Abstract: A metal hydride heat pump system has a plurality of operating units, the metal hydride heat exchange medium of each operating unit be a combination of a first metal hydride having a lower equilibrium dissociation pressure at the operating temperature and a second metal hydride having a higher equilibrium dissociation pressure at the operating temperature and the metal hydrides being such that hydrogen can flow freely between the two metal hydrides, wherein the equilibrium dissociation pressure characteristics of one or both of the first and second metal hydrides in a given operating unit differ from those of one or both of the first and second metal hydrides in at least one other operating unit.

Abstract: A heat-foamable olefinic resin composition comprising(a) an ethylenic polymer,(b) a propylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having a melting point of 130.degree. to 160.degree. C.,(c) a propylene polymer having a melting point at least 10.degree. C. higher than the melting point of the propylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, and(d) a blowing agent, and optionally(e) a crosslinking agent and/or a crosslinking promoting agent; anda process for producing an olefinic resin foam comprising crosslinking and heat-foaming the aforesaid heat-foamable olefinic resin composition.

Abstract: In a process for producing a thermoplastic resin foam which comprises continuously heat-foaming a foamable thermoplastic resin sheet containing a heat-decomposable organic blowing agent with a heated gas, the improvement wherein a gas containing sublimation products generated by the heat-foaming of the foamable sheet is burned to decompose the sublimation products and obtain a treated gas having a substantially reduced content of the sublimation products, and the treated gas is then used as the heated gas for the heat-foaming of the foamable sheet; and a apparatus for producing a thermoplastic resin foam by continuously heat-foaming a foamable thermoplastic resin sheet, said apparatus comprising a heat-foaming chamber having an inlet portion for feeding the foamable thermoplastic resin sheet, an outlet portion for discharging the foamed sheet, a discharge port for a gas containing sublimation products generated by the heat-foaming of said foamable sheet, and a supply port for a heated gas, said discharge port

Abstract: A photo-degradable styrene resin composition which comprises a styrene resin and at least one photo-degradable agent selected from the group consisting of benzophenone, anthraquinone, fluorenone, xanthone, phenylalkylketones, phenacyl halides and derivatives of these compounds, and optionally at least one photo-degradable accelerator.

Abstract: A release agent comprising (A) a polymer of at least one vinyl monomer of the general formulaCH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sub.1 COO(CH.sub.2 CHR.sub.2 O).sub.n CONHR (I)wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independently from each other, represent hydrogen or a methyl group, R represents an alkyl group having at least 12 carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group having at least 6 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of from 1 to 6,(B) a copolymer of at least one vinyl monomer of general formula (I) above and another compound copolymerizable therewith, or a mixture of said polymer (A) and said copolymer (B); and a product prepared by coating the said release agent on a non-adhesive surface of an adhesive article having an adhesive surface and the non-adhesive surface or on the surface of a release paper.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising(a) a vinyl chloride/ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content in the range of 3 to 12% by weight, an average degree of polymerization in the range of 700 to 2900 and a ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight in the range of from 2.5:1 to 5.5:1,(b) an ethylene/carbon monoxide/vinyl acetate copolymer, and(c) a glycerin ester of a specific epoxidized aliphatic carboxylic acid. This resin composition is suitable for making medical devices, especially bags for storing transfusion fluids, receptacles for storing blood, and tubes for a blood circuit in artificial kidneys.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a composite pipe having a desired wall thickness by using an endless steel belt as a mold which moves axially while rotating in the circumferential direction of a mandrel. In this apparatus, a thickness regulating device spaced a predetermined distance from the outside surface of the endless steel belt is used to adjust the wall thickness accurately to the desired value. Examples of the thickness regulating device are a cylinder roll, a taper roll, and a conveyor belt.

Abstract: A method of extruding and shaping thermoplastic material in which a constant amount of thermoplastic material is continuously fed from a screw extruder to a die by means of a metering pump. The extruder is arranged to continuously receive a constant amount of the thermoplastic material. The metering pump is adjusted to the correct rotational frequency to maintain the pressure of the molten thermoplastic material between the extruder and the metering pump within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A filler for liquid chromatography, said filler consisting essentially of a hydrophilic ion-exchanger obtained by copolymerizing a mixture of (A) 5 to 90% by weight of a polymerizable monomer containing one polymerizable double bond and at least one carboxyl group per molecule and having a hydrophobic parameter of not more than 2.3, (B) 10 to 95% by weight of a crosslinkable polymerizable monomer containing at least two polymerizable double bonds per molecule and having a hydrophobic parameter of not more than 2.3, and (C) 0 to 85% by weight of a monomer being different from the monomer (A), containing one polymerizable double bond per molecule and having a hydrophobic parameter of not more than 2.3; and a method for separating a biological material such as proteins, enzymes and amino acids by liquid chromatography using the aforesaid filler.

