Abstract: A process and apparatus for manufacturing synthetic decorative coverings is presented in which at least one powder (generally a polymeric resin) is selectively deposited, in accordance with a pattern or decoration, onto a base material. The power deposition is carried out under gravity without contact between the means of applying the powder and the base. At least one of the deposited powders contains particles which are fusible at a temperature below the distortion temperature of the base and which is compatible with the base material. At least one thermal treatment is then carried out at a temperature below the distortion temperature of the base so as to fix the decorative pattern produced by deposited powders. The apparatus for applying the powders consists of a continuous screen printing frame, in particular, a screen printing roller which is fed by a device providing uniform distribution of the powder into a hopper located inside the roller.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording sheet is produced by placing, on one side of a sheet-like heat-resistant substrate successively along the surface, one or more thermal transfer recording layers containing a recording material which contains a binder material and a coloring material and whose viscosity is lowered and controlled by temperature-raise recording control, so that transferability to recording medium is imparted, and a thermal transfer coating layer containing a hot-melt material which is miscible (compatible) with at least a part of said binder material.The thermal transfer recording using said thermal transfer recording sheet is characterized by first subjecting the thermal transfer coating layer to temperature-raise recording control, forming a film of the hot-melt material on the surface of the recording material at least on a portion to which the recording material is transferred, and conducting thereon thermal transfer recording as usual.

Abstract: A method of applying a reflecting effect to a design drawn on a surface of material. The method comprises preparing the surface to be treated, using a preparation technique dependent upon the material. The preparation includes cleaning the surface and for certain surfaces, such as plastics, to sensitizing the surface to receive the colors to be later applied. Thereafter, the design to be applied is initially applied to the surface. A coat of varnish is applied over it. An aluminized surface is applied over that. Then the various colors of the design are applied according to the original design which had been applied beneath the coat of varnish. Once the colors have dried, a further coat of varnish is applied and microspheres of glass are strewn over the coat of varnish to be affixed therein as the varnish dries, thus obtaining a surface with a reflecting effect. A further durable coat of a flexible varnish is thereafter applied.

Abstract: The present invention defines methods of forming a non-skid surface on a base member, wherein the base member may consist of a wood, plastic, metal or concrete surface structure. One method includes applying one or more coats or layers of epoxy resin to one surface of a wood base member. After the epoxy resin is set, a first coat of polyurethane is applied thereover at a thickness determined by the size of the grit material that is disseminated in the first coat of polyurethane, whereby the upper portion of the grit is exposed so as to be covered by a second polyurethane coat applied over the first coat of polyurethane, the grit being locked within and between the two coats of polyurethane. An additional method includes the step of affixing a fiber/cement panel to the base member and applying the first polyurethane coat to the surface of the fiber/cement panel, followed thereafter by the grit and the second coat of polyurethane, whereby a non-skid surface is established thereon.

Abstract: The present invention concerns processes for making composite materials.The process is characterized essentially by the fact that it consists in making a fibrous preform 1, in pre-treating this fibrous preform by a fluorine containing flux 3 and in wetting the said pre-treated preform by a light alloy.Utilization for the making of composite pieces with a fibrous armature such as carbon wet by a light aluminum-based alloy.

Abstract: A method of bonding propellant to the insulation in a motor chamber by use f an adhesive and powder granule layer.

Abstract: A floor tile having a non-skid surface and a method of forming same that includes a base member formed from a fiber/cement mixture that is fireproof, waterproof and will not corrode, wherein at least one surface of the base member is coated with a first layer of bonding material that is impregnated with a selective size of grit particles, and is then covered with a second layer of bonding material to fixedly secure the grit particles within the first bonding layer, the grit particles having a size greater than the thickness of the first bonding layer so as to protrude therefrom.

Abstract: A process for forming metal bars with a non-skid coat by arranging a plurality of the bars in a side-by-side assembly and thermally applying a metallic spray coat simultaneously to a plurality of the bars while inhibiting bridging of the spray material across adjacent bars.

Abstract: An oxidation resistant carbon-carbon composite (31) including a plurality of graphite fibers (13) within a carbonized (graphitized) matrix (14). A first material including boron (16) and a second material including silicon (18) are applied thereto. Heating the composite in the course of service use to a temperature at which the composite cracks enables the boron and silicon to combine to provide a borosilicate sealant of sufficiently low viscosity for sealing cracks in the composite.

