Abstract: A metal-reinforced, molded-plastic composite structure having an end use such as an automobile bumper, the reinforcement being constituted by a sheet of ductile metal having an array of holes punched therein, each bordered by a metal projection. In forming the composite structure, the metal sheet is supported within the cavity of a mold whose shape is appropriate to the end use. Molten plastic injected into the mold is caused to flow through the holes and to envelop the projections therefrom whereby when the plastic solidifies, the metal sheet is then fully integrated with the resultant plastic body and serves to enhance the resistance of the body to impact and other forces which in the absence of the reinforcing sheet would fracture the body.

Abstract: A greeting card including an ornament, uniquely suited for display in an automobile. The card includes a pocket for containment of an ornament. The ornament has a reflective, preferably colored exterior, and an elastic tether. Thus, the ornament is caused to oscillate vertically in response to vehicle motion. The ornament is preferably formed from intersecting sheets of material having a glittering surface, which construction induces rotating and swinging motion of the ornament responsive to air currents within the vehicle, in addition to the bobbing or oscillations caused by vehicle motion. These complex motions, combined with the colored and glittering appearance, maximize the twinkling visual effect of this uncomplicated device while requiring no effort on the part of the observer or user. In a preferred embodiment, the ornament is impregnated with a pine scent in order to further thematically link the ornament to Christmas.

Abstract: An article, for example a pipe, has a first covering such as a polymer layer, and a second covering, such as a repair patch or a repair deposit of melt-on adhesive or a wrap or a sleeve protecting a welded joint between two lengths of such pipe. The second covering may have a functional coating on an underside which is applied on and is at least partially superimposed over the first covering. A cured deposit of thermoset resin is applied at least over the edges of the second covering, for example in the form of a fibrous tape impregnated with a curable resin composition, and bonds to the first and second coverings. The resin deposit provides the second covering with increased stability against displacement laterally of said first covering, for example as a result of soil stress.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle heat shield is formed from a laminated sheet material having a thin reflective metallic layer laminated to a structural plastic layer. Mounting brackets are riveted to the laminated sheet material to mount the heat shield between a heat sensitive vehicle component and a heat source. The reflective metallic layer is perforated forming a plurality of prongs which are embedded into the plastic layer through a compression molding process to bond the two layers together forming the laminated sheet material.

Abstract: A textile manufacturing apparatus to be used to manufacture a sequined textured fabric including a first and a second material film, portions of the second material film protruding through the first material films, the manufacturing apparatus being structured to cut an array of geometric shapes into a dual layer sheet formed by the first and second material films. The geometric shaped cutouts define a plurality of geometrically shaped members and a plurality of geometrically shaped apertures. Further, the manufacturing apparatus is structured to push the geometrically shaped members into a raised orientation above an upper surface of the dual layer sheet, the geometrically shaped members of the second material film protruding through the geometrically shaped apertures of the first material film.

Abstract: Structural elements of great thickness are provided by having limited extent ribbing projecting from each surface structure coupled by junctions having extents which combined with the ribbing extents bridges the distance between the surface structures of the structural elements.

Abstract: Structural elements such as baffles are formed from spaced, laterally disposed, longitudinally extended structures having longitudinally distributed ribbing, and rib segments fixed to the structure ribbing normal to the structure to form closed figures in a laterally and longitudinally extended pattern.

Abstract: An automotive interior component such as an automotive door trim comprising a main body integrally combining a resin core member and a surface skin member by a mold press forming process and an attachment member attached to a part of the main body, in which the attachment member is attached to the main body by way of connecting parts of the resin core member during the process of mold press forming. The connecting part may consist of an extension of the resin core member which is pushed out of openings provided in the surface skin member and adhered to the attachment member. Alternatively, the connecting part may consist of parts of the resin core member into which engagement pawls provided in the attachment member, in particular, an attachment core member thereof are penetrated through the surface skin member. In either case, solidification of the connecting parts completes the attachment of the automotive door trim.

