Abstract: An ink-jet recording film capable of exhibiting excellent ink fixing behavior in ink-jet printing with a water-base ink along with good water resistance of the recording layer, which has a double-layered structure, as formed on the surface of a plastic substrate film, consisting of (A) an ink-receptive layer comprising a water-soluble resin, e.g., polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetal and/or polyvinyl pyrrolidone, a surface-roughening agent which is a combination of two different silica powders distinguishable in the low and high values of oil absorption in a specified weight proportion and a crosslinking agent for the water-soluble resin and (B) an overcoating layer for dot-profile control consisting of an acrylic resin of the quaternary ammonium salt type.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium in accordance with the present invention is constituted by a first magnetic film having a magnetic anisotropy in a first direction parallel to the film surface and a second magnetic film that is formed on the first magnetic film and that is made of an amorphous alloy film of a rare-earth metal and a transition metal having a magnetic anisotropy in a second direction that is parallel to the film surface, and different from the first direction. In the above-mentioned magnetic recording medium, the first and second magnetic films have magnetic anisotropies having directions parallel to their surfaces and different from each other. When a magnetic latent image is formed on the magnetic recording medium of this type, it is possible to reduce the height of serration in the serrate magnetization transition structure appearing in the border of magnetization inversion in the magnetic latent image.

Abstract: A CVD diamond layer for use as an insert in an abrasive tool characterized by the following features:(i) the layer contains boron dopant atoms in a concentration of at least 0.05 atomic percent;(ii) an average tensile rupture strength of at least 600 MPa with the nucleation phase in tension, and at least 300 MPa with the growth face in tension, both such tensile rupture strengths being measured by a three point bend test on a sample 18 mm long, 2 mm wide and a thickness of 1.4 mm or smaller.

Abstract: Thermal transfer articles of the invention comprising a carrier, optionally a release layer, a color layer releaseably adhered thereto, and optionally an adherence layer on the bottom side of the color layer. Also methods for thermal transfer using such articles and signage made by such methods. The transfer articles of the invention 1) exhibit thermoplastic, low cohesive properties during transfer such that good image resolution and transfer is achieved and 2) are thermally crosslinked such that a durable image is formed.

Abstract: A silicone gel product that resists fuel adsorption and has a surface that feels smooth and dry, resists dirt and moisture pick-up, and prevents the product from sticking to itself, comprises a silicone gel with a tacky surface and a fluorocarbon elastomer film adhering to the surface of the silicone gel.

Abstract: A process in which a dye film is cast, the film is peeled off from the substrate and stretched monoaxially, the stretched film is applied to a glass film, and the resultant laminate is conditioned at elevated temperature gives composite materials which are highly suitable for the production of optoelectronic instruments.

Abstract: A heat resisting member having ceramics heat shield layers which is directly formed on a metal base material or formed on it via a metal bonded layer formed on the metal base material. The ceramics heat shield layers comprise a first ceramics layer which is formed on the metal base material or the metal bonded layer and has a high elastic modulus, high hardness and high density, and a second ceramics layer which is formed on the first ceramics layer and has a low elastic modulus, low hardness and low density. Delamination from the neighborhood of the interface or oxidation of the lower layer can be prevented by the first ceramics layer which is formed on the metal base material or the metal bonded layer. Thermal shock resistance and heat shielding effect of the ceramics heat shield layers as the whole can be enhanced by the second ceramics layer.

Abstract: A spectacle lens formed from a resin composition which consists essentially of (1) 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; (2) 0.05 to 0.5 part by weight of an ultraviolet absorber (A) having a maximum absorption in a wavelenght of 300 to 345 nm when measured in a chloroform solution; and (3) 0.01 to 0.3 part by weight of an ultraviolet absorber (B) having a maximum absorption in a wavelenght of 346 to 400 nm when measured in a chloroform solution. The spectacle lens has excellent impact resistance and transparency and high absorbing power for ultraviolet light having a specific wavelength.

