Abstract: A wet sleeve from a diesel engine is coated with Teflon in the area which will be in contact with the water from the cooling system. The Teflon coating will prevent the sleeves from being pitted from the boiling of the water against the sleeve.

Abstract: A coated web or composite having improved flexibility. The coated web of the present invention comprises at least one layer and preferably at least two layers. The layers comprise a fibrous web located or embedded with polymeric composition. The coated web is flexed sufficiently over at least a portion of the web surface to have improved flexibility properties. The web can be flexed in a single direction along the surface or randomly along the whole surface. Preferably, the web is flexed sufficiently to form a plurality of permanent creases or wrinkles. The coated web has improved flexibility, and at the same time, impact resistant properties, such as ballistic resistance, are substantially maintained compared to an unflexed web.

Abstract: A method of making a repeatedly inflatable and deflatable structure is disclosed wherein an inner envelope (3) of gas impermeable material is at least partially surrounded by a shell (1) of reinforcing material and adhesive (15/15a) is provided between the two and the envelope is expanded to contact the shell and to become adhered thereto by the flexible adhesive.

Abstract: A gas permeable package for a preservative agent is fabricated from a material which includes a support having pores therein sufficiently large to permit passage of gas therethrough but small enough to retain a preservative agent. There is a conformal, hydrophobic and oleophobic coating on the porous support member. The coating includes a fluoroacrylate based polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving the adhesion between an aramid cord and sulfur vulcanized rubber comprising (a) treating the aramid cord with a copolymer of the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein w is an integer of from 1 to 100, y is an integer of from 10 to 500; z is an integer of from 1 to 120; X is: ##STR2## or mixtures thereof; B is: ##STR3## or mixtures thereof; wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H, Cl or CH.sub.3 ; and(b) vulcanizing a composite of the treated cord and rubber.

Abstract: A gas permeable material comprising a material having continuous pores through it, in which the pore interiors are coated with an amorphous copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole.

Abstract: Fiberballs for filling uses have been prepared from mechanically-crimped fibers having both a primary crimp and a secondary crimp with specific configurations, especially amplitudes and frequencies. The fiberballs may contain a proportion of other fibers, particularly binder fibers.

Abstract: A fabric substrate which is at least partially or selectively coated with a novel polycarbonate-polyether polyurethane for use as a driver's side or passenger side air bag. The polyurethane coating is applied in a manner which provides a desired permeability to the fabric, allows the fabric to be cut without fraying the fibers of the substrate, and imparts flexibility toughness and tear resistance to the final product.

Abstract: A composite material tube, substantially insensitive to the variations of elongation under the effect of the internal pressure, comprising a number n of stable layers of reinforcement fibers, the fibers of each layer (i) being placed at the same winding angle in absolute value, referenced theta, with respect to the axis of the tube with an equal proportion of fibers wound at said angle in one direction (.vertline.theta.vertline.) as fibers wound in the opposite direction (-.vertline.theta.vertline.), the fibers of each layer being buried in a matrix which adheres to these fibers. The fibers of the same layer and the associated matrix have a volume referenced Y, the parallel fibers of the same layer and the associated matrix having overall a modulus of elasticity in the natural direction of the fibers, referenced E, wherein said n layers of fibers comply as a whole with the following relationship:0.35.ltoreq.A.ltoreq.0.

Abstract: A composite element comprising a reinforcing fabric framework comprising at least one assembly of separate tubular fabric formations bonded in an impregnating synthetic resin material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to animal fiber for use as wadding characterized in that a far infrared radiating substance is affixed to the animal fiber together with a water repellent agent. The animal fiber for use as wadding of the present invention has a voluminous and comfortable feeling, suppresses decomposition of proteins such as beta-keratin, prevents a foul odor inherent in such proteins and has an excellent durability. Further, it is capable of enhancing health as well as therapeutic treatment though an effect of far infrared rays.

Abstract: Elastomer structures having exposed controlled surface release characteristics can be made by coating at least a portion of their surface with a releasing composition comprising (a) a chlorosulphonated polymer; (b) a reinforcing filler and (c) a green tackifying agent. Optionally, these compositions can also contain a chemical curing system and one or more volatile solvent/diluent viscosity-reducing vehicle. In a specific example, the coating are applied to flexible structures used in machines for the manufacture of articles having natural tack due to their rubber or elastomer content.

