Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for high-grade natural products and a glass composition for such a container. Natural products, such as natural dietary supplements, phyto-therapeutic agents, etheric oils or homeopathic medicines, are high-grade products and can be stored in such a container. Key features of the container, and the glass material from which it is made, include its ability substantially to block visible light but to allow permeation of infrared and ultraviolet light.

Abstract: A process for producing surface-sealed hollow glass containers, wherein as part of the production process the hollow glass containers are coated with a water-based cold end coating composition in the region of the exit from the annealing lehr, which is arranged following a machine for producing hollow glass containers, where the cold end coating composition comprises the following components: I. a water-based organopolysiloxane-containing composition prepared from alkoxysilanes which carry a functional group and alkoxysilanes which are selected from trialkoxysilanes, dialkoxysilanes and tetraalkoxysilanes, and II. a silicon-free component selected from a wax, a partial fatty acid ester, a fatty acid and/or a surfactant. The hollow glass containers produced in this way feature an enhanced long-term service strength.

Abstract: A method of making an article from a lightweight cementitious composition includes molding a castable cementitious mixture including an aqueous slurry of at least perlite and concrete into an article, such as a hollow, decorative article. The castable cementitious mixture can include a fibrous material, for reinforcing the cement and perlite, and an air entraining agent, for facilitating mixability and reducing a density of the cementitious mixture and facilitating casting. The mold can include an external mold form that contains the cementitious mixture and an internal mold form that displaces the cementitious mixture within the external mold form to cast the hollow article in various shapes and with various surface textures. The external and internal mold forms include liners made of a lightweight flexible material that can be removed, unfolded, and prepared and/or cleaned.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a high-quality capillary tube used in an electrophoresis apparatus in a safe and inexpensive manner.

Abstract: A method of modifying a physical property of a nanotube comprises subjecting a nanotube having a defined lattice structure orientation to stress conditions sufficient to disrupt the lattice structure and form a dipole of dislocation cores therein, and wherein the dipole of dislocation cores split and propagate in the nanotube in a manner such that the dipole of dislocation cores are separated by at least one domain of modified structure, and wherein the physical property of the nanotube are altered.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold for conducting heated exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine to an exhaust system. The exhaust manifold includes a preform and a metal layer enclosing the preform. The preform has an inner layer of silicon carbide, a middle layer of insulating material, and an outer layer to seal the middle layer from molten metal used to form the metal layer.

Abstract: A method of performing a lower temperature bonding technique to bond together two mating pieces of glass includes applying a sodium silicate aqueous solution between the two pieces.

Abstract: A glass lined container such as a vessel or conduit for liquid or gaseous material is disclosed consisting of a strong outer shell and an inner glass liner. The glass liner is spaced uniformly from the outer shell and a molten material which will expand when solidified is poured into the space between the outer shell and glass liner and solidified to place the glass liner under high compression.

Abstract: There is provided a treatment container which enables to prolong a period of time taken for reaction products, such as a halide generated through reaction with corrosive halide gas, to exfoliate and fall down as particles, and decreases the frequency of periodic maintenance operation, thereby implementing increase of operating time. The treatment container constituting a chamber or a bell jar has a portion of the inner surface to be exposed to corrosive halide gas plasma and is formed with a sintered body mainly composed of a compound of yttrium and aluminum with oxygen, and the portion has a roughened surface of a mean roughness Ra of 1.5 to 10 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A hollow glass microsphere having an average particle size of at most 15 &mgr;m based on volume, a maximum particle size of at most 30 &mgr;m and an average particle density of from 0.1 to 1.5 g/cm3, which has a glass composition consisting essentially of the following components by mass %: 1 SiO2 50.0-90.0%,   Al2O3 10.0-50.0%,   B2O3 0-12.0%, Na2O + K2O + Li2O 0-1.0%,  CaO 0-10.0%, MgO 0-10.0%, BaO + SrO 0-30.0%.

Abstract: An endless belt in which a fibrous material is dispersed in a substantially uniform manner all over an endless elastic body layer is provided. A non-woven tape is impregnated with a polyurethane elastomer material liquid and wound and layered on a supporting belt, and then, after curing the polyurethane elastomer material liquid to form an elastic body, it is removed from supporting belt.

