Abstract: A process for making an absorbent structure having a capillary substrate and regions of osmotic absorbent on the capillary substrate. The osmotic absorbent is cured from a liquid precursor applied to the capillary substrate. The capillary substrate has regions of topographically different elevations, taken normal to the plane of the capillary substrate. The capillary substrate is passed through a gap between a transfer roll and an anvil roll in a printing apparatus. The transfer roll has at liquid precursor on its periphery. The liquid precursor is applied to only the topographically elevated regions of the capillary substrate which contact the periphery of the transfer roll. By changing the topography of the capillary substrate, the liquid precursor can be applied to the capillary substrate in different pattern, without changing the transfer roll.

Abstract: A flexible magnetic disk has a first magnetic layer formed on a first surface of a circular polymeric substrate by coating and drying a magnetic coating material. After the first magnetic layer is formed and dried, a second magnetic layer is formed on a second surface of the polymeric substrate by coating and drying the magnetic coating material. The second magnetic layer formed on the second surface is then calendered to form a magnetic recording surface. The resulting magnetic disk provides for an improved surface vibration during high-speed rotation of the disk, and provides very good head touch.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composite material may be formed by supplying the thermoplastic material to the opposite surfaces of the fabric material and by then passing the resultant material through the spaces between progressive pairs of rollers. The rollers in each progressive pair have a decreased spacing relative to the rollers in the previous pair so as to squeeze the thermoplastic material into the interstices between the fabric threads without compressing the fabric material. The resultant material may also be moved in a tortuous path, such as formed by a pair of rollers defining an S-configuration relative to the resultant material, to engage the opposite surfaces of the resultant material and squeeze air from the resultant material without compressing the fabric.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying a lubricant coating to surgical needles utilizes a belt coating system with two endless belts. The endless belts have confronting running sides and are rotated in opposite directions for feeding the surgical needles therebetween. The needles are fed between the confronting running sides and are pressed lightly between the endless belts, whose surfaces have been wetted with the lubricant solution. The needles are cured after coating.

Abstract: A multilayered ceramic chip capacitor. An electrode ink pattern is formed on a release film. The electrode ink pattern is calendered, densified and flattened. Dielectric material is applied to the release film and surrounds but does not cover the electrode ink to form an electrode surround printed dielectric sheet. The dielectric is calendered, densified and flattened. The densities of the electrode ink and dielectric are formulated such that after calendering the electrode ink and dielectric surfaces are substantially coplanar. A final overcoat of dielectric is applied over the surround printed dielectric sheet.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for applying a desired protective finish to a web of printed label stock. The web of printed label stock is moved through a coating station, where a layer of hot melt varnish is extruded onto the web of printed label stock. Then, the web of printed label stock is transferred to a working station in an environment which causes the layer of varnish to at least partially solidify to a predetermined state as it reaches the working station. At the working station, the layer of varnish is worked to a desired finish. Preferably the web is carried through a nip formed by a pair of rolls, including a highly polished chrome roll which contacts the layer of varnish and works the layer of varnish to a glossy finish. After the layer of varnish is worked to a glossy finish, the web is directed through a finishing station, where the glossy finish is fixed in the layer of varnish, and the web is conditioned to a state in which it can be processed as a web of finished label stock.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating resin mats having a plurality of mat layers is provided. Multiple mat sheets are conveyed between two spaced rollers while being impregnated with resin contained in at least one reservoir formed between the rollers and sheets. A resin feeding system supplies resin to a location between the sheets which substantially corresponds to the longitudinal centerlines of the sheets to ensure adequate impregnation of the mat layers while minimizing any residual resin from adhering to the rollers. Dam members are also positioned between the rollers at the longitudinal sides of the sheets to aid in forming the reservoir(s) and also to maintain an appropriate spacing between the rollers. The roller spacing is configured to permit a predetermined degree of slippage between the rollers and the mat layers.

