Abstract: The invention is a below grade waterproofing and methane barrier sheet membrane with an aluminum facer and a method of making and using same, and more particularly the invention is directed to a dual layer system comprising of at least one bituminous moisture or waterproofing barrier sheet membrane with an aluminum facer or an aluminum layer that when combined is also a methane gas barrier, and is UV stable, that is used in construction of a building, and placed under, or around a foundation of a building or a dwelling or on its below grade retaining walls. Optionally, a liner and/or a drainage protection media can also be used with the inventive dual layer system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a roof ventilation system and method that provides ventilation for a roof while further providing simpler ventilation installation, prevention of ice dams, a non-slip surface to walk on, and a secondary membrane to prevent moisture intrusion into the living space or walls. The roof ventilation system provided by the invention includes vertical side walls having a top portion. A roof extends outwardly and beyond the vertical side walls. The roof has a top surface facing away from the vertical side walls. A web of extruded polymer monofilaments is secured to the top surface of the roof. The polymer monofilaments are heat welded at junctions to form a matrix of tangled monofilaments. The method for ventilating a roof of a building provided by the invention includes installing a web of extruded polymer monofilaments on a top surface of the roof.

Abstract: An exterior cladding that combines the benefits of stone, metal and tar in a laminate form that makes the most with the least expensive forms of each of these three base materials. A construction laminate having an asphaltic core body covered with a metallic facing on a top side and part of a bottom side. A granular coating is applied to the metallic facing on the top side and front edge. The laminate is useful as exterior cladding such as a roofing shingle, siding etc. . . . and is durable and easy to install.

Abstract: An alloy including: about 10 at % to about 30 at % of a Pt-group metal; less than about 23 at % Al; about 0.5 at % to about 2 at % of at least one reactive element selected from Hf, Y, La, Ce and Zr, and combinations thereof; a superalloy substrate constituent selected from the group consisting of Cr, Co, Mo, Ta, Re and combinations thereof; and Ni; wherein the Pt-group metal, Al, the reactive element and the superalloy substrate constituent are present in the alloy in a concentration to the extent that the alloy has a solely ??-Ni3Al phase constitution.

Abstract: An exterior cladding that combines the benefits of stone, metal and tar in a laminate form that makes the most with the least expensive forms of each of these three base materials. A construction laminate having an asphaltic core body covered with a metallic facing on a top side and part of a bottom side. A granular coating is applied to the metallic facing on the top side and front edge. The laminate is useful as exterior cladding such as a roofing shingle, siding etc. . . . and is durable and easy to install.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a back sheet for a photovoltaic module. The back sheet includes a dielectric layer, an adhesive layer disposed on the dielectric layer, a barrier layer disposed on the adhesive layer and a weather resistant layer disposed on the barrier layer. The weather resistant layer includes a bituminous material.

Abstract: Built-up roofing surfacing sheets that include a white, resin coated aluminum foil adhered to one side of an asphalt-impregnated fiberglass mat and sand adhered to the other side of the asphalt-impregnated fiberglass mat, the surfacing sheet being compliant with the requirements of California Code of Regulations, Title 24 in effect as of Sep. 11, 2006, and methods of manufacturing the built-up roofing surfacing sheets.

Abstract: An container sealing material suitable for sealing a container comprises a liner sheet (liner), a sealant sheet, and an interlayer portion (interlayer) bound between the liner and the sealant sheet by individual layers of wax. The material has a closure-contacting surface and a heat-sealable surface. At least one of the surfaces of the liner and the interlayer that contacts a layer of wax is capable of absorbing liquid wax when the layer of wax is melted. At least one of the surfaces of the sealant sheet and interlayer which contacts a layer of wax is capable of absorbing liquid wax when the layer of wax is melted. The liner and the sealant sheet each release from the interlayer when sufficient heat is applied to the container sealing material to melt the layers of wax. The interlayer can include printed matter visible on one or both of its surfaces (e.g., a logo, proof-of-purchase indicator, and the like). The printed matter can include promotional indica for a product, a service, a game and the like.

