Abstract: A hollow profile (1) that can be used as a spacer for insulating glass panes, consists of a metal strip with a U-shaped cross section that forms, with its crosspiece (6), outside wall (2) and, with its side parts (8, 10), folded over inward, side walls (4) of the hollow profile (1). The inside wall (3) of the hollow profile (1) is formed by the crosspiece (15) of a plastic strip with a hat-shaped cross section. The plastic strip has side parts (17) which are secured, with edges (18) folded over outward, on side walls (4) by clamping them in the space between side parts (8) and inward-folded edges (10) of the metal strip. The hollow profile can be produced continuously by a roll shaping process from a metal strip and from a plastic strip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an insulative spacer member for use between glass members, such as between panes of glass in a multiple glazed window. The present invention also relates to a multiple glazed window having at least one pair of adjacent glass panes separated by an insulative spacer in accordance with the present invention.

Abstract: A fuser member is disclosed with a supporting substrate having an outer layer of a composition comprising integral interpenetrating networks of haloelastomer, titanium oxide and polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: A hollow extrudate includes a long belt-shaped member produced by extrusion and having hollow portions extending in a longitudinal direction of the member wherein an outer surface of a cross-section of a wall forming the hollow portion orthogonal to the longitudinal direction has a substantially constant shape in the longitudinal direction. The member includes a solid portion extending in the longitudinal direction and interconnecting the hollow portions, the solid portion forming a reinforced portion of the member. The solid portion is formed by enlarging the walls of the hollow portion. The member also includes a first and second extruded region which are pressed together to form the hollow portion.

Abstract: A fuser member is disclosed with a supporting substrate having an outer layer of a composition comprising integral interpenetrating networks of haloelastomer and titanium oxide.

Abstract: A method of initiating oxygen scavenging by rigid or semi-rigid articles which comprise oxidizable organic compounds and transition metal catalysts is disclosed. The method comprises initiating scavenging by exposing the composition, etc., to radiation. The radiation exposure is preferably electron beam or ultraviolet light and is preferably used on oxygen scavenging compositions which comprise a substituted or unsubstituted ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and a transition metal catalyst. Inclusion of a photoinitiator or antioxidant in the scavenging composition is also preferred to facilitate and/or control the composition's scavenging properties. The method can be used for initiating scavenging in packaging layers or articles for oxygen sensitive products such as food and beverage.

Abstract: A medical device provided with a subsurface bacteriostatic/bactericidal stratum to a predetermined depth is disclosed. The bacteriostatic/bactericidal stratum is introduced into the medical device by ion implantation of sufficient concentration to impart thereto the desired bacteriostatic/bactericidal property. The acquired bacteriostatic/bactericidal property has a useful life coterminal with the device. The treated medical device remains biocompatible, is non-leaching and, depending on the specific device, also is thromboresistant.

Abstract: A fuser member having a core and a layer overlying said core. The layer comprises a crosslinked polydiphenylsiloxane-poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer having tin oxide particles dispersed therein in a concentration of from 20 to 40 percent of the total volume of the layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for coating the interior surface of a cylinder with a uniform, relatively thick layer of a polymeric material. The method includes the steps of dispersing a particulate polymeric material into the interior cavity of a cylinder. Any openings in the cylinder are then closed. The cylinder is then subjected to rotational movement while at the same time subjecting the cylinder to oscillation in a vertical plane. The polymeric material is then heated to a temperature above the melting point of the polymeric material, and maintained at that temperature for a time sufficient to coat the polymeric material onto the interior surface of the cylinder. The rotation and oscillation of the cylinder is then halted and the polymeric material is cooled.

Abstract: A fusing member and a method for preparing such a fusing member are disclosed. The method has the steps of conversion coating a support member; applying a base cushion of thermally insulating silicone elastomer over the conversion coating; vulcanizing the base cushion; and baking the support member and the base cushion at a temperature in excess of the temperature necessary to vulcanize the base cushion in less than 5 minutes.

Abstract: An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a basket liner, and a novel basket liner formed utilizing such a system.