Abstract: A treating method of a liner material for a magnetic recording medium according to the present invention is a treating method of a liner material which is to be bonded to the inside of a case storing therein a magnetic disk, and is characterized in that at least 0.1 wt %, based on the saturated water content of the liner material, of a liquid having a boiling point of 50.degree. to 200.degree. C. is added to the liner material, and is then dried.

Abstract: A method of continuously painting one side of a moving substrate metal strip (1) utilizing a thermosetting polymer based paint composition comprises pre-heating the strip in a pre-heat furnace (2) to a pre-heat temperature above the glass transition temperature of the paint composition, driving a solid block (8) of the paint composition into collision with the strip at a predetermined block speed to cause liquid paint to be melted from the block and applied to the strip at a precisely controlled deposition rate. The deposit, which for thin paint coats is discontinuous, is then spread over the surface of the strip by a pressure roll (14) and emerges therefrom as a smooth coat of wet paint. A bead of liquid paint (17) builds up on the strip on the up stream side of the pressure roll and the block speed may be adjusted in response to the bead size. The emergent strip then travels through a paint curing furnace (5) and a bath (6) to complete the process.

Abstract: An exhaust sensor having a substrate including first and second portions, the first portion comprising a dielectric material, the second portion comprising an electrolyte material and a transition zone interposed between the first and second portions. The transition zone includes an increasing concentration of the dielectric material in the direction of the first portion of the substrate and an increasing concentration of the electrolyte material in a direction towards the second portion of the substrate. The invention also includes a method of making such an exhaust sensor substrate including the steps of co-depositing first and second amenable compositions, the first composition comprising a dielectric material and the second composition comprising an electrolyte material. The co-deposited compositions are fired together to form the substrate having first, second and transition portions as described above.

Abstract: The method comprises the application of a liquid film to a paper or paperboard rawstock web in a controlled and uniform manner to achieve a moisture gradient in the Z-direction thickness of the web to a depth of less than about one-half of the web thickness, and then pressing the treated web in at least one nip of a calender device before drying the web. The liquid application plasticizes only the surface fibers of the web so that the paper fibers at or near the surface become deformed and bonded under pressure to achieve a substantially irreversible smoothness upon being rewetted in a coating application or the like.

Abstract: Improved stiffening materials containing hydraulic binders are obtained by applying a hydraulic binder, if appropriate in mixture with reactive binders, in powder form to a sheetlike material, for example a bandage fabric, compacting the hydraulic binder in contact with the sheetlike material, and winding the sheetlike material thus provided with the compacted hydraulic binder into rolls.

Abstract: A base paper for use in the manufacture of printing paper used in low heat thermal printing operations. The base paper is provided by coating a paper sheet with a dispersion comprising hollow gas-containing spherical particles preferably of a synthetic polymer, a filler of clay particles, and a binder. The coating provides pigment, thermal insulation and aqueous holdout for a thermosensitive recording layer applied onto the coating and can be calendered to improve surface smoothness.

Abstract: A procedure for the application of a polytetrafluoroethylene film on aluminum surfaces by means of mechanical-chemical bonding using a specific compound which, on one hand can adhere to a smooth aluminum surface and, on the other hand, being suitable for producing mechanical-chemical bonding with the P.T.F.E. The aluminum surface is cleaned with an aqueous alkaline solution and the compound applied by a rolling process using four rolling machines.

Abstract: Heat sealable paper can be prepared by applying to a surface-sized paper web a coating of a dispersion comprising a microcrystalline wax and a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic acid or methacrylic acid. The coating can be applied by means of a size press between dryer sections in a paper machine. The coating neither adheres to nor leaves a residue on the heated drums in the dryer section following the size press.

Abstract: A method for calendering a suture includes passing the suture lengthwise between two pairs of calendering rollers each pair being oriented orthogonally to the other pair. The suture may be coated and/or filled by passing it through the contacting region of a suture filling applicator to which filling agent is supplied by a metering pump. The filling process may be computer controlled.

