Abstract: A durable image is formed by the combination of an aqueous ink comprising an aqueous vehicle and a colorant; and a textile, wherein said textile has been treated with a hydrophilic composition containing at least one crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer, said crosslinkable polymer having a number average molecular weight of at least 6,000 and being selected from the group consisting of polymers having at least one carboxylic acid group and at least one crosslinkable group; and a mixture of at least two polymers wherein at least one has a carboxylic acid group and at least one other has a crosslinkable group.

Abstract: This invention relates to improved flexible laminates formed from at least one corona treated polyolefin or polyester film bonded to another polymeric or cellulosic film via an aqueous based laminating ink. The improvement in the flexible laminates resides in the aqueous based emulsion used to print and bond the respective films. The aqueous based emulsion is comprised of an acrylic interpolymer prepared by emulsion polymerizing alkyl(meth)acrylates, .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated olefins, such as styrene and suitably substituted styrenes, and/or .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated nitrites, such as acrylonitrile, with an amino(meth)acrylate, an amino (meth)acrylate or vinyl amine.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method comprising the step of printing two solutions of a first solution and an ink composition is provided which, even in the case of printing on a recycled paper, can realize a good printed image, especially an image having no significant feathering and free from unevenness of printing and an image free from color bleeding. A first solution containing a polyvalent metal salt and/or a polyallylamine is used in combination with an ink composition containing an inorganic oxide colloid, and optionally an epoxy-containing compound. Specifically, the first solution is deposited onto a recording medium, and the ink composition is then deposited by ink jet printing to perform printing.

Abstract: Coated paper stocks for electrostatic imaging comprising a substrate coated on at least one surface with a resin layer comprised of olefinic material and a pin-hole free, continuous coating layer over said resin layer. The continuous layer has a glass transition temperature above 100.degree. C. and is comprised of one or more natural or synthetic film forming polymers. As a single layer this continuous coating layer functions as both a heat protective and imaging layer. In an alternate embodiment two separate coating layers are provided with separate heat protective and imaging functionalities.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition including an engineering resin and wood fiber composite that can be used in the form of a linear extrudate or thermoplastic pellet used to manufacture structural members. The resin/wood fiber composite structural members can be manufactured in an extrusion process or an injection molding process as a linear extrudate or pellet that can have a cross-section of any arbitrary shape, or can be a regular geometric shape and have a volume of at least about 12 mm.sup.3. Preferably the pellet is a right cylindrical pellet having a minimum radius of about 1.5 mm and a minimum length of 1 mm weighing at least 14 mg. The invention also relates to the environmentally sensitive recycle of waste streams. The resin/wood fiber composite can contain an intentional recycle of a waste stream including polymer flakes, polymer particles, or wood fiber as well as adhesives, paint, or preservatives.

Abstract: Packaging material prepared from a paper or paperboard substrate which includes a layer of moisture barrier material is made resistant to loss of its moisture barrier characteristics when the packaging material is scored and bent during any converting operation by the addition of a layer of flexible primer material located between the paper or paperboard substrate and the moisture barrier layer.

Abstract: A multi-ply paperboard comprising at least one ply of conventional cellulose fibers and from about 0.1 to about 6 weight percent of a water-borne binding agent; and at least one ply containing up to 20% of chemically intra-fiber crosslinked cellulosic high-bulk fibers and from about 0.1 to about 6 weight percent of a water-borne binding agent. The water-borne binding agent may be a starch, a modified starch, a polyvinyl alcohol, a polyvinyl acetate, a polyethylene/acrylic acid copolymer, an acrylic acid polymer, a polyacrylate, a polyacrylamide, a polyamine, guar gum, an oxidized polyethylene, a polyvinyl chloride, a polyvinyl chloride/acrylic acid copolymer, an acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymer or polyacrylonitrile. A method for making the paperboard is disclosed.