Abstract: Surface metallized polymeric implants, such as cannula, needles, catheters, connectors and the like, a dry coating method therefor and apparatus to accomplish the same are disclosed. The metallization of the implants is intended to improve their biocompatibility and to reduce infusion-associated phlebitis and infection. The method essentially includes the dry coating of the outside surfaces of the polymeric implants with a metallic thin film. The apparatus to effect the dry coating method essentially includes a vacuum chamber, an evaporator and an ion source mounted in operative association within the chamber, and means for rotatably mounting a plurality of polymeric implants for exposure to the evaporator and the ion source.

Abstract: An elastic fixing roll having an elastic, compliant body material and release surface material is disclosed. The body material comprises porous silicone rubber, fluorosilicone rubber, or fluorocarbon rubber foam, or a porous synthetic polymer foam reinforced with silicone rubber, fluorosilicone rubber, or fluorocarbon rubber. The release surface material is formed of porous polytetrafluoroethylene film containing silicone rubber, fluorosilicone rubber, or fluorocarbon rubber and is bonded to the body material by a non-continuous layer of adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an insulative spacer member for use between glass members, such as between panes of glass in a multiple glazed window. The present invention also relates to a multiple glazed window having at least one pair of adjacent glass panes separated by an insulative spacer in accordance with the present invention.

Abstract: In order to facilitate manufacture and assembly of a rigid cover for a vehicle roof with a peripheral seal opposite of the roof opening there is provided according to the invention that the gap seal (3) is manufactured from an elastomer and in the shape of a coextruded profile with a profile area (10) comprising the glass panel (2) and the rim (16) of the base frame (15), and has a U-shaped reinforcement (20) on the inside and a profile area on the inside in the shape of a hollow chamber seal (22) made of sponge rubber, which is delivered as one module with the four corners (30-33) flexed into a frame (6) still open on the posterior lateral side; during assembly this module will be laterally attached to the rim of the other module consisting of glass panel (2) and base frame (15), and the open frame ends (7, 8) are glued and screwed together (FIG. 2).

Abstract: A fuser member useful for heat-fixing an electrographic toner to a substrate. The fuser member has a core and a layer overlying the core. That layer includes a cured fluorocarbon random copolymer having subunits with the general structures:--(CH.sub.2 CF.sub.2).sub.x --, --(CF.sub.2 CF.sub.2).sub.z --,and ##STR1## where x is from 30 to 90 mole percent, y is from 10 to 70 mole percent, and z is from 0 to 34 mole percent. The layer incorporates particulate filler. The filler includes tin oxide and a material selected from the group consisting of alkali metal oxides, alkali metal hydroxides, and combinations thereof. The filler has a total concentration in the layer of from about 25 to 50 percent of the total volume of the layer. The tin oxide has a concentration of from 20 to 40 percent of the total volume of the layer.

Abstract: A resin bonded magnet including a rare earth magnetic powder and an organic resin moulded into a single body having a cylindrical form. The resin bonded magnet satisfies the condition:2 DL/d.sup.2 .gtoreq.1.56where D is the outer diameter of the magnet, d is the inner diameter, and L is the magnet's length. The rare earth magnetic powder has a coercivity between 7 kOe and 12 kOe. The magnetic powder has an average particle size, r, satisfying:1 .mu.m.ltoreq.r.ltoreq.0.1 t(t.ltoreq.1 mm)where t is the thickness of the moulded article.

Abstract: A fuser member useful for heat-fixing an electrographic toner to a substrate, a composition of matter and a preparation method. The fuser member has a core and a base cushion layer overlying the core. The base cushion layer includes a crosslinked poly(dimethylsiloxane-fluoroalkylsiloxane) elastomer that has tin oxide particles dispersed therein in a concentration of from 20 to 40 percent of the total volume of the base cushion layer.

