Abstract: A method for preparing .alpha.-(4-isobutylphenyl)propionic acid or its precursor is here disclosed which comprises a step (I) of dehydrogenating p-isobutylethylbenzene in a gaseous phase in the presence of a dehydrogenating metal catalyst to form p-isobutylstyrene and at least one unsaturated hydrocarbon compound selected from a group A defined in Claim 1; a step (II) of reacting p-isobutylstyrene obtained in the step (I) with carbon monoxide and hydrogen or with carbon monoxide and water or a lower alcohol in the presence of a transition metal complex carbonylating catalyst to form .alpha.-(4-isobutylphenyl)propionic acid or its precursor; and a step (III) of hydrogenating at least one unsaturated hydrocarbon compound selected from the group A obtained in the dehydrogenation step (I) to form p-isobutylethylbenzene, and recycling the thus formed p-isobutylethylbenzene through the step (I) as the raw material of the step (I).

Abstract: A pair of stretching pulleys are rotatably mounted on a pair of support plates within a housing. A belt is wound around the upper part of the stretching pulley and a number of turn pulleys. A film introduced onto the stretching pulley is held between the belt and the stretching pulley and is transferred. Air flow generated by a fan and heated with a heater is blown against the film through a louver and circulates through bellows mounted to the housing to return to the fan. The stretching pulley is partially cooled in a water bath. The support plates are rotatably connected to screw shafts, thereby changing a distance and angle between the plates. The stretch width or stretch ratio of the film is thus adjusted with the change of the distance and angle.

Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, there is provided a molded article of crystalline thermoplastic resin with high gas barrier property of which the resin has crystalline and non-crystalline regions, the enhancing effect on gas barrier property of uniaxial-uniplanar orientation of the crystal axis direction of crystallites of said crystalline regions being used and the crystallites orientation being optimized by specific conditions. In another aspect of the invention, the molded article of the first aspect of the invention is further annealed to increase the crystallinity of the crystalline regions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing pallets from sheets of substantially the same dimensions as the dimensions of the pallets to be manufactured by the steps of sequentially feeding sheets of a predetermined polygonal shape, cutting substantially at one time a plurality of corner portions of the thus fed sheets to obtain pallets and then discharging the thus obtained pallets. Belt conveyors sequentially feed sheets of a predetermined polygonal shape and cutting dies cut substantially at one time the rear corner portions of the preceding sheet and the front corner portions of the following sheet to obtain pallets and belt conveyors sequentially discharge the thus obtained pallets. When a ruled line, that is, an elongate recess or the like for bending is needed in the resulting pallets, cutting of the corner portions and formation of the ruled line are effected substantially at one time.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is here disclosed which is prepared by blending (I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polyamide resin, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of a polyphenylene ether resin alone or a mixture of the polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene polymer, an aromatic polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, a polyoxymethylene resin, an ABS resin, a polyarylene sulfide resin and a polyarylate resin, and (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A plurality of capacitors of the type each including capacitor elements with a very small gap between adjacent electrodes are filled and impregnated with a capacitor oil with the aid of a capacitor oil filling/impregnating apparatus. The apparatus comprises an impregnating chamber including a capacitor oil supplying portion, a charging/discharging platform having a plurality of capacitors placed thereon, and distributing/supplying means arranged above the charging/discharging platform so as to allow the capacitor oil to be supplied to the respective capacitors from above by its free falling-down induced by a dead weight of the capacitor oil itself.

Abstract: In a method of and an apparatus for heat-setting a non-woven fabric in which a warp web and a weft web is cross-laminated, the fabric is gripped at least at its opposite side edges by and between an outer peripheral surface of a hot cylinder and an endless belt normally tensioned against that outer peripheral surface. Widthwise shrinkage is fully prevented during travel of the fabric around the hot cylinder, and firm bonding of the warp and weft webs is attained.

Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (I) 99 to 1% by weight of an aromatic polyester resin, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of a polyphenylene ether resin, a mixture of the polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene polymer, a polycarbonate resin, and a polyarylene sulfide resin, (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.

Abstract: The present invention is connected with a pressure sensitive copy material using a color former solution in which an electron accepting developer and an electron donating color former capable of developing a color when brought into contact with the developer are dissolved in a solvent, and as the solvent in the color former solution, a solvent composition is used which comprises (a) 5 to 50% by volume of one selected from the group consisting of a hydrogenated lower polymer of propylene and/or a butene, an alicyclic hydrocarbon, an alkylbenzene and a kerosine fraction, and (b) 50 to 95% by volume of a bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and/or a chlorinated paraffin oil having a viscosity of 3 cSt or more at 40.degree. C., the aforesaid developer comprising an aromatic carboxylic acid, a polymer thereof, a metallic salt thereof, a polyvalent metallized carboxy-modified terpene phenolic resin or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises 99 to 1% by weight of a propylene polymer (I), 1 to 99% by weight of a vinyl polymer (II), 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin (III) which is a graft copolymer comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a propylene polymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.