Abstract: A process for preparing a radiation image storage panel having a support and a stimulable phosphor layer comprises the first step of forming a phosphor sheet comprising a binder and a stimulable phosphor and the second step of compressing the phosphor sheet on the support under heating up to a temperature of not lower than softening point or melting point of the binder, using a plurality of calender rolls giving different pressure, a combination of a calender roll and a pre-heating means, or a combination of a calender roll and a tension-applying means.

Abstract: The process described herein involves the production of artificial blood vessels starting with a tue knit or woven from polmeric fibers such as polyester, for example, polyethyleneterephthalate, which has been surface cleaned and then coated on the exterior surface of the tube with one or more layers as defined more fully hereinafter of polysiloxane, polyurethane or a block copolymer of polyurethane and polysiloxane to give the desired amount of permeability. A preferred block copolymer is made an hydroxyalkyl-terminated polysiloxane and a polyurethane.

Abstract: A method for making a substrate for use in a multilayered integrated circuit or multichip module which includes coating a conductive material on a surface of a support sheet to form a conductive circuit and then drying the sheet. Next, a coating of a layer of dielectric layer is placed on the support surface in the areas where the conductive material is not cast. After which the coated sheet is densified to form a densified conductive circuit embedded dielectric layer. A second coating of a dielectric is placed over the first densified conductive circuit embedded dielectric layer such that the second layer is characterized by vias therein which are in register with at least a portion of the conductive circuit. The vias in the second dielectric layer are filled to form electrically conductive vias and then densifying to form the substrate.

Abstract: A method of making granule-covered roofing material comprises discharging granules onto continuously moving asphaltic material, pressing the granules into the asphaltic material, directing light toward the granule-covered asphaltic material, measuring the reflected light from the granule-covered asphaltic material, and responding to the measured reflected light by modifying a process parameter to effect a change in the reflectance of light from the granule-covered asphaltic material.

Abstract: Method of coating woven fabric with a first latex compound having a viscosity of 18,000 to 20,000 cps, and containing a fire resistant additive. Then coating with a second latex compound to produce a hose ducting fabric which is fire resistant. The second latex compound preferably contains a fire resistant additive also, and may be of a viscosity between 20,000-30,000 cps.

Abstract: V-groovable gravure printable paper having the machinability of vinyl and the printability of paper, and a process for manufacturing such a product. A smooth, saturated only paper is subjected to heavy calendering during processing in order to provide adequate smoothness as required by printers. The paper is saturated with an acrylic/PVC blend designed to give good "miter-fold" strength, good smoothness and adequate adhesive anchorage. The saturant also allows the ink types used on vinyl films to adhere to the paper, and exhibits good stain resistance.

Abstract: A composite material, suitable for use in a power transmission belt, having a rubber matrix and a plurality of short staple reinforcing fibers therein of methaphenyleneiso-phthalamide coated with one of a rubber latex and a rubber paste. The invention is also directed to a method of forming the composite material.

Abstract: A coating process for coating traveling webs comprises applying a first coating layer of a pigment substance on a portion of the shell surface of a rotatable roll not covered by the material web, and pressing the pigment substance onto the web in a press gap, thereby impregnating the web. This makes it possible to apply with maximum uniformity and without web breaks and wrinkles a second coating layer of a pigment substance immediately successive to the application of the first layer, while the first layer is still moist.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonwoven composite and a process for making a nonwoven composite suitable for making shoe counters comprising: (1) dispersing an effective amount of a thermoplastic resin throughout the interstitial space of a nonwoven fabric having two fabric surfaces wherein the first fabric surface has a velvety or felt texture and the second fabric surface has a fused surface thereby forming a thermoplastic resin-loaded nonwoven fabric; thereafter heating said thermoplastic resin-loaded fabric in a manner which impregnates said thermoplastic resin onto the nonwoven fabric thus forming said nonwoven composite with one velvety or felt surface substantially free of thermoplastic resin in the absence of buffing.

