Abstract: Floor mats or foot pads for automobiles are preferably made of foam each having a back and underside being provided with a plurality of pocketlike indents; prior to installation these pockets are filled with a viscous adhesive, a bonding agent, a boom attenuating material or the like; the pockets are provided with undercut-overhung portions such as the pad hangs vertically for storage the viscous material will not flow out of these pockets.

Abstract: A surface covering product is disclosed which comprises a substrate material, an impervious coating upon said material, and, raised transparent or translucent or opaque colored elements printed upon said coating. The raised elements are formed as dot-shaped colored elements and comprise a thixotropic plastic. An opaque colored material surrounds the raised elements and a dot-like colored pattern is formed.

Abstract: In the particular embodiments of the invention described in the specification, a transparency includes a transparent substrate made of a polyester material, an ink pattern disposed on one surface of the transparent sheet in the form of three-dimensional ink spots having curved surfaces and a transparent layer convering the ink spots which has an index of refraction approximately the same as that of the ink spots. The transparent layer is applied to the substrate and the ink spots in the form of a liquid coating which wets the surfaces of the substrate and ink spots and spreads over them to produce a transparent layer having a maximum deviation of about 20 degrees from a plane parallel to the substrate.

Abstract: A foam backed carpet with an adhesive release surface and a method of installing the carpet is disclosed wherein the carpet has textile fibers secured to a primary backing. A secondary backing formed from a plastisol composition containing polymers or copolymers of vinyl compounds engages the primary backing and an oleophobic pressure sensitive adhesive layer is included on the secondary backing for releasably securing the carpet to an underlying floor. A release cover releasably secured to the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive layer protects and maintains the tackiness of the adhesive layer before laying of the floor covering on an underlying floor.

Abstract: A surface covering product is disclosed which comprises a substrate material, a granular material layer and discrete elements pressed into the granular material. The granular material appears as colored particles of material in the area around the discrete elements and are partially visable through the discrete elements because of their positioning below the discrete elements.

Abstract: A surface covering product is disclosed which comprises a substrate material, an impervious coating upon said material with a decorative design as part of the impervious coating, and, raised transparent or slightly translucent elements printed upon said coating. The raised elements are formed as convex-shaped lens elements and comprise a thixotropic plastic containing particles of solid material.

Abstract: A surface covering product is disclosed which comprises a substrate material, an impervious coating upon said material with a decorative design as part of the impervious coating, and, raised transparent or slightly translucent elements printed upon said coating. The raised elements are formed as dot-shaped transparent elements and comprise a thixotropic plastic. An opaque material surrounds the raised elements and the decorative design can be seen only through the raised elements.

Abstract: A surface covering product is disclosed which comprises a substrate material, an impervious coating upon said material, and raised elements selectively printed upon said coating, which raised elements comprise a thixotropic plastic containing particles of solid material. A method for the preparation of the product is also disclosed.

Abstract: A surface covering product is disclosed which comprises a substrate material, an impervious coating upon said material, and, raised transparent or translucent or opague colored elements printed upon said coating. The raised elements are formed as dot-shaped colored elements and comprise a thixotropic plastic. An opague colored material surrounds the raised elements and a dot-like colored pattern is formed. The substrate can be provided with a granular material layer and the dot-shaped elements are reversed and pressed into the granular material layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of bonding low density or thin gauge polyurethane foams to polypropylene substrates, said apparatus including, a revolvable turntable for indexing the workpieces to various work stations, a conductive heating station to heat-liquify designated areas of the polypropylene substrate, and a compression station having compression platens to emboss the polyurethane foam onto the polypropylene substrate effectively fusing the fibers of the polyurethane foam with the heat-liquified areas of polypropylene.

Abstract: A sound insulation comprising an elastomeric foam body (3) made of rubber and having a multiplicity of surface recesses (2), small granular elements (6) filled into the recesses, and a sheet (4) covering openings of the recesses. The granular elements may be made of metal, non-metallic inorganic matter or synthetic resin. The size of the granular elements may be 0.1 to 3 mm in diameter.