Abstract: A laminate having a laminated structure of at least two layers includes a gas barrier film (A) formed from a mixture containing at least one poly(meth)acrylic acid polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(meth)acrylic acid and partially neutralized products thereof and a saccharide in a weight ratio of 95:5 to 20:80, and having an oxygen permeability constant of 5.00.times.10.sup.-3 ml(STP).multidot.cm/m.sup.2 .multidot.h.multidot.atm{Pa} or smaller as measured under conditions of 30.degree. C. and 80% relative humidity, and a layer (B) formed from a thermoplastic resin. The film (A) and the layer (B) are laminated contiguously to each other. A process for the production of a laminate having a laminated structure of at least two layers comprises a step of forming a gas barrier film (A) having an oxygen permeability constant of 5.00.times.10.sup.-3 ml(STP).multidot.cm/m.sup.2 .multidot.h.multidot.atm{Pa} or smaller as measured under conditions of 30.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention is recyclable photographic film base which includes a cellulose acetate support. An antistatic layer is superposed on one side of the support and includes an antistatic agent. A barrier layer comprising a polymeric composition having a glass transition temperature of less than 90.degree. C. overlies the antistatic layer. In a preferred embodiment the polymeric composition of the barrier layer in poly(isobutyl methacrylate).

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel silicone free copolymer and coating prepared therefrom. The coating which is capable of being written on effectively with both solvent-based and water-based inks is also bleedthrough resistant. A repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive note is capable of effectively adhering to the coating. The invention also provides substrates coated with the coatings and articles such as pads and rolls formed from the coated substrates.

Abstract: An ink/textile combination is provided wherein the ink contains an aqueous carrier, a pigment and a polymer having acid, base, epoxy or hydroxy functional moieties and the textile contains hydroxyl, amine, amido or carboxyl groups and either an organometallic crosslinking agent or an isocyanate crosslinking agent, and wherein upon exposure of the printed image to an external energy source, the crosslinking agent will react with the textile and the polymer in the ink to produce images having improved durability, water-fastness and wash-fastness.

Abstract: Provided is a receiving medium comprising a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided thereon, said ink receiving layer comprising a blend of an ethylene vinylacetate copolymer and a hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol. The ink receiving layer preferably further comprises a solid particulate such as silica or calcium silicate. Also provided is a process for providing a water resistant ink jet print by attaching droplets of a recording liquid on a recording medium, said recording medium comprising an ink receiving layer provided on a substrate with the ink receiving layer comprising a blend of an ethylene vinylacetate copolymer and a hydrolyzed polyvinylalcohol.

Abstract: A low melt viscosity hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition having enhanced tack properties is provided. The composition is based on an S-I-S block copolymer having polystyrene and polyisoprene block segments blended with a petroleum tackier resin which is the Friedel Crafts polymerization product of (i) a cracked petroleum feed containing C.sub.5 olefins and diolefins or a mixture of C.sub.5 and C.sub.6 olefins and dioelefins copolymerized with (ii) from about 5 to 15% by weight of a monovinyl aromatic monomer having 8 or 9 carbon atoms, e.g., styrene. The composition optionally also includes a polystyrene--polyisoprene diblock copolymer and a processing oil. The composition may be readily applied as solvent-free melt to various substrates using coating die technology because of its low melt viscosity at coating temperatures.

Abstract: The articles of this invention have increased resistance to moisture induced delamination at a bond line comprising a substrate, a second layer an dan adhesive. The increased resistance to moisture and increase in bond strength between the adhesive, the substrate and the second layer is produced through a novel adhesive. The adhesive after spraying cools to below the softening point of the components but retains sufficient liquidity to fully wet or to penetrate the second layer causing the layers to be bonded to the film substrate through intimate adhesive bonds or by bonding through a physical entrapment. The physical entrapment of the nonwoven layer substantially prevents moisture-induced debonding or delamination.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic composite material consisting essentially of a thermoplastic polymer and a wood fiber. The composite can be used in the form of a linear extrudate or a thermoplastic pellet to manufacture structural members. The linear extrudate or pellet can have any arbitrary cross-section or can be a regular geometric shape. Typically the thermoplastic polyvinyl chloride polymer and the wood fiber are combined and extruded in the form of a pellet. The pellet can be then taken, placed in an extruder and extruded in the form of a structural member. The composite material of the invention can be used to form structural members having high modulus (greater than about 500,000 psi). The thermoplastic structural members of the invention can then be recycled to form new thermoplastic.

