Abstract: The disclosure is for a film coating which yields increased life for optical media molds and the method and apparatus for making such a film. The film is a carbon nitride layer of 0.5 to 5.0 microns thickness with 2% to 45% nitrogen coated on an underlayer. One method of making the carbon nitride film is by the use of a pulsed carbon arc to generate a carbon plasma while injecting nitrogen into the vacuum chamber in which the arc is created. Another method is to generate a radio frequency plasma in a vacuum chamber into which acetylene and nitrogen gas are injected. The carbon nitride is formed by the combination of nitrogen with the carbon from the acetylene.

Abstract: A transparent electrically conductive device which includes an indium tin oxide film is improved by providing an indium tin oxide film which contains a graded stack of individual indium tin oxide layers wherein the atomic percent of tin in the layers can be individually selected. Each indium tin oxide layer of the film contains 1-99 atomic percent tin. Each layer is made by a physical vapor deposition process or by sputter coating. Preferably the film which contains a plurality of indium tin oxide layers is applied to a transparent flexible substrate such as a polymeric sheet. Optional primer layers, hardcoat layers and topcoat layers may be included in the device.

Abstract: A xenotime phosphate protective overlayer (22) for protecting a ceramic material (24) from a high temperature, moisture-containing environment. Yttrium phosphate may be used as a protective overlayer to protect an underlying mullite layer to temperatures in excess of 1,500° C. The coating may have porosity of greater than 15% for improved thermal shock protection. To prevent the ingress of oxygen to an underlying ceramic non-oxide material, such as silicon carbide or silicon nitride, an oxygen barrier layer (34) is disposed between the xenotime phosphate coating and the non-oxide material. Such a protective overlayer may be used for an article having a ceramic matrix composite substrate.

Abstract: A blocking and bracing bladder component for use in package transport which includes stronger bladder wall construction with a puncture resistant material and a fluid medium impermeable material for use with military ammunition and explosives transport in maritime break bulk applications.

Abstract: An improved structure of a balloon suitable for inkjet printing devices is disclosed. The balloon structure of inkjet printing comprises: a vinyl resin layer (EVOH/ethylene and vinyl alcohol copolymer resin); a linear polyethylene layer (LLDPE) combined with the vinyl resin layer to form a base material; an ink-absorbing layer coated onto a side surface of the base material facilitating the absorption of ink from an inkjet printing device to form into patterns/characters; and a soft pad layer being a thin body having a side surface coated with a glue layer which can be easily removed for adhesion onto the other side surface of the base material to increase the thickness of the base material which can be delivered by the inkjet printing device. The inkjet printing device prints words, patterns onto the ink-absorbing layer. The soft pad layer is then removed, and by means of the hot sealing, and cutting steps, specific character, patterns, drawings are printed onto the balloon.

Abstract: In order to develop known solid or hollow plastics profiles, particularly those as used to absorb tensile, bending, and/or pressure loads, such as are primarily used as insulating segments in composite profiles containing metallic profiled elements, such that the problems normally encountered with the use of higher filler contents of the plastics material used, intended to favorably influence the expansion characteristics, are ressolved, the invention proposes that said profiles contain a surface layer of a solid, non-porous first plastics material and, in the core region, a fine-pored cellular structure of a second plastics material.

Abstract: A multi-layer insulating material is described for pipes which are designed for the conducting of fluids of higher temperature, said multi-layer insulating material having an inner layer part made of a temperature resistant and/or non-combustible and flexible material of pre-determinable thickness and an outer layer part made of foam material which has a lower temperature resistance in comparison with the inner layer part.

Abstract: Coextruded, intumescent fire-protection strips jacketed on three sides, obtained by coextruding an intumescent composition composed of a thermoplastic elastomer with a processing temperature of not more than 250° C. selected from the class consisting of block copolymers and uncrosslinked thermoplastic polyolefins, sulfuric-acid-treated graphite, flame retardant, and an inorganic additive which forms an enamel or forms a ceramic, and a three-sided jacket, where appropriate in association with a chambered profile, made from a thermoplastic elastomer with a processing temperature of not more than 250° C. selected from the class consisting of block copolymers and uncrosslinked thermoplastic polyolefins, flame retardant, and, where appropriate, a color pigment, where the fire-protection strips may be designed either as a hot-gas seal or else as a combined cold- and hot-gas seal with spatially separated functions.

