A smooth-surfaced thermoplastics sheet is described which comprises 25-65% of a synthetic thermoplastics resin, 25-40% of a particulate idler, 15-45% of short glass reinforcing fibres (aligned parallel to the sheet) and 2-10% of long glass fibres which are below the exterior surface of the composite sheet.
Glass fiber tennis racket flame Staub, A.F., Staub, N.T. and Erwin, J.R. (Starwin Industries Inc) US Pat 4 045 025 (30 August 1977) Mastic composition and composite structure panels formed therefrom Geschwender, R.C. (Bell Fibre Products Corporation) US Pat 4 045 268 (30 August 1977) A method is described of making composite structural panels comprising a core of expanded honeycomb material having cells extending from one face to the other and layers of a mastic composition on opposite faces of the core keyed into the ends of the cells.
Transparent formable polyurethane polycarbonate lamination Voss, D.L., Miller, W.A. and Hermansen, R.D. (Sierracha Corporation) US Pat 4 045 269 (30 August 1977) A method is described for producing a curved transparent polycarbonate laminate from a polycarbonate sheet.
the fabric thereby depositing resin and dye on the fabric.
Construction material of recycled waste thermoplastic synthetic resin and cellulose fibers Smith, T.V. (Nora S. Smith) US Pat 4 045 603 (30 August 1977} A construction material is described which comprises a core of a compressed, non-homogeneous mixture of thermoplastic synthetic resin material bits and re-hardened fused thermoplastic synthetic resin material bits. Opposite face surfaces of the material comprise a re-hardened fused and rolled layer of thermoplastic bits.
Method for manufacture of aluminium sheet and sintered high-density aluminium laminate by direct power rolling process Suzuki, Y. (Agency of Industrial Science & Technology) US Patent 4 045 857 (6 September 1977) A method is described in which aluminium powder is compacted into green sheets. These sheets are then stacked on top of one another with inorganic filaments between the sheets to act as reinforcement. The laminate so formed is sintered, rolled and finally annealed.
Method for making laminated particleboard of oriented wood particles Urmanov, U.A. (DSO 'Stara Planina') US Pat 4 045 528 (30 August 1978)
Process for producing metal composite material Tabata, S. and Takenuchi, T. (Teikoku Piston Ring Co Ltd) US Pat 4 046 304 (6 September 1977) The material comprises aluminium foil bonded to a non-aluminium substrate material.
Solvent finishing of fiber glass fabrics Brodmann, G.L. and Schlatter, C.N. (PPG Industries Inc) US Pat 4 045 601 (30 August 1977) A non-aqueous process is described for resin f'mishing and dyeing glass fibre fabric. The fabric is impregnated with a liquid pre-finishing composition; a major portion of the organic solvent is then volatilized from the fabric; the fabric is impregnated with a liquid finishing composition and t'mally a large proportion of the aliphatic chlorinated solvent is volatilized from
Laminated window structure and its method of fabrication Stefanik, J.E. (PPG Industries Inc) US Pat 4 046 993 (6 September 1977) A transparent laminate window or canopy for use in aircraft is described. The laminate comprises plies of a glazing material (glass polycarbonates, acrylic esters or polyester) and a flexible interlayer material (polymethanes, silicones or polyvinyl acetals). Around this transparent area, there are reinforcement members bonded to the interlayer material.
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Insulating material Torossian, K.A. and Kohn, L.S. (General Electric Company) US Pat 4 046 938 (6 September 1977) A composite, electrical insulation material consists of one or more layers of electrical insulating tape (comprising an electrically insulating layer, and a thermosetting resin impregnant) coated with a protective polymer f'flmwhich is soluble in the resin at its curing temperature. Process for the bonding of f'dms and molded components Baxmann, F. et al (Chemische Werke Huls AktiengeseUschaft) US Pat 4 046 945 (6 September 1977) Unheated pieces of elastic polymers and thermoplastics polymers in film or shaped form are bonded to each other, or to a suitable substrate (wool, wood, masonry, concrete, glass, metals, polyesters and roofing felt) using an adhesive composition heated at a temperature of up to 250°C. Laminated transparent assembly with edge sealing means Stefanik, J.E. (PPG Industries Inc) US Pat 4 046 951 (6 September 1977) The laminated transparency comprises two transparent layers of rigid material (glass, polycarbonates, acrylic plastics or other rigid transparent plastics commonly used as a substitute for glass) bonded together by an interlayer of polyvinyl acetal and polyurethane material. The composite edge sealing system comprises a thin barrier layer of a fluorinated polymer. Composite reinforced pipe union Pertriaux, J-P. F. (Pont-A-Mousson SA) US Pat 4 047 741 (13 September 1977) An adhesive joint is described between a glass fibre thermoset plastics pipe and a metal casing such that two or more pipes can be joined giving a continuous inner surface which is impervious to the fluid to be conveyed. Process for producing a laminated metallic sheet Nakagome, K. and Suzuki, T'. (Nitto Electric Industrial Co Ltd) US Pat 4 048 005 (13 September 1977) A heterocyclic polymer which shows
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