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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4059709 | Processes of applying urethane top coatings to resilient floor coverings In a process for manufacturing a resilient, resinous floor covering having a polyurethane surface coating, the in-line manufacturing improvement which comprises: applying to a foamable resinous sheet material a urethane coating composition having a viscos... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4054684 | Composition for forming colored images, new recording material and process using same The photochromic activity of triphenylmethane paraamino leuco salts is reversibly inactivated in compositions containing the leuco salt with certain metallic oxides or sulfides. The photochromic properties of the leuco salts are restored by the applicatio... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4051277 | Rigid-when-wet paperboard containers and their manufacture Rigid-when-wet, but foldable, corrugated paperboard and process of making same by applying phenolic resin to contiguous surfaces of the outer liner, the medium, and the inner liner without substantially altering the hygroscopicity of the exposed faces of ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4046513 | Printed reagent test devices and method of making same A test device for determining the presence of a constituent in a sample, and a method for making it are disclosed. The test device comprises reactants (e.g. reagents, enzymes, etc.) incorporated with a carrier matrix such that when the device is wetted wi... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4046928 | Electroresistive paper This invention relates to an electrosensitive marking blank having a blushed conductive layer and a pigment containing blushed masking layer. The instant electrosensitive element has particular utility in that a relatively thin masking layer in combinatio... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4041192 | Method of enhancing high polymers, particularly textiles A method of enhancing the properties and appearance of polymeric substances is disclosed. The method involves treating a polymer so as to effect graft polymerization over the entire surface thereof in such a manner that variations in graft density occur a... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4023830 | Production of images An image producing system is provided which comprises a substrate having printed on at least a portion of a surface thereof an ink containing a neutral or substantially neutral ink vehicle, a liquid organic base and a color former, and which system also c... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4022940 | Method of printing a paper to simulate the appearance of a foamed polypropylene sheet and article produced thereby This invention relates to an inexpensive, printed paper sheet material which has an appearance closely simulating that of foamed polypropylene. The product is prepared by coating a paper sheet with an overall coating of a pearlescent ink and then overprin... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4021059 | Production of images An image producing system is provided which comprises a carrier material of fabric, paper, a felt or fabric pad impregnated with a color former solution, comprising a weakly volatile high boiling organic solvent having dissolved therein a color former and... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4006273 | Washable and dry-cleanable raised printing on fabrics Raised prints and graphic designs on fabrics which can safely and effectively be drycleaned and washed are provided by formulating a cross-linkable polymer printing medium with about 1 to 45 weight percent thermally expandable microspheres, applying said ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005230 | Process for the treatment, particularly dyeing and printing of goods A process for treating -- especially dyeing and printing -- of piece goods which includes the steps of providing the goods with a dye-containing substance, setting the dye, removing residues, and drying the goods. In this process, piece goods such as medi... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3995083 | Electrical discharge recording medium, particularly aluminized paper for recording, and method A paper carrier substrate, has a contrasting layer applied thereto which thereafter is aluminized; in accordance with the invention, this contrasting layer is ordinary printing ink, which has a somewhat rough surface, permitting excellent adhesion of the ... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3989569 | Continuous copying method A continuous ink-transfer printing system employing a hot-melt wax imaging composition supported on a strong pressure-conforming plastic film web which is continuously recoated with fresh imaging composition to replace imaging composition which is imagewi... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3985927 | Compositions and method for producing a chemical watermark on finished paper products Compositions and method for producing chemical watermarks in finished paper products, the watermarks being produced by applying to the surface of the paper a synthetic resin composition having a chemical grouping therein capable of being insolubilized upo... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3978259 | Process for increasing the coefficient of friction of textile yarn or cloth Textile fabric, a part of which has its coefficient of friction increased by application to said part of an inert, non-slump, room temperature vulcanizing silicone rubber, which rubber is thereafter vulcanized.... