Abstract: Rubber-reinforcing fibrous materials are disclosed, which each comprise fibers and a coat formed on the fibers. The coat is formed by applying a rubbery adhesive composition on the fibers and then thermally treating the rubbery adhesive composition-applied fibers. The rubbery adhesive composition is mainly composed of rubber latex and mixed with a bismaleimide compound at a mixing ratio of 0.25 to 5 relative to 100 of the rubber latex in terms of weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to surface coverings, and in particular to coverings which comprise treated polyurethane or other wear layers. A coating comprising an aminoplast which is preferably a melamine which is at least partially etherified with alkyl groups comprising 4 to 10 carbon atoms, a vinyl modifier resin, a polyol, and an acid catalyst is formed on a release surface and thermally cured. A crosslinkable wear layer composition is then cast on the cured layer and crosslinked, and the composite is transferred to a support surface. Surface coverings are produced which exhibit surprising resistance to common household stains, and also improved scratch resistance.

Abstract: Plastic molded articles having low friction and excellent wear resistance are produced by treating the surface of the plastic article with an aqueous solution of an inorganic fluoride such as hydrogen fluoride. Plastic articles which can be made in accordance with the invention include plastic brake pistons, bearings, motors and drives, commutators, slip ring alternators for DC drive motors, thrust washers, spacers and reactors, clutch plates, electrical switching equipment with sliding parts, gears, pulleys for belt drives, such as cog belt pulleys, V-belt pulleys and poly V-belt pulleys, gas meter discs, and the like. In addition to the treatment step, the plastic articles are neutralized, washed and dried.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel curable compositions comprising (a) a first component comprising an aromatic polymer having a first preponderant repeat unit and (b) a second component comprising an acetylene, maleimide, or vinyl terminated poly(imide) or poly(isoimide) or precursor thereof, which second component is compatible with the first component, has 1 to 300 second preponderant repeat units which are different from the first preponderant repeat units of the first component, is substantially free of elemental sulfur and reactive divalent sulfur, and is present in an amount effective to substantially cure the composition. The compositions are useful as adhesives, coatings and matrix resins for fiber reinforced composites. They exhibit improved adhesion to various substrates, increased tensile strength and improved resistance to cracking. The invention also relates to the composition which contains a reinforcing filler. The invention also relates to the composition after it has been cured.

Abstract: Coated article has a thermoplastic substrate and a surface coating of a transparent ultraviolet light-resistant polymer which is the reaction product of a melamine compound, a polyol, and a multimeric benzotriazole compound. The coating of the coated article retains its UV absorbance during curing and exposure to elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording medium is composed of a base sheet, a heat-sensitive recording layer provided on one side of the base sheet and a heat-resistant layer provided on the other side of the base sheet. The heat-resistant layer is made of a resin containing siloxane bonds in its molecule.

Abstract: An impact-resistant laminate has adhered to a rear glass face, opposite to the face which receives the impact, a polycarbonate sheet up to about 3 mm thick which is sufficiently thin to conform to the rear glass face and to be adhered thereto without preforming. Preferably the thickness of the polycarbonate sheet is in the range about 0.25 mm to about 0.64 mm, and it has an abrasion-resistant self-healing coating. The laminate may include toughened or annealed glass sheets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a skin-shaped product comprising an aminoplast-formaldehyde resin mixture and fibrous material and is characterized in that the resin mixture has a viscosity of 25 Pa.s-15.10.sup.3 Pa.s at 120.degree. C. in the skin-shaped product and that the fibrous material in the form of a fleece or a mat has a strength of 0.1 MPa-20 MPa at 20.degree. C.

Abstract: A new polymer composition comprises an aromatic polyetherketone or mixture thereof containing the repeating units--O--Ph--O--Ph--CO--Ph-- Iand--O--Ph--Ph--O--Ph--CO--Ph-- II(where Ph is phenylene) in the relative molar proportions I:II of 95:5 to 60:40 and 5-80% w/w of a fibrous reinforcing agent. It is suitable for producing shaped articles of high damage tolerance by hot fabrication followed by slow cooling.