Abstract: Improved thermoplastic adhesive liquid coatings adapted for use as a primer coating for inground pipelines, which coatings include an amphipathic metal complexing reagent in an amount effective to provide protection against cathodic disbondment, the improvement being the bonding to the thermoplastic moiety of an anhydride in an amount sufficient to provide still further protection against degradative environmental forces; and novel protective pipewrap systems including same.

Abstract: A spacer made of plastic material for building components, having at least two spaced apart panes that are fixedly connected to one another, consists of a hollow profiled member that is positioned between the panes. The hollow profiled member has sidewalls facing the panes, an interior wall facing the interior chamber between the panes, and an exterior wall facing outwardly. At least one first insert for inhibiting water vapor diffusion is provided. The at least one first insert is embedded in the sidewalls and the exterior wall. A second insert is embedded in the interior wall and is preferably of a material that inhibits water vapor diffusion, preferably a thin-walled foil made of metal or plastic.

Abstract: A foamed plastic manufactured by foaming a mixture of a resin and a volatile polymerizable foaming agent, wherein the pressure in the foams of the foamed plastic is less than atmospheric pressure, is disclosed. Further, a foamed plastic manufactured by hermetically sealing with an airtight film and foaming a mixture of a resin and a volatile polymerizable foaming agent, wherein the pressure in a gap region between the airtight film and the foamed plastic and the pressure in the foams of the foamed plastic are less than atmospheric pressure is disclosed. Further, a method of manufacturing foamed plastic comprising foaming a mixture of a volatile polymerizable foaming agent and a resin, and irradiating the foamed plastic with an energy beam.

Abstract: An intermediate toner transfer component is disclosed comprising a substrate and a coating comprised of integral, interpenetrating networks of haloelastomer, titanium oxide, and optionally polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: A packing container for cooking retort-sterilized content obtained by press-forming a laminate material which comprises a surface-treated steel foil, a primer layer of a composition of a polyamideimide and an epoxy resin provided on at least one surface of said steel foil, and an overcoating layer of a resin composition containing a composition of a polyamideimide and an epoxy resin, and a fluorine-type resin in an amount of from 60 to 300 parts by weight 100 parts by weight of said composition an provided on said primer layer. The packaging container is capable of safely preserving the content for extended periods of time without requiring any particular means such as refrigeration. And at the time when it is to be eaten after opened.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silicone rubber composition for fixing roll service. More specifically, the invention relates to a silicone rubber composition for fixing roll service that is easily molded into a fixing roll as used in devices such as electrophotographic copiers, facsimile machines, and laser printers and that yields a fixing roll with an excellent mechanical strength and excellent toner release properties.

Abstract: A weather strip for an automobile comprising a trim portion securable to a flange of an automobile. The trim portion has a holding piece and a concave portion. The concave portion is disposed at a base portion of the holding piece and is in contact with an end of the flange. The concave portion is cooperable with the end of the flange to enable the trim portion to be slidably rotatable with respect to the end of the flange when being secured to the flange. An adhesive is provided at an inner surface of the holding piece for adhering the trim portion to the flange.

Abstract: A high-molecular-weight polyester is to be prepared in such a way that it is possible to very quickly and advantageously obtain even relatively small amounts having a very high molecular weight.This is achieved by preparing a polyester containing proportions of an alkene diol by continuing the polycondensation step until a viscosity number from 5 to 150 cm.sup.3 /g is reached and subsequently subjecting the polyester thus obtained to a treatment with ionizing radiation until the required viscosity number is reached.With the aid of the process of the invention it is possible to obtain high-molecular-weight polyesters having the desired property profile.

Abstract: A laminated steel sheet for cans comprises: a steel sheet; a metallic chromium plated layer with a 5 to 150 mg/m.sup.2 coating weight formed on the sheet; a hydrated chromium oxide layer with a 3 to 15 mg/m.sup.2 coating weight in terms of chromium formed on the metallic chromium layer; a bonding layer formed on the hydrated chromium oxide layer; and a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate resin film formed on the bonding layer with a strip-shaped margin left for welding, the bonding layer being obtained by curing an adhesive having bisphenol A epoxy resin which has 15,000 to 30,000 number average molecular weight and is from 70 to 90 wt. % of said bonding layer with the remainder being resol phenol resin which has a base of bisphenol A. Other related laminated sheets are also provided.

