Abstract: Provided is a lighting apparatus that is suitable as a substitute for a conventional halogen lamp when positively utilizing leaked light. The lighting apparatus comprises: a heat dissipator 12 that is in one of a bottomed cylindrical shape and a bowl shape, and that has a bottom portion, a circumferential wall portion, and an opening; and a light-emitting device 18b that is provided inside the heat dissipator 12 at the bottom portion and is operable to emit light, wherein the heat dissipator 12 has one or more windows 19 for leaking the emitted light outside the heat dissipator 12.

Abstract: Provided is a lighting apparatus that is suitable as a substitute for a conventional halogen lamp when positively utilizing leaked light. The lighting apparatus comprises: a heat dissipator 12 that is in one of a bottomed cylindrical shape and a bowl shape, and that has a bottom portion, a circumferential wall portion, and an opening; and a light-emitting device 18b that is provided inside the heat dissipator 12 at the bottom portion and is operable to emit light, wherein the heat dissipator 12 has one or more windows 19 for leaking the emitted light outside the heat dissipator 12.

Abstract: To aim to provide a simple high-pressure discharge lamp apparatus. The lamp apparatus suppresses local temperature increase in an arc tube during lighting, and uniforms temperature in the arc tube. A lamp is built into a reflector so as to form a lamp unit such that a central axis of the lamp coincides with an optical axis of the reflector. A pair of rotating bodies with a fixed interval therebetween each has a circular outer circumferential surface, and the optical axis of the reflector coincides with a central axis of the circumferential surface of the rotating bodies. A pair of electrodes is electrically connected to the circumferential surface of each rotating body, and the rotating bodies are placed on two rotating rollers arranged in parallel. A drive motor drives the lamp unit in a fixed direction on the rotating rollers. Feeding members feed the rotating bodies with power.

Abstract: Provided is a bulb-type lamp including a lightweight housing with great handleability. An LED light bulb comprises: an LED module on which LEDs are mounted; a cylindrically-shaped case having openings at both ends, which are first and second ends; a mount member on a front surface of which the LED module is mounted, the mount member closing a corresponding one of the openings of the case by being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the first end of the case; a base member attached to the second end of the case; and a lighting circuit that is disposed inside the case. A wall thickness of the case is in a range of 200 ?m to 500 ?m inclusive, and the wall thickness of at least one portion of the case decreases from the first end toward the second end of the case.

Abstract: One end of a cylindrical mount 10 is attached to an end of a cylindrical base 30 that is to be inserted into a socket of a lighting fixture. The end of the mount 10 is rotatable around a central axis of a base 30. A support 40 is attached to other end of the mount 10 so as to rotate integrally with the mount 10. An LED module 51 that includes a plurality of LED chips is attached to the support 40. An end face 43a, on which the LED module 51 is attached, is provided on the support 40. The end face 43a is formed so that the direction of light emitted by the LED chips provided on the LED module 51 is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the axial direction of the base 30.

Abstract: One end of a cylindrical mount 10 is attached to an end of a cylindrical base 30 that is to be inserted into a socket of a lighting fixture. The end of the mount 10 is rotatable around a central axis of a base 30. A support 40 is attached to other end of the mount 10 so as to rotate integrally with the mount 10. An LED module 51 that includes a plurality of LED chips is attached to the support 40. An end face 43a, on which the LED module 51 is attached, is provided on the support 40. The end face 43a is formed so that the direction of light emitted by the LED chips provided on the LED module 51 is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the axial direction of the base 30.

Abstract: Provided is a bulb-type lamp including a lightweight housing with great handleability. An LED light bulb comprises: an LED module on which LEDs are mounted; a cylindrically-shaped case having openings at both ends, which are first and second ends; a mount member on a front surface of which the LED module is mounted, the mount member closing a corresponding one of the openings of the case by being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the first end of the case; a base member attached to the second end of the case; and a lighting circuit that is disposed inside the case. A wall thickness of the case is in a range of 200 ?m to 500 ?m inclusive, and the wall thickness of at least one portion of the case decreases from the first end toward the second end of the case.

Abstract: Provided is a bulb-type lamp including a lightweight housing with great handleability. An LED light bulb (1) comprises: an LED module (3) on which LEDs are mounted; a cylindrically-shaped case (7) having openings at both ends, which are first and second ends; a mount member (5) on a front surface of which the LED module (3) is mounted, the mount member (5) closing a corresponding one of the openings of the case (7) by being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the first end of the case (7); a base member (91) attached to the second end of the case (7); and a lighting circuit (11) that is disposed inside the case (7). A wall thickness of the case (7) is in a range of 200 ?m to 500 ?m inclusive, and the wall thickness of at least one portion of the case (7) decreases from the first end toward the second end of the case (7).

Abstract: Provided is a lighting apparatus that is suitable as a substitute for a conventional halogen lamp when positively utilizing leaked light. The lighting apparatus comprises: a heat dissipator 12 that is in one of a bottomed cylindrical shape and a bowl shape, and that has a bottom portion, a circumferential wall portion, and an opening; and a light-emitting device 18b that is provided inside the heat dissipator 12 at the bottom portion and is operable to emit light, wherein the heat dissipator 12 has one or more windows 19 for leaking the emitted light outside the heat dissipator 12.

