Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A tool for repairing damaged threads on PVC pipe and PVC pipe fittings comprising:
an elongate shaft having a proximal end zone and an opposite distal end zone;
a handle on said proximal end zone;
a head on said distal end zone, said head including a threaded tap for forced threaded engagement with the damaged threads of the PVC pipe or PVC pipe fittings and said tap being structured and disposed to cut and reshape the damaged threads upon advancement and withdrawal of said head relative to the damaged threads by manually rotating the handle, thereby restoring the damaged threads to an operable condition.
2. The tool as recited in claim 1 wherein said threaded tap is provided on an exterior circumferential surface of said head.
3. The tool as recited in claim 2 further comprising means on said head for yielding to inwardly directed radial forces upon advancement of said threaded tap along the damaged threads.
4. The tool as recited in claim 3 wherein said means for yielding comprises a plurality of axial slots in said threaded tap.
5. The tool as recited in claim 1 wherein said handle is positioned and disposed perpendicularly relative to said shaft.
6. The tool as recited in claim 1 wherein said threaded tap is formed of hardened steel.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

We claim:

1. A process for the preparation of polybutadiene latex, in which butadiene is polymerized by a free radical emulsion polymerization reaction in the presence of initiator and, if required, dispersants and further conventional assistants, wherein the polymerization is carried out in the presence of reactive comonomers in such a way that a heat flow of 43 wattkg solids content of the polymerization mixture is not exceeded.
2. A process as claimed in claim 1, comprising a heat flow profile with:
during a first period of 10-700 minutes, a change in the heat flow per unit time of 0.01-0.5 watt(kgmin);
during a subsequent second period of 0-600 minutes, a change in the heat flow per unit time of 0.1-0.1 watt(kgmin);
during a subsequent third period of 10-1000 minutes, a change in the heat flow per unit time of <0 watt(kgmin).
3. A process as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the polymerization is carried out by a semi-batch procedure in which
(a) in a first stage, a portion of butadiene and at least one portion of reactive comonomer in the form of an aqueous emulsion are initially taken with a thermal polymerization initiator and, if required, dispersants and further conventional assistants and the polymerization is initiated,
(b) in a second stage, the remaining amount of butadiene and, if required, the remaining amount of reactive comonomer are added undiluted or in the form of an aqueous emulsion, if required with dispersants and, if required, further conventional assistants, as a feed.
4. A process as claimed in claims 1 to 3, wherein the total amount of reactive comonomer is initially taken.
5. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the total amount of reactive comonomer is from 3 to 20% by weight of the total amount of monomers (butadienereactive comonomer).
6. A process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the reactive comonomer is styrene.
7. A polybutadiene latex, which can be prepared by a process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6.
8. A process for the preparation of butadiene graft copolymers, in which a polybutadiene latex is prepared in the form of a grafting base by a process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6 and
(c) in a further step, a graft layer comprising at least one vinylaromatic monomer, acrylonitrile and, if required, further ethylenically unsaturated monomers is grafted on.
9. A process as claimed in claim 8, wherein step (c) is carried out in the presence or in the absence of a molecular weight regulator.
10. A butadiene graft copolymer, which can be prepared by a process as claimed in any of claims 1 to 9.
11. An ABS molding material, comprising
(a) from 5 to 80% by weight of butadiene graft copolymers as claimed in claim 10 as component A and
(b) from 20 to 95% by weight of thermoplastic copolymers of at least one vinylaromatic monomer, acrylonitrile and, if required, further ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
12. The use of a butadiene graft copolymer as claimed in claim 10 or of a molding material as claimed in claim 11 for the production of shaped articles, films and fibers.

