This invention is an improved method and apparatus for applying fluids onto a selected area of a component. The method uses a thin film or membrane formed by placing a forming tool in the fluid to be applied. A thin film or membrane is formed across the forming tool, which is analogous to a soap bubble formed across a bubble wand dipped into a soap bubble solution. The thin film is brought into contact with the area of the component to be coated thereby resulting in the transfer of the thin film...

An improved method of deacidifying books, imaged paper and other imaged materials having a cellulose base wherein, for a sufficient time to raise the pH of the materials, the materials are treated with alkaline particles of a basic metal oxide, hydroxide or salt dispersed in a hydrofluorether carrier, alone, or in combination with a perfluorinated carrier. A surfactant is added.

A process for spraying concrete or mortar, by a dry route or by a wet route, in order to produce on a surface a layer of concrete or of mortar. Just before or at the time of spraying, an aqueous suspension (A) of silica and of an aluminum compound chosen from aluminum sulphate, basic aluminum sulphates, alums and mixtures thereof is added to the concrete or mortar. The aqueous suspension (A) has a pH lower than 4, a solids content of between 10 and 50% by weight, and, after a period at rest of 4...

The present invention relates to oxides on suitable substrates, as converted from nitride precursors.

A variety of techniques may be employed alone or in combination to reduce the incidence of defects arising in dielectric stack structures formed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Incidence of a first defect type attributable to reaction between an unreacted species of a prior CVD step and reactants of a subsequent CVD step, is reduced by exposing a freshly-deposited dielectric layer to a plasma before any additional layers are deposited. Incidence of a second defect type attributable to the pr...

A process for applying a vertically cracked ceramic thermal barrier coating to a machine component includes a.) applying a plurality of layers of the ceramic thermal barrier coating on the component, utilizing a nozzle at a first distance from the component; b.) applying an additional sacrificial outer layer of the ceramic thermal barrier coating of the same chemical composition as the plurality of layers on the component, with the nozzle at a second distance from the component, greater than the...

A method is provided for forming a contact toaster having a flexible belt. The method includes forming a flexible belt by applying at least one of a silicone rubber, a urethane rubber, and a fluoropolymer to a fabric reinforcement material having a first face and a second face, and forming ribs on the first face of the fabric reinforcement material. The ribs are formed from at least one of a silicone rubber, urethane rubber, and fluoropolymer. The flexible belt is attached to the contact toaster...

A process is described for modifying the surface of polymers such as polyolefins and the like to improve the wetability by barrier and other coatings and to enhance interlayer adhesion by graft polymerization through initiation by electron-beam radiation, optionally with an added electron energy acceptor.

Conveyors are provided for tumbling and transferring parts to be subjected to treatments, including electroplating in a series of treatment tanks. The conveyors are supported on the treatment tanks for pivotal movement between a position in which the parts are received from a parts feeder to a treatment position in which the parts are subjected to tumbling and immersion within a treatment solution to a drain position for during of the treatment solution and drying and next to a discharge positio...

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the length of a carbon nanotube, in cooperation with a substrate having at least one reference level on a surface of the substrate on which at least one carbon nanotube is formed, comprising at least one positioning platform for mounting and calibrating the substrate; a discharging electrode mounted on one side of the positioning platform to cut the carbon nanotube wherein the position of the discharging electrode can be calibrated...