Abstract: An alternating current magnetic levitation transport system transporting a floating body made of conductive paramagnetic or nonmagnetic metallic material being levitated over alternating current electromagnets by making use of repulsion of an alternating electromagnetic field, comprises a tubular passage provided over the alternating current electromagnets which are spatially cut off from the outside wherein the floating body is levitated and transported. A cooling system made of a conjoined body of a thermoelectric cooling thermomodule and a liquid-cooled heat exchanger is provided in the transport system in contact with said tubular passage. This system can be favorably used in a clean environment where dust generation has to be avoided and the system can thereby provide more efficient transportation.

Abstract: A scoop-up portion of scoop means is of a flat plate shape so that water is drained by letting a wash rest on the scoop portion during the transferring operation. The wash is scooped surely in raise/drop washing so that the wash is not caught between the inner peripheral surface and one edge of the scoop-up portion. Also, an auxiliary plate is installed on the back surface of transfer portion of the scoop means to prevent the wash from dropping into the preceding vessel in raise/drop washing. Thus, the crumple washing and beat washing are performed efficiently, and cleanliness is improved.

Abstract: An emergency reactor coolant accumulator has a depressurizer to depressurize the accumulator at an appropriate timing, thereby preventing the flow of accumulator gas into the reactor system. If an accident occurs in the reactor system and the pressure of the reactor system decreases, the accumulator water (19) in the accumulator body (11), which is pressurized by the accumulator gas (18) is injected into the reactor system through the accumulator water outlet line (12) via the check valve (13) to cool the reactor core, and at the same time, the accumulator water (19) in the accumulator body (11) is introduced into the depressurizing vortex damper body (21) through the lower inlet (21c) of the damper (21) in the tangential direction to form a vortex. The increase in resistance due to the vortex reduces the amount of water discharged from the accumulator body (11) to the gas release line (22) via the depressurizing vortex damper (21).

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by fixing and dumping carbon dioxide which is disposed in seawater or fresh water satisfying certain temperature and pressure conditions for the formation of carbon dioxide hydrate or its clathrate comprising:a) a transport pipeline equipped with a compressor;b) a carbon dioxide source connected to said transport pipeline upstream of said compressor;c) a plurality of ejector nozzles disposed at one end of the pipeline;d) a reaction housing which allows seawater or fresh water and carbon dioxide to react with each other and form the carbon dioxide hydrate or its clathrate;e) a dispersing propeller;wherein the reaction device is provided with the ejector nozzles and the dispersing propeller at the inlet portion of the device; the concentration of the carbon dioxide is supplied into the pipeline and is discharged by the compressor into the reaction housing from the ejector nozzles under pressure to form the carbon dioxide hydrate

Abstract: The known can seamer is improved so that replacement and adjustment of seaming rolls, a seaming chuck and a knock-out pad may be facilitated at the time of type-change work or the like in a can seamer. In the improved can seamer, after a control mode of a drive motor has been switched to a type-changing mode, if an action button is depressed, in response to signals issued from a rotational position sensor, the drive motor moves can seaming mechanisms one pitch by one pitch via a center shaft and makes them stop at predetermined positions. At the stopped position, an actuator is operated to depress the top end of a seaming roll shaft. By this operation, a gap clearance is formed between a rotary frame and a seaming lever, then seaming rolls and are mounted, also the seaming lever connected with a seaming chuck via a bracket is removed, and thereby a type-changing work can be carried out.

Abstract: An anvil cylinder is severed along an axial direction of a shaft into a plurality of ring-shaped sections, and elastic bodies are fixedly secured to parts of outer circumferential surfaces of the severed anvil cylinder sections over the entire length of the cylinder. In addition, the respective anvil cylinder sections are adapted to be individually engaged with or disengaged from a knife with the aid of a rotary object. By adjusting the positions of the anvil cylinder sections, slitting slots can be formed by machining only at the portions where slitting slots are necessitated.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor has a plurality of seals arranged at the back of an impeller for sealing the impeller outlet and form an annular space defined at the back of the impeller. The annular space is fed with a cold gas under a higher pressure than that of the air discharged at the impeller outlet. Thus, the back of the impeller is cooled down.

