Abstract: A water-base paint for coating the inside surface of a metallic can, said paint comprising fine particles of a polyester resin dispersed in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surface-active agent, wherein(A) the polyester resin comprises units derived from a dicarboxylic acid and units derived from a diol, the units derived from the dicarboxylic acid containing units derived from terephthalic acid and units derived from isophthalic acid in a mole ratio of from 10:90 to 80:20, and at least 30 mole % of the units derived from the diol being derived from ethylene glycol,(B) the surface-active agent is composed of at least one compound selected from alkylaryl sulfonic acid salts, alkylsulfonic acid salts, dialkylsulfosuccinic acid salts, alkylphosphoric acid salts, polyoxyethylene alkylarylether sulfonic acid salts and polyoxyethylene alkylether sulfonic acid salts, and(C) the fine particles of the polyester resin have an average particle diameter of not more than 3 microns.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided polyester carbonate copolymers obtained by polymerization of a mixture of 20-80% by weight of an alkylene terephthalate oligomer [I] containing ethylene terephthalate as main structural units and having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], as measured at 25.degree. C. in o-chlorophenol, of less than 0.6 dl/g, and 20-80% by weight of a carbonate oligomer [II] containing 2,2-bis(4 -hydroxyphenyl)propane as main structural units and having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], as measured at 25.degree. C. in o-chlorophenol, of less than 0.6 dl/g, said copolymers having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], as measured at 25.degree. C. in o-chlorophenol, of 0.4-1.2 dl/g and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 80.degree.-140.degree. C. with a single peak, and polyester resin compositions containing said copolymers, said resin composition being excellent in transparency, heat resistance and mechanical strength.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel polyaldimine, preparation process of the polyaldimine, moisture curable polyurethane composition containing the polyaldimine and use of the compositionPolyaldimine of this invention is represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are a halogen atom, hydrogen atom, alkoxy group having 4 or less carbon atoms or an alkyl group having 5 or less carbon atoms, and may be the same or different; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Y is --N.dbd.CH--C(R.sup.5).sub.3 or --N.dbd.CH--C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O--CO--R.sup.6 wherein R.sup.5 is an alkyl having 4 or less carbon atoms, R.sup.6 is an alkyl group, anilino group, benzylamino group or an alkylamino group having 16 or less carbon atoms; and l is an integer of 1 or 2, m is an integer of 1 to 3, and n is an integer of 0 to 300.Polyaldimine is prepared by condensation of the corresponding aromatic polyamine and aldehyde.

Abstract: A cyclo-olefinic random copolymer composed of an alpha-olefin component having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and a cyclo-olefin component,(i) said copolymer containing 5 to 99 mole % of recurring units derived from said alpha-olefin component having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 1 to 95 mole % of recurring units derived from said cyclo-olefin component, and(ii) said copolymer having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., of from 0.01 to 10 dl/g; and an olefinic random copolymer composed of (A) an olefin component having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and (B) a cyclic polyene component and as required, (C) a cyclo-olefin component,(i) said copolymer containing 5 to 99 mole % of recurring units derived from said alpha-olefin component (A) having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 1 to 95 mole % of recurring units derived from said cyclic polyene component (B) and 0 to 90 mole % of recurring units derived from said cyclo-olefin component (C), and(ii) said copolymer having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.

Abstract: A pyrimidinedione derivative compound has a basic backbone in which a phenyl group part and a pyrimidinedione part are linked by a structure comprising an alkyl chain containing at least two nitrogen atoms. The pyrimidinedione derivative is useful for a medical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.

Abstract: A process for exchanging a dispersing medium of a terephthalic acid slurry by introducing an aliphatic carboxylic acid slurry of terephthalic acid into a multi-stage column at the upper part thereof and introducing water at the lower part thereof to form an upflowing stream of water in the multi-stage column, while a sedimentation of terephthalic acid particles is effected, and withdrawing an aqueous aliphatic carboxylic acid solution from the upper part of the multi-stage column and an aqueous slurry of terephthalic acid from the lower part of the multi-stage column.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a volatile foaming agent composition for thermoplastic resins capable of producing a thermoplastic resin foam without any shinkage or expansion after foaming.A volatile foaming agent composition for thermoplastic resins according to the present invention comprises 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro-ethane.As the permeability of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro-ethane in thermoplastic resins is smaller than that of the air, volatile foaming agent composition containing 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro-ethane and other kind of volatile foaming agent having permeability higher than that of the air can be regulated to have the permeability similar to that of the air.Accordingly, the permeating speed of volatile foaming agent from the inside of foam cells to the outside and the permeating speed of substituting air into the foam cells from outside can be balanced and any shrinkage or expansion after foaming can be avoided.