Abstract: A ceramic-metal composite assembly includes a ceramic member having a stab shaft and a metallic member having a recess. The ceramic member and the metallic member are joined together by press fit, i.e., by fitting the stab shaft into the recess. The stab shaft and the recess after extraction of the stab shaft from the recess has a set relationship of 50 .mu.m.ltoreq.X-Y.ltoreq.150 .mu.m where X is an outer diameter of the stab shaft and Y is an inner diameter of the recess whilst a surface roughness Rz of the recess in the circumferential direction thereof after extraction of the stab shaft from the recess is 1.5 .mu.m or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a backing for a coated abrasive article, wherein the backing includes a tough, heat resistant, thermoplastic binder material, and an effective amount of a fibrous reinforcing material distributed throughout the thermoplastic binder material. The tough, heat resistant, thermoplastic binder material and the fibrous reinforcing material together form a hardened composition that will not substantially deform or disintegrate during use.

Abstract: A process for preparing a part for a vehicle, the part having a weather sealed mirror finish decorative portion integral therewith is presented. The inventive process includes the steps of providing a sheet of relatively clear, weather resistant polymeric material having two surfaces, an external surface and an internal surface; providing a sheet of a formable substrate material having a internal surface and an external surface; metallizing a portion of at least one of the internal surfaces of the polymeric material and the substrate material, such that metallization is contained within the edge of the metallized material; adhering the internal surface of the substrate material to the internal surface of the polymeric material such that the metallization is disposed between the polymeric material and the substrate material to form a sandwich; and forming the sandwich into a vehicle part having a weather sealed mirror finish decorative portion.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a laminate material. The laminate material includes a first sheet and a second sheet spaced apart from one another by spacers to define a capillary zone for the capillary movement of fluid between the first and second sheets. The spacers connect the first sheet and the second sheet together to form the laminate material.

Abstract: A structural element comprising opposed first and second, laterally and longitudinally extended, generally planar surface structures each having a closed figure pattern of ribbing projecting therefrom toward the opposite surface structure, a third structure disposed between the first and second surface structures in ribbing-engaging relation therewith, the opposed ribbing being interlocked across the third structure in registered, mating relation.

Abstract: An asbestos-free gasketing composition comprising (a) a rubber component, (b) a non-asbestos fiber, (c) an oil-absorbing agent and (d) a filler useful for forming gasketing profiles such as a joint sheet, a beater sheet, a sheet containing a perforated metal core plate and the like. A gasket obtained therefrom which contains the composition has excellent oil sealing properties while exhibiting satisfactory strength.

Abstract: A conical hollow tube body of paper or another organic molding material is made by forming a conical hollow tube body member having a narrow end and a wide end, and producing a spacing formation by making at least one dimple on an inside in the area of the narrow end by forming a projection in a wall of the body member immediately upon completion of the body member from an outside of the latter.

Abstract: A sealing tape for wrapping up a cable, in particular a communication cable or the like, to be extended through a cable passageway opening, for forming a seal between the cable and the cable passageway opening, has on its inner surface facing the cable a roughened surface area that excludes axial and circumferential displacement of the sealing tape relative to the cable under influence of intervening axial and torsional loads, thereby insuring anti-skid placing of the cable in the cable passageway opening.

Abstract: Reinforcement preform of knitted fibers for a carbon or the like component such as an airfoil guide vane. A junction between adjacent sections of the finished article of the preform is formed with a buttonhole. In assembly, the reinforcement for one of the sections is passed through the buttonhole. In this way stresses can be better transmitted to a base section with reduced risk of tearing or delamination.

Abstract: A silicon micro sensor including a silicon substrate, a support element formed over an etched portion of the silicon substrate and a sensor element formed on the support element wherein the support element has a double layered structure including a silicon oxide film formed on the silicon substrate using the thermal oxidization method and an aluminum oxide film formed on the silicon oxide film using the sputtering method.