What is claimed is:

1. An agricultural or industrial tire comprising a casing and a rubber tread disposed radially outwardly of the casing, the tread having an inner tread and a plurality of tread lugs projecting radially from the inner tread, the tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr),
(A) from about 30 to 100 phr of high trans random SBR comprising from about 3 to about 30 percent by weight of styrene and a trans 1,4 butadiene content in the polybutadiene segments of the SBR of greater than 60 percent by weight, wherein said high trans random SBR is produced by a process that comprises copolymerizing styrene and 1,3-butadiene in an organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst system that is comprised of
(i) an organolithium compound,
(ii) a group IIa metal salt selected from the group consisting of group IIa metal salts of amino glycols and group IIa metal salts of glycol ethers, and
(iii) an organometallic compound selected from the group consisting of organoaluminum compounds and organomagnesium compounds; and

(B) from about zero to about 70 phr of at least one additional elastomer.
2. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said vulcanizable rubber composition comprises from about 50 to about 100 phr of high trans random SBR comprising from about 3 to about 30 percent by weight of styrene, and from about 10 to about 50 phr of at least one additional elastomer.
3. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said high trans random SBR comprises from about 3 to about 20 percent by weight of styrene.
4. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said high trans random SBR comprises from about 3 to about 10 percent by weight of styrene.
5. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said high trans random SBR has a trans content of greater than 70 percent by weight.
6. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said high trans random SBR has a glass transition temperature in a range of from about 55 C. to about 85 C.
7. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said component is selected from the group consisting of tread cap, tread base, sidewall, apex, chafer, sidewall insert, wirecoat and innerliner.
8. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said component is a tread cap or tread base.
9. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said at least one additional elastomer is selected from the group consisting of cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber (natural or synthetic, although natural is preferred), 3,4-polyisoprene rubber, styreneisoprenebutadiene rubber, styreneisoprene rubber, emulsion and solution polymerization derived styrenebutadiene rubbers, cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubbers and emulsion polymerization prepared butadieneacrylonitrile copolymers.
10. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said at least one additional elastomer is natural rubber.
11. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said vulcanizable rubber composition further comprises from about 20 to about 100 phr of carbon black.
12. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said vulcanizable rubber composition further comprises from about 20 to about 100 phr of silica.
13. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein less than 10 percent of the total quantity of repeat units derived from styrene in said high trans random SBR are in blocks containing more than five styrene repeat units.
14. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein less than 4 percent of the total quantity of repeat units derived from styrene in said high trans random SBR are in blocks containing 5 or more styrene repeat units.
15. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein less than 1 percent of the total quantity of repeat units derived from styrene in said high trans random SBR are in blocks containing 5 or more styrene repeat units.
16. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said high trans random SBR is produced by a process that comprises copolymerizing styrene and 1,3-butadiene in an organic solvent in of a catalyst system that is comprised of
(A) an organolithium compound,
(B) a group IIa metal salt of an amino glycol, and
(C) an organometallic compound selected from the group consisting of organoaluminum compounds containing less than 13 carbon atoms and organomagnesium compounds.
17. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein each lug has a width and length in a range of from about 0.8 to about 2.75 inches, and a height in a range of from about 1 to about 4 inches, and wherein the tread has a net-to-gross ratio in a range of from about 15 to about 40 percent as measured around the entire 360 circumference of a normally inflated and normally loaded tire contacting a flat hard surface.
18. The agricultural or industrial tire of claim 1, wherein said lugs comprise said composition.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A system to generate one or more forms to obtain a license from an authority, and to manage licenses comprising:
one or more computer systems each including at least one processor to generate license forms and manage licenses, said one or more computer systems further including:
a form storage unit to store a plurality of license forms, wherein each said license form includes a plurality of fields each to receive information requested by that field, and said plurality of license forms includes forms to obtain licenses from at least two different authorities;
an information storage unit to store said information requested by said license form fields;
a mapping layer to store information mapping each license form field to corresponding requested information in said information storage unit, wherein at least two fields of different license forms are mapped to the same requested information in said information storage unit, wherein said mapping layer includes:
a query storage unit to store queries to retrieve requested information from said information storage unit; and
a map storage unit to store mappings of each field of said license forms to a corresponding query within said query storage unit;

