for filling bottom corners of the interconnect structure opening.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sputter-depositing a layer of a material on a substrate, in which the layer is applied to the substrate by sequentially effecting a plurality of partial sputter-deposits thereon during a plurality of operational periods each including a sputter-deposit time interval followed by a non-deposit time interval of at least equal duration to the sputter-deposit time interval.

Abstract: A method of forming a thin dense electrolyte for a SOFC is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of continuously manufacturing a conductor having a core S based on aluminum and coated by being electroplated with at least one layer of silver, characterized in that the following steps are performed in succession with intermediate rinsing steps (r):a) the conductor is degreased;b) oxide is removed from the conductor;c) the surface of the conductor is treated in an adhesion bath;d) a first layer of silver is electroplated by immersion in a first electrolytic bath; ande) a second layer of silver is electroplated by immersion in a second electrolytic bath.

Abstract: In order to produce a polymer electrolyte membrane from sulfonated, aromatic polyether ketone, an aromatic polyether ketone of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which Ar is a phenylene ring having p- and/or m-bonds,Ar' is a phenylene, naphthylene, biphenylene, anthrylene or another divalent aromatic unit,X, N and M, independently of one another are 0 or 1,Y is 0, 1, 2 or 3,P is 1, 2, 3 or 4,is sulfonated and the sulfonic acid is isolated. At least 5% of the sulfonic groups in the sulfonic acid are converted into sulfonyl chloride groups, and these are reacted with an amine containing at least one crosslinkable substituent or a further functional group, and unreacted sulfonyl chloride groups are subsequently hydrolyzed. The resultant aromatic sulfonamide is isolated and dissolved in an organic solvent, the solution is converted into a film, and the crosslinkable substituents in the film are then crosslinked.In specific cases, the crosslinkable substituents can be omitted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel electrode membrane combination. This novel combination employs compounds include a linker lipid for use in attaching a membrane including a plurality of ionophores to an electrode and providing a space between the membrane and the electrode, the electrode being either in part or totally made up of the linker lipid. The linker lipid comprises within the same molecule a hydrophobic region capable of spanning the membrane, an attachment group used to attach the molecule to an electrode surface, a hydrophilic region intermediate said hydrophobic region and the attachment group and a polar head group region attached to the hydrophobic region at a site remote from the hydrophilic region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming ball electrodes on electrode pads provided on a package. Solder balls and the electrode pads can be aligned with each other with high precision, and the cost of processing can be decreased. An installation apparatus for balls which holds the solder balls by vacuum suction is preferably formed of heat-resisting glass or other transparent material through which the balls may be observed. The solder balls are aligned with electrode pads provided on a package, and brought into contact with the electrode pads, with the solder balls and the electrode pads capable of being viewed through the installation apparatus from the top. Thereafter, a light beam is radiated from a light beam radiation light through the installation apparatus, thereby successively melting soldering paste on the electrode pads. In such a manner, the solder balls are fixed to the electrode pads. Consequently, ball electrodes are precisely formed.

Abstract: The invention provides a side-entry optical excitation geometry for use in a multiplexed capillary electrophoresis system. A charge-injection device is optically coupled to capillaries in the array such that the interior of a capillary is imaged onto only one pixel. In Sanger-type 4-label DNA sequencing reactions, nucleotide identification ("base calling") is improved by using two long-pass filters to split fluorescence emission into two emission channels. A binary poly(ethyleneoxide) matrix is used in the electrophoretic separations.

Abstract: A multiple capillary analyzer allows detection of light from multiple capillaries with a reduced number of interfaces through which light must pass in detecting light emitted from a sample being analyzed, using a modified sheath flow cuvette. A linear or rectangular array of capillaries is introduced into a rectangular flow chamber. Sheath fluid draws individual sample streams through the cuvette. The capillaries are closely and evenly spaced and held by a transparent retainer in a fixed position in relation to an optical detection system. Collimated sample excitation radiation is applied simultaneously across the ends of the capillaries in the retainer. Light emitted from the excited sample is detected by the optical detection system. The retainer is provided by a transparent chamber having inward slanting end walls. The capillaries are wedged into the chamber.