Abstract: A hollow rotor blade of a gas turbine includes a shaped core accommodated within a hollow space formed between two skins and joined to the skins. The fatigue strength at a portion where the skins are joined to the core is enhanced. More specifically, the portions of the skins joined with the core are in the form of island-shaped protrusions, and the core is joined to these protrusions by solid-phase diffusion bonding, diffusion-brazing, liquid-phase diffusion bonding, and the like.

Abstract: A slurry sampling device (3) for sampling a slurry in which solid particles are dispersed has upper and lower blocks (105, 109), and a rotator (102) for collection which is rotatably held between the blocks and has a plurality of through holes (111) each having a volume corresponding to the amount of sample to be collected. The upper and lower blocks are provided with slurry conduits (101, 108) and carrier fluid conduits (107, 110) which can be communicated with the through holes so that slurry and carrier fluid can flow therethrough. Arc-shaped long grooves (113, 114) are provided on portions of the upper and lower blocks where ends of the slurry conduits (101, 108) come into contact with, or are adjacent to, the rotator, so that at least one of the through holes is thereby constantly in contact with the long grooves.

Abstract: A pulse nozzle of a reaction apparatus which obtains a very low temperature by expanding high-pressure and normal-temperature gas in heat insulation manner includes a fixed slit member disposed at an inlet of the nozzle and having a plurality of slit openings, a movable slit member having similar slit openings disposed along the fixed slit member, and two piezoelectric-crystal elements driven by an external pulse signal to slidably move the movable slit member with respect to the fixed slit member repeatedly to thereby open and close a flow of gas in the pulse manner. A plurality of the pulse nozzles are disposed in parallel to increase the capacity of the pulse nozzle.

Abstract: A cards processor (100) including a gateway (101) for the insertion and discharging of cards (104) on one end side of a cabinet (2), a transport line disposed in the cabinet (2) in almost a straight line from the gateway (101) for transporting the cards in a reciprocating manner in a transport direction, read/write devices (115, 116) for reading and writing information on the cards during transporting, and a standby portion (117) where the card transporting direction is reversed and for holding the cards in standby temporarily between operations.

Abstract: Carbon dioxide gas collected from combustion exhaust gas or the like is transported in a liquefied gas state on the sea by means of ships up to a marine float installation provided with a throw-in pipe reaching to the deep sea, and then the liquefied carbon dioxide is thrown into the deep sea through the throw-in pipe.

Abstract: An apparatus joins opposite ends of a tread on a rotary drum in a tire making machine. Besides the rotary drum, the apparatus includes a conveyor having two lateral endless loops and a guide in the form of rollers interposed between the loops. The conveyor is disposed upstream of the rotary drum. Clamping mechanisms are provided to clamp the respective sides of the tread at a rear end thereof to the endless loops of the conveyor, respectively. A tread placed on the endless loops of the conveyor is maintained in relative position by the guide. The actual length of the tread on the conveyor is measured. The front end of the tread is adhered to the rotary drum and the opposite sides of the tread at the rear end thereof are clamped to the conveyor. The conveyor and drum are then driven at appropriate speeds based on the length of the tread to cause the ends thereof to be joined on the drum. Movable grippers can be provided to stretch the rear end of the tread at the sides thereof into abutment with the front end.

Abstract: A cross-rolling mill has upper and lower work rolls which can be made to cross one another together with their respective backup rolls by moving upper and lower roll chocks in pass lines opposite to each other with upper and lower cross heads. Upper and lower gradient portions are formed at opposite inclinations at side faces of the upper cross head and the lower cross head, respectively. Wedges having upper and lower oppositely inclined surfaces slidably engage the gradient portions of the upper and lower cross heads. The upper and lower cross heads can thus be moved in opposite pass line direction by moving the inclined surfaces of the wedges upward and downward.

