Abstract: In the use of certain metal salts of the hemi-perester of maleic acid as catalysts for the polymerization and curing of ethylenically unsaturated monomers and of methyl methacrylate-containing syrups the addition of an activator such as sodium bisulfite provides a substantial reduction in the curing time. The process is relatively insensitive to the amount of filler used. The salts of maleic hemi-peresters, in combination with the activators, are also useful for polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers.

Abstract: Bonding between thermoplastic resins and inorganic oxide substrates is improved by providing to the resin/inorganic oxide interface as an adhesion promoter a combination of (a) a copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated organic monomer and an unsaturated organosilane containing hydrolyzable groups; and (b) a monomeric hydrolytically reactive organosilane.

Abstract: Improved reflective sense marker less than 2.5 micrometers in thickness including (a) a reflective thin-film metal coating, (b) a thin layer of adhesive bonding the thin-film coating to the back side of a magnetic recording tape, and (c) a thin, tough, abrasion-resistant transparent polymeric protective layer such as a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate covering the thin-film coating.

Abstract: A design for a metallized electrosensitive label stock, and similar die-cut substrates for electrothermal printing. Imprinting occurs when an image-bearing stylus at a given potential contacts one portion of the substrate's metallized surface, while a grounded member contacts a nearby surface area. The flow of current between the stylus and ground causes a selective melting of the label's surface, revealing a colored undercoat. The labels are die-cut from a label stock in such a pattern as to allow proper current flow while permitting the proper removal of labels.

Abstract: A method for preventing the adherence of oil to sucker rods or other surfaces in oil wells, by coating the surfaces contacting the oil with a film of a polymer that prevents or reduces oil adherence. Among materials effective in reducing oil adherence is an oleophobic film formed by complexing carboxymethylcellulose with salts of polyvalent metals such as aluminum, chromium and iron.

Abstract: A solventless, fast-setting anaerobic adhesive composition comprises two monomer parts which are adapted to be copolymerized anaerobically at ambient temperature between opposing surfaces to form a high-strength bond thereto. One part comprises a multifunctional acrylate monomer and the other an N-vinylamide monomer. The formulation also includes a redox system consisting of oxidizing and reducing agent components for initiating polymerization between said monomers. The oxidizing agent of the redox system may be present in either one of said parts, preferably with the multifunctional acrylate. The reducing agent is present in the other part, usually the N-vinylamide. Upon anaerobic admixing of the respective parts of the composition at ambient temperature, the oxidizing and reducing agents react to generate free radicals which initiates copolymerization of the monomers to form the desired high-strength adhesive bond to said surfaces.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for coating the surface of a shaped article of cellulose hydrate with a layer of polymer material which comprises applying to the surface of a shaped article in the gel state and based on cellulose hydrate, a liquid layer of an aqueous solution of a chemically modified protein obtained by mixing an aqueous alkaline protein solution with an aqueous solution of N-methylolacrylamide or N-methylol-methacrylamide or of the alkoxy derivatives thereof of aliphatic alcohols with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, particularly of organic, tetrafunctional, doubly unsaturated compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, andR.sub.3 is the group --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, n being an integer from 1 to 8, or the group ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 is an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, subjecting the liquid mixture to a dwell time, heating the coated shaped article, and wetting the shaped article.

Abstract: This invention describes novel radiation curable cellulose ester compositions comprising a carboxylated cellulose ester, a glycidyl acrylate or methacrylate, and an effective amount of a photoinitiator. These compositions, when cured, give hard, tough coatings with excellent adhesion to certain metals.

Abstract: A coating composition containing(1) an acrylic polymer having pendent hydroxyl containing ester groups;(2) cellulose acetate buryrate,(3) an alkyl acid phosphate,(4) a metallic flake pigment such as aluminum flake and, optionally other pigments,(5) an ultraviolet light absorbing agent(6) an organo metal catalyst, and(7) an organic polyisocyanate;The composition forms an excellent finish for the exterior of automobiles and trucks since the finish is glossy, durable and weatherable and has excellent metallic glamour.

Abstract: Aluminum foil in the form of a continuous web for example, is anodically oxidized by first coating one side of the web with a material such as a polymeric material which is inert to the anodizing conditions and then electrolytically anodizing the uncoated side of the web. The laminate formed which can be used as a base plate for presensitized and wipe-on lithographic printing plates includes an aluminum foil coated on one side with an inert material and having an anodically oxidized layer on the other side which is formed after the one side is coated with the inert material.

Abstract: A modified clay paper coating composition comprising a montmorillonite clay having at least partially hydrolyzed aluminum chloride bonded thereto is made by treating montmorillonite clay with a non-aqueous solution of anhydrous aluminum chloride following by hydrolyzing with hot water. A paper substrate coated with this composition exhibits improved image light fastness when employed in a pressure-sensitive duplication system.