Abstract: Built-up roofing surfacing sheets that include a white, resin coated aluminum foil adhered to one side of an asphalt-impregnated fiberglass mat and sand adhered to the other side of the asphalt-impregnated fiberglass mat, the surfacing sheet being compliant with the requirements of California Code of Regulations, Title 24 in effect as of Sep. 11, 2006, and methods of manufacturing the built-up roofing surfacing sheets.

Abstract: The invention relates to an isolation material, which is applied on the structures and surfaces where it is desired to provide isolation, in order to prevent the possible deformation by protecting said structures and surfaces against external factors, said isolation material being produced to extend the lifetime of the isolation by using the liquid, moisture and vapor impermeability feature of the plastic-derived material constituting the intermediate layer (2), and to obtain the possibility of rapid, easy and economic application and use for the bitumen (asphalt) (4) coated using the fibrous material (3). Said isolation material (1) is not easy to burn, is not affected by the temperature differences and is not influenced for a very long time by the factors such as sun, rain, snow, naturally occurring chemicals, plant roots, direct contact with the soil and time; hence it enables the isolation to last for long years.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a shielding material for a magnetic shield containing coal slag; silver powder; a mixture of calcium powder, magnesium powder, and zinc powder; and silica powder. The shielding material is in powder form. In another embodiment, the present invention contemplates adding nano-silver to the shielding material. The present invention is based on the concept that the magnetic field is actually “deflected” away from the area shielded. This is possible in view of the shielding materials used to produce the magnetic shield.

Abstract: An improved method for adhering a solid polymer component to a substrate is provided. An intermediate polymer adhesion promoting coating of metal oxide is applied to the substrate which enhances the adhesion of the subsequently applied solid polymer component to the substrate.

Abstract: A self-adhering, multi-layer composite membrane for sealing a substrate and providing waterproof integrity to the substrate. The composite membrane includes: a surface layer of metal or of a polymeric material to interface the environment; a polyolefin film having a top surface and a bottom surface bonded to the surface layer by an adhesive at its top surface; a waterproof, asphalt-based layer adhered to the polyolefin film; a reinforcing mat having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface of which is adhered to the waterproof, asphalt-based layer; a second waterproof, asphalt-based layer adhered to the bottom surface of the reinforcing mat which is adapted to sealingly adhere to the substrate; and a polyolefin release film on the bottom surface of the waterproof asphalt-based adhesive layer to prevent adhesion between the asphalt-based adhesive layer and the surface layer when the composite is wound into a spiral roll.

Abstract: Protection products and armored products made of a fiber-reinforced composite material with a ceramic matrix, include a protection element for partial or complete absorption of at least one impact-like load focussed at a point. The protection element has a body having at least one dimension at least equal to 3 cm, in a direction perpendicular to a load to be absorbed. The body includes a fiber-reinforced composite material having a ceramic matrix with at least 10% by weight of silicon carbide and having reinforcing fibers. At least 5% by weight of the reinforcing fibers are carbon fibers and/or graphite fibers.

Abstract: A vertical magnetic recording medium and a method for evaluating the same by which the thickness of the micro-crystalline texture part occupying the ferromagnetic layer in the recording layer of the medium can be grasped quantitatively along with the distribution thereof in the thickness direction and the crystal magnetic anisotropy constant Kugrain of magnetic crystal grains in a columnar texture part can be determined simultaneously.

Abstract: The present invention relates to very durable bismuth-based inorganic pigments with a light vivid yellow to orange color corresponding to the following general formula: BiV(1−n)XnO(4−3n) in which X is a halogen or a mixture of halogens and n can vary from 0 to 1. The invention also relates to the process for the manufacture of such pigments.

Abstract: This invention provides an oil well pipe which is resistant to fracturing caused by ground subsidence by providing a sliding layer on the outside of the oil well pipe to reduce the frictional force acting on the oil well pipe. Furthermore, by constituting the sliding layer by a material and a thickness so that the residual negative frictional force becomes 2×103 N/m2 or less after 1 year of deformation at the operating temperature of the oil well pipe, or by the sliding layer comprising a material of which the stiffness factor S(t) after 1 year of deformation is in the range from 10−5 N/m2 to 103 N/m2 at the operating temperature of the oil well pipe and providing an adhesive layer between the pipe body and the sliding layer, thereby reducing the sliding phenomenon upon construction which restricts the properties of the sliding layer.