a license module to retrieve a user selected license form from said form storage unit, wherein said selected license form is utilized to obtain a license from an authority;
a map module to identify each field within said selected license form and map that field to corresponding requested information within said information storage unit based on a mapping within said mapping layer;
a populate module to retrieve said mapped requested information for each field within said selected license form from said information storage unit by utilizing corresponding mappings from said map storage unit and corresponding queries from said query storage unit, and to place said retrieved requested information in corresponding fields of said selected license form to generate a completed form utilized to obtain said license from said authority, wherein said populate module retrieves a query for a corresponding license form field from said query storage unit based on a mapping for said corresponding license form field within said map storage unit, and executes said retrieved query against said information storage unit to retrieve said requested information for said corresponding license form field; and
an overflow module to identify a field within said selected license form with insufficient capacity to accommodate said requested information from said information storage unit and to automatically generate an attachment for said selected license form including for said identified field said requested information exceeding said capacity of that field.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of fields from different license forms request information in common and said information storage unit stores a single instance of said common information, and wherein said mapping layer maps each of said plurality of fields to said single instance of said common information within said information storage unit.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more computer systems further include:
a project module to maintain and manage information pertaining to one or more projects for renewal of licenses.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more computer systems further include:
a calendar module to identify licenses of a user with renewals due within a predetermined time interval and to inform that user of said identified licenses and corresponding renewal dates.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein said user utilizes a computerized calendar, and said calendar module informs said user by inserting said renewal dates within said user calendar by one of: sending an electronic mail message including calendar information to said user to update said user calendar with said renewal dates, and periodically synchronizing said user calendar with said renewal dates.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein said authority provides one of licenses for gaming and licenses for pharmaceuticals.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein said license forms are accessible on network sites of said at least two authorities, and said one or more computer systems further include:
a forms collector module to access said network sites and retrieve at least one of new license forms and modified license forms.
8. A program product apparatus for generating one or more forms to obtain a license from an authority and to manage licenses, said program product apparatus comprising:
a computer readable memory device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
a license module to retrieve a user selected license form from a form storage unit, wherein said selected license form is utilized to obtain a license from an authority, and wherein said form storage unit stores a plurality of license forms with each said license form including a plurality of fields each to receive information requested by that field and said plurality of license forms including forms to obtain licenses from at least two different authorities;
a map module to identify each field within said selected license form and map that field to corresponding requested information within an information storage unit based on a mapping within a mapping layer, wherein said information storage unit stores said information requested by said license form fields, wherein said mapping layer stores information mapping each license form field to corresponding requested information in said information storage unit, and wherein at least two fields of different license forms are mapped to the same requested information in said information storage unit, and wherein said mapping layer includes:
a query storage unit to store queries to retrieve requested information from said information storage unit; and
a map storage unit to store mappings of each field of said license forms to a corresponding query within said query storage unit;

a populate module to retrieve said mapped requested information for each field within said selected license form from said information storage unit and place said retrieved requested information in corresponding fields of said selected license form to generate a completed form utilized to obtain said license from said authority, wherein said populate module retrieves a query for a corresponding license form field from said query storage unit based on a mapping for said corresponding license form field within said map storage unit, and executes said retrieved query against said information storage unit to retrieve said requested information for said corresponding license form field; and

