Abstract: A heat exchanger, as mounted on the outdoor unit or indoor unit of an air conditioner system, is formed with a plurality of passages for a refrigerant. To this heat exchanger, there is connected a refrigerant distributor for distributing the refrigerant to the individual passages or for collecting the distributed refrigerant. This refrigerant distributor is constructed by soldering two corrugated plate members to form a refrigerant conduit between the corrugations. Before these plate members are soldered, the refrigerant conduit is either partially constricted to form a throttle portion or partially bulged to form a filter portion by fitting a filter member in the bulging portion when the plate members are soldered. Thus, the refrigerant distributor can set the diversion of the refrigerant to a predetermined ratio by the simple device while reducing the space and lowering the cost.

Abstract: A fiber processability-improving agent comprising a salt of (meth-)acrylic acid and/or maleic acid (co-)polymer is provided. This agent has an average molecular weight of up to 10,000 and is useful for improving dyeability and scouring properties of fibers to realize a level dyeing and an excellent hand.

Abstract: A color deepening agent comprises (a) an aqueous resin composition obtained by polymerizing a monomer having a polymerizable unsaturated bond, in the presence of a polyurethane emulsion having a thermosetting reactivity, the refractive index of a dry film of said aqueous resin composition being lower than 1.50, and (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of silicon compounds and fluorine compounds.