Abstract: Leaks in a vessel or pipeline or the like adapted for containing a fluid, are sealed by means of a volatilized polymerizable aminosilane supplied to the interior of the vessel under sufficient pressure and for a sufficient period of time to permit contact thereof and react in the presence of moisture or sand at the situs of the leak to provide a solid polysiloxane seal.

Abstract: A water hardenable mixture comprising a blocked polyamine and cyclic anhydride compounds.

Abstract: A puncture-sealing tubeless pneumatic tire having an inner layer of soft, tacky, extensible sealant consisting of (1) at least one vinylidene-terminated liquid polymer and (2) at least one amine.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having, between two vulcanized elastomeric partitions, a layer of a sealing mixture arranged on the inner wall of the cavity of the tire, at least below the crown and from one shoulder to the other, is improved due to the fact that the layer of sealing mixture has a base of at least one vulcanizable elastomer of low molecular weight, preferably less than 30,000, contains at least one component of a vulcanization system for the vulcanizable elastomer and has an apparent viscosity of between 10.sup.3 and 10.sup.7 N/s/m.sup.2 at 60.degree. Celsius measured with a Weissenberg rheogoniometer at a shear velocity gradient of 10.sup.-2 to 10.degree.s.sup.31 1 ; at least one other component which forms the vulcanization system with the component contained in the sealing mixture being contained in a dispersion within the cavity of the tire.

Abstract: A tire whose inner wall is provided, below the crown of the tire and at least from one shoulder to the other of the tread, with a lining containing at least one means for sealing puncture holes is improved due to the fact that the lining comprises at least one layer of a vulcanizable sealing mixture separated by a vulcanized elastomeric partition from at least one layer of a vulcanizing mixture capable of vulcanizing the vulcanizable sealing mixture, each of the layers containing between 20% and 100% by weight of an elastomer of low molecular weight, preferably less than 30,000.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire whose inner wall is provided beneath the crown with a lining which extends at least from one shoulder to the other of the tread and comprises a layer of a sealing mixture capable of flowing into a puncture hole, the layer being covered radially inward by a vulcanized elastomeric partition, is improved due to the fact that the layer of sealing mixture has a base of at least one elastomer of low molecular weight, preferably less than 30,000, mixed with at least one thermosetting resin, and due to the fact that at least one cross-linking agent or hardener for the thermosetting resin is isolated from the layer of sealing mixture by means of a vulcanized elastomeric partition arraged radially inward of the layer of sealing mixture.

Abstract: An electric cable having a core made of insulated conductors disposed within a polymeric sheath. Voids within the core, between the conductors, are at least partially filled in the unused cable with a mixture comprising untreated calcium carbonate and a water-attracting polymer able to form a gel on contact with water without swelling. The cables are made waterproof by the presence of the mixture, which is cheaper than prior mixtures but as effective.

Abstract: Leaks in a vessel or pipeline or the like adapted for containing a fluid, are sealed by means of a volatilized polymerizable aminosilane supplied to the interior of the vessel under sufficient pressure and for a sufficient period of time to permit contact thereof and react in the presence of moisture or sand at the situs of the leak to provide a solid polysiloxane seal.

Abstract: Self-sealing pneumatic tire having a oil treated, integral, thin, covulcanized, resilient, rubber, closed cell structure on its inner surface in which the vulcanized rubber of said closed cell structure contains compounded rubber processing oil and, in its vulcanized state, is further treated to absorb an additional non-volatile oil.

Abstract: A bentonite composition useful for preventing a flow of water through a structure is disclosed. The composition has substantially all of the bentonite in non-hydrated form by dispersing the bentonite throughout a non-aqueous gel formed from a non-aqueous liquid and a suitable gelling agent for the liquid to form a cohesive mass capable of adhering to a structure while maintaining a desired, cohesive form. The composition can be made into sheets, rods, tubes and the like. For example, the composition can be applied to one side of a water permeable cellulosic fiber containing sheet and the composition side of the sheet secured over an area of potential water flow.

Abstract: Formulations, and process, particularly for temporarily, but effectively, stopping leaks in tanks or pipes and the like through which liquids such as gasoline, oil, water or similar liquids are running or flowing, at low pressures, until a permanent repair of the leak of crevice through which said liquid is seeping can later be made. The formulations are in the form of two separate compositions, each of which is of generally putty consistency, which are blended together just prior to use to form a product having a putty or putty-like consistency which is pressed into the area through which leakage of the liquids is occurring. The formulations, when blended together or admixed for use, contain one or more epoxy resins, one or more epoxy curing agents, one or more waxes or waxy materials, and, advantageously, one or more fillers, with or without minor proportions of one or more supplemental ingredients.

Abstract: A method for sealing a by-product coke oven in which a silicone material is caused to foam to form a foaming silicone composition preferably by mixing a first mixture of organohydrogensiloxane and hydroxylated organosiloxane with a second mixture of organohydrogensiloxane most desirably with a platinum catalyst, and heating the mixture to provide a volumetrically expandable foam. The volumetrically expandable foam is sprayed around the periphery of coke oven doors, slip-joints and similar points of gaseous emissions where it undergoes a foaming acting in the presence of the heat of the oven such that the foam volumetrically expands to provide a seal that prevents the emission of gas, dust, and smoke during the coking cycle.