an overflow module to identify a field within said selected license form with insufficient capacity to accommodate said requested information from said information storage unit and to automatically generate an attachment for said selected license form including for said identified field said requested information exceeding said capacity of that field.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein a plurality of fields from different license forms request information in common and said information storage unit stores a single instance of said common information, and wherein said mapping layer maps each of said plurality of fields to said single instance of said common information within said information storage unit.
10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said computer readable program code further includes:
a project module to maintain and manage information pertaining to one or more projects for renewal of licenses.
11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said computer readable program code further includes:
a calendar module to identify licenses of a user with renewals due within a predetermined time interval and to inform that user of said identified licenses and corresponding renewal dates.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said user utilizes a computerized calendar, and said calendar module informs said user by inserting said renewal dates within said user calendar by one of: sending an electronic mail message including calendar information to said user to update said user calendar with said renewal dates, and periodically synchronizing said user calendar with said renewal dates.
13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said authority provides one of licenses for gaming and licenses for pharmaceuticals.
14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said license forms are accessible on network sites of said at least two authorities, and said computer readable program code further includes:
a forms collector module to access said network sites and retrieve at least one of new license forms and modified license forms.
15. A computer-implemented method of generating one or more forms to obtain a license from an authority and managing licenses comprising:
(a) retrieving a user selected license form from a form storage unit via a processor, wherein said selected license form is utilized to obtain a license from an authority, and wherein said form storage unit stores a plurality of license forms with each said license form including a plurality of fields each to receive information requested by that field and said plurality of license forms including forms to obtain licenses from at least two different authorities;
(b) identifying each field within said selected license form via said processor and mapping that field to corresponding requested information within an information storage unit based on a mapping within a mapping layer, wherein said information storage unit stores said information requested by said license form fields, wherein said mapping layer stores information mapping each license form field to corresponding requested information in said information storage unit, and wherein at least two fields of different license forms are mapped to the same requested information in said information storage unit, and wherein said mapping layer includes:
a query storage unit to store queries to retrieve requested information from said information storage unit; and
a map storage unit to store mappings of each field of said license forms to a corresponding query within said query storage unit;

(c) retrieving via said processor said mapped requested information for each field within said selected license form from said information storage unit and placing said retrieved requested information in corresponding fields of said selected license form to generate a completed form utilized to obtain said license from said authority, wherein step (c) further includes:
(c.1) retrieving a query for a corresponding license form field from said query storage unit based on a mapping for said corresponding license form field within said map storage unit, and executing said retrieved query against said information storage unit to retrieve said requested information for said corresponding license form field; and

(d) identifying via said processor a field within said selected license form with insufficient capacity to accommodate said requested information from said information storage unit and automatically generating an attachment for said selected license form including for said identified field said requested information exceeding said capacity of that field.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein a plurality of fields from different license forms request information in common and said information storage unit stores a single instance of said common information, and wherein said mapping layer maps each of said plurality of fields to said single instance of said common information within said information storage unit.
17. The method of claim 15, further including:
(e) maintaining and managing information pertaining to one or more projects for renewal of licenses.
18. The method of claim 15, further including:
(e) identifying licenses of a user with renewals due within a predetermined time interval and informing that user of said identified licenses and corresponding renewal dates.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein said user utilizes a computerized calendar, and step (e) further includes:
(e.1) informing said user by inserting said renewal dates within said user calendar by one of: sending an electronic mail message including calendar information to said user to update said user calendar with said renewal dates, and periodically synchronizing said user calendar with said renewal dates.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein said authority provides one of licenses for gaming and licenses for pharmaceuticals.
21. The method of claim 15, wherein said license forms are accessible on network sites of said at least two authorities, and step (a) further includes:
(a.1) accessing said network sites and retrieving at least one of new license forms and modified license forms.
22. The system of claim 1, wherein said license forms include at least one of license application forms, license renewal forms, and license form attachments.
23. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said license forms include at least one of license application forms, license renewal forms, and license form attachments.
24. The method of claim 15, wherein said license forms include at least one of license application forms, license renewal forms, and license form attachments.
25. The system of claim 7, wherein said collector module accesses said network sites at predetermined times.
26. The system of claim 7, wherein said forms collector module identifies a modified license form to retrieve based on said modified license form having a checksum other than a checksum of a version of a corresponding form previously obtained by said system.
27. The program product apparatus of claim 14, wherein said forms collector module accesses said network sites at predetermined times.
28. The program product apparatus of claim 14, wherein said forms collector module identifies a modified license form to retrieve based on said modified license form having a checksum other than a checksum of a version of a corresponding form previously obtained.
29. The method of claim 21, wherein said step (a.1) further includes:
(a.1.1) accessing said network sites at predetermined times.
30. The method of claim 21, wherein step (a.1) further includes:
(a.1.1) retrieving a modified license form based on said modified license form having a checksum other than a checksum of a version of a corresponding form previously obtained.