Abstract: A silicone rubber composite comprising a sheet or film made essentially of a crystalline polyester resin, and, formed sequentially on at least one side of the sheet or film, an undercoating layer (A) made substantially of an amorphous polymer and a thin film layer (B) having good affinity for the undercoating layer and containing a silicone resin, wherein a silicone rubber layer (C) made of a silicone elastomer resin cured to have a hardness within a range of from 20 to 70 (JIS K6301 spring type hardness test A) is formed on the thin film layer (B), so that the sheet or film and the silicone ruber layer (C) are integrated.

Abstract: A priming agent composition useful for binding a layer containing a fluorocarbon polymeric material to a metallic or an organic polymeric substrate comprises about 98 to 99.99 weight percent of a crosslinked, glycidyl end-capped bisphenolic polymer and about 0.01 to 2 weight percent of a perfluoroalkylsubstituted glycidyl-reactive compound. A toner fuser member comprises a substrate to which a surface layer comprising an amorphous fluoroplastic material is adhered by an intervening layer comprising the described priming agent composition. The fuser member comprises metal or an organic polymeric material in the shape of a cylinder or, preferably, a belt.

Abstract: A sealed container obtained by forming into a container a sheet comprising (A) a polymer of three-component system of bisphenol A, diphenyl carbonate and 1,10-decanedicarboxylic acid, (B) polypropylene and (C) ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer or polyamide obtained by the polycondensation reaction of m-xylylenediamine with adipic acid so that these (A), (B) and (C) are in order of (A)-(B)-(C)-(B) with (A) as an innermost layer of the container and sealing the container by a lid having gas barrier properties. This container is excellent in preservability and sealability and does not spoil the flavor of various foods which are contained therein.

Abstract: A multi-layer electrostatic dissipative structure that is clear to translucent, washable and thermo-formable comprises at least one outer layer and a core layer. Preferably, two outer layers are utilized with the core layer sandwiched therebetween. The outer layers are a blend of amorphous or semi-crystalline copolyester and an electrostatic dissipative polymer in an amount sufficient to impart a surface resistivity of about 10.sup.5 to 10.sup.12 Ohms/sq. The core layer is a polymer having a haze value of less than five percent, preferably amorphous or semi-crystalline copolyester. The multi-layer structure may additionally have tie layers between the core layer and each of the outer layers.

Abstract: A metallized uniaxially heat-shrinkable, biaxially oriented, multilayer film having a polypropylene-containing core layer comprising at least 70 wt. % of said multilayer film and at least one polyolefin-containing skin layer adjacent said core layer is prepared by biaxially orienting a coextrudate and thereafter orienting said coextrudate by stretching 10 to 40% in the machine direction. The core layer contains isotactic polypropylene and a modifier which reduces the crystallinity of the polypropylene by increasing chain imperfections or reducing isotacticity of the polypropylene-containing core. Such modifiers can be selected from the group consisting of atactic polypropylene, syndiotactic polypropylene, ethylene-propylene copolymer, propylene-butene-1 copolymer, ethylene-propylene-butene-1 terpolymer, and linear low density polyethylene. The skin layer can be high density polyethylene or ethylene-propylene-butene-1 terpolymer.

Abstract: A mesh material for a spacecraft antenna reflector is disclosed. The mesh material has a base material made from a dielectric fabric. A conductive material, such as nickel, is applied to the dielectric mesh. The type and thickness of the conductive material is adjusted to regulate the final conductivity of the reflective surface to a predefined range. The present invention utilizes a range that reduces PIM while at the same time maintains a high degree of RF reflectivity. The preferred range is 0.01 to 10 ohms per square.

Abstract: An article such as a spacecraft thermal radiator includes a substrate having a white thermal control coating thereon. The thermal control coating is formed of a matrix of a silica/silicate transformation product of a ceramic precursor, and a plurality of doped zinc oxide pigment particles distributed in the matrix. The zinc oxide pigment particles are doped with an element that forms shallow donorlike states in the zinc oxide. The coating has a solar absorptance of from about 0.2 to about 0.3 and an initial electrical resistivity of from about 1.times.10.sup.6 ohms per square to about 1.times.10.sup.8 ohms per square. The coating is stable at continuous operating temperatures of 225.degree. C., with short-term exposures of up to 800.degree. C.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer barrier layer is disclosed. The thermoplastic elastomer barrier layer may be grafted to a substrate for preventing contaminants from permeating through the substrate or for preventing contaminants, which may permeate through the substrate, from permeating beyond the substrate. The thermoplastic elastomer barrier layer is grafted to the substrate by a thermal grafting process.

