Abstract: The surface of an aluminum conductor is roughened, for example, by blasting. A hydrophilic film such as a boehmite film, an anodic oxide film and a chemical conversion film is formed on the roughened surface. A protective film made of a wetting agent or a hydrophilic resin is formed on the hydrophilic film. The conductor may comprise a compressed aluminum conductor.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel method for manufacturing a knife-edge die for stamping out a metal foil on an insulating base plate such as in the preparation of an electronic circuit board by a technique of photoetching. The method comprises a line pattern of a photoresist film on the die face corresponding to the contour of the desired pattern, subjecting the die face to a first etching to effect substantial side etching behind the photoresist film to leave an edge, removing the photoresist film and subjecting the die face to a second etching to sharpen the edge into a knife edge.

Abstract: A process of treating an anodic oxide film wherein a base material of a valve metal is anodized to form the anodic oxide film thereon, which is then impregnated with a polymerizable organic metal compound and thereafter subjected to polymerization of the compound, whereby the micropores of the anodic oxide film are filled and sealed with the polymerized organometallic compound. According to this process, there is provided a base material having an anodic oxide film impregnated with polymerized organometallic compound which is excellent in heat resistance, heat radiance, and electrical insulation, and hence the base material is useful for the printed wiring board, electrically-insulative heat sink, heat-resistant insulated wire and the like.

Abstract: A POF cable line which comprises a steel pipe and three cable cores drawn in the steel pipe. At least one curved offset section is arranged on the steel pipe at a part spaced from a cable joint at a predetermined distance, with a straight portion of the steel pipe interposed therebetween. The curved offset section prevents the cable cores in the part of the steel pipe from snaking hard and consequently prevents the insulation paper in the part from making soft spots or creases. The snaking occurs easily in the offset section when the cable core thermally expands.

Abstract: In an electric power-feeding structure for feeding an electric power from an electric power-supply terminal to electric power-receiving portions located at different positions, which comprises a main feeder assembly connected to the electric power-supply terminal and comprising a plurality of main line sections and a plurality of junction means respectively interposed between respective mutually adjacent main line sections and a plurality of branch feeder lines respectively connected, at their respective one ends, to a plurality of the electric power-receiving portions and, at their respective other ends, to the respective main line sections, the improvement in which said plurality of junction means each comprising at least one printed circuit board provided with first and second connecting portions and at least one third connecting portion and said main line sections comprise at least one flat type cable with flat connector means and are successively connected by cooperation of said first and second connecti

Abstract: Apparatus for continuously vulcanizing a covered material on a conductor comprises a feed device for feeding the conductor in one direction at a constant speed and an extruder for applying the covered material to the conductor fed from the feed means. A vulcanizing tube extends from the extruder, the cable passing through the vulcanizing tube. The vulcanizing tube has a curing section extending from its inlet to a location intermediate its inlet and outlet. A take-off device is disposed forwardly of the vulcanizing tube for hauling the cable. A load applying device is disposed between the extruder and the take-off device for applying a load to the traveling cable at a location forwardly of the curing section of the vulcanizing tube, so that a tension exerted on the cable in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the cable is applied to the traveling cable.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a multi-component glass fiber preform includes a multi-conduit burner 31 having five concentric conduits 31a-31e, the center three conduits (a), (b) and (c) being flush with each other at their ends, the fourth conduit d, interposed between the third (c) and outermost conduit (e) extends axially beyond the first three. The burner has a flange 33 to direct the flame onto a substrate.In operation glass raw material is fed through the inner-most conduit (a) by a carrier gas. The material emitted from conduits (a -d) is mixed in a mixing area 32. Glass raw material and a nebulized dopant salt solution are emitted and burned with hydrogen gas depositing particulate glass material or soot on an adjacent substrate to produce a multi-component glass fiber preform.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a Nb.sub.3 Sn superconductor comprising the steps of preparing a composite conductor element which is composed of Cu-Sn alloy matrix and one or more Nb cores inserted and disposed in said matrix, if necessary sheathing the outer surface of the Cu-Sn alloy matrix with copper, subjecting the composite conductor element to a diameter reducing working until the predetermined diameter is reached, then forming an Sn-plating layer on the outer surface of the reduced diameter composite conductor element and thereafter subjecting the Sn-plated composite conductor element to diffusion heat treatment so that an intermetallic compound of Nb.sub.

