Abstract: The bladder has at least a portion of its outer surface comprising a fabric layer of cords partially embedded therein so that such cords project slightly above the rubber surface. The article is manufactured by calendering a fabric layer of cords on one side only with a coating of uncured and unvulcanized rubber, applying the layer to the bladder material with the rubber coated surface in contact therewith, and heating the article so formed to cure the rubber coating. The curing causes some of the rubber coating to flow between and over the outside surfaces of the cords. This excess rubber is removed by abrading the article so as to expose the cords. The abrading removes some of the cured rubber between the cords so that the cords project slightly above the surface of the rubber substrate.

Abstract: A two-dimensional integral net having a nap in form of relatively long fibres which are integral with the net and protrude from the edges which surround the apertures of the net.A method of producing this net from a film is by heating selected areas of the film to a molten state and dragging out this molten material into fibres to leave apertures in the film while controlling the fibre-dragging by cooling with an air jet.

Abstract: A molded base, for example, a cabinet of a radio receiver, is molded with a synthetic resin and at least one display element made of, for example, a metal, is embedded in the molded base so as to expose one surface of the element. The surface of the display element is then covered with a finish coating to form a substantially uniformly coated layer. The coating on the surface portion of the embedded display element and further at least a portion of the surface of the display element is subjected to mechanical treatment so that the material surface portion is exposed on the display element, whereby the molded base is provided with an aesthetic and decorative display thereon.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thermally insulating sash bar from an elongated hollow metallic sash bar including a pair of spaced outer members connected by a pair of spaced first and second inner members so as to define between the outer members a pair of longitudinally extending first and second channels and a longitudinally extending hollow chamber. A mass of foamable and thermally insulating synthetic resin is introduced into the first channel and then cured to fill the latter with the cured or thermally insulating synthetic resin. Then, a longitudinal gap is formed in and along each of the first and second inner members. The longitudinal gap in the second inner member is covered with a thermally insulating strip. Finally, a mass of the foamable and thermally insulating synthetic resin is introduced into the second channel and then cured to fill the latter with the cured or foamed thermally insulating synthetic resin.

Abstract: Method for making extruded bricks having a textured handmade appearing face designed to form on outer building wall surface, comprising the steps of feeding a column of brick-forming clay mix into a progressively narrowing inlet funnel portion of a brick extruding die, progressively constricting the clay mix column while feeding the same from said inlet funnel portion through a die throat section of the extruding die of horizontally elongated rectangular cross-section defined by downstream converging upper, lower and side boundary surfaces to shape the clay mix column to a rectangular cross-section whose width dimension perpendicular to said face slightly exceeds the desired ultimate brick width, disrupting the clay column in said die throat section at a subsurface location space near and below the uppermost boundary surface of the die throat section along a plane substantially spanning the transverse extent of the die throat section by pressurized downsteam-directed liquid jets internally disrupting the clay

Abstract: A method of producing encapsulated coils includes positioning a coil of wire on a inner coil adjacent one end thereof, positioning a metallic ring on the opposite end of the coil and surrounding the coil with an outer mold having a closed bottom, a resinous material is introduced to encapsulate the coil and provide a reservoir of excess resinous material which is then cured and the shrinkage is accommodated by the excess material above the ring. The encapsulated coil, ring, and excess material are removed from the molds and the ring and excess material are separated using a hammer to produce a finished encapsulated coil.

Abstract: Grooved tubing having a groove in the outer sidewall and a hole through the bottom of the groove is made by extruding a first plastic to produce a molten tubular extrudate, extruding a second plastic in the exterior of the sidewall of the tubular extrudate, subsequently removing the second plastic to provide a groove in the tubular extrudate and forming an opening through the bottom of the groove. This method can be used in making suction catheters wherein the groove walls prevent invagination of body tissue into the hole in the groove during suctioning.

Abstract: Tubular products are provided by applying a first, inner plastic layer onto a core wire and by applying a wire sheathing onto the first plastic layer as a continuous structure thereon. The wire sheathing is then locally removed to provide defined, spaced areas without wire sheathing and intermediate areas including the wire sheathing, and the structure thus provided is covered by applying a second, outer plastic layer thereon, thereby providing a strand structure. As a next step, this strand structure is cut at one limitation of each area without wire sheathing, whereby strand pieces are provided having one end portion which has no wire sheathing therein. The core wire piece left in each strand piece is then removed, thereby providing a tubular product having a body portion including wire sheathing and being completely integral with an end or tip portion without wire sheathing.