Abstract: A core material for an automobile bumper is disclosed, which includes an elongated body of a foamed polyolefin resin provided with a plurality of depressed portions in front and/or rear surfaces thereof, and structural members disposed within at least part of said depressed portions. The structural members are formed of a synthetic resin and have a bulk density of 0.2-3.5 g/cm.sup.3.

Abstract: In a composite panel with a core plate (1), a cover plate (2) glued to the upper side of core plate (1), an edge strip glued to an edge (4) of the core plate (1) and a protective sheet (3) or the like glued to the underside of the core plate (1) in which a drip groove (7), running essentially parallel to the edge (4), is provided on the underside of core plate (1) at a certain distance from its edge (4), considerable production simplification and, simultaneously, a considerably improved protection from water drops running in on the underside of the composite panel are attained, by drip groove (7) being put directly into core plate (1), by the cover plate (2) being pulled around to the underside of core plate (1) and/or protective sheet (3) or the like glued to the underside being pulled into drip groove (7) as far as possible and by the area of the drip groove (7) that is not covered by the cover plate (2) and/or protective sheet (2) or the like, including the free edges of the cover plate (2) and/or the prot

Abstract: An interior cover assembly such as a ceiling member, a wall member, a trim cover assembly for a seat, a cushion body for a seat for use in a vehicle such as an automobile is disclosed which comprises a foam cushion member provided on the surface thereof with a large number of recesses and projections extending crosswise and alternating with one another and a covering member for covering the surface of the cushion member. The covering member is pressed and heated to be welded integrally to the recesses in the cushion member and there are formed a great number of decorative wrinkles in the covering member mainly around the welded portions of the covering member.

Abstract: An immunoassay of a specimen of a serum or the like to determine the composition of immune complexes, includes producing on a plastic base a layer of a non-proteinaceous, non-ionic polymer which will adhere to the plastic base and has the capability of adsorbing immune complexes of the specimen, placing a specimen on the layer and treating the layer to produce an indication of the composition of the immune complexes. The polymer may be polyethylene glycol, dextran, polyvinyl chloride, a polymeric polyol or an adduct of polyethylene glycol or mixtures thereof. Washing with conventional solutions, addition of monoclonal and/or polyclonal antibodies coupled with an enzyme and addition of a substrate reactive therewith to determine the antigen component, are similar to the ELISA test, with color measurement as by spectrophotometer. Or, the addition of anti IgG-I.sup.125 and measurement by a scintillation counter may be used. Addition of IgG, IgA, IgE, IgG.sub.

Abstract: A composite facing slab comprises a sheet of natural stone, such as marble, and a protective layer constituted by a sheet of transparent glass. The latter is fixed to the face of the stone sheet intended to remain visible with the interpositioning of an interlayer of transparent thermoplastics material which can adhere to both the sheets and fills the surface defects (pores, cavities, cracks and the like) of the stone sheet.

Abstract: A mat like composite body (1) comprising a cover layer (2) of a fiber or filament fleece and a backing layer (3) comprising the same fleece or of a synthetic plastic sheet (7), in particular one provided with depressions (8), between the cover layer (2) and the backing layer (3) a layer (5) of particles (6) of an inert material, preferably rock particles, is arranged. The three layers (2, 3 5) are needle-bonded together prefereably with holding fibers (4) taken from the cover layer (2) is described. Different possible applications of the composite body (1) are disclosed, whereby the composite body (1) by the utilization of the properties of the granular particles (6), which serve for example to dilute and/or carry other particles (13), such as binders, active ingredients, etc, is applied to the external treatment of human or animal bodies, sound attenuation, fire protection, the weighting of third bodies or as a so-called car protection mat.

