Abstract: A composite product and a method of making the product, the product being a central panel of flexible sheet material having a peripheral molding of plastics bonded to the margin of the panel, the arrangement being such that the margin of the panel is deformed to define two marginal parts displaced out of the plane of the central part of the panel, the moulding extending across the junction of the two marginal parts with each other but stopping short of the junction of the inner marginal part with the central part so that the blank at that junction is free to unwind, i.e. return to the flat and any bowing of the blank, which being uniform as to direction, is substantially less than would be the case were the moulding to cover both junctions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite pad construction adapted to overlie the bed of a flatbed vehicle. In a preferred embodiment, the pad is formed from two pieces which may be fitted together to form a substantially rectangular construction that is custom fit to the bed. The pad comprises a substantially rectangular base portion that has a recess along its longitudinal centerline and a central panel that fits into the recess. The central panel, when removed provides a walkway in the center of the pad. The base may be provided with lateral cutouts on the sides for accommodating wheel wells that may protrude into the bed area. Also, auxiliary panels may be provided which may fit into the recess or may be used as pillows.

Abstract: Flat glass having superior optical quality is continuously produced by a contiguous float process in which lamellar flows are established in a molten glass conditioner and the flow patterns are maintained in a stream of glass unidirectionally delivered onto a pool of molten metal on which the glass is cooled and unidirectionally attenuated to form a ribbon of glass.

Abstract: A method for forming coplanar thin films, particularly conductor-insulator patterns, on a substrate. A pattern which includes a first thin film and an expendable material deposited thereon is formed on the substrate. The expendable material is selected so that it can be selectively removed by an etchant which does not attack the first thin film or an insulator which is to be deposited. The second thin film is deposited by RF sputtering at a bias which is sufficiently high to cause substantial reemission of the second film. This results in the covering of the exposed substrate surfaces and the upper surface of the material with the second film but leaving the side surfaces of the material exposed. The expendable material is then chemically etched so as to lift-off both the material and the second film deposited thereon, thereby leaving a coplanar pattern of first and second thin films.

Abstract: A splash shield or flap structure adapted to be attached to a portion of a wheeled vehicle to intercept and deflect liquid and foreign particles, as water and mud. The shield is a flat laminated sheet member having a linear side, a convex curved side and a linear bottom edge. The sheet member has a flat, flexible base. A transparent plastic sheet material covers one surface of the base. An adhesive having colored metal particles suspended therein secures the transparent plastic sheet material to the base so that the colored metal particles are visible through the transparent plastic sheet material.

Abstract: The decrease in the impact resistance of the chemically pre-strengthened finished ophthalmic lens blanks due to the subsequent cutting and edging process can be prevented by coating the edge with at least one material selected from epoxy resins, alkyd resins, polyurethane resins, unsaturated polyester resins, acrylic resins or cyanoacrylates, polymerization of which can be completed by heating at a temperature of up to 200.degree. C, by single coating, overlap coating or multiple-layer coating, and then polymerizing the edge coating or coatings to form a polymeric film. Also, if a black pigment is added to any of the starting material compositions for said resins, internal reflections from the lens and the resulting myopic rings around the periphery of the lens can also be reduced.

Abstract: A multi-layer front plate for furniture, especially, but not exclusively, for kitchen cabinet doors, and method of making same, according to which a core plate, preferably of pressed material, has its front side and its confining edges covered with a synthetic material, especially with a soft integral foam of polyurethane or another elastomeric material, while those sections of the cover where the front side of the cover merges with the cover edges include a rounded section.

Abstract: A mud guard constructed of a fiberglass mat embedded in cured liquid plastic body, the body having a decorative, multicolored design of cured liquid plastic material molded thereto. The mud guard is formed in a mold by first pregelling the liquid plastic material comprising the design in a recessed design pattern, applying a liquid plastic body layer over the pregelled design and allowing a fiberglass mat to soak into the body layer. The mold contents are then baked to form a final article.