Abstract: A tubular felt useful in the grinding of the panel face of a cathode ray tube is made up of a fabric woven with a non heat-shrinkable warp and a heat-shrinkable weft; a heat-shrinkable batt bonded to the surface of said fabric by needling; and a non heat-meltable, hygroscopic fiber mixed with at least one of the heat-shrinkable weft and heat-shrinkable batt.

Abstract: An improved package for microwave cooking of food has a grease-absorbing pad that has a porous spundbonded polyester outer fabric bonded to a needle-punched nonwoven polyester staple-fiber core layer. The pad provides efficient absorption and retention of liquid fat and grease generated during microwave cooking.

Abstract: In a construction material comprising a flexible carrier substrate impregnated or coated with a water-hardening resin, the resin contains as an additive polyether polysiloxane polyurethanes of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is lower alkyl,m is the average number of siloxane groups in the range from 5 to 25,R is ##STR2## in which X is lower alkylene,Y is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic or araliphatic moiety, which is unsubstituted or substituted by further ##STR3## Z is a polyether moiety based on ethylene oxide units propylene oxide units, or both with the average number of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide units being in the range fro 10 to 100 andR.sup.2 is lower alkyl.

Abstract: Continuous flat unidirectional flat ribbons, which have been precut from an impregnated fiber reinforced-matrix composite tape so as to have a substantially greater width than thickness, are interlaced in over-and-under relationship in 0 degree and 90 degree directions into the form of a continuous, multi-directional seamless tube. The tube may be cut into tubular sections, which then are subjected to temporary heat and pressure so that the matrix fuses the interlaced ribbons to form an integral tube. The elongated seamless tube also may be cut into planar sections and used to form integral members of planar or contoured construction. The integral members may be formed of a single layer of the interlaced material, or of laminated construction form multiple layers of the interlaced material, with the ribbons of each layer either extending parallel, at an angle other than 0/90 degrees, aligned, or offset, with respect to the ribbons in the other layer(s).

Abstract: Composite tube, which is a sandwich structure, comprising a plurality of fiber strata, each made of epoxy-saturated fibers, and at least one layer of a honeycomb material sandwiched between. The fiber strata and the honeycomb layers are in alternating sequence. Each fiber stratum may include a fiber web surrounded by a fiber cable, which consists essentially of a large number of twisted fibers arranged in the axial direction and parallel to each other. The composite tube of this invention is very light in weight, yet has tensile strength and other mechanical properties corresponding to those of conventional tubes made of steel. The tube of this invention is especially useful as a guide roller or an expansion shaft.

Abstract: A lining material adapted for lining the inner surface of pipelines for transferring various kinds of fluids such as city water, sewage, city gases and petroleum, etc., is characterized in that low elongation high tensile strength filament yarns are used as wefts forming tubular textile jackets laid in the lining material, or as the yarns forming a tubular fibrous member together with a tubular textile jacket. This characteristic feature provides enhanced earthquake resistance and shape retaining property against external pressures and limited expansion in diameter.

Abstract: A flower pot cover made by placing a sheet of natural or synthetic burlap or combinations thereof, natural or synthetic fiber or combinations thereof, or paper over a material capable of being formed into a predetermined shape by forming a plurality of overlapping folds in said material and then forming at least the two materials simultaneously into the predetermined shape of the flower pot cover.A flower pot cover comprising a sheet of natural or synthetic burlap or combinations thereof, natural or synthetic fiber or combinations thereof, or paper treated with a shape-sustaining agent to retain the predetermined shape of the flower pot cover.

Abstract: An improved thermoformable composite sheet comprises a layer of thermoplastic polymer and a lightweight stitchbonded nonwoven elastic fabric having a conformability at 180.degree. C. in the range of 4 to 9. The sheet provides articles thermoformed therefrom with improved wall thickness uniformity.

Abstract: High performance, metallic coated staple fibers and nonwoven insulating webs made up of such fibers are produced. The process includes providing a nonwoven substantially two-dimensional web of fibers wherein at least a portion of 50 percent of the fibers are exposed to one or the other side of the web. This web is metallized with a low emissivity metal(s) and/or alloy(s) to produce a coated web wherein at least 50 percent of the surface area of the web fibers are coated with metal and or alloy. The coated web is shredded into individual, staple fibers which are thereafter united to produce a nonwoven, lofty three-dimensional insulating web having a density of between about 0.02 to 2 pounds per cubic foot.

