Abstract: A heterogeneous wire is disclosed which has a cladding comprising fibers of tungsten and fibers of copper and a core of the eutectic mixture of copper and silver. This eutectic mixture also connects the fibers of the cladding to each other. The wire has a high tensile strength, a low resistivity and a high ratio between these specific properties. As a result, the wire, which has a diameter of less than 50 .mu.m, is particularly suitable to be embedded in a pane.

Abstract: A gland packing having increased compressibility, increased allowable limit of twist, increased tensile strength, and excellent serviceability and versatility characteristics is disclosed which comprises a plurality of flexible graphite sheets cut to a width of less than 5 mm and laid in superposed relation to one another, the laid-up cut sheets being covered with a fiber material by knitting or braiding to form a knitting thread, the knitting thread being twisted. Also, a gland packing having a further increased tensile strength is disclosed wherein a plurality of strands of the knitting thread are gathered and twisted or braided. In addition, a gland packing having improved contacting and sealing properties is disclosed wherein the covering fiber material exposed on the surface of the packing is removed at least in part.

Abstract: A plasticized polyurethane gel system comprising the reaction product of an isocyanate compound and a polyol in the presence of an ester plasticizer compound having a total solubility parameter of between about 8.3 and 8.9 or between about 9.1 and 9.7. Said polyurethane systems are cured, cross-linked, non-spewing, grease compatible, and reenterable. This extended polyurethane is further characterized as having superior insulating properties so that it can be used of repairing, encapsulating or reclaiming electrical or telecommunication cables as well as for hard volume encapsulants or general elastomer use.

Abstract: A plasticized polyurethane gel system comprising the reaction product of an isocyanate compound and a polyol in the presence of a ricinoleate plasticizer compound having a total solubility parameter of between about 8.3 and 8.9 or between about 9.1 and 9.7. Said polyurethane systems are cured, cross-linked, nonspewing, grease compatible, and reenterable. This extended polyurethane is further characterized as having superior insulating properties so that it can be used of repairing, encapsulating or reclaiming electrical or telecommunication cables as well as for hard volume encapsulants or general elastomer use.

Abstract: Metal part coated with a cured coating composition comprising (a) an acid aqueous solution of phosphate ions and ions of chromate or molybdate, (b) an acid-stable amorphous silica and (c) a non-ionic surfactant wherein the silica is crosslinked with the surfactant.

Abstract: A moulded product of a fiber reinforced plastic comprises a core consisting of a plastic matrix admixed with relatively short fibers and an outer circumferential section or a specific local section consisting of a plastic matrix admixed with relatively long fibers. This invention also provides a blank of fiber reinforced plastic formed preliminarily to a given form comprising a core section consisting of a plastic matrix admixed with relatively short fibers and an outer circumferential section or a specific local section consisting of a plastic matrix admixed with relatively long fibers. Also, this invention is concerned with a method of forming a fiber reinforced plastic product having the improved character noted above.

Abstract: A hose (such as an airplane fuel line hose) is made from a material which forms ablative particles in the presence of fire. Normally, these particles flake away from the hose. According to the invention, an encapsulating basket weave, braid or cage of stainless steel wire surrounds the hose to capture and retain ablative particles, so that they continue to provide an insulating quality for the hose and, therefore, to prolong the life of the hose.

Abstract: A heat resistant fabric is provided, preferably woven, and with an optional aluminized backing, the fabric being made from yarns having a core of flame and high heat resistant silica fibers covered by a layer of aramid fiber, or other heat resisting fibers, with or without blending with other fibers, the covering layer providing a cushion to increase abrasion resistance of the core while also providing a heat resistant covering for the core.

Abstract: A method for making an electrical inductive device for use in hermetic atmospheres which incorporate refrigerants such as halogenated methane compositions, for example refrigerant R-22, monochlorodifluoromethane. The device may be a wound coil device formed of magnet wire, the enamel coating of which has resistance to blistering when exposed to refrigerants under saturated conditions at temperatures up to about 200.degree. or 210.degree. C. and above. The enamel coating composition or wire enamel is formed as the reaction product of 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic dianhydride, optionally with an aromatic dianhydride, and a diamine such as p,p'-methylenedianiline or p,p'-oxydianiline, in an organic solvent such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.