Abstract: A method of producing decorative web from nonwoven polyester web includes heat setting the web at a temperature between 390 and 410 degrees Farenheit before applying a pigmented, solvent soluble, thermoplastic resin composition to at least one side of the web. The composition can include a polymer solution, which includes a vinyl polymer such as one or both of a polyvinyl chloride homopolymer resin and a polyvinyl chloride acetate copolymer resin, a solvent, plasticizers, heat stabilizers, light stabilizers, pigments and antistats. The composition also preferably may include fillers, soil repellents, and flame retardants. The composition is applied by a knife-over-roll apparatus, a rotogravure printer, or other conventional applicating apparatus. After the composition is applied, the web is passed through a hot air oven maintained at a temperature in the range of from about 230.degree. F. to about 330.degree. F. to dry the web of solvent and cure the composition to form solids in the web.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for impregnating a fibrous base material with a varnish liquid, wherein the so-impregnated base material is substantially air free. A base material is passed under the surface of and through a supply of low-viscosity liquid such as to impregnate the base material with the low-viscosity liquid and displace air from the base material so as to provide a substantially air-free base material. The air-free base material is passed through an entrance for and into a syphon. An inert gas is supplied to the syphon so as to maintain an inert gas atmosphere therein sufficient to maintain the air-free condition of the base material. The air-free base material is then passed through an exit of the syphon and under the surface of and through a supply of varnish liquid sufficiently to displace the low-viscosity liquid from the air-free base material and impregnate the air-free base material with the varnish liquid.

Abstract: Laundry dryer sheets having a good loading of surfactant are prepared by (1) coating an absorbent flexible substrate with a molten tert-amine oxide wherein the molecules correspond to the formula RR'R"NO.nH.sub.2 O in which R is a primary alkyl group containing 9-24 carbons; R' is methyl, ethyl, or 2-hydroxyethyl; R" is independently selected from methyl, ethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, and primary alkyl groups containing 8-24 carbons; and n is 0, 1, or 2, at least some of the molecules being dihydrate molecules, and (2) solidifying the amine oxide.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a paper product having a surface with enhanced gloss. The method includes the following steps: Applying a continuous layer of an impressionable coating material to a paper product; contacting the layer of coating material with a polymer release film having a smooth and glossy surface substantially free of defects, the surface having non-adhering and release characteristics; and solidifying the coating material during contact with the release film. Using this technique, a smooth and glossy surface of the release film is substantially imparted to a surface of the layer of solidified coating material. In the case of clay-coated substrates, the coating is solidified by heating, whereas in the case of polyethylene-coated substrates, the coating is solidified by cooling. The end product is a coated substrate in which the coating has a glossy surface to which the texture of a film has been imparted.

Abstract: A patterned metallized film comprises a transparent or translucent polymeric film coated on one side with a thin coating of metal, with the metal coating and the polymeric film being bonded to each other. The metal coating has a multiplicity of fractures of different sizes distributed throughout the coating in a prescribed pattern so that the reflection of light by the fractured metal coating produces a three-dimensional illusion of the pattern when viewed through said polymeric film. The film may also include a layer of adhesive on the opposite side of the metal coating from the polymeric film, and a paper backing sheet on the opposite side of the adhesive layer from the metal coating. The fractures are preferably formed by heating the metallized film non-uniformly so that selected areas of the film expand and soften at a rate different from the rate at which other areas of said film expand and soften.

Abstract: Microcapsules are applied in metered quantity to a paper web passing through an ingoing nip between a hard applicator roll and a soft backing roll. Metering is achieved by means of a deformable metering roll in adjustable pressure contact with the applicator roll and rotating in an opposite sense thereto to define an ingoing nip. Coating composition is fed to this nip from a pipe or by the roll dipping into a bath of coating composition. The metered coating emerging from the metering nip is re-distributed and smoothed by a deformable smoothing roll rotating in the same sense as the applicator roll and in contact therewith. The process facilitates application of relatively high solids microcapsule compositions at low wet coatweights.

Abstract: A laminate insulating jacketing material having a layer of poly(vinyl chloride) bonded to a layer of aluminum foil having superior insulation jacketing properties, to be applied over pipe, tank or equipment insulation.