Abstract: A sorptive article that is made of one or more fibrous web elements enclosed within a fibrous web casing and that may be used for absorbing liquid material.

Abstract: A method and product for improved glass fiber reinforced and filled thermoplastic and thermosetting resin systems utilizes glass fiber material which is first etched and then silanated using an organo-functional silane. The etching of the glass fiber may be performed utilizing hydrofluoric acid, acidulated phosphate fluoride or the equivalent thereof.

Abstract: A wiring harness is enshrouded in a tubular length of stretchable material. The shroud holds pigtails, takeouts, connectors, harness hold-downs and the like which otherwise extend from the harness against a trunk of the harness so that it can be inserted through an opening in a firewall or other structural member of a motor vehicle or other product for installation of the harness. Once inserted through the opening, the shroud is removed, preferably by means of a closure device which initially maintains the shroud as a tubular structure but can be removed to open at least a portion of the tubular structure to facilitate shroud removal. To facilitate installation of the shroud onto a wiring harness, the shroud is initially stretched over a tubular applicator to expand the shroud.

Abstract: A cheese of fiber can be effectively sized with an aqueous emulsion of a cationic polymer, containing 0.2 to 20 g/l of a water-soluble salt, at 30.degree. to 80.degree. C. The polymer preferably includes a copolymer of a vinyl monomer and an unsaturated carboxylic acid on a cationic polymer.

Abstract: Hollow polyester fibers are blended with sheath/core binder fibers and bonded together in a ratio of 80 to 18 to form a support cushion. Several layers may be laminated together. The denier of the polyester fibers in at least some of the layers may vary from the denier of the polyester fibers in other layers. For this purpose, the deniers of the polyester in the various layers are selected from the range including 4 to 40. The polyester in at least some layers, perferably the outermost layers, are slickened. In an alternative approach, there is provided a wrapping of the outermost layers formed of unbonded polyester fibers.

Abstract: A laundry detergent pouch comprising a non-woven web of non-woven sensitive material normally having interstices capable of passing laundry detergent powder. The web is compressed and bonded, while compressed, to hold the fibers in compressed condition filling the interstices to prevent passage of detergent powder outwardly thereof.

Abstract: An electrically conducting material including a cyanic group-containing material having adsorbed thereby copper sulfide. The cyanic group-containing material is in the form of powder or shaped body such as fiber, film, plate, rod or like and is formed of a synthetic polymer such as polyacrylonitrile or a polyamide having introduced thereinto cyanic groups; a naturally occurring polymeric substance such as cotton having introduced thereinto cyanic groups; or a low molecular compound such as phthalonitrile. The electrically conducting material may be prepared by treating the cyanic group-containing material with a source of monovalent copper ions and a sulfur-containing compound to form copper sulfide adsorbed by the cyanic group-containing material.

Abstract: This invention consists of a pintle for use in closing the pin seam of an on-machine-seamed (OMS) press fabric. The pintle takes the form of a braided, knitted, or ply-twisted yarn whose components are monofilaments of various and/or varying diameter. It has an essentially circular cross section for ease of installation, but will flatten in use to an oblate shape closely conforming to that of the void shape formed by the loops at the end of the press fabric and leaving little or no gap when the seam is closed and under tension. Its porous structure allows the passage of water. In this way, the completed seam will more closely resemble the main body of the press fabric.

Abstract: A fabric covered metal rail suitable for use as a top or bottom rail in a fabric Venetian blind and method for producing such a rail by first laminating a fabric strip to a metal strip and then roll forming the laminated strip into the rail.

Abstract: Boron nitride is coated on filaments of elemental carbon and/or silicon carbide, the coated filaments are contacted with an infiltration-promoting material containing elemental carbon to produce a preform wherein the filaments are substantially parallel and each filament is enveloped with infiltration-promoting material, and the preform is infiltrated with a molten solution of boron and silicon producing a composite containing boron nitride coated filaments.

