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Clopay Corporation

C. H. Masland & Sons

Hitech Polymers Inc.

Gerald W Miller

Rayna W Smith

H Harald Lutzmann

Leopoldo V Cancio

Pai-Chuan Wu

Robert M Mortellite

James D Idol

Leo V Cancio

Anthony R Steimle

Brian P Peterson

Robert C Gossling

A three piece adjustable and removable covering, consisting of an assembly of a stationary shield fitted with an adjustable/detachable upper shield and a removable rear shield for protecting a camera from inclement weather which is mounted to a support bracket and a hot shoe assembly for attachment of the bracket and covering(s) to the equipment. The bracket is a preformed shape which, with the shield(s), forms the protective covering. Nuts, washers, and bolts are employed to affix the bracket to the protective shield(s) and to the equipment.

Camera canopy

Thermoplastic compositions comprising polyacrylonitriles that contain greater than 90% acrylonitrile as monomer, or copolymers of such polyacrylonitriles with an olefinic unsaturated co-monomer, can be formed by the use of certain compatibilizers and/or thermal stabilizers. Other thermoplastic compositions comprising the high nitrile polyacrylonitriles can be obtained by melt blending the polyacrylonitriles with certain aromatic engineering thermoplastic polymers in the presence of compatibilizers and thermal stabilizers. All of the foregoing high nitrile compositions have been found to possess good optical and gas barrier properties, and good stress crack resistance.

Thermoplastic polyacrylonitrile compositions

A device used to prevent water from exiting a shower or bathtub that consists of a guard, a curved channel, and a pair of hooks to rest onto the lip of a bathtub.

Splash protector for shower

Discrete non-clumping mechanically stable geometric alloyed material shapes having about 55-95% by weight thermoplastic elastomer and about 5-45% thermoplastic polymer and about 0-12% by weight filler are used for removing organic contaminates from contaminated fluids. The shapes are typically spheres having a maximum dimension of 0.125 inches, or circular discs having a thickness of less than 6 millimeters. The shapes are put in a loose form or packing, and a fluid containing organic contaminants (such as water, air, or a soil slurry) is brought into contact with the shapes so that the shapes absorb organic contaminants from the fluid, typically absorbing more than 90% of the contaminants in the first pass through. The contaminated fluid is typically passed through an ozone generator before being brought into contact with the shapes. The shapes may be foamed, e.g. utilizing about 0.1-10% by weight foaming agent. The invention allows removal of organic contaminants to ppm levels from very large loadings, such as crude contaminated water, fuel-containing soil, and open air spills of organic solvents.

System for the removal of organic contaminants from water, air and soil

A handless or footless operation of an electrical automatic water flow control apparatus for turning water on and off without touching the faucet lever of a faucet. The electrical water flow control apparatus is installed in line between the water shutoff valves from the wall and the water supply lines that descend from a faucet. The flow control apparatus includes a housing which houses a pair of solenoid operated valves. Each solenoid operated valve has an inlet port and an outlet port, where the ports are protruding through a wall of the housing. The inlet ports are connected to the hot and cold water shutoff valves by flexible hoses. The outlet ports are connected to the water supply lines from the faucet by flexible hoses. The electrical flow control apparatus further comprises an elongated bar switch actuator and a transformer which supplies power to the solenoid operated valves. The bar switch actuator is constructed of micro-switches which are electrically connected together and to the solenoid operated valves. The solenoid operated valves are operated by depressing any part of the elongated bar switch actuator with any part of body of a user, which when depressed energizes the solenoid operated valves to open to allow the flow of water therethrough and when the elongated bar switch actuator is not depressed, closes the solenoid operated valves to stop the flow of water through the flow control apparatus.

Handless or footless operation of an electrical automatic water flow control apparatus

A transmission includes a guideway (20) formed between a pair of tracks (22, 24) extending in a closed loop (21), and an endless train of rolling elements (X, Y, B) extending along the closed loop and rolling on the tracks and on each other. An input shaft (10) turns an input wheel (32) that carries a plurality of input wheel rollers (34), with the input wheel rollers pushing selected ones (X) of the rolling elements to move the train of rolling elements along the closed loop. An output shaft (12) is turned by an output wheel (40), with the output wheel carrying a plurality of output wheel rollers (36) that are in the path of the rolling elements to be moved by them. The rolling elements include rollers (X, Y) that roll along one track (24) and balls (B) lying between the rollers and rolling on the other track (22) and against the rollers.