Abstract: A linear bearing includes a substrate and a strip of wear-resistant material. The strip is impregnated with a resin, and the impregnated strip is pultrusion bonded onto the substrate. The impregnated strip is thereby compressed upon and directly bonded to the substrate.

Abstract: A hose for fuel having a laminated structure comprising an inner layer (A) made of a ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer adhesive to a polyamide resin and an outer layer (B) made of a polyamide resin, is formed. such a hose for fuel is excellent in the interlaminar adhesive strength and also excellent in the antistatic properties and fuel permeation-preventing properties, and particularly, the dependency of the interlaminar adhesive strength on the take-up speed during the co-extrusion molding, is small.

Abstract: A paint mask particularly adapted for masking comer areas of a demarcation zone to facilitate painting of an area of a workpiece disposed on the other side of the demarcation zone is formed of a thin, flexible sheet having opposite faces. The paint mask includes a first leg and a second leg that are generally rectangular in shape, and the legs intersect to form a right angle adapted for masking a comer and adjacent area. The bottom side of the paint mask which contacts the surface to be masked includes an adhesive for adhering the mask to the workpiece. The top side has release means for releasing stacked paint masks from each other.

Abstract: A notes casing includes a base and a pile of notes is connected to the base by adhering a first adhesive portion on the pile of notes on the base. A mirror has a second adhesive portion which is adhered on the first adhesive portion. A cover has an end adhered on the second adhesive portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an image support medium for creation of an aesthetic image that is an work or object for display. This support medium includes a polymer in an amount sufficient to enable the image to have at least one aesthetic element. In different embodiments, the image support medium is an image support stabilizer, the polymer is a synthetic absorbent or conductive polymer, or the polymer is a transparent or synthetic translucent polymer and a property of this transparent or translucent polymer is enhanced to facilitate the creation or preservation of the image by at least one stabilizer. The invention also relates to a method for preparing this image support medium. The method includes forming a reaction mixture comprising a monomer in an amount sufficient to provide or enable the image to have an aesthetic element, and processing the reaction mixture into a 2- or 3-dimensional shape.

Abstract: A disposable, protective, sanitary cover sheet for use in nail drying machines, the cover sheet being adapted to lie flat on the interior floor of the machines and provided with a rear recess and a forward recess to accommodate support columns found in certain nail drying machines, and with a pair of forwardly-extended flap members which extend from the front of the nail drying machine so as to be disposed beneath the palm and wrists or feet of the user, whereby the user does not contact floor of the machine nor the surface supporting the machine.

Abstract: Tuftable fabrics comprise a plurality of warp and weft tapes in a balanced construction of tapes with balanced dimensions of tapes in the warp and the weft and stabilization of the fabric to impart dimensional stability. The fabrics are useful as backings for tufted carpets and especially patterned carpets and carpet tile owing to a surprising combination of tuftability, resistance to edge curl and stability during tufting.

Abstract: The present invention provides a film roll comprising an electrified portion at at least part in the transverse direction of a film that is wound into a roll, in which the difference between the maximum width and the minimum width of the electrified portion is 10 mm or less. In this manner, side slipping can be reliably prevented while securing escapeways for air at the edges, and a film roll having no side slips, wrinkles, deformation, decentering, or the like can be manufactured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the manufacture of a multilayered board having a stable, and moisture resistant surface. To accomplish this and other advantages of the invention, an improved binder system is used in the production of the surface layers of a multi-layered board which combines an excellent resin penetration inside the wood constituents of the board's surface layers, with a strength, durability and resitance to ambient water and moisture. The improved-binder system used in the production of the board surface layers accordinq to this invention involves contacting wood pieces with a binder composition comprised of a curable powdery aldehyde resin and a curable isocyanate resin in the substantial absence of free water to provide a composite mixture that can be formed into a surface layer for assembly and lamination together with other wood and resin composite layers.

