Glass fibre mat-reinforced thermoplastics (GMT`s) used for making paintable articles comprise the following components :(A) a thermoplastic polymer matrix with a viscosity under processing conditions corresponding to the MFI (230 deg C ; 2.16 kg) of polypropylene, equal to at least 250 g / 10 minutes ; (B) one or more glass fibre mats that cause the article to expand to at least 2.5 times its orig...

Coupling agent of formula (I) for better adhesion between a vulcanisable polymer and a metallic reinforcement. X-(R)n-(Ar)i-(R)m-Y (I) in which X = SH, SiCl3, SiR1Cl2, Si(OR1)3, SiR1(OR1)2, COOH or COCl (with R1 = linear or branched alkyl); R = CH2, CF2, CH2-CO-NH-CH2, CF2-CO-NH-CF2, CH2-CO-NH-CF2 or CF2-CO-NH-CH2, with n = 0 or more and m = at least 16; Ar = unsubstituted or substituted aromatic ...

Extruded polystyrene (PS) foam slab with a minimum thickness of 20 mm which is produced with halogen-free blowing agents (I), containing closed cells which are free from halogen- containing gases and with a thermoplastic matrix consisting of PS with an average mol. wt. (Mw) of 175,000-500,000 and a heterogeneity of Mw/Mn = more than 2.6. Also claimed is a process for the production of foam slab as...

Spray for stringed sports rackets - comprises a 1-20% solution of dead or living natural resin in a low b.pt. organic solvent.

Packaging films (F) comprise:(A) a sealing layer comprising 50-80 wt.% statistical terpolymer (I) consisting of 81-94 wt.% propylene, 0-4 wt.% ethylene and 6-15 wt.% 4-10C alpha -olefin, and 20-50 wt.% at least one ethylene polymer (II) ; and (B) a thermoplastic polymer carrier layer. The preparation of (F) by coextrusion of (A) and (B) and then drawing and cooling the coextruded composite film i...

A method for the preparation of 2-12C alpha-olefin polymers at -50 to +300 degrees C and 0.5-3000 bar in the presence of a catalyst system - uses a catalyst that contains the following components :(A) an (in)organic carrier ; (B) a metallocene complex ; (C) a metallocenium ion-forming compound ; and (D) optionally a metal compound of formula (I). M<1))r(R<2>)s(R<3>)t (I) M<1> = alkali(ne eart...

A synthetic currency transaction network which performs transactions with near real time finality of transaction between potential borrowers and potential lenders. Synthetic currency is created by pooling and dividing into shares a portfolio of highly liquid assets and frequent evaluation and disbursements of dividends on those assets so as to hold the value of the synthetic currency share at unit...

Metal powder, particularly iron/steel powder with low oxygen content, is atomized in an oxygen-free atmosphere by means of a hydrocarbon in liquid form such as paraffin, and the moist powder, still hot (60-80 ~C), is transferred to a container (1) and supported therein on a screening member (2). A negative pressure is first applied below the screening member (2) so that liquid is drawn from the po...

Blown films of linear low density polyethylene are produced by a high stalk process comprising extruding the linear low density polyethylene through an annular die to form an extruded tube of molten material, cooling the extruded tube while drawing the tube so cooled, to maintain the tube diameter identical to that of the annular die and expanding the tube or bubble to attenuate the walls thereof ...

A support containing methylalumoxane and derivatives thereof is described which is formed by an incipient impregnation technique. The most preferred support is silica. Incipient impregnation in accordance with the invention provides a supported alumoxane, methylalumoxane, which substantially eliminates the problem of fluid bed reactor fouling when methylalumoxane is introduced into the reactor dur...

A process for the production of structural and semi-structural composites formed by compressing sheets of nonwoven preform materials formed from aqueous blends of reinforcing fibers and thermoplastic fluoropolymer pulps. The pulps are formed of film-like flakes having an irregular periphery with microfibrils extending therefrom. The composites are useful in applications which require higher streng...

The present invention provides a differential gear capable of constantly ensuring a stable differential motion restricting force even in the case of a low rotational speed. In the present invention, when there occurs a difference in rotational speed between output side rotary elements, rollers are allowed to roll while being in contact with the confronting faces of the input side and output side r...

A vibrator motor for electric hair clippers, massagers and the like includes a fixed magnetically permeable piece (110) and a moving magnetically permeable piece (112). The fixed and moving pieces form a plurality of flux gap zones (146, 150, 154) between selected corresponding surfaces (132A, 132C, 132D, 134A, 134B, 134C, 134D) of the fixed and moving pieces. Each of the flux gap zones has an air...

A Chromatographic Pattern Analysis System (CPAS) (100) determines chromatographic variability due to a plurality of sources without requiring identification or characterization of peaks or other chromatographic features, receives data indicative of a standard chromatogram and a first sample chromatogram generated from a first mixture by a High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) device (102) and...

The present invention relates to an in vivo method for specific targeting and transfer of DNA into mammalian repair cells. The transferred DNA may include any DNA encoding a therapeutic protein of interest. The invention is based on the discovery that mammalian repair cells proliferate and migrate into a wound site where they actively take up and express DNA. The invention further relates to pharm...

Schmier- und Kraftstoffadditive, die im wesentlichen aus Fettsäuremonoestern oder Mono- und Diestergemischen ungesättigter Fettsäuren mit 16 bis 22 C-Atomen mit wenigstens zwei unterschiedlichen Polyolen bestehen, weisen ein günstigeres Kälteverhalten auf als entsprechende Monoester oder Mono- und Diester einheitlicher Polyole. Bevorzugt eignet sich als Polyol ein Gemisch aus Glycerin und einem we...

A compressed video decoder/encoder (reencoder) system for varying the compression ratio of a compressed video program. The composite reencoder system implements tightly coupled elements for decoding and encoding compressed video data implementing techniques of header forwarding and utilizing an architecture in which a shared motion compensator supports both decoding and encoding operations simulta...

A blunt-ended cannula insertion member (360) comprises a tubular member having an externally tapered portion (368) extending from the blunt end to facilitate insertion in an injection site, and a cylindrical region (366) extending from the tapered portion, so as to enter the injection site after the tapered portion, so as to reduce kickback during insertion.

Digital signals, such as digitized television signals, are subjected to a source coding step in which a class of "most important" data elements represents a proportionately greater amount of the information to be communicated than the rest of the data elements. This is followed by a constellation mapping step which is carried out in such a way that those data elements have a lower probability of b...