Abstract: A seal protector for protecting material packed with metal strapping and a strapping seal from damage by the strapping seal and a method of forming the seal protector. The seal protector is formed from a piece of foldable crush resistant material into which an H-shaped cut is made. The cut forms flaps which fold over to contact the top surface of the material and are glued in that position, creating a seal protector with two different thickness levels and an opening.

Abstract: A void fill material (10) can be formed from ordinary scrap cardboard into an interlocking packaging material. Each piece of the material (10) has a primary section (20) defining a primary plane. The void fill has at least two limbs extending from the primary section. The void fill can be in any geometric shape, such as a block Y (10), a block H (62), an angled Y (80), an X (100), and a cross (120). Scoring can be applied to the void material at any location, thereby facilitating the deformation of the void fill.

Abstract: The manufacture of lightweight components having high strength properties can be improved in that a bowl-shaped shell (1) has reinforcing ribs (3) made from injected-on plastic in its interior (2) which are connected to the shell (1) at discrete connecting points (11) via perforations (12) in the shell (1), through which the plastic passes, extending beyond the surfaces of the perforations (12).

Abstract: A papermaking machine belt comprising a flexible belt-layer impermeable to liquids which is partly integrated with a support track with cavities.

Abstract: A plurality of housings are attached by a carrier strip which does not produce loose piece material which can damage the work station to which the housings are to be delivered. The carrier strip has carrier projections which extend from each respective housing, the carrier projections have enlarged portions provided at the free ends thereof. A recess is provided on the housing, the recess has first and second openings which cooperate with the enlarged portions of the carrier projections, such that when the enlarged portions are positioned in the first opening, the housings will be spaced from each other in a carrier strip arrangement, and when the enlarged portions are positioned in the second opening, and the carrier projections are severed from their respective housings, the carrier projections will be entirely disposed within the recesses of the housing, thereby preventing loose material from the carrier projections from interfering with the work station in which the housing is to be used.

Abstract: A double-shot molded resin article comprises a primary molding part and a secondary molding part. The secondary molding part is molded from a thermoplastic resin having a melting point higher than the melting point of the primary molding thermoplastic resin. The primary molding part has a plurality of raised portions formed upon its surface so as to be fusion bonded to the secondary molding part. These raised portions are fused by means of the secondary molten resin at the time of the secondary molding process, whereby the primary and secondary molding parts are fusion-bonded to each other.

Abstract: A ceramic-metal joined composite body including a ceramic member having a projection formed thereon, and a metallic member having a recess formed therein. The projection of the ceramic member is fitted into the recess of the metallic member, and a corner of a bottom of the recess has a rounded dimension such that R/D.gtoreq.0.04, in which R and D are the rounded dimension of the corner of the bottom of the recess and an outer diameter of the projection, respectively. The ceramic-metal joined composite body particularly is useful in a rotary shaft for a turbocharger rotor or a gas turbine rotor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the pack is torsionally flexible. Pack of laminations comprises laminations which are connected one to another by only a single connection. The single connection is provided by a projection which projects into a depression. The projection has a height which is greater than 50% of the thickness of the lamination and the depression has a depth which is greater than 50% of the thickness of the lamination. The depression and projection are produced by a projection punch which cooperates with a die. The die has a lip which is either radiused (r) or conical (C) and the punch causes the metal of the lamination to be extruded past the lip into the die while the depression is being formed. The radiused or conical lip allows the height of the projection and the depth of the depression to be greater than the normal 50% shear stress fracture depth/height.

Abstract: A carton pad having a bottom portion with dimensions essentially corresponding to a base area of a carton and having several tabs which, on a respective substantially straight side thereof, are joined to the bottom portion and are otherwise free and can bend out of a plane of the bottom. The straight sides of the respective tabs are arranged substantially perpendicular to a direction in which a row of tabs extends, with the row of tabs being divided at a center thereof in the longitudinal direction, into two mutually mirror-symmetrically arranged halves. Furthermore, a gabled roof-shape support of variable gable angle is provided, with one roof edge thereof engaging in a tab from one of the halves of the row of tabs, and the other roof edge thereof engaging in a tab of the other, mirror-symmetrically arranged row of tabs, so that the roof edges are supported upon the substantially straight sides of the tabs that are connected to the bottom portion.

