Abstract: A gas-permeable seamless pipe structure formed in a pipe shape by a wet process comprising (A) 20 to 95% by weight of thermoplastic fibers and (B) 5 to 80% by weight of a component consisting of (a) 20 to 100% of other fibers being infusible at the fusing temperature of said thermoplastic fibers (A) or having a higher melting point than said thermoplastic fibers (A) and (b) 0 to 80% by weight of a void-containing particulate material having an apparent density of not more than 1 and an average particle size of 20 to 2,000 microns and being infusible at the fusing temperature of said thermoplastic fibers (A), said thermoplastic fibers (A) being bonded to the other component (B) as a result of heat fusing; a method for producing the pipe structure; and an apparatus for use in this method. The pipe structure has superior physical properties such as strength and hardness, good water resistance, light weight and superior gas-permeability.

Abstract: Apparatus for assembling hull modules for shipbuilding comprising two opposed chassis for supporting longitudinal assemblies and opposed second devices for supporting deck and bottom assemblies, all being constructed to be moved in the vertical and horizontal directions to adjust the position of the respective assemblies. The chassis is supported on cars by a plurality of interconnected oil cylinders adapted to enable the chassis to float on the oil in the cylinders and to permit both tilting and lateral displacement of the chassis on the cars.

Abstract: Water vapor generated in concentrating an aqueous urea solution and containing a small amount of aqueous urea solution mist, ammonia and carbon dioxide is treated to recover urea and ammonia values. The water vapor is introduced into a separator wherein all of the urea solution mist is separated together with a part of the ammonia and the carbon dioxide to form a first condensate. The water vapor is then fed into a surface cooler wherein the water vapor is indirectly cooled to form a second condensate. The first condensate is used for process water and the second condensate is subjected to rectification to separate ammonia and carbon dioxide contained therein in the form of a mixed gas, which is recovered, from the remaining waste water free of ammonia and carbon dioxide.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating and recovering metallic zinc from an ash-like solid substance composed of a mixture of metallic zinc, zinc oxide and other zinc containing materials is disclosed. This apparatus comprises a saucer-like container of an inverse cone form for receiving dross and a plurality of agitating scraper plates disposed in said container to squeeze out metallic zinc from the dross, discharge means for metallic zinc and discharge means for secondary dross being mounted on an opening formed on the bottom of said cylinder.

Abstract: Arrangement of heat transfer tubes in a heating furnace in which the heat transfer tube is divided into several paths in the radiant heat transfer zone and these branched tubes are arranged in juxtaposition and alternative relation in each row and divided into a plurality of groups in a cycle of the alternation, and burners are provided in front of each tube group.

Abstract: A synergistic herbicidal composition for use in paddy fields comprising a mixture of .alpha.-(.beta.-naphthoxy)-propionanilide and a thiocarbamate compound.

Abstract: A blow molding method for transferring and heating deformed and one-sided wall-thickness parisons in which each heated parison is expanded in conformity with the mold after being stretched or just after being heated, with the use of a conveying device provided with a number of upright pins inserted into the parisons and adapted for continuous travel within a furnace while being rotated, the inner section of each parison being irregular and/or having a varying circumferential wall-thickness the upright pins having a section, which fits an inner section of the parison, formed at the lower part thereof and including a planar portion placed into sliding contact with a guide rail provided at an outlet of the furnace in order to relatively position the parison.

Abstract: A process for producing terephthalic acid by the catalytic liquid phase oxidation of para-xylene with either molecular oxygen or a gas containing molecular oxygen and recovering terephthalic acid from the liquid phase oxidation reaction product; characterized in that (1) the recovery of terephthalic acid is performed at a temperature (T.sub.2) which satisfies the following equation[(T.sub.1 - 150).sup.1.9 /150] + 150 .ltoreq. T.sub.2 .ltoreq. T.sub.1wherein (T.sub.1) is the temperature of the above liquid phase oxidation, and (2) a part or whole of the catalyst-containing mother liquor remaining after the recovery of terephthalic acid is recycled to the catalytic liquid phase oxidation while maintaining it at a temperature (T.sub.3) which satisfies the following equationT.sub.2 .ltoreq. T.sub.3 .ltoreq. T.sub.1wherein (T.sub.2) is the temperature employed in the recovery of terephthalic acid.

