Abstract: A subject for the invention is to provide a branched aromatic polycarbonate which is excellent in hue and in melt characteristics such as melt strength. The invention provides a branched aromatic polycarbonate having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 16,000 or higher obtained by the transesterification method, characterized in that the ratio of the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to number-average molecular weight (Mn) as measured by gel permeation chromatography and calculated for standard polystyrene (Mw/Mn) is in the range of from 2.8 to 4.5 and that the proportion of the number of moles of all structural units yielded by a rearrangement reaction in the course of melt polymerization reaction to 1 mol of structural units having the framework of an aromatic dihydroxy compound used as a starting material is higher than 0.3 mol % and not higher than 0.95 mol.

Abstract: A projection type video display capable of reducing components in number, and attempting to improve a cooling efficiency and a silencing of the video display is provided. Three cooling fans are provided on a plate member arranged within a chassis of the video display of a liquid crystal projector. The plate member is arranged in such a manner as to be spaced apart from a bottom plate of a chassis of the video display in order to form a single external-air introducing duct. Double-bottomed structure is formed by the plate member, and the plate member is used as a bottom for arranging components. Each cooling fan sucks external air from the single external-air introducing duct, and blows the external air from a blowing duct to an object to be cooled (a light source, a liquid crystal display, and others).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate which can be obtained by a melting method and whose loss angle ? and complex viscosity ?* (Pa·s) measured under the conditions of 250° C. and an angular velocity of 10 rad/s satisfy the following relation (1): 2,500?Tan ?/(?*)?0.

Abstract: A polycarbonate composition excellent in both antistatic property and coloring matter coatability containing (a) a polycarbonate obtained by an ester exchange process, and (b) a compound having a molecular weight of from 300 to 8,000 and having any of ester bond, carbonate bond, amide bond and urethane bond in its molecule and an aromatic hydrocarbon group substituted by at least one alkyl group at the molecular end thereof, a write once read many optical disc substrate and a write once read many optical disc using the same and a process for the production of a write once read many optical disc are described.

Abstract: A subject for the invention is to provide a branched aromatic polycarbonate which is excellent in hue and in melt characteristics such as melt strength.

Abstract: To produce an aromatic polycarbonate excellent in physical properties and hue by a simplified step as compared with a conventional one. A process for producing an aromatic polycarbonate, which comprises the following steps (1) to (3): (1) a step of reacting phenol with acetone in the presence of an acid catalyst to convert part of the phenol into bisphenol A, to obtain a bisphenol A/phenol composition, (2) a step of supplying the bisphenol A/phenol composition held in a molten state in a liquid form to an aromatic polycarbonate production step, and (3) a step of reacting the bisphenol A and a carbonate material to produce an aromatic polycarbonate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate which can be obtained by a melting method and has a viscosity-average molecular weight of 16000 to 27000, and whose loss angle &dgr; and complex viscosity &eegr;* (Pa·s) measured under the conditions of 250° C. and an angular velocity of 10 rad/s satisfy the following relation (1): 4,700≦Tan &dgr;/(&eegr;*)−0.

Abstract: It is to provide a branched aromatic polycarbonate excellent in hue and excellent in melt properties such as melt strength.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method which is capable of reducing a crushing rate of grain when the grain such as rice is transported by means of gas through pipes. The temperature of the grain in a grain accommodation tank which is connected to a transportation pipe for grain is measured. A temperature signal indicating this temperature is sent to control means, which determines the temperature of transportation gas so that a difference between this temperature and the temperature of the grain is within a predetermined range. The determined temperature is transmitted to an intercooler so that the temperature of the transportation gas which is sent from a blower and flows through the transportation pipe is controlled to be at the determined specific temperature. Transportation of the grain by means of the transportation gas at this temperature prevents the grain from crushing.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for reducing crushing of grain when the grain having Vickers hardness Hv in a range of 11≦Hv≦14 is transported by means of gas. The present invention is a gas transportation method for grain having Vickers hardness Hv in a range of 11≦Hv≦14, and gas transportation is performed under the condition that a velocity V of transportation gas is set at a value in a range of 10 m/s≦V≦20 m/s. Alternatively or additionally, a blending ratio &mgr; expressed as a ratio of a flow amount of the grain (kg/H) to a flow amount of the transportation gas (kg/H) is set at a value in a range of (3 V−30)≦&mgr;≦(3 V−20).