Abstract: An anti-reflection optical article which has an excellent anti-reflection properties, scratch resistance, impact resistance, flexibility, anti-static properties and weatherability, and which is easy to dye, is disclosed. The anti-reflection optical article of the present invention includes a transparent plastic substrate; a hard coat film formed on a surface of the substrate, the film having an index of refraction of not less than 1.52; and a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane-based film with a thickness of 10 nm to 500 nm, which has an index of refraction lower than that of the hard coat film by not less than 0.02, and which is formed on the hard coat film.

Abstract: A heat transfer sheet comprises a substrate sheet and a heat transfer layer laminated on the substrate sheet and containing a dye which can be caused to migrate by heating to be transferred onto a transferable sheet, said heat transfer sheet containing a polyvinyl acetacetal resin as a binder component, the acetal moiety of said polyvinyl acetacetal resin being 50% by weight or more based on the total amount of the resin, and 80% by weight or more of said acetal moiety comprising polyvinyl acetacetal.A process for producing a polyvinyl acetacetal resin by the reaction of a polyvinyl alcohol and acetaldehyde in an aqueous phase in the presence of 4 to 10% by weight of an acid catalyst comprises initiating precipitation of an acetalated product by maintaining the reaction system at a temperature of 8.degree. to 17.degree. C. for 30 minutes or longer, and then maintaining said reaction at a temperature of 25.degree. to 40.degree. C.

Abstract: A polymer film with a conductive electrode has an insulated polymer film with an electrically conductive pattern containing an electrically conductive polymer of an aromatic compound, the conductive pattern being formed on at least one major surface of the insulated film, and an internal portion extending from the at least one major surface.

Abstract: A flexible fibrous reinforced phenol-formaldehyde sheet molding compound capable of rapid curing to an infusible state.

Abstract: A high strength self-consolidating particle comprised of a particulate substrate, a substantially cured inner resin coating and a fusible curable outer resin coating.

Abstract: A circuit board substrate of good thermal conductivity comprises a composite formed from(A) an electrically and thermally insulating plastic and(B) a plastic incorporating a thermally highly conductive filler.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer medium comprises a support and at least two heat-transferable ink layers including a first and a second ink layer. The first ink layer has relative adhesions with the second ink layer and the support which are reverse at a higher temperature from those at a lower temperature. When the heat-sensitive transfer medium is superposed with paper, a heat energy is applied, and the transfer medium is separated from the paper; the second ink layer is selectively transferred or both the first and second ink layers are transferred to the paper depending on the length of time from the heat application until the separation of the transfer medium, whereby two color images can be formed by a single transfer medium.

Abstract: Cyanate-functional resin adhesives, matrix resin films and prepregs which maintain their tack for extended periods may be prepared using silicone coated release film containing low levels of residual metal catalyst, or which have had their silicone coating prepared in the absence of such catalysts.

Abstract: A multicolor thermosensitive image transfer sheet comprising (i) a substrate and (ii) a plurality of thermofusible ink layers, formed thereon side by side, each thermofusible ink layer comprising a thermofusible ink component having a different color and a different surface tension from the colors and surface tensions of the ink components in the other thermofusible ink layers, and a multicolor thermosensitive image transfer recording method of obtaining multicolored images by transferring imagewise the thermofusible ink layers of the multicolor thermosensitive image transfer recording medium to a receiving sheet in the sequential order from the highest to the lowest, or from the lowest to the highest, critical surface tension of the thermofusible ink components are provided.

Abstract: Artificial marble is produced by laminating a plurality of prepreg sheets formed by impregnating a porous substrate with a melamine resin composition which is composed of melamine resin and a modifier. The melamine resin is an unmodified melamine resin or an alcohol-etherified melamine resin in which formaldehyde-to-melamine molar ratio is between 1.2 to 3.0. The modifier is selected from alcohol, glycol, acrylic monomer, acrylic oligomer and vinyl acetate monomer. The artificial marble has a good stability in dimensions and it is suitable to apply the artificial marble to a composite panel or a decorative laminate panel which is free from tearing even after long time use.

Abstract: A high pressure laminate comprising a plurality of heat molded sheets impregnated with duromeric synthetic resins characterized in that several of these sheets form on at least one surface of the laminate a heat-shapable surface layer (2,3) while the remaining sheets form a non-heat-shapable region which includes a core layer of the laminate.