Abstract: Radially shrinkable sleeves for covering joints and terminations in high voltage cables are made by radially uniform machining of an extrudate comprising an insulating layer and at least one other layer which is conductive or semi-conductive or exhibits stress control properties. Expansion of the sleeve can be effected before or after machining. Novel shrinkable sleeves which are obtainable by this method include an insulating layer which comprises at least one tapered section in which its internal diameter increases gradually from a first diameter to a second diameter.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a thin-panel illuminator for uniform, high contrast lighting of large area graphic displays such as maps, photographs, charts, and the like. Light is introduced through one edge of a transparent substrate having front and back plane parallel opposed surfaces and thereby directed into the interior of the substrate. The back surface is textured with a multiplicity of shallow depressions such as grooves or dimples which have shallow sloped sides such that light is selectively directed from the interior of the substrate through a limited angle out of the substrate towards a display surface adjacent and coextensive with the back surface of the substrate and away from a viewer observing the display surface through the substrate.The diffusing surface is fabricated by roughening the back surface of the substrate to form relatively deep depressions which are then partially filled with an optically transparent liquid to thereby form relatively shallow depressions.

Abstract: A contrasting color is imparted to the decorative surface of a decorative laminate by inserting a pigment coated release sheet between the molding caul and the decorative surface during the molding operation, with the pigment facing the decorative surface. Upon application of heat and pressure during the formation of the laminate, color is transferred from the release sheet to the decorative surface. A suitable technique is also used to emboss or impart surface texture to the decorative surface during molding. Thereafter, the textured surface is subjected to rubbing or brushing to remove more color from the embossed or raised areas than the debossed areas, thereby highlighting or imparting a shaded effect to the textured surface.

Abstract: A process for the accurate generation and production of electrical lead lines and the like on a charge plate for use in an ink jet printing system is provided. In the process, a single master charge plate is utilized both as a model to produce molded charge plate blanks and also as a mask for generating charge plate artwork. Because the same master plate is utilized, any minor variations in the size, spacing, or alignment of orifices on the plate will be duplicated for both the blank, molded charge plate structure and the electrical artwork, permitting accurate alignment of the artwork to the orifices in the blank.

Abstract: Processes are disclosed for sealing the ends of the bores of a plurality of hollow fiber membranes comprised of a thermoplastic material which membranes are arranged in the form of a bundle by subjecting the ends of the hollow fiber membranes to heat to effect the sealing. The heat also causes the ends of the hollow fiber membranes to adhere to one and another. An insert material is placed within the bundle of hollow fiber membranes at the zone which is subjected to the heat. This insert material provides a barrier to the adhering of the hollow fiber membranes and thus provides a fluid passageway at the sealed end of the bundle.

Abstract: A mould to be used for making specimen blocks for embedding specimens to be sectioned by a microtome, or ultramicrotome, is made from a soft heat resistant plastic to provide a number of cavities having the desired shape for the blocks to be moulded, the walls of the lowermost portions of the cavities being thin enough to be deformable by upward pressure on the exterior of the mould to remove the finished blocks with their embedded specimens.

Abstract: A tube made from a rigid material such as PTFE is surrounded by a rigid tubular sheath. The ends of the synthetic material tube are provided with collars which emerge from the rigid sheath, the sheath having on its inner face, adjacent to each collar, a locking member. The locking member forms a substantially annular relief and penetrates a correspondingly shaped groove on the outer surface of the tube of synthetic material.

Abstract: A wide endless flexible band (10) is molded on a flat core blade (12) with one group of laterally extending rows of outwardly projecting printing characters (16) molded on one side of the core blade between a set of laterally extending notched guide bars (32). The notches within the guide bars are used to align the wide endless band on a rotary cylindrical arbor (40) precisely with a set of spaced cutters (44) which slit the wide band at laterally spaced intervals into a plurality of relatively narrow endless printing bands. The wide endless band is also molded with a second group of raised characters (14) which correspond to the printing characters and are positioned on the other side of the core blade between a set of laterally extending continuous guide bars (24).