Abstract: A process of bonding a coating of a polyurethane resin to a polyolefin substrate is provided. The polyolefin substrate is coated with a graft copolymer of a polyolefin and a functional monomer such as acrylic acid. The graft copolymer is flame treated to fuse it. A liquid polyurethane precursor composition is then applied thereto and cured.

Abstract: A low-profile transfer article having an adhesive layer, a coating of particles on one surface of the adhesive layer, and a graphic image formed of one or more layers of ink adherably bonded to the ink-receptive surface of the particles, the transfer article being free of a permanent self-supporting film support layer.

Abstract: The present invention defines two methods of forming a non-skid-surfaced wood panel, preferably plywood, which is treated with various coats or layers of epoxy resin, together with a finished surface coat of polyurethane combined with a hard-grit abrasive material evenly spread within the surface coat, so as to provide the non-skid substance that establishes a unique and wear-resistant structure for areas subjected to heavy foot traffic, the invention being particularly suitable for use on decking in marine environments.

Abstract: Prestressing elements having a two-layer plastics covering, the inner layer being moldable, storage-stable at room temperature and thermally curable, and the outer layer consisting of a radiation-cured plastics material, are excellently suitable for producing supporting structural elements, particularly concrete supporting structures and rock bracings.

Abstract: This invention relates to implantable porous prostheses for use as bone or hard tissue replacements anywhere in the body. The porous implants comprise loose, individual polymeric particles of a specified size, coated with a hydrophilic material and barium sulfate particles. The prostheses are biologically compatible in the body and promote bone and tissue ingrowth and attachment. This invention also relates to a method for producing the novel prosthetic devices disclosed herein.

Abstract: Sprayable urethane resin compositions and a process for preparing the sprayable resin compositions particularly with reinforcing materials such as chopped fiberglass, which process comprises reacting generally equal volumes of A and B side mixtures in a sprayable reaction to form a fast reacting, fast curing urethane resin, the A side mixture comprising an MDI or an MDI prepolymer prepared by reacting an MDI with a triol and a B side mixture comprising an auto catalytic, aromatic amine polyol having a hydroxyl number ranging from about 300 to 600, a viscosity reducing amount of a tetraethylene glycol and a catalyst to affect the rapid reaction and cure of the A and B side mixtures on spraying, the process may optionally include the incorporation of reinforcing materials, such as glass fibers and optionally may include the use of blowing agents to provide a lower density reinforced cured product.

Abstract: A priorly used drop wire having a single layer of PVC insulating compound, containing a relatively-expensive epoxy additive, extruded over a spaced pair of conductors, having relatively rough surfaces, is replaced with drop wire having less-costly, relatively-smooth, drawn, conductors onto which spaced, unplasticized particles of PVC resin are coated and the portions of the particles contacting the surfaces of the conductors are melted, caused to undergo controlled degradation and adhere to the surface of the conductor, and thus form a relatively-stable, texturized, discontinuous coating of adhesion sites on the surfaces of the conductors with interdispersed portions of the surfaces being exposed.Over the precoated conductors, a composition containing a plasticized PVC resin may be extruded to form an insulating covering having a relatively-stable, controlled-degree of adhesion to the adhesion sites and the interdispersed, exposed surfaces of the conductors.

Abstract: A method for producing solventless liquid organopolysiloxanes is disclosed. The method involves hydrolyzing an organo silicon composition comprising at least one compound having the general formulaY.sub.(4-n) Si(OR).sub.nwhere Y is phenyl or a primary or secondary alkyl group having from one to four carbon atoms, R is an alkyl group having from one to three carbon atoms, and n is an integer from one to four, and wherein the ratio of OR groups to silicon atoms in the composition is from 2.3:1 to 3.1:1. The products of hydrolysis are then heated to cause substantial siloxane formation by condensation and to distill water and alcohol by-products. Heating is continued until the water content of the resulting siloxane composition is less than 1 percent. The purity of the organo silicon composition, the amount of water used for hydrolysis, the amount of acid present during hydrolysis, and the heating of the organopolysiloxane are so controlled that the solventless organopolysiloxane has a viscosity at 25.degree. C.

