A stain/topcoat system for non-porous thermoset and/or thermoplastic articles comprises a pigmented stain having substantially only a single binder resin which promotes adherence of a topcoat, and a topcoat which is an aqueous dispersion of a film forming polymer and a curable organopolysiloxane microemulsion. The topcoat displays exceptional adhesion and weatherability to pigmented stained surfac...

A braked universal joint assembly for rotatably joining two members is described wherein both load bearing and braking are performed by conical surfaces. The joint body comprises bores defining rotation axes, each bore comprising two frusto-conical sections. Rotation assemblies for nonrotatably engaging the joined members comprise a pair of brake cones, each having a frusto-conical section, and fr...

A system architecture for television information services includes screen elements for defining what appears in each area of a television screen, a screen layout editor for allowing an operator to create templates defining the location and attributes of the screen elements, a scheduler for allowing an operator to schedule the use of the templates, and a renderer for executing a schedule. The syste...

The present invention relates to a method to encapsulate living biologicals or biological derived materials within a three-dimensionally-shaped artificial matrix produced by freezing-thawing a Poly(vinyl alcohol) based aqueous solutions containing one aprotic co-solvent and possibly additives. Freezing-thawing of the polymeric aqueous solution around the living biological inclusions can be perform...

The present invention refers to zinc-phthalocyanines of general formula (I) to processes for their preparation and to their use as phototherapeutic and photodiagnostic agents as free molecules and as conjugates with macromolecular carrier molecules

A check body is joined to the high pressure side of a wall in a sleeve, the wall containing a peripheral line of weakness The plug comprises an externally threaded sleeve (1) integrally combined with a cross-direction wall (2) that contains a line of weakness (6) extending around the wall periphery. Also present in the plug is a check body (7) joined to the wall within the region defined by the l...