Abstract: An electric element of the present invention comprises a .pi.-conjugated macromolecular material which is liable to increase its conductivity by its excitation due to dielectric polarization, and a ferroelectric material disposed in the close proximity of said .pi.-conjugated macromolecular material so that polarization of said ferroelectric material in the presence of an electric field causes excitation of said .pi.-conjugated macromolecular material, thereby changing the conductivity of said .pi.-conjugated macromolecular material correspondingly with the strength of said electric field and resultantly controlling said conductivity. The electric element can be used as a d.c. or a.c. relay element, memory element, switching element, or any other active element.

Abstract: A novel thermoplastic resin composition is here disclosed which comprises (I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polyolefin, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of a polyarylene sulfide, (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the components (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an olefin polymer or copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m, and (IV) 0 to 150 parts of an inorganic filler based on 100 parts by weight of the components (I)+(II)+(III).Furthermore, a method for preparing the aforesaid composition is also disclosed here.

Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (I) 50 to 99% by weight of a polyamide resin, and (II) 50 to 1% by weight of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of at least one ethylene copolymer selected from the group consisting of epoxy group-containing ethylene copolymers, ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acids, alkyl ester copolymers and metallic salts of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acids, and ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers, and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one vinyl monomer, either of both the components possessing a dispersion phase where each particle has a diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.

Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (I) 50 to 99% by weight of an aromatic polyester resin, and (II) 50 to 1% by weight of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of at least one ethylene copolymer selected from the group consisting of epoxy group-containing ethylene copolymers, ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acids, alkyl ester copolymers and metallic salts of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acids, and ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers, and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one vinyl monomer, either of both the components possessing a dispersion phase where each particle has a diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.

Abstract: A method for preparing .alpha.-(4-isobutylphenyl)propionic acid or its precursor is here disclosed which comprises the following steps (I), (II) and (III):step (I): subjecting isobutylbenzene and a polyalkylbenzene to disproportionation reaction in order to form p-isobutylethylbenzenestep (II): dehydrogenating p-isobutylethylbenzene obtained in the step (I) to form p-isobutylstyrene, andstep (III): the following step (IIIa) or (IIIb):step (IIIa): reacting p-isobutylstyrene obtained in the step (II) with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to prepare .alpha.-(4-isobutylphenyl)propionaldehyde, orstep (IIIb): reacting p-isobutylstyrene obtained in the preceding step (II) with carbon monoxide and water or a lower alcohol to prepare .alpha.-(4-isobutylphenyl)propionic acid or its alkyl ester.

Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded bumper therefrom in which said composition comprises:(I) 1 to 99 parts by weight of a propylene polymer, and(II) 99 to 1 parts by weight of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is a graft copolymer comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a propylene polymer and 95 to 5% by weigth of a vinyl polymer obtained from at least one vinyl monomer, either of the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.

Abstract: An ethylene graft copolymer is disclosed, which is obtained by radical polymerizing a monomer composition comprising (A) from 50 to 99.95% by weight of ethylene, (B) from 0.05 to 50% by weight of a macromonomer having a number average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 20,000 and having a (meth)acryloyl group only at one terminal of the molecular chain thereof, and (C) 0 to 49.95% by weight of other radical polymerizable monomer(s). The ethylene graft copolymer is a modifier for improving impact resistance of engineering plastics or a compatibilizer for engineering plastics to provide a molding resin composition excellent in impact resistance and oil resistance. The ethylene graft copolymer is also useful as a hot-melt adhesive or a pressure-sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: A novel thermoplastic resin composition is here disclosed which contains(I) 99 to 1 part by weight of a polyarylate resin and(II) 1 to 99 parts by weight of at least one selected from a polyamide resin and a polyarylene sulfide resin with(III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either on both the components being in the state of a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.Furthermore, a novel method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also disclosed here.

Abstract: There is here provided a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises (I) 99 to 1% by weight of a polyamide resin, (II) 1 to 99% by weight of at least one kind of resin selected from the group consisting of a polyphenylene ether resin, a mixture of the polyphenylene ether resin and a styrene polymer, and a polycarbonate resin, (III) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the aforesaid resins (I)+(II), of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is composed of 5 to 95% by weight of an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and 95 to 5% by weight of a vinyl polymer or copolymer obtained from at least one kind of vinyl monomer, either of both the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m. A method for preparing the above-mentioned thermoplastic resin composition is also provided here.

Abstract: A light-weight and tough muffler having a high noise deadening effect characterized in that the outer barrel (I) of the muffler is made of a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer. An example of said polymer is a wholly polyester having monomer units represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## This polymer may contain 10 to 60 wt. % of inorganic additives such as glass fibers or carbon fibers.