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3976527 | Method of extruding thermoplastic films A composite article suitable for forming liquid-containing paperboard cartons is made by laminating an extruded thermoplastic film to an elongated paperboard web. The film has thick and thin strips and the thick strips are laminated to the web over areas ... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3969551 | Chemically sculpturing fabrics The invention is a process for manufacturing a sculptured decorative finish on a textile fabric by applying an aqueous polyurethane latex in a pattern to the fabric and drying the fabric; and the sculptured fabric obtained by the process.... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3968278 | Imaging method Disclosed is a method of duplicating and imaged master comprised of a marking material distributed in an imagewise manner upon a substrate. The method involves contacting the master with a highly viscoelastic inking composition comprising: A. a silicon co... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3967009 | Method for applying liquid to a substrate This invention provides a method and apparatus for applying liquid to accurately defined areas of solid substrates such as paper, plastics materials and textiles. The method essentially involves the application of the substrate with appreciable pressure t... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3959547 | Process for the formation of real images and products produced thereby Non-conductive real images are formed on substrates by depositing reducible metal salt compositions thereon and exposing the coated substrates to radiant energy or a chemical reducing agent to reduce the metal salt to metallic nuclei and to produce a real... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3959546 | Textured photographic base paper process and product A polyolefin coated photographic base paper having a silk-like textured surface is prepared by extrusion coating the polyethylene on the photographic paper and, while the polyolefin is still plastic, forming the surface of the polyolefin on an engraved ch... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3953208 | Bond-like copy paper by cockling after coating or imaging An electrophotographic paper based on a flat surface bond type paper is given a photoconductive coating to one side of the paper and is cockled afterward. This "post" cockling process can be done on a suitable web roll during production of the coated elec... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3952119 | Process for coloring absorptive, rough surface paper A method for coloring, dyeing-in or inking absorptive, rough surface paper, particularly paper which is subsequently saturated and/or impregnated with a solution of a heat-hardenable synthetic resin and then dried and pressed on a substrate, such as, wood... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3951892 | Aqueous printing vehicle The invention provides a high-solids, low-viscosity, aqueous vehicle particularly adapted for use in coating cellulosic substrates under ambient conditions. The vehicle comprises a water-soluble oil with minute styrene polymer particles uniformly disperse... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3950576 | Method of locally impregnating sealing materials with a fluid-tight impregnant Impregnating porous material such as sealing materials by introducing a viscous liquid impregnating material under high pressure into the surface of a limited zone of said porous material.... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3950290 | Aqueous coating and printing compositions This invention provides a high-solids, low-viscosity, aqueous vehicle particularly adapted for use in coating cellulosic substrates under ambient conditions. The vehicle comprises a water-soluble oil with minute styrene polymer particles uniformly dispers... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3944701 | Photographic film unit having gravure coated, tapered thickness layer Method for making sheet materials are disclosed having a layer or layers of a non-uniform thickness, in particular a method of making sheet materials tapered from a maximum thickness near one and to a minimum thickness near the opposite end; and sheet mat... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3936556 | Marking of articles A process for identifying manufactured articles in which a marking agent such as a homo- or copolymer of polymerizable ethylenically unsatured monomers is applied to the articles. Said homo- or copolymer contains at least one group which can be split off ... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3936542 | Methods of controlling migration of synthetic resins applied to porous materials A method of applying a stable, aqueous, low viscosity resin composition to porous or absorbent materials and controlling the migration thereon which comprises: treating the porous or absorbent materials with an alkaline material to raise its pH above abou... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3931432 | Printing process Process for gravure or flexographic printing of flexible substrates wherein the printing vehicle comprises a dispersion of film-forming polymer particles in an inert organic liquid, the dispersion being stabilised by a defined polymeric stabiliser and bei... | 01/06/1976 |
| 3931431 | Photographs coated with a protective and finishing layer Compositions to be applied to professional studio photographs on color paper or black and white emulsions for protective and finishing purposes comprising a vinyl resin in particulate form dispersed in methyl isobutyl ketone to which is added a blend of a... | 01/06/1976 |