Abstract: An umber paint, which is excellent in transparency and heat resistance, and which does not bring about environmental pollution, bulbs coated with the umber paint, and turn signal lams equipped with the bulbs. The umber paint, for turn signal lamps, contains at least a red pigment 10a and a yellow pigment 10b, wherein the yellow pigment comprises acetylacetone metal chelateumber.

Abstract: Fluid-forming compositions in a container attached to enclosed adjacent sheets are heated to relatively high temperatures to generate fluids (gases) that effect inflation of the sheets. Fluid rates to the enclosed space between the sheets can be regulated by the canal from the container. Inflated articles can be produced by a continuous, rather than batch-type, process.

Abstract: Glass containers (3) are taken to a high temperature in an annealing furnace (7) and removed from the annealing furnace belt (5) by grips (16) of a gripping device (12). The gripping device (12) is then moved by a handling device (13) first vertically upwards, then horizontally above a fluidized bed (18) and then downwards into the fluidized bed in order to coat the glass containers (3) with a powder; it is then taken upwards out of the fluidized bed (18) and finally moved horizontally over a conveyor belt (22). There, the glass containers (3) are released from the gripping device (12) and set down on the conveyor belt (22) which takes the powder-coated glass containers (3) through a second curing region (27) in which the powder is cured to form a substantially duroplastic layer.

Abstract: The present invention contemplates water-bearing silicate materials for fire protection which are essentially dry when cured. The dryness property is achieved by modifying the basic method of essentially reacting water glass with calcium chloride in such a way as to bind the free water into solid form without adversely affecting the basic chemical and physical structure of the original product. The invention further contemplates the incorporation of these materials into one or more fire protection container configurations such as a multilayered structure in which the insulation forms the outermost wall of the container, an intermediate layer comprising a light weight porous, thermal insulator such as urethane foam, and an innermost layer comprising a phase change material with a melting point of around 70 degrees F. to 125 degrees F., depending on the heat bearing characteristics of the objects to be protected.

Abstract: Fire and heat protective containers having two matable portions, the outer walls of which are formed as hollow shells filled with a ceramic gel material containing at least water glass and a polyvalent metal salt, preferably calcium chloride. For ensuring that stored articles are not exposed to temperatures greater than 125 degrees F., a layer of low-density, expended or foamed plastic insulation and a layer of phase change material are provided within the gel layer. A preferred phase change material is a mixture of water glass and a hydrated salt, preferably sodium phosphate, having a melting point around 120 degrees F. and a heat of fusion of at least 250 joules per gram. The phase change material is also contained in hollow shells, the walls of both the outer and inner shells being molded plastic parts.

Abstract: Hollow aluminosilicate glass microspheres which are hollow glass microspheres having an average particle size of from 1 to 20 &mgr;m based on volume, an average particle density of from 0.20 to 1.50 g/cm3, a sphericity within a range of 1≦(long axial length/short axial length)<1.2 and a composition comprising from 30 to 85 mass % of SiO2, from 6 to 45 mass % of Al2O3, from 0 to 30 mass % of an alkali metal oxide, from 0 to 30 mass % of an alkaline earth metal oxide and from 0 to 1 mass % of B2O3, and which have a strength at 10 volume % collapse of at least 10% of the theoretical strength given by the formula 16.7×E×(t/2a)2.5, where E is the Young's modulus (unit: GPa) of the glass constituting the hollow glass microspheres, t is the thickness (unit: mm) of the shell of the hollow glass microspheres, and a is the hollow radius (unit: mm) of the hollow glass microspheres.

Abstract: Moldings based on silica having a hollow cylindrical configuration with internal reinforcing stays or spokes leading from an inner wall of a hollow cylinder to the center of the molding or in the form of miniliths having passageway channels therethrough, are produced by homogenizing silica with methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, wax and/or polyethylene glycol. Water and optionally aqueous alkaline ammonia solution are added, and the mixture is subjected to kneading and forming, extruding, optionally cutting the extrudate to the desired length by means of a cutting device, drying at a temperature from 20 to 150° C., and annealing for a period from 30 minutes to 10 hours at a temperature of 400 to 1200° C. The moldings can be used as catalyst supports for the production of unsaturated esters from olefins, organic acids and oxygen in the gas phase and and can be used in particular for the production of vinyl acetate monomer.