Abstract: A coating of a viscous lubricant applied prior to stretch-breaking permits forming slivers of stretch-broken carbon fibers. When an anti-static ingredient is added to the viscous lubricant cohesive slivers of stretch-broken glass fibers can be formed. Composites of matrix resin reinforced with these slivers exhibit high strength, tensile stiffness, and good formability.

Abstract: A coated object is produced by flame spraying the object with a substantially molten polymeric material which comprises a linear alternating polymer of ethylene and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon optionally blended with a copolymer of ethylene and .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid.

Abstract: A coating of a viscous lubricant applied prior to stretch-breaking permits forming slivers of stretch-broken carbon fibers. When an anti-static ingredient is added to the viscous lubricant cohesive slivers of stretch-broken glass fibers can be formed. composites of matrix resin reinforced with these slivers exhibit high strength, tensile stiffness, and good formability.

Abstract: In a composite produced by hot pressing multilayer duroplastic prepregs of reinforcing materials impregnated with a duroplastic resin system, the improvement comprising at least one layer of an epoxy resin prepreg and at least one layer of a phenolic resin prepreg are pressed together, the composite having low fume density, increased non-flammability and good solvent and moisture resistance useful for production of structural components.

Abstract: An optical recording material comprising a recording layer containing a substance with its optical properties changeable by irradiation with light in which information is recorded by irradiating the recording layer with light, said substance being an ethylene derivative having at its 1- and 2-positions heterocyclic groups which are cyclizable by irradiation with light to form a cyclohexadiene ring and thereby change the optical properties, and the other 1- and 2-positions connected to each other to form a ring.

Abstract: An insulating substrate having a layer of an adhesive composition comprising (A) a modified phenolic resin and (B) acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber on at least one surface of a substrate is suitable for producing printed circuit boards having excellent solder heat resistance by an additive process.

Abstract: A novel class of polymers and processes used in their preparation are described. The polymers are produced by a reaction between polyfunctional amines and quinones. Some are infusible and intractable. Others are eminently suitable for the production of coatings, adhesives, insulators, etc. Some polymers, in solution in appropriate solvents adhere to metals, siliceous materials, composites with sufficient affinity to displace water. The polymers can be cured by heat or chemicals to an impervious and insoluble material that is not wetted by water.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drafting material comprising a transparent base material with a hydrophilic coating which readily accepts ink, ensures rapid drying of the ink and can be marked in a wipe-resistant manner. The hydrophilic coating of the drafting material includes sulfonate group-containing copolyesters which are preferably present in an amount of 30 to 70 percent by weight. The drafting material can be marked with felt-tip pens containing aqueous inks.

Abstract: Unit layer polyheteroaromatic films of thickness less than 50 nm are obtained when an aldehyde monomer or aldehyde monomer precursor is spread onto an aqueous subphase containing an aromatic amine monomer, said aromatic amine monomer possessing amine or group VI heteroatom alcohols moieties in ortho (XH, NH.sub.2) pairs, where X is N or a group VI heteroatom. The resulting film can be transferred and built up as multilayer films on various substrates.

Abstract: Oxymethylene polymer bonded articles, such as multilayer laminates, are disclosed. Such articles are prepared by bonding together at least two articles shaped or molded from crystalline oxymethylene homo-, co- and terpolymers using, as an adhesive, a low Tg copolymer of trioxane and 1,3-dioxolane which have a dioxolane content greater than 65 mol percent and less than about 75 mol percent and an IV of from about 1.0 to about 2.3, and which are non-crystalline at room temperature or above.

Abstract: An impact-resistant laminate has a front glass sheet which receives an impact such as a bullet, and a rear polycarbonate sheet. A thin polycarbonate sheet up to about 1 mm thick is adhered to the rear polycarbonate sheet, and carries a self-healing polyurethane coating.

Abstract: A process for forming a multi-layer ceramic substrate. The process includes the steps of obtaining a plurality of ceramic sheets in the green state, depositing a conductive metal pattern on at least one of the green ceramic sheets, heating the at least one green ceramic sheet so as to soften it, pressing the conductive metal pattern into the at least one green ceramic sheet, stacking and laminating the green ceramic sheets so as to form a substrate and then sintering the substrate. There is also disclosed a multi-layer ceramic substrate having a conductive metal pattern pressed into the at least one green ceramic sheet.