Abstract: A fire retardant material is formed by intimately associating the unexpanded form of perlite in association with a permeable mass of silica glass, said association is formed by permeating said perlite into said mass of glass. Preferedly the composition comprises particles of unexpanded perlite less than 100 mesh and preferably no larger than 200 mesh and the permeable glass comprises a glass fiber mat. The fire retardant material can be formed as a unified body capable of being applied onto other structural components or alternately, it can be intimately bonded to the surface of structural components as a veneer layer. Upon exposure to combustion temperatures the perlite expands from its unexpanded form to its expanded form at or near the deformation point of the glass mat followed by reaction of the perlite and the glass to form a flame-impenetrable ceramic.

Abstract: A decorative laminate and method of manufacture therefor are provided wherein the laminate has a differential texture and a differential gloss wherein the textured regions contain PVC resin particles and have a lower gloss than adjoining regions without PVC resin particles. The decorative article is useful as a floor covering.

Abstract: A method for constructing an activity surface comprising a plurality of binder coatings interspersed with layers of particulate rubber. A tack coating preferably of asphaltic material, is applied to establish a good bond to the underlying foundation material. Subsequent binder coatings are of a latex liquid with a small quantity of surfactant added to enhance the penetration of the coating. A sealing coat is applied to seal the upper surface and to mechanically screen the harmful effects of sunlight. Each coating of latex is permitted to dry before applying a subsequent layer of rubber particles.

Abstract: An input phosphor screen includes a substrate having a substantially smooth surface, and first and second phosphor layers both vapor-deposited sequentially on the substrate. The first layer is made of phosphor crystal particles having a mean diameter of 15 .mu.m or less. The second layer has a thickness ten or more times that of the first layer and is made of individual columnar crystals of alkali halide grown vertically on the crystal particles, standing close together with fine spaces therebetween. A third layer is preferably deposited on the second layer as a continuous film. These three layers can be deposited by evaporating a phosphor material or materials at a prescribed temperature and at a predetermined degree of vacuum.

Abstract: A method of repairing breaks in plastic sheet members such as those used on dashes of automobiles. The abutting edges of the crack formed at the break are coated with a liquid cyanoacrylate adhesive. The crack is filled with a particulate material, preferably hardened polyurethane foam or graphite which has been ground to a particle size corresponding roughly to that of common table salt. The particulate filler is soaked with the liquid cyanoacrylate adhesive and the liquid is then dried. For cracks of substantial depths, several layers of filler soaked with the adhesive may be utilized to completely fill the crack. After the filler composition has completely hardened and the repair smoothed by sanding, the immediate zone may be textured by spraying with a liquid vinyl lacquer. When the lacquer is dry, the region may be painted to blend with the remainder of the member.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a positive bond between articles painted or coated with thermosets and concrete, involves treatment of the surface with an epoxy resin-cement mortar mixture containing an epoxy resin emulsion of the composition(a) a liquid epoxy resin;(b) water;(c) an emulsifier comprising a primary, aliphatic alcohol, an adduct thereof with ethylene oxide or, optionally, a polyglycol ester of a carboxylic acid; and(d) a latent curing agent comprising a reaction product of the essentially complete neutralization of a diamine of the formulaeH.sub.2 N--CH.sub.2 --R--NH.sub.2orH.sub.2 N--R--CH.sub.2 --R--NH.sub.2with oxyalic acid,wherein R is alkyl substituted alkylene or cycloalkylene; or the reaction product obtained by complete neutralization with oxalic acid of (i) a polyamine of the formulaH.sub.2 N--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --NH--.sub.x Hwherein x=2, 3, or 4, or of (ii) a reaction product, containing amino groups, of such a polyamine with a fatty acid.

Abstract: A decorative plastic floor tile composed of a decorative plastic base having a plurality of elements positioned on the base with a clear or translucent wear layer overlying the elements and the base. The base has raised and depressed areas. The elements comprise particles, preferably inorganic and rounded, and these are embedded in a plastic matrix which is placed only on the raised areas of the base. The particles are distributed throughout the matrix in a single layer of particles with the particles protruding from the matrix but being below the upper most level of the wear layer.