Abstract: A pile fabric is formed of interengaging ground yarns and cut pile tufts. The tufts are formed of wrap yarns extending upwardly from the ground yarns and forming the face of the fabric. Each of the wrap yarns comprises a body strand of untwisted staple fibers and a crimped textured binder strand which has extensible and retractable properties. In the wrap yarn, the binder strand is helically wrapped around the body strand in an axially extended and tensioned condition and is reduced in bulk compared to the condition the binder strand would assume when relaxed. When tufts formed of such wrap yarns are cut to form the face of a cut pile fabric, the binder strands retract and position themselves inwardly away from the face of the pile fabric so as to be hidden among the pile tufts and not visible. The retraction of the binder yarns and the appearance, hand and integrity of the resulting fabric can all be enhanced by various finishing processes.

Abstract: A pile fabric is formed from interengaging ground yarns and cut pile tufts formed of wrap yarns extending upwardly from the ground yarns to form the face of the fabric. Each of the wrap yarns comprises a body strand of untwisted staple fibers and a binder strand helically wrapped around the body strand. The binder strands are preferably crimped textured strands and formed of a thermoplastic polymer having heat shrinkable and fusible properties and a relatively low melting point of less than about 300.degree. F. The staple fibers and ground yarns are formed of a material unaffected at the relatively low melting point of the binder strand. When a moderated amount of heat is applied to a cut pile fabric formed from such wrap yarns, the binder yarns shrink and are retractably positioned inwardly away from the face of the pile fabric and are hidden among the pile tufts and not visible.

Abstract: The viscosities of solventless compositions of epoxy resins containing 1, 2 epoxy groups and having at least two epoxide groups per molecule and effective amounts of catalytic hardener and phenolic accelerator are dramatically reduced to make them useful for vacuum-pressure impregnation and also for pre-impregnated insulating material applications by addition of 3-33% of reactive diluent such as styrene.

Abstract: A method of providing a slip coating on aluminized glass fibre chaff is provided in which the chaff is treated by applying a boundary lubricant dispersed within an aqueous medium, the boundary lubricant containing free palmitic acid and ammonium palmitate. The aqueous medium forms a hydrated aluminum oxide on the surface of the chaff and promotes a reaction between the surface oxide and the palmitic acid to provide a chemically bonded surface slip coating layer of aluminum palmitate.

Abstract: A carbonated beverage can which will withstand pressure from carbonated beverages without bursting or excessive swelling which comprises a can wall made up of a thermoplastic core, fiber-adhesive wound layers contiguous to the thermoplastic core, and a barrier layer contiguous to or within the thermoplastic core or contiguous to or within the fiber-adhesive wound layers.

Abstract: For use as a heat sealable, high temperature, insulative wrapping, a laminar structure of a polyimide inner layer and two fluoropolymer outer layers wherein the outer layers are pigmented for a combination of color, increased heat aged bond retention, and reduced heat seal energy requirements.

Abstract: A structural rod for reinforcing a mass of concrete material is formed of a non-metallic non-electrically conductive cylindrical core composed of a plurality of fibers oriented in the longitudinal axis and bound to each other by a thermosetting resin; the rod also includes embossments formed of a plurality of continuous fibers helically wound on the core and impregnated with a thermosetting resin; these embossments define a mechanical anchorage with the concrete material.

Abstract: To reduce the tendency of ground faults and short circuits on electrical heating elements operating at elevated voltages and temperatures, resistance heating wire is coated with a sublayer of magnesium zirconate followed by an outer layer of aluminum oxide; each layer being in the range of 0.001 to 0.010 inches thick.

Abstract: A connecting element, such as a bearing shell, is secured to and end of an rticle of manufacture having a large length relative to its diameter, by a combination of fiber strands or belts forming at least one loop, the ends of which form slings or bights which are anchored to the article by the turns of an anchoring winding extending around the article and through the slings or bights. The loop with its slings or bights is made simultaneously with the formation of the anchoring winding. This type of operation is possible because the turns of the anchoring winding hold down the fiber strands or belts as they are doubled-up to form the loop, preferably endless loops.

Abstract: This invention relates to welt cord constructions in general, and more specifically to a combustion inhibiting construction for welt cords, wherein heat conducting elements are wrapped around, and/or form the core of, the welt cord, for dissipating the heat of combustion away from the point of contact with a source of heat such as a burning cigarette.

Abstract: To form a columnar or rod-like or bar-like material, a plurality of canes, for example of glass, plastic, or metal, are assembled in openings, for example in the form of circumferential grooves (3) in a plurality of base bodies (2), spaced along the length of the columnar opening; after assembly, a bonding or curing agent such as an epoxy is located between the canes, and in the grooves of the base bodies, and the assembly is then wrapped with a wrapping, of textile woven or mesh or braid material, which may include metal-mesh, the epoxy then curing and bonding the canes, spaced holding elements, bonding agent and web material into one unitary whole. Branches can be formed by bending off selected ones of the canes, and any termination configuration is obtained by sliding the canes in the openings prior to curing of the bonding agent.

