Abstract: A heavy duty low-section pneumatic and a process for manufacturing the same are disclosed. This tire comprises a radial carcass toroidally extending between bead portions, a belt composed of a first and second belt layers successively superimposed around a crown portion of the carcass and a tread rubber having substantially the same width as the maximum width of the belt. In the belt, the first belt layer is composed of at least two cord plies each containing cords inclined at a small angle with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, the cords of which being crossed with each other with respect to the equatorial plane, while the second belt layer is composed of at least one cord ply containing non-expansible or hardly expansible cords arranged in substantially parallel to the equatorial plane and extends over both sides of the first belt layer between the first belt layer and the carcass.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for protecting the surface of various kinds of shaped articles made of an organic polymeric material such as rubbers, leathers, woods, plastics and the like against weathering caused by exposure to ultraviolet light, ozone, moisture, etc. The method comprises providing the surface with a coating layer of a specific organopolysiloxane composed of difunctional, tetrafunctional and nonofunctional siloxane units in a limited molar proportion of 50-85%, 10-30% and 5-20%, respectively.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire is adapted to improve or reduce the rolling resistance and simultaneously to improve the steering stability and riding comfortability against vibration during running without adversely affecting the wet performance and durability by making higher the carcass maximum width position and the carcass curvature reverse position, or enlarging the curvature of the carcass in the radially outer zone of the carcass maximum width position and simultaneously the carcass curvature reverse extent in the radially inner zone of the sidewalls so as to intentionally deviate from the naturally equilibrated configuration.A method of manufacturing a reduced rolling resistance pneumatic radial tire uses a mold for vulcanizing and forming the tire therein, which mold has a particular shape of cavity having a foot width 20-50% wider than a rim width and diverging progressively from shoulder corresponding portions to the wider foot portion of the cavity.

Abstract: A fish breeding apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a frame body for the fish breeding framed by connecting rod elastic reinforcements to each other into a polygon at a side number of 4 to 30 through bent couplings, and a mooring cable connected at its one end to each of the bent couplings.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for high-speed running type motorcycles is disclosed, which comprises a carcass of a bias structure composed of at least two plies each containing organic fiber cords, a tread portion of rubber, a breaker disposed between the carcass and tread and composed of at least one ply containing organic fiber cords, and a side portion of rubber. In the pneumatic tire, the carcass and breaker are arranged in substantially parallel with each other, and the carcass has a cord angle of 26.degree.-36.degree. with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, and the breaker has a cord angle of 0.degree.-25.degree. with respect to the equatorial plane and extends at a width corresponding to 30-200% of the tread width.

Abstract: An anaerobic adhesive composition comprises a polymer having a polymerizable side chain and a molecular weight of at least 500, an organic acid having a vinyl or methacryl group and polymerizable with said polymer, a polymerization catalyst, and preferably, a vinyl monomer. The composition is used for bonding various adherends such as metals, plastics, FRP, glass, etc. and provides improved bond strength, water resistance, heat resistance, and fatigue resistance.

Abstract: A soft, low-resilience, cured rubber composition is prepared by mixing(a) 100 parts by weight of a polymeric material comprising a styrene-butadiene copolymer or styrene-butadiene copolymer mixture having a styrene content of 53 to 75% by weight, and 0 to 40% by weight of the polymeric material of another rubber ingredient,(b) 30 to 300 parts by weight of a filler, and(c) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a plasticizer, adding effective amounts of a vulcanizing agent and a vulcanizing accelerator to the mixture, and then heat curing the mixture. A similar composition further containing a foaming agent may be heat cured into a low-resilience rubber foam. Rubber and foamed rubber compositions have improved vibration-attenuating and shock-absorbing properties.

Abstract: A tire manufacturing mold comprises a mold body having an inner circumferential surface corresponding to the contour of a tire being molded, and includes at least the tread thereof. The body has a mold attachment for molding recesses of the tire being molded and a joint surface with the inner circumferential surface of the mold body. The mold attachment is detachably fitted to the inner circumferential surface of the mold body.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire is disclosed, which comprises steel cords having a two or three layer construction represented by a designation of l+m or l+m+n as a tire reinforcement, wherein two layers at a center side of a transverse section in the steel cord have the same twisting direction but different twisting pitches. In this steel cord, m filaments constituting an outer layer are arranged so as to enter into an inside of a circumscribed circle enveloping l filaments of an inner layer at a non-contact region above a predetermined value and have a form ratio of 90-110%.