Abstract: A process for coating metallic substrates in several stages with heat-hardenable synthetic resins having functional groups from the group comprising hydroxyl-containing polyesters, crosslinkable acrylate resins and epoxy resins, thermally stabilized ethylene copolymers and, if appropriate, polyolefins, in which, in the first stage, a powder mixture of these components is applied to a metallic substrate at a preheating temperature which is above the melting point of the (A) resins and which is adequate for their crosslinking, and, in the second stage, an olefin polymer layer is applied to the hot, coated substrate. The metallic substrates are pipes, large moldings, vessels and building elements, the coated pipes being advantageously used as pipelines for petroleum and natural gas.

Abstract: A buoyant fiber product and method of manufacturing same. The fiber product includes a quantity of fibers which are bound together with a binder. The binder also secures a quantity of buoyant particles, such as foam beads, to the fibers. The buoyant particles render the product buoyant. The fiber product is manufactured by adding an adhesive and buoyant particles to a quantity of fibrous material. Upon curing of the adhesive, the fibers and particles are bound together.

Abstract: A method for constructing an activity surface comprising a plurality of binder coatings interspersed with layers of particulate rubber. The first two binder coatings are of diluted emulsified asphaltic material to establish a good bond to the underlying foundation material. Subsequent binder coatings are of a styrene butadiene and water mixture with a small quantity of surfactant added to enhance the penetration of the coating. A sealing coat is applied to seal the upper surface and to mechanically screen the harmful effects of sunlight. Each coating of diluted styrene butadiene is permitted to dry before applying a subsequent layer of rubber particles.

Abstract: A flexible wall covering material and a process for manufacturing includes applying a thin foam layer to a flexible fiberglass fabric web. An adhesive is then applied to the foam layer to bond therewith, and the web is passed under hoppers which drop small aggregate and fine aggregate successively onto the adhesive layer. The web is then drawn through an oven which heats and cures the adhesive, securing the aggregate to the web. The web is passed under a vacuum hood which removes the loose aggregate, and a sealer is sprayed onto the aggregate surface of the composite. The sealer is dried by radiant heat to seal the stone material and emphasize its color, and the web composite is wound onto rolls for subsequent use as a wall covering, and especially an exterior wall covering.

Abstract: A method which allows autodeposition onto a non-metallic surface wherein a metallic powder is applied to the non-metallic surface followed by application of an autodeposition coating.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of conductive graphite particles useful as an electrically anisotropic support layer for an electroconductive transfer film comprising initially grinding a slurry of graphite particles in the presence of water or a solvent having freezing and vapor pressure properties similar to water, for a period of time sufficient to substantially completely disperse the graphite particles in the water or solvent. A binding or film forming polymer is then added to the graphite slurry, said polymer being soluble in the water or solvent. The resulting slurry is then subjected to a freeze drying step so that the water or solvent present is caused to sublime resulting in the formation of polymeric coated graphite particles of at least 0.2 microns in diameter. These particles can be incorporated into the support layer of a electroconductive transfer film.

Abstract: Process for preparation of printed circuits by applying particulate metal to tacky image areas, optionally removing excess particulate metal, and contacting the metallized image areas with an aqueous solution comprising cations of a plating metal to accomplish a metal-metal ion displacement reaction, the solution being substantially free of any chemical reducing agent for said cations. Preferably the conductive circuit is electroplated or soldered.

Abstract: The manufacture of printed circuit boards on a substrate material with a thermosetting adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is roughened by spraying with a suspension of hard particles. Thereafter the surface is provided with a layer of uniformly distributed particles of a light-sensitive, semiconductive metal oxide by spraying with a suspension of said oxide particles, which oxide after exposure to light is capable of releasing copper and/or a metal which is nobler than copper from a solution of the relevant metal salt the layer is exposed to light and is sprayed prior to and/or after the exposure with a solution of the afore-said metal salt, so that metal nuclei are formed in the exposed areas. Both operations are effected by spraying and that in such a way that the semiconductive oxide and the metal salt, respectively are substantially dry when they reach the surface. After exposure, the nuclei are intensified by means of an electroless copper plating bath.