Abstract: A decorative submersible sculpture is described in which a submersible hollow body is formed with a peripheral wall structure. The wall structure defines an internal receptacle of a prescribed decorative shape that is configured to be filled by a visually opaque particulate medium and formed by the internal receptacle into the prescribed decorative shape. At least part of the wall structure is transparent and configured in such a manner that when the receptacle is filled with visually opaque particulate medium, the medium takes the form of the prescribed decorative shape and is visible through the transparent part or parts of the wall structure. The decorative shape will visually appear to be in a solid, self-supporting state, and the transparent parts of the wall structure will be substantially invisible.

Abstract: A process of producing relatively large, dense, free-standing silicon carbide articles by chemical vapor deposition is enabled by the provision of specially designed isolation devices. These devices segregate silicon carbide deposits on the intended portions of substrates, thereby alleviating the need to fracture heavy silicon carbide deposits in order to remove, or otherwise move, the substrate, with the heavy deposit thereon, from the deposition furnace. The isolation devices enable the use of more efficient vertically extended vacuum furnaces. The isolation devices also enable the commercial production of relatively dense, large, thin-walled, silicon carbide shells.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube glass comprises a clean cathode ray tube made of glass and a coating film composed of at least one water-soluble material selected from the group consisting of water-soluble salts, acids being solid at room temperature, monosaccharides and polysaccharides, which is formed on a glass surface of the cathode ray tube in an amount of 0.01-100 &mgr;g/cm2 or to a film thickness of 0.1-200 nm.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pyrolytic boron nitride double container for a source of molecular beams used in molecular beam epitaxy, wherein the transmissivity of an inner container of the pyrolytic boron nitride double container with respect to light having a wave number of 2600 cm−1 to 6500 cm−1 is 90% or less of that of an outer container. The pyrolytic boron nitride double container, which enables molecular beams to generate stably with good temperature controllability and high heat efficiency and which can be used in a stable manner, is provided through a simple process and at low cost, so that molecular beam epitaxial growth can be stabilized, quality of the epitaxial film can be improved, and even though the rise and drop in the temperature of the material melt is repeated, or even at an emergency suspension of the operation, the trouble due to breakage of the container can be prevented.

Abstract: An exhaust line for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine having a catalytic converter, the exhaust line being located upstream of the catalytic converter with respect to the flow direction of exhaust. The exhaust line has an externally applied heat-conducting layer preferably made of a metallic material and an internally disposed insulating layer made of a heat-insulating material. The insulating layer and the heat-conducting layer are connected directly and forcewise with one another. The layer thickness of the insulating layer is less than 2 mm, the specific heat capacity c of the insulating layer is less than 106 J/(m3h), and the heat diffusivity &kgr; of the insulating layer is less than 0.01 cm2/s.

Abstract: A Braun tube having an antibacterial coating film, which is manufactured by the steps of dispersing titanium dioxide (TiO2) in alcohol to prepare a dispersion. Then, the dispersion is coated on a Braun tube, and a thermal treatment is then performed. By a photocatalytic reaction of the titanium dioxide contained in the antibacterial coating film, oxygen (O2) and water (H2O) in the air are decomposed into superoxides (O2−) and hydroxy radicals (OH·), which destroy bacteria and mold around the Braun tube and remove bad odor.

Abstract: An object constructed of silicon carbide is made up of a plurality of sintered silicon carbide component parts in simple solid forms. This approach allows the production of objects having configurations that are obtainable only with difficulty or not at all by prior art approaches. The component parts are inseparably connected together by means of a silicon carbide film integrally formed on said component parts by chemical vapor deposition. In order to provide substantially improved joint strength and overall structural strength, the silicon carbide film preferably has a crystal structure in which the X-ray diffraction intensity ratio of each crystal face to the (111) face is 0.1 to 10 and/or in which the aspect ratio of crystal grains is 1 to 30.