Abstract: In a transparent laminated window or canopy for aircraft and the like, flexible fabric tape impregnated with a silicone elastomeric adhesive applied against a surface of one of the plies or reinforcements of the window is used to bond at least one of the plies or reinforcements to another element of the laminated window or to a reinforcing frame of an aircraft panel which comprises the laminated window. Such tape is easier to apply during the assembly operation than previously used silicone pastes, thereby reducing the cost of fabricating aircraft panels incorporating said window or canopy without paying any unduly large penalty in adhesion between the elements of the panel.

Abstract: This invention relates to laminated transparent assemblies having novel composite edge sealing means of organic composition consisting essentially of a thin barrier layer of an organofluoro composition selected from the class consisting of fluorinated ethylene polymers and copolymers of fluorinated ethylene and fluorinated propylene having a high resistance to moisture penetration and a sealant layer and/or a cushion coat selected from the class consisting of polysulfides, silicones and fluorosilicones having an adhesive bond to the transparent lamina of the laminated transparent assembly and to the barrier layer and some moisture resistant properties to provide a composite edge seal that is suitably adhered to the marginal edge of the laminated transparent assembly.

Abstract: A plate block includes a decorative plate which includes a substratum and a face veneer joined to the substratum by adhesive means. The substratum has a front face and a rear face with inclined edge portions disposed between the front face and the rear face such that the rear face is larger than the front face. The face veneer is joined to the front face and to the edge portions. A base plate is disposed in spaced parallel relationship relative to the decorative plate, and an intermediate member is disposed between the base plate and the decorative plate with the base plate having at least one edge portion projecting beyond an edge of the decorative plate to facilitate assembly of a plurality of plate blocks in juxtaposed array.

Abstract: A quick patch for a tank comprising a suction cup. The cup is partially filled between its dome or center portion and rim with mastic. A quick setting adhesive is applied to a cleaned surface on the interior tank wall about the crack. The vacuum cup is applied over the crack and the dome portion depressed while the rim is tightly engaged with the surface. The interior of the depressed center portion is pressed against the adhesive and quick-glued in place while the interior is evacuated. In the event that the adhesive fails to hold after a while, the center portion will expand causing the peripheral edge portions of the vacuum cup to adhere to the wall surface of the tank and drawing in the encompassing mastic. In the exterior application the expansion of the center portion serves as an indicia of the failure of the patch.

Abstract: Walled structures are prepared from foam-in-place components such as those used to prepare rigid polyurethane foams wherein successive strips of foam are deposited and hardened within a three-sided enclosure having a generally H-shaped configuration. A foraminous scrim such as glass fiber mesh forms part of the vertical legs of the H and foam is disposed below the cross piece of the H to bond to adjacent scrim facing sheets and scrim of a previously disclosed strip. The foam is significantly reinforced, joined to the previously deposited structure and foaming components are isolated from depositing apparatus.

Abstract: Modular panels may be used as floor, exterior wall, interior wall and roof panels each including a honeycomb member sandwiched between skins to one of which a rectangular frame and insulation are affixed in a manner such that panels may be secured together in the same plane or in planes normal to each other using fasteners carried by the frames.

Abstract: A container is made by folding a blank to define a receptacle, clamping the blank between a core tool and a cavity tool and seaming juxtaposed blank edges by injection moulding, one tool defining a recess overlying the juxtaposed edges and at least one preferred flow path being defined in that recess offset relative to the juxtaposed edges so that injected material clamps the edge region over which the preferred flow path lies against the other tool face opposite the recess to prevent injected material penetrating between the blank over which the preferred flow path lies and that other tool face.