Abstract: A composite sheet suitable for manufacturing thermally insulating gaskets for use between an aluminum head and steel muffler of an internal combustion engine, comprising a thermally insulating refractory fiber layer disposed between a metal layer and a flexible graphite layer.

Abstract: Ceramic-metal composite bodies are disclosed, which are each formed by joining a projection on a ceramic member to a recess or a through hole formed in a metallic member together. A groove portion is provided substantially all around the outer periphery of the metallic member such that a fitting end of the metallic member is located in a position corresponding to the groove portion. A difference between a diameter of a bottom of the groove portion and an outer diameter of the projection of the ceramic member is 0.05 to 0.8 times as large as a difference between an outer diameter of the metallic member and the outer diameter of the projection of the ceramic member.

Abstract: A preformed element for the interior trim of motor cars compises a shaped base of thermoplastic material produced by injection moulding and having openings, and flat panels carrying a soft covering and applied to the back face of the base in correspondance with the openings. The flat panels are fixed by hot deformation of integral retaining appendages projecting from the back face of the base, or by welding, gluing or similar means.

Abstract: A compliant sealing material with low or no gas permeability and low spring rate is made by coating a metal such as gold, on the surface of a polymer sheet. The metal acts as a complete gas barrier on an atomic level, and the polymer provides structural integrity and mounting attributes without detrimentally increasing compliance. A small number of metal atoms injected at a moderate energy into the near surface of the polymer act as link sites for joining subsequent lower energy atoms forming an impermeable layer. The total heat delivery to the polymer is minimized thereby preserving integrity and continuity. The material is particularly useful in micromechanical devices where high flexibility is needed with complete sealing.

Abstract: A method and the product resulting from the method, for making a microminiature structure with two or more members measuring less than 1000 micrometers in any linear dimension and relatively movable to each other, comprising the steps of (a) providing a first sacrificial coating over a substrate having openings therethrough to expose a portion of the substrate, (b) depositing a first structural layer over the first sacrificial coating and the exposed portion of the substrate, with openings therethrough to expose a second portion of the substrate, (c) providing a second sacrificial coating over the second exposed portion of the substrate and said first structural layer, with openings through both the first and second sacrificial layers to expose a third portion of the substrate, (d) adding a second structural layer thereover and defining it, (e) possibly adding alternately other sacrificial coatings and other structural layers, and (f) etching the first and second and other sacrificial layers to remove them co

Abstract: A refillable applicator-buffer for applying and buffing wax on skis, toboggans and running surfaces of similar winter sports equipment.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward an anchor used to retain thin refractory linings in process vessels such as cyclones and the like. In its simplest sense, the anchor of the present invention has a curved central web and curved legs which together have a shape that approximates that of the letter C. The anchor also has straight arms extending outwardly from the central web which together have a shape approximating the letter W. The arms and legs improve the ability of the anchor to control the crack pattern that forms in the refractory after thermal cycling, thereby reducing catalyst ingress or coke formation in the cracks.

Abstract: A method of identifying instruments, preferably surgical instruments, as belonging to a set comprises forming at least one bore in a location of each instrument belonging to the set such that said bore will neither substantially weaken the instrument nor interfere with its primary functions. The bore may be cast as part of or drilled partially or completely through each instrument. At least one colored plug of a preferably autoclavable material is then secured in the bore. The colored plug may have a distinctively-shaped head portion, or may have multiple end locks at intermittent positions, the excess of which can be cut away. Most preferably, the method of the invention comprises the step of securing the plug between a pair of differently colored washers. An instrument bearing indicia of a set comprises a colored plug inserted in a bore formed in said instrument and a means for securing said plug in said bore.