Abstract: A composite container having a barrier property and comprising a packaging material which comprises an inner surface layer, a barrier layer, and a base material layer wherein the barrier layer comprises one selected from nylon MXD 6 and a semi-aromatic polyamide resin, which is a copolymer comprising an aromatic polyamide forming component and an aliphatic polyamide forming component wherein the aromatic polyamide forming component comprises an aliphatic diamine and isophthalic acid and/or terephthalic acid, and the aliphatic polyamide forming component comprises a lactam or an aliphatic diamine, and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. The above packaging material may also comprise an inner surface layer having a barrier property and a base material layer wherein the inner surface layer having a barrier property comprises the above semi-aromatic polyamide resin.

Abstract: A resin U-channel assembly 1 in a formed protector 10 for a wire harness wherein side plate portions 3 are prevented from bending inwardly in the assembly 1. The resin U-channel assembly 1 includes a bottom plate portion 2, side plate portions 3, and corner portions 5 integrally and vertically coupling the side plate portions 3 to the opposite side ends of the bottom plate portion 2. The corner portions 5 are thinner than the bottom plate portion 2 and the side plate portions 3 and extend in a longitudinal direction of the assembly 1.

Abstract: A preform for impregnation of a metal or ceramic matrix material comprising a multiplicity of reinforcement particles bonded together so as to define a three-dimensional, open-cell reticulum comprising a plurality of randomly oriented thread-like portions interconnected one to the next via a plurality of nodes. A reinforced composite made from such preform and method of making the preform is disclosed/claimed wherein the reinforcement particles are mixed with prepolymers used to produce a fugitive binder for the particles comprising a foamed polymer, and the particles align themselves with the polymer portions of the resulting foam.

Abstract: A method of initiating oxygen scavenging by compositions which comprise oxidizable organic compounds and transition metal catalysts is disclosed. The method comprises initiating scavenging by exposing the composition, etc., to radiation. The radiation exposure is preferably electron beam or ultraviolet light and is preferably used on oxygen scavenging compositions which comprise a substituted or unsubstituted ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and a transition metal catalyst. Inclusion of a photoinitiator or antioxidant in the scavenging composition is also preferred to facilitate and/or control the composition's scavenging properties. The method can be used for initiating scavenging in packaging layers or articles for oxygen sensitive products such as food and beverage.

Abstract: Bottles can be made, especially by extrusion stretch blow moulding, using a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising a polymer, preferably a polyester, which contains metal particles especially of sb, which intrinsically absorb radiation in the wavelength region 500 nm to 2000 nm, in a quantity such that the reheat time of the polymer is less than the reheat time of the polymer in the absence of that quantity of particles. A method of making such metal containing polymer compositions by reducing a metal compound in situ is also described.

Abstract: There is disclosed a reinforcing element for reinforcing a solidified fluid mass such as concrete or refractory comprising an elongate shank having a slot extending along at least a portion of the length of the shank. The slot increases the surface area of the shank and increases the aspect ratio of the element to more firmly bond the element in the mass. Anchoring portions are provided at the ends of the shank and have a width greater than the diameter of the shank.

Abstract: A thermosetting damper material which is in a liquid phase at normal temperature is coated on a surface of an automobile fuel tank. Thereafter, the coated thermosetting damper material is heated to thermoset the thermosetting damper material into a damper layer on the surface of the automobile fuel tank. A paint layer may be coated on the surface of the automobile fuel tank over or under the damper layer.

Abstract: A method of forming a composite extrusion is disclosed wherein a main body portion (1) of the extrusion is first extruded from a thermosetting material, this body portion then being heated so as at least partly to cure it, the main body portion then being passed at high temperature through a further extruder where a thermoplastics material (8) is extruded onto one or more surfaces of the main body portion (1), the subsequent composite extrusion then being cooled and formed into its final shape.

