Abstract: A control device for operating electronic equipment having a generally elongated body and rotatable selection portion that is rotatable to any one of a plurality of operation mode positions. A display unit displays information associated with each mode, and a single common actuator activates the selected mode. The display unit may include a curved window that extends at least 180 degrees around the body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting powder coating composition that is capable of forming a coating film having excellent moisture resistance, excellent corrosion resistance, etc. More specifically, the present invention provides a thermosetting powder coating composition comprising a carboxy-containing resin (A), a ?-hydroxyalkylamide curing agent (B), and an anticorrosive (C) that comprises a strontium carbonate-modified aluminum phosphate.

Abstract: The control device (1) for operating electronic equipment includes a generally elongated body (2) and rotatable selection means (6) rotatable to any one of a plurality of operation mode positions, display means (3, 8) for displaying information associated with each mode, and a single common activating means (7) for activating the selected mode. The display means may include a curved window (3) extending at least 180 degrees around the body means.

Abstract: In order to provide an electric rotary machine in which the cooling performance can be improved without providing specific means on the flow path of cooling gas and without increasing the flow rate of the cooling gas, a plurality of through holes 21 perforated in each of plate-shaped conductors 16 forming a winding conductor 15 are arranged in plural rows of through holes 21a, 21b in the width direction of the plate-shaped conductor, a plurality of cooling gas flow paths 20 formed in the winding conductor 15 branch off into plural rows and the cooling area for the cooling gas is increased.

Abstract: An optically active (+)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-(indole-3-)butyric acid is produced by a method which consists essentially of causing 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol to react on a racemic modification 4,4,4-trifluoro-3-(indole-3-)butyric acid thereby forming a reaction solution containing the trifluoroethyl ester of the butyric acid, causing an enzyme having an esterase activity to act on the reaction solution thereby forming an optically active (+)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-(indole-3-)butyric acid, and thereafter separating the reaction product from the reaction solution.

Abstract: An agent for increasing the sugar content and/or decreasing the acid content of plant fruits has as a substantial main component thereof a fluorine-containing .beta.-indolebutyric acid compound represented by the general formula ##STR1## (wherein Y stands for one member selected from the class consisting of hydroxyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, and alkyl amino group and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently stand for one member selected from the class consisting of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl group, nitro group, amino group, and alkyl amino group). A method for producing ripe fruits having a high sugar content and/or a low acid content by causing the fluorine-containing .beta.-indolebutyric acid compound mentioned above to adhere to unripe fruits on plants and plants bearing fruits and subsequently allowing the fruits to mature.

Abstract: A substituted fluorine-containing .beta.-indolebutyric acid compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Y stands for one member selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, and alkylamino group, at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 stands for one member selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl group, nitro group, amino group, and alkylamino group, and the remaining one, if any, for a hydrogen atom, a plant growth regulating agent having as a substantial main component thereof the substituted fluorine-containing .beta.-indolebutyric acid compound, and a method for regulating the length of roots sprouting from plant seeds and the length of hypocotyls by causing adhesion of the substituted fluorine-containing .beta.-indolebutyric acid compound to the plant seeds.

Abstract: A method for continuous thermogravimetric analysis of coal, or other materials rich in carbon, for volatile matter and ash content, including the steps of exposing a coal sample to an atmosphere consisting essentially of about 1 to 5% by volume of oxygen and the remainder being nitrogen and inevitable impurities at a first specified temperature for a first given time, weighing the coal sample to determine a first weight loss during the first given time, the first weight loss corresponding to the amount of volatile matter in the coal sample, burning the coal sample under an oxygen atmosphere having a higher than normal oxygen concentration for a second given time at a temperature sufficient to burn carbon containing materials in the coal sample, and weighing the coal sample to determine a second weight loss during the first given time and the second given time, the second weight loss corresponding to the amount of volatile matter and the amount of ash content in the coal sample.

Abstract: A flame-retardant synthetic resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer and ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer resins as a base polymer and, incorporated therein (A) a polyester fiber cut into a length smaller than 10 mm and/or a polyester powder having a particle size smaller than 10 mesh and (B) a polyphosphoric acid compound having a higher water resistance, wherein the amount of the thermoplastic resin is 40 to 95% by weight, the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 5 to 60% by weight and the component (A)/component (B) weight ratio is in the range of from 5/1 to 1/20.

Abstract: A sheet coated with beads and comprising a flexible sheet substrate and a transparent bead layer formed on the surface of the substrate integrally therewith, with an adhesive layer provided therebetween. Another bead-coated sheet comprises an elastic flexible sheet substrate, a hard transparent bead layer formed over the surface of the substrate with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, a transparent cover coat layer integrally formed on the bead layer and a transparent top coat layer integrally formed on the cover coat layer and having lower hardness than the beads. The coat layers permit the bead layer to retain surface projections provided by the beads.