Abstract: The sheath covering of a composite structured article is removed from the filler it encircles by slitting the sheath longitudinally at plural locations, the sheath thereafter being vacuum drawn away from the filler for discard while the filler is advanced to a collection operation.

Abstract: In the manufacture of foamed plastic slab by introducing foamable fluid from a mixing head into a moving conveyor-type mold, the improvement wherein supplemental quantities of the fluid are conducted from the mixing head longitudinally to locations where the main body of the material has foamed to partly expanded condition and friction between the sides of the mold and expanding material has caused the upper longitudinal side edges of the expanding material to assume a rounded shape which curves away from the mold sides leaving a space. The supplemental material is introduced into the spaces while the mold moves and upon expansion substantially fills the spaces and thereby greatly reduces the amount of the slab which must be cropped off prior to cutting it to form saleable articles.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrical backplane comprising providing an initially oversized ground and potential plate, forming discontinuous slots in a staggered relationship near the edges of the top surface of one of the plates and the bottom surface of the other plates, laminating the plates together by filling the slots with insulative material and trimming the edge portions off by cutting through the filled slots and webs connecting the slots whereby exposed backplane edges lie opposite insulation in the slots of the plates.

Abstract: Polycrystalline silicon is obtained by providing a silicon wafer having disposed over at least one face thereof a base coating of oxide, nitride or oxynitride composition, forming a substantially pinhole-free and scratch-free layer of carbon on said base coating over at least the face, forming on the face of the carbon layer a layer of polycrystalline silicon, and removing the silicon layer from the protective coating. Any of the carbon layer adhering to the silicon layer is easily removable to provide the silicon layer separate from the substrate. The wafer/coating unit is reusable in the procedure. The wafer/coating/carbon layer unit comprises a workpiece useful in the practice of the invention.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire casing have at least one sidewall ornamental with patterns being made of an elastomer of a color different from that of the sidewall which covers the carcase of the tire, by compelling during molding and vulcanization of the tire a thin layer of elastomer of a color different from that of the sidewall into the width of the latter, so as to obtain that said layer becomes arranged at the bottom of a recess formed in a part of the outer surface of the tire casing.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing a concrete panel having a fractured rib finish is disclosed. A quantity of relatively low slump concrete mixture is cast upon a pallet in the form of a panel and is extruded to define projecting ribs and channels. The casting is permitted to harden until the concrete becomes rigid but not completely set. Thereafter an array of wedges secured to a carriage assembly is drawn along the length of the panel with each wedge disposed in shearing engagement with edge portions of an adjacent pair of ribs. Each wedge includes a shoulder portion wider than the channel for shearing and forcibly displacing portions of the ribs as the wedge is drawn through the channel. Means are provided for propelling the carriage assembly along the length of the panel and in a direction parallel to the orientation of the ribs. A concrete panel having a fractured rib finish produced by the method of the invention is similar in appearance to a concrete panel having a manually hammered rib finish.

Abstract: Hollow filaments, which are suitable for use in separating one or more components from a fluid mixture by selective permeation, are embedded, or potted, in a curable resinous mass, and the resinous mass is severed to expose fluid communication openings of the hollow filaments. In accordance with the invention the curable resinous mass is sufficiently partially-cured to provide a solid mass which can be severed but does not tend to smear when severed so as to obstruct fluid communication openings of the hollow filaments; however, the partial curing is insufficient to render the severings of the resinous mass unduly difficult. The resinous mass is then severed, e.g., by cutting, to provide the fluid communication openings in the hollow filaments embedded in the resinous mass.

Abstract: A method of making a high temperature fluted core composite radome structure.

Abstract: This invention is a method for forming an antenna reflector and housing f a plastic material, rather than from metal or a glass/cloth laminate. The method comprises the steps of scribing a grid structure on a plastic sheet; vacuum or gavity forming the plastic sheet and trimming it to size; coating the plastic sheet with a conductive metal such as copper; and then removing the excess copper from the antenna. Alternatively, a printing and etching technique can be used in substitution of the scribing coating steps.