Abstract: Heat-sealable laminates useful as packaging materials, for example, for the packaging of photographic processing chemicals, are comprised of a metal foil, a thermoplastic polymeric film, and an interlayer formed by radiation curing of a composition comprising an acrylated epoxy resin. The laminates are manufactured by a process which comprises forming a sandwich comprising a layer of metal foil, a layer of thermoplastic polymer and an interlayer formed from a composition comprising an acrylated epoxy resin and irradiating the interlayer through the layer of thermoplastic polymer, for example by the use of ultraviolet radiation or high energy ionizing radiation, to cure the interlayer and bond it to both the layer of metal foil and the layer of thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for coating the surface of a shaped article of cellulose hydrate with a layer of polymer material which comprises applying to the surface of a shaped article in the gel state and based on cellulose hydrate, a liquid layer of an aqueous solution of a chemically modified protein obtained by mixing an aqueous alkaline protein solution with an aqueous solution of N-methylol-acrylamide or N-methylol-methacrylamide or of the alkoxy derivatives thereof of aliphatic alcohols with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, particularly of organic, tetrafunctional, doubly unsaturated compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, andR.sub.3 is the group --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, n being an integer from 1 to 8, or the group ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 is an alkyl group with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, SUBJECTING THE LIQUID MIXTURE TO A DWELL TIME, HEATING THE COATED SHAPED ARTICLE, AND WETTING THE SHAPED ARTICLE.

Abstract: A method of producing a magnetic material comprising reducing in a solution of a salt of a metal capable of forming a ferromagnetic material with a reducing agent comprising at least one of a borohydride and a derivative thereof, in a solution containing a hydroxide ion concentration of at least about 0.001N and not higher than about 0.6N.

Abstract: A steam generating device comprising a metallic evaporation body of desired shape, such as a dish-like shape, a cylindrical shape and so on; and a thin layer provided on the surface of the body, the layer having a rough surface and a water absorption ability. In use, the device is heated and, then, a little water is intermittently supplied on the thin layer, so that the water is instantaneously evaporated.

Abstract: A snow ski is made by superimposing a protective assembly of polyacrylate sheets on a flexible core of a ski body having a bonded base surface and sidewall surfaces and then bonding the polyacrylate sheets to the ski core forming a top protective ski surface, the protective assembly being consolidated at a temperature and pressure effective to stress relieve the polyacrylate sheets.

Abstract: An exterior wall or a roof-ceiling structure having, on the interior side, a wallboard with a front face which forms the interior wall or ceiling surface and a back face, which is adhered to wall framing members. The back face has a paper-foil laminate which is adhered to the basic board back side, with the foil side of the laminate adhered directly to the basic board back side. The paper side of the laminate is adhered directly to the wall framing members.

Abstract: An amine salt is comprised of the reaction of pelargonic acid and dicyclohexylamine. The amine salt, dicyclohexylammonium pelargonate, is useful for inhibiting metal corrosion. A polyphosphate may be used in conjunction with the amine salt to obtain a synergistic corrosion inhibiting effect when a saline environment is encountered by the metal to be protected.

Abstract: Metallized plastic composite films including a metallic layer, a layer of a polyvinylidene fluoride homopolymer or copolymer and, optionally, a layer of reinforcing or other insulating material are disclosed.

Abstract: A process for preparing a waterless lithographic printing master is provided. A suitable substrate, which is preferably ink accepting is first coated with a curable silicone which is curable at low or elevated temperature and a second different curable silicone deposited on said first silicone which can be preferentially cured at a lower temperature without curing the first silicone and which second silicone contains, in addition to its own catalyst, an amount of high temperature curing catalyst sufficient to cure the underlying silicone. The surface silicone is then preferentially cured at least on its surface to render it nontacky, but not the underlying silicone.

Abstract: In a dry heat process for dyeing and printing of organic material which can be dyed with cationic dyestuffs, the improvement wherein at least one transferable salt of a cationic dyestuff with an acid having a pK.sub.s value greater than 3 is used for dyeing and printing.

Abstract: As an improved flame-resistant agent, pentabromodiphenyl ether and mixtures of pentabromodiphenyl ether and brominated diphenyl ethers; an agent for impregnating a mass of particles which comprises an impregnating agent, pentabromodiphenyl ether, preferably together with a plasticizer; a laminate substrate comprising a web of fibers impregnated with an impregnating agent and pentabromodiphenyl ether, said web preferably containing a plasticizer; a method of increasing the flame resistance of a continuous web impregnated with an impregnating agent which comprises including in said web pentabromodiphenyl ether.

Abstract: An electrophotographic method comprises developing an electric latent image formed on a photosensitive member comprising a photoconductive material and containing a first color forming agent in a surface for forming a visible image with a charged toner particle containing a second color forming agent, and heating to cause a thermal color forming reaction therebetween resulting in formation of a colored fixed image on the photosensitive member.

Abstract: Electroless metal coatings of increased adhesion are obtained on nitrocelose base propellant films, grains, etc., by incorporating an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer in the nitrocellulose propellant substrate to be electrolessly coated with the metal.