Abstract: A coated abrasive back up pad comprising a layer of resiliently compressible foam, a generally rigid fiber reinformced polymeric backing plate, a circular array of openings in the backing plate through which the backing plate is attached by screws to a drive mechanism, and a flexible adhesion layer fixed to an opposite surface of the foam layer and having a generally planar outer support surface adapted to have pressure sensitive adhesive coated abrasive sheets adhered thereto. The back-up pad includes a metal reinforcing plate between the backing plate and the layer of foam which is smaller than the backing plate for insuring that the screws will not break through the backing plate during use of the back-up pad to drive a sheet of coated abrasive, and the adhesion layer is radiused around access holes to the screws from the support surface so that the foam layer will not produce greater grinding pressure in those areas than in adjacent areas.

Abstract: An interconnection mask which is sandwiched between two members to be bonded together is comprised of a thin sheet of preselected material which has a plurality of apertures therein which are positioned, sized, and shaped to define the common bonding areas between the two members whereby structural failures induced by bonding and loading characteristics of the two members are minimized.

Abstract: Good electrical connection between adjacent metal layers in a multi-layered substrate is provided by embedding a conductive material in via-holes in the insulator which separates the adjacent metal layers. This conductive material can be a low temperature sintered metal such as gold, or a conductive organic paste. The presence of the conductive material avoids problems associated with photoresist material that adheres to the side walls of the via-holes during the metallization process.

Abstract: A cover strip for at least the upper corner and front surface member of a display shelf is an integrally formed sheet of plastic having pre-formed fold lines extending widthwise. When deployed, the fold lines overlie respective right-angle corners formed by the forward facing edge of the shelf. In one embodiment the lower edge of the cover strip is folded to extend forwardly and upwardly about a flange member on the shelf to resiliently contact the underside of the shelf. The opposite end of the cover strip may include projections which extend through holes defined in the shelf to secure the cover strip in those holes. In an alternative embodiment, projections extend from opposite edges of the cover strip to engage respective holes in the support member and/or in a flange member disposed beneath the support member of the shelf, with yet another embodiment having locking tabs to overlie the rearmost edge of the flange member.

Abstract: A method for hardening a portion of a fiberglass product and fibrous product with a hardened portion are disclosed. A heated thermoplastic resinous material is applied to a fibrous product. The thermoplastic resinous material has a viscosity that allows the resin to permeate the fibrous product. THe resinous material is only applied to the portion of the fibrous product to be hardened. The resinous material is then cooled whereby the resinous material solidifies and the portion of the fibrous product permeated with the resins is substantially hardened.

Abstract: Accurate positioning of a portable coded data reader, such as is used for reading merchandise bar codes, is achieved by a plastic display tag having a guide ledge formed integrally with a display section in which the coded indicia are displayed. When the reader is slid along the ledge it is automatically positioned properly to read the coded indicia. The guide ledge is separated from the display section by a fold line which permits the ledge to be folded substantially perpendicular to the display section. A second guide ledge may also be provided to define a guide channel between the two ledges. Mounting projections are formed integrally with the tag and project from opposite sides of the display section to engage respective apertures in an apertured support structure.

Abstract: Graphite gaskets with an improved release characteristic are pressed (to reduce their void content) and then embossed with a pattern of relatively raised areas surrounded by interconnected depressions.

Abstract: A perforated thermoplastic film with less than ideally shaped tapered capillaries which has an increased liquid flow rate through the tapered capillaries and a method for making such a film. The method includes forming a perforated thermoplastic film having tapered capillaries from a resin into which an effective amount of a polarizable, migrating surfactant has been blended therewith and then treating the perforated thermoplastic film with a corona discharge treatment sufficient to increase the flow rate of liquid through said perforated film and provide a film having a percent run off of from about zero to ten percent.The perforated film made in accordance with the invention has a much higher liquid transmission rate than similarly made non-surfactant treated perforated film having tapered capillaries which has been treated only with a corona discharge treatment. The latter may be conducted as the film is being formed and perforated.

