An inner anti-lacerative laminate for a motor vehicle windscreen or window comprises a polymeric film support layer e.g. polyethylene tenephthalate having an enhanced adherable surface on one side and an improved scratch-resistant (abrasion-resistant) coating of a radiation cured copolymer of a tri-or tetra-acrylate monomer and acrylic acid on its opposite side. The adherable surface of the polyme...

PURPOSE:To improve a speed keeping controllability by decreasing an engine load by a speed decreasing operation of a gear shifter prior to a speed keeping means when an engine speed decreases below a given value, and providing a decreasing means returning a number of revolution to a given value. CONSTITUTION:In a control device in which an electric motor 20 is controlled by a control mechanism B a...

Disclosed is a hub replacement device for use in vehicle tire retreading processes. An envelope (30) is sealed against the tire carcass sidewalls (22, 24) to provide an environmental seal of the new tread (54) on the carcass crown (50) during the vulcanization process. Three arcuate rigid plates (16, 18, 20), each with a pair of ribs (56, 58), are installed between the carcass beads (12, 14), for ...

A process is provided for preparing an elastic film of a specific elastomeric composition which is formed by melt blending two particular elastomers, each of which is composed of hard and soft segments made from poly(tetramethylene ether)glycol, 1,4-butane diol and a phenylene dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof. One of the elastomers has an inorganic anti-blocking agent compounded in it. Th...

A biaxially oriented and heat set film having improved abrasion resistance is described, whose distinguishing characteristics are that it has a density of more than 1.38 g/cm3 and that the following relationship exists between the orientation birefringence ( DELTA n), the reduced specific viscosity (RSV), and the temper peak (Tp) of the film: RSV-¦ DELTA n¦-Tp/250>/=0 with¦ DELTA ¦=¦nMD-nTD¦. In a...

The specification discloses a surfactant composition for rigid urethane, including isocyanurate foams which includes from about 15 to about 50% each of the following ingredients: (1) an organic surfactant; (2) a siloxane-polyoxyalkylene surfactant; and (3) one of water, C-1 to C-3 alcohol and mixtures thereof.

A system for avoiding obstacles in the path of a vehicle including a sensor assembly having a field of view with a plurality of sectors for detecting the distance of objects within each sector. The system further includes an element for identifying obstructed sensors in which objects are detected within a predetermined range and a device for selecting an unobstructed sector close in alignment to t...

PURPOSE:To permit inexpensive and easy degradation of oil-contg. water sludge by adding granular quicklime and surfactant to the oil-contg. water sludge, kneading the sludge and subjecting the sludge to drying in the sun, thereby reducing and degrading the sludge. CONSTITUTION:The granular or lump quicklime, >=50wt.% of which consists of 1-20mm grain size, is added at 1-55wt.% and the surfactant (...

A method and a device for controlling a drive of successively operated grinding disks which are made of different compositions. The condition, for example metallic inclusions or the like, in each individual grinding disk is scanned by means of a sensor the signal of which is fed to a signal transmitter and stored in a storage connected to the drive of the grinding disks, which is thereby controlle...

A control mechanism for a coupling device such as a clutch or variable speed drive or brake comprises an electric motor. A mechanism links the electric motor to an actuator device for the coupling device. A brake device is coupled to this linking mechanism. The brake device is also coupled to the drive shaft and comprises two friction pads at diametrally opposed positions relative to the drive sha...

A process for forming an improved bond between surfaces of sheet molding compound (SMC) and polyurethane adhesives comprising priming the surface with a liquid epoxy resin which is 100% active wherein the epoxy resin contains at least one ultraviolet light activated cure accelerator, exposing the primed surface to ultraviolet radiation so as to cause curing of the primer, then applying the polyure...

A polypropylene foil with a content of fine particles of cellulose acquires substantially improved adhesion properties through surface activation, for example, radiation.

The invention concerns a method for repairing transmission masks. After the mask has been inspected and the position coordinates of the mask openings have been stored, these position coordinates are compared with the position coordinates of the desired mask pattern to determine the location of defects. The mask to be repaired is then blanket coated on its front side with a photoresist. Particular ...

The present invention relates to an improvement in preparing foamed thermoplastic articles. It was found that a chemical blowing agent concentrate which contains a blowing agent which produces primary amines upon decomposition and additionally contains an anhydride compound which contains at least one cyclic anhydride in its structure, offers surprising advantages over the prior art process in ter...

The invention consists of compositions for agglomerating wetted metal-containing ores. Such such compositions are: - General -Ingredients % by Weight -A. A water-in-oil emulsion of a water- 10-45 - soluble vinyl addition polymer - which contains at least 10% by - weight of the water-soluble - vinyl addition polymer -B. A polysaccharide 55-90 -C. A water-soluble surfactant 0.001-10 -D. Borax 0-1...

Described herein are curable molding compositions comprising a mixture of: (a) a poly(acrylate) characterized by the following empirical formula: (I) wherein R is the hydroxy-free residue of an organic polyhydric alcohol which contained alcoholic hydroxyl groups bonded to different carbon atoms, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or methyl, and n is 1 to 3, (b) acrylic or methacryl...

The present invention resides in certain at least partially neutralized carboxylated acrylic polymers that are active dispersants for inorganic and metallic powders in aqueous vehicles. These carboxylated acrylic polymers are at least partially neutralized with quaternary organic ammonium hydroxides. In one embodiment, such a neutralized carboxylated acrylic polymer comprises a water-soluble polym...

Films having a thickness of about 0.5 to about 10 mils comprising about .1 to about 50 weight percent of aromatic sulfone polymers and about 99.9 to about 50 percent by weight of polyamide-imides are disclosed. The films are useful in those high temperature applications which require a specimen of 10 mils or less. The alloy film can also be used in the electrical/electronic field in such applicati...

A staged distribution grid assembly and method for uniform fluid flow distribution upwardly into an ebullated catalyst bed of a reactor. In the staged grid assembly, the gas and liquid mixture flows first through a lower secondary flow distribution grid plate into an interim zone, and then flows upwardly through an upper primary flow distribution grid plate into the reactor ebullated bed. The stag...