Abstract: An optical pickup device-holding container, which is formed from a resin composition comprising a poly(arylene sulfide) (A) and an inorganic filler (B) and having a thermal conductivity of at least 1 W/mK; and an optical pickup device in which at least a light source, an objective lens and a light-receiving part are held in the holding container.

Abstract: A process of shaping a hollow glass object, including the steps of roughing out molten glass into a rough mold with a collar and a shoulder, transferring the rough mold prepared in the roughing out step to a finishing mold, and partially driving the collar into the shoulder while maintaining at least one part of a height of the collar.

Abstract: A desiccant system and a method for producing the same wherein a container is provided with a desiccant sheet that is trapped within the container and a water vapor impermeable cover for the container making a water impermeable seal thereto. The sheet may have a first substrate, and optionally, a second substrate, and desiccant particles adhered to the first substrate or trapped between the first substrate and the second substrate. A binder material may fuse the desiccant particles to one another and to the substrates. The sheet may be trapped within the bottle due to its tendency to unfurl to a flat condition, or it may be adhered to an inner surface of the bottle.

Abstract: A stopper for use in a substantially cylindrical bottle opening having a substantially cylindrical shape to seal the bottle opening and including a first polymer portion and a second polymer portion, wherein the second polymer portion coaxially overlies the first polymer portion. In another embodiment, the stopper includes a third polymer portion wherein the first polymer portion coaxially overlies the third polymer portion. A method of protecting liquid in a bottle with a substantially cylindrical bottle opening including providing a stopper having a substantially cylindrical shape to seal the bottle opening and closing off the bottle by insertion of the stopper into the bottle opening. A method of producing a stopper for use in a substantially cylindrical bottle opening comprising extruding a first polymer portion through an extrusion die, coaxially coating the first polymer portion with a second polymer portion to form a body.

Abstract: In a method of reinforcing an existing concrete electric pole having an annular side wall, an inner hollow portion provided therein and an opening portion formed to a position of the annular side wall to be penetrated therethrough, at least one of a predetermined amount of mortar, a predetermined amount of sand and a predetermined amount of gravel is injected into the inner hollow portion of the electric pole through the opening portion. A reinforcing member for reinforcing the electric pole is injected into the inner hollow portion of the electric pole through the opening portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing glass parts for connection of glass fibers is provided, which can improve the accuracy of the cross-sectional size of a through hole in the glass part. A mother glass having a similar cross section to a desired cross section of a glass part having a through hole is prepared, and the prepared mother glass is drawn while it is heated. The mother glass is made of a glass having a maximum devitrification speed of 100 &mgr;m or less per minute.

Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb structural body, and method for preparing the same, which can satisfactorily support a catalyst and can demonstrate superior mechanical strength, even if far thinner walls are used. The structural body comprises lattice walls formed by a large number of cells which are channels for a fluid and a peripheral wall which covers at least the circumference of the lattice walls. The outer peripheral portion of the lattice walls located in the vicinity of the peripheral wall (area B) contains a densified portion of smaller porosity than that of an inner peripheral portion, of the lattice walls, which is located inside the outer peripheral portion (area A).

Abstract: A silicon nitride porous body which is a body having a generally columnar outer shape and at least two through-holes mutually parallel to one another and which has generally perpendicularly oriented columnar crystals on the surface of the through-holes.

Abstract: There is provided a cordierite honeycomb structural body that allows the thickness of the cell walls to be reduced and heat capacity to be decreased by improving the fluidity of the molding material when passing through a mold for extrusion molding while maintaining the shape retention of the molding material. A water-soluble cellulose ether is used as a binder that is added to a cordierite-converted starting material. This water-soluble cellulose ether contains methoxyl groups substituted for the cellulose hydroxyl groups within the range of a substitution rate of 27.5 to 31.5%, does not contain hydroxypropoxyl groups and hydroxyethoxyl groups in an amount greater than the amount of unavoidable impurities (0.1 wt %), and has a viscosity in a 2 wt % aqueous solution at 20° C. of less than 8000 centipoise.

