Abstract: A shock absorber for a crawler is disclosed. The shock absorber may have a coil spring to bias an idler wheel from a frame of the crawler. The shock absorber may also have an adjustment cylinder to adjust a bias force of the coil spring. The adjustment cylinder may have a flange projecting radially outward. The shock absorber may have a support member disposed circumferentially around at least a portion of the adjustment cylinder. The support member may have a spring bearing portion projecting radially outward. The shock absorber may have a retaining plate projecting radially from the adjustment cylinder. The retaining plate may be configured to prevent axial separation of the adjustment cylinder and the support member. The coil spring may be positioned on an outer peripheral side of the adjustment cylinder and the support member and disposed in abutting contact with the flange and the spring bearing portion.

Abstract: In the temperature-gradient type multistage condenser, a first cooling step is carried out at an outer