Abstract: After loading a green tire in a tire vulcanizing machine and before shaping, bead portions of the green tires are centered relative to bead rings of upper and lower metal molds and are sequentially inserted into the bead rings precisely in parallel thereto by the same extendable/retractable sectors and chucks which are movable vertically. An apparatus preferable for practicing the aforementioned method includes a plurality of such sectors for centering and holding a bead portion of the green tire, slide and linkage mechanisms for extending and retracting chucks to which the sectors are mounted, and a cylinder mechanism for vertically moving the chucks so as to insert the bead portion of the green tire centered and held by the sectors into a bead ring of a tire metal mold.

Abstract: A scroll type fluid machinery with spiral wraps set up on inner surfaces of end plates, respectively. The spiral wraps are engaged with each other at a predetermined angle dislocation and are housed in a housing with an opening in one end of a cup-shaped casing. This opening is blocked with a front case. The stationary scroll is fixed to the cup-shaped casing, and the revolving scroll is made to revolve in a solar motion by a revolution drive mechanism while checking the rotation on its axis by a mechanism for checking rotation on its axis. In an assembling method thereof, positioning portions are engaged with a positioning jig provided in the stationary scroll and the cup-shaped casing, respectively, and the positioning portions are utilized. With this machinery and method, the number of parts, working time and assembly time are reduced and the manufacturing cost may be cut down.

Abstract: The drum type washing machine of the present invention is equipped with a drum that is rotated around a horizontal axis of rotation where the drum is formed by an outer wall with a form obtained by mutually joining the large-diameter parts of two truncated cones with substantially the same form. A plurality of beaters are installed on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the drum with a predetermined spacing in the circumferential direction of the drum, arranged centripetally along the peripheral wall extending over the entire length of the drum in the direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A sputtering apparatus including two electrodes, a sputtering target disposed on one of the electrodes, and a gas supply for supplying a discharge gas in a vacuum to produce an electric discharge between the two electrodes and whereby particles sputtered from the target due to impact thereon of ions produced by the discharge, are deposited on a substrate. The target disposed on one electrode is formed into an elongated band and the other electrode is disposed so as to enclose the target. The other electrode is also provided with a magnet for producing a magnetic field thereon, and further includes a narrow elongated slot which defines a narrow sputter particle outlet. The narrow sputter particle outlet permits a pressure to exist near the electrical discharge which is higher than the pressure near the substrate. According to a preferred embodiment, the sputtering apparatus has an ion source combined integrally therewith.

Abstract: A method for desulfurizing an exhaust gas containing SO.sub.2 and NO.sub.x in accordance with a wet lime process, the aforesaid desulfurizing method being characterized by comprising the steps of drawing a part of an absorbing slurry, subjecting a filtrate obtained by the solid-liquid separation of the drawn absorbing slurry to an electrolysis treatment in the presence of chlorine ions, or after adjusting the filtrate to pH 3-4, mixing a hydrochlorite with the filtrate, and then refeeding the filtrate as a make-up water to an absorbing tower.

Abstract: A container filling apparatus makes it possible to discharge liquid stagnating within a filling valve. The filling valve is lowered towards a container being conveyed. Then a liquid passageway gating section is opened by pressing a bell-shaped member of the filling valve against the container, and liquid thus fills the container. The net amount of the contents to fill the container can be adjusted by vertically moving at least one of a filler liquid tank and a stopper member which limits the lower position of an intermediate spring bracket supporting a second elastic body for biasing a valve body upwardly with respect to a loading table on which the containers are supported. In addition, it is possible to open the liquid passageway gating section by lowering the filling valve with an external force. Therefore, liquid stagnating in the passageway of the filling valve can be discharged.