Abstract: A steam generator for a steam bath for generating steam from hot water supplied thereto. The steam generator for a steam bath has a closed main part equipped with a hot-water supply port, an air inlet, a discharge port and a steam outlet. Hot water received from the hot-water supply port is distributed in the main part so as to contact with air coming through the air inlet, and the thus generated steam is discharged through the steam outlet. Warm water formed as a result of steam generation is discharged from the discharge port.

Abstract: A continuous method of treating a polymer reaction mixture for continuously separating a styrene polymer and volatile ingredient by flowing down, for example, a mixture of low molecular weight styrene polisher and high molecular weight styrene polymer through a circular-ring-shaped space formed between a jacketed double pipe and a concentrically located inner pipe of a heat-exchanger, and flashing into a vacuum chamber connected with said heat-exchanger, is provided.The polymer is useful for the preparation of electrophotographic toner.

Abstract: Described are new strains of Drechslera spp., which possess herbicidal effects against all varieties of barnyard grass, i.e., Echinochloa spp. but do not give any influence to crops under cultivation such as rice. The control agents according to the present invention, which contain one or more of the strains, have high safety and selectivity, thereby providing practical control effects against barnyard grass. Further, the control compositions according to the present invention, which contain one or more of the new strains in combination with one or more chemical herbicides, have sufficient herbicidal effects even at dosages which are too low to permit control of barnyard grass when they are applied singly, thereby making it possible to reduce the dosage of herbicides. Thus, the control compositions can therefore contribute to the prevention of environmental pollution and the occurrence of barnyard grass with acquired pesticide resistance.

Abstract: Pyrimidinedione derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is so linked with each other as to make an alkylene chain and thus form a heterocyclic structure, A, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, X.sup.1, X.sup.2 and X.sup.3 are substituents, respectively, and n is 2 or 3 have a basic backbone in which a phenyl group part and a pyrimidinedione part are linked by a structure comprising an alkyl chain and a heterocyclic ring having two nitrogen atoms. These compounds are useful for a medical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing fine graphite particles which can be used as a highly functional graphite material in wide applications. According to this method, foliated fine graphite particles having a high aspect ratio and hence well-developed anisotropy can be prepared, without formation of secondary particles, by dispersing expanded graphite particles into a liquid and then exposing them to ultrasonic waves. Articles molded of the resulting foliated fine graphite particles exhibit high electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid state laser device design so as to improve a cooling effect in said laser device; whereby an electric power to be applied to an excitation lamp can be increased, a large oscillation power can be obtained, and a thermal lens effect generated in the laser medium can be suppressed. The solid-state laser device includes a laser medium, an excitation lamp for applying excitation light to the laser medium, a transparent first cooling pipe accommodating the laser medium, a transparent second cooling pipe accommodating the excitation lamp, wherein a first cooling system which feeds a cooling water to the first cooling pipe and a second cooling system which feeds a cooling water to the second cooling pipe are independent of each other and the respective systems have a water-feeding pump. The cooling pipes are formed of cerium-doped quartz glass capable of inhibiting transmission of light having a wavelength not longer than 320 nm.

Abstract: The material supplied to the interior of the crushing tank by the material supply device is: crushed into the form of a fine powder by the agitator; sent upward by a gas to be directed to the classifier through the guide device; classified in the course to the classifier and the fine powder reduced to a predetermined particle size is extracted to the outside by means of the fine powder discharge tube. On the other hand, the coarse powder of which the particle size has not been reduced to the predetermined particle size is guided again to the crushing tank through a ring-like circulation passage formed between the inner peripheral surface of the communicating portion of the classifier and the outer peripheral surface of the dispersing tube of the guide device so as to be crushed by the agitator. Since this process is repeated, a fine powder of the predetermined particle size is obtained.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition which is excellent in transparency and which shows very low pH reduction of the extract obtained in a promoted hot water-extraction test of a polypropylene resin which has been irradiated with radiant rays for sterilization. The polypropylene resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene resin, 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight of a metal diarylphosphate represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; M represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal; n is an integer of 1 or 2; and A represents an alkylidene group); and 0,001 to 1.0 part by weight of a hydroxide of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or an element of the aluminum group. The polypropylene resin composition is suitable for use in making medical instruments, containers for foods or the like.

Abstract: A polycarbonate lubricating oil composition which is resistant to decomposition of the polycarbonate and the generation of carbon dioxide gas. The lubricating oil composition contains a polycarbonate lubricant, at least one compound selected from the group of epoxy compound, phenol compound, sulfur compound and amine compound, and optionally a triester phosphite or a triester phosphate compound as inhibitors to the generation of carbon dioxide gas. The lubricating oil composition are stable, have excellent lubricating properties, cleaning properties, and electrical insulating properties, and their viscosity at low temperature can readily be lowered.

Abstract: An air nozzle for use in the production of nonwoven fabric that is adapted to receive spun filaments from a spinning nozzle and feed the filaments in an air jet into a receiver. The air nozzle is directed to the prevention of any abrasion of the inner surface of the nozzle body by an additive, such as titanium white, contained in filaments, and thus to the prevention of any defects in the nonwoven fabric. The inner surface of a nozzle body for guiding filaments is formed using a ceramic material to protect that surface. The nozzle body has a conical passage whose diameter gradually decreases from an inlet for receiving the filaments from the spinning nozzle, and a straight passage continuing from the conical passage and extending with a constant diameter, at least part of the inner surface of the conical passage and/or the straight passage being formed as a ceramic surface.

