Abstract: Coated particulate materials comprise water-soluble particulate materials as cores and a coating deposited on the surface of the particulate materials and formed preponderantly of a copolymer of cyclopentadiene type oligomer and an unsaturated fatty acid oil. Said coated particulate materials are manufactured by coating the surface of water-soluble particulate materials with a copolymer composition of a cyclopentadiene type oligomer and an unsaturated fatty acid oil and subsequently curing the resultant coating.

Abstract: A method of machining tapered roller bearing inner rings, wherein after the inner ring raceway groove 14 has been finish-ground, the inner ring small end face 13 and cone back face rib surface 12 are simultaneously finish-ground. In the manufacture of double row tapered roller bearings, in order to ensure that the assembly clearance which is produced during assembly of double row tapered roller bearings is always maintained constant, the method is intended to finish the raceway groove diameter to a predetermined dimension on the basis of the small end face 13, even if there is a variation in the diameter of the raceway groove 14 of each tapered roller bearing.

Abstract: A method for making an electrode on a desired region of a thin film semiconductor layer having a junction therein and deposited on a conductive surface comprising the steps of applying an electrical pulse signal across the semiconductor layer at the desired region to lower the resistivity of the region and then forming an electrode film on the desired region of said semiconductor layer opposite said conductive surface, is disclosed. In one alternative embodiment, an electrode film is formed on the thin film semiconductor layer and thereafter an electrical pulse signal is applied across the semiconductor layer at the desired region to lower the resistivity of the region.

Abstract: An amorphous film solar cell of p-i-n heterojunction type, which is produced through the combination of group III-V compound amorphous semiconductor films with a layer of fluorinated or hydrogenated amorphous silicon semiconductor material. Selection of the p-i-n layer construction is easier compared to film solar cells of conventional fluorinated or hydrogenated amorphous silicon semiconductor material, efficiency is improved, and there is an increased degree of freedom in choice of the apparatus.