Abstract: A nodulizing machine for use in an apparatus for making loose fill insulation from mineral fibers comprises an input portal, a conduit containing a plurality of blades and an output portal. Apparatus for making loose fill insulation from mineral fibers comprises a duct extending from a source of the mineral fibers to the nodulizing machine of the present invention. The apparatus includes flow rate control means to control the flow rate of air and mineral fibers in the apparatus. A process for making loose fill insulation from mineral fibers in association with the apparatus of the invention is also discussed.

Abstract: A high-strength patching material made of a cloth woven from continuous filament fiberglass warp and filling yarns and impregnated between the yarns with a resinous pliabile-plastic material which hardens spontaneously upon exposure to aqueous moisture is disclosed for use in leakproof patching of pipes and other containers of fluids under elevated pressures.

Abstract: A flexible and resilient, nonwoven, surface treating article formed of entangled synthetic fibers bonded together at points where they contact one another by a binder resin comprising plasticized vinyl resin and polymerized amine-formaldehyde derivative.

Abstract: A high performance filter element is provided, which filter element comprises a wound sheet of apertured material formed by hydroentangling webs of disparate fibrous materials. In a most preferred embodiment, the fibrous material disposed upstream of fluid flow should have a fiber diameter smaller than that disposed downstream.

Abstract: A golf club shaft comprises a laminated tube constituting a main body of the shaft which is wound around the outer periphery of a mandrel, a transparent metallic layer wound around the outer periphery of the laminated tube and a resin coat such as epoxy resin formed on the outer periphery of the transparent metallic layer. The laminated tube is composed of a plurality of cloth prepreg sheets having different fiber orientations when wound around the mandrel. The transparent metallic layer is composed of a cloth prepreg sheet and a metallic surface. The cloth prepreg sheet is formed of a cloth of organic and/or inorganic fibers, which is made transparent after molding treatment, and formed by plating or depositing, on one surface of the cloth, metal such as titanium or the like and by impregnating epoxy resin or other thermosetting or thermoplastic resin into the thus formed cloth.

Abstract: The material is formed by a fibrous reinforcement constituted by a texture of carbon or silicon carbide fibers and a matrix deposited by chemical vapor infiltration through the porosity of the fibrous fabric and containing free carbon co-deposited with the zirconia, the weight proportion of free carbon co-deposited with the zirconia in the matrix being preferably between 0.1 and 10%. In comparison with pure or partly stabilized fritted zirconias, the composite zirconia according to the invention exhibits an improved tenacity, preservation of the mechanical strength and dimensional stability under high temperatures, as well as an improved density, without the introduction of the fibrous reinforcement reducing too excessively the properties of heat insulation and resistance to oxidation.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced metal comprising glass fibers and a matrix metal, said glass fibers having a nitrogen content of at least 8 atomic %. The fiber-reinforced metal has a high tensile strength and elasticity.

Abstract: Disclosed is glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic sheet material suitable for various compression molding applications. The glass fibers useful in this invention are described in detail, and the thermoplastic composition is poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate) or a blend of either of these polyesters with each other and/or polycarbonate.

Abstract: A composite reinforcement element comprising three superimposed and crossed even layers of threads and a continuous thread extending perpendicularly through the three superimposed even layers. The layers are impregnated with a binder and the binder is polymerized after impregnation. The superimposed and crossed even layers are initially maintained assembled, before the impregnation and the polymerization of the binder, by a conjugate action of gripping and friction of the three superposed and crossed even layers of threads on the continuous thread which extends therethrough. The continuous thread forms an internal surface of the composite reinforcement element which protrudes from the superimposed and crossed even layers of threads in the form of open loops which are interconnected on an external surface of the element.

Abstract: Fibrous material is coated with boron nitride and a silicon-wettable material, the coated fibrous material is admixed with an infiltration-promoting material which is at least partly elemental carbon and the mixture is formed into a preform which is infiltrated with molten silicon producing a composite containing boron nitride coated fibrous material.

Abstract: A dimensionally stable polyester melt blown web composition is disclosed. The polyester melt blown web is obtained by contacting the web with a solvent, and drying the web. The solvents which are used have total solubility parameters (S.sub.o) of 8.5 to 12.0 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2, solubility parameter component due to hydrogen bonding (S.sub.h) of 0.5 to 5.5 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2 and solubility parameter component due to polar forces (S.sub.p) of 0.5 to 7.0 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2). The polyesters used for such melt blown webs include poly(ethylene-terephthalate), poly(cyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate) and blends and copolymers of these polymers.

