A swivellable fitting assembly has a housing with a stem with a rotatable nipple on the stem. The rotatable nipple is sealed and spaced from the nipple to enable rotation of the nipple or housing with respect to one another.

Chlorofluorocarbon-free urethane-containing, soft-elastic moldings having a cellular core, a compacted peripheral zone and an essentially pore-free smooth surface are produced by reacting a) an organic and/or modified organic polyisocyanate with b) at least one relatively high-molecular-weight compound containing at least two reactive hydrogen atoms and, if desired, c) a low-molecular-weight chain...

Flame-retardant polyurethane foam is produced by mixing and reacting a polyol, a phosphorus acid and a compound containing two or more isocyanate radicals. The flame-retardant polyurethane foam may be used for cushioning, sound and thermal insulation, coating agent, molding agent, or as a cavity filler.

A polyurethane foam comprising a convolution of connected passages and a three dimensional vesicular, porous surface structure, substantially without an outer layer skin is described. An absorbent article is further described comprising a substrate and at least a single layer of the polyurethane foam. The process to produce the polyurethane foam comprises the steps of: (a) coating a substrate with...

A leather-like thermoplastic polyester series resin sheet is disclosed, comprising a uniformly and finely formed sheet comprising a thermoplastic polyester series resin, wherein said foamed sheet has cells having a diameter of substantially not longer than 1 mm, the cell walls thereof have a thickness of substantially not thicker than 100 mu m, and the cell wall constructing each cell extends wit...

Stirrable reactive polyurethane adhesive compositions are packaged in a single container by separating the reactive components with a disperable barrier layer so as to delay reaction until the entire adhesive composition is stirred together.

Glassware inspection apparatus comprises a first light emitting diode (12) position to illuminate a first region of the ware, a first driver (52a) for driving the first light emitting diode (12) in a first modulated mode, a first photodetector (18) positioned for receiving light of the first light emitting diode which illuminates the first region of the container, and a first demodulator (62a) for...

A conveyor on which tires are suspended, with sufficient travel to ensure that they dry out following treatment, for conveying them through a distribution chamber for the solution, equipped with devices for discharging jets of the solution; a movable arm is inserted in between two adjacent tires and temporarily lifts off at least one of them in order to rotate it in front of the discharge devices.

From a different stock of tires each time a conveyor belt has a tire placed onto it and centered by a transverse positioning device; in alignment with a vulcanization press or an iron hand or a collecting arm, a number of sensors, particularly photocell sensors, monitor the incoming tire and stop it in the correct position for it to be collected by the iron hand or collecting arm.

Apparatus for pre-processing sensor data which express measurements of a varying physical property of a material (2) which is under inspection during production or processing thereof. A ratiometric A/D converter (12) sequentially receives data from a sensor such as a CCD image sensor contained in a camera (6). The A/D converter (12) is in communication with an addressable memory (22) which stores ...

A shafted pinion machining method comprises, prior to an operation of grinding the centres, preparation stages enabling the reference axis to be established: (a) mounting of a runway (20a, 20b) at each end of the pinion (10) by means of a connecting support (21a, 21b), (b) mounting of a chuck (25) with a centring bridge (27) passing through the bore of the shafted pinion (10), and locking, (c) ...

A band saw for cutting animal carcasses and the like includes a housing and a lid rotatably connected therewith for movement between open and closed positions. Within the housing are provided a pair of pulleys for supporting a cutting band. Guides are provided adjacent the pulleys to twist the band 90 DEG to define a cutting segment thereof. Each guide includes a first guide member connected with...

A brake unit for an elevator hoist apparatus for use with an electric motor output shaft includes a brake disc mounted to the motor output shaft and a pair of brake arm assemblies each having a spring-biased pivotable brake arm and a brake shoe attached to one end of the brake arm for frictional engagment with the brake disc. The electromagnetic actuator is connected to the other end of the brake ...

Cement compositions containing fly ash having a carbon content are given satisfactory air entrainment by including a water soluble C8 fatty acid salt.

A process is described for the production of aqueous dispersions involving removal of liquid(s) from an optionally multiphase liquid mixture by means of membrane distillation, e.g., transmembrane distillation or pervaporation.

A method for making low density (0.8-1.1 lb/cu. ft.) expanded polymeric products uses blowing agent in an amount of only from 2 to 4.4 weight percent. The process uses 2 to 5 expansion steps together with a polymer having a particular polydispersity, weight average molecular weight and Mz:Mn, this polymer having a greater expandability than conventional polymers. The process requires only about ha...

A polytetrafluoroethylene porous material and a process for producing the same are disclosed, the material comprising a mixture of polytetrafluoroethylene having a number-average molecular weight of 2,000,000 or more and polytetrafluoroethylene having a number-average molecular weight of 1,000,000 or less, the material having been stretched at least uniaxially.

A sanitary rubber article having an improved surface property which is useful as rubber parts of medical instruments or machines and as rubber articles for medicaments is provided. This sanitary rubber article is coated, through bridging and bonding, with a modified polysiloxane composition comprising a modified polysiloxane having at least one modifying group selected from alkenyl, acryloyl, viny...

An ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene sheet characterized in that it is formed into a sheet-like material of 100 to 300 mu m in thickness by extruding into a sheet form a feed polyethylene comprising an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 300,000 to 2,000,000.

Disclosed herein is a melt-stable poly(arylene thioether-ketone) prepreg, which comprises in integral combination (A) 20-90 wt.% of a fibrous reinforcing material which comprises long fibers and/or at least one shaped long fiber body, said fibers and/or body being formed of inorganic fibers and/or organic fibers; and (B) 10-80 wt.% of a a thermoplastic matrix material composed principally of a mel...