Abstract: Methods for forming a composite extrusion for use as a glass run channel in an automobile and the products formed thereby are disclosed in which a main body member is formed from an elastomeric thermoset rubber and an abrasion resistant layer comprised of a crosslinkable thermoplastic or a high ethylene content EPDM rubber extruded thereon. The crosslinkable thermoplastic may be a moisture crosslinkable polyethylene containing grafted silane functional groups. The abrasion resistant layer may be extruded onto the thermoset either prior to or after the thermoset is cured and either prior to or after the abrasion resistant layer is crosslinked. The material of the abrasion resistant layer may be extruded into tape form and laminated onto the main body member.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate substrate is conditioned for imaging in a printer engine by an edge protector adhered along at least one edge of the plate substrate, the edge protector being of a flexible material, being coextensive with the edge, having face portions adhered to portions of the opposite faces adjacent the edge, and having an edge portion overlying the edge.

Abstract: A rigid laminated material to be used primarily in kitchen and bathroom countertops and back splashes. The invention comprises a two-sided, heat deformable laminate, such as acrylic, that has raised peripheral portions on its reverse side. Reinforcing material such as liquid resin can be poured into the reverse side to self-bond with the laminate and is contained by the raised edges and allowed to harden.

Abstract: A cover for hard-floor surfaces has transparency to allow visual appreciation of the pattern of the underlying hard-surface floor. The cover provides a cushion effect while minimizing an uneven surface structure of the hard-surface floor. The cover is easily placed and removed from the floor when not needed. The top surface of the floor has increased traction characteristics. The cover may be tinted or treated to provide ultraviolet ray protection to the hard-surface floor.

Abstract: A powdery single-layer film laminate having excellent scratch resistance and stain resistance is produced. The powdery single-layer film laminate comprises a substrate, a binder layer and a powdery single-layer film composed of a large number of powdery particles embedded in a single-layer in a partially protruded state on the surface of said binder layer, and said binder layer has Tg of at least 60° C. or has substantially no Tg. An example of the method of producing it comprises applying a coating liquid of a polymer resin in an organic solvent to a substrate and drying to form a coating layer in which the organic solvent partially remains, attaching powdery particles to and embedding in the surface of the formed coating layer, and removing the excess powder attaching to the surface of the coating layer and removing the residual organic solvent.

Abstract: Composite pavement markings with improved wear resistance and other advantages are disclosed. The composite pavement markings typically include a unitary retroreflective article attached to a base pavement marking. With the composite construction, different portions of the pavement marking are provided at different heights. The taller portions of the pavement marking may preferably offer some protection to the shorter portions from wear caused by vehicle traffic and/or snowplow blades. By combining two different retroreflective pavement markings to form the composite pavement markings of the present invention, a combination of features and properties may be obtained that is provided by neither of the pavement markings alone. Methods of manufacturing composite pavement markings are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of connecting contact sheets to form a contact body that provides for mechanically deforming at least same of both interior and edge projection-depression couplings formed in two sheets to form positive locks in a pair of sheets, and then mechanically deforming only edge projections to form positive locks between at least two pairs of sheets, thereby forming the contact body.

Abstract: Scented decorative grasses having an appearance and/or texture simulating the appearance and/or texture of cloth are disclosed, as are methods for making such scented decorative grasses from materials wherein at least one surface of the material is modified to simulate the appearance and/or texture of cloth.

Abstract: A transfer material and method of use for trasnferring monochrome and full colour images produced by a xerographic process or dry toner printing onto a substrate. The process requires the use of film form Dolymethylpentene material as the transfer material which is used to transfer the xerographic or dry toner image to the substrate wth the application of heat and pressure.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of:

Abstract: A photo album is provided having an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the photo album. A user may write text or draw pictures on the surface with an ink pen, such as with a gel-based ink pen. The ink-receptive coating protects the ink from smudging or smearing after the ink has dried. Consequently, the text and/or picture is durable. The writable or drawable surface may be the front or back exterior surface, and/or an interior surface.