Abstract: A roll arrangement for the non-deforming treatment of moving web-type or strip-type products. The arrangement includes at least two rotatable rolls which are adjustable radially relative to each other. The arrangement is used, for example, for drying one or both surfaces of the product. The rolls are axially adjustable in opposite direction and each roll has slightly S-shaped or bottle-shaped contour over the entire length of the roll body, in such a way that the contours of two rolls arranged on both sides of a roll gap complement each other only in a certain relative axial position of these rolls. In other axial positions of the rolls, the roll gap becomes narrower either in the center or at the ends of the rolls, so that a uniform pressing action or other uniform non-deforming treatment of the product is possible over the entire width of the product independently of the bending of the rolls and/or deviations from the plane-parallelism of the surfaces of the product.

Abstract: The method for applying an adhesive to a hologram film includes the steps of: treating one side surface of a hologram film for enhancing the adhesive of an adhesive material thereto; extruding a hot melt of thermoplastic adhesive material onto said one side surface of the hologram film; and, allowing the thermoplastic adhesive material to dry.

Abstract: A porous waterproof nonwoven fabric having a superior gas-permeability and waterproofness, capable of being produced at cheap cost under simple processing conditions and by means of simple processing equipments, having superior mechanical strengths and a good feeling and useful for disposable uses and a process for producing the fabric are provided, which fabric comprises a thermoplastic resin composition film comprising a thermoplastic resin and a specified quantity of a filler, the thermoplastic resin composition film having fine pores formed by calender processing.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of stretch resistant, liquid impermeable, flexible press bands, in particular for dewatering presses of paper-making machines.

Abstract: A continuous finishing process for flexible materials using a continuous printing machine of the thousand dot type. A small controlled amount of a finishing product, comprising 90 to 100% of photopolymerizable active material, is deposited at a rate of 5 to 35 g/m.sup.2 per pass in the printing machine. The finishing product is then photopolymerized, and a satining or graining operation is performed. The above stages are repeated until the desired finish is obtained.The finishing product is photopolymerizable under ultraviolet radiation and comprises unsaturated prepolymers, liquid monomers, and photoinitiators.The apparatus comprises at least one module comprising a continuous printing machine, an ultraviolet radiation oven, and a satining or graining machine, these various machines being placed so as to achieve a continuous conveying of pieces to be treated from one machine to the other.

Abstract: A process of producing high quality extrusion coated paper for high quality printing by extruding polyethylene on a highly smoothed base sheet of paper and passing the coated base sheet through the nip of two cooperating rollers, at least one of which rollers is a low-friction gloss chill roller having a surface finish with a degree of roughness between that of a high gloss roller and a matte finished roller.

Abstract: A method for the production of a carbon electrode comprising disposing an electroconductive and flexible electrode substrate within a reaction tube to which a gaseous material gas of hydrocarbons is supplied, directly depositing a carbon material on said electrode substrate by chemical vapor deposition at 1500.degree. C. or less so as to coat said electrode substrate with a carbon material, and rolling said electrode substrate coated with the carbon material, resulting in a thin-plate shaped carbon electrode having a high density.

Abstract: An 11.times.11 inches meltblown web contains a sufficient amount of condensed liquid detergent to wash a load of laundry and does not exhibit an objectionable sticky feel.

Abstract: A method for producing a light-transmissive phase change ink printed substrate is described which comprises providing a substrate, and then printing on at least one surface of the substrate a predetermined pattern of a light-transmissive phase change ink which initially transmits light in a non-rectilinear path. The pattern of solidified phase change ink is then reoriented to form an ink layer of substantially uniform thickness. This ink layer will, in turn, produce an image which then will transmit light in a substantially rectilinear path.In one aspect of the invention, the substrate is light transmissive, and the reoriented printed substrate exhibits a high degree of lightness and chroma, and transmits light in a substantially rectilinear path. In this way, the reoriented printed substrate can be used in a projection device to project an image containing clear, saturated colors.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a reinforced product of bituminous material comprises drawing a reinforcing mat through a tank of molten bituminous material to impregnate the mat, pulling the impregnated mat through metering rolls to establish the final thickness of the reinforced product, and controlling the relative position of the mat within the reinforced product by controlling the angle of incidence of the impregnated mat with respect to the metering rolls.