Abstract: A switch device in a car lock device includes a lock lever disposed between a body and a back plate, rotating with a center shaft in a longitudinal direction being its axis of rotation and switching the lock device to a lock state and an unlock state, and a switch member fitted to the outer surface of the back plate, having a rotary shaft on the same axis as the center shaft, connected electrically to the lock devices of other doors and sending switching signals of the lock state and unlock state to the other locking devices. A switch arm which rotates between the lock position and the unlock position and is equipped at one of its ends with an engagement hole is fixed to the rotary shaft. An arcuate hole having its center on the center shaft is formed at one of the ends of the lock lever. One of the ends of the a rod whose other end is interconnected to a key cylinder is meshed with the arcuate hole of the lock lever and with the engagement hole of the switch arm.

Abstract: A crude drug ingredient having bactericidal activity incorporated into a curable composition comprising a (meth)acrylate type monomer, a polymerization initiator and if necessary a filler to formulate the ingredient into the drug having sustained release property. The curable composition containing the crude drug ingredient is applied to a defective part of a tooth or an artificial gum for preventing dental diseases such as carious tooth, pyorrhea alveolaris, and the like.

Abstract: A vulcanizable rubber composition containing (i) (A) a chlorine-containing rubber and (B) a triazinethiol.amine salt or (ii) (a) a chlorine-containing rubber, (b) a triazinethiol as a vulcanization agent, and (c), as a vulcanization agent, (c-1) an aromatic carboxylic acid amine salt, (c-2) an aliphatic carboxylic acid amine salt, and (c-3) a phenolamine salt.

Abstract: A composition for a vibration damper, which comprises:100 parts by weight of a resin-forming component comprising (a) a compound containing an epoxy group, and (b) a curing component comprising (i) a polyhydric phenol as a first curing compound and (ii) a second curing compound selected from the group consisting of an acid hydrazide, a urea derivative and an imidazole;50 to 500 parts by weight of a scaly filler;200 parts by weight or less of powdery filler; and100 parts by weight or less of a fibrous filler. A process for the manufacture of the composition, and a vibration damper, also are disclosed.

Abstract: In a process of producing isopropylnaphthols by oxidizing diisopropylnaphthalenes with molecular oxygen in a liquid phase to provide a reaction mixture which contains therein diisopropylnaphthalene monohydroperoxides and then acid decomposing the monohydroperoxides to isopropylnaphthols, the improvement comprising separating an organic layer from the reaction mixture, adding lower aliphatic alcohols of 1-4 carbons to the organic layer, crystallizing the diisopropylnaphthalenes while allowing the diisopropylnaphthalene monohydroperoxides to remain dissolved in the lower aliphatic alcohols, thereby to separate the monohydroperoxides from the diisopropylnaphthalenes.A further improvement in the process comprises crystallizing the isopropylnaphthols from aromatic hydrocarbons of 6-12 carbons.

Abstract: A hull (5) of a planing boat (1) consists of front and rear hull portions (5a, 5b). A bottom part (2a) of the front hull portion (5a) forms one front planing portion (21a), and a recess (7) is provided so as to extend along the center line of the rear hull portion (5b), two bottom parts (2b') either of which is positioned on the left or right side of this recess (7) forming two rear planing portions (21b). When the speed of the planing boat (1) is low, it runs with the front and rear planing portions (21a, 21b) completely submerged, and, when the speed of the planing boat (1) is high, it floats and plans on the water surface with the hull (5) supported on three portions, one front planing portion (21a) and two rear planing portions (21b).

Abstract: A flat container may be produced by extruding a molten resin to form a parison, closing the bottom of the parison, preblowing the parison such that the inner surfaces do not contact together, drafting the parison in a molten state, expanding the parison with the outer edge of the parison extending beyond that of the cavity of a mold, pinching the expanded parison with the mold to fuse the outer edge portions together along the outer edge of the cavity, and forcing a pressurized fluid into the parison pinched by the mold so that the parison is shaped in close contact with the inside surfaces of the mold cavity.

