A laminating propylene/1-butene random copolymer composition comprising a propylene/1-butene random copolymer and a low-density polyethylene in a specified proportion. With respect to the propylene/1-butene random copolymer, the content of structural units derived from propylene, content of structural units derived from 1-butene, MFR, Mw/Mn and B-value as a parameter indicating the randomness of c...

A magneto-optic disk drive (10) includes cartridge-receiving guide tracks (52) and a push-latch mechanism (56) mounted in an upper portion of a half-height enclosure (12-22), and a baseplate assembly (50) pivotally mounted in a lower portion of the enclosure. The baseplate assembly (50) includes a baseplate (76), a drive motor (74) and spindle mounted to the baseplate (76), and a rotary arm (70) m...

A novel ethylene. alpha -olefin copolymer is provided which is formed by copolymerization of ethylene with alpha -olefin having three or more carbons, satisfying the conditions: (A) MFR being in the range of from 0.001 to 100 g/10min, (B) density (d) being in the range of from 0.86 to 0.94 g/cm<3>, (C) ratio of G1 to G2 being in the range 0.50 G1/G2 0.95 (1> where Gi is the ratio of ...

A composite material is disclosed which comprises a shaped, expanded body having a closed cellular structure, and a layer of a thermosetting resin directly bonded to a surface of the shaped body, wherein the shaped body is formed of a mixed thermoplastic resin having a xylene-insoluble content of not greater than 1 % by weight and containing at least 50 % by weight of a polyolefin resin and at lea...

The invention relates to solutions of aminotriazine resins, the alkylol groups of which are etherized to at least 30mol % with a C1-C16 alkanol in a mono-C1-C4 alkylglycol of formula (I): R<1>-O-(R<2>-O-)w(R<3>-O-)x(R<2>-O-)y(R<3>-O-)zH, in which R<1> stands for C1-C4 alkyl, R2 for CH2-CH2 and R<3> for (a) and w, x, y, z stand for a whole number from 0 to 10, whereby at least one of the variables ...

The invention concerns a process for preparing aqueous emulsions of aminotriazine resins which is characterized in that the aminotriazine resins are dispersed in water using an emulsifier in the presence of a base with a pKB value of between 2 and 9.

The virtual user system has a number of user tables (1) storing data sets, each representing a real object and associated with a main key, the data sets in different user tables combined to provide a tree or network structure virtual user system. New information received from the internet is stored in reception containers (3), with subsequent transfer to the user tables via data filters (4).

The invention concerns a process for producing polymethacrylate moulding compounds, which have high thermal dimensional stability and high stability with respect to thermal decomposition, by the radical polymerization of methylmethacrylate monomers and optionally comonomers in at least two reactors operated successively, ensuring a high degree of blending. The process is characterized in that: a) ...

Provided is a composite film comprising a continuous phase of para-oriented aromatic polyamide and a phase of low-dielectric resin, said film having a dielectric constant at 1 MHz of not more than 3.2 and a linear thermal expansion coefficient at 200 to 300.degree.C of within ~50x10-6/.degree.C. The composite film has characteristics such as a low dielectric constant, favorable mechanical strength...

This invention is for LLDPE blends with an ethylene-norbornene copolymer for resins of improved toughness and processibility for film production. This invention provides LLDPE based resins which are significantly improved with respect to their capability to be fabricated into a film layer, particularly by a blown bubble extrusion technique. Films prepared of the LLDPE/E-NB melt blended resins of t...

A polymer of ethylene and at least one alpha olefin having at least 5 carbon atoms obtainable by a continuous gas phase polymerization using supported catalyst of an activated molecularly discrete catalyst such as a metallocene in the substantial absence of an aluminum alkyl based scavenger, which polymer has a Melt Index (MI) as herein defined of from 0.1 to 15; a Compositional Distribution Bread...

An improved electrochromic device, the device incorporating an electrochromic medium that comprises at least three electroactive materials having absorption spectra that add together such that the color of the electrochromic medium can be pre-selected by individually choosing the concentrations of the at least three electroactive materials. The electrochromic medium generally maintains the presele...

A breathable microporous film is prepared by extruding a film comprising about 30 to 70 % by weight of a thermoplastic polymer, about 30 to 70 % by weight of filler particles having an average particle size less than about 10 microns and about 100 to 1000 PPM of a mono-functional hindered phenol, such as .alpha.-tocopherol, and then sufficiently stretching the filled film in at least one direction...

A method and system for automatically adjusting charges billed to an organization by a service provider, so as to create an invoice of rebill charges. An organizational hierarchy, comprising a list of elements of an organization, is displayed on a display device. Services that have been provided to a selected element by one or more service providers are associated with the selected element. The bi...

A composition which is a blend of at least two different polyetheramide copolymers, one having predominantly hard polyamide segments and one having predominantly soft polyether segments. When formed into a film and attached to a textile fabric, forms a laminate which is suitable for the production of surgical gowns, and the like. Such films are strong, have good moisture barrier properties while a...

A system and method for providing and analyzing information regarding the association of services with elements of an organization. The system gathers information encoded in electronic form, organizes it into a services list, and correlates it with elements of an organization that are classified in an organizational hierarchy. A user of the system may examine a selected elements at any level of th...

The present invention relates to a brake system in a wheeled zimmer frame with two zimmer frame legs which have two telescopically adjustable frame tubes (10, 11, 20, 21, 30, 31, 40, 41), of which the one supports in its upper region a handle (12, 412) and a brake lever (13, 413) and of which the other is provided in its lower region with a brake device (18, 420) for braking a wheel (19), the brak...

A system and method for cardiac mapping and ablation include a multi-electrode catheter introduced percutaneously into a subject's heart and deployable adjacent to various endocardial sites. The electrodes are connectable to a mapping unit, an ablation power unit, a pacing unit, all of which are under computer control. Intracardiac electrogram signals emanated from a tachycardia site of origin are...