Abstract: A blood-partitioning composition comprising a mixture of(1) a thixotropy-imparting agent,(2) a first viscous liquid material having strong interaction with the thixotropy-imparting agent, and(3) a second viscous liquid material having no strong interaction with the thixotropy-imparting agent and having good compatibility with the first viscous liquid material,said composition having a specific gravity at 20.degree. C. of from 1.03 to 1.08, and use of the composition in a method for partitioning a sample of blood.

Abstract: A metal hydride reactor comprising a tubular pressure receptacle having an opening at its one end and a metal hydride filling the receptacle therein, at least a part of the outer wall surface of the tubular pressure receptacle forming a heat-exchanging surface; a heat-conducting fin of a heat-conducting material provided to transmit heat from the metal hydride in the pressure receptacle to the heat-exchanging surface and limit the location of the metal hydride in the pressure receptacle; and at least one porous member extending axially of the receptacle for forming within the receptacle a hydrogen gas flow passage leading to the opening of the receptacle, the porous member being permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to the metal hydride.

Abstract: An interlayer film for a laminated glass, which comprises polyvinyl butyral and a plasticizer and has a T peel strength at 20.degree. C. of not more than 0.5 kg/cm, said polyvinyl butyral satisfying the following expressionY.gtoreq.-3X+486wherein X is the degree of butyralization in mole % and Y is the half-value width in cm.sup.-1 of hydroxyl absorption in the infrared absorption spectrum of the polyvinyl butyral in which the ordinate represents the transmittance and the abscissa represents the wave number.

Abstract: A method for producing a plate heater, which comprisespreparing a mixture by dispersing electrically conductive fibers in a resin composition comprising a thermosetting resin, a curing agent and a thickener,laminating the resulting mixture to a first sheet-like material capable of being impregnated with said resin composition to thereby impregnate a part of the resin composition in said first sheet-like material, and thickening the resin composition to form a sheet-like preform,laminating a second sheet-like material capable of being impregnated with said resin composition to the mixture-laminated surface of the sheet-like preform, andheating the laminated assembly under pressure to cure the thermosetting resin composition.

Abstract: A metal hydride heat pump comprising a first and a second heat medium receptacle having heat media flowing therein and a plurality of closed vessels each containing a hydrogen gas atmosphere and divided into a first chamber having a first metal hydride filled therein and a second chamber having a second metal hydride filled therein, said first and second chambers of each closed vessel being made to communicate with each other so that hydrogen gas passes from one chamber to the other but the metal hydrides do not, and a group of the first chambers of the closed vessels being located within the first heat medium receptacle and a group of the second chambers of the closed vessels being located within the second heat medium receptacle, whereby heat exchange is carried out between the heat media in the first and second heat medium receptacles and the first and second metal hydrides through the external walls of the closed vessels.

Abstract: A novel method for producing a composite pipe having a desired wall thickness by using an endless steel belt as a mold which moves axially while rotating in the circumferential direction of a mandrel. In this method, a thickness regulating device spaced a predetermined distance from the outside surface of the endless steel belt is used to adjust the wall thickness accurately to the desired value. Examples of the thickness regulating device are a cylinder roll, a taper roll, and a conveyor belt.

Abstract: A heat pump device comprising a closed receptacle divided into a first chamber and a second chamber, means forming a hydrogen flow passage extending through the two chambers, said hydrogen flow passage permitting the flow of hydrogen but rejecting the flow of metal hydrides between the two chambers and being made at least partly of a porous material permeable to hydrogen and elastically deformable in response to an applied pressure, a first metal hydride filled in the first chamber and a second metal hydride filled in the second chamber.

Abstract: A metal hydride reactor including at least one sealed chamber, the chamber being divided into two compartments by a partitioning wall made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, the compartments containing different metal hydrides. In one embodiment, the metal hydride reactor including a sealed vessel rotatable about a central shaft, the vessel being divided into a plurality of sealed chambers by at least one sealing wall along a plane containing the central shaft and extending diametrically thereof, each of the sealed chambers being divided into two compartments by a partitioning wall made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, the compartments containing different metal hydrides, and each of the compartments having a heat conducting surface facing exteriorly thereof.

Abstract: A sewage treatment apparatus having a rotary shaft and a plurality of rotary plates secured to the rotary shaft in an axially spaced-apart relationship, each of the rotary plates being adapted to be rotated while it is partly dipped in sewage within a treating tank,a plurality of holding members provided fixedly around the rotary shaft for rotation therewith, andthe rotary plates being secured such that at least one rotary plate is fixedly held at its central end portion between every two adjacent holding members.

Abstract: A multilayer structural building material comprising a polyolefin or polybutadiene foam sheet as a base layer, a dry coated layer of a polychloroprene-type adhesive as an interlayer, and a dry coated layer of a mixture of a water-base adhesive and an inorganic filler as a surface layer.

Abstract: A composition for an interlayer film of a laminated safety glass, said composition comprising (A) a thermoplastic resin resulting from copolymerization of (1) vinyl chloride, (2) glycidyl methacrylate and (3) at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of ethylenic hydrocarbons, vinyl esters of fatty acids, acrylic esters and vinyl ethers, and (B) a plasticizer.