Abstract: Graphics for heat sealing attachment to fabrics and hard surfaces are made by flooding a release paper with screenprinting ink and then covering the ink with a thermally responsive adhesive after which the ink and adhesive are kiss-cut in reverse to the release paper preferably by a laser cutter whose power is set to singe the cut at the adhesive to highlight the indicia and facilitate weeding; the ink flooding may be arranged in multiple congruent patches spaced from the edges of the release paper so that upon cutting the paper into sub-sheets, uniform margins are provided about each patch, and the indicia may be accurately positioned in each patch.

Abstract: A multi-color image-forming material is disclosed comprising image-receiving sheets each having an image-receiving layer and heat transfer sheets for at least four colors, including yellow, magenta, cyan and black, each having at least a light-to-heat conversion layer and an image-forming layer on a support, the heat transfer sheets and the image-receiving sheets being respectively laminated such that the image-forming layer of the heat transfer sheet and the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet are opposed to each other, whereby the irradiation with laser beam causes the area irradiated with laser beam on the image-forming layer to be transferred onto the image-forming layer in the image-receiving sheet to effect image recording, wherein the thickness of the image-forming layer in the heat transfer sheets is from 0.01 &mgr;m to 1.5 &mgr;m and the width of lines in laser-transferred image is from 0.8 to 2.0 times a half of the half-width (i.e.

Abstract: An image-forming material comprising: an image-receiving sheet comprising a support and an image-receiving layer and; a thermal transfer sheet comprising

Abstract: A planographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and a cross-linking hydrophilic layer disposed thereon, which cross-linking hydrophilic layer has a cross-linking structure and includes a hydrophilic high molecular compound having a hydrophilic graft chain. The planographic printing plate precursor is characterized by the cross-linking hydrophilic layer being produced by reacting a hydrophilic high molecular compound having, on the backbone polymer thereof, a group which is able to react with a cross-linking agent, with the cross-linking agent. In the present invention, an image forming layer may be provided on the cross-linking hydrophilic layer. The cross-linked hydrophilic layer may include a compound which is able to form a hydrophobic surface region of the cross-linking hydrophilic layer when exposed to heat or radiation.

Abstract: This invention relates to the nature of thick film compositions that are specifically designed for the fabrication of circuit elements on diamond substrates, especially resistive elements. The nature of diamond sheet material requires special consideration because of its relatively low coefficient of thermal expansion and its sensitivity to oxygen at elevated processing temperatures. The general compositional requirements of thick film paste formulations are provided as a basis for accommodating the particular physical properties of diamond, and thereby establishing a method by which high performance microelectronic components can be fabricated economically. Thick film pastes containing certain borosilicate glasses, metal components, and optionally semiconducting materials are demonstrated to possess favorable behavior in terms of mechanical and electrical properties after sintering. Resistive elements on diamond can be fabricated by adding conductive components to a borosilicate glass.

Abstract: A variety of etching bath-based demetallizing processes for making various products involve immersing a web of metal-containing material in a bath of aqueous etchant. The metal-containing material is protected by a pattern of etch-resistant material during the demetallizating process to form functional features having a function in the product in the metal-containing material when the web has been demetallized. The metal-containing material is also protected by a pattern of etch-resistant material over areas of the metal-containing material that serve no function in the product, but rather function in one or more ways to improve the chemical milling process, such as, for example, by extending the etchant bath life, preventing excessive heat generation in the etchant bath, maintaining the etchant bath stable and controllable, increasing web rigidity, and imparting predetermined flex characteristics to the web.