Abstract: A bindable sheet which includes a recessed marginal edge portion in which a heat-responsive glue is applied, said recessed portion including a plurality of spaced-apart openings therethrough to expose the glue on the opposite side of the sheet from the recess, the thickness of the glue being no greater than the depth of the indentation of the sheet to produce a substantially uniform sheet thickness throughout its entire surface area. The method of binding a plurality of sheets together which includes the steps of indenting the marginal edge of a sheet, applying a ribbon of heat-responsive glue in the indented portion, the thickness of which does not exceed the depth of the indentation recess positioning two sheets together with the glue edges in registration and applying heat and pressure to the glue edges to seal the same together without increasing the thickness of the bound-together sheets.

Abstract: A sliding clasp fastener comprising a pair of support tapes carrying rows of coupling elements thereon and a slider adapted to couple and uncouple the rows of elements. The elements are formed from a plastic monofilament into a continuous spiral or meander formation. The monofilament is provided with a multiplicity of indents arranged to extend longitudinally thereof, the indents being filled with a lubricative agent.

Abstract: A felting of synthetic fibers having an embossed pattern that forms depressions in at least one surface of the felting is disclosed. The surface of the felting with depressions contains, in at least the area of the depressions, a layer of small hollow spheres that are bonded to one another and to the felting by means of a binding agent. The layer of hollow spheres fills up, at least partially, the depressions in the surface of the felting produced by embossing. This reinforces and strengthens the thinner areas of felting in the vicinity of these depressions. When the reinforced felting is applied to a shoe upper, for example, the resulting upper has improved stiffness and strength. Furthermore, the excessive penetration of adhesive into the felting, which can cause a spotty or uneven appearance of the reinforced upper, is prevented. Resistance to splitting and separating is likewise improved.

Abstract: An adsorbent layer (stationary phase) for a pressurized layer chromatographic apparatus, for the development of linear chromatogram, is sealed at the edges by impregnation. For the purpose of solvent control some of the adsorbent material is removed in one or several zones of the adsorbent layer near the place of solvent admission, or one or several baffle plates or wires are arranged behind the place(s) of sample application, or if necessary, the adsorbent layer is provided with a conventionally formed concentration zone in the area of the solvent admission. As a result of the impregnation, the migrating solvent composite does not escape at the edges of the adsorbent layer according to the invention in case of overpressure. As a result of the removal of adsorbent material, or the arrangement of baffles or wires, or the application of a concentration zone, the solvent migrates with a straight-line front.

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: A portable, free-standing sight and sound barrier comprises a covered core of a lightweight, resilient foam. The core is flexible because it has alternating wall and hinge portions. The hinge portions are thinner parts of the core, generally being between about 3/8-1/2 inch thick. Suitable core materials are polyethylenes, polystyrenes, urethanes, or mosaic composites of these foams. Suitable coverings are fabrics, foils, paper, or paints, depending on the particular use contemplated for the barrier.

Abstract: Heat-foamable fireproofing compositions contain thermosetting phenolic resins, thermally decomposable organic nitrogen compounds, eg. dicyandiamide, an ammonium salt and a carbohydrate or polyhydric alcohol, and on decomposition form a stiff carbonaceous foam.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic substrate having fine holes in a direction of thickness and a magnetic material filled in said fine holes. The fine holes have a diameter ranging from 200 A to 5000 A and a depth ranging from 2000 A to 5 .mu.m at a ratio of depth to diameter of 1 or more.

Abstract: Ordered liquids, or mesophases, are aligned by forming a structure on a substrate surface using a planar process of formation, the surface structure having a predetermined pattern, and applying a mesophase to the surface to substantially orient the molecules of the mesophase in accordance with the predetermined pattern. A liquid crystal display device can be made in which, in a preferred embodiment, the liquid crystal is confined between two substrates having oppositely disposed surfaces on which selected patterns of surface structures have been formed. The surface structures can be grating structures made of a conductive material, such as metal, which structures act to align the liquid crystal in accordance with the selected patterns, to polarize light passing through the surface structures, and to provide electrical contacts so that an electric signal applied thereto can produce an electric field in the region between the substrate surface structures.

