Abstract: A non-asbestos friction material is made by molding and curing a composition which includes a fibrous base other than asbestos, a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler and an abrasive. The abrasive is composed of one or more inorganic substance selected from among inorganic substances having a Mohs hardness of at least 4.5 and inorganic substances having a Mohs hardness of less than 4.5 and containing at least 50 wt % of a component having a Mohs hardness of at least 4.5. The total amount of organic substances and the total amount of abrasive are in a volumetric ratio of from 1.5/1 to 3.5/1. The friction material thus constituted generates little squeal or other undesirable noise and has a good wear resistance.

Abstract: A nucleic acid-immobilized substrate which comprises a carrier comprising a base material and a compound having a carbodiimide group or an isocyanate group carried by the base material, and the same kind or different kinds of nucleic acids immobilized in the form of dots through the carbodiimide group or the isocyanate group at a plurality of sites on the carrier.

Abstract: A method of easily deforming a plate-shape vacuum insulation material and producing a smaller but highly effective insulation container, comprising steps of inserting a thermoplastic open-celled rigid foam as a core material into a packet composed of gas barrier film, evacuating and sealing the packet so as to produce a vacuum insulation material, heating and softening the vacuum insulation material so as to deform the same, and cooling the vacuum insulation material so as to cure the same, and also a freezing and refrigerating container having Peliter element.

Abstract: A brake cable connecting apparatus having a cable end insertion groove 120a formed by U-like folding the free end of a brake lever 120 on one of brake shoes 1, 2 and a guiding member 150 provided onto the cable end insertion groove 120a. The guiding member 150 tends to move toward the bottom of the insertion groove 120a by a coil spring 160. When the cable end 142 is advanced in the insertion groove 120a, the guiding member 150 moves upward, passage of the cable end 142 is permitted by displacement of the guiding member 150 in a direction away from the bottom of the insertion groove 120a, then the guiding member 150 immediately moves downward, thereby engaging a backward surface of the cable end 142; therefore, restricting the cable end 142 from coming off.

Abstract: A novel fluorescent group-containing carbodiimide compound having at least one group selected from a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a phosphono group and a phospho group which have substitution of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or a basic group containing a nitrogen or phosphorus atom, which is prepared by using a novel fluorescent group-containing carbodiimide compound precursor having a halogen atom or a sulfonic acid group.

Abstract: A brake cable connecting apparatus is structured to prevent the inadvertent disengagement of a cable end from the brake lever while transporting a drum brake. The bridge portion (11e) of the strut (11) extends above the free end (12e) of the brake lever (12) leaving a clearance (23), being smaller than the cable end (16a), therebetween. When the brake lever (12) rotates to the predetermined degree, the clearance (23) becomes larger than the cable end (16a) so that the cable end (16a) is able to pass through the clearance (23) between the bridge portion (11e) and the free end (12e).

Abstract: An electrode with an excellent quality for an electrical component, wherein an electrode raw material sheet slitter includes a slitting section to slit an electrode raw material sheet for an electrical component; a forming section to conduct smoothing of the convex portion on the slit electrode; electrode cleaning sections to remove fragments adhered on the slit electrode; and, a slitting method of electrode raw material sheet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a back print type ink jet recording sheet, and, particularly, an object of the invention is to provide an ink jet recording sheet coping with oily ink. The ink jet recording sheet comprising an intermediate layer and an ink-receiving layer laminated on a light-transmittable substrate, wherein the intermediate layer is formed of a rubber-based resin, the receiving layer is formed of a hydrophobic resin and a ratio Y/X of reflection density Y of the substrate side to reflection density X of the receiving layer side in a print section when printing using oily ink on the receiving layer is 1.0 or more.

Abstract: A transparent electromagnetic radiation shielding sheet having sufficient visible light transmittance and electromagnetic radiation shielding performance is disclosed. The transparent electromagnetic radiation shielding sheet includes a hot melt adhesive resin comprising a resin having a structure where organic acid is not produced by hydrolysis. The transparent electromagnetic radiation shielding sheet is light, excellent in durability and is favorably used in various display devices. A method of producing the transparent electromagnetic radiation shielding sheet and a display device such as a plasma display device and a CRT (cold-cathode ray tube) having the transparent electromagnetic radiation shielding sheet placed on the front surface of a display panel of the display device are also disclosed.

Abstract: An automatic stroke adjustment device for a brake actuator having clutch rings (240, 340, 440, 540, 546, 640) making an irreversible screw engagement relatively rotatable for the amount of exceeding the backlash by releasing the clutch engagement to rotate when exceeding the backlash of reversible screw engagement and maintaining the clutch engagement when in releasing the brake actuator while the brake actuator is in an active state to improve the processability, reduce the weight, and prevent overadjustment of the shoe clearance during the thermal expansion of the brake drum.

Abstract: This dual mode drum brake provides less stroke loss during the brake operation; a stable parking brake effectiveness; and a comfortable feeling for the operator during the brake operation. A wheel cylinder actuator (15) is positioned between ends (lid) and (12d) of first and second brake shoes (11), (12); an anchor block (16) is positioned between the other ends (11e) and (12e); a shoe clearance adjustment device (18) is extended adjacent to the wheel cylinder actuator (15); a parking brake actuator (23) is extended adjacent to the anchor block (16); a bent portion (22c), formed on one side (22b) of a pivot lever (22) pivotally supported on the first brake shoe (11), is inserted between the first brake shoe (11) and the shoe clearance adjustment device (18) while the other side (22d) of the pivot lever (22) functionally engages with the parking brake actuator (23).