Abstract: A device for holding a molten semiconductor material, includes a crucible made from quartz glass and a susceptor which at least partially comprises CFC and which supports the crucible and an inner surface having a base, a cylindrical section and a curved section between the base and the cylindrical section, and a thin, sheet-like and flexibly deformable graphite film which is arranged between the crucible and the susceptor and forms a gastight barrier.

Abstract: A structure comprising a filled thermosetting polymer composition. The filled thermosetting polymer composition has a mineral filler content of at least 92% by weight and not more than 8% by weight of thermosetting polymer and a co-efficient of thermal expansion that is less than 15×10−6 in/in/° C. The filler is a mineral particulate filler with generally rounded edges and the thermosetting polymer composition has a density that is at least 95% of the theoretical density for the filler and polymer. Embodiments of the composition per se may be used to form a structure for resisting acid solutions.

Abstract: The object is to provide a thin film having high barrier properties and high translucency with no safety and health problems, which is capable of suppressing degradation due to moisture, oxygen and carbon dioxide gas and degradation due to the diffusion of impurities such as alkali metals and alkali earth metals, a deposition apparatus of the thin film, and products coated with the thin film by the deposition apparatus. Another object is to provide an extended usable range of the products of an environmentally friendly biodegradable material and a prolonged quality preservation period. The feature is that a single layer or laminated layer of a layer expressed by AlNxOy or layer expressed by AlxNy is deposited (coated) over the inner surface of a packaging film. The single layer or laminated layer thereof has high translucency, being capable of enhancing the barrier properties against moisture, oxygen and carbon dioxide gas, the heat resisting properties, and the mechanical strength.

Abstract: The invention provides an indicator dye nanoporous photochemical sensor composite glass film, comprising a multiplicity of polyacrylate chains intertwined with a multiplicity of cross-linked networks of silica and doped with an indicator dye, wherein the film is formed with a plurality of nanopores sized in the range between 20 and 200 angstrom for the entry of analytes to be detected thereby.

Abstract: Inorganic porous materials contained in a confined space with at least one dimension of less than 1 mm, which are in liquid tight contact with the walls of said confined space. Preferred as the confined space are capillaries. Articles contained such materials and methods for making them in the confined space are described.

Abstract: A method for forming artificial rocks that possess suitable weight and strength and that allows for the formation of artificial rocks with large undercuts is provided. The method consists of creating an outer mold of a natural rock, then using the mold to create a test artificial rock. The test rock is then structurally tested. Structural reinforcement members are added to the interior of a second test rock to structurally strengthen the test rock until a suitable test rock is created. The suitable test rock is then used to create an inner shell conforming to the inside surface of the test rock. Production rocks are created by molding a cementitious material between the outer mold and the inner shell. Additionally, a stand suitable for holding the artificial rock in a stable position during manufacture and that allows for the easy release of an artificial rock after formation is provided.

Abstract: A vehicle glass includes an outer surface and an inner surface opposing the outer surface. A circumferential edge joins the inner and outer surfaces. The edge has at least, in part, a generally planar portion connected to the outer surface by an outer corner and connected to the inner surface by an inner corner. The planar portion is disposed at an acute angle with respect to the outer surface. Furthermore, the outer corner also has a radius less than one half the thickness of the vehicle glass.

Abstract: The improved glass container for freeze-dried products includes a casing section (1) with a bottom portion (3) and an outlet portion (2). The casing section (1) is thin-walled in comparison to the bottom portion (3) and the outlet portion (2) is formed so as to be closable by a closure device. The bottom portion (3) has a nonuniform geometry and is provided with at least one interior depression (3b), a reinforced section (3a) and an outer bottom surface (3o) that is completely planar or planar with a comparatively slight central indentation (3c) but with a sufficient contact area for a cooling plate used in freeze-drying. The structure of the bottom portion guarantees a uniform crystalline lyophilizate structure. The glass container has a very low breakage rate and can be nearly completely emptied.