Abstract: A method of the surface treatment of a porous material which comprises the step of electrolyzing the porous material in an electrolytic bath composed of an aqueous solution of at least one salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal thiotungstate, alkali metal thioantimonate, alkali metal thiostannate, alkali metal thiocuprate, alkali metal thioarsenate, alkali metal thioaurate, alkali metal thioplatinate, alkali metal thioniobate, alkali metal thiovanadate, alkaline earth metal thiotungstate, alkaline earth metal thioantimonate, alkaline earth metal thiostannate, alkaline earth metal thiocuprate, alkaline earth metal thioarsenate, alkaline earth metal thioaurate, alkaline earth metal thioplatinate, alkaline earth metal thioniobate, alkaline earth metal thiovanadate, ammonium thiotungstate, ammonium thioantimonate, ammonium thiostannate, ammonium thiocuprate, ammonium thioarsenate, ammonium thioaurate, ammonium thioplatinate, ammonium thioniobate and ammonium thiovanadate, to thereby impregnate th

Abstract: A heat-resistant electrically insulated wire has a composite coating layer of a mixture of an inorganic fine powder and an inorganic polymer on a conductor and the composite coating layer has a resinous overcoat layer thereon. The composite coating layer has not artificially been fired, but is adapted to be converted into a ceramic layer when exposed to elevated temperatures during use.

Abstract: A method for producing a multi-component glass fiber preform which comprises the steps of nebulizing an aqueous solution of at least one metal salt, and reacting the nebulized solution and a gaseous glass raw material with oxygen gas at a high temperature to produce particulate glass material deposited on a substrate. Apparatus for producing such a preform is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for the surface treatment of anodic oxide film is disclosed which comprises the steps of electrolyzing the porous surface of anodic oxide film of aluminium or aluminium alloy in an aqueous solution of ammonium thiomolybdate, optionally immersing it in an aqueous solution of ammonium thiomolybdate or alkali metal thiomolybdate and in dilute mineral acid or organic acid alternately, and subjecting it to a heat treatment so as to impregnate the micropores of the anodic oxide film with molybdenum sulfide and to fix the molybdenum sulfide therein.

Abstract: A novel method for crosslinking a polyolefin comprising reacting a polyolefin, which is a low density polyethylene having a density less than 0.93 and melt index of 0.1-0.5 g/10 min. or a polyolefin mixture containing a low density polyethylene having a density less than 0.93 as major component, with an organic silane and a free radical generating compound to form a silane-grafted polyolefin, then mixing silane-grafted polyolefin with a silanol condensation catalyst, and heating them. According to this method, the crosslinking takes place concurrently with forming by extrusion, and a shaped article having a high degree of crosslinking with smooth surface is obtained. The method according to this invention is especially suited for covering electrical wires with polyolefin.

Abstract: A flat type feeder cable comprising an even number of stranded conductors and an outer jacket made of a flexible material wholly covering the stranded conductors, each of said stranded conductors being composed of a plurality of insulated cores stranded together, and wherein an equal number of the stranded conductors are disposed in a symmetrical relationship, characterized in that the direction of lay of each of the stranded conductors of half the number is right-hand while the direction of lay of each of the remaining stranded conductors is left-hand, and each of the plurality of insulated cores constituting each stranded conductor has one twist by one pitch of the stranding of the stranded conductor, said twist having the same direction as the direction of the stranding of the stranded conductor.

Abstract: A method for producing hollow superconducting cable comprises steps of providing grooves on the outer periphery of a hollow conductor adapted to be engageable therewithin fine multi-filamentary superconductors formed beforehand to be fitted into said grooves, and of fixing securely said multi-filamentary superconductors into said grooves by soldering with a metal having a low melting point.

Abstract: An optical fiber for communication comprises an optical fiber covered with a coating of a high-molecular elastomer having a flexural modulus of not less than 200 kg/cm.sup.2 at room temperature, the difference between the flexural moduli of said elastomer at room temperature and about -50.degree. C being not more than 1000 kg/cm.sup.2.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for twisting insulated conductors into quads, four insulated conductors are paid off from stationary bobbins, pretwisted alternately in the S and Z directions and thereafter twisted together into a star quad.

Abstract: A uniform, thick film is formed by applying a powdered metal, alloy, sulfide of metal or glass each particle of which is coated with plastics 1-15% by weight, preferably the particle surfaces having been treated with an aliphatic acid or a silane-type surface-treating agent and the plastics including an organic peroxide, to a substrate by electrostatic powder spraying, fluidized bed coating, electrophoretic deposition, or by electrostatic fluidization, and fixing the layer thus provided on the substrate with heating to such extent that the plastic ingredient is fused or volatilized, to finally produce the desired film. The materials having such films fixed thereon have a wide application for interior building and glass-lining and as material of bearings.

Abstract: Insulated electric power cables comprising a cured insulating material applied over a conductor and a layer of plastic compound comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin and 5-70 parts by weight of calcium oxide as a moisture-absorbing agent, overlying the insulating material and, optionally, lying between the conductor and the insulating material. The presence of calcium oxide serves to absorb steam before it penetrates into the insulating material through the layer of plastic compound being cured by steam, whereby the cured insulating material is free of microvoids and possess good insulation characteristics.

Abstract: The distance from the end of the cable to the dielectric weak point of said cable is measured by applying a D.C. high voltage to said cable and generating a discharge at the dielectric weak point, obtaining a pair of pulse signals one by differentiating a surge signal generated and the other reflected at said dielectric weak point, limiting the amplitude of said pair of pulse signals, and measuring the interval between said pair of pulse signals.