Abstract: Electroless metal coatings of increased adhesion are obtained on nitrocelose base explosive films, grains, etc., by incorporating ammonium perchlorate in the nitrocellulose explosive substrate to be electrolessly coated with the metal.

Abstract: A bicycle mudguard comprising a rigid substrate made of a synthetic resin material having good weather resistance, strength and rigidity, a surface layer of synthetic resin material having good weather resistance, and an intermediate layer disposed between said surface layer and substrate.

Abstract: A melamine-aldehyde resin is disclosed of a composition of melamine-aldehyde, a water-soluble, aliphatic diglycidyl ether, and water. The composition is cured to the A-stage and an absorbent sheet is impregnated with the resin which is then cured to the B-stage. At least one B-staged sheet is stacked with a postformable core stock and heated and pressed to form a C-staged postformable laminate. The laminate can be heated and pressed to postform it. The postformed laminate can be adhesively bonded to a substrate to form a counter top or other article.

Abstract: A method for facilitating the removal or preventing the adherence of residual oil in oil tankers and other vessels or containers, on the surfaces of oil spill cleanup equipment such as skimmers and booms, and on sucker rods or other surfaces in oil wells, by coating surfaces contacting the oil with a film of a polymer that prevents or reduces oil adherence. Materials effective in reducing oil adherence are oleophobic films formed by complexing a polyacrylamide or carboxymethylcellulose in the presence of water with salts of polyvalent metals such as aluminum, chromium and iron.

Abstract: A carrier medium for recording comprises a ribbon of insulating material and a metal coating deposited thereon in a thickness of at least 250 A which coating is adapted to be electrically seared for producing writing trackings. The coating is predominantly composed of vapor deposited aluminum of which at least 15% by weight is in the form of aluminum oxide, aluminum oxide hydrate or a combination of these two compounds.The content of oxygen-attached aluminum in the metallic coating is determined by first measuring the total aluminum contents per surface unit in a definite size specimen of the coating, then placing the specimen into alkali to evolve hydrogen in an amount equivalent to the metallic aluminum present in the coating, whereupon the amount of hydrogen developed is determined by gas chromatography.

Abstract: The application discloses a mixture of high molecular weight hard resins such as polymethyl methacrylate, cellulose acetate butyrate, and cellulose nitrate containing a minor proportion of a very viscous or solid oligomer of one or more vinyl monomers such as methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, isopropyl methacrylate, tertiary butyl methacrylate, isobutyl methacrylate, or tertiary butyl acrylate, which monomers when polymerized give a polymer which has a glass transition temperature calculated by the formula used for high molecular weight polymers to be at least 30.degree. C., and preferably at least 50.degree. C. The oligomers have a number averaging chain length of 4 to 25 mers. They have a narrow molecular weight distribution such that the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to the number average molecular weight is 2 or less, preferably less than 1.5. This ratio is referred to as the heterogeneity index.

Abstract: Calcium silicate monohydrate (2CaO.sup.. SiO.sub.2.sup.. H.sub.2 O) can be produced in a coating which has been formed by a coating material containing silica sol alone or silica sol and other additives such as aggregate, viscosity increasing agent, etc. by subjecting the coating to a chemical treatment such as heat-treatment, ultra-violet ray irradiation treatment, etc. in the presence of water and a calcium compound which may be present either in the coating material, or in the treating liquid, or in an object to be coated. The film which contains the calcium silicate monohydrate produced by said chemical treatment has remarkably high hardness and is excellent in water-resistance, water-imperviousness, weather-resistance, and heat-resistance.

Abstract: Laminates of uncoated regenerated cellulose film and aluminum foil comprising the combination in which the cellulose film is softened or plasticized with a lower alkylene polyalkylene glycol and bonded with the aluminum foil using a polyethylene phthalate ester-urethane adhesive. The resulting laminate structure possesses superior resistance to delamination when compared with similar laminates of coated regenerated cellulose film and aluminum foil or such laminates in which the cellulosic film is softened with conventional monomers, such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol or glycerin. Preferred softeners for use in the combination are polyethylene glycols or polypropylene glycols having a molecular weight ranging from 200 to 800.

Abstract: A process for producing veneer and fancy plywood therefrom having a combination of wood grain patterns and line patterns includes cutting out a symmetrical pattern piece from a section of wood and inserting the pattern piece into a hole in a section of wood in which the hole has a cross sectional configuration corresponding to the cross sectional shape of the pattern piece. The pattern piece is inserted into the hole in a position different from the original position and is subsequently secured therein utilizing an adhesive. Slices of veneer are cut from the section of wood such that the sliced veneer includes wood grain patterns of the pattern piece and the section of wood.

Abstract: A powder coating composition is disclosed for producing a specific or special pattern finish on the surface of a substrate. The composition of the invention is obtained by kneading together a mixture containing principally a thermosetting polyester resin and a minor amount of a thermoplastic cellulose ester resin powder under such temperature conditions that the polyester resin is melted but the cellulose ester resin is not melted.