Abstract: The present invention provides a windowpane for a vehicle that has a low-reflectance film in which the reflection of obliquely incident light can be suppressed and that is provided with a combiner for a head-up display combiner. The windowpane includes a glass plate and a low-reflectance film formed on a surface of the glass plate. The low-reflectance film includes a first layer on the glass plate and a second layer on the first layer, and the first layer has a refractive index of 1.75 to 2.40 and a film thickness of 90 nm to 130 nm, and the second layer has a refractive index of 1.4 to 1.47 and a film thickness of 80 nm to 110 nm. The second layer is prevented from being formed in a predetermined region and thereby the first layer in the predetermined region is exposed to serve as a reflection enhancing film and to allow the first layer in said predetermined region to be used as the head-up display combiner.

Abstract: The present invention is directed, in general, to an improved material and method of planarizing a surface on a semiconductor wafer and, more specifically, to a method of altering the properties of polymers, preferably thermoplastic foam polymers, used in polishing applications. The chemical and mechanical properties thermoplastic foam substrates can be transformed by inorganic, inorganic-organic, and or organic-organic grafting techniques, such that the polymer foam is endowed with new set of properties that more desirable and suitable for polishing.

Abstract: A foamed rubber having a plurality of microvoids comprising mticrospheres incorporated therein characterized in that the microspheres are expanded during heating and vulcanization of the rubber and the volume fraction of the expanded microspheres is 35-80 % in the foamed rubber. The microspheres may be thermoplastic microspheres filled with a volatile liquid. The microspheres may have an unexpanded diameter of 5 to 10 &mgr;m and an expanded di ameter of between 300 &mgr;m and 1000 &mgr;m. Also disclosed is a method of manufacture of a rubber comprising the steps of. providing a rubber; incorporating additives; adding and mixing microspheres into the rubber composition; and heating the rubber to effect vulcanization. The vulcanization of the rubber may be delayed to allow for expansion of expandable microspheres during heating, such a delay may be achieved by adding a delayed action accelerator or a retarder to the rubber.

Abstract: A dual-density or dual property foam sandwich with plastic foam on one side having strong tendencies to “cling” to glass or other smooth surfaces and with plastic foam on the other side having a substantially-reduced tendency to cling or bond to glass. Spacers manufactured in accordance with this invention may be produced in a single, integrated process that does not require any adhesive, other chemical bonding agents or intermediates, mechanical adhesions, or laminations.

Abstract: Multilayer microporous films comprise first and second microporous film layers. The first film layer has a first maximum pore size and the second film layer has a second maximum pore size different from the first maximum pore size. In a more specific embodiment, the multilayer microporous films comprise coextruded first, second and third microporous film layers. One of the first, second and third film layers has a maximum pore size smaller than the respective maximum pore sizes of the remaining layers of the multilayer film or larger than the respective maximum pore sizes of the remaining layers of the multilayer film, and the one layer does not have an unconstrained surface in the multilayer film. Methods for producing multilayer microporous films provide a first film layer having a maximum pore size upon stretching which is different from that of a second film layer upon stretching.

Abstract: This invention relates to polymer film useful as a skin layer for synthetic paper or label comprising (A) a filler (B) a carrier polymer and (C) a minor amount of an ink adhesion improving polymer. The film is printable by thermal transfer printing. The invention relates to multilayer articles, which are useful as a synthetic paper or label.

Abstract: A carbon deposit inhibiting thermal barrier coating for an internal element or component in a gas turbine engine. Such coating includes a layer of thermal barrier material coated onto the surface of an engine component that will be exposed to the flow of burning engine gases. Such coating further includes a layer of carbon deposit inhibiting material coated on top of the layer of thermal barrier material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cover tape for packaging electronic components, which can prevent troubles associated with the peeling strength or appearing during mounting of the electronic components, which can be produced at a low cost, and which is transparent; that is, a cover tape which has a peeling strength not too high and not too low and small in difference between the maximum value and the minimum value and which has high transparency. Specifically, the present invention provides a cover tape for packaging electronic components, which can be heat-sealed to a plastic-made carrier tape having pockets capable of storing electronic components, formed regularly therein and which comprises (A) a biaxially oriented film layer made of a polyester, a polypropylene or a nylon and (B) a thermoplastic resin layer composed of 100 parts by weight of an ethylene copolymer and 10 to 100 parts by weight of a polystyrene, laminated to one side of the layer A.