Abstract: A monofilament or multifilament sports racket string, of a thermoplastic aromatic polyetherketone and preferably polyetheretherketone, such string preferably having an elongation not exceeding 5% when a tensile stress of at least 100 Newtons/mm.sup.2 is applied along the axis of the string and preferably having a dynamic stiffness, measured at a mean stress of 175 Newtons/mm.sup.2, of not greater than 1.150 times the dynamic stiffness measured at a mean tensile stress of 80 Newtons/mm.sup.2.

Abstract: A high voltage coaxial cable wherein a corona-free configuration is produced by applying a room temperature-curable silicone elastomeric material under pressure to the outer surface of the cable braid so that the material is forced between the voids of the braid and adheres to the primary insulation material at the insulation/braid interface.

Abstract: There is disclosed an ultrathin chemically resistant marking system. The system comprises at least one layer of a chemically resistant adhesive film and printed matter which together cooperate to form a marker. The adhesive film is made of a material selected from the group of polymers which adhere to a substrate upon the application of heat and which are resistant to caustic solutions and solvents, such as methylene chloride. The adhesive film has a chemically resistant front and rear surface and an adhesive rear surface for adhering to a substrate. One of the front or rear surfaces contains the printed matter. There is also disclosed a method for producing an ultrathin chemically resistant marking system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a base cloth for reinforcement produced by winding a weldable yarn on either one of a warp or weft or the both at a definite interval, arranging the warp and weft in the respective directions and then thermally welding the both yarns. According to this method, the fraying of warp or weft, particularly easy fluffing of carbon fibers, etc. can be prevented by winding the weldable yarn. And, it is sufficient for the weldable yarn to be present at the intersections between the warp and weft. Consequently, as compared with a case wherein the whole weft is impregnated with adhesives, penetration of the matrix resin can sufficiently be attained and thus, strength in the weft direction can be improved.

Abstract: In the method for manufacturing strings, a plurality of narrow strip layers (22) of synthetic material are successively and coaxially helically wound on the cylindrical surface of a continuous core. The winding (3) thus produced is conveyed hot to a welding area (7) wherein the narrow strips (22) of synthetic material are mutually assembled by welding. The temperature of the welding area is adjusted high enough so that a welding between the narrow strips (22) takes place without substantially decreasing the breaking strength of the narrow strips (22) by such heat treatment. The appropriate materials for the narrow strips are olefines such as homopolymer polypropylene or terpolymer polypropylene-polyethylene-dienes. To reduce the tendency to flow, the material forming the narrow strips may contain a nucleation agent. The characteristics of the strings thus manufactured are similar to those of gut strings.

Abstract: A packing material comprises glass or other inorganic fibers in combination with organic fibers such as sintered polytetrafluoroethylene (TFE) or other selected fibers with or without an impregnant, a preferred impregnant being a lubricant with a binder. Ceramic fiber or quartz fiber can be substituted for glass fiber. Specific metal disulfides or talc can be substituted for the dispersed graphite and dispersed polytetrafluoroethylene (TFE) can be used as a binder for the lubricant. Aramid, polyethylene, polypropylene, graphite, carbon, vegetable, nylon or rayon fibers or filaments can be substituted for the sintered TFE fiber in combination with inorganic fiber.

Abstract: A shaft produced by the steps of rolling inorganic fiber cloths around a plastic resin base body into a cylindrical shape to form a shaft body, coiling two sets of carbon cloth tapes in the opposite directions around the shaft body, and impregnating resin into the shaft body and carbon cloth tapes to integrate them into a single body. The shaft obtained by the method is light and strong and shows excellent resiliency. The shaft is particularly advantageous and reliable for golf clubs, fishing poles, and the like.

Abstract: A cabling machine for making single optical fibre cable with two layers of stranded armid yarn enclosed in a yarn outer wrap which employs a vertical axis for cabling and uses peripheral pay-off of the aramid yarn (34,39) from bobbins 33 mounted on a pair of separately driven turntables (21,22) and peripheral pay-off of the yarn wrap (45) from a spool (44).

Abstract: A welt cord includes a core made of a polymeric, flexible material and enclosed within a cellulose cover. A heat conductive filament is enclosed within the polymeric core and extends the length of the cord. The cellulose cover is held on the polymeric core by a jacket of threads.