Abstract: A cyclo-olefinic random copolymer composed of an alpha-olefin component having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and a cyclo-olefin component,(i) said copolymer containing 5 to 99 mole % of recurring units derived from said alpha-olefin component having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 1 to 95 mole % of recurring units derived from said cyclo-olefin component, and(ii) said copolymer having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., of from 0.01 to 10 dl/g; andan olefinic random copolymer composed of (A) an olefin component having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and (B) a cyclic polyene component and as required, (C) a cyclo-olefin component,(i) said copolymer containing 5 to 99 mole % of recurring units derived from said alpha-olefin component (A) having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 1 to 95 mole % of recurring units derived from said cyclic polyene component (B) and 0 to 90 mole % of recurring units derived from said cyclo-olefin component (C), and(ii) said copolymer having an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.

Abstract: Disclosed are a novel compound represented by the formula ##STR1## a composition for sublimation transfer record containing the above-mentioned compound, and a composition for color toner containing the above-mentioned compound.

Abstract: A copper alloy having satisfactory pressability and a method of manufacturing this alloy. The alloy contains: 0.1 to 0.4% (weight %) of Fe, 0.05 to 0.20% of Ti, 0.003 to 0.10% of Mg, 0.5 to 1.5% of Sn, and 0.01 to 1.0% of any one or two or all of the elements Zn, Ni and Co, the rest consisting of Cu except for impurities. The method comprises the steps of: hot-working this alloy; cold-working and annealing the hot-worked alloy one or more times, batch-annealing it at least once at 400.degree. to 600.degree. C. for 30 to 600 minutes and keeping the final cold-working ratio at 60% or less; and performing low-temperature annealing of the alloy at a temperature of 250.degree. to 400.degree. C.

Abstract: A resin composition excellent in impact resistance, rigidity and coatability properties, is easily moldable without causing voids and flow marks, and is suitable for the manufacture of automobile bumpers, which has a melt flow rate of not lower than 10 g/10 min. and which comprises:(A) 60 to 85 parts by weight of a crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer component having an ethylene unit content of 10 to 30 mole % and a melt flow rate of 10 to 30 g/10 min. (Comopnent A),(B) 5 to 20 parts by weight of an non-crystalline ethylene/alpha-olefin random copolymer component having an ethylene unit content of 60 to 85 mole %, a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 5.0 g/10 min and a crystallinity, measured by X-ray, of not more than 15% (Component B), and(C) 8 to 15 parts by weight of a talc or calcium carbonate component having an average particle size of 0.1 to 5 .mu. (Component C), in which values by the "parts by weight" are selected so as to amount to 100 parts by weight in total.

Abstract: A gaseous mixture containing chlorine, carbon dioxide and non-condensable gas is compressed and cooled to separate it into a residual gas formed principally of a major portion of the non-condensable gas and a condensate formed primarily of chlorine. The condensate is fed to a stripping column to desorb carbon dioxide and a minor portion of the non-condensable gas dissolved in the condensate. The stripped gas formed primarily of chlorine and carbon dioxide may be treated further. Namely, the stripped gas is mixed with the residual gas. At least a portion of the mixed gas is fed into an absorption column, whereby a major portion of remaining chlorine is absorbed to lower the chlorine content. Removal of chlorine from such a gaseous mixture or an off-gas from the above process can be achieved by washing it with an aqueous solution or suspension containing an alkali metal sulfite and/or an alkaline earth metal sulfite while controlling the pH of the solution or suspension within a range of 1.9-6.3.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reinforcing fibrous material having an improved adhesion, which consists essentially of a surface-treated, molecularly oriented, silane-crosslinked ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fiber, wherein when the measurement is conducted under restraint conditions by using a differential scanning calorimeter, the crosslinked polyethylene fiber has at least two crystal melting peaks (Tp) at temperatures higher by at least 10.degree. C. than the inherent crystal melting temperature (Tm) of the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene determined as the main peak at the time of the second temperature elevation, the heat of fusion based on these crystal melting peaks (Tp) is at least 50% of the whole heat of fusion, and the sum of heat of fusion of high-temperature side peaks (Tp1) at temperatures in the range of from (TM+35).degree. C. to (Tm+120).degree. C.