The invention relates to novel composite materials comprising (a) an inorganic or organic bulk material having covalently bound to its surface initiator moieties for radical polymerization; and (b) a hydrophilic surface coating obtainable by applying one or more different ethylenically unsaturated hydrophilic macromonomers of formula (1) as outlined in the claims to the bulk material surface provided with the initiator radicals and polymerizing said macromonomers. The composite materials of the ...

A foam article for use as a masking material when spray painting a vehicle comprises a plurality of foam strips 1a, 1b, 1c joined together by a common seam 4 along at least one side edge to form a cord 6. The cord 6 can be adapted for masking across gaps of different size in different locations by superimposing the appropriate combination of foam strips 1a, 1b, 1c to provide the required thickness of cord 6. The cord 6 may be secured by wedging in the gap or by attaching an adhesive stripe 2 on ...

An imagable composition, for example a coating on a lithographic printing plate, comprises a carboxylic acid derivative of a cellulosic polymer and a diazide moiety, and may be imaged in various ways, including by ultra-violet radiation, by infra-red radiation and by heat. The presence of the cellulosic polymer can act to enhance resistance to certain organic liquids and/or to increase operating speed.

The invention relates to low delivery cigarettes, usually having a mainstream particulate matter delivery of about 9 mg or less. An embodiment has a rod of tobacco material and a filter element. The filter element is an alkali filter material section having a loading level of less than 12% by weight of the section. The characteristics of the cigarettes are arranged so that, when smoked, the alkaline filter material is exposed to an amount of smoke acceptable to achieve an increased perception of...

An article includes a mating surface fastener portion attached to a surface. The mating surface fastener portion has a land and a plurality of tapered elements and is capable of reattachably and matingly intermeshing with a fastener portion of another article to fasten the respective articles. The fastener portions have a predetermined disengagement pressure for a given engagement pressure. The surface to which the land is attached is at least semi-rigid. The means for attaching has a compliance...

An identification system for identifying individual cleaning articles one from another includes a number of separate cleaning articles, each of the cleaning articles being intended for a different specific intended cleaning application. Each is provided with a cleaning surface disposed on an external surface for the specific intended application. An identifying indicia is disposed on the external surface for identifying the cleaning articles one from another and for identifying the specific inte...

The invention relates to a coaxial smoking article, particularly a coaxial cigarette, comprising a coaxial rod of smokable material, which rod has an inner segment (1) of smokable material surrounded by a covering (2), around which covering is an outer segment (3) of combustible or thermally destructible/decomposable material, which outer segment is also surrounded by a covering (4). The combustible or thermally destructible/decomposable material of the outer segment contains no or only a very s...

This invention provides a smoking article (1) having reduced sidestream smoke in the inter-puff period. A smoking article (1) according to the invention may comprise segments of a high level of tobacco-containing material (5) interconnected by segments of low level of tobacco-containing material (6) which are capable of maintaining smoulder in the inter-puff period and re-igniting the segments of a high level of tobacco-containing material (5) in the puff period. Alternatively, a smoking article...

An antibacterial article inhibits the proliferation of microorganisms on the surface of food. The antibacterial article includes a substrate, such as a nonwoven material, on which is adsorbed .epsilon.-polylysine. The article is produced by applying an aqueous or alcoholic solution of .epsilon.-polylysine to the substrate by spraying or immersion.

High strength shaped carbonaceous articles are prepared by combining particles of carbon, graphite and mixtures thereof that have a predetermined particle size and particle size distribution with resin binder and thereafter shaping and curing the mixture. Typically, the shaped article is pyrolyzed. Additionally, the bulk density of the articles can be increased and the porosity reduced by vapor depositing graphite in the pores of the article.