Abstract: To aim to provide a simple high-pressure discharge lamp apparatus. The lamp apparatus suppresses local temperature increase in an arc tube during lighting, and uniforms temperature in the arc tube. A lamp is built into a reflector so as to form a lamp unit such that a central axis of the lamp coincides with an optical axis of the reflector. A pair of rotating bodies with a fixed interval therebetween each has a circular outer circumferential surface, and the optical axis of the reflector coincides with a central axis of the circumferential surface of the rotating bodies. A pair of electrodes is electrically connected to the circumferential surface of each rotating body, and the rotating bodies are placed on two rotating rollers arranged in parallel. A drive motor drives the lamp unit in a fixed direction on the rotating rollers. Feeding members feed the rotating bodies with power.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a brominated polystyrene, which comprises reacting a polystyrene dissolved or dispersed in a halogenated hydrocarbon type solvent, with a brominating agent in the presence of an antimony oxide catalyst.

Abstract: An injection compacting composition having excellent injection compacting characteristics such as powder flowability and an excellent binder removability and being capable of providing compacts having a high strength and sintered compacts having no defects such as warpage and cracks in high yields, which comprises (1) an inorganic powder and (2) an organic binder comprising a composite acrylic polymer and a wax having a melting point of at most 100.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for preparing an organic binder which is suitable for use in the preparation of a sintered body of an inorganic powder such as a metallic powder or a ceramic powder, and which is superior in compactibility of the inorganic powder, removability from compacts of the inorganic powder prior to sintering, and yield and quality of sintered body, the process comprising the steps of dissolving (a) an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer in (b) an acrylic or methacrylic acid ester or a mixture thereof with a styrene compound, dispersing the resulting solution in an aqueous medium containing a dispersing agent, and carrying out a suspension polymerization in the presence of a polymerization initiator such as an oil-soluble initiator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing imide bond-containing resins. The method comprises reacting a halogenated phthalic anhydride, a specific copolymer and a diisocyanate compound in an inert solvent in the presence of a quaternary phosphonium compound as a catalyst to give an imide bond-containing resin in high yield. The imide bond-containing resins provide flammable substances with good fire or flame resistance and at the same time themselves have good heat resistance and weather resistance. Therefore, the resins can be used as flame retardants in a broad range of application.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel oxyalkylated quaternary ammonium compounds, processes for their production and plant growth regulating compositions containing the same compounds. Each of these oxyalkylated quaternary ammonium compounds consists of an oxyalkylated quaternary ammonium cation and an anion selected from among carboxylic acid residues, aminosulfonic acid residues and phosphoric acid ester residues. These oxyalkylated quaternary ammonium compounds are least phytotoxic, produce marked growth regulating effects on a broad species of plants and are not easily decomposed by microorganisms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing imide bond-containing compounds and flame retardants comprising such compounds. The method comprises reacting an acid anhydride with an isocyanate compound in an inert solvent in the presence of a tertiary amine as catalyst. The imide bond-containing compounds thus obtained provide flammable substances with good flame resistance and at the same time themselves have good heat resistance and weather resistance. Therefore, the flame retardants comprising such compounds have a wide field of application.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing imide bond-containing resins and flame retardants comprising such resins. The method comprises reacting a halogenated phthalic anhydride, a specific copolymer and a diisocyanate compound in an inert solvent in the presence of a tertiary amine as a catalyst to give an imide bond-containing resin. The resins provide flammable substances with good fire or flame resistance and at the same time themselves have good heat resistance and weather resistance. Therefore, the flame retardants comprising these resins have a wide field of application.

Abstract: A cationic herbicidal composition which contains as an active ingredient a quaternary ammonium salt of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl or alkenyl group of up to 22 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each is an alkyl or alkenyl group of up to 22 carbon atoms, a benzyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group of up to 4 carbon atoms; R.sub.4 is a hydroxyalkyl group of up to 4 carbon atoms; and R.sub.5 is an alkyl group of 1 to 22 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a C.sub.1-22 alkyl- or hydroxy-substituted phenyl group, or a naphthyl group.

Abstract: Provided is a lighting apparatus that is suitable as a substitute for a conventional halogen lamp when positively utilizing leaked light. The lighting apparatus comprises: a heat dissipator 12 that is in one of a bottomed cylindrical shape and a bowl shape, and that has a bottom portion, a circumferential wall portion, and an opening; and a light-emitting device 18b that is provided inside the heat dissipator 12 at the bottom portion and is operable to emit light, wherein the heat dissipator 12 has one or more windows 19 for leaking the emitted light outside the heat dissipator 12.

Abstract: Provided is a lighting apparatus that is suitable as a substitute for a conventional halogen lamp when positively utilizing leaked light. The lighting apparatus comprises: a heat dissipator 12 that is in one of a bottomed cylindrical shape and a bowl shape, and that has a bottom portion, a circumferential wall portion, and an opening; and a light-emitting device 18b that is provided inside the heat dissipator 12 at the bottom portion and is operable to emit light, wherein the heat dissipator 12 has one or more windows 19 for leaking the emitted light outside the heat dissipater 12.