Abstract: A sheet of silicate glass having a thickness of 2 mm and composed mainly of SiO2, and containing Al2O3, B2O3, Na2O, F, etc., is immersed in a molten salt comprising a mixture of 50 mol % of silver nitrate and 50 mol % of sodium nitrate. Na ions in the surface of the glass are eluted, diffusing Ag ions in the molten salt into the glass. When a laser beam is applied to the glass substrate thus formed, the glass substrate is evaporated or ablated progressively from its surface. The glass substrate is processed to a smooth finish without causing cracking or breakage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stopper for use in a substantially cylindrical bottle opening. The stopper has a substantially cylindrical shape to seal the bottle opening and includes a first polymer portion and a second material portion, wherein the second material 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. The invention also relates to a method of protecting liquid in a bottle with a substantially cylindrical bottle opening. The method includes 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. The invention also relates to a method of producing a stopper for use in a substantially cylindrical bottle opening.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge-free container equipped with a metal shield for holding an insulating article therein is described. In the container, an electrically conductive layer substantially covers a bottom lid made of a non-conductive material so as to sufficiently shield the insulating article from electrostatic discharge damages. The present invention novel ESD-free container may further be provided with a metal knob situated in a top lid of the container, or be provided with a metal enclosure positioned inside the container between the top lid and the insulating article. The metal layer that substantially overlaps the bottom lid may be injection molded as an insert in the bottom lid, or may be coated or plated on the bottom lid. The present invention novel ESD-free container eliminates any electrostatic discharge from occurring on a reticle plate and thus avoiding any potential damages.

Abstract: Glass containers having a coating of a plastics material over at least a portion of their exterior surface are disclosed. The coatings are duroplastic powder lacquer or acrylic resin lacquer applied by a process including the steps of heating the containers, moving them into a vessel containing a coating medium, allowing the coating to adhere, transferring the containers onto a conveyor and moving the containers through a setting zone. The containers have volumes ranging between 1 liter and 0.33 liters and the ratio V, which is defined as the ratio of the glass mass of a glass container coated in accordance with the aforementioned process to the glass mass of an uncoated glass container having the same filling volume and same filled product, ranging between 0.64 to 0.87.

Abstract: Rubber charge roller cores are coated with loose particulate silicon carbide. Excess powder is removed, and the rollers are used in normal operation without an additional outer layer. Consistent, long-life operation of the charge roller is realized.

Abstract: A glass cloisonne article and method of making same is provided. The glass cloisonne article includes a glass substrate which can be formed into a desired shape, such as a vase, votive or other desired shape, a framework of metal wire for forming a design on the glass substrate, one or more colored glazes, and a clear glaze which covers the outer surfaces of the colored glazed glass substrate. The glass cloisonne article is translucent and flame resistant and can be used as a votive that can be illuminated by a candle or other illuminating means. The glass substrate can also be shaped into a vase to hold flowers and water. Various other designs can be made including, but not limited to, ornaments, Christmas ornaments, boxes, picture frames, coasters, etc.

Abstract: An automated method for recycling mixed colored cutlet glass (i.e., broken pieces of glass of mixed colors and types) into new glass products. A computer controlled process identifies the virgin glass raw materials, the desired target glass properties, the composition of a batch of mixed colored cullet, and the quantity of cullet to be used in the glass melt, and the computer controlled process automatically determines the proper amounts of raw materials to add to the batch of mixed colored cullet so that recycled glass is produced having the desired coloring oxides, redox agents, and glass structural oxides in the proper proportion. The recycled glass is then used to make glass products such as beer bottles.

Abstract: A tubular structure comprising reinforcing fibers impregnated with a thermosetting polymer and a sheet of matrix material filled with an additive suitable for improving tribological and heat conductivity characteristics of the tubular structure. The reinforcing fibers alternate with the matrix material. The tubular structure is formed by winding the reinforcing fiber fabric and the matrix sheet material, wherein the fabric and the matrix sheet material have first and second ends and the first ends are located in the interior of the winding and the second ends are radially outwardly displaced from the first ends.

Abstract: An austenitic stainless steel article, preferably in the form of a tubing. The article has a passivated surface layer, which in the case of a tubing is on the interior surface of the tubing. The passivated surface layer has an oxide component having Fe2O3 and Cr2O3 and a metal component of Fe with zero valence and Cr with zero valence. The ratio of the oxide component to the metal component is in excess of 8:1.

Abstract: An ornament is formed from a transparent body, such as a globe, having a transparent film received therein. The transparent film includes a translucent image formed thereon. The transparent film is configured so that one or more points of a periphery of the film contact an inside surface of the body when the film is received therein. When viewed from the external body, the translucent image appears to be floating in the body.

