Abstract: A fuel delivery rail assembly for supplying fuel to a plurality of fuel injectors in an engine is provided. The assembly comprises an elongate conduit having a longitudinal fuel passage therein, a fuel inlet pipe, and a plurality of sockets. Outer walls of the conduit include at least one flat or arcuate flexible first absorbing surface, which is smoothly and integrally connected to an arcuate second absorbing surface. The first absorbing surface or the second absorbing surface faces fuel inlet ports of the sockets. The sectional configuration of the conduit can be flat, a telephone receiver shape, a character “T” shape, a corrugation shape, a dumbbell shape or a reverse eye mask shape. Thus, fuel pressure pulsations and shock waves are reduced by abrupt enlargements of fuel passages and bendings of the absorbing surfaces.

Abstract: A temperature control device for a constant temperature chiller unit or a vending machine is provided. Thermal medium fluid such as water in the chiller unit is accurately controlled under starting mode, heating mode and cooling mode. Thermal medium fluid such as air in the vending machine is conveniently controlled in winter mode and summer mode. In the device, a heat exchanger is interposed within a compression circuit, and a bypass circuit is disposed at the downstream side of a pump so that through the bypass circuit thermal medium fluid receives heat from the heat exchanger. Thus, the temperature of thermal medium fluid supplied to an external secondary heat load is controlled.

Abstract: A silicone rubber particle-containing aqueous emulsion which comprises polymer particles comprising (A) 0.1 to 45% by weight of a vinyl homopolymer or copolymer and (B) 55 to 99.9% by weight of a silicone rubber, wherein the polymer particles have a number average particle size of 0.008 to 0.1 &mgr;m and a variation coefficient in particle size distribution of at most 65%, and the emulsion contains at most 10 parts by weight of an emulsifier per 100 parts by weight of the silicone rubber (B); and a silicone rubber-based graft copolymer particle-containing aqueous emulsion obtained by graft-polymerizing a vinyl monomer in the presence of the polymer particles.

Abstract: An auxiliary heater is provided for heating a heat transferring fluid to a high temperature efficiently in a short time. The heater includes a permanent magnet provided within a housing and a rotary water jacket made of a conductor positioned to face the permanent magnet leaving a slight gap therebetween. The conductor generates slip heat when the water jacket is rotated in relation to the permanent magnet. The heat transferring fluid within the housing is heated by the slip heat generated in the conductor.

Abstract: There is provided a common rail which can effectively restrict a generation of a tensile stress in a lower end inner peripheral edge portion of a branch hole by canceling by means of a compression residual stress and can improve an internal pressure fatigue strength in a branch pipe connecting portion, so that a secure and stable function can be obtained by having an excellent durability and preventing a fluid leakage due to a generation of the crack generation and a method of manufacturing a common rail in which a pressure application process is only added to a normal manufacturing process, no complex equipment is required, and a common rail having a high quality can be manufactured by a low cost without generating problems that an equipment cost is increased by an increase of the process and a productivity is reduced.

Abstract: A temperature control device for a constant temperature chiller unit or a vending machine is provided. Thermal medium fluid such as water in the chiller unit is accurately controlled under starting mode, heating mode and cooling mode. Thermal medium fluid such as air in the vending machine is conveniently controlled in winter mode and summer mode. In the device, a heat exchanger is interposed within a compression circuit, and a bypass circuit is disposed at the downstream side of a pump so that through the bypass circuit thermal medium fluid receives heat from the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a high quality multi-wound metal tube having satisfactory adhesion between multi-wound walls and for a seam portion at a reduced cost. Walls of the multi-wound tubular body are pressure welded with each other and then cooled, while at least the outer circumference of a brazing material between the walls of the multi-wound tubular body is kept at a flowable temperature by heating, by using at least one of a step of pressing substantially uniformly the outer circumferential surface of the tubular body in a radial direction from the outside, a step of substantially uniformly pressing the inner circumferential surface of the tubular body in the radial direction from the inside or a step of exerting a tensile force to the tubular body in the direction of the tubular axis.