Abstract: Disclosed are profiles of fiber-reinforced polymeric plastic and a pultrusion apparatus and method for the manufacture thereof. The apparatus is preferably vertically disposed. As one or more fibers is fed into the apparatus, each fiber is spread and wetted with monomer resin in a bundle spreader, formed in a die, and then subjected in a curing chamber to a source of radiation which initiates polymerization of the monomer, resulting in a fiber-reinforced polymeric plastic exiting from the pultrusion apparatus. Suitably, the radiation is ultraviolet, the monomer resin is methacrylate resin, and the fiber is quartz. The resultant profile is long and thin like a structural steel wire, but typically will have only 1/4 the weight thereof while having a strength comparable thereto. Thus, the profile is useful as an orthodontic wire as a replacement instead of structural steel wires used as orthodontic wires.

Abstract: This invention relates to a hot melt moisture cure polyurethane composition which is the reaction product of a) a polyether polyol formed from a compound selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, 1,2-butylene oxide, 1,4-butylene oxide and mixtures thereof; b) a crystalline polyester polyol having a melting point from about 40.degree. C. to about 120.degree. C.; and c) and at least one polyfunctional isocyanate component.

Abstract: A polymeric foam which comprises a polymer and a small amount of organic composite having a bactericidal action contained therein, said organic composite being composed mainly of N,N-dimethyl-N'-phenyl-N'-(fluorodichloromethylthio)sulfamide, 1,2-benzisothiazoline-3-on, diiodomethyl-p-tolylsulfone, and methyl(benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamate, said polymer being a polyethylene copolymer resin which contains 72-95 wt % ethylene and 28-5 wt % vinyl acetate.The polymeric foam safely exhibits its antibacterial and mildewproofing functions and hence is suitable for use as a cushioning material on the floor and wall and also as a material for building blocks and babies' toys.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of multilayer plastic sheets from special branched polycarbonates.

Abstract: A diamond coated article is disclosed which consists essentially of a substrate and a plurality of polycrystalline diamond film layers accumulatively coated thereon in a total thickness of at least 20 .mu.m, wherein each of the polycrystalline diamond film layers (i) has a thickness of 6 to 13 .mu.m, (ii) has an average crystallite size in the surface direction thereof of 3 to 7 .mu.m, (iii) has (111) oriented diamond crystallites exposed on the surface thereof, and (iv) satisfies the relationship: I(N)I(D)<0.2, wherein I(D) represents an intensity of diamond Raman peak in counts/sec appearing around 1333 cm.sup.-1 and I(N) represents a maximum intensity among non-diamond Raman peaks appearing between 1200 cm.sup.-1 and 1600 cm.sup.-1.

Abstract: An abrasion-resistant dielectric composite product is described comprising a substrate and an abrasion wear resistant coating material comprising carbon, hydrogen, silicon, and oxygen and a dielectric material. An improved method is provided for the deposition of highly durable and abrasion-resistant multilayer dielectric antireflective coatings and reflective colored mirror coatings onto plastic lenses such as ophthalmic lenses, safety lenses, sunglass lenses, and sports optics. An adhesion-enhancing polymer layer may be deposited onto the plastic substrate prior to deposition of the abrasion-resistant first coating layer. The multilayer dielectric coating structure consists of a transparent, highly abrasion-resistant first coating, and a second dielectric coating composed of at least one layer of dielectric material.

Abstract: A polypropylene-laminated steel sheet is provided which is less liable to cause whitening on receiving impact shock and is superior in resistance to corrosion. A process for producing the polypropylene-laminated steel sheet is also provided. The polypropylene-laminated steel sheet comprises, at least on one side of the steel sheet, a layer (A) of modified polypropylene grafted with an unsaturated carboxylic acid, and, if desired, a layer (B) of polypropylene formed additionally on the layer (A), the modified polypropylene of the layer (A) and the polypropylene of the layer (B) having crystallinity of not more than 55%.