Abstract: To facilitate the start of a process using a quartz glass crucible with a crucible body and an inner layer of quartz glass a quartz glass crucible is provided with an inner surface roughened at least in the starting zone region by multiple depressions disposed at a maximum distance of 5 mm from one another. Furthermore, a simple and inexpensive process for the manufacture of such a quartz glass crucible is described, by providing a crucible body with a smooth inner surface of quartz glass and subsequently roughening the inner layer in the starting zone region by multiple depressions disposed at a maximum of 5 mm from one another.

Abstract: Water-based adhesives specifically formulated for the application of transparent plastic labels onto glass substrates. The adhesive film has a clear, transparent appearance and leaves a no-label look on the bottle to which the label has been applied.

Abstract: The surface resistance of a titanium oxide film can be controlled in 109 to 1013 &OHgr;/ by coating a titanium oxide film on a substrate by sputtering a target containing metallic titanium under an atmosphere at reduced pressure and then subjecting the film to heat treatment under an oxidizing, inert or reducing atmosphere, depending on the oxygen-deficient state of the film. It is possible that a small amount of niobium oxide is contained in the titanium oxide, or a niobium oxide film is provided as an underlying film.

Abstract: Glass containers specifically for the storage of pharmaceutical or diagnostic solutions whose surface which comes into contact with the solutions is coated with a layer of oxides and/or nitrides of the elements Si, Ti, Ta, Al or mixtures thereof applied by means of a plasma CVD process.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a reinforced fiber cement article comprising a fiber cement piece and a reinforcing fixture bonded to a portion of the fiber cement piece for improving the performance, strength and durability of the fiber cement piece. The reinforcing fiber cement article could be used as or in conjunction with a siding plank assembly, which further comprises an interlocking feature that allows the siding plank to be stacked with other siding planks in a manner such that a uniform and deep shadow line is created. The interlocking feature sets the gauge of the exposed plank face and allows for leveling of the plank during installation. The reinforcing fixture could also serve as a thick butt piece or a plastic spline that produces a deep shadow line. A cementitious adhesive is used to bond the reinforcing fixture to the fiber cement piece.

Abstract: In order to provide a quartz glass crucible distinguished by high purity, high opacity and/or low transmissibility in the IR spectrum, it is proposed on the basis of a known quartz glass crucible of opaque quartz glass with a crucible body symmetrical in relation to a rotational axis, an outer zone (3) of opaque quartz glass transitioning radially toward the inside into an inner zone (2) of transparent quartz glass and with a density of at least 2.15 g/cm3, that according to the invention, the crucible body (1) be made of a synthetic SiO2 granulate with a specific BET surface ranging from 0.5 m2/g to 40 m2/g, a tamped volume of at least 0.8 g/cm3 and produced from at least partially porous agglomerates of SiO2 primary particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a monolithic, porous, ceramic shaped body and to the shaped bodies produced according to this method. Said shaped body is used predominantly as a support material for porous, inorganic and/or organic membranes for the flow filtration of liquids and gases. The aim of the invention is to provide a method for producing a shaped body consisting substantially of TiO2 with an open porosity >10%, an average pore size of between 1 and 50 &mgr;m and a mechanical stability >20 N/mm2. To achieve this, a first TiO2powder fraction is pre-sintered at temperatures >1200° C.

Abstract: A composite crucible for pulling up monocrystalline silicone, which is superior in shape stability and suitable for a large-sized one is provided. The composite crucible is characterized in that a carbonaceous material as an outer layer and a quartz glass as an inner layer are integrally formed.

