Abstract: A method for producing iron carbide by bringing iron ore into contact with a reducing gas containing hydrogen and a carbon compound at a specified reaction temperature to reduce and carburize the iron ore with the participation of a sulfur component, the method includes measuring the reaction temperature, partial pressure P(H.sub.2) of the hydrogen and partial pressure P(H.sub.2 S) of hydrogen sulfide contained in the reducing gas, calculating sulfur activity as in the reducing gas from equation (1) shown below, and adjusting the partial pressure P(H.sub.2 S) of the hydrogen sulfide in the reducing gas to obtain as=1.0 to 2.0. at reaction temperatures of 550.degree. C. and above but less than 650.degree. C., as=0.7 to 2.0 at 650.degree. C., and as=0.05 to 1.0 at over 650.degree. C. and up to 950.degree. C.:as=(P(H.sub.2 S)/P(H.sub.2))/(P(H.sub.2 S)/P(H.sub.2))E (1)where (P(H.sub.2 S)/P(H.sub.2)) represents the ratio between the partial pressures of H.sub.2 S and H.sub.2 in the reducing gas and (P(H.sub.

Abstract: A simple and industrially viable process for preparing a 1-substituted pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid derivative of formula (I) is provided. The process comprises reacting a compound of formula (II), a compound of formula (III), and an acid anhydride according to the following reaction, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 individually represent an alkyl, aralkyl, or aryl group.

Abstract: An ethylene-based copolymer which is suitable as a flow improver for mineral oil middle distillates and is composed ofa) from 50 to 94% by weight of ethylene;b) from 3 to 30% by weight of one or more vinyl esters of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -monocarboxylic acids;c) from 3 to 20% by weight of one or more aminoalkyl acrylates of the formula I ##STR1## which R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl and A.sup.1 is straight-chain or branched C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkylene; andd) from 0 to 10% by weight of one or more monomers which are copolymerizable with the monomers a) to c), wherein copolymers containing vinyl acetate as monomer b) and having a number average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 50,000 are excluded from the scope of the copolymer.

Abstract: A lock having a hand-slideable lock-bolt. A lock body has a transverse bore passing therethrough and in which the lock-bolt can be mounted. The lock-bolt is movable between locking and unlocked positions. A retention element located in the lock body but externally operable prevents the lock-bolt when in the unlocked position from being removed from the lock body. By externally manipulating the retention element the lock-bolt can be released for complete removal from the lock body. A key operable lock cylinder is located in the lock body and prevents the retention element from being manipulated to release the lock-bolt for removal unless a key is inserted in the lock cylinder and the lock cylinder is in an unlocked position.

Abstract: An electronic circuit device comprising a printed wiring board having a major surface and pads provided on the major surface of the printed wiring board, a plurality of electrodes provided partly on at least one major surface of the leadless component and partly on sides of the leadless component, a plurality of bumps provided on the pads, providing a gap between the major surface of the printed wiring board and the major surface of the leadless component, and electrically connecting those parts of the electrodes which are provided on the major surface of the leadless component to the pads, and a plurality of electrically conductive members integral with the bumps, extending from the bumps to those parts of the electrodes which are provided on the sides of the leadless component.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a plurality of bobbins, thread guiding device, thread selecting device, a needle having an eye, a thread take-up lever having a thread receiving hole, thread taking-out device, movable thread hooking device, and thread letting-through device. The thread guiding device delivers a plurality of threads from the bobbins. The thread selecting device selects one of the threads. The thread taking-out device brings the selected thread adjacent to the eye of the thread. Simultaneously with the thread taking-out action of the thread taking-out device, the movable thread hooking device and the thread letting-through device co-operatively let the selected thread, being disposed between the thread take-up lever and the needle, pass through the thread receiving hole of the thread take-up lever via an opening of the thread receiving hole, and let the leading end of the selected thread pass through the eye of the needle.

Abstract: Medical device for the administration of active ingredients or drugs at very low doses, and particularly of homeopathic drugs, comprising a transdermal patch with a support membrane, a layer of porous adhesive, a microporous membrane and a gel containing the homeopathic drug to be administered.

Abstract: A tire vulcanizing system comprising (a) a tire vulcanizing press having a plurality of molding stations (b) a tire loader for loading tires onto the molding stations and (c) a tire unloader for unloading tires off of the molding stations, wherein the tire vulcanizing press comprises a fixed frame upon which the fixed molds of each molding station are mounted, a displaceable frame upon which the displaceable molds of each molding station are mounted, a tie-rod arranged between the molding stations and connecting the fixed frame to the displaceable frame, lifting cylinder for vertically displacing the displaceable frame along the tie-rod with respect to the fixed frame, half blocks for securing when necessary the displaceable frame to the tie-rod, thereby securing the displaceable frame to the fixed frame, and clamping means for forcibly clamping said displaceable molds to said fixed molds during tire vulcanization.