Abstract: A friction material comprises: a thermosetting resin binder; an organic fiber; a non-asbestos inorganic fiber; a filler; and an organic resin coating formed on a scorched surface of the friction material.

Abstract: Woven or non-woven fabric, in particular for the manufacture of prepregs especially for the manufacture of structural components in the aviation industry, manufactured of fibers, preferably carbon fibers having an elasticity modulus in excess of 80 000 N/mm.sup.2, preferably of 200 000 N/mm.sup.2 and a specific gravity of preferably 1,5 g/cm.sup.3, and not more than 2,1 g/cm.sup.3, wherein the fibers are composed of mono-filaments, and the fibers and therefore also the fabrics have been pressed flat, preferably calendered. In order to produce a woven or non-woven fabric which is mechanically particularly strong and yet can be manufactured economically, each fiber is composed of at least 2000, preferably 3000 individual mono-filaments (3K=200 tex=200 g/1000 m). The woven or non-woven fabric is preferably used for the manufacture of prepregs and henceforth for lightweight structural components especially for the aviation industry and in particular for overhead luggage compartments.

Abstract: A metal-polypropylene-metal laminate, in which the metal sheets are steel or aluminum is provided which is suitable for cold-forming followed by heat treatment at at least 135.degree. C., e.g. for use in vehicle bodywork. To achieve this, the polypropylene of the core of the laminate has a yield stress at the heat treatment temperature of not less than 2 MPa, and has shape stability such that in a standard shape stability test at the heat treatment temperature it changes shape by not more than 0.5.degree.. A bonding agent between the polypropylene core and the metal sheets is suitably one having a thermosetting component and a polypropylene thermoplastic component.

Abstract: A push button switch covering member of a silicone rubber is imparted with excellent resistance against stain deposition and abrasive wearing by providing a protective overcoating layer of a urethane resin-based coating composition capable of being cured by forming urethane linkages between isocyanate groups of a polyisocyanate compound and hydroxy groups of a polyhydroxy compound. The coating procedure with the coating composition on the surface of a silicone rubber-made covering member is preceded by a plasma treatment so as to activate the surface resulting in an increased adhesive bonding strength between the silicone rubber body and the coating layer. The improvement is more remarkable when the plasma-activated surface is subjected to a priming treatment with a silane coupling agent and coating with the coating composition is undertaken as soon as possible or within 60 minutes after completion of the plasma treatment.

Abstract: A composite surface covering includes a substrate and an inorganic wear layer. The composite surface covering retains its performance characteristics after mechanical embossing. Preferably, the inorganic wear layer of the surface covering is deposited on the substrate by a reduced pressure environment vapor deposition technique. Preferably, the inorganic wear layer is aluminum oxide. The preferred substrate is a plastic material.

Abstract: A composite sheet having a thickness in the range from 30 to 400 .mu.m, has an opaque crystalline polyester first layer having a deformation index of greater than or equal to 2.5%, and a transparent crystalline polyester second layer. The first layer preferably contains titanium dioxide. The composite sheet is suitable for use as a replacement for aluminium foil, being particularly useful as a lid for a container.

Abstract: Proposed is a novel electroconductive composite plastic resin sheet consisting of an insulating base sheet of a plastic resin and an electroconductive coating layer formed on at least one of the surfaces of the base sheet, which is suitable as a material of a carrier tape used in transportation, storage and mounting works of chip-formed electronic devices such as ICs. The electroconductive composite plastic resin sheet of the invention characteristically consists of:(A) a base sheet having a thickness in the range from 100 to 1000 .mu.m formed from an electrically insulating polystyrene-based plastic resin; and(B) a coating layer having a thickness in the range from 0.1 to 30 .mu.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ornamental glass which can be used as decorative windows, doors, curtain walls, or the like in houses, buildings, automobiles, boats, or any living environments where division between the interior and the exterior is required. In particular, the ornamental glass features an embedded pattern designed for decorative purpose and a oneway light-transmitting quality that allows a viewer standing on the exterior side to see only the designed pattern but not the scene behind while a viewer standing on the interior side can see a translucent view of the exterior scene. The ornamental glass comprises a first sheet of transparent glass; a decorative pattern layer coated upon the first transparent glass sheet, and a second sheet of transparent glass placed upon the layer of decorative pattern.

