Abstract: A molten metal feed apparatus which can feed molten metal into a casting apparatus by opening a vessel and which is free from leakage of the molten metal from the opening/closing part of the vessel, provided with a holding vessel having an opening at its bottom and holding a metal material, a lid for closing the opening, a drive means for making the lid move with respect to the holding vessel to open or close the opening, and an induction heating coil for heating the metal material by induction of a current to the metal material in the holding vessel and generating a magnetic field applying to the molten metal a force preventing leakage of the molten metal in the holding vessel from between the opening and the lid.

Abstract: A molten metal feed apparatus which can feed molten metal into a casting apparatus by opening a vessel and which is free from leakage of the molten metal from the opening/closing part of the vessel, provided with a holding vessel having an opening at its bottom and holding a metal material, a lid for closing the opening, a drive means for making the lid move with respect to the holding vessel to open or close the opening, and an induction heating coil for heating the metal material by induction of a current to the metal material in the holding vessel and generating a magnetic field applying to the molten metal a force preventing leakage of the molten metal in the holding vessel from between the opening and the lid.

Abstract: Industrial antifungal compositions of the present invention contain as active ingredients both the compounds represented by the general formula (I) and the compounds represented by the general formula (II), said general formulas being mentioned below. By virtue of using two kinds of compounds mentioned above in combination in the compositions, antifungal properties of the present composition sharply augment and hence said compositions are found to have excellent antifungal properties as well as excellent antifungal activities against a wide variety of species of fungi and, moreover, the present compositions are excellent in safety and free from tending to accumulation. ##STR1## wherein R represents methoxycarbonylamino, ethoxycarbonylamino or 4-thiazolyl. ##STR2## wherein X represents halogen or lower alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.