Abstract: A vibration-isolating laminar rubber structure including highly rigid hard plates and rubber layers which are alternately laminated on each other, wherein the rubber layers are formed of a rubber composition comprising 1-50 parts by weight of at least one kind of material selected from among asphalt materials (e.g., natural asphalt), tar materials and pitch materials, per 100 parts by weight of a rubber material (natural rubber and/or diene-based synthetic rubber). The rubber composition preferably further comprises 10-150 parts by weight of carbon black and/or 1-50 parts by weight of a plasticizer having a freezing point of not higher than −30° C, per 100 parts by weight of the rubber material.

Abstract: Saltwater, waste water, atmospheric and other corrosion resistant barrier apparatus and radioactive contamination containment barrier apparatus that are applied to a substrate, such as to metal, steel, concrete, rock, stone, ceramic material, tile, and the like, and methods for manufacturing the same. The apparatus generally having an asphaltic mastic basecoat and a thermoplastic topcoat which is at least partially melted and integrated into the mastic basecoat. Alternatively, the apparatus further having a solvent primer which is applied to the substrate prior to the application of the mastic basecoat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-bonded type vibration-damping resin for a structural member which contains in view of a preferable blending rate asphalt, synthetic rubber, petroleum resin and filler material, and further a heat-bonded type vibration-damping resin for a structural member which contains in view of a preferable blending rate asphalt, filler material, blowing agent. In addition, its basic concept consists in a configuration in which the vibration-damping resin is formed into a sheet and arranged at the surface of the metallic structure used at a place where vibration and noise should be prevented so as to form the vibration-damping structure and a method for manufacturing the vibration-damping structure. The vibration-damping resin can be easily mounted on the surface of the metallic structure having an elongated shape, bonded to it by heating and has a workability in which the mounting work to the metallic plate may be facilitated.

Abstract: The invention is composed of a non-aluminium metallic foil with a ceramic particle dotted layer formed on one side thereof is used and the non-aluminium metallic foil is wound on the peripheral surface of an inner shell of a duplex shell body in a state that the ceramic particle dotted layer is faced inwardly, wherein the circumference of the multi-layeredly wound layer is covered with an outer shell of the duplex shell body, and a space between the inner shell and the outer shell is sealed and evacuated.

Abstract: A Structure comprising a membrane of a waterproofing pressure sensitive adhesive material with, contiguous thereto, a layer of relatively rigid covering material so arranged and divided into segments that the structure can be folded at the divisions between the segments.

Abstract: A method of treating a terne coating to accelerate the patina on the terne coating. The terne coated metal is coated with a specially formulated asphalt based paint which produces a semi-transparent or translucent, dull finish on the terne coated metal. The coated terne coated metal is then exposed to the natural atmospheric elements for at least six months wherein such time enhanced oxidation of lead and tin occurs.

Abstract: A bituminous roof covering material, particularly suitable for use as first layer in a multilayer roof covering system which is applied while adding heat. The material comprises a carrier provided on both sides with a bituminous layer and with a layer formed by a perforated metal foil. According to the invention, the carrier and the bituminous layers applied thereto on both sides are closed layers without perforations, and the bituminous layer interposed between the perforated layer and the carrier consists of adhesion-active bituminous material.

Abstract: A two-tone paint film comprises a first paint film and a second paint film formed adjacent to the first paint film, each of the first paint film and the second paint film including pigment comprising a ceramic flake substrate, a transparant inorganic thin film layer formed on the surface of the substrate, and glittering portions having metallic luster comprising metal dots or alloy dots formed on the surface of the thin film layer. The pigment of the first paint film has a different ratio of the total areas of the glittering portions to the entire surface area of the thin film layer from the pigment of the second paint film. Thus, brightness of the two paint films are reversed between a view at the front and a view in an oblique angle.