Abstract: To produce an aromatic polycarbonate excellent in physical properties and hue by a simplified step as compared with a conventional one.

Abstract: A polycarbonate composition excellent in both antistatic property and coloring matter coatability containing (a) a polycarbonate obtained by an ester exchange process, and (b) a compound having a molecular weight of from 300 to 8,000 and having any of ester bond, carbonate bond, amide bond and urethane bond in its molecule and an aromatic hydrocarbon group substituted by at least one alkyl group at the molecular end thereof, a write once read many optical disc substrate and a write once read many optical disc using the same and a process for the production of a write once read many optical disc are described.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a changeover valve which is capable of preventing granular material from being crushed when the granular material is transported by gas through a pipe system, and more particularly a changeover valve which is capable of preventing grain from being crushed, broken, and chipped when the grain such as rice is transported by gas through the pipe system. It is another object of the present invention to provide a gas transportation pipe system for grain to which the changeover valve is applied.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method which is capable of reducing a crushing rate of grain when the grain such as rice is transported by means of gas through pipes. The temperature of the grain in a grain accommodation tank which is connected to a transportation pipe for grain is measured. A temperature signal indicating this temperature is sent to control means, which determines the temperature of transportation gas so that a difference between this temperature and the temperature of the grain is within a predetermined range. The determined temperature is transmitted to an intercooler so that the temperature of the transportation gas which is sent from a blower and flows through the transportation pipe is controlled to be at the determined specific temperature. Transportation of the grain by means of the transportation gas at this temperature prevents the grain from crushing.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a changeover valve which is capable of preventing granular material from being crushed when the granular material is transported by gas through a pipe system, and more particularly a changeover valve which is capable of preventing grain from being crushed, broken, and chipped when the grain such as rice is transported by gas through the pipe system. It is another object of the present invention to provide a gas transportation pipe system for grain to which the changeover valve is applied.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for reducing crushing of grain when the grain having Vickers hardness Hv in a range of 11≦Hv≦14 is transported by means of gas. The present invention is a gas transportation method for grain having Vickers hardness Hv in a range of 11≦Hv≦14, and gas transportation is performed under the condition that a velocity V of transportation gas is set at a value in a range of 10 m/s≦V≦20 m/s. Alternatively or additionally, a blending ratio &mgr; expressed as a ratio of a flow amount of the grain (kg/H) to a flow amount of the transportation gas (kg/H) is set at a value in a range of (3 V−30)≦&mgr;≦(3 V−20).

Abstract: A precision product container of the present invention comprises a resin composition as a base material, which comprises a polycarbonate resin and an epoxy compound. Such precision product container can remarkably prevent products contained therein from being contaminated by chlorine and is suitable as a container for a precision product which is free from operational errors of the precision product contained therein when this product is subsequently assembled or processed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate which can be obtained by a melting method and whose loss angle &dgr; and complex viscosity &eegr;* (Pa·s) measured under the conditions of 250° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate which can be obtained by a melting method and has a viscosity-average molecular weight of 16000 to 27000, and whose loss angle &dgr; and complex viscosity &eegr;* (Pa·s) measured under the conditions of 250° C.

Abstract: A precision product container of the present invention comprises a resin composition as a base material, which comprises a polycarbonate resin and an epoxy compound. Such precision product container can remarkably prevent products contained therein from being contaminated by chlorine and is suitable as a container for a precision product which is free from operational errors of the precision product contained therein when this product is subsequently assembled or processed.