Abstract: An assembly of hollow fibers for use in fluid treatment apparatus and apparatus incorporating such assemblies, in which a primary frame is provided with a central window defined by edges at least two of the opposite edges being thinned down to form hollows. A web of hollow fibers is placed in the hollows and is secured in place, and the fibers secured to one another, by a mass of hardened resin material in at least one of the hollows.The assemblies are mounted in a container, through which a first fluid is caused to flow, the fluid passing around the fibers and through the windows before leaving the container. The interiors of the hollow fibers are connected to the exterior of the container so that either fluid permeate flows out of the apparatus via the interiors of the fibers or a second fluid is caused to flow through the interiors of the fibers if some form of fluid exchange is desired.

Abstract: A panel is provided having two metallic sheets separated by an insulating core, in which a portion of each of the metallic sheets extends beyond the insulating core to form sheet ends, a unitary metallic member is joined to one of the sheet's ends, and insulating means are provided to both thermally and electrically insulate the sheet ends from each other. The unitary metalic member has a joining surface including a flange designed to be fastened to a corresponding flange of a like panel end structure to form a joint which is recessed with respect to the metallic sheets, and which maintains thermal and electrical insulation between the two metallic sheets of each panel.

Abstract: Walled structures are prepared from foam-in-place components such as those used to prepare rigid polyurethane foams wherein successive strips of foam are deposited and hardened within a three-sided enclosure having a generally H-shaped configuration. A foraminous scrim such as glass fiber mesh forms part of the vertical legs of the H and foam is disposed below the cross piece of the H to bond to adjacent scrim facing sheets and scrim of a previously disclosed strip. The foam is significantly reinforced, joined to the previously deposited structure and foaming components are isolated from depositing apparatus.

Abstract: A composite product made of a blank of e.g. paper, card, plastics or metal foil, and a peripheral injection moulding of synthetic plastics material, formed on the periphery of the blank. The blank is formed adjacent its periphery to form a channel in which the inner region of the moulding engages the outer region extending from the inner region in the direction in which the internal surfaces of the channel face. Shrinkage of the moulding will tend to cause the blank to bow in the direction in which the channel faces.

Abstract: A molding for a panel comprising first and second elongated channels opening in opposite directions. The first elongated channel is adapted to receive an elongated peripheral portion of the panel. A fastener concealment member is located in the second elongated channel. The fastener concealment member includes foam plastic material. A fastener can be driven through the foam plastic material and the molding into a panel to attach the molding to the panel.

Abstract: Contoured end structures are disclosed for trim strips of the character particularly suited for mounting on an automobile to provide protective and decorative interior or exterior trim for the vehicle. The end structures have various configurations and are produced by removing a portion of the trim strip material between side portions thereof to define V-shaped notches or recesses and then deforming the remaining portions of the trim strip adjacent the recess to close the recess and bring laterally opposite edges thereof into juxtapositional relationship. The juxtaposed edges are then bonded by heat sealing to complete the forming operation.

Abstract: A composite product such as a lid for a container comprises a sheet material blank and a peripheral moulding formed thereon, wherein a marginal portion of the blank is displaced to project from the general plane of the central panel of the blank and the peripheral moulding includes an inner marginal portion bonded to the said marginal portion of the blank and is shaped so that on longitudinal shrinkage of the moulding the central panel of the blank will bow in a direction conforming with the direction of displacement of the marginal portion of the blank.

Abstract: The opposed moulded plastic shells of a shell covered foam filled structural member suitable for boat hulls and decks are connected together by a strip of material extending between the shells and anchored in the foam filling. Flaps are provided on the connector strip overlying the periphery of the plastic shells in sealing relation therewith. The flaps can be provided on a separate strip with a tongue seated in a recess of the strip anchored in the foam. The connector strip has an outer edge portion secured in the parting line of moulds carrying the shells and providing a cavity for the foam which is severed from the connector strip after removal from the moulds.

Abstract: A metal case plastic-face meter box window cover having a metallic frame providing an exposed peripheral edge which is capable of being welded or soldered onto the meter box and having a transparent face of plastic material molded upon a peripheral flange of the metal case, with such peripheral flange forming a thin web of metal capable of conforming to the change of the plastic during its curing stage so as to prevent loss of adhesion therebetween.