Abstract: A common rail is provided for promoting inner pressure fatigue strength at location in proximity to a branch pipe. The common rail includes a main pipe rail with a main flow path. At least one boss in provided on the peripheral wall and includes a branch hole communicating the main flow path. The branch pipe is provided with a connecting head that has a pressing face at and end of the branch pipe. The pressing face of the branch pipe is urged into a pressure receiving seat of the boss. A compressive residual stress is provided at location in the peripheral wall where the main flow path of the main pipe rail communicates with the branch hole. The compressive residual stress increases the pressure fatigue strength by substantially canceling tensile stress.

Abstract: An auxiliary heater is provided for heating a fluid flowing through a pipe. The heater includes a conductor mounted in proximity to the pipe. A magnet is opposed to the conductor with a small gap therebetween. Relative rotation is generated between the conductor and the magnet. The rotation causes the conductor to be heater by slip heat generation. The heated conductor, in turn, heats the fluid in the pipe.

Abstract: There is provided graft copolymer particles prepared by graft-polymerizing a vinyl monomer to a coagglomerated rubber, wherein said rubber is prepared by coagglomerating rubber particles of mixed latexes obtained by mixing (A) a silicone rubber latex with (B) an acrylic rubber latex and/or a conjugated diene rubber latex in such an amount as a silicone content is from 1 to 90% by weight based on the total rubber component. A physical property of a thermoplastic resin is improved using the graft copolymer particles. The thermoplastic resin composition using the graft copolymer particles is excellent in impact resistance, weather resistance, processability, thermal discoloration resistance and appearance of molded products.

Abstract: An inspection equipment is provided by which the endodontic file is examined and judged as to if it reaches to its critical strength. When an appropriately selected endodontic file out of the endodontic files 11, 12, 13 in the kit case 1 is set at the file sample holding portion 5 in the kit case 1 and data corresponding to the endodontic file is input from the data input portion 22, the electric resistance value on the file portion of the endodontic file measured by the resistance measuring portion 20 and the resistance value on the critical strength with correspondence to the data on the file read-out from the RAM 23 are brought together and compared by the inspection unit 30. If the calculating judgement portion 25 makes a judgement to the file to reach its critical level of strength in the cumulative damage, the alarm 19 issues an alarm sound, so that an endodontist or dental assistant knows that the file is not usable any more and should be discarded.

Abstract: A common rail includes a generally cylindrical peripheral wall having a communication passage extending axially therethrough. At least one branch hole extends through the peripheral wall and is aligned perpendicular to the axis of the common rail. The intersection of the branch hole with the outer surface of the main pipe rail defines an outwardly flared pressure receiving seat for receiving the connection head portion of a branch pipe. A sleeve nipple is welded or brazed to the outer surface of the main pipe rail and surrounds the branch hole. Inner surface regions of the peripheral wall surrounding the branch hole have a compression residual stress imparted thereto. The creation of the compression residual stress may cause a portion of the inner surface of the main pipe rail surrounding the branch hole to assume a non-cylindrical configuration.

Abstract: A connecting structure of an externally resin-coated small-diameter metallic pipe having an excellent corrosion-resistant property with respect to a mating member is provided. According to the present invention, a resin-uncovered portion of the metallic pipe provided for applying an end processing thereon is completely covered with a protective pipe made of a resin material so that the processed pipe can be connected with the mating member without spoiling its anti-chipping property and an anti-splashing property of the metallic pipe over the entire length thereof. With the exception of the end of the metallic pipe corresponding to the margin at least required for applying an end processing on the pipe, the pipe is covered with an extrusion-moldable thick film-like resin and is connected with a mating member by means of a clamp nut assembled to the pipe end so as to be screw-fitted with the mating member.