Abstract: Friction elements, particularly those employed in clutch elements, which incorporate fiber strands impregnated with a binder resin wound into a friction element and cured are markedly improved in wear characteristics and burst strength when the fiber strands are formed of a combination of glass, acrylic fiber and metallic filament. The fiber strands, twisted into a yarn and plied to form a composite yarn of opposing twist, contribute greatly to improved performance, particularly better fade resistance and engagement response, together with high burst strength.

Abstract: Thermally curable wet-impregnated rovings in which the fibers of the roving are impregnated with liquid polyepoxides lacking polymerizable unsaturation and having dispersed therein a latent heat-activatable epoxy curing catalyst, such as dicyandiamide. The polyepoxide dispersion has a room temperature viscosity of from 2000 to 5000 centipoises and a tack of less than about 6 on a Thwing-Albert inkometer. The rovings are produced without organic solvent using an elevated temperature which is insufficient to activate the curing catalyst and which lowers the viscosity to enable uniform impregnation in the absence of excess impregnant. The wet rovings can be stored without running in a supply package which may be cop wound, and running is also resisted in a void-free wet fiber composite so that the wet composite can be wrapped and then heated to cure the same.

Abstract: A carbon-carbon structure useful for fabricating a nosetip for a reentry vehicle, which consists essentially of a central core, a plurality of layers of woven carbon fabric circumferentially wrapped around the core, and a carbon binder, wherein the core consists essentially of a plurality of longitudinally oriented carbon fibers.

Abstract: Intumescent fire protective sheaths useful for the protection of electric cables and conduits from open flame damage and methods for making such sheaths. The sheath comprises sheets of substantially inorganic intumescent material capable of arrangement around the cable or the conduit to form a protective layer. The layer is restrained to expand only in the general direction of the electrical cables or conduits upon exposure to open flames. In the unexpanded state, the sheaths dissipate cable-generated heat due to their higher value of thermal conductivity, their relative thinness and their fin-like shape.

Abstract: A coated rubber cord comprising a core member coated with a woven cover material in the texture of which a single or a plurality of rubber strings are mixedly woven.

Abstract: A surgical suture is described which consists of a monofilament core and a braided sheath surrounding the core. The sheath and the core are temporarily secured together at one end so that the core acts as a stiffener for the sheath during the surgical procedure. After the core and sheath are detached, the core is removed from the sheath and discarded, whereupon the sheath becomes flexible and easy to tie into a secure knot.

Abstract: A fire retardant which is suitable for use as a protective material in garments, clothing, fire curtains, barriers or screens is disclosed. The fabric employs an amorphous silica core having a minimum of 96% silica by chemical analysis. The core fiber is encapsulated in a wrapping or covering which may be of polybenzimidazole, aramids, blends of aramids with other fibers and/or polyacrylonitrile fibers or blends thereof. The core fiber and wrapping comprise a heat resistant yarn which may be woven into a heat resistant fabric which may then be aluminized on one or both sides thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a string for sports rackets which comprises a core (1), the core being constituted by one or more synthetic polymeric monofilaments, the, or at least one of the monofilaments having a longitudinal bore (2), and, along the length of the bore, one or more openings (3) for the passage of fluid from the bore, the core being covered by a wrapping (9,10) of synthetic polymeric material (FIGS. 7 and 8).

Abstract: Described is a novel marker for wire ropes, in the form of a polymer, e.g., polyester film carrying a highly abrasion-resistant impression. This polyester film is wound around a support element in spirally overlapping manner and is worked into a gap between the bundles of strands, at the same twisting angle as the latter.

Abstract: A rod assembly comprising a core component and a sheath component and having an elongate cross-section, the sheath component consisting of an anisotropic assembly of non-metallic filamentary elements embedded in a polymeric matrix whereby the bending stiffness for deformations about an axis parallel to the major axis of the rod assembly is less than the bending stiffness of the same core and sheath components in a radially symmetrical configuration, and in which the core and sheath components have load-elongation characteristics so that the ratio of the strain to the strain-to-break in the sheath is essentially equal to the ratio of the strain to the strain-to-break in the core throughout the working load range.

Abstract: A splice assembly and method for splicing electrical cables comprises a sealing layer, a barrier and an open mesh sleeve. The sealing layer is formed of uncured insulation material, surrounds the connector coupling exposed adjacent ends of the cable conductors, and engages the insulation layers of the cables. The barrier surrounds the sealing layer for inhibiting flow of the sealing layer upon heating. The open mesh sleeve surrounds the barrier and has its opposite axial ends rigidly secured to the cables. During curing of the sealing layer, the open mesh sleeve applies substantially uniform and constant pressure in a radially inward direction on the sealing layer to avoid air voids and increase the strength of the splice assembly.