Abstract: Aluminum-shielded coaxial cable is repaired by using a wraparound metallic sheet, such as copper, having a contact means on the sheet, such as "dragon skin" brass strips, and a sealing means, such as a mastic. The metallic sheet provides the electrical continuity and radio frequency shielding and the sealing means provides the environmental seal to prevent moisture from entering the opening in the aluminum shield. The sheet and contact means are held in position by compression means, such as clamps, and the sheet and compression means can then be covered with a wraparound heat-recoverable closure to protect the entire assembly.

Abstract: An elongated trim strip is disclosed which includes an elongated mounting portion, an elongated decorative portion extending to one side of the mounting portion and a flexible connection between the two. At least one of the decorative portion and the mounting portion having means for joining the two portions together when the decorative portion is folded down upon the mounting portion. The mounting portion and the decorative portion are preferably configured to snap together.

Abstract: A non-slip place mat is disclosed which comprises a web such as a paper sheet, and a composition coating comprising a blend of water, a water-soluble salt, a wax and a polymeric material, which both coats and impregnates the web, e.g. the paper sheet, whereby said sheet is rendered substantially hydrophobic and it and items placed on it are rendered substantially slip-resistant when resting on a tray or table which may be subject to sudden movement. The non-slip place mat is particularly useful for airline serving trays. The present place mat is characterized by the provision of a generally rectangular planar flexible web, which is indented along two opposed edges. The web is multi-layered, i.e. coated, and the four corners of the web are rounded off, so that each corner is defined by a curved periphery. A plurality of place mats in a roll and arrayed in tandem, i.e.

Abstract: Method for constructing a forming structure for imparting a uniformly apertured three-dimensional pattern to a heated plastic material subjected to a fluid pressure differential while in contact with said forming structure. In a preferred embodiment, said forming structure is created by forming a substantially continuous pattern of apertures in a multiplicity of planar sheets, at least a portion of said sheets having aperture patterns which are concentrically aligned but dissimilar in size to one another. The sheets having said concentrically aligned aperture patterns are thereafter superposed upon one another and bonded together at contact points so as to form a stack exhibiting a three-dimensional continuum of capillary networks. A sufficient number of laminae are employed to ensure that said networks are of greater overall thickness than the maximum depth to which the plastic film is drawn when subjected to said fluid pressure differential.

Abstract: An elongated trim strip is disclosed which includes an elongated mounting portion, an elongated decorative portion extending to one side of the mounting portion and a flexible connection between the two. At least one of the decorative portion and the mounting portion having means for joining the two portions together when the decorative portion is folded down upon the mounting portion. The mounting portion and the decorative portion are preferably configured to snap together.

Abstract: Camouflage material is provided for concealing personnel and equipment from people or animals having geometric and/or color perception. A sheet of material has two dimensions, such as length and width, with a plurality of spaced apart rows of cuts extending across the sheet in both directions. The rows of cuts preferably are spaced apart generally equidistant and generally parallel to each other in both directions to form a generally uniform pattern of cuts. In the preferred embodiment, the cuts are generally W-shaped with two leg portions or generally truncated W-shaped with one leg portion, the leg portions extending at an angle to the direction of the respective row of which the cut is a part. The pattern is such that the cuts in each row in one direction either extend between the cuts of the rows in the opposite direction or completely interrupt the cuts of the rows in the opposite direction so that the cuts in both direction interlock.

Abstract: A raised decorative pattern is formed on a fabric by cutting spaced-apart slits side-by-side in a row in the fabric thereby to form in sequence first, second, third, and further strips as required of the fabric between adjacent slits and successively knitting the strips by a process resembling crocheting which comprises passing the second strip as a partial loop under and around the first strip, passing the third strip as a partial loop under and around the partial loop of the second strip, and thus successively repeating the procedure with the successive strips. A fabric with such a pattern can find use in a broad range of articles.