Abstract: A holographic article and method for forming permits the party producing the final document to print the holographic image directly on the final document thereby permitting such party to retain and maintain control of its own embossing shim on which the hologram has been formed and which is utilized for embossing the holographic image on the document. A film upon which a holographic image can be directly stamped upon the final document includes a layer of metal having a thickness in the range of 20 millimicrons to 100 millimicrons, a lacquer coating having a thickness in the range of 0.5 microns to 3 microns and a heat activatible adhesive. The metal layer lacquer coating and heat activatible adhesive are caused to be adhered to the substrate forming the final document during a stamping operation which releases said metal layer, lacquer coating and heat activatible adhesive from a plastic carrier film to which had initially been applied.

Abstract: LLDPE films with superior impact strength are obtained by blowing lightly crosslinked LLDPE resins under film extrusion conditions typically used for blowing HDPE film.

Abstract: A laminated circuit board comprising a high frequency, low dielectric, and low dissipation factor foam substrate layer and at least one metal cladding layer laminated to the foam substrate layer. The foam substrate layer is formed of a closed-cell polyisocyanurate rigid foam having a closed-cell structure greater than 95%.

Abstract: A polyimide-metal foil composite film comprising a conductive metal foil having directly laminated on at least one surface thereof a polyimide resin layer which comprises repeating units represented by formulae (1) and (2) as described hereinabove. The polyimide-metal foil composite film can be used as a circuit substrate having excellent dimensional stability under high temperature.

Abstract: A multi-layered plastic sheet comprising of a first layer composed of a copolymer obtained by reacting a dimethyl terephthalate or terephthalic acid with a mixture of 99-55 mole % ethylene glycol and 1-45 mole % cyclohexane dimethanol wherein the first layer is covered on at least one surface with a 2 to 100 .mu.m thick UV-absorbing second layer composed of the copolymer of the first layer and a UV-absorbing additive. The UV-absorbing additive can be a benzophenone compound or a benzotriazole compound.

Abstract: The surface treatment of carbonaceous material (1) is characterised in that a layer of SiC (2) is formed on the carbonaceous material (1) by thermochemical conversion of the carbonaceous material (1) by a precursor of Si (4) at a temperature which is higher than the temperature for the formation, from said precursor, of a gaseous reactive intermediate (generally SiO), so as to obtain a surface layer (3) permitting an adherent diamond deposit (3).Pieces which are at least locally coated with `SiC/diamond`.

Abstract: A fuser system member having a supporting substrate and a basic metal oxide-free outer surface layer of the reaction product of a fluoroelastomer, a polymerization initiator, a polyorganosiloxane and an amino silane.

Abstract: A cutting tool for woodworking applications has a tungsten carbide substrate and a hard layer bonded to the substrate at high temperature and high pressure, i.e. where diamond or cubic boron nitride is thermodynamically stable. The hard layer comprises polycrystalline diamond or polycrystalline cubic boron nitride, and a supporting cobalt phase including adjuvant alloying materials for providing oxidation and corrosion resistance. Typical alloying elements include nickel, aluminum, silicon, titanium, molybdenum and chromium. Such materials also retard transformation of cobalt from the HCP to the FCC crystal structure at high temperature. The hard layer has an as-pressed surface parallel to the substrate and is only about 0.3 millimeters thick. An additional secondary phase including a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of metals such as titanium may also be present in the PCD or PCBN layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laminated foam insulation board having enhanced strength and resistance to bending and breaking. The board comprises a panel of an insulating plastic foam material and a thermoplastic facer film adhered to opposite surfaces of the panel. The facer films have an ultimate elongation of less than 200 percent in both machine and transverse directions, a yield tensile strength of at least 7,000 pounds per square inch (48,400 kilopascals) in both machine and transverse directions, and a 1 percent secant modulus of at least 200,000 pounds per square inch (1,380 megapascals) in both machine and transverse directions. The degree of adhesion is about 100 grams per inch or more (about 39.4 grams per centimeter or more) between the facer film and the foam panel.