Abstract: A perforated web-like bituminous roofing material comprising a perforated, bituminized carrier, at the side facing, in the condition of use, the roof area to be coated, is provided with a metal foil leaving clear the perforations in the bituminized carrier. The roofing material can be manufactured by finishing one side of a perforated bituminized carrier with fine sprinkling material and coating the other side with an imperforate metal foil, and subsequently removing the metal foil at the perforations.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant coating for a ferrous surface comprising an asphaltic matrix of an asphalt or a petroleum resin or a mixture thereof having a convertant dispersed therein. The convertant is either adsorbed at the ferrous surface or reacts chemically with the surface to prevent further oxidation. Preferably, the coating is sprayed onto the surface as a solution in a solvent, and the solution may also include a film-forming resin. Other optional coating ingredients include elastomers to improve low-temperature characteristics, and fillers or bulking agents.

Abstract: A composition which contains (a) 80 to 99% w of a bitumen component; (b) 1 to 20% w of an elastomer; (c) 1 to 60% w of a hydrocarbon resin which has been modified to contain carboxyl, carboxylic anhydride, hydroxyl and/or amino groups; and (d) 1 to 100% w of an inorganic filler, the weight percentages being based on the total weight of the bitumen component and elastomer, is suitable for coating structures and a process for applying the composition at elevated temperature onto a suitable structure.

Abstract: A novel metal-polymer-metal structural laminate is disclosed having an unexpected balance of property advantages including light weight, sound damping, good adhesion between polymer and metal, high stiffness and automotive paint bake oven stability. The high heat, sound damping laminate has a polymeric resinous core comprising the blend of an engineering thermoplastic resin, butene-1 polymer and a selectively hydrogenated monoalkenyl arene-conjugated diene block copolymer.

Abstract: Thermal insulating articles are disclosed of the type which comprises a laminate of thermal insulation and a flexible jacket material with the jacket and thermal insulation being directly adhesively adhered to each other by means of a hot-melt adhesive. The hot-melt adhesive employed consists essentially of an asphaltene enriched asphalt, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and a wax.

Abstract: Waterproofing membranes are disclosed comprising a shrinkable polymer film bonded to a foil layer by a layer of thermoplastic adhesive having sufficient bonding strength below the shrinkage onset temperature of the polymer film to inhibit relative movement between the film and the foil and having sufficient plasticity above the shrinkage onset temperature of the polymer film to permit relative movement between the film and the foil. In a preferred embodiment, the membrane is made self adhesive by including a layer of an adhesive material on that surface of the foil opposite the layer of the thermoplastic adhesive.

Abstract: A laminated tape for manufacturing figures of desired shape comprising a first film layer of a relatively soft and flexible material capable of being cut by an elongated cutting ridge of a cutting die and a second film layer disposed in face-to-face relationship with respect to the first film layer for supporting the first film layer. The first film layer is constructed of a material having tensile strength of no greater than about 1000 pounds per square inch.

Abstract: Cutting tools and cutting tool inserts having improved mechanical and chemical wear resistance under demanding conditions of machining speed, temperature, or workpiece hardness comprise a composite silicon nitride substrate having at least one hard adherent coating layer of a refractory metal nitride. The composite silicon nitride substrate body consists essentially of particles of a refractory material uniformly distributed in a matrix consisting essentially of a first phase of silicon nitride and a refractory second phase comprising silicon nitride and an effective amount of a densification aid selected from the group consisting of yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, the lanthanide rare earth oxides, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Improved flexible waterproofing membranes of the pre-formed pressure-sensitive or self-adhesive bituminous type particularly useful in roofing are described. The membranes are in the form of factory-manufactured, flexible, sheet-like laminates employing a comparatively thin layer of metal film or foil positioned (a) beneath a support layer of synthetic polymer film and (b) above a layer of waterproofing self-adhesive bituminous composition such as rubberized asphalt. The metal film imparts a number of desired properties to the laminate such as fire-resistance, handling, etc. The upper polymeric support film protects the metal film and provides, inter alia, strength, puncture-resistance, and additional waterproofing properties. In one preferred embodiment, the upper polymeric film layer is a film having good weatherability characteristics.