Abstract: A cold isopressing method in which two or more layers of material are formed within an isopressing mold. One of the layers consists of a tape-cast film. The layers are isopressed within the isopressing mold, thereby to laminate the layers and to compact the tape-cast film. The isopressing mold can be of cylindrical configuration with the layers being coaxial cylindrical layers. The materials used in forming the layers can contain green ceramic materials and the resultant structure can be fired and sintered as necessary and in accordance with known methods to produce a finished composite, ceramic structure. Further, such green ceramic materials can be of the type that are capable of conducting hydrogen or oxygen ions at high temperature with the object of utilizing the finished composite ceramic structure as a ceramic membrane element.

Abstract: A method of providing photoprocessing services utilizes a packaging system in which photoprocessing solutions are distributed from a source of manufacture to a photofinishing site. The packaging system includes a rigid or semi-rigid outer container and at least one internal container. The internal container includes the processing solution, and can be made of a rigid or flexible material. The internal container may be separable from the outer container or may be in the form of an internal compartment that is integral with the outer container. As an option, the outer container can house a further container that is designed to collect waste or spent solution from the photoprocessing site. With the system of the present invention, a designated supplier entity can follow the packaging system through an entire usage cycle of the system.

Abstract: A method and product for preserving produce including plants comprising storing the produce and plant in a container incorporated with a spinel AB2O4 and resin mixture which emits a radiation of 3-18 and 3-30 micron wave length.

Abstract: A quartz glass member for use in dry etching, wherein at least the inner surface of the member to be brought into contact with plasma is constructed of synthetic quartz glass, and a dry etching system equipped with the same member. A dry etching system equipped with the quartz glass member, which minimizes the generation of particles and which prevent a drop in electrical characteristics from occurring on the silicon wafer.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic interlayers for laminated safety glass with superior vacuum de-airing at elevated temperatures and superior tacking and edge sealing properties. The sheeting has surface pattern on at least one of the surfaces characterized by flat surfaces with substantially uninterrupted channels for air flow in at least two intersecting directions. The channels allow for rapid de-airing while the area roughness parameter ratio ARp/ARt in the range of 0.52 to 0.62, ARt being less than 32 &mgr;m. and area kurtosis less than 2.5, allow for ease of tacking of the interlayer onto glass and edge sealing after de-airing has been completed. Said surface pattern may also be superimposed onto a pattern which is generated by melt fracture or other means on at least one side to enhance de-airing and aid edge sealing.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacturing a wellscreen for subterranean use in oil, gas, and water wells, incorporating numerous automated processes, whereby layers of mesh are continuously sintered to a perforated strip, formed into a tube, placed over a perforated base pipe, and sealed with end rings.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming thin films, wherein thin films with a uniform thickness can be formed on substrates as objects such as spheroids, even when the films are formed by conventional film-formation methods using an incident particle beam coming from a specific direction (e.g., evaporation and sputtering). In the method, thin films are formed on substrates such as spheroids with an incident particle beam coming from a particle source located in a specific direction by performing a spin motion together with a swing motion. The spin motion is a rotation of the substrate at a constant angular velocity about the spheroidal axis. The swing motion is a rotational oscillation of the same substrate for rotationally oscillating the axis at a constant cycle in one surface, where the center of the rotational oscillation is in the vicinity of the midpoint between two focal points on the axis of the spheroid.

Abstract: A silica glass crucible is disclosed comprising an aluminum-doped inner wall layer. An aluminum-doped layer can be formed on an outer wall portion. The inner layer is non-homogeneously doped with aluminum to promote silica crystallization. The non-homogeneous silica grain mixture contains aluminum and can be aluminum-doped and aluminum-free silica grains or, alternatively, aluminum-coated coarse quartz grain.

Abstract: Glass containers are taken to a high temperature in an annealing furnace and removed from the annealing furnace belt by grips of a gripping device. The gripping device is then moved by a handling device first vertically upwards, then horizontally above a fluidized bed and then downwards into the fluidized bed in order to coat the glass containers with a powder, it is then taken upwards out of the fluidized bed and finally moved horizontally over a conveyor belt. There, the glass containers are released from the gripping device and set down on the conveyor belt which takes the powder-coated glass containers through a second curing region in which the powder coating is cured to form a substantially duroplastic layer.