Abstract: A printable heat transfer material having cold release properties, which material includes a flexible first layer having first and second surfaces. The first layer typically will be a film or a cellulosic nonwoven web. A second layer overlays the first surface of the first layer and includes a thermoplastic polymer, such as a hard acrylic polymer or a poly(vinyl acetate). A third layer overlays the second layer and includes a thermoplastic polymer which melts in a range of from about 65.degree. C. to about 180.degree. C. The first layer may be a cellulosic nonwoven web, such as a latex-impregnated paper. The thermoplastic polymer of which the second layer is composed may have a glass transition temperature of at least about 25.degree. C. The second layer also may include an effective amount of a release-enhancing additive, such as a divalent metal ion salt of a fatty acid, a polyethylene glycol, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and wood fiber composite that can be used in the form of a linear extrudate or thermoplastic pellet to manufacture structural members. The polymer, the fiber or both can be modified to increase compatibility. The wood fiber composite structural members can be manufactured in an extrusion process or an injection molding process. The linear extrudate or pellet can have a cross-section of any arbitrary shape, or can be a regular geometric. The pellet can have a cross-section shape having a volume of at least about 12 mm.sup.3. Preferably the pellet is a right cylindrical pellet having a minimum radius of about 1.5 mm and a minimum length of 1 mm weighing at least 14 mg. The invention also relates to an environmentally sensitive recycle of waste streams. The polymer and wood fiber composite contains an intentional recycle of a waste stream comprising polymer flakes or particles or wood fiber.

Abstract: A paper product has a base body with an upper surface and a bottom surface. A primer coating is applied in the form of a primer coating mixture to at least one of the upper and the bottom surfaces of the base body. A cover coating is applied to the primer coating. The primer coating mixture is selected from the group consisting of a first composition comprised of water, amorphous silicon dioxide, aluminum dioxide, polyvinyl alcohol, and a copolymer of butadiene/styrene and acrylonitrile, and a second composition comprised of water, a silicon compound selected from the group consisting of silicic acid and silica gel, polyvinyl alcohol, and a copolymer of butadiene-styrene and acrylonitrile.

Abstract: A latex binder composition comprises occluded composite particles containing at least a vinyl ester homopolymer or a copolymer thereof polymerized from acrylate and/or ethylene monomers, and a polymer polymerized from conjugated diene and/or vinyl substituted aromatic monomers and desirably unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers. The occluded composite particles are produced in the absence of crosslinking agents by first polymerizing the vinyl esters and optional acrylate and/or ethylene monomers, and subsequently in situ polymerizing the conjugated diene and/or vinyl substituted aromatic, etc., monomers in the presence of the vinyl ester latex particles. The occluded composite-particle latex contains phase separated domains which are neither a core-shell nor an inverted core-shell particle and provide properties which are superior to physical blends of the two classes of polymers when utilized as binders in paper coating formulations.

Abstract: This invention relates to moisture resistant frozen food packaging using highly-sized paperboard and press applied moisture resistant over-print varnishes. Such structures of this type, generally, employ a moisture-resistant coating which is placed between the food product and the paperboard in order to provide a barrier for the food from the board and also to prevent the paperboard from absorbing moisture. Also, edge-wick moisture absorption is minimized by the use of the highly-sized sheet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a decorative lighting paper in which the printed matter can be easily discerned with clarity whether viewed with transmitted light or reflected light, and a method of manufacturing the said paper thereof. The paper according to the present invention comprises a substrate and a coating layer formed on at least one side of the substrate, the overall opacity of the paper being in the range of 50-75%, the brightness as measured from the one side is 80% or more, and the luster of the paper is 5-23%.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for improving the resistance to solvents in finishing and stabilizing fiber materials with textile binders, wherein the textile binder used is an aqueous copolymer dispersion or a redispersible copolymer powder of copolymers with a T.sub.g of -60.degree. C. to +60.degree. C., containing (a) one or more monomer units from the group consisting of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched carboxyli acids with 1 to 12 carbon atoms, esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid with unbranched or branched alcohols with 1 to 12 carbon atoms, vinyl aromatics, vinyl halides and .alpha.-olefins, and (b) 0.3 to 10 wt %, relative to the total weight of the copolymer, of one or more N-(alkoxymethyl)-acrylamides or N-(alkoxymethyl)methacrylamides with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl residue, or mixtures of these N-(alkoxymethyl)-meth(acrylamides with N-Methylolacrylamide and/or N-methylolmethacrylamide in a weight ratio of N-methylol compound to N-(alkoxymethyl) compound of at most 5:1.