Abstract: A laminated transparent assembly suitable for use as a windscreen for a high speed vehicle, e.g. an aircraft or railway locomotive, comprises a load bearing sheet of toughened glass having a second sheet of glass laminated thereto by means of an impact resistant interlayer of plastics material, e.g. polyvinylbutyral, and an insert of high tensile strength flexible material which extends around the periphery of the interlayer and which has an inner part embedded in the outer marginal portion of the interlayer in a plane parallel to the surfaces of the interlayer, and an outer part extending outwardly beyond the edges of the interlayer to provide for attachment of the assembly to the structure of the vehicle. The insert is preferably a sheet of fabric material, e.g. a fabric woven from rubber-impregnated glass fibre cords and nylon, with the glass fibre cords substantially perpendicular to the adjacent edges of the assembly, embedded between layers of soft polyvinylbutyral.

Abstract: An adjustable tile trim which can be constructed of tile itself, wood, plastic, or any suitable material, which has two inner surfaces substantially at right angles to each other, one of which abuts the front face of a cabinet, and the other surface fits over the terminating front edge of the tile, both surfaces being cemented. If the tile terminating edge is receded from the edge of a counter, a filler such as mortar is placed between the terminating tile edge and the face of the cabinet for structural strength and other purposes. Hence, the necessity of trimming the tile to the trim has been obviated in that the trim can accommodate any range of termination setback from the face of the counter and the trim is adjustable in a vertical plane to accommodate any thickness of tile.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object a device for loading paper in a printing machine. The printing paper formed by a strip of white paper and a strip of carbon paper wound together bears a lead-in end made of thin cardboard, preferentially having the shape of a trapezium, or trapezoid whose small base is stuck to the white paper and whose large base is stuck to the carbon paper for the easy insertion of that double paper in the machine, whereas the support of the roll of double paper is mounted in a tilting position on the machine for the loading of the roll of paper.

Abstract: Transparent sheet having peripheral adhesive area designed to form enclosure enabling viewing of material upon adhesive engagement of the sheet with a substrate wherein a specifically defined section of the peripheral adhesive area is serially renewable enabling repeated engagement and disengagement of the defined adhesive section and substrate and access to the pocket formed and material contained therein.

Abstract: A cutting board comprised of a particle board center having a plurality of veneer strips adhesively secured to the top surface thereof with moisture resistant edge coverings secured to and extending around the outer periphery of the particle board center, the securing adhesive coating the entire top and bottom surface of said particle board to prevent water from penetrating into said board, the overall result being an inexpensive, dimensionally stable cutting board having the appearance of being made from solid pieces of lumber.

Abstract: A length of insulation material is wrapped about an article to be insulated. A layer of fabric is affixed to the insulation material, one end of the fabric being of a length to overlap the opposite end thereof. Fastening means on the overlapped ends of the fabric provide a secure connection of the fabric about the insulation material.

Abstract: Insulation material comprising a pair of generally parallel spaced surface sheets of impervious material sealed together through thermally insulating material at their free edges. The surface sheets are held in spaced relation by a series of transverse pins spaced apart over the area of the surface sheets and the space between the latter is evacuated.

Abstract: Laminates are prepared from rigid panels or sheets (e.g. gypsum board or plywood) and resin-saturated paper by a unidirectional pressure process which simultaneously bonds the paper to one of the broad flat sides of the panel or sheet and to one or more of the adjacent thin sides of the panel or sheet which intersect the broad side. The resulting laminates are useful in the construction of walls and furniture.

Abstract: Thermoplastic resin mattings containing plastic rods fastened one above another with plastic strings to form an ornamental screen, which screen is covered with a plastic transparent sheet whereby they are both partially glued and cut by heat pressure to define the contour thereof and at the same time provide any desired three-dimensional designs on the ornamental screen portions, thus providing the manufactured goods with high impact-resistance, convenience in use, the sense of being thick and heavy and superiority in ornamental effect.