Abstract: A lithium-containing complex oxide exhibits a high performance as a cathode active material of a lithium secondary cell or the like and having a high tap density. A granular lithium-containing complex oxide, such as lithium manganese complex oxide, is made up of “complex oxide grains produced by integrating lithium-rich material grains abnormally grown during a firing reaction with the surfaces of the base grains by sintering.” The number of complex oxide grains is not more than 50 per gram of the complex grains. A metal oxide such as manganese oxide and lithium carbonate not more than 5 ?m in average grain size are mixed by means of a mixer which grinds and mixes particles by using a shearing force and heated and fired at a warming rate of not more than 50° C./h., thus producing the lithium-containing complex oxide.

Abstract: An information processing device stores an extracted feature of each inspection item of the process inspection, and a determination result of a final inspection in a memory device, calculates a separation degree between a distribution of features of products which were determined as good products at the final inspection and a distribution of features of products which were determined as defective products at the final inspection for every inspection item or every combination of inspection items based on data of the products stored in the memory device, selects an inspection item whose inspection standard is to be reset from the inspection items or the combinations of the inspection items based on a value of the separation degree. Thus providing a method of appropriately setting an inspection standard for detecting a defect sign during process inspection. Further a process inspection device and inspection standard setting device which implements the same.

Abstract: An inspection method and an inspection apparatus are disclosed, wherein the appropriate inspection can be conducted in accordance with the situation change of a nonconforming product from an initial stage, an adjust stage and a stable stage. The conformity/nonconformity is discriminated according to a MTS model and a one class SVM model based on the normal data obtained from a conforming product. The conformity/nonconformity is discriminated by both the MTS and the one class SVM in an adjust stage where a sufficient amount of sample data cannot be acquired or the shape of the conforming product distribution in the feature space and the shape of the normal area are unstable, and only by the MTS in a stable stage where a sufficient amount of sample data can be acquired and the shape of the conforming product distribution and the shape of the normal area are stable.

Abstract: Stable supply of a cathode material for a lithium secondary battery that exels in sinterbility and composition stability and can exhibit satisfactory battery performance is accomplished by reducing to 100 ppm or less both the contents of Na and S being impurity elements in multiple oxides as materials for a cathode material for a lithium secondary battery and carbonic salts as precursor materials for the production of a cathode material for a lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: A positive plate material for lithium secondary cells stably exhibiting excellent performance including the cell initial capacity, cycle characteristics, and the safety. The material is produced by dripping an aqueous solution of a salt (e.g., cobalt sulfate) of a doping element (e.g., a transition metal, an alkaline metal, an alkaline-earth metal, B, or Al) into an alkaline solution, a carbonate solution, or a hydrogencarbonate solution in any one of which a compound (e.g., manganese oxide) of a metal (Mn, Co, Ni, or the like) which is the major component of the positive plate material so as to precipitate the compound of the doping element on the major component compound and to cover the major component compound, mixing the major component compound covered with the doping element with a lithium compound (e.g., lithium carbonate), and firing the mixture.

Abstract: Means for stably supplying a lithium-containing complex oxide exhibiting a high performance as a cathode active material of a lithium secondary cell or the like and having a high tap density. Granular lithium-containing complex oxide such as lithium manganese complex oxide comprises “complex oxide grains produced by integrating lithium-rich material grains abnormally grown during a firing reaction with the surfaces of the base grains by sintering.” The number of complex oxide grains is not more than 50 per gram of the complex grains. Metal oxide such as manganese oxide and lithium carbonate not more than 5 ?m in average grain size are mixed by means of a mixer which grinds and mixes particles by using shearing force and heating and firing them at a warming rate of not more than 50° C./h., thus producing the lithium-containing complex oxide.

Abstract: A Zn--Ni alloy having a high Ni content is used for supplying Ni.sup.2+ and Zn.sup.2+ ions into an acidic plating bath and for supplying Ni and Zn into a hot dip galvanizing bath. This alloy is characterized by being produced by using a flux consisting of a fused-salt former, which forms a salt having a melting temperature of 700.degree. C. or less, and Na.sub.2 B.sub.4 O.sub.7 and occasionaly additionally Na.sub.2 CO.sub.3. By using the inventive alloy, the bath can be quickly prepared, and Zn and Ni can be supplied to the bath without leaving the undissolved residue.

Abstract: A Zn-Ni alloy having a high Ni content is used for supplying Ni.sup.2+ and Zn.sup.2+ ions into an acidic plating bath and for supplying Ni and Zn into a hot dip galvanizing bath. This alloy is characterized by being produced by using a flux consisting of a fused-salt former, which forms a salt having a melting temperature of 700.degree. C. or less, and Na.sub.2 B.sub.4 O.sub.7 and occasionaly additionally Na.sub.2 CO.sub.3. By using the inventive alloy, the bath can be quickly prepared, and Zn and Ni can be supplied to the bath without leaving the undissolved residue.

Abstract: A jet pump system for a water jet propelled boat is disclosed that provides for the adjustment of the area of the water intake opening or the water entry angle as a function of the speed of the boat. During low speed operation, the water inlet opening is adjusted to a maximum area, or the water entry angle is adjusted to a maximum angle to enable sufficient water to enter the water duct and permit efficient impeller operation. As the boat speed increases beyond a predetermined speed, the water inlet area is reduced, or the water inlet angle is reduced to prevent excess water from entering the water duct, thereby reducing the drag on the boat.