Abstract: A glass container storing unit in which the bottom section of a conical first glass container is stored is supported on one base of a cylindrical motor storing unit in which a motor stored, with a rotation axis. A second glass container in the shape of a Welsh onion flower is attached to the other base of the motor storing unit. Negatively charged metallic silicon is sealed in the first glass container and second glass container. The pointed section of the first glass container is pressed against a human body by rotating the first glass container with the rotation axis.

Abstract: A moisture reduction assembly 10 for use in a vehicle headlamp 12 which operatively reduces and/or substantially eliminates moisture 22 within the headlamp 12. The moisture reduction assembly 10 includes a selectively energizable bulb 18 and a bulb shield 16. The bulb shield 16, in one non-limiting embodiment, receives and/or is lined with a heat activated catalyst 20 which is heated by the selectively energizable bulb 18 and which, when heated, chemically converts the contained moisture 22 to at least one non-condensing gas. The catalyst 20 may also be selectively applied to the bulb 18. In another non-limiting embodiment, a desiccant member 30 is disposed within and/or upon the bulb 18 or disposed within the bulb shield 16.

Abstract: In a heat shield (1), in particular for combustion chambers and for thermal fluid flow machines, the heat shield consists of a feltlike material (3) composed of compressed and sintered intermetallic fibers. Advantageously, the intermetallic fibers consist of an iron based or nickel based intermetallic phase.

Abstract: The piece made of composite material comprises a plate and a plurality of stiffeners integrally formed with the plate. A metal wall is fixed to the edges of the stiffeners and is provided with passages for circulating the fluid. The plate exposed to the heat flux radiates towards the metal wall through the gaps between the stiffeners, and it also performs the structural function. The invention can be used with structures that are exposed to very high heat flux: the walls of jet combustion chambers, the walls of space plane vehicles, the walls of nuclear fusion reactors.

Abstract: A protective sleeve for covering elongated substrates is disclosed. The sleeve is knitted from a combination of first and second filamentary members having different properties from one another. The filamentary members are plated so that the filamentary members having properties compatible with the substrate are positioned predominantly on the inner surface of the sleeve facing and engaging the substrate. Filament properties include heat resistance, high-tensile strength, resistance to abrasion, chemical attack and damping capability. Ribs are integrally knitted lengthwise along the sleeve to form insulating air pockets. The ends of the sleeve are finished with welts to prevent unraveling.

Abstract: A multi-layered material for use in producing containers. The multi-layered material includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and a regrind layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer. The outer layer contains titanium dioxide and the regrind layer contains a dye selected from a group consisting of yellow dye and black dye.

Abstract: A process for manufacture of a component made of opaque synthetic quartz glass, and a quartz glass tube manufactured according to said process. The process comprises (i) providing a starting material in the form of granulated material of highly pure, synthetic SiO2 comprising at least partially porous agglomerates of SiO2 primary particles, the granulated material having a compacted bulk density of no less than 0.8 g/cm3, (ii) filling the granulated material into a mold and converting it to an opaque quartz glass preform through a process of melting, and (iii) reshaping the preform in a heat reshaping process to obtain a component made of opaque quartz glass. A quartz glass tube is made of quartz glass consisting of a granulated material of synthetic SiO2 with a lithium content of no more than 100 wt-ppb, and the wall thickness of said component being in the range of 0.5 mm to 15 mm.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an improved blank such that an optical member of a high homogeneity can be obtained therefrom, and to provide a vessel and a heat treatment method for heat-treating a highly uniform synthetic quartz blank. In a first aspect of the invention a special designed blank is provided showing a concave shaped outer surface. In a second aspect of the invention a special designed vessel for heat-treating blanks is provided, whereby the degree of heat emission at the center is set higher than that of the surroundings.