Abstract: An antistatic polymer film having a coated surface that resists the formation of static. The antistatic coating on the film layer includes a polythiophene, a surfactant and water. The ratio of the surfactant to the polythiophene can be at least about 1:1 by weight of said coating. In addition, the coating can contain less than about 1 percent by weight of polymeric binder and can also contain less than about 1 percent by weight of organic solvent.

Abstract: A resin composition has a phase separation structure having at least two phases and inorganic particles having a mean primary particle size of 0.1 &mgr;m or less. The phase separation structure includes a matrix phase and a disperse phase. The inorganic particles are mainly present in any one of the matrix phase, the disperse phase, and the interface between the matrix phase and the disperse phase. The resin composition has a high thermal expansion coefficient and elastic modulus, and thus provides an adhesive for semiconductor devices which has excellent reflow resistance and adhesion.

Abstract: The polytrimethylene terephthalate-based polyester yarn, which has excellent smoothness, heat resistance, collectability and anti-electricity, scarcely generates fluffs and broken yarn, and can stably be subjected to false-twisting, is a polyester yarn whose 80% or more by weight is formed from polytrimethylene terephthalate, which has a birefringence of 0.03 to 0.08, an elongation of 30 to 180%, an elastic recovery of 30 to 100% at 10% elongation, and to whose surface a treating agent, containing an ether-ester compound (the component a) represented by the following formula in an amount of 50 to 80% by weight and a polyether compound (the component b) having a molecular weight of 10,000 or more in an amount of 2 to 20% by weight, is stuck in an amount of 0.2 to 1.0% by weight.

Abstract: A modified cellulosic fiber having superabsorbent properties is described. The modified fiber of the invention has a fibrous structure substantially identical to the cellulosic fiber from which it is derived. The modified fiber is a water-swellable, water-insoluble fiber that substantially retains its fibrous structure in its expanded, water-swelled state. The modified fiber is a sulfated and crosslinked cellulosic fiber having a liquid absorption capacity of at least about 4 g/g. In one embodiment, the modified fiber is an individual, crosslinked, sulfated cellulosic fiber. In another aspects, the invention provides a rollgood that includes the modified fiber, absorbent composites and articles that include the modified fiber, and methods for making the modified cellulosic fiber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-component fiber having enhanced reversible thermal properties and methods of manufacturing thereof. The multi-component fiber comprises a fiber body formed from a plurality of elongated members, at least one of the elongated members comprising a temperature regulating material dispersed therein. The temperature regulating material comprises a phase change material. The multi-component fiber may be formed via a melt spinning process or a solution spinning process and may be used or incorporated in various products where a thermal regulating property is desired. For example, the multi-component fiber may be used in textiles, apparel, footwear, medical products, containers and packagings, buildings, appliances, and other products.

Abstract: A spin finish applied to industrial yarn. It enhances yarn processability as evidenced by low fuming, improved mechanical quality at lower amounts of spin finish per yarn, improved mechanical quality at higher draw ratios, and minimal depositing. It improves yarn performance as evidenced by improved strength and wicking.

Abstract: A bristle with an antimicrobial finish is proposed, which is preponderantly made from thermoplastic material and which is doped with an antimicrobial substance, which, during use, diffuses to the bristle surface. The bristle is manufactured in a multicomponent extrusion process and has at least one first cross-sectional area of a plastic component determining the mechanical use characteristics of the bristle and at least one further cross-sectional area of the other plastic component. The other cross-sectional area or the sum of all the other cross-sectional areas controls the diffusion rate of the antimicrobial substance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic fiber to be used for pile products having an appearance and texture near to natural fur, to which a softening agent is adhered, the fiber being obtainable by controlling the adhered amount of an emulsifier to 8 parts by weight or less relative to 100 parts by weight of a softening compound in the softening agent adhered to the synthetic fiber, and the fiber overcoming an insufficient slimy feeling and having a further lowered &mgr;s (F/F) and an improved sliminess. The invention also provides a process for producing the same.