Abstract: 1-Aminoanthraquinone of high purity is obtained either by catalytically hydrogenating 5-nitro-1,4,4a,9a-tetrahydroanthraquinone dissolved in a polar organic solvent such as methyl cellosolve (i.e., .beta.-hydroxyethyl methyl ether) in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst such as palladium on carbon or Raney nickel and then treating the resultant hydrogenated product with a base such as sodium hydroxide or pyridine, or by catalytically hydrogenating the 5-nitro-1,4,4a,9a-tetrahydroanthraquinone in the presence of both the hydrogenation catalyst and the base. By the action of the base, the 5-nitro-1,4,4a,9a-tetrahydroanthraquinone nucleus releases hydrogen atoms and is converted to the anthraquinone nucleus, and the released hydrogen serves to reduce the nitro group. Where an excess of hydrogen is introduced into the reaction system for hydrogenation, 1-aminoanthraquinone is further reduced into a leuco type compound thereof which can easily be returned to 1-aminoanthraquinone by oxidation.

Abstract: An automatic leaching system for the hydrometallurgical production of zinc comprising a pH meter and means for detecting the feed rate of calcine. The pH meter is provided with means for automatically washing the electrodes thereof so as to be capable of continuously and automatically detecting the pH value of the slurry obtained by mixing a spent electrolyte with the calcine. The system comprises a feedback control circuit and a feed-forward control circuit in which the flow rate of the spent electrolyte supplied to the system is the manipulated variable, and the pH value of the slurry is the controlled variable. These control circuits are used for the pH control so that the pH value of the slurry can be maintained constant by controlling the flow rate of the spent electrolyte.

Abstract: The pulse control circuit comprises an up-counter, a pulse generator connected to supply a pulse train having a fixed repetition rate to the up-counter to cause it to count-up to a preset count, a detector connected to the output of the up-counter, a gate circuit responsive to the output of the detector for controlling the input of a preset count to the up-counter, an up-down counter connected to supply the preset count to the up-counter through the gate circuit, a variable pulse generator connected to a count modifying input terminal of the up-down counter for changing the count stored therein, means for storing a preset count in the up-down counter, and means for varying the repetition rate of the output pulses supplied by the variable pulse generator and for controlling the direction in which the up-down counter operates to either add to or substract from a preset count stored in the up-down counter to thereby control the period between the output pulses produced by the pulse control circuit.

Abstract: Method of coloring an organic material with a naphthacenequinone derivative having the formula ##SPC1##Wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, hydroxyl or amino, R.sub.2 is a member selected from the group consisting of carboxyl or its derivative, sulfonamide, sulfonate and phenylsulfonate, X is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrazo and aromatic diamino.Organic materials colored with the compound have a brilliant hue with characteristic fluorescence and high sublimation fastness.

Abstract: A process for continuously manufacturing acrylamide by hydrating acrylonitrile in the presence of a free metallic copper catalyst, characterized in that a reactor is employed, which is internally partitioned into a catalyst slurry circulating section and a catalyst precipitating section, and that raw materials and supplementary catalyst are supplied continuously into the reactor and at the same time the clear reaction liquid and a portion of the catalyst are continuously taken out of the reactor so that the properties of the catalyst are maintained constant.