Abstract: A method for making a vinyl chloride resin sheet having a raised pattern thereon. The method comprises the steps of providing an open-celled vinyl chloride resin sheet and printing a portion of the sheet with a composition comprising a cross-linkable compound in accordance with the pattern to be formed. The printed sheet is then dried and subsequently heated to a temperature higher than its softening temperature whereby the open-celled unprinted portion of the sheet is depressed and whereby the printed pattern remains open-celled and stands in relief with respect to the depressed portion.

Abstract: A composite material and a method for producing a composite material of a highly, multidirectionally elastic nature which includes ultrasonically welding an upper layer to a lower layer along substantially parallel, spaced apart weld seams, feeding elongated strands of an intermediate layer between the upper and lower layers and between the weld seams during the welding operation, and applying a tensile stress to at least one of the upper, lower and intermediate layers during the welding operation with such tensile stress being different from the tensile stress on at least another of the upper, lower and intermediate layers.

Abstract: A decorative wall panel for use individually as an accent piece, or for mounting in multiples to a wall or the like, to define a decorative wall area such as, for example, around an open fireplace. Each panel is formed of a suitable sheet metal material, such as copper, including a main panel area, bounded by peripheral turned-in edge portions to nest a support block. The main panel area is randomly subdivided into smaller, variously sized and configurated panel portions by grooves formed therein which are filled with a suitable material such as solder; and various individual panel portions are provided with design characterists in relief while various colorations may be selectively applied to any of the panel portions.

Abstract: Improved multi-layered articles ultrasonically joined having at least one interior material non-ultrasonically joinable and method and apparatus for producing said articles.

Abstract: An electrode tape is made by uniting a polytetrafluorethylene foil and a catalyst layer between compression rollers, after having moistened the foil with a wetting, easily volatilizable liquid.

Abstract: A method for making a vinyl chloride resin sheet having a raised pattern thereon. The method comprises the steps of providing an open-celled vinyl chloride resin sheet and printing a portion of the sheet with a composition comprising a cross-linkable compound in accordance with the pattern to be formed. The printed sheet is then dried and subsequently heated to a temperature higher than its softening temperature whereby the open-celled unprinted portion of the sheet is depressed and whereby the printed pattern remains open-celled and stands in relief with respect to the depressed portion.

Abstract: A tire applique comprising a laminate material of first, second and third layers, the first layer being a vulcanizable rubber latex coating or other elastomer, the second layer being a stamping material secured to the first layer, and the third layer being a data material hot stamped to the second layer. The tire applique is vulcanized or otherwise adhered to a tire surface to provide identification material for the tire.

Abstract: Flat and parallel depositions of low pressure chemical vapor deposited (LPCVD) polycrystalline intrinsic silicon are formed on both sides of a wafer of P-I-N <100> substrate of silicon to support the wafer during subsequent polish removal from the top surface. This structurally reinforces the crystal wafer and helps prevent warpage and cracking during subsequent handling.

Abstract: A simulated leather checkbook cover includes an outer cover sheet and an inner pocket-forming sheet of vinyl sheet material. The peripheral edge of the outer sheet is turned inwardly over and around the peripheral edge of the inner sheet, and the layers of the edge portion are secured to each other by a radio-frequency dielectric heat sealed vinyl-to-vinyl bond and by a line of threaded stitching extending through all three layers close to the turned over edge. The cover sheet has a flow-molded design portion in its outer surface with a depth and pattern simulating a hand-tooled leather design. The design portion includes a depressed flat area within which any selected one of a plurality of originally separate and differently ornamental inserts is adhesively secured.

Abstract: In a magnetic recording substance comprising a magnetic recording layer on one side of a non-magnetic support and a back layer on the other side thereof, the back layer is provided by coating a powdered solid with a binder and coating solvent and having spike grains with a height of 0.8 to 5 microns and an interval or pitch of at least 200 microns on the surface thereof and a friction coefficient of at least 0.25.