Abstract: A capacitor system suitable for charging and discharging of a vehicle such as discharging due to starting of an engine, charging by an alternator, and recharging upon braking. The capacitor system can be a vehicle power source having several connected cells in which ion conductive materials are arranged between a pair of electrode structures with large surface area materials and an electric double layer is formed between the large surface area materials in the electrode structure and an electrolyte of the ion conductive materials. Charging and discharging are controlled for state of charge of the capacitor unit with several connected modules to be within a predetermined range. A minimum charge within the predetermined range is sufficient for the engine to start while a maximum charge within the predetermined range is within a rated voltage of the capacitor unit with several connected modules.

Abstract: A non-asbestos friction material is obtained by molding and curing a composition comprising a fibrous base, a filler and a binder. The binder is present in a total amount V1 and the filler contains in part graphite present in an amount V2, each expressed in volume percent of the overall composition, such that the product V1×V2 is from 10 to 100 and the sum V1+V2 is from 10 to 30. When used as a brake lining in drum brakes, for example, the friction material exhibits low wear during high-speed braking, excellent heat resistance, stable braking effectiveness and good strength.

Abstract: A friction member is made up of a back plate, a non-asbestos friction material bonded to a surface of the back plate and produced by molding and curing a non-asbestos friction material composition, and a metal phosphate conversion coating formed between the back plate and the non-asbestos friction material. When new, the friction member has a breaking load, measured according to JIS D4422, of at least 9 MPa, and a percent bonded surface area, which is the ratio of the surface area of friction material attached to the back plate surface after shear to the surface area of friction material attached to the plate surface before shear, of at least 90%. Such friction members are highly resistant to rusting, have excellent adhesion and heat resistance, and can be produced with minimal sludge formation and easy process control.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for nitrifying denitrifying organic waste water to nitrify and denitrify the nitrogenous components in the waste water, which comprises making use of a microbe carrier composed of an organic thermoplastic high molecular compound (thermoplastic polyurethane) in both a nitrifying step and a denitrifying step, preferably in an alternate and repeated manner, wherein the compound has, in a state of complete swelling in water, a water absorption rate in the range of 50 to 3500%, a compressive yield stress of at least 1.0 MPa each being defined by a specific formula, and a particle diameter in the range of 1.0 to 30 mm. The process is capable of efficiently performing nitrifying and denitrifying steps, steadily achieving high treatment performances, contriving compactification of the treatment facility, and curtailing the treatment time and treatment cost, while the microbe carrier can withstand long-term service without any trouble.

Abstract: A melamine resin foam endowed with excellent oil repellency and which is improved in fragility without deteriorating the superior properties inherently possessed by melamine resin foams. The melamine resin foam with excellent oil repellency is obtained by coating an oleophobic component on a base material produced by foaming a resin composition comprising, as the main components, a melamine-formaldehyde condensate and a foaming agent.

Abstract: A brake cable for a dual mode type drum brake functioning as a leading-trailing type during the service brake and as a duo-servo type during the parking brake, may be easily arranged at a lower side of axle. The first and second brake levers (118), (119) of a parking brake actuator (117) have proximal portions (118a), (119a) pivotally supported between two ends of a second brake shoe (3) and at a lower end thereof; free ends (118b), (119b) extend in opposed direction from the proximal portions (118a), (119a) in parallel to face and functionally engage each other; a strut (120) extends between the second brake lever (119) and the pivot lever (16); and a brake cable (23) pulled to activate the free end (118b) is arranged adjacent to the anchor (7).

Abstract: A non-asbestos friction material made by molding and curing a composition comprised of a fibrous base, a binder, and a filler has a 100 Hz vibration damping factor (tan &dgr;) at 300° C. minus tan &dgr; at 50° C. value of at least −0.030. The binder may be a rubber-modified high-ortho phenolic resin, a resin mixture of a rubber-modified high-ortho phenolic resin and a rubber-modified phenolic resin, or a resin mixture of two or more rubber-modified phenolic resins. The friction material has an excellent and long-lasting noise performance, and good wear resistance, functional stability, and fade resistance. The rapid curability of the composition enables a short molding cycle.

Abstract: Fuel cell separators having on one side or both sides thereof channels for gas supply and discharge, which channels are formed from compositions composed mainly of thermosetting resin and graphite particles. The compositions are designed to have a flexural modulus of at most 20 GPa and a flexural strength of at least 50 MPa (both measured according to JIS K6911). Also disclosed is a solid polymer type fuel cell system in which part or all of its separators are fuel cell separators as defined above. Due to its high strength and low flexural modulus, the fuel cell separators of the invention do not break as a result of deformation at the time of fuel cell assembly. Moreover, the fuel cell separators of the invention absorb shocks and vibration imparted to the fuel cell system. Therefore, they is useful for automobile fuel cells which are normally subject to vibrations and shocks during operation.

Abstract: A near infrared absorption acrylic composition containing a sulfonic acid group-containing (meth)acrylic compound represented by the following general formula (1): R(CH2)nSO3H  (1) (wherein R is CH2═CHCOO— or CH2═C(CH3)COO—, and n is an integer of 1 to 8), other (meth)acrylic compound and Cu2+; and a near infrared absorption filter produced from the composition.