Abstract: This invention relates to a natural or synthetic gemstone or mineral substrate having on its surface an adherent photo-product coating, and a method for coating that substrate, which coating is formed by exposing to light in the presence of an oxygen source, a reactant mixture comprising: 2,2'4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone, with (1) ammonium hydroxide and optionally a trace amount of at least one reactive metal, or (2) ammonium hydroxide and at least one metal salt, or (3) at least one metal salt and at least one amine, or (4) ammonium hydroxide, at least one metal salt and at least one amine; in a suitable solvent.

Abstract: Phenolic molding compositions, particularly useful as sheet molding compounds comprise:(a) a resole phenolic resin,(b) a curing agent selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal oxides or hydroxides and silanes,(c) a filler,(d) a lactone such as butyrolactone, and(e) a fiber reinforcement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite film comprising a plastic film and a protective layer which is formed on at least one surface of the film, wherein the protective layer is made of a mixture comprising (a) an inorganic swellable silicate having a layered structure and (b) a compound containing a silanol group at a weight ratio of (a) to (b) of between 1:1000 and 2:1 and an antistatic composite film comprising a plastic film and a coating layer which is formed on at least one surface of the film, wherein said coating layer is made of a mixture comprising (a) a swellable inorganic silicate having a layered structure and containing at least one ion selected from among aliphatic ammonium ions having at most 6 carbon atoms, sodium ion, silver ion and lithium ion as an interlayer ion and (b) at least one member selected from among water-soluble compounds and water-dispersible resins at a weight ratio of (a) to (b) of between 1:1000 and 2:1.

Abstract: Resilient surface coverings having improved scratch and stain resistance are disclosed in which a first top layer of a thermally-cured composition of a polyol component, an aminoplast component and an acid catalyst is adhered to a crosslinked or crosslinkable second layer material. A process to prepare such surface coverings is also disclosed.

Abstract: An oxidized film is formed on the surface of Mg or an Mg alloy, and a thermosetting resin film is formed on the oxidized film. A conductive film is further formed on the thermosetting film. The surface film of the Mg or Mg alloy thus surface-treated has a strong adhesion to the Mg or Mg alloy. The surface-treated Mg or Mg alloy has an excellent corrosion resistance, an excellent heat shock resistance, and a high surface conductivity.

Abstract: Polyurethane dispersions based on reaction products from (A) bismethylolated urethanes having at least 2 urethane groups and (B) polyhydroxyl compounds which contain groups which are capable of ion formation, these groups being present in neutralized form, and a process for the preparation thereof. The use of the dispersions for the surface-coating of metal, plastics, glass, leather and paper.

Abstract: A photochromic lens is composed of a lens member made of a lens resin; and a photochromic layer applied on at least one side of the lens member and formed of a resin of a three-dimensional network structure. The layer-forming resin contains a spirooxazine compound represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 means a hydrogen or halogen atom or a cyano, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or C.sub.1-6 alkoxy group, and R.sub.2 denotes a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group, --CH.sub.2).sub.n COOH, --CH.sub.2).sub.n CN, substituted arylalkyl group or --CH.sub.2).sub.n COOR in which R is a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group and n stands for an integer of 1-4. The layer-forming resin may additionally contain a phenol resin and/or a phenolic compound. A hard coat layer may optionally be applied on the surface of the photochromic layer.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprises a support the magnetic layer and a magnetic layer, coated on said support, comprising magnetic powder, a binder, (I) an ester compound having the formula: ##STR1## in which R1 and R2 are each a saturated alkyl group having 1 to 25 carbon atoms, branched or straight, the total carbon number of R1 and R2 being from 22 to 34, and R3 is a saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 7 to 29 carbon atoms, branched or straight, and (II) an ester compound having the formula: ##STR2## in which R4 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 29 carbon atoms, straight or branched, and R5 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 23 carbon atoms, straight or branched, or a straight aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 24 to 36 carbon atoms, the total carbon number of R4 and R5 being 15 to 65. Alternatively, the ester (II) compound can be replaced by an aliphatic acid having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Phenol resins which are modified with compounds possessing amide and/or imide groups and are based on phenol resol ethers bonded via o,o'-methylene ether groups, and a process for their preparation.The novel modified phenol resol ethers are useful for the preparation of coating systems, in particular as crosslinking agents for cathodic electrocoating binders, and for the preparation of adhesives and rubber assistants.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reinforced flexible graphite sheet uniformly containing a thermosetting resin prepared by impregnating a flexible graphite sheet with a liquid thermosetting resin having the carbonizing yield of more than 20% under a reduced pressure and thereafter, heat-setting the resin, an amount of the resin impregnated being in the range of 0.5 to 20% by weight based on the flexible graphite sheet.