Abstract: A tinned steel sheet having a tin deposit obtained by evenly plating tin on the surface of a base steel sheet at a deposition rate of 0.5-1.7 g/m.sup.2 is used as a surface-treated steel sheet for forming a can body. A biaxially oriented polyester film having a thickness of 5-50 .mu.m is caused to adhere to the surface-treated steel sheet with a thermosetting resin adhesive at a temperature of 180.degree.-225.degree. C. as a protective coat. The tinned steel sheet has, on its both ends, two layers of a tin-iron alloy layer having a deposition rate of 0.35-1.60 g/m.sup.2 in terms of tin content and a tin layer having a tin deposition rate of 0.10-1.35 g/m.sup.2 at a stage after the adhesion of the polyester film but before welding. Said both ends of the surface-treated steel sheet are welded to each other, and another protective coat is applied to a portion of the inner surface, which is not covered with the first-mentioned protective coat, thereby forming a welded can.

Abstract: A method of producing steel wires intended for the manufacture of flexible conduits, steel wires obtained by this method, and flexible conduits reinforced by such wires is characterized by the fact that, for a given strain-hardening rate of the initial wire, a heat treatment is carried out under conditions of time and temperature such that the steel wire obtained after treatment has a mechanical rupture strength (Rm) greater than 850 MPa and a structure containing little free ferrite.

Abstract: Improvements to sections made of plastomer of U cross-section, which are intended especially for fitting to projecting edges of automobile bodywork or the like.

Abstract: A thin, tacky, non-pourable film of incompatible in situ-expandable thermoplastic particles and thermosettable matrix resin that contains an essentially uniform density and thickness across the breadth of the film. The in situ-expandable mass is not pourable yet can be easily dispensed in a uniform manner within a mold and thereafter expanded to the dimensions of the mold. Composites and reinforced compositions, as well as methods of molding, are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to articles, particularly plate or sheet-like articles made of plastic in which very low contents of fine electrically conductive fibers are uniformly dispersed so as to make the articles conductive. It also relates to specific intermediate plastic products, referred to as grains, threads and granules, and the processes for manufacturing each of these products as well as the final conductive articles. The articles can be used as a suitable shielding against radio-frequency and high-frequency electromagnetic radiation or as antistatic plastic articles.

Abstract: An automobile glass pane prepared for adhesive bonding to the fastening flange of a window frame comprises a profiled spacer having a web aligned approximately perpendicular to the glass pane. Adjacent the web is a bead of a plastic adhesive having a high adhesion with respect to the spacer and with respect to the fastening flange. The bead of plastic adhesive, moreover, is of relatively high shear strength and is arranged on the side directed towards the border of the pane. Arranged on the other side of the web is a bead of a reaction adhesive composition. This web has a height corresponding to the minimum distance of the glass pane from the fastening flange. The bead of plastic adhesive serves to fix the glass pane in its installed position during the hardening phase of the reaction adhesive composition.

Abstract: A weatherstrip including a strip body provided with base. The base includes a surface to which the weatherstrip is fitted onto a vehicle body and a seal portion formed integrally with the base. An adhesive layer is applied on the fitting surface, for adhering the strip body to the vehicle body. A release liner is provided for protecting the adhesive layer until the weatherstrip is fitted. The release liner contains a synthetic resin non-woven fabric layer and a film layer laminated thereon, and has a high tensile strength.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing extruded, optical-quality, transparent panel units having integral flange members for joining to adjacent, similar panel units. The method includes the steps of extruding a substantially flat strip of suitable plastic material, calendering the extruded strip by pulling it in the still hot, pliable state through a calender, at least the central portion of the strip being smoothened to an optical-quality transparency and the marginal portions of the strip being provided with at least one sawtooth-like, continuous projection on at least one face of the marginal portions, controllably heating the strip at a limited zone on the one face to render the zone pliable, using bending rolls to bend the marginal portions at substantially a right angle, so as to turn them into flange members, the inside corners formed by the bending rolls between the central portion and the marginal portions being rounded, and finally, cutting the flanged panels to required length.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a surface coating sliding member made of rubber or plastic applied with a coating of excellent durability and high sliding property, in which the coating contains a solid lubricant such as molybdenum disulfide and a resin matrix, wherein the resin matrix comprises a fluoro-olefin vinyl ether polymer resin and/or fluoro-olefin vinyl ether vinyl ester copolymer.