Abstract: The decorative objects on which a light-interference surface layer showing an esthetic design is formed is produced by the steps of forming a metal thin film on glazed and baked surface of a base body and treating the base body at high temperature in oxygen atmosphere, and which are highly useful as decorative articles, dinner sets, building materials, and industrial art objects.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for preparing a surface for winter sports such as skiing, tobagganing, or sledding. The method includes laying down a first layer of relatively large sodium chloride crystals and permitting these crystals to absorb moisture. A second layer of sodium chloride crystals along with an anti-friction agent is placed atop the first layer after a predetermined period of time. Also disclosed is a material suitable for practicing the method.

Abstract: A method of forming a clinically unbreakable composite structure between a noble based metal and a ceramic comprising depositing a thin layer of a bonding material including finely divided particles of a noble metal halide alone or in combination with particles of a noble metal; sintering the layer at a predetermined temperature between 1775.degree. F. and 1975.degree. F. and firing a ceramic over the sintered coating.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for manufacturing a developer carrier for use in a device for developing an electrostatic latent image, for example, formed on a photosensitive member. The present method allows to make a developer carrier which is durable and which can carry out ideal developing performance. In accordance with the present method, after forming a first adhesive layer on a support, conductive particles are deposited, followed by the step of forming a second adhesive layer to have the particles embedded therein. Then, the resulting structure is ground to have at least some of the particles exposed at the ground surface.

Abstract: Improved sheet material of the type where a base sheet is provided with an opaque microvoid-containing layer which can be locally transparentized by applying a colorless liquid which is a non-solvent for the layer. Indicia remain more sharply defined by including in the layer an organic polymer which jellifies in the presence of the liquid and blocks lateral migration.

Abstract: A process for reducing high temperature oxidation of graphite electrodes for steel making by coating the electrodes with a siloxane fluid, such as dimethylpolysiloxane. Silicon carbide particles can be suspended in the siloxane fluid to improve coating characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the decoration of sheet materials and has particular reference to the application of decorative stones either alone or in combination with embroidery patterns to sheet materials.

Abstract: Steel products may be coated with an insulating composition by a process which involves coating a uniform layer of finely ground glass powder on the steel and burning it at temperatures ranging from 700.degree.-1000.degree. C. Following, a paste comprising a mixture of the afore-mentioned glass, aluminum oxide and an evaporable liquid are deposited upon the burned coating, dried and burned again at 700.degree.-1000.degree. C.The resultant coatings adhere well to steel and resist temperatures as high as 860.degree. C., so suggesting then use for coating steel destined as a substitute for ceramic supports in electronic and hybrid microelectronic applications.

Abstract: A non-skid decorative plastic floor covering comprised of a decorative plastic base having a plurality of slip-resistant elements positioned on the base with a clear or translucent wear layer overlying the slip-resistant elements and the exposed intervening base. The slip-resistant elements comprise particles, preferably inorganic and rounded, embedded in a cured plastic matrix, the particles being distributed throughout the matrix in a substantially abutting relationship with the upper-most layer of particles protruding from the matrix such that the protruding particles impart a rough, irregular non-skid surface texture to the wear layer overlying the slip-resistant elements.

Abstract: In a method for at least partly metalizing the surface of a laminated component, the layer of material which is to form part of the surface of the component is first metalized; then it is coated, as are the other layers of non-metalized material, with a polymerizable resin; and lastly the coated layers are stacked on the lower part of a mould, which is then subjected to pressure, possibly under heat.

Abstract: A method of forming structural board panels from short strands of bagasse or other cellulistic material. The material resinated, compressed and cured to give an open structural block. A mortar screed of portland cement and sand is then applied to penetrate interstices between the strands and is built up with rendering and facing layers of mortar. A reinforcement, such as an open mesh net of resinated nylon strands may be incorporated in the facing layer.

Abstract: Nail files and other abrasive articles have a structural base, such as a steel strip, coated with a slurry of a resin, such as an epoxide, and abrasive particles or grits, such as aluminum oxide, granules with sharp peaks and corners, of selected size and covered with one or more layers of electroplated metal, such as copper, nickel and chromium, forming a sheath surrounding the coated base and firmly anchoring the particles around the base. The electroplated metal has relative thick valley portions covering the bases of the particles but only has relatively thin films over the peaks of the particles. In use, the thin coatings over the peaks of the particles are broken off, exposing the tip ends of the abrasive particles for effective abrasion of surfaces, such as fingernails, rubbed thereover.

