Abstract: A polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising a first separators for oxidizing gas and a second separator for fuel gas and a membrane/electrode assembly sandwiched between the separators. A first group of oxidizing gas flow passages flowing, from an entrance towards a turning point, has the longer length than a second group of oxidizing gas flow passages. The second group of flow passages, from the turning point towards an exit, are formed on the plane of the first separator. A downstream of the flow passages of the first group is located near an upper stream of the flow passages of the second. The flow passages of the first group and flow passages of the second group adjoin one another on the plane of the first separator.

Abstract: A fuel hose which has excellent permeation resistance to gasoline, sour gasoline resistance, amine resistance and low temperature properties, and has excellent electrical conductivity. The fuel hose has a laminate structure comprising an innermost layer made of the rubber blend (A) of an acrylic rubber and an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber wherein acrylonitrile is present in a proportion of 15 wt % to 30 wt %, or an acrylic rubber (B) having a skeleton derived from acrylonitrile in its molecular skeleton, and a fluororesin layer formed on a peripheral surface of the innermost layer.

Abstract: A rubber hose having a multilayer wall is formed of an inner layer of NBR type rubber having a high AN content, available at a low cost and highly impermeable to fuel and an outer layer of a rubber composition having a minimum Mooney viscosity of 25 to 65 at its curing temperature and highly resistant to flattening. Those layers are extruded and cured together without the aid of any mandrel owing to the inside diameter and wall thickness of the hose and the thickness of the outer layer which fall within specific ranges. This process enables the manufacture of a fuel hose having a high fuel impermeability at a low cost, while protecting its inner wall effectively from flattening during curing.

Abstract: A rubber hose having a multilayer wall is formed of an inner layer of NBR type rubber having a high AN content, available at a low cost and highly impermeable to fuel and an outer layer of a rubber composition having a minimum Mooney viscosity of 25 to 65 at its curing temperature and highly resistant to flattening. Those layers are extruded and cured together without the aid of any mandrel owing to the inside diameter and wall thickness of the hose and the thickness of the outer layer which fall within specific ranges. This process enables the manufacture of a fuel hose having a high fuel impermeability at a low cost, while protecting its inner wall effectively from flattening during curing.

Abstract: A printer device includes a plurality of discharge electrodes provided in a slit to which ink containing charged pigment particles is supplied, a plurality of opposing electrodes opposing the plurality of discharge electrodes, a pulse electric field applicator for forming a pulse electric field between the plurality of discharge electrodes and the plurality of opposing electrodes, and auxiliary electrodes. The auxiliary electrodes are provided at both sides of respective ones of the plurality of discharge electrodes, and a high or low potential is applied to the auxiliary electrodes so as to cancel out an electric interaction between respective ones of the plurality of discharge electrodes.