A pressure switch 302 is set in communication with suction cups 124 of a suction adherence conveying device 109 applied to an automatic exposure device. Further, a suction fan 126, which can approach and move away from a photopolymer plate 102 or an interleaf sheet 118 accommodated within a magazine 208, is set integrally with the suction cups 124. By utilizing the fact that degrees of vacuum of the suction cups 124 differ in accordance with materials to be suction-adhered, determination of a ma...

An application of metal particles comprised substantially of nickel to a nickel containing cathode substrate is followed by the application of potentially emissive materials comprised of nickel coated carbonates of barium and/or strontium and/or calcium. The particles and nickel coated carbonates are diffusion bonded or welded to the substrate and to each other after the cathode is mounted in a tube, simultaneously with activation of the cathode. The coating thus provided is very adherent and re...

A steel cutting apparatus includes a cutting torch that is moved in an arcuate path for guiding the cutting torch so that a cutting flame of the cutting torch is always aimed at a bottom corner of the steel at the side where the cutting process begins. Molten steel and iron oxide flow through a kerf in the steel toward the bottom corner, and drop away from the billet for collection and disposal. Only a very small amount of slag adheres to the bottom corner of the billet when cutting is complete.

The present invention is directed to (meth)acrylate compositions useful for bonding substrates including metals, plastics, and glass to similar or different substrates, in particular, low energy surfaces. The invention also provides an initiator system for (meth)acrylate based adhesives; a kit for bonding substrates, at least one of which includes a low energy surface; a resultant bonded assembly; and a method of bonding low energy substrates. A (meth)acrylate composition within the present inve...

An improved barrier or drug delivery system which is highly adherent to the surface to which it is applied is disclosed, along with methods for making for making the barrier. In the preferred embodiment, tissue is stained with a photoinitiator, then the polymer solution or gel having added thereto a defined amount of the same or a different photoinitator is applied to the tissue. On exposure to light, the resulting system polymerizes at the surface, giving excellent adherence, and also forms a g...

An improved barrier or drug delivery system which is highly adherent to the surface to which it is applied is disclosed, along with methods for making the barrier. In the preferred embodiment, tissue is stained with a photoinitiator, then the polymer solution or gel having added thereto a defined amount of the same or a different photoinitator is applied to the tissue. On exposure to light, the resulting system polymerizes at the surface, giving excellent adherence, and also forms a gel in the r...

A steel cutting apparatus includes a cutting torch that is moved in an arcuate path for guiding the cutting torch so that a cutting flame of the cutting torch is always aimed at a bottom corner of the steel at the side where the cutting process begins. Molten steel and iron oxide flow through a kerf in the steel toward the bottom corner, and drop away from the billet for collection and disposal. Only a very small amount of slag adheres to the bottom corner of the billet when cutting is complete.

A method for facilitating the removal or preventing the adherence of residual oil in oil tankers and other vessels or containers, on the surfaces of oil spill cleanup equipment such as skimmers and booms, and on sucker rods or other surfaces in oil wells, by coating surfaces contacting the oil with a film of a polymer that prevents or reduces oil adherence. Materials effective in reducing oil adherence are oleophobic films formed by complexing a polyacrylamide or carboxymethylcellulose in the pr...

A medical electrode unit has a dielectric body formed with a cavity therein in which are mounted a sensory electrode accessible from one side of the body, and a foam pad, having a surface adjacent an opposite side of the body. The foam pad is saturated with an electrolyte and adapted to be held on the skin of a patient by means of a flexible piece of material secured to the dielectric body surrounding the cavity and having a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive coated on a surface of the materia...

An ornamental heat transfer is described which is especially adapted for application to nylon fabrics. The ornamental heat activated transfer includes an upper layer which is generally a thermoset layer, cloth such as twill or flock which is bonded to a lower layer. The lower layer is an uncured linear saturated polyester film which includes a heat activatable isocyanate curing agent. Upon application of the transfer to nylon the transfer is heated which melts the uncured saturated polyester and...