Abstract: A method for producing a brown coated article, wherein an iron substrate is dipped at a temperature of from 430.degree. to 600.degree. C. in a molten Zn plating bath containing from 0.05 to 1% by weight of Mn, so as to zinc hot-dip galvanize the same, a heat treatment is carried out to convert the Zn-Mn phase formed by the zinc hot-dip galvanizing to a Zn-Mn-Fe phase, and subsequently the zinc hot-dip galvanizing layer is brought into contact with an acidic aqueous solution containing an oxidizing agent.

Abstract: A Zn-Ni alloy having a high Ni content is used for supplying Ni.sup.2+ and Zn.sup.2+ ions into an acidic plating bath and for supplying Ni and Zn into a hot dip galvanizing bath. This alloy is characterized by being produced by using a flux consisting of a fused-salt former, which forms a salt having a melting temperature of 700.degree. C. or less, and Na.sub.2 B.sub.4 O.sub.7 and occasionaly additionally Na.sub.2 CO.sub.3. By using the inventive alloy, the bath can be quickly prepared, and Zn and Ni can be supplied to the bath without leaving the undissolved residue.

Abstract: A jet pump system for a water jet propelled boat is disclosed that provides for the adjustment of the area of the water intake opening or the water entry angle as a function of the speed of the boat. During low speed operation, the water inlet opening is adjusted to a maximum area, or the water entry angle is adjusted to a maximum angle to enable sufficient water to enter the water duct and permit efficient impeller operation. As the boat speed increases beyond a predetermined speed, the water inlet area is reduced, or the water inlet angle is reduced to prevent excess water from entering the water duct, thereby reducing the drag on the boat.

Abstract: The invention provides a power transmitting system for a small boat, such as a water jet propulsion craft, and more particularly, an improved arrangement for connecting an engine output shaft to a propulsion unit input shaft. Also provided is an arrangement for balancing an engine within the craft against undesirable operational forces tending to render the craft unstable. The connecting assembly includes a coupling arrangement utilizing elastomeric vibration dampening members. One of the dampening members possesses a high degree of elasticity, while another of the dampening members possesses a low degree of elasticity. A durable, yet efficient vibration dampening coupling arrangement, which is additionally able to act as a universal joint, is thereby achieved. The engine balancing arrangement includes a flywheel which rotates in response to the crankshaft assembly of the engine.

Abstract: A water jet propelled boat is equipped with a water intake opening, a water jet outlet, and with a mixed flow type impeller, where the above mentioned water intake opening and the above mentioned water jet outlet are connected by a water passage with the impeller in the middle of the water passage, and where the operation of the impeller causes water to be drawn into the water intake opening and expelled through the above mentioned water outlet to propel the boat. The impeller structure is such that a boss section of the impeller has a plurality fins affixed to it, the outside edges of the above mentioned spiral fins are roughly parallel to the axial center of the above mentioned boss, and, the leading and the trailing edges of the fins, with respect to the axial center of the above described boss, slant down toward the above mentioned water outlet opening. At the same time relative speeds, the invention allows a smaller diameter fin unit and, at speeds of 4,000 rpm and over, it offers improved efficiency.

Abstract: An arrangement is provided for variably adjusting the effective flow area along a region within a water injection propulsion unit. The invention is adapted to be embodied in a small watercraft of the type that is designed to be operated by a single rider sitting in straddle fashion on the watercraft. The flow area adjustments may be made in response to the value of a selected operating variable, or several variables, which may be measured during the operation of the watercraft. The invention allows attainment of optimum accelerability at low to medium speeds, and optimum accelerability and top speed at high speeds.

Abstract: A jet-propelled craft includes a hull, an engine installed within the hull, a duct positioned in the stern area of said hull, and an impeller which is turned by the rotational force of the engine to create a jet stream within the duct. The craft also includes left and right secondary water-intake openings on the bottom of the hull which are positioned a specific distance apart on the left and right in the hull, the duct including branches connected to the left and right secondary water-intake openings. By equipping the secondary water-intake openings with a valve which closes when a sharp turn is made in the above mentioned boat and the valve is on the outside with respect to the direction of the turn, air is prevented from entering the outside secondary duct and a loss of propulsive force is prevented.

Abstract: A brown coated article which exhibits stable color is provided by the composition and structure of a zinc hot-dip galvanizing layer. The zinc hot-dip galvanizing layer consists essentially of from 1 to 15% by weight of Fe and from 0.05 to 1% by weight of Mn, and balance of Zn. A brown Zn-Mn-Fe oxide layer is present on the surface of the zinc hot-dip galvanizing layer.

Abstract: Zinc powder, which contains a coloring element, e.g., Ti, Mn, or V, is heated to a temperature of from 350.degree. to 700.degree. C. so as to oxidize the surface of the powder and hence to develop such colors as brown, navy blue, blue, greenish-brown, green, and coffee brown. The colored zinc powder is sprayed onto a steel, aluminum, or ceramic article to produce a colored article. The colored zinc powder is also used as a pigment.

Abstract: A propeller vane or blade construction wherein cavitation is precluded at the base of the blade where they join the hub on their leading side by introducing a source of pressurized fluid in this area. The fluid may be pressurized either from the dynamic flow through the unit or by the static flow generated by the operation of the unit.

Abstract: A process for rhenium recovery by the use of an anion exchange resin comprises eluting rhenium from the rhenium-adsorbed anion exchange resin with a hydrochloric acid solution containing a metal chloride. Preferred metal chloride is that of copper, cadmium, or zinc.