Abstract: A thermal insulating material is packed in a sealing bag composed of an obverse face material and a reverse face material, wherein each of the obverse face material and reverse face material is preferably made of a metal foil having a thickness in the range of 3 to 50 micrometers and which is sandwiched by a sealant layer of plastic film adhesively affixed to one side thereof and by a surface layer of plastic film adhesively affixed to the other side thereof (hereinafter termed a metal foil composite plastic film), and then a similarly constructed metal foil composite plastic film, or preferably one having a number of holes therein, is stuck on the outer surface or inner surface of the obverse face material, to thus obtain a vacuum thermal insulating panel. The vacuum thermal insulating panel thus obtained can prevent permeation of gas from the outside, reflect heat, and prevent heat conduction along the outer surface.

Abstract: A fuser member comprising a supporting substrate, and a outer layer comprised of an integral interpenetrating hybrid polymeric network comprised of a haloelastomer, a coupling agent, a functional polyorganosiloxane and a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: A composite hose is disclosed which is constructed essentially with an inner tube and an outer cover, the inner tube being formed from a composition comprised of a specified polymer alloy of a selected class of polyamide resins and acrylic rubbers and the outer cover from a composition comprised of a specified thermoplastic elastomer of a selected class of polyolefin resins and ethylene-propylene-diene rubbers and butyl-based rubber. Impermeability is greatly improved with respect to refrigerant gases and fuel oils.

Abstract: A thickness-reduced deep-draw-formed can obtained by using, as the substrate, a cold-rolled steel plate having a carbon content in the steel of 0.02 to 0.15% by weight, a manganese content in the steel of 0.2 to 1.0% by weight, a mean diameter of crystal grain of smaller than 6.0 .mu.m, a tensile strength over a range of from 35 to 55 kg/mm.sup.2, and a thickness of 0.17 to 0.30 mm in a step of subjecting an organic resin-coated structure of the surface-treated steel plate to the thickness-reducing deep-draw forming. This makes it possible to suppress the generation and accumulation of heat in the organic resin-coated steel plate to a level lower than the conventional levels. Therefore, the organic resin coating is prevented from being peeled off or damaged and, as a result, the corrosion resistance can be markedly improved.

Abstract: The invention is a weather strip having good water-repellency and a method for preparing a weather strip for an automobile or a building. The weather strip includes a flock portion on its sealing portion surface to which a hardened reactive silicone layer is coated. The reactive silicone layer is made of a base material, a catalyst and a solvent. The hardened reactive silicone layer may further include a coupling agent, an ultraviolet cut-off pigment or a fine powder. The weather strip is prepared by applying the reactive silicone layer to the flock portion of the weather strip and curing the reactive silicone at a temperature of 80.degree.-150.degree. C. for 1-20 minutes.

Abstract: The invention is to a non-woven fabric sheet for a storage battery separator. The sheet has an excellent property of holding electrolyte by using conjugate fibers having a specific sectional form. The sheet comprises an ethylene copolymer having a specific structure which can introduce a desirable amount of sulfo groups efficiently under mild reaction conditions. Conjugate fibers having a split sectional form include a first component and a second component having a radial arrangement. The conjugate fibers are obtained by forming an ethylene based random copolymer containing a unit represented by a formula --CH.sub.2 CH(COOH)--, with polypropylene. Subsequently, a non-woven fabric sheet of a thermally bonding type is obtained by mixing the conjugate fibers with polypropoylene fibers. Subsequently, a non-woven fabric sheet for a storage battery separator is obtained by sulfonating the non-woven fabric sheet using gas such as SO.sub.3 to form a unit of the formula --CH.sub.2 C(SO.sub.3 H)(COOH)--.