Abstract: A roofing element for roofs of civil and industrial buildings comprising a layer of expanded polyurethane having high thermal insulation capacity, a support made of zinc-plated sheet steel overlying said layer of expanded polyurethane and adhering thereto at all points, a thin layer of a bituminous compound and a continuous layer of stone material in fine scales caused to adhere to said thin layer of bituminous compound.

Abstract: Bituminous binders are disclosed which contain at least one silane and show excellent improvement of adhesion. The bituminous binder containing silane is manufactured by heating The bituminous binder to a temperature of 120.degree.-230.degree. C. and stirring in the silane. All known silanes can be used as the silane. The resulting compositions can be used for the production of street surfacings, industrial floors, floorings, building protective paints, roof coating masses, undercoatings for motor vehicles and rail vehicles, and cable covering compounds.

Abstract: Fire- and heat-resistant sheet material comprises fibrous webs adhered together with asphalt which is filled with inorganic particles, intumescable granules, and a catalyst which catalyzes charring of the asphalt.

Abstract: This invention pertains to asphaltic sheet sound deadener for use as a vibration damping medium, which can be bonded in place without excessive sag or flow by subjecting the material to 250.degree.-400.degree. F. The main use of this material is in the automotive field, but may be used in other areas such as the appliance and furniture industries. The melt flow properties of the deadener are controlled by the use of ground mica.

Abstract: To provide a cover coating for metal surfaces subject to corrosion by water, typically steel surfaces in salt water, for ships, structural components, and the like, in which cathodic protection by application of a negative voltage to the metal is provided, a two-layer coating is applied in which the base coating applied to the metal comprises a mixture of finely divided zinc and polyisocyanate prepolymers capable of hardening or curing under ambient humidity, with dryers, gelling, and pigment agents, and high boiling point solvents, covered by a cover coating, preferably in two to three layers, of a mixture of tar with polyisocyanates, fillers, dryers, solvents, and micaceous iron ore or hematite powder.

Abstract: Parts subject to wear, which come into contact with metal melts, are formed with a hydraulically setting high-alumina refractory concrete having a compression strength when cold, measured on dried crude product, of at least 400 kp/cm.sup.2. The compression strength is at least 700 kp/cm.sup.2 after firing at 1400.degree. C. The refractory concrete has a dimensional stability at 1400.degree. C. of at least plus or minus 0.2%. The refractory concrete contains corundum and active alumina as aggregates, an alumina concrete containing less than 22% lime and, as required, a thinning agent. Up to 5% of the aggregates can be replaced by a spinel-forming substance preferably MgO or MgO-yielding compounds; or up to 5% of the aggregates can be replaced by carbon black, pitch or graphite; or up to 7% of the aggregates can be replaced by chromium oxide. Aggregates under 0.5 mm can be present in the refractory concrete as round grains.

Abstract: A multilayer, metal/organic polymer composite exhibiting high specular reflectivity even after substantial elongation is provided by metallizing a layer of thermoplastic organic polymer such as polystyrene or polycarbonate film with a normally solid soft metal such as indium or an alloy of tin and cadmium. Subsequently the multilayer composite or at least a portion thereof can be stretched or elongated by more than 10 percent in both the longitudinal and traverse directions without losing its initial specular reflectivity. Articles fabricated of the multilayer composite may be structurally reinforced by casting an elastomeric or rigid foam polymer such as polyurethane into a cavity defined by the composite. The multilayer composites are useful in the manufacture of reflective and decorative parts for automobiles and other vehicles of transportation, as well as high barrier packages for foods and electroconductive elements.

Abstract: Thermoplastic compositions of matter comprising coal-tar pitch and a material selected from (1) a terpolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate, and an ethylenically-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (2) a mixture of copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate and of ethylene and an ethylenically-unsaturated carboxylic acid, exhibiting high strength in shear and peel over a wide temperature range, are prepared and used as adhesives and coatings. Laminated materials utilizing such compositions of matter are also disclosed.