Abstract: A decorative receptacle for retaining at least one decorative bobby pin. The decorative bobby pin has opposed first and second ends wherein a decorative element is disposed on the first end thereof. The receptacle further includes a container with an open end in communication with an interior chamber. Disposed within the interior chamber is a quantity of retention material, such as moss. The retention material is adapted to maintain the bobby pin in a substantially vertical orientation upon the advancement of the second end thereinto. Additionally, the retention material maintains the first end of the bobby pin and the decorative element disposed thereon above the open end of the container. Typically, the decorative element attached to the bobby pin is a silk flower and the container is a terra cotta pot. Therefore, when multiple bobby pins are inserted into the pot, a simulated pot or bouquet of flowers is created.

Abstract: A process for producing an article having a three-dimensional optical effect comprising a transparent substrate provided with a translucent simulated ice crystal formation having a controlled amount of fern-like patterns along with articles produced by this process.

Abstract: Numerous applications for hollow glass bodies made from low melting glass material require an increase in the chemical resistance of the interior surface of the glass body. In order to avoid a disadvantageous de-alkalizing process the hollow glass body must be provided with an interior coating in a comparatively expensive prior art process. In an improved process according to the invention a glass tube acting as a semifinished product from which the hollow glass body is made is provided with an interior coating of oxide material, preferably SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2 or mixtures thereof, having a predetermined coating thickness according to the required chemical resistance or working conditions for forming the glass body and then the hollow glass body is made from the glass tube. The coating is advantageously provided by means of a PICVD process.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hollow reinforcing element for casting into composites, which in use defines passageways that may communicate to the exterior of the composite and that can serve as conduit arrays in structures formed from the composite. Benefits include superior strength to weight ratios, reduced thermal stresses, suppression of crack propagation, and improved corrosion protection. The hollow reinforcing elements may also be used to provide antennae, drain systems, leveling devices, containment structures and pneumatic levitation of vehicles.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pyrolytic boron nitride container for accommodating a material serving as a source of molecular beams for molecular beam epitaxy, wherein the transmissivity of the pyrolytic boron nitride container with respect to light having a wave number of 2600 cm−1 to 6500 cm−1 has a profile such that the transmissivity changes in the height direction of the container. The pyrolytic boron nitride container can be manufactured through a simple process and at low cost. The pyrolytic boron nitride container can prevent material melt from rising along the inner wall surface and prevent splashed material melt from adhering to the upper portion of the container. Further, the pyrolytic boron nitride container can stabilize molecular beam epitaxial growth and improve the quality of epitaxial film.

Abstract: A sintered laminated structure including a plurality of ceramic layers made of ceramic materials different from one another, wherein each of the ceramic layers is provided with through-holes passing each of the ceramic layers.

Abstract: A ceramics dress substrate of the present invention capable of both performances of cutting a cut material with a high accuracy and dressing a diamond cutting grindstone with an excellent cutting property and an reduced wearing amount of the grindstone. This ceramics dress substrate comprises sintering a mixture of ceramics grinding particles and a silicate mineral, The ceramics grinding particles are preferably uniformed and have a scratch hardness ranging from 6 to 10. Alumina grinding particles, silicon carbide and mullite are preferably used as the ceramics grinding particles, and a kaolin mineral, pyrophyllite, montmorillonite, sericite, talc and chlorite are preferably used as the silicate mineral. The ceramics dress substrate is preferably coated with glass.

Abstract: A substantially solid glass-based simplified supporting structure includes at least one supporting unit made up of at least two glass sheets separated by at least one sheet of organic material. At least one protective member is provided on a face of the supporting unit, this protective member being made up of at least one sheet or layer of inorganic material and/or of at least one sheet or layer of organic material.

Abstract: A tungsten carbide surface is finished to an RMS surface roughness of about 25 nm (1.0 microinch) or less by abrasion using diamond grit particles. The tungsten carbide surface is abraded by a sequence of grit particle-containing abrasive members, such as abrasive films, pastes, or slurries, at least one of the members having an average grit particle diameter of about 2 &mgr;m or less. The finish is enhanced by oscillating the abrasive member back and forth over the tungsten carbide surface. A different speed is used for at least two consecutive films in the series, thereby generating scratches at different angles which can be distinguished. A superfinish, corresponding to a lack of visible scratches at 100× magnification, can be obtained by abrading the tungsten carbide surface with a diamond slurry or paste having grit particles with an average diameter of about 1 &mgr;m or less.