Abstract: A method of calibrating and using a device for the determination of the concentration of an active gas in a mixture of gases wherein the device incorporates a gas sensor (4) and has gas diffusion barrier means (A) and (B), one of which may be closed by a valve (12). The signal from the sensor is recorded at first and second times after closing the valve, and a value for the concentration of an active gas is calculated from the signals and the time difference.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing gas oil containing low-sulfur and low-aromatic-compound content, said method including a first step of putting distilled petroleum to contact with hydrogen gas in the presence of a hydrotreating catalyst to reduce the sulfur concentration to not higher than 0.05 wt % and a second step of reducing the aromatic compound concentration in the presence of a noble metal type catalyst, with at least a pair of high temperature high pressure gas liquid separators arranged between the two steps to separate the gaseous and liquid components of distilled petroleum and hydrogen gas or hydrogen containing gas is introduced into the liquid component in each of the separators.

Abstract: The demercaptanization of petroleum distillates may be carried out by means of the oxidation of the mercaptans contained therein using the oxygen in the air, at a temperature of about 80.degree. to about 220.degree. C., in the presence of about 0.01 to about 10.0 mass % of a water-soluble salt of copper, iron, nickel, or cobalt, on a fibrous carbonaceous material in the form of a woven fabric, felt, rope, or twisted strand, used as a heterogeneous catalyst. The fibrous carbonaceous material used in the process contains oxides of calcium, magnesium, copper, manganese, iron, zinc, and aluminum in an amount of up to about 0.03 mass %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a self-contained, self-monitoring water purification system able to be transported to and used in remote areas. The system processes contaminated water through a preliminary filter, an oxidation contact chamber, a secondary filter and a chemical biocidal agent to obtain potable water. A number of sensor probes send information on critical operating parameters to a programmed logic control which, in turn, analyzes the information and generates an output signal to alter system operations when needed. In a second embodiment, the invention system is provided with a desalination unit in the form of a reverse osmosis filter to remove salt and extremely fine particles.

Abstract: A system for treating wastewater using the activated sludge biological process by retaining and degrading biodegradable coarse solids. A receiving well contains both a pre-separator stage and an activation chamber arranged one after the other in a direction of through-flow. The preseparator stage has a sand catcher located at the bottom for receiving undegradable solids. A partition is disposed within the receiving well between the pre-separator stage and the activation chamber. A lower section of the partition is a wall separating the sand catcher from the activation chamber. At least a portion of the upper section of the partition is a screen that is inclined with respect to a vertical line, into the activation chamber by greater than 0.degree. up to 30.degree. to widen a space of said pre-separator stage above the sand catcher.

Abstract: This invention relates to a filter cloth suspending apparatus in which a filter cake is produced by pressing sewage and waste water between filter cloths with filter plates, and the obtained cake is discharged. In the apparatus, an upper edge of the filter cloth (3) is supported on an upper supporting bar (13), on the other hand, a lower edge of the filter cloth is formed in a concave shape, and a suspending member (15) is connected to both corners (18, 20). Thus, the contact of the lower edge of the filter cloth with the upper supporting bar is prevented, and damage of the filter cloth is prevented. Further, sagging of the lower edge of the filter cloth is also prevented.

Abstract: An apparatus for filtering a liquid slurry is described. The apparatus uses a pair of filter chambers formed by a pair of fixed plates, and a pair of opposed moveable plates. The moveable plates are moved into engagement with the fixed plates by the downward movement of a wedge member disposed between the plates and, the plates are bias so that when the wedge member is withdrawn, the plates will be drawn together opening the filter chambers. The chambers are sealed by opposed arcuate gaskets so that the sealing action is achieved by internal pressure rather than the pressure driving the plates together. A filter media is provided on a continuous roll which extends between the gaskets and is intended to carry the filter cake out of the chamber when the plates are separated whereupon the cake will be dropped from the filter media into a collection area so that the filter media can be reused.

Abstract: A water purifier includes a plurality of filter members for purifying fresh water. A first connecting hose supplies fresh water to one of the filter members, and additional connecting hoses conduct fresh water sequentially to the other filter members. Thermal insulators surround at least the first connecting hose and at least one of the filter members to prevent the formation of dew thereon.