Abstract: The method of providing on location a vitreous enamel bathtub with traction means in a predetermined pattern comprising the steps of:(a) cleaning the vitreous enamel surface;(b) securing a stencil having cutouts therein to the bottom of the tub and, in the stencil cutouts;(c) removing the glaze by etching with acid, scrubbing and sanding;(d) rewashing the cutouts;(e) applying an enamel coat;(f) sprinkling on silica sand;(g) top coating with enamel; p0 (h) removing the stencil;(i) curing the resulting traction means with heat; and(j) removing any excess sand.

Abstract: Although the method and apparatus of the present invention can be utilized to apply either a uniform or a nonuniform covering of material over many different workpieces, the apparatus (20) is advantageously utilized to apply a thermal barrier covering (64) to an airfoil (22) which is used in a turbine engine. The airfoil is held by a gripper assembly (86) while a spray gun (24) is effective to apply the covering over the airfoil. When a portion of the covering has been applied, a sensor (28) is utilized to detect the thickness of the covering. A control apparatus (32) compares the thickness of the covering of material which has been applied with the desired thickness and is subsequently effective to regulate the operation of the spray gun to adaptively apply a covering of a desired thickness with an accuracy of at least plus or minus 0.0015 inches (1.5 mils) despite unanticipated process variations.

Abstract: Selectively shaped silicon crystal bodies, such as plate-, tape- or film-shaped bodies, having crystalline pillarlike structures therein are produced as substantially porefree bodies by forming a slurry from an admixture of relatively fine sized silicon particles, optional additives and a liquid binder, extruding such slurry as a relatively thin layer onto a first support member, drying such extruded layer until it becomes self-supporting and removing such support member, applying a substantially uniform layer of a germanium powder onto a surface of such self-supporting layer and then sintering the resultant structure in a protective gas atmosphere at temperatures below about 1430.degree. C. until a layer of crystalline silicon particles is generated, which particles have an average diameter substantially corresponding to the thickness of the dried layer.

Abstract: Preparation of an electrically conductive pattern by adhering a prolonged tack toner which is activated by heating to the toner-receptive image areas of an inert substrate, the temperature is reduced and to the activated toner is applied a prolonged tack toner having conductive metal particles and glass frit as components; optionally the steps of heating, temperature reduction and toner application are repeated at least one time, and then the toned image is burned and fired. An electrically conductive pattern is obtained which is useful, for example, as an electric circuit. The process is also useful in the application of resistor and dielectric materials.

Abstract: The invention is a process for the manufacture of substantially pore-free shaped articles from polycrystalline material, such as tungsten carbide, silicon nitride, titanium boride or silicon carbide, in which encased articles preformed from pulverulent materials and having open pores are isostatically hot-pressed in a vacuum-sealed casing of vitreous or ceramic-like material in a high-pressure autoclave using an inert gas as pressure-transfer medium. Before the application of the casing material, a first layer comprising material that can be decomposed or melted, such as an organic wax or a resin-like product, or of a compressible heat-resistant material such as inorganic fibers or felts, is applied to the preformed articles. Then, the encased articles are thermally treated until the glass or ceramic layer is fused or sintered gas-tight. The articles pretreated in this manner are then isostatically hot-pressed.

Abstract: A process for the coating of metal tubes by the application of polyethylene to the preheated tubes, a polyethylene with a melt index of over 1 g/10 minutes being applied first to the pre-heated metal tube and a polyethylene with a low melt index being applied thereupon, the process comprising a first step of applying a polyethylene with a melt index of 1.2 to 70 g/10 minutes (190.degree. C./2.16 kg) to the metal tube which has been pre-heated to a temperature of at least 200.degree. C., a second step in which the coating is cooled to a temperature of about 110.degree. to 170.degree. C. and a third step of applying a self-supporting film of polyethylene with a melt index of 0.1 to 7 g/10 minutes at this temperature so that the total coating has a minimum layer thickness of 1.5 to 4 mm and a coated article coated according to said process.