Abstract: Method for making a prefinished wall board having a contoured surface wherein a layer of settable material is applied to one side of a wall panel and a decorative pattern is formed in relief in the settable material which, when set, is harder than the wall panel. a decorative coating may be applied to the relieved portions of the moldable material, and reinforcing and insulating members may be connected to the opposite side of the panel.

Abstract: A process is provided for producing an imitation wood workpiece by forming a synthetic resin workpiece having a cellular plastic core and a densified covering layer after extruding and solidifying synthetic resin and thereafter imparting an appearance of wood grain to the synthetic resin workpiece by heating the densified covering layer of the workpiece and by relief embossing texture furrows in portions of the densified covering layer.

Abstract: A molded plastic article having either a transparent window or a mirror insert therein is produced by molding a plastic mass around the insert with a layer of insulation or parting material interposed between the plastic mass and the insert.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a molded article of a synthetic resin having on its smooth surface a decorative pattern which is viewable as a stereoscopic image from the outside. The moded article includes a substratum which forms the general structure of the molded article and which is molded of a material consisting essentially of a synthetic resin and a filler. The article further includes a decorative surface layer which is formed on the substratum in a manner to provide a generally smooth finish. This decorative surface layer is composed both of a decorative pattern portion figured by the flow marks inside of the trace of a relief pattern, which has once been formed during the molding process of the article, and of a ground portion. The decorative surface layer is made during the molding process integrally with and of the same material as that of the substratum.

Abstract: The invention pertains to method and apparatus for specimen preparation, in conjunction with which at least one specimen surface is produced on a test piece embedded, if required, in a casting-resin mounting medium through chip or slice removal of material and wherein the examined specimen surface is milled; especially, a method for the preparation of hard objects, and/or objects exhibiting differential hardness over the specimen surface, for electron scan microscopic and X-Ray studies. The invention further includes apparatus for preparing a specimen for examination which includes a milling head.

Abstract: A leading end portion of a thermoplastic jacketed cable is desheathed by applying heat from a movable, continuously operating annular radiant heat source to heat-soften a narrow (e.g., on the order of 1/8 of an inch or less) annular section of the jacket without contacting the jacket. A gripper slide assembly is moved parallel to the cable to grip and apply tension on the leading end portion of the jacket to separate the jacket along the heat-softened section and to remove the leading end portion of the jacket from the cable. After the slide assembly has moved sufficiently to cause separation of the jacket, the heat source is moved axially of the cable from the area of jacket separation so as to preclude damage to the insulation on the cable conductors and to permit the heat softened material of the jacket remaining on the cable to reharden and form a smooth edge along the line of separation.

Abstract: Method of producing an entrainer for squeezing or dyeing textile fabric webs with the aid of a foulard which includes inserting a spread-out endless textile web into an annular mold both the web and the annular mold having a periphery and a width corresponding to the periphery and width of the entrainer to be formed and thereafter filling the annular mold with a material that hardens to form a sponge; and endless entrainer produced by the foregoing method.

Abstract: A writing nib for pens and marking implements having an elongated body of generally rectangular configuration and reinforced by layers of relatively rigid solid material laminated to opposite surfaces of a relatively soft wicking material. The nib is formed by continuously forming layers of the relatively rigid material on opposite surfaces of a strip of wicking material, shaping both edges of the laminated strip and severing the laminated strip transversely, the shaped edges of the laminated strip ultimately forming a writing tip at each end of the nib body at which the wicking material projects beyond the corresponding ends of the rigid material.

Abstract: A method for producing a pattern on a semiconductor wafer during the fabrication of semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits is disclosed. A master is pressed into a layer of moldable material which is on the wafer surface to define a pattern of at least one relatively thin region and relatively thick regions therein with a high degree of definition. Thereafter the whole layer is treated, for example, to remove, by etching for example, a relatively thin region to expose a portion of the wafer surface, the relatively thick regions remaining on the wafer surface.

Abstract: Bearing or seal devices are made by coating graphite substrate material with carbon by a vapor deposition process and selectively removing this vapor-deposited carbon from a portion of the coated substrate to expose the underlying graphite. A strong, self-lubricating surface adapted for contact with a relatively movable object is produced.

