Abstract: A molded pulp product including: a pulp, a water- and oil-resistant agent, and a water soluble polymer that does not dissolve in an aqueous medium at 40° C. or lower, wherein a content of the water soluble polymer is 1 to 50% by mass, based on the pulp.

Abstract: An electronic expansion valve is provided that allows an air conditioner to control air conditioning in accordance with a valve opening point of the electronic expansion valve. Also, an air conditioner is provided that is capable of controlling air conditioning on the basis of the valve opening point of the electronic expansion valve. The electronic expansion valve is provided with a barcode corresponding to property data of the electronic expansion valve. The property data include a pulse number corresponding to a valve opening point that was measured in the process of manufacturing the electronic expansion valve. The valve opening point is set on the basis of the pulse number of a stepper motor when the flow rate of a gas flowing through a valve hole of the electronic expansion valve is equal to a set value.

Abstract: A refrigerant circuit is configured, which includes an electric compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, an evaporator, a hot gas introduction path connecting the electric compressor and the evaporator together, and a switching valve for controlling a flow of refrigerant in the hot gas introduction path. In addition, a fan is provided. In a defrosting cycle for introducing refrigerant into the evaporator through the hot gas introduction path to defrost the evaporator, if the pressure of the condenser is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold, the fan forms an air flow from a radiator to the condenser.

Abstract: A fluorine rubber composition that provides high tensile strength and high elongation after vulcanization mutually compatible and from which favorable mechanical characteristics are obtained even in a high-temperature environment; and a bladder for tire production, which is manufactured using the same are provided. The fluorine rubber composition includes a rubber component containing a fluorine rubber and carbon black, wherein the carbon black has a specific surface area by nitrogen adsorption (N2SA) of 25 m2/g or more and not more than 180 m2/g and a dibutyl phthalate (DBP) absorption amount of 60 mL/100 g or more and not more than 180 mL/100 g; and in a kneading step (A) of compounding the carbon black in the rubber component, an average shear rate of a rotor surface of a kneading machine is 100 (1/sec) or more, and a kneading maximum temperature Tm is 120° C. or higher and not higher than 200° C.

Abstract: This invention provides a polytetrafluoroethylene powder capable of giving moldings which are improved in surface roughness Ra, tensile strength and/or tensile elongation as compared with the prior art ones and can be excellent in dielectric breakdown strength and, further, can be excellent, if desired, in apparent density and/or powder flowability as well, and a method of producing a polytetrafluoroethylene molding powder. The present invention is a PTFE powder wherein a surface roughness Ra of molded articles a1 for measurement is less than 0.92 ?m.

Abstract: In a refrigeration system, a first non-inverter compressor (2B) backs up one of an inverter compressor (2A) and a second non-inverter compressor (2C) by switching of a third four-way selector valve (3C). The refrigeration system includes: a suction pressure detection section (81) for detecting the suction pressure of the first non-inverter compressor (2B) after the issue of a switching command to the third four-way selector valve (3C); a command holding section (82) for, when the detected pressure of the suction pressure detection section (81) becomes lower than a predetermined value, determining that the third four-way selector valve (3C) has malfunctioned and holding the switching command; and a compressor standby section (83) for, upon the command holding section (82) holding the switching command, stopping the first non-inverter compressor (2B) and putting it into standby for a predetermined time.

Abstract: Biology-based processes for detecting toxic substances are provided. The processes comprise transforming cells with a vector comprising a polynucleotide which comprises a promoter of certain yeast gene operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a marker protein; contacting the transformed cells to test sample; and detecting the expression of mRNA encoding the marker protein, thus detecting a toxic compound in the test sample.

Abstract: A stain remover which comprises a copolymer made from as essential ingredients (a) a polymerizable monomer having a polyfluoroalkyl group with less than 8 carbon atoms and represented by the general formula H2C?CXCOO—Y-Rf and (b) a fluorine-free polymerizable monomer represented by the following general formula: H2C?CXCOO—(RO)n—X. The stain remover is effective in minimizing the amount of an organic solvent to be used. It imparts to a substrate the excellent property of removing stains therefrom and a satisfactory texture.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for phase current detection used for driving a motor by supplying outputs from a pulse width modulation (PWM) converter to the motor. One method presented provides detecting a DC link current and a vector pattern, determining whether a voltage vector lengths exceeds a predetermined value, and adjusting the voltage vector by adding a positive or reversed voltage based upon the above determination and an integrated error value.

Abstract: In a rotating compressor, an outer peripheral surface of a partition member which is secured firmly to a casing so as to divide the inside of the casing into a high-level pressure space and a low-level pressure space, is provided with a peripheral groove for allowing for shrinkage of the casing at a weld area where a trunk part and end plate of the casing are welded together. As a result of such arrangement, the partition member is strongly tightened by making utilization of such shrinkage, thereby not only enhancing sealability between the high-level pressure space and the low-level pressure space in the inside of the casing but also preventing a drop in workability during assembling and an increase in cost.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner and a remote controller for the air conditioner, and aims at inhibiting a remote controller operation by a person other than a specific user. Therefore, the specific user previously operates an operation button 30 thereby inputting a set password 41 or the like with respect to a remote controller 1. A CPU 10 stores the input set password 41 or the like in a memory 40. When setting of the set password 41 or the like is carried out, the CPU 10 displays the purport that the remote controller is in a locked state on a display part 20. Even if a remote controller operation related to operation setting of the air conditioner is carried out, the CPU 10 invalidates the operation contents unless input of an input password or the like matching with the set password 41 or the like is performed.