Abstract: An organosilicon compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms. The organosilicon compound is used as en effective electron donor ingredient of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst for olefin polymerization.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes an air-tight chamber consisting of a conductive material, which is grounded, a susceptor provided in the air-tight chamber, for supporting a wafer to be processed, and an RF antenna constituted by a flat coil which is provided in the air-tight chamber to oppose, at a predetermined gap, the wafer which is mounted on the susceptor. A process gas is supplied into the chamber, and an RF power is applied to the RF antenna to generate a plasma between the antenna and the wafer, thereby processing the wafer with the plasma.

Abstract: Described is a colored film formed of a transparent film and at least one colored adhesive layer arranged on one side of the transparent film. The adhesive layer has been colored by a colorant composed of a pigment and a dispersant. The dispersant comprises a (meth)acrylate ester polymer formed, as essential monomer components, of an aromatic vinyl monomer, a primary to tertiary amino-containing (meth)acrylate ester monomer and a (meth)acrylate ester monomer containing an ammonium group quaternized with an aromatic compound.

Abstract: The workpiece is obtained by cutting a metal product by oxygen cutting. An oxygen cutting jet is sent onto a preheated cutting zone of the product. A peripheral sleeve of additional gas is formed around the oxygen cutting jet so as to send, into the cutting zone, a coaxial double jet constituted by the oxygen jet surrounded by the sleeve of gas at a pressure of less than 1 bar. The flow rate and the pressure of the cutting oxygen and of the additional gas are regulated separately. The invention also relates to an oxygen-cutting device for implementing the method and to the metal part obtained.

Abstract: A printable member comprising a substrate and a surface layer thereon is provided. The surface layer is a radiation cured coating comprising a compound having a quaternary ammonium salt group having three alkyl groups and a compound having a carboxyl group. The three alkyl groups contain at least 4 carbon atoms in total. At least one compound is a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated reactive group. The surface layer is printable with an ink containing a water soluble dye and improved in quick drying and water resistance.

Abstract: 2-Hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydrofuran is prepared by reacting 2-methyl-2-propen-1-ol with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of:(a) a rhodium compound, and(b) tris(substituted aryl)phosphite having an electronic parameter (.nu.-value) of 2080 to 2090 cm.sup.-1 and a steric parameter (.theta.-value) of 135.degree. to 190.degree. and having formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of each other represent a substituted aryl group having at least 7 carbon atoms, the ratio of said rhodium compound (a) to said tris(substituted aryl) phosphite (b) ranging from 110 to 1000 moles per 1 gram atom of rhodium in said rhodium compound (a).

Abstract: The invention relates to a regulatory gene coding for a polypeptide having the ability to activate a promoter for a nitrile hydratase gene, a recombinant DNA containing said regulatory gene, and a transformant transformed with said recombinant DNA.The introduction of the regulatory gene of the invention along with a nitrile hydratase gene and its promoter region permits bacteria of the genus Rhodococcus to produce a higher level of nitrile hydratase. Other extraneous gene can also be introduced into a region downstream of the promoter to produce other proteins in high yield.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hair cosmetic composition containing the following components (A), (B), (C), and (D):(A) an organic solvent,(B) a naphthalene sulfonic acid and/or a benzophenone sulfonic acid,(C) an anionic surfactant and/or an amphoteric surfactant, and(D) an oily agent.The hair cosmetic composition of the invention imparts satisfactory firmness/elasticity to hair in a short time, holds the firmness/elasticity for a long time, and provides the hair with excellent conditioning effects.

Abstract: A hermetic sealing composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a basic composition consisting of from 80 to 99.9 wt % of a crystalline low melting glass powder containing lead and boron and from 0.1 to 20 wt % of a low expansion ceramic filler, and from 0.001 to 1.0 part by weight, in total, of at least one of an .alpha.-4PbO.B.sub.2 O.sub.3 crystal powder and a Pb.sub.3 O.sub.4 powder, incorporated to the basic composition, the thermal expansion coefficient of the sealing composition after firing being from 80.times.10.sup.-7 to 105.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C. within a range of from room temperature to 300.degree. C.

Abstract: An X-ray lens includes a plurality of hollow cylinders of prescribed radius bored in a lens material piece having a phase lag coefficient appropriate for the wavelength of the X-rays to be focused such that the axes of the hollow cylinders are parallel and perpendicularly intersect a straight array axis.

Abstract: An ink jet recording medium comprising a substrate made of a fiber material coated with porous particles having a particle size of from 0.1 to 30 .mu.m, and a surface layer made of boehmite as the main component, formed on the substrate.