Abstract: A filter device with a preferably hollow-cylindrical, pleated filter element which is arranged concentrically around a cylinder axis and through which a medium to be filtered passes. Seals are necessary on the filter device so that the medium to be filtered will not be able to leak out and so that the filter element, which typically is constructed of filter paper, must be fixed in place together with its pleats. Advantageously, an elastic composition can be disposed as a seal on at least one of the ends of the filter element, and after curing the elastic composition will fix the pleats of the filter element and will have sufficient residual elasticity to seal the filter element with respect to a central mounting tube on which it is to be mounted.

Abstract: A molten metal filter medium comprised of at least two opposed wedge-shaped plates having at least one hollow generally oblong member comprised of porous ceramic material attached at a first end to one of the plates and at a second end to the second plate, at least one of the plates including a passage to an outlet communicating with the hollow member, wherein molten metal can enter the filter through the hollow member and exit the filter through the passage in the end plate.

Abstract: Method/apparatus for extracting substance from carrier liquid in first container into an immiscible extraction liquid of different density in second container receiving and locating the first. Substance transfers to extraction liquid at liquids admixture in second container aided by flow control and fine division of carrier liquid force supplied into extraction liquid. Separated liquids receive separator member cooperating with second container as physical barrier with only separated extraction and acquired substance at one side. Centrifuging produces three-stage dividing flow of carrier liquid on the second container wall. Moulded parts suit single use in centrifuge.

Abstract: Oxygen transfer to blood plasma in a blood oxygenator using a microporous membrane exposed to blood on one side and to oxygen on the other is facilitated by bonding an oxygen-carrying chemical such as hematin or a perfluorocarbon to at least the blood-contacting surface of the membrane.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for treatment of contaminated water, containing undesired solid, liquid, and/or gaseous materials includes an electro-floculation means for disassociating ions from the undesired solid material and from the contaminated water, and further includes a separation tower having various deflection means deflecting undesired solid materials downwardly through to the separation tower.

Abstract: A method of treating contaminants in soil and/or groundwater comprising adding a source of an oxidizing agent and a reaction product complex of a ligand donor and a metal catalyst to the in situ environment and the reaction product complex employed therein.

Abstract: In a process of separating a liquid sample having phase portions of different densities by centrifugal separation, a phase separator container is employed. The phase separator container comprises a housing having concentric inner and outer cylindrical walls defining a longitudinal axis and a top wall and further a piston body constituting a bottom wall of the housing. The piston body defines together with the outer cylindrical wall, the inner cylindrical wall and the top wall, an annular chamber for receiving the liquid sample. The piston body is displaceable within the annular chamber for draining a phase portion separated from the liquid sample through a drain conduit means communicating with the annular chamber. The phase separation chamber further comprises a reaction chamber to which the phase portions exposed from the annular chamber is processed.

Abstract: Manufacturing processes for apparatus, including slotted hypotube, for use as a catheter, a guidewire, a catheter sheath for use with catheter introducers or a drug infusion catheter/guidewire are disclosed. The manufacturing process includes creating a pattern of slots or apertures in a flexible metallic tubular member, by processes including but not limited to, electrostatic discharge machining (EDM), chemical milling, ablation and laser cutting. These slots or apertures may be cut completely or partially through the wall of the flexible metallic tubular member. These manufacturing processes may include the additional step of encasing the flexible metallic member such that a fluid tight seal is formed around the periphery of the tubular member.

Abstract: A method of electrically and mechanically bonding conductive surfaces with conductive adhesives, wherein at least one of the conductive surfaces is of the type upon which unstable oxides readily form. The conductive adhesives having a predetermined amount of conductive particles. The conductive particles having a rigidity at least as hard as the materials composing the conductive surfaces and any oxide formed thereon. The bonding method including the step of preparing the conductive surfaces so that a microscopically roughened oxide surface is formed thereon. The method further including the step of simultaneously applying a predetermined amount of heat and pressure to cure the conductive surface-conductive adhesive-conductive surface joint such that the conductive particles in the conductive adhesive pierce through the oxide to make direct contact with the conductive surfaces thereunder. The method controls the mechanical strength of the bond and the electrical characteristics of the bond joint.

Abstract: Effective etching of several materials, including gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, without post etch surface damage has been achieved by using a mix of equal proportions of chlorine and methane. A sample is first cooled to a temperature of around 140.degree. K and is then irradiated by a series of pulses from a UV laser (for example a 193 nm ArF excimer laser). Using fluences of about 400 mJ/cm.sup.2 per pulse at repetition rates of about 10 pulses/second, an etch rate for gallium nitride of about 0.7 Angstroms per pulse was achieved. Typical pressure for the chlorine methane mix was about 2 mtorr. To achieve selective etching a number of approaches are possible including contact masking, projection printing, raster scanning, and moveable shadow masking with collimated laser light.