Abstract: A self adhesion ensuring layer having a total thickness of 0.05 to 0.2 mm is carried on a PVC-foil carrier sheet having a thickness of 0.2 to 0.5 mm. The self adhesion ensuring layer comprises 70 to 100% by weight of synthetic caoutchouc, 0 to 16% by weight bitumin and 0 to 14% by weight talc. A ground layer may be interposed between the carrier sheet and self adhesion ensuring layer. The resultant system is useful for insulation of underground pipe.

Abstract: A pipe coating composition consisting essentially of a binder, mineral aggregates, a finely divided mineral filler and synthetic organic fibers exhibits improved cracking time as compared to a pipe coating composition containing glass fibers instead of the organic fibers.

Abstract: A composition especially useful as a primer coating having improved hot line adhesion and cathodic disbonding resistance comprises a solution of chlorinated rubber and aromatic petroleum pitch in a solvent.

Abstract: Disclosed are: (1) A primer coating composition containing an air-blown, solvent extracted asphalt having a penetration of about 1 to about 12 and a softening point of about 150.degree. to about 270.degree. F; (2) a blend of 70-92 parts by weight of an air-blown, solvent extracted asphalt having a penetration of about 0 to about 7, and a softening point of about 200.degree. to about 250.degree. F., and about 8 to about 30 parts by weight of a non-air-blown, solvent extracted asphalt having a penetration of about 40 to about 150, and a softening point of about 105.degree. to about 130.degree. F., the blend having a ductility at 77.degree. F., using a speed of one cm per minute of at least 2.5, a penetration of about 7 to about 15, and a softening point of about 200.degree. to about 220.degree. F.; (3) metallic substrates coated with the primer composition set forth above; and (4) metallic substrates having a coating containing the blend set forth above.

Abstract: A novel self-adhesive type multi-layer laminated bituminous roofing membrane suitable for the formation of the roofing or waterproofing layer on roofs, floors and the like is provided. It comprises a base sheet of a sheet-like material, one or more bitumen layers coated on all or part of one or both faces of the base sheet, at least one layer of compound bitumen including both bitumen and rubber and/or resin laminated on all or part of the surface of said bitumen-coated layer on the base sheet and at least one release sheet laid over the whole surface of said compound bitumen layer.This roofing membrane is produced by uniting the bitumen-coated base sheet and the compound bitumen-coated release sheet, and can be applied over a substrate in a simple manner, without the step of melting or liquefying bitumen as in the conventional application process.

Abstract: A coated metal pipe which comprises a pipe coated with a composition comprising2 to 40 wt. parts of low molecular weight oxidized polymer of polypropylene or propylene-ethylene copolymer;5 to 40 wt. parts of a rubber component selected from a group consisting of styrene-butadiene copolymer, polyisoprene, butyl rubber, chlorosulfonic polyethylene and polyisobutylene;5 to 50 wt. parts of a tackifier and 10 to 80 wt. parts of asphalt.

Abstract: A composition, especially useful for making coating compositions, and having unusually good properties, comprises at least one solvent extracted hard asphalt, at least one polyhydroxy polymer, and, optionally, at least one filler and at least one stable, non-volatile, tertiary amine catalyst. This composition, where combined with at least one polyisocyanate, forms a composition especially useful for coatings, particularly finish coatings.

Abstract: Parts subject to wear, which come into contact with metal melts, are formed with a hydraulically setting high-alumina refractory concrete having a compression strength when cold, measured on dried crude product, of at least 400 kp/cm.sup.2. The compression strength is at least 700 kp/cm.sup.2 after firing at 1400.degree. C. The refractory concrete has a dimensional stability at 1400.degree. C. of at least plus or minus 0.2%. The refractory concrete contains corundum and active alumina as aggregates, an alumina .[.concrete.]. .Iadd.cement .Iaddend.containing less than 22% lime and, as required, a thinning agent. Up to 5% of the aggregates can be replaced by a spinel-forming substance preferably MgO or MgO-yielding compounds; or up to 5% of the aggregates can be replaced by carbon black, pitch or graphite; or up to 7% of the aggregates can be replaced by chromium oxide. Aggregates under 0.5 mm can be present in the refractory concrete as round grains.