Abstract: Low cost decorative award plaques are provided which use a plastic laminate article capable of being hot stamped with desired lettering or designs. The plaque is made by a process of repeatedly imprinting with different colors and surface effects. The process includes forming and cutting the plastic on a rigid backing, especially one simulating a fine, hardwood panel.

Abstract: A scuff-resistant, waterproof environmental quality indicator suitable for field use to blot-test unknown spills or wet containers, as field markers of spray distribution, as floating markers of water contamination, as personnel protection badges and as integrating dosimeters. The environmental quality indicator has a topographically varying surface having substantially uniformly located raised portions defining the scuffing and abrasion level and relieved portions beneath the scuffing and abrasion level to protect the indicator formulation from physical environmental hazards, which can produce an initial false indication, while remaining freely exposed to chemical environmental hazards.

Abstract: Paper for use in pressure-sensitive copying systems consists of a base paper one surface of which is machine glazed and the opposite surface of which is left rough due to expulsion of moisture during manufacture. Those sheets which are provided with a color reactant have the reactant applied to the glazed surfaces thereof and those sheets which are provided with a microcapsule coating have the microcapsule coating applied to the rough surfaces thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus and process is disclosed for the adjustment of a semiconductor wafer by electron beam illumination. An adjustment mark is provided in a semiconductor wafer having a first layer thereon. The mark is formed as a recess which extends through an aperture in the first layer and into the semiconductor wafer. The width of the recess is not greater than its depth. An electron sensitive lacquer layer is provided on the first layer and in a bottom of the recess.

Abstract: A stencil sheet of the type including an ink-impervious coating of a heat-flowable composition on an ink-pervious base sheet includes two layers of the composition on the base sheet, the first layer having external surfaces made uneven by the unevenness of the underlying base sheet, and the second layer filling the lower areas on one surface of the first layer and providing an even surface on the resulting stencil sheet for intimate contact with an original and attendant advantages.

Abstract: Methods for treating or producing original documents to inhibit, if not preclude, the reproduction of such documents by copying processes. The documents so produced favor the visual response of the human eye over the physical response of a copying machine so that the graphical information imprinted on the document background is readily perceptible by the human eye but imperceptible by the sensor and associated processes of a copying machine.

Abstract: Metal fastener sticks wherein the individual fastening elements, such as staples, on the stick are secured together by a radiation cross-linked polymer, and which metal fastener stick is prepared by: coating the metal fastener stick with a solventless, radiation -curable, polymeric composition, such as an ultraviolet-curable formulation of an unsaturated resin, a monomer and a photo initiator; and curing the composition by exposing the composition to radiation, such as ultraviolet radiation, to provide a metal fastener stick wherein the individual fastener elements are secured together in the stick through the radiation cross-linked polymer.

Abstract: A method of making simulated stained glass articles, and articles, such as Tiffany lamp shades made thereby, comprising forming a first pre-form of translucent material with first and second smooth surfaces, applying a pre-patterned colored film over the first surface of the first pre-form, forming a second pre-form of translucent material with a smooth first surface and preformed in the second surface channels adapted to register with the boundaries of the different colors of the film, placing the second pre-form over the first pre-form so that the first surface of the second pre-form is in contact with the film, applying a leading effect in the channels and sealing the free edges of the two pre-forms to one another.

Abstract: A decorative object comprises a hollow base of relatively hard, moldable material such as ceramic assuming the shape of the object and having a plurality of molded grooves in the outer surface thereof in selected regions. Selected areas of the base as defined by the grooves are covered with an adhered flexible material such as cloth panels whose margins are superimposed upon at least a portion of the grooves. The panel margins are pressed into the grooves with or without superimposed beading. The combination of various panels, imbedded joinders between the panels and firm adherence creates a pleasing aesthetic effect and the impression that the surface is not covered but that the product is actually fabricated of the cloth material. Surface areas of the base not covered with cloth are colored using appropriate ceramic dyes.