Abstract: A method of producing book covers, which method includes cutting at least one elongated notch along the length of one side of a sheet of comparatively rigid plastics having a "memory" (as herein defined) and stretching the plastics defining the floor of the notch to alter its molecular structure so as to provide a readily foldable hinge, said stretching being effected by pressing the plastics defining the floor of the notch outwardly from the notch to raise a ridge on the other side of said sheet.

Abstract: Method of making a beaded retro-reflective material comprising embedding beads in a generally planar plastic matrix and embossing the material so that axes of exposed portions of the beads lie at varying angles to the general plane of the matrix.

Abstract: A method for cutting an arcuate groove in an uncured concrete coating on an arcuate surface. A jet stream of water is directed at the coating along a line extending tangentially of the surface in a downward direction. The object is rotated at a relatively low speed in relation to the stationary water jet. The invention also encompasses a method of applying a concrete coating to pipe wherein after the cement is forced onto the pipe a wrapping material is wound around the pipe in a spiral pattern to hold on the concrete. The wrapping material may be a water impervious plastic which will affect curing of the cement without the aid of chemical curing agents.

Abstract: A method of forming a fused bifocal contact lens having "no jump" characteristics at all points of the segment line separating the distant vision segment or zone from the near vision zone is disclosed. In one embodiment a cylindrical blank is rotated about a given center line and a front curve imparted thereto by moving a tool in an arc about a point radially offset from said center line, in which an opening is then cut in the center of the resulting blank of a size desired to provide a distant vision segment, in which a mass of fluid material for forming the remainder of the lens is cast in place covering at least a portion of said blank, including the front surface portion and the opening therein to form a composite blank, and in which the resulting composite blank is cut to form a contact lens such that the rear base curve thereof comprises portions of both near and far vision segments in which the front surface comprises entirely material from which the far vision portion is made.

Abstract: A method of making a compressed wood product such as a building panel from raw wood. Tree length logs are cut to convenient lengths, debarked and dried, and then placed in a mold where they are immersed in suitable liquid adhesive and compressed to a dimension smaller than that finally required. The logs are then allowed to expand while still immersed in the adhesive, and are then again compressed to the final desired thickness of the panel. The logs are then subjected to elevated temperature to harden the adhesive, preferably while expansion of the logs is prevented. The invention also comprises special apparatus for carrying out the process, and particularly a mobile platform for carrying the logs and forming part of the mold, and a cover and clamp means for maintaining pressure on the wood.

Abstract: In the attachment of a tension rod to an open end of a cable, one end of a tension rod is axially inserted into the core of the cable and the combination vertically positioned with the other end of the tension rod extending downward. A heat shrinkable plastic cap including a casting resin is moved up from below the tension rod until the inside bottom surface of the plastic cap comes proximate to the bottom of the tension rod, and the upper open portion of the plastic cap encompasses a section of the cable jacket. Heat is then applied to the upper portion of the plastic cap so as to shrink the upper portion to form a hermetic seal with the cable jacket, and then to the lower portion of the plastic cap so as to shrink that portion of the plastic cap toward the portion of the tension rod extending from the open end of the cable, so as to form a closed volume within the cap that decreases upon shrinkage to uniformly press the casting resin contained therein into the cable core.

Abstract: A flat plate dialyzer and method of making same is disclosed. The method includes the steps of stacking alternate layers of permeable membrane tubing and support material in a curved stacked array, applying a flexible sealing material to the ends of the curved array, cutting off a portion of this sealing material and rotating the curved array toward a flat plane which opens up the permeable tubing to provide a path for blood flow therethrough. Dialysate flows through and around the support material on the outside of the tubing. A casing surrounds the array and contains inlet and outlet ports for blood and dialysate. The sealing material may be applied to the ends of the array in the form of a flange which acts as a compression seal between mating portions of the casing. This method and apparatus results in an improved inexpensive pumpless dialyzer with simple entrance and exit ports for the flow of fluids therethrough.

Abstract: An artificial implant comprising as its essential ingredients vitreous carbon and an acrylic polymer having substantially the characteristics of polymethylmethacrylate, and the method for making same.