Rolling element transmission

A method and compositions for removing organic contaminants from contaminated liquid, gas, or soil in fluent form are easily practiced and handled, highly absorbent, and readily collected. A foamed sheet, film, strands, or filament mat is formed from a composition comprising 5-49% by weight polystyrene, polypropylene, or other polymer; about 0-1% by weight blowing agent such as sodium tetraborate; and substantially the balance of elastomeric material. Contaminated liquid, gas, or soil in fluid form, or mixtures thereof into contact with the sheet, film, strands, or mat, so that the sheet, film, strands, or mat absorb at least 90% (typically at least 100%) of their weight of organic contaminants from the contaminated material. A sheet or film may be formed by extruding through a sheet or film die a composition of 10-45% polystyrene, 0.1-1% blowing agent, and substantially the balance styrene/ butadiene/styrene triblock polymer; foamed strands may be formed by extruding through die holes a composition of 10-49% polystyrene, 0.1-1% blowing agent, and substantially the balance elastomeric material; and foamed filaments formed by extruding through die holes a composition of 5-45% polypropylene, 0-1% blowing agent, and substantially the balance elastomeric material are formed into a non-woven mat of continuous filaments with random orientation.

Removal of organic contaminants using polymeric sheets, films, strands

Fiber reinforced thermoplastic molded products, sheets, and the like, having a glossy surface are produced by intimately blending discrete reinforcing fibers (e.g. fiberglass) and thermoplastic fibers (e.g. polypropylene or polycarbonate) into a web. The web is heated to the melting point of the thermoplastic fibers while applying pressure, to eliminate air and press the web into a consolidated structure. Breakage of the reinforcing fibers is minimized by limiting the thickness of the web and limiting the pressure so as to produce a consolidated structure with minimal fiber breakage and a Notched Izod of at least one. Layered consolidated structures, some without reinforcing fibers, may be heated and pressed together to form a final structure having a thickness greater than the individual structures. The great majority of the fibers are provided so that the fibers of each type are within the range of about 0.5-5 inches. A sheet capable of replacing an automotive metal panel (that is having sufficiently high gloss, rigidity and impact characteristics) is provided, the sheet having Notched Izod of at least about two and preferably at least about five. Products with Notched Izods of up to eight or nine may be achieved.

Glossy finish fiber reinforced molded product and processes of

Fiber reinforced thermoplastic molded products, sheets, and the like, having a glossy surface are produced by intimately blending discrete reinforcing fibers (e.g. fiberglass) and thermoplastic fibers (e.g. polypropylene or polycarbonate) into a web. The web is heated to the melting point of the thermoplastic fibers while applying pressure, to eliminate air and press the web into a consolidated structure. Breakage of the reinforcing fibers is minimized by limiting the thickness of the web and limiting the pressure so as to produce a consolidated structure with minimal fiber breakage and a Notched Izod of at least one. Layered consolidated structures, some without reinforcing fibers, may be heated and pressed together to form a final structure having a thickness greater than the individual structures. The great majority of the fibers are provided so that the fibers of each type are within the range of about 0.5-5 inches. A sheet capable of replacing an automotive metal panel (that is having sufficiently high gloss, rigidity and impact characteristics) is provided, the sheet having a Notched Izod of at least about two and preferably at least about five. Products with Notched Izods of up to eight or nine may be achieved.

Fiber reinforced thermoplastic molded products, sheets, and the like, having a glossy surface are produced by intimately blending discrete reinforcing fibers (e.g. fiberglass) and thermoplastic fibers (e.g. polypropylene or polycarbonate) into a web. The web is heated to the melting point of the thermoplastic fibers while applying pressure, to eliminate air and press the web into a consolidated structure. Breakage of the reinforcing fibers is minimized by limiting the thickness of the web and limiting the pressure so as to produce a consolidated structure with minimal fiber breakage and a Notched Izod of at least one. Layering consolidated structures, some without reinforcing fibers, may be heated and pressed together to form a final structure having a thickness greater than the individual structures. The great majority of the fibers are provided so that the fibers of each type are within the range of about 0.5-5 inches. A sheet capable of replacing an automotive metal panel (that is having sufficiently high gloss, rigidity and impact characteristics) is provided, the sheet having a Notched Izod of at least about two and preferably at least about five. Products with Notched Izods of up to eight or nine may be achieved.

Formed articles made from polyvinyl alcohol having an oxygen permeability of no more than about 1 cc mil/100 in.sup.2 24 hr atm. at 80% relative humidity, compositions suitable for use in manufacturing such articles and a process for manufacturing such articles by forming polyvinyl alcohol containing a non-hydroxyl plasticizer in a substantially water-free condition and cooling at a rate sufficiently slow to provide the enhanced impermeability, are disclosed.

Plasticized polyvinyl alcohol compositions, forming process and formed

The addition of small amounts of selected polyamides or polyesters to plasticized, melt extrudable polyvinyl alcohol homopolymer provides a composition with lower permeability to oxygen and other fixed gases.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Gerald W Miller