Abstract: A color-developing sheet using, as a color developer, polyvalent-metal-modified products of salicylic acid compounds composed mainly of a 3,5-di(.alpha.-methylbenzyl)salicylic acid derivative obtained by reacting a salicylic acid ester with an .alpha.-methylbenzyl halide in the presence of an acid catalyst and hydrolyzing the reaction product.Said color-developing sheet has excellent color developability at low temperatures and gives a color of excellent water resistance.

Abstract: A syndiotactic graft copolymer is here disclosed in which a radical polymerizable unsaturated compound is grafted on a propylene homopolymer or copolymer, and this graft copolymer is obtained by heating a homopolymer having a substantially syndiotactic structure of propylene or a copolymer having a substantially syndiotactic structure of propylene and another .alpha.-olefin and a radical polymerizable unsaturated compound such as an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated silane in the presence of a radical initiator up to the decomposition temperature or more of the radical initiator. This kind of graft copolymer can be used as a composition for adhesion. The graft copolymer in which the radical polymerizable unsaturated compound is a hydrolyzable unsaturated silane can be converted into a crosslinked polymer by heating in the presence of water, and it can also be converted into a water-crosslinkable resin composition by adding various additive thereto.

Abstract: A resin composition for powder coatings that comprises a composition (A) and a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), the composition (A) being based on both a carboxyl group containing polyester resin having a hydroxyl value of 10 to 100 and a softening point of 50.degree. to 150.degree. C. and a glycidyl group containing acrylic resin having a hydroxyl value of 30 to 150 and a softening point of 50.degree. to 150.degree. C., and further containing a copolymer prepared by reaction between said polyester and acrylic resins. This resin composition is capable of providing an ideal paint film that possesses the features of a paint film prepared from polyester resins (high degrees of smoothness, gloss and strength) and those of a paint film prepared from acrylic resins (high levels of hardness, stain resistance and weatherability).

Abstract: A coated molded article having good adhesion to a coating film and resistance to gasohol as well as excellent appearance can be obtained by applying a primer coating to the surface of a molded article or irradiating the surface with plasma without applying any washing-treatment with a halogen atom-containing organic solvent and then applying a top coat onto the article, if the molded article is formed from a resin composition comprising (A)a polypropylene; (B)a specific ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer rubber; (C) a specific ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber; and (D) a specific polyhydroxypolyolefin, the amounts of these components (A) to (D) satisfying the following relations:10.ltoreq.[(B)+(C)]/[(A)+(B)+(C)].ltoreq.60 (% by weight)1.ltoreq.(C)/[(B)+(C)].ltoreq.50 (% by weight)0.5.ltoreq.(D)/[(A)+(B)+(C)+(D)].ltoreq.

Abstract: High concentration-low viscosity polymer-polyols are prepared by polymerizing mixtures of acrylonitrile and styrene in polyols, which are free of any polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, in the presence of alkyl-substituted tertiary mines. Without use, as a dispersion stabilizer, of organic compounds which have a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and terminal hydroxyl groups, there can be obtained polymer-polyols which have a concentration of the polymer of 33-60 wt % and a glass transition temperature of the polymer of 90.degree.-120.degree. C.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel fluoran compounds represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are different groups selected from cyclohexyl, n-butyl and isobutyl, e.g., in the form of crystals characterized by a specific X-ray diffraction diagram; crystalline toluene adducts thereof; and recording materials containing these fluoran compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel ethylene/pentene-1 copolymer whose molded film has a good balance between impact resistance and tear properties and high transparency, also is prominently reduced in a variation of the transparency even after subjected to a heat treatment, and further shows high blocking resistance, provided that the copolymer fulfills specific requisites. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the above-mentioned ethylene/pentene-1 copolymer and a formulation of the ethylene/pentene-1 copolymer composition using a stabilizer. According to the invention, there can be obtained an ethylene/pentene-1 copolymer composition which is excellent in heat stability in the molding stage, long-term heat stability and weatherability.

Abstract: The resin composition for forming plated layer disclosed herein comprises a polyamide composed of a dicarboxylic acid component recuring unit and a recurring unit derived from a diamine component unit having an alkylene group of 4 to 25 carbon atoms and at least one inorganic filler. There are also disclosed the resin molded article having plated layer formed thereon, the electromagnetic wave shielding material, the decorative resin molded article and the connecting material produced by forming plated layer on the surfaces of the resin molded articles formed from said resin composition. Further, there is disclosed the printed circuit board produced by forming selectively metallized layer in wiring circuit portion on the surface of the resin molded article formed from said resin composition and the method for plating to form these articles having the layer plated thereon.

Abstract: Escherichia coil carrying a hybrid plasmid having been constructed by inserting a desired foreign gene into an expression vector so as to permitting expression of said desired foreign gene therein was cultured at a temperature 40.degree. C. or over so that the expression of said desired foreign gene was suppressed. This E. coil (i.e., transformant) was cultured at 40.degree. C. or over in a first process to suppress the expression of the foreign gene and to support sufficient cell growth and thereafter below 40.degree. C. in a second process to release the suppression of the expression so as to permit effective production of the foreign gene product, which resulted in high concentration of the foreign gene product in the final culture.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition comprising 20 to 90 parts by weight of an ethylene/(meth)acrylic ester/carbon monoxide terpolymer having been graft modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or its anhydride and 80 to 10 parts by weight of a polyester elastomer having been graft modified with the above modifier, the total amount of said graft modified ethylene/(meth)acrylate/carbon monoxide terpolymer and polyester elastomer being 100 parts by weight. Also disclosed is an adhesive comprising the above-mentioned resin composition. The resin composition and the adhesive according to the invention are excellent in adhesion properties, heat resistant adhesive properties, hue and heat stability.