Abstract: A gas-permeable thermal insulator comprising a porous ceramic body of a three-dimensional reticulate structure having interconnected open cells is adapted to be installed in a heating oven or radiant tube so that exhaust gas passes through the insulator to exit the oven or tube while the waste heat of the gas is effectively recovered for reuse. The porous ceramic body is characterized by a bulk specific gravity of 0.25-0.6, an average pore diameter of 0.2-10 mm, a porosity of 75-95%, and an air pressure drop of 0.1-40 mm in water column when air passes through the body over a thickness of 1 cm at a velocity of 1 m/sec.

Abstract: A porous ceramic article comprising a porous ceramic body having a three-dimensional network of strands defining interconnected cells is characterized in that at least one compound selected from the group consisting of nitrides, carbides, borides and silicides of metals is dispersed in or deposited on the strands of the porous ceramic body, and the porous ceramic body has a bulk specific gravity of 0.25 to 0.6, an average pore diameter of 0.3 to 10 mm, a porosity of 75 to 95%, and an air pressure drop of 0.1 to 30 mm in water gauge when air passes through the porous ceramic body over a thickness of 1 cm at a velocity of 1 m/sec. The porous ceramic body has improved thermal properties. When needle-like crystals are dispersed in the porous ceramic body, creep resistance and strength at high temperature are both improved.

Abstract: A heat insulation structure for rooftops, coated with a waterproof layer, including: a plurality of heat insulation panels; a plurality of protective panels; and devices, supported on the waterproof layer, for supporting the insulation panels so that an air gap is formed between the waterproof layer and the insulation panels to form an air layer and for supporting the protective panels so that the protective panels are positioned above the insulation panels, the insulation panels being arranged in a side by side relation to thereby form an insulation layer, and the protective panels being arranged in a side by side relation to thereby form a protective layer.

Abstract: A soft, low-resilience, cured rubber composition is prepared by mixing(a) 100 parts by weight of a polymeric material comprising a styrene-butadiene copolymer or styrene-butadiene copolymer mixture having a styrene content of 53 to 75% by weight, and 0 to 40% by weight of the polymeric material of another rubber ingredient,(b) 30 to 300 parts by weight of a filler, and(c) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a plasticizer, adding effective amounts of a vulcanizing agent and a vulcanizing accelerator to the mixture, and then heat curing the mixture. A similar composition further containing a foaming agent may be heat cured into a low-resilience rubber foam. Rubber and foamed rubber compositions have improved vibration-attenuating and shock-absorbing properties.

Abstract: Radial tires having highly improved durable life by using a rubber composition prepared by incorporating a given amount of a primary fatty acid having 6-10 carbon atoms and/or metal salts of thereof to a rubber for embedding rubber for steel cords in belt portion or carcass portion of radial tires. By further adding thereto cobalt salt of organic acids other than the above described fatty acids and/or boric acid or a metal salt of boric acid, the corrosion resistance of steel cords is synergistically improved.

Abstract: A tire manufacturing mold having a contour surface consisting of a predetermined curved surface corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of a tire being molded, a plurality of bone portions and blade portions, both protruding on the contour surface, and a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. The tire manufacturing mold is manufactured by discharge machining in such a manner that the blade portions are caused to protrude essentially vertically to the contour surface, and that the contour surface, the bone portions and the blade portions are integrally formed.

Abstract: A rubber vibration isolator is disclosed, which comprises a pair of upper and lower liquid chambers capable of changing volumes by elastic deformation of an annular rubber elastomer accompanied with longitudinal vibration, a restricted passage for communicating these chambers with each other, at least two liquid chambers formed in the outer periphery of the elastomer and capable of changing volumes accompanied with lateral vibration, and another restricted passage for communicating the latter chambers with each other.