Abstract: A recyclable double-faced liner bard, the board having a top layer, a medium corrugated layer, and a bottom layer, the top layer having a coating formed from an aqueous composition comprising (A) an emulsion of a curable butadience-styrene copolymer and (B) TiO.sub.2, the medium layer having a coating formed from an aqueous composition containing an emulsion of wax particles and a binder (preferably sodium alginate); and the bottom layer having a coating formed from an aqueous composition comprising about 10 to 85 percent by weight of a liquid curable styrene-butadiene copolymer (or a carboxylated copolymer) and wax.

Abstract: A paper or transparency receiving toner to be fixed by heat has an ionomeric resin on its outer surface. For universal application, the outer layer is a blend of non-ionomeric resin, such as styrene acrylate copolymer, and an ionomer, which permits the material of the toner to molecularly intermingle with the blend during heat fixing. Irradiation raises the melting point of the ionomeric resin to prevent delamination. The resulting printing is strongly bonded to the substrate and is of excellent quality.

Abstract: A film suitable for continuous application to particle boards in the making of laminated particle board is disclosed, which film is stem penetrable and impregnated with semi-cured impregnating resins and provided with a partially cured layer of glue on one side and a fully cured lacquer layer on the other side, which film is permeable to gases generated during production of laminated particle board. A process for producing such a film is also disclosed and also a method for producing a laminated particle board by means of a continuous direct lamination process.

Abstract: An adhesive composition, a laminated structure, and a method of laminating a structure. The adhesive composition comprises an admixture of unsaturated polymerizable material and a photoreactor, the photoreactor comprising a wavelength-specific sensitizer covalently bonded to a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. Suitable wavelength-specific sensitizers have a molar extinction coefficient greater than about 5000 liters per mole per cm at an absorption maximum and resulting photoreactors have a quantum yield of greater than about 0.5 at an absorption maximum. Suitable photoreactors include 2-?p-(2-methyllactoyl)phenoxy!ethyl-1,3-dioxo-2-isoindolineacetate, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-4'-?2-?p-(3-oxobutyl)phenoxy!ethoxy!propiophenone, 4-?p-?(4-benzoylcyclohexyl)oxy!phenyl!-2-butanone, and 1,3-dioxo-2-isoindolineacetic acid diester with 2-hydroxy-4'-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-methylpropiophenone.

Abstract: The invention concerns laminates incorporating plastic layers and cellulose fiber layers and a method for the production thereof. The plastic layers and the cellulose fiber layers incorporated in the laminates can be separated intact from each other in aqueous defibering by virtue of a water-soluble polymer layer placed adjacent to the fibrous layer whereby all components of the laminate become recyclable for reuse. The laminates can be produced using extrusion coating/laminating methods. The laminates according to the invention are suited to use as, e.g., wrapper and packaging materials.

Abstract: A repulpable sheet of moisture resistant corrugated board (10) having inner and outer linerboard sheets (12, 14, respectively) with a convoluted or corrugated sheet of corrugating medium (16) therebetween, the flutes (16a) of the medium being joined to the linerboard sheets by an adhesive. The inner and outer linerboard sheets are coated before being joined to the medium with moisture resistant coatings (20, 22, respectively), which do not detract from the repulpability of the corrugated board, and the corrugating medium is coated with a moisture resistant coating, which does not detract from the repulpability of the corrugated board, before being joined to the inner and outer linerboard sheets. Because of the character of the coatings applied to the inner and outer linerboard sheets and to the corrugating medium, the adhesive used to join the corrugating medium to the inner and outer linerboard sheets is a cold set adhesive.

Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride and wood composite pellet by extrusion. The polyvinyl chloride and wood fiber are introduced into the extruder at a ratio of approximately 6:4 by weight, respectively. The polyvinyl chloride is melted and blended with the wood fiber so that the interstitial voids of the wood fiber are filled with polyvinyl chloride. After being extruded through a die, the molten material is cut into pellets having a bulk density of preferably between 0.7 to 0.8 gm/mm.sup.3.