Abstract: Articles exhibiting fabricated structures with nanometer size scale features (nanostructures), typically a device comprising nanostructures of a functional material on or in a substrate of dissimilar material, are produced by a method employing a substrate base or coating and a thin layer serving as a lithographic mask or template, consisting of a self-assembled ordered material array, typically a periodic array of molecules such as undenatured proteins, exhibiting holes, thickness or density variations. It is possible to produce complex structures containing large numbers of nanometers scale elements through a small number of simple steps.

Abstract: A shaped article formed from a polyarylether is coated on at least part of one surface thereof with a polyester resin containing free sulphonate groups. The polyarylether can be a polyarylether-sulphone or a polyaryletherketone such as polyaryletheretherketone. The shaped article can be a sheet or a film. The coated article may have further coatings applied, for example the coated article may be metallized.

Abstract: A phenolic resin based laminate material which can be cross-linked by acid catalysis, endowed with a reinforcement, comprising at least two surfaces and having on at least one of its two surfaces at least one additional nonphenolic resin-based layer is disclosed.In accordance with the invention, the additional layer in contact with the phenolic resin is obtained from a formula comprising an unsaturated polyester resin, a cross-linking solvent of said resin, possibly one or several other additives, at least one of the main components having a formula comprising hydrophilic centers in a number at least equal to the number of non-saturation centers in the polymeric chain of the resin.

Abstract: Transparent sheet capable of receiving oil-based inks from impact ink transfer printers that use fabric ribbons.The sheet of this invention is non-tacky, and comprises a backing bearing on at least one major surface thereof an ink-receptive layer, capable of receiving oil-based ink from a fabric ribbon, said layer comprising a polymeric material having a Hansen dispersion parameter from about 10 to about 20 J.sup.1/2 /cm.sup.3/2, a Hansen dipole parameter of less than about 6 J.sup.1/2 /cm.sup.3/2, and a Hansen hydrogen bonding parameter from about 8 to about 20 J.sup.1/2 /cm.sup.3/2. The ink-receptive layer can also contain particulate material.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved surface-hardening coating on a plastic body such as a plastic lens. The surface-hardening coating consists of a hard-coat layer of a polymer base composition and an underlying primer layer, which contains an ultraviolet absorber low in the bleeding tendency amounting to 0.5-50 wt % of the plastic component of the primer. A triazole having a vapor pressure not higher than 1.times.10.sup.-5 KPa at 100.degree. C. is preferred as the ultraviolet absorber. The introduction of such an ultraviolet absorber into the primer layer has the effect of greatly enhancing the durability and weatherability of the coating without sacrificing the surface hardness.

Abstract: The invention provides magnetic recording media such as magnetic disks, etc., with an improved lubricant composition of perfluoroalkylpolyether with a polar terminal group and perfluoroalkylpolyether without a polar terminal group on the surfaces.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic recording layer formed on the support. The layer is made of a composition which comprises magnetic powder dispersed in a resin binder comprising a thermosetting resin and a copolymer of maleic anhydride and an olefinically unsaturated monomer. The monomer is selected from alkyl esters of acrylic and methacrylic acids, alkenes, vinyl chloride, styrene and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A stainproof, flame-resistant composite sheet material including at least one silicone polymer layer containing a silicone resin or rubber and optionally a flame-resistant inorganic filler and at least one stainproof surface layer containing at least one synthetic thermoplastic stain-resistant, weathering-resistant polymeric material, the silicone polymer layer and the stainproof surface layer being bonded optionally through an adhesive material, a cold plasma or corona discharge-modified surface portion of the silicone polymer layer or a cold plasma or corona discharge-modified and graft polymerization-modified surface portion of the silicone polymer layer.