Abstract: A magnetic recording carrier which has improved mechanical properties as a result of a highly active cross-linking reaction of the polymeric binder is produced by carrying out the cross-linking reaction by way of oligo- and/or polyurethanes and/or polyureas containing oxadiazine trione rings in the presence of hydroxyl groups and/or aliphatic amino groups. The oligo- and polyurethanes containing the oxadiazine trione ring are reaction products ofA polyisocyanates with a functionality of from 1.95 to 2.05, preferably from 1.99 to 2.01 andB compounds containing predominantly two zerewitinoff active hydrogen atoms, selected from hydroxyl and/or amino compounds in the molecular weight range of from 18 to 6000.under the condition that the ratio of isocyanate groups present in A to zerewitinoff active hydrogens present in B lies in the range of from 0.75:1 to 1.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a long patterned sheet, wherein a long base material, which coats on one side surface thereof pasty resin, insertably passes between a metallic cylinder provided with a gelling apparatus and a press roll and is urged, thereby forming relief patterns by the pasty resin by use of engraved patterns formed at the cylinder or the press roll.

Abstract: A process for producing a metallized plastic film comprising the steps of applying a masking oil supplied from an oil supply source to the surface of a rubber roll drivingly in rotation and having formed on its surface projections or indentations in conformity with the margin pattern to be formed, applying the masking oil on the surface of the rubber roll to the surface of a plastic film in a pattern substantially similar to the margin pattern, and forming a vacuum-evaporated metal film on the oil bearing surface of the plastic film. Margins can be formed in a desired pattern efficiently by this process.

Abstract: The invention relates to the forming of felts, the fibres of which are disposed in random directions.These felts are obtained by depositing the fibres which are carried by a current of gas on a gas-permeable conveyor, the fibres, prior to being deposited, being coated with a binder composition. The felt constituted on the conveyor is subject to at least a longitudinal compression, the intensity of which is regulated in such a way that no creases form on the surface.The felts obtained are highly resistant to compression, to tearing and to flexion.

Abstract: An improved filter pad particularly useful to remove offensive pet odors emanating from animal crates and in aquariums is disclosed. The filter pad includes a base formed of unwoven, randomly oriented synthetic fibers impregnated with a mixture of zeolite particles and activated carbon particles effective to substantially reduce gaseous components having an offensive odor and discoloring agents in aquarium applications.

Abstract: A filter fabric comprises a needle felt substrate comprised of a non-woven air permeable fabric having spaced surfaces. An open pour air permeable plastic foam is incorporated into the substrate and extends from one surface toward the other.

Abstract: A non-woven fabric suitable for clothing manufacture, comprising a fiber web substantially formed of a continuous filament of a synthetic fiber, wherein a plurality of weakened portions in a form of a scratch or a crack are distributed on the filament constituting at least one surface of the fiber web. Some of the weakened portions are broken to form free ends, some of which are projected from the fabrice surface to form a short fluff, and some of the remaining ends are embedded in the interior of the fiber web and entangled with the filament. The weakened portions of the filament are provided by nipping the fiber web between a pair of rollers, at least one of which has a rough surface formed of a plurality of prominences of hard particles. A punching treatment of the fiber web after the weakened portions has been imparted is effective for breaking the filament to form short fluffs on the fabric surface and for entangling the filaments with each other.

Abstract: The improvement in the production of low sheet gloss coated papers which comprises using as the synthetic polymer latex binder for the aqueous coating composition employed to coat the papers, a carboxylated latex which substantially swells during the preparation of the aqueous coating composition and subsequently shrinks during the drying of the coated paper, whereby a microscopic surface roughness is obtained to yield a low sheet gloss coated paper while retaining high ink gloss.