Abstract: Fluoroelastomer surfaces for fuser members and a method for fusing thermoplastic resin toner images to a substrate using fuser surfaces, including a method for forming these surfaces which includes dissolving a fluoroelastomer; adding an amino silane to form a resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution; and subsequently providing a layer of the homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution to the supporting substrate.

Abstract: Article of manufacture and method of making the same in which a metal substrate has an undercoating is made from a combination of at least one pulverulent metal and a transition metal compound and a coating thereon containing an autodeposited resin formed under autodepositing conditions.

Abstract: A coated article for foul release for use in aquatic applications does not require a discrete tie-layer to ensure adhesion of a coating to a substrate. An adhesion promoting layer comprising an anticorrosive material and a bonding agent is applied directly to the substrate. A release layer comprising organopolysiloxane is deposited onto the adhesion promoting layer. A method for applying the foul release coating comprises the following steps: applying an adhesion promoting layer, curing the adhesion promoting layer, applying the release layer and curing the release layer.

Abstract: An image receptor for a thermal transfer ink for use in a tape printer, which is used with it contained in a cassette in the tape printer, and which comprises an image receptor body (10) and a release material (15) adhered to one side of the image receptor body, and has a total thickness of 80 to 200 .mu.m, characterized in that, when the image receptor is subjected to measurement wherein, with use of a measuring device which comprises a female member (1) having a V-shaped groove (2), and a male member (3) having a V-shaped protrusion (4) capable of engaging with the V-shaped groove (2) and having a radius of rounding of 0.1 to 0.3 mm at the leading edge (5) of the V-shaped protrusion, the image receptor is held between the female member (1) and the male member (3) and a load of 30 to 2,000 g/cm.sup.2 is applied thereto for 10 seconds, a lift is not produced in the image receptor at a bending angle .beta. (which means the supplementary angle of the angle .alpha.

Abstract: A composite ceramic wafer including a beta silicon carbide layer. The composite ceramic wafer is useful for making thin film magnetic heads.

Abstract: There is provided herein a protective cover made from conjugate fiber nonwoven fabric having a basis weight between about 1 and 8 osy laminated with a film. The conjugate fibers may be in a configuration such as sheath/core, side-by-side and islands in the sea and may be formed from polyolefins and polyamides. The preferred fiber embodiments are a side-by-side polypropylene-polyethylene fiber and a sheath/core polyethylene/nylon 6 fiber. The fabric is preferably extrusion coated with a polyethylene film to form the protective cover. The cover is light weight, waterproof and provides sufficient burst and tensile strength so that the cover may be used during transportation of, for example, a boat.

Abstract: An ink jet recording film is provided which has well-balanced properties required of the ink jet recording film. The ink jet recording film comprises a transparent substrate, an anchor coat layer laminated on one side of the substrate, and an ink-receptive layer laminated on the anchor coat layer; wherein the ink-receptive layer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of saponification of 80 to 95% and a degree of polymerization of 1,000 to 2,000.

Abstract: A food-safe film for the pretreatment of a surface, preferably an oven or a broiler, which is liable to soiling by organic food deposits, especially baked-on food deposits. The film comprises a food-safe, inorganic thickening agent present in an amount sufficient so that, during application to the surface, the film forms a continuous coating adhered to all desired portions of the surface; an alkaline, food-safe, water-soluble inorganic salt in an amount sufficient so that the film is readily removable with water or an aqueous solution after it has been soiled; a food-safe silicone polymer present in an amount sufficient so that the film is transparant after drying and heating; and optionally can comprise a food-safe mineral oil present in an amount sufficient, in combination with the amount of the silicone polymer, so that the film remains transparent or translucent after drying and heating.

Abstract: A multi-surfaced diamond tool having at least two surfaces thereof consisting essentially of fine grained diamonds preferably having an average particle size of about 0.01 .mu.m to about 20 .mu.m and a process for preparing the fine grained diamond surfaces by the vapor deposition method. Also included is a diamond tool insert comprising the above diamond tool bonded to a substrate.

Abstract: In order to prevent clouding of a hard disc and a polygon mirror, a tin-free electrodepositing coating composition is used as an insulating coated film of a motor for driving the hard disc and polygon mirror.