Abstract: Unsaturated dimers which contain 2,4-diphenyl-4-methyl-1-pentene as their main component (i.e., in an amount of greater than 95%) are produced by reacting an .alpha.-methylstyrene at a temperature of from 20.degree. to 100.degree.C. in the presence of a sulfonic acid type cation-exchange resin catalyst and in the further presence of a primary or secondary monohydric alcohol containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms. By this reaction, side products including a saturated dimer of 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-phenylindane, trimers and higher polymers are produced only in an extremely small amount. The unsaturated dimers are very useful as a molecular weight modifier when employed, instead of dodecylmercaptans, for the production of polymers such as an ABS resin, an AS resin, and the like.

Abstract: A method for separating a plastics-containing mixture comprising a lead alloy, a polyolefin, a polystyrene and ebonite, which comprises (1) separating the lead alloy from the mixture in a running liquid, with the lead alloy being recovered as a residue; (2) placing the resulting plastics mixture comprising the polyolefin, polystyrene and ebonite in a separation cell containing an aqueous liquid medium in the presence of a wetting agent; (3) introducing gas bubbles into the cell thereby to cause the gas bubbles to selectively adhere to the surface of the polyolefin and float the polyolefin, with the polyolefin being recovered as a float; (4) adding a flotation agent into the cell containing the resulting plastics mixture comprising the polystyrene and ebonite; and (5) introducing gas bubbbles into the cell thereby to cause the gas bubbles to selectively adhere to the surface of the polystyrene and float the polystyrene, with the polystyrene being recovered as a float and the ebonite being recovered as a residu

Abstract: A bubble-dispersing apparatus, which comprises a tank for containing a liquid or a mixture of liquid and solid, a vertical rotary shaft installed in said tank and connected with a power source, a fixing plate installed on the lower part of said rotary shaft and extending perpendicular thereto, stirring blades installed on the bottom face of said fixing plate, plural radially disposed guide blades surrounding the rotation zone of said stirring blades and located practically on the same horizontal level as that of said stirring blades by means of a frame whose top is closed, and a gas supply pipe installed beneath and in confronting relationship to said stirring blades.

Abstract: A composition curable at room temperature comprisingA. a specific diamine having a molecular weight of about 5,000 to about 25,000 and expressed by the formula ##EQU1## B. about 0.8 to about 3 mols, per mol of the diamine (A), of a diepoxy compound,C. about 10 to about 300 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the total of the diamine (A) and the diepoxy compound (B), of an inorganic filler, and (D) 0 to 150 parts by weight in total, per 100 parts by weight of the diamine (A) of an assistant selected from the group consisting of 0 to 10 parts, per 100 parts by weight of the diamine (A), of a curing promotor, 0 to 100 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the diamine (A), of an organic filler and 0 to 50 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the diamine (A), of a viscosity controlling agent.

Abstract: A process for purifying 1-aminoanthraquinone, which comprises hydrogenating crude 1-aminoanthraquinone containing diaminoanthraquinones in an aqueous medium in the presence of a base using a hydrogenating catalyst to form a mixture comprising 1-aminoanthrahydroquinone and the corresponding diaminoanthrahydroquinones, partially oxidizing the mixture, removing water-insoluble materials from the oxidation product, and then oxidizing the remaining water-soluble residue.

Abstract: Climbing crane for construction characterized in that a superstructural portion of the climbing crane is removably fixed on the tower, the superstructural portion provided with a travelling device for moving on the built structure.

Abstract: A collapsible or foldable high speed boat including a hull structure having no frames. The boat comprises a plurality of substantially triangular hinged plates joined in such a manner as to be waterproof and defining a hull structure such as that of a high speed boat. The hull structure includes a plurality of inflection points, these points being at the foremost end on the gunwale line of the stem, at the foremost end of the keel, at the widest chine line at the center portion of the hull, at the widest gunwale portion at the outermost end on the keel of the stern, and at the outermost end of the gunwale line of the stern. These inflection points can be respectively joined by lines which form substantially triangular planes. These planes define the location and shape of the various hinged plates defining the hull structure. Thus the hinged plates are arranged in a relationship formed by joining in line plural inflection points on the hull lines.