Abstract: A high temperature PVC resin blend is made by blending from 60 to 85 parts PVC with no more than 40 parts of a ("alpha-SAN") copolymer of alpha-methyl styrene ("AMS"), styrene ("S") and acrylonitrile ("AN"), and less than 20 parts by wt additives including stabilizers, antioxidants, lubricants, and processing aids. In addition, an impact modifier may be added. The blend with particularly sized glass fibers, may be thermoformed at an elevated processing temperature and pressure, to provide a reinforced composite in which the PVC is covalently bonded to the glass fiber. The composite has a substantially higher HDT and equivalent tensile strength, compared to that of a similarly reinforced, unblended PVC composite, without sacrificing the novel composite's other desirable physical properties.

Abstract: A recoverable article comprises a recoverable fabric, means for rendering the fabric impervious, and a shaped liner. The assembly can be used to form a pressure resistant splice case for telecommunications cables.

Abstract: A composite material comprising a para-oriented aramide fiber sheet and a thermosetting resin matrix. The composite material is characterized in that the reinforcing para-oiented aramide fiber sheet is pre-treated with a reactive siloxane oligomer prior to impregnation with the thermosetting resin. The reactive siloxane oligomer is represented by the following general formula (1) of: ##STR1## wherein Z is ##STR2## CH.sub.2 --O--, HS, NH.sub.2 -- or CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--; m is an integer of from zero to 4; n is an integer of from 1 to 9; and R.sub.1 is the same or different groups selected from methyl, ethyl and phenyl.The composite material is improved in electric resistance properties, particularly after being dipped in boiling water, and also improved in thermal resistance to soldering.

Abstract: A hollow fiber reinforced part, especially body closures for vehicles, is made by applying preforms to a hollow, thin-walled support which has been preshaped to the general configuration of the body closure. The support is then depressurized and the support/preform subassembly placed into a mold. The mold is closed and the support again pressurized. Then, resin is injected into the mold to impregnate the fibrous pieces of the preforms. Once the resin cures, the mold is opened and the part removed.

Abstract: Insulation sleeving, such as for providing thermal and/or electrical insulation for cables and cable connections, of the type comprising an inner sleeve of woven synthetic organic or inorganic fiber, such as fiberglass, and an outer coating of silicone elastomer. The woven fiber of the inner sleeve has a substantially open weave, i.e., the number of picks per centimeter is in the range of between about 2 and 9, andthe silicone elastomer of the outer coating has a reduced modulus of elasticity, such as between about 0.5 and 3.5 MPa at 100 percent elongation, and an increased tear strength, such as between about 5 and 45 KN/m. Insulation sleeving is elastically expandable to an extent such that its diameter can be increased up to twice its original unexpanded dimension without materially affecting the thermal, electrical and mechanical insulation properties of the sleeving thereby enabling a standard sized sleeving, i.e.

Abstract: Rubber compositions are disclosed which are capable of exhibiting superior adhesion and high water resistance in bonding rubbers to brass and to organic fiber cords and also to different rubbers. Such bonding characteristics can be obtained by the use of specified amounts of a selected class of organic sulfur-containing compounds combined with sulfur-curable rubbers, silica, resorcin donors and methylene donors. Hoses are also disclosed which have these compositions applied as adhesive layers.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced plastic article having first, second, and third cylindrical portions is disclosed. A helical braid is applied along a first cylindrical portion as a first cylindrical sleeve which conforms to and encases the outside surface of said first cylindrical portion. The second cylindrical portion is passed through the filaments forming the braid and the braid is collapsed into a first, substantially flat, double-ply braided ribbon which is then wrapped about the outer surface of the second intersection portion. The helical braid is again applied along the first cylindrical portion and a second braided ribbon is then wrapped about the outer surface of the third cylindrical portion. The fibers are impregnated with a thermosetting resin which is cured to produce the article.

Abstract: A cook pot formed from a sheet which includes a fibrous web formed of a flame retardative synthetic resin, and a water-impermeable layer integrally formed on at least one side of the web. The cook pot has a bottom wall and a side wall extending upwardly about the periphery of the bottom wall.