Abstract: An improved fiber composite including a first layer (18) having a plurality of elongate flexible fabric segments (16) for laying up on and conforming to an elongate irregularly shaped temporary support (10) to substantially cover support (10) and a plurality of continuous yarns (b 17) extending substantially the length of support (10). A second layer (26) includes a continuous yarn (20) wound peripherally upon the first layer (18) and oriented substantially orthogonally with the longitudinal yarns (17) of first layer (18). A method for manufacturing the fiber composite is also provided.

Abstract: Articles of manufacture are disclosed which are funicularly shaped articles comprising a core of a hot-melt adhesive at least partially encased in a sheath of a plastic resin. Extended lengths of such articles can be wound upon a tubular core for each feed and delivery to a hot-melt adhesive extruder and dispensing apparatus. In a second embodiment of the invention, two or more funicularly shaped elements are encased in an outer plastic resin sheath.

Abstract: A direct current electric cable has its conductor insulation formed by winding a tape of a biaxially oriented polymer provided on at least one face with a film of water-repellent grease.

Abstract: An electric implement having a combination of insulation coverages comprising a thermosetting resin impregnated in an insulation layer wound about the electric implement, and a photohardening resin deposited over the impregnated thermosetting resin. A method of electrically insulating the electric implement, comprising impregnating the insulation layer with a thermosetting resin in vacuum; depositing a photohardening resin on the exposed portion of the thermosetting resin layer; photopolymerizing the photohardening resin; and thermosetting the impregnated thermosetting resin.

Abstract: A composite base structure (70) and end fitting (26) are secured together by a composite joint to form a graphite-epoxy composite nacelle diagonal strut (20). The elongated base structure (70) has a wall (72) formed of a cured epoxy reinforced with layers of graphite fibers (100, 102, 104, 106) extending in elongated and transverse directions. The layers of fibers in the elongated direction (100, 104) and transverse direction (102, 106) extend onto a large diameter end (52) of a conical end portion (46) of an end fitting (26) and terminate on the conical portion adjacent a small diameter end (60). The layers of the elongated and transverse fibers (100, 102, 104, 106) are interlayered with layers (110, 112, 114, 116, 118) of graphite fibers generally circumferentially wrapped on the conical portion (46), the layers on the conical portion being impregnated with the cured epoxy.

Abstract: An optical fiber submarine cable is made by extruding a metallic pressure tube by a friction extrusion technique, compressing the tube, applying tensile strength members, applying a conductive tape over the strength members and extruding plastic dielectric material over the tape. Armoring can subsequently be applied for shallow water application.

Abstract: An insulative coating composition for providing water-repellancy to and protecting communication wire comprises an admixture of an anhydride copolymer, a flexibilizing copolymer, a suitable solvent system, a hydrophobic, soluble, compatible fluoroaliphatic radical-containing composition and optionally, a mercaptan, and optionally, an antioxidant. Articles coated with the insulative composition are disclosed.

Abstract: Plastic/metal laminates (such as, for example, plastic coated cable shielding or armoring tapes) having improved high and/or low temperature adhesion to various olefin polymer substrates (such as, for example, cable jacketing resins) are provided which comprise at least one metallic substrate having directly adhered to at least one surface thereof a first thermoplastic polymer layer of a random copolymer of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer and having adhered to said first polymer layer a second thermoplastic polymer layer comprising a polymer blend of (a) either the same or a different random copolymer of ethylene with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid as used in said first polymer layer and (b) at least one different ethylenic olefin polymer resin which is not a random ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer.

Abstract: Telecommunications cable formed by locating a plurality of conductors in a group in an open array, which is preferably planar, and shaping the group into arcuate configuration around a longitudinal axis with the conductors extending generally in the direction of the axis. A layer of insulation is then provided around the group to hold it in its planar configuration.

Abstract: A method of curing an anaerobic resin, which primarily contains acrylic resin, includes externally catalyzing the cure of the resin with a metal-beta keto ester complex having the structural formula: ##STR1## where M is a transition metal; R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, and hydrocarbon substituted aromatic; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are selected from hydrogen, alkyl groups having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, benzene, naphthalene, anthracene and hydrocarbon substituted aromatic; R.sub.4 is selected from alkyl groups having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and n is equal to the valence of the metal M.