Abstract: A method for forming a through-hole through the circumferential wall of a metal pipe includes the steps of forming at least a thin portion by removing an outside circumferential surface portion of a metal pipe, and forming a through-hole in the thin portion from outside or inside and, at the same time, forming a cylindrical burring wall on the inside or outside circumferential surface side of the metal pipe. The through-hole may be formed by pressing the thin portion from outside with a punch. Alternatively, a preparatory through-hole may be formed together with the thin portion by removing the outside circumferential surface portion of the metal pipe. As a further alternative, the through-hole may be formed from outside with a punch having a larger diameter than the preparatory through-hole, or may be formed by pressing the thin portion from outside or inside by means of fluid pressure or a sphere.

Abstract: A process for promoting corrosion of a test material, is provided including the steps of immersing, in an electrolytic liquid, a test material which is comprised of a metal blank and a coating film formed on the metal blank, and allowing a DC current to flow between the metal blank and an electrode in the electrolytic liquid while reversing the polarity of the metal blank alternately from positive to negative and vice versa, thereby causing the coating film to be at least partly peeled off the metal blank in one state of polarity and promoting corrosion of the metal blank in the reversed state of polarity. The process may also be conducted with a metal blank having a damaged portion of the coating film which exposes a portion of the surface of the metal blank underlying the coating film.

Abstract: A lightweight apparatus designed to cool the EGR gas of an engine efficiently by replacing baffle plates with one or more support plates having a plurality of through holes, which is further made up of a barrel, end caps, a tube sheet, and a plurality of heat transmission tubes. An inlet and an outlet of the EGR gas are provided on the end caps covering both ends of the barrel and the sheet metal-made tube sheet attached to both ends of an inner wall of the barrel holds the properly arranged heat transmission tubes inserted into the through holes. Each metal sheet-made support plate affixed to a number of spots on the inner wall of the barrel has a diameter a little larger than the inside diameter of the barrel so that its edge is bent inward to fit inside the barrel tight but slidably in the form of tongue-like pieces. In a similar way, a peripheral edge of each through hole is curled up to create another set of tongue-like pieces to fit tight but slidably outside the heat transmission tubes.

Abstract: In producing a long extruded metal article of miscellaneous shapes, no post-working such as cutting is applied to the shaped long metal billet but extrusion of the metal billet and formation of miscellaneous shapes of the extruded article are effected both at a time for efficient production of the article. Since the metal flow of the extruded article is not cut, the extruded article has improved mechanical strength, especially fatigue-resistant strength.In extruding a long metal billet with an extruder, a die equipped with at least one hole section-varying device capable of acting due to a cylinder device or the like is employed with suitably varying the hole section profile of the die during extrusion so that a long extruded metal article of miscellaneous shapes where the section profile of at least the lengthwise direction of it varies is obtained.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a high-pressure fuel injection tube structure comprising: an injection tube body having a joint head at its one end; and a cap collar having a through hole generally at its center and such a sectional shape as to cover the joint head of the injection tube and made of a highly strong and corrosion-resistant metal material. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the high-pressure fuel injection tube structure. The cap collar is formed at the circumferential edge of the through hole thereof with a raised pawl wall retained on the circumferential of the communication hole of the injection tube body. The cap collar is formed with an inward flange at the end of its outer circumference. The highly corrosion-resistant metal material is one selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, inconel, hastelloy and titanium. The injection tube body has a double tube structure composed of a thicker outer tube member of steel and a thinner inner tube member of stainless steel or inconel.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a flared double-wall structure which forms one open end of a metal pipe to be connected to one end of a mating joint. The flared double-wall structure has one annular brim formed on and along the inner sheet face of the double walls and in the open end.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved sliding exhaust brake system installed on a large vehicle. The brake system comprises a housing, an exhaust gas passage, a main valve member taking the form of a flat plate, one or more exhaust pressure-adjusting holes formed in the main valve member, an auxiliary valve member, and a holding mechanism. The main valve member engages the piston rod of an air cylinder device. The auxiliary valve member can move a given distance relative to the main valve member. When the exhaust gas passage is opened or closed by the main valve member, the auxiliary valve member opens or closes the adjusting holes. At this time, the holding mechanism temporarily prevents relative movement between the the two valve members.