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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3959051 | Fabric formed by heat sealing, shrinking and foaming backing A non-woven rug, or the like, is formed by heat sealing a covering material at spaced intervals to a plastic backing and thereafter shrinking the backing to bulk the facing fabric. The heat sealing of the facing fabric to the backing causes a partial loss... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3959052 | Wrap around heat shrinkable article An article and method for preparing wraparound closures for cables, pipes, splices, and junctions to effect repair, insulation, waterproofing and the like are described. The article is a generally rectangular sheet of a plastic material which has the prop... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3957908 | Degradable plastics comprising a mixture of a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, polyvinyl acetate and an ester of a hemiformal Water-degradable synthetic resin compositions substantially composed of a 3-component mixture of A. one or more copolymers of an alkenic unsaturated monomer and maleic anhydride B. one or more hydrophilic polymers of vinyl esters of lower aliphatic monoca... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3955026 | Pressure-sensitive recording sheet A pressure-sensitive recording sheet which comprises a support having thereon a color former-containing microcapsule coating, the microcapsule coating comprising at least two microcapsule layers with the color former concentration in the microcapsules in ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3954011 | Selected time interval indicating device Indicating device suitable for visibly measuring parameters such as time, temperature, and time-temperature relationships. The device includes a porous fluid carrying pad, a wick material for said fluid, and an indicator means whereby the progress of flui... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3952347 | Biodegradable barrier film and absorbent pad utilizing same A biodegradable barrier film is provided which is useful as a barrier layer in absorbent pads such as sanitary napkins and diapers. The film comprises a matrix of a non-biodegradable film-forming material which is resistant to solubility in water having a... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3953659 | Thermal paper coating A composition useful for coating onto paper to produce a thermal print paper is disclosed. The composition utilizes iron soap and phenolic components as part of the mechanism of print formation with cellulose acetate acting as a binder for the composition... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3950891 | Seed coating composition and coated seed A seed coated with an inorganic coating material which opens to expose the underlying seed when subjected to moisture, the coating composition comprising at least 50% by weight of an amorphous silica, the remainder including at least about 5% by weight mo... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3952131 | Heat transfer print sheet and printed product A heat transfer print sheet comprising a base sheet, printing on said base sheet, a coating overlying the printed surface of the base sheet, said printing being capable of transferring through said coating upon application of heat and pressure, said coati... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3951525 | Heat and light reflecting spandrel Durable glass spandrels are provided with transparent light and heat reflective coatings on the inwardly glazed glass surface and with substantially opaque ceramic enamel coatings adhered to the transparent light and heat reflective coatings. The spandrel... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3950604 | Heat-shrinkable articles having non-linear electrical resistance characteristics A polymer composition containing silicon carbide of a critical maximum average particle size can be processed into heat-shrinkable articles possessing nonlinear electrical resistance characteristics. An embodiment of the invention provides a heat-shrinkab... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3950600 | Thermosensitive element, and its employ in the thermographic reproduction or record systems A temperature-responsive record material for use in a thermographic recording and reproducing apparatus comprising a supporting sheet carrying a single layer containing, as the temperature-sensitive composition, a mixture resulting by a dispersion of a ba... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3949139 | Laminar reflective platelets and compositions and articles comprising them Laminar reflective platelets are made by coating a first synthetic resin lamina on a carrier web and providing release means such as a release coat to provide for release of the lamina. A metallic lamina is coated onto the synthetic resin lamina by vapor ... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3949117 | Image intensification A process for enhancing the optical density of images and the product resulting therefrom. The process comprises forming on a shrinkable substrate an image defined by a plurality of particles and having substantially less than an optimum optical density, ... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3944138 | Lawn sprinkler and bird bath structure A lawn sprinkler is provided with a first female hose fitting disposed in fluid communication with a housing having a base and interior chamber in fluid communication with the first fitting and a second fitting in fluid communication with the chamber. A s... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3944697 | Glass body having a fluorescent pattern inwardly of a surface thereof A glass body having a fluorescent pattern inwardly of a surface thereof is formed by depositing a first material in a predetermined pattern on a surface of glass containing readily ion-exchangeable first ions, the first material containing second ions cap... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3941635 | Method of sealing the end of a sleeved roll A method is provided for sealing the end of a sleeved roll comprising a roll-shaped body and a tubular sleeve-shaped lamina formed of a thermoplastic synthetic resinous release material coaxially disposed about the body, the lamina having a heat-shrinkabl... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3940301 | Method of manufacturing an open cellular article A method of manufacturing an open cellular article constructed of a plurality of spaced walls of relatively weak bondable material defining a plurality of elongated passages therethrough which are filled with a disintegratable filler material having suffi... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3940542 | Polyurethane hydrogel fibers and tapes and composites with natural and other synthetic fibers or films Method for the production of water swellable, lightly crosslinked, hydrogel polymer tapes or fibers comprises extruding an isocyanato terminated prepolymer of a poly(alkyleneoxy) polyol and an organic diisocyanate into a coagulant or crosslinking bath con... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3939836 | Water dispersible nonwoven fabric A water dispersible nonwoven fabric comprising one or more layers of overlapping, intersecting fibers and from about 4 percent to about 35 percent by weight of a binder comprising an alkali salt of a sulfated cellulose ester, said nonwoven fabric having g... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3936567 | Light-reflective adhesive label An adhesive label having a sandwich construction utilizing a light reflective outer layer, an inner supporting layer, and an adhesive layer as an opposite outer layer which is used to affix the label to an object.... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3934587 | Disposable articles having a water-permeable and water-repellent surface A novel material is disclosed and a process and apparatus for making the same, which process comprises reacting one side of a solid sheet or film of a polymeric compound containing reactable hydroxyl or amine groups with a vapor phase mixture of acid chlo... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3935355 | Wrapping material An elongated wrapper which is initially flexible and which, when wrapped around one or more bodies, is adapted to be stretched and assume a substantially rigid condition. The wrapper has an outer, elongated, tubular, elastic envelope assembly which is of ... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3935362 | Image control means and structured transfer sheet for thermal reproduction processes A transfer sheet for thermal reproduction processes having a discontinuous transfer layer defined by a plurality of closely spaced discrete carbon regions. In a specific embodiment the transfer surface is defined by a substantially uniform distribution of... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3935359 | Retroreflective sheeting and method and apparatus for producing same Retroreflective sheeting is produced by bonding a multiplicity of cube corner formations to sheet material, and the cube corner formations are formed principally of a first resin formulation providing the body thereof and a second resin formulation provid... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934065 | Retroreflective sheet material A new retroreflective sheet material is taught that comprises a light-transmissive retroreflective open web of filaments that are individually encased by a monolayer of minute retroreflective microspheres, the web being ensheathed within an envelope that ... | 01/20/1976 |