Abstract: To provide a packaging material being capable of maintaining a highly clean state, wherein the number of fine particles having a particle size of not less than 0.2 &mgr;m and being present on its surface facing an article to be packaged is not more than 5,000/cm2, a steam permeation degree at 40° C. at 90% RH is not more than 30 g/cm2·24 hr, a total amount of gas (excluding steam) to be generated when heating at 80° C. for 15 minutes is not more than 5 ppm and a total amount of water to be generated when heating at 80° C. for 30 minutes is not more than 13 ppm.

Abstract: A refrigeration unit for performing a refrigerating cycle by circulating R32 as a refrigerant through a refrigerant circuit composed of a compressor (23), a condenser (22), expansion means (26), and an evaporator (2). An amount of R32 for filling the refrigerant circuit is set to be in a range of 120 g to 450 g per kW of refrigerating capacity, or an amount of R32 for filling the refrigerant circuit is set to be in a range of 400 g to 750 g per liter of unobstructed capacity of the condenser (22). By using R32 as a refrigerant that is small in Global Warming Potential (GWP), an energy-saving refrigeration against global warming with high coefficient of performance (COP) is obtained.

Abstract: A production method in which reaction processes are divided into two regions comprising one reaction region where mainly perchloroethylene is made to react with HF in a vapor phase in the presence of a catalyst and the other reaction region where HCFC-123 (CF3CHCl2) and/or HCFC-124 (CF3CFHCl) is made to react with HF in a vapor phase in the presence of a catalyst, the former region being kept at a higher pressure and the latter region at a lower pressure during the reaction procedure. By this method it is possible to keep the conversion of perchloroethylene at a high level while securing the life of a catalyst, and it is also possible to raise the selectivity of HFC-125. This is a method of producing HFC-125 in which the content of CFC-115 is lowered to not more than 15 vol % of the total amount of HFC-125 and CFC-115, and then CFC-115 is made to react with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: There is provided an azeotropic mixture of hydrogen fluoride (HF) and 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC152a). In addition, there is provided a process for the production of HFC152a having a step of more effectively recovering HF which does not contain HFC152a or HFC152a which does not contain HF in which step an azeotropic mixture is distilled off from a column top by subjecting a mixture containing HFC152a and HF, so that HF which does not contain HFC152a or HFC152a which does not contain HF is recovered from a column bottom.

Abstract: In a brushless DC motor system, an RMS value of an input current of a voltage-fed inverter (702) is detected by a current transformer (705) and an RMS value detector circuit (706). A rotation speed of a brushless DC motor (703) is detected based on a cycle of a position signal outputted by a position sensor circuit (704). Then, in response to the RMS value of the input current and the rotation speed, the phase of the inverter output voltage relative to the phase of the motor counter-electromotive voltage is set to a phase at which the motor efficiency comes generally to a peak, and a switching command to the voltage-fed inverter (702) is generated. With this constitution, when the applied voltage waveform is controlled only by the voltage-fed inverter in response to the rotor-position detection signal, the motor attains high-efficiency operation without involving any increase in cost and yet regardless of load conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides acicular particles (A) containing an iron carbide, which have (a) a free carbon content of at most 20 wt. %, and (b) and Fe.sub.5 C.sub.2 ratio(x) of at least 70% and a coercive force of 3.times.+300 to 7.times.+270 Oe, the ratio(x) being expressed by ##EQU1## where S1 is the X-ray diffraction strength of Fe.sub.5 C.sub.2, and S2 is the X-ray diffraction strength of Fe.sub.3 O.sub.4.The invention further provides particles (B) containing nickel and an iron carbide.The invention further provides acicular particles containing an iron carbide which are obtained by heating an aqueous dispersion of ferric hydroxide in an alkaline system in the presence of a water-soluble compound capable of coordinating to iron to obtain acicular .alpha.-ferric oxide and contacting the product with a carbon-containing reducing-and-carburizing agent or with a mixture of the agent and a carbon-free reducing agent, with or without contacting the product with the carbon-free reducing agent.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising a photopolymerization initiator or curing agent and the compound represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein M is a divalent organic group comprising at least one substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group or a divalent organic group comprising at least two substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups, the alicyclic hydrocarbon group or aromatic hydrocarbon group may be linked by O, S or CH.sub.2 or may form a condensed ring, n is zero or a positive number.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biosensor which is arranged to generate an electric signal corresponding to an object to be measured. The biosensor is provided with a foundation electrode which is comprised of a working electrode, a reference electrode and a counter electrode, and on the surface of which is placed an enzyme film fixed with physiologically active material, so that an electric signal corresponding to the object to be measured is generated in the foundation electrode on the basis of the result of the enzyme reaction.

Abstract: 4,4'-(Perfluoroisopropylidene)dicyclohexanol or its organic acid ester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R' is hydrogen atom or acyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, is useful as a starting material of a curable resin, cross-linking agent or the like.