Abstract: A multi-ply paper product. One or both of the plies may have embossments protruding towards and contacting the other ply. The plies are adhesively joined, preferably at such embossments. The adhesive is selected from a composition that advantageously provides a minimum wet ply bond strength and a dry ply bond strength which falls within a particularly desired range.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printable, coated, marked sheet which is formed by a marked base covered on at least one of its sides by at least one pigmented coating and more particularly a matt coating. The invention furthermore relates to the manufacturing process of such a sheet.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a method for producing a laminated article and the laminated article resulting from such method which comprises contacting a rigid substrate with a plastic material in a liquid or semi-liquid state, said plastic material being held in place by a gasket or spacer and in contact with a flexible film and maintaining contact between the substrate and plastic material under conditions so that the plastic material hardens and adheres to the substrate to form the article. The invention also concerns a plastic edge piece which may be cast and attached to the exposed edges of the laminated article and which has the same appearance as the plastic laminate.

Abstract: Provided is a composition curable by active energy rays, comprising a cationic polyacryloyl compound having two or more acryloyl groups and one or more cation groups in a molecule, represented by any of General Formulae (1) to (6) ##STR1## wherein Z.sub.1 to Z.sub.6 represent independently a residue derived from a polyhydric alcohol or a polyepoxide,K.sub.1 represents independently a radical of the formula ##STR2## K.sub.2 represents a radical of the formula ##STR3## R.sub.1 presents independently a radical of the formula ##STR4## wherein R.sub.3 is independently H-- or CH.sub.3 --, andR.sub.2 represents independently a radical of the formulaCH.sub.2 .dbd.CHCOO--, or CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(CH.sub.3)COO--.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an absorbent coating and method for coating a fishing tackle item which absorbent coating will absorb a liquid fish attractant or attractants on contact by utilizing polymer and/or copolymer particles that are applied over a finish coating on the fishing tackle item while the finish coating is in a liquid state.

Abstract: An adhesive tape or an adhesive label each of which comprises a substrate including a biodegradable polymer layer and an adhesive layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate. The adhesive tape has a release agent layer formed on an opposite surface to the surface where the adhesive layer is provided, or has a release tape which is in contact with the adhesive layer, and the adhesive tape was wound up around a core for storage. The adhesive label has a release sheet which is in contact with the adhesive layer. In such biodegradable adhesive tape and biodegradable adhesive label, a biodegradable polymer is used as a material of the substrate, and therefore the tape and label do not disrupt the natural environment or do not largely disorganize the ecosystem in the soil even when discarded in the soil after use.

Abstract: A wrapping material comprising a sheet of material such as paper, cellophane, foil, or man-made organic polymer film and a cling material such as polyethylene secured to a portion of the sheet of material. The cling material connects to the sheet of material and/or itself as the wrapping material is wrapped about an item thereby securing the sheet of material about the item.A method of wrapping an item such as a floral arrangement, Easter basket or a gift container by wrapping the item with the wrapping material.

Abstract: A laminate comprising a substrate, a thermoplastic film, a paper layer, and a surface-finishing coating is described. The thermoplastic film is a coextruded, three-layer plastic film. The outer layers of the plastic film contain one or more polyolefins having a carboxyl group content of 0.05 to 30% by weight, and the inner layer of the plastic film contains polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyethylene copolymer, or a polypropylene copolymer. The laminates may be produced in one or more process steps and are useful for the manufacture of furniture and boards.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is recording paper suitable for use in recording making use of a water-based recording liquid containing a dye which varies from water-soluble to water-insoluble according to the change of pH, wherein the recording paper is neutral or alkaline, and the surface pH of the paper is adjusted to a value not higher than the pH at which the dye turns water-insoluble.

Abstract: A window-containing mailer is provided which is suitable for use in nonimpact printers using heated fuser rolls. A heat and moisture resistant adhesive which resists picking at temperatures encountered in the fusing rolls secures a transparent polymeric film or glassine patch to the mailer substrate. The adhesive may be either a crosslinkable aqueous-based latex or emulsion or a radiation curable composition.

Abstract: The specification discloses paperboard having a water-repellant coating which includes a polymer matrix/wax mixture and is applied to the paperboard as an aqueous formulation. The polymer matrix includes polymer chains which are ionically cross-linked through pendant carboxylic acid groups to provide, together with the wax, a substantially continuous, water-repellant film which more readily breaks down under the alkaline conditions of repulping. The coated board also exhibits improved release characteristics and resistance to blocking, and is particularly well-suited in corrugated box constructions used in shipping containers for perishable food items such as meats, poultry, fishery products, fruits and vegetables.