Abstract: A composition that includes an aqueous solution of nitric acid and an additive having the formula ##STR1## or a salt thereof, in an amount sufficient to improve the oxidative stability of the aqueous nitric acid solution relative to the oxidative stability of that aqueous solution in the absence of the additive.

Abstract: A controlled-release supplement coolant additive for use in diesel engine coolant systems comprising a core containing at least one supplemental coolant additive (SCA) active component and a polymeric coating material encapsulating said core. The controlled released supplement coolant additive slowly releases the SCA active components to a diesel engine coolant system, thereby delivering an effective concentration level of SCA active components over an extended period. The controlled-release supplement coolant additive maintains a minimum concentration level of active SCA components in the coolant system. Additionally, the controlled-release supplemental coolant additive prevents overdosing the coolant system with particular SCA active components such as nitrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of water-dispersible and/or water-emulsifiable amphiphilic co-oligomer of fatty crotonates and radical-copolymerizable hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated acids and/or anhydrides thereof which may also contain small quantities of other copolymerizable comonomers, for the oiling and optionally waterproof finishing of leathers and skins.

Abstract: A static magnetic memory includes a layer having a plurality of vertically oriented and shape-anisotropic elongated ferromagnetic particles. A plurality of writing conductors are adjacent the layer, and the conductors selectively apply magnetic fields to selected regions of the layer by directing electrical current to magnetize the particles in an up or down direction. Static reading means detect the direction of magnetization. The particles may include a soft magnet portion and a hard magnet portion. In another preferred embodiment, a material and a method of making same includes providing a matrix full of elongated holes, depositing a first magnetic material having a first coercivity into the holes, and then depositing a second magnetic material having a second coercivity into the holes to form a composite elongated particle in each hole.

Abstract: This invention relates to organic acid corrosion inhibitors for use in antifreeze coolant compositions. The corrosion inhibitors comprise a C.sub.8 mono-carboxylic acid component, or isomers and/or salts thereof, and a neo-decanoic acid, or isomers and/or salts thereof. The corrosion inhibitors of this invention provide improved corrosion protection to metal surfaces as compared to conventional inhibitors and provide surprisingly improved corrosion protection as compared to inhibitors containing only a single mono-carboxylic acid component.

Abstract: Bleaching compositions are provided that comprise a nitrile containing compound that has the nitrile bonded to a quaternary nitrogen through a methylene unit (where one or both of the normal hydrogens can be substituted), and two of the quaternary nitrogen bonds are part of a saturated ring. This saturated ring contains from two to eight atoms in addition to the quaternary nitrogen. A source of active oxygen will react with the nitrile for bleaching applications. Particularly preferred nitrile containing compounds are N-alkyl morpholinium acetonitrile salts.

Abstract: Optically active biphenyl derivatives including optically active biphenyl carboxylic acid derivative, hydroxybiphenyl derivative, alkoxybiphenylalkanol derivative and alkoxybiphenylalkanol derivative have the following structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group of 3-20 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group or alkoxyalkyl group of 1-20 carbon atoms which may optionally be substituted with at least one halogen atom. X represents --O--, --COO-- or --OCO--, m represents 0 or 1, n represents an integer of 1-6 and p represents 0 or 1, and the * mark represents an asymmetric carbon atom. These optically active biphenyl derivatives are useful as a ferroelectric liquid crystal material or its component having a sufficient spontaneous polarization and by which a high speed response is possible and which further exhibits a ferroelectric liquid crystal phase in a temperature region around room temperature.

Abstract: An emulsion composition is described which comprises (a) an alkenylated silicone resin, (b) an alkenyl polydiorganosiloxane, (c) a silicone resin bearing SiH groups and (d) water. The emulsion composition may be combined with a precious metal catalyst to provide an emulsion release coating composition. The emulsion release coating composition may be applied to a substrate, for example paper, and cured thereon to provide an adhesive coating. Separation of a laminate formed from a substrate coated with said emulsion release coating composition and a adhesive coated article requires a relatively high delamination force.