B0410/7096 06/23/89 0129h MEDICAL APPARATUS HAVING PROTECTIVE, LUBRICIOUS COATING - A method for providing a medical apparatus with a protective, lubricious coating is described. The method comprises providing a coating solution which contains a protective compound such as a urethane, a slip additive such as a siloxane, and optionally, a crosslinking agent for the protective compound such as a pol...

A catalog ordering system which is interfaced with the switched public network telephone system (10, 11, 64) is described. A subscriber (14) selects a specific item by placing a telephone call to a specified telephone number identifying the vendor (60) in question. Once connected, the subscriber (14) inputs a digital code specifying the item in question. The called and originating number are ident...

For the production of a monoaxially stretched shaped article of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a pasty composition containing PTFE powder is worked continuously into a moulding, which is passed over a plurality of rollers or rolls, is heated and stretched, the moulding being heated before applying the stretching tension to a temperature of between 327 and 450 DEG C, preferably between 350 and 390...

A thermosetting organosiloxanic composition for protective coatings consists of a solvent and of the reaction product of four components, each one selected from one of following classes: (a) aminoalkoxysilanes; (b) formaldehyde or substances able to release formaldehyde; (c) alkyl- or alkenyl-acyloxy-silanes; (d) water; and is obtained by interreacting metered amounts of (a) and (b) co...

Damage tolerant composites comprising high strength filaments in the form of bundles or tows of continuous fiber and a tough phase separated, crosslinked epoxy resin matrix are disclosed. The crosslinked epoxy resin matrix comprises infusible particles that reside primarily between plies of the composite and critically have a median particle size between l0 - 75 microns. Prepregs for making the da...