Abstract: A latex binder composition which is the reaction product of a conjugated diene monomer and a vinyl-substituted aromatic monomer along with minor amounts of other comonomers including acrylamide or a derivative thereof, methacrylic acid, N-methylolacrylamide, and optional unsaturated carboxylic acids, has an average particle size of less than 1,500 .ANG.. The latex binder which has good stability can be used on nonwoven cellulosic based substrates to impart high wet tensile strength thereto.

Abstract: A novel coated sheet material is made by: (a) coating a porous substrate sheet material with a barrier coating comprised of (i) a cross-linkable polymer resistant to penetration by water moister when cured, and (ii) a water-dispersible, film-forming polymer that is resistant to penetration by grease and oil when cured, said barrier coating composition forming a barrier layer on said substrate sheet material; and (b) coating said barrier layer with a release coating composition. The coated sheet material may be used to make containers, wrappers and/or receptacles for food and other substances, including ovenable and dual-ovenable embodiments thereof.

Abstract: A polymeric film structure having improved oxygen, flavor/odor, grease/oil and moisture barrier characteristics is disclosed. The structure includes a polymeric substrate adapted to receive an oxygen barrier on one side thereof and a moisture barrier on the other side of the oxygen barrier. The oxygen barrier includes polyvinyl alcohol cross-linked with aldehyde containing cross-linking agents in the presence of a catalytic amount of sulfuric acid. The moisture barrier can be provided by the carrier web or incorporated into the cellulosic material, which is preferably box board.

Abstract: Retroreflective sheeting having excellent weatherability under prolonged outdoor use, which comprises a support sheet in one side of which retroreflective glass beads are embedded as substantially a monolayer in such a manner that at least their non-reflective portions are exposed on said sheet; and a light-transmittable protective film provided on the glass beads on said support sheet, said protective film being partially fixed onto the support sheet; in which at least the surface layer of the support sheet in which the glass beads are embedded is formed of a resin composition comprising (a) thermofusible resin(s) having a glass transition temperature not higher than 50.degree. C. and (a) cellulose derivative(s) having a glass transition temperature not lower than 90.degree. C.

Abstract: Hot melt polymer/fatty acid compositions are described that render fibrous products such as paper, paperboard and corrugated paper containers water-resistant at room temperature, but enable such articles to be repulped and recycled when the coated articles are repulped in a heated nearly neutral to alkaline pH aqueous medium.

Abstract: A method for making an electrolytically conductive battery separator polyethylene film for alkaline battery applications is disclosed which comprises carrying out the grafting reaction in an environment free of air and comprising a pressurized inert gas blanket. The resulting lots of polyethylene film are capable of being made with the range of electrolytic resistance values required for a variety of alkaline battery applications, while exhibiting highly uniform electrolytic resistance characteristics.

Abstract: A friction lining (5) for a device which is cooled with fluid or lubricant and is intended for transferring torque, in particular a friction clutch, synchronizing element or brake, the friction lining being fastened on a carrier body (2) in order to form a friction surface (6) and the torque being transferred to a counter-surface, is constructed from at least two different layers, and in particular from at least one porous substrate (11, 11') which is fastened on the carrier body (2) and which is constructed like a composite material from a cellulose base with synthetic fibers and filler, and from a porous friction layer (12) which is fastened on the substrate (11,11') and is made of synthetic fibers, preferably carbon, which are bonded with a thermoset resin.

Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol film containing at least one of complexes of hydroxybenzophenone compounds having specific structure, and at least one basic compound selected from the group consisting of (i) a hydroxide, carbonate or bicarbonate of an alkali metal, (ii) carbonate or bicarbonate of ammonium, and (iii) an amine compound. The above film is excellent in the effect of blocking ultraviolet radiation in the wavelength range from 360 to 400 nm, and therefore can be used in the optical fields of polarizing sunglasses, the display fields of a liquid crystal display and fields of wrapping materials for clothes or foods as it is or as a laminate of it with other transparent film.

Abstract: Coatings of hydrophilic organic polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol are grafted to substrates formed from hydrophobic organic polymers and polyorganosiloxanes by exposing the surface of the substrate to an aqueous solution of the hydrophilic polymer in the presence of a solubilized compound of tetravalent cerium that preferably contains hydroxyl or amino groups as ligands.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a coating and method for coating fishing tackle that will absorb liquid attractants and attractants on contact by utilizing a polymer and/or co-polymer coating that is applied over a finished coating on the fishing tackle while the finished coating is in a liquid state.