Abstract: A self-sealing pneumatic tire which comprises a tire casing having an integral, thin gauge, resilient closed cell structure disposed in its inward portion. Such a tire structure has particular utility for sealing against puncturing objects.

Abstract: A liquid tire sealing and/or tire balancing composition containing an organic volatile amine or amine salt soluble therein, which is effective to impart corrosion resistance to the metallic belts of a belted tire is disclosed. The organic volatile amine or amine salt component is selected from the group consisting of lower alkylamines, lower cycloalkylamines, naphthylamines, morpholines, benzothiazoles, and benzoate, carbonate and nitrite salts thereof. The composition is introduced into the metallic-belted tire cavity, and the volatile amine penetrates through the rubber and lays down a protective coating on the metallic belt without harming the metal to rubber bonding.

Abstract: A puncture-proof tubeless tire having an additional reinforcing rubber layer provided on the inside of a cord layer of the tire at a region corresponding at least to a crown and shoulders of the tire. The thickness of the reinforcing rubber layer at a region corresponding to the crown and shoulders is advantageously within the range of a 0.4 to 4 times that of an outer rubber layer of the region corresponding to the crown and shoulders excluding the thickness of patterned projections. A lining agent comprising a mixture of an adhesive and diethylene glycol and rubber particles dispersed therein may advantageously be employed in the tire as mentioned above not only to further ensure the puncture-proof character of the tire but also to suppress an excessive temperature rise of the tire, avoiding deterioration of the tire by heat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aryl perfluoro-alkyl ethers that are compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.F .dbd. CF.sub.3 or CF.sub.2 OCF.sub.3, X.dbd. Br;R.sub.f .dbd. cf.sub.2 ocf.sub.3, x .dbd. no.sub.2.and also to a method of producing them. The method according to the present invention consists in fluorinating aryl esters of perfluorocarboxylic acids of the general formula ##STR2## where R.sub.F and X are as defined above, with sulphur tetrafluoride in autoclaves at a temperature of 20.degree.-100.degree. C in hydrogen fluoride solution with the concentration of the starting esters in hydrogen fluoride being 20-50%. Aryl perfluoroalkyl ethers can be used as intermediate products for producing medicinal preparations, heat-, cold-, benzene, and oil-resistant sealing compounds, as well as compounds and polymers applied in various fields of engineering. The above-described method allows obtaining the desired products under mild conditions with a high yield (80% of theory).

Abstract: A viscous rubber composition consisting mainly of a non-polar rubber, polybutene and white carbon has high adhesion and excellent puncture-sealing properties. Pneumatic tires provided with a puncture-sealing layer formed of such a viscous rubber composition have a high resistance against the puncture due to foreign substances penetrated through the tire.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire of the tubeless type, embodying a layer of puncture sealant composition based on:A. a major proportion of a low molecular weight elastomer (e.g., depolymerized natural rubber) in admixture with a tackifying or plasticizing substance (e.g., a resinous reaction product of a mineral oil purification residue with formaldehyde) andB. a minor proportion of a high molecular weight elastomer (e.g., cis-polyisoprene);Containing a crosslinking agent (e.g., tetra-n-butyl titanate) in an amount sufficient to give a partial cure.

Abstract: Pneumatic tire including a puncture sealing layer which is applied to an inner lining and in which by addition of specific amounts of polyisobutylene and of a particular form of silica with respect to a set amount of polybutene and by use of powdered elastomer having a specific particle size distribution there are achieved optimum values of viscosity and adhesivity and ability to seal even large puncture holes in a wide range of temperature and operating conditions. In addition there is less tendency for puncture sealing layer components to migrate to the inner lining and tire durability is therefore improved.

Abstract: A lubricant gel is made from a poly(alkylene oxide) lubricant, a finely divided silica and a gel-strengthening amount of an ionic salt having a pH of 5.5-8.5 when in 0.1 M aqueous solution. The gel is useful in the inflation chamber of a pnemuatic tire to enable it to run safely in a deflated condition for which purpose the gel should have the required viscosity and mechanical stability.

Abstract: Leaks in a vessel or pipe line and the like adapted for containing a fluid re sealed by means of a polymerization system comprising a catalytically polymerizable organic monomer and a polymerization catalyst therefor, by first providing a catalytically effective amount of the catalyst at the situs of the leak and then supplying vapor of the monomer to the interior of the vessel under sufficient pressure and for a sufficient period of time to permit contact thereof with the catalyst to effect formation of a polymer providing a solid seal at the situs of the leak.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire of the tubeless type, embodying a layer of puncture sealant composition based on a major proportion of low molecular weight liquid elastomer with a minor proportion of a high molecular weight elastomer, containing a crosslinking agent in an amount sufficient to give a partial cure. An example of the composition of the invention is a blend of 60 parts of depolymerized natural rubber and 40 parts of cis-polyisoprene, partially crosslinked by the action of 6 parts of tetra-n-butyl titanate so as to provide a gel content of about 40%.

Abstract: Leaks in closed cooling systems containing an aqueous medium as the coolant, are sealed by electroless deposition of a metal or metal containing compound from a water soluble, easily reducible metal compound. A complexing agent may be added to the coolant to assist in solubilizing the easily reducible metal compound. In one embodiment, the reducible metal compound is formed in situ by attacking the conduit walls of the cooling system so as to form solubilized compounds, or compounds which can be solubilized by addition of suitable complexing agents.