Abstract: A component of a thermal processing apparatus for a fluid stream of hydrocarbons, a precursor glass for a glass-ceramic coating on such component and a method of inhibiting deposition of a material, such as carbon, on a surface of the component.

Abstract: A process for producing surface-sealed hollow glass containers, the hollow glass containers are, in the production process in the region of the exit from the annealing lehr which is located downstream of a machine for producing hollow glass containers, coated by means of a water-based cold end coating composition comprising at least the following components: I. a trialkoxysilane, a dialkoxysilane and/or a tetralkoxysilane or their hydrolysis and/or condensation products and also II. a water-soluble or water-dispersible mixture of a polyol and a crosslinker, wherein the applied layer of the cold end coating composition is subsequently subjected to a crosslinking step. The hollow glass containers produced in this way have an improved strength.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for capillary zone electrophoresis includes a polyelectrolyte multilayer positioned in a capillary tube for analytical separations of macromolecules. The capillary comprises a passage defined by passage walls comprising fused silica. The polyelectrolyte multilayer is positioned within the passage adjacent the walls, and comprises an organic polyelectrolyte. The passage may further comprise nonporous silica particles coated with a multilayer including a plurality of polyelectrolyte layers. An apparatus includes a power supply having a positive electrode and a negative electrode for generating an electric field therebetween. The apparatus includes a capillary having a passage formed by passage walls and comprising therein a polyelectrolyte multilayer positioned substantially within the passage.

Abstract: A thermal shock-resistant ceramic article and a method of manufacturing the article include alternating layers of a first material (2) comprising a fusible, particulate ceramic composition and a second material (3), typically comprising a porous, pyrolyzable material. The layered structure increases the article's work of fracture and toughness, and may lead to improved thermal shock-resistance. The method advantageously uses a sheet, film or sleeve to prepare the article for firing. The composition, thickness, and porosity of the second material (3) will affect the desired properties. The method is particularly adapted for manufacturing cylindrical articles, including stopper rods, nozzles, and pouring tubes for the metal casting industry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for metal coating on a tube, particularly a tube for ozone generators which have been widely used for commercial and industrial purposes. Quartz or high aluminum-oxide-containing is a preferred material for the tube for an ozone generator. According to the present method, the tube is coated with a film of gold by putting the tube in a stove wherein the temperature and baking time is controlled. The present method for coating improves the durability of tubes operated at high temperature brought forth by micro-discharge, and thus extends the service life of the tube as used in an ozone generator.

Abstract: An article of manufacture includes an oxygen scavenger and a zeolite. The article can be in the form of e.g. a film or sealing compound. A package can be made from the article for containing an oxygen-sensitive article such as food. The zeolite reduces migration of odor causing by-products of the oxygen scavenging process. A method of making an article of manufacture having reduced migration of by-products of an oxygen scavenging reaction includes providing an article including an oxygen scavenger and a zeolite; and exposing the article to actinic radiation.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced thermoplastic pipe member is obtained by a novel continuous process in which the reinforcement fibers are wrapped about the outer pipe surface in an unbonded condition while the pipe member continuously moves in a linear direction and which is followed by sufficient heating of the moving fiber wrapped pipe member to cause thermal bonding between the applied fibers and the pipe member. Automated apparatus for carrying out the continuous process is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reinforced, pressure-resistant flexible tube for mechanical end-winding support for rotating electrical machines. The flexible tube according to the invention in this case comprises a glass fiber bundle which is encased by an inner glass cloth flexible tube. This glass cloth flexible tube is in turn externally coated with a polymer layer and is for its part surrounded by an outer glass cloth flexible tube. A matrix polymer is introduced into the inner glass cloth flexible tube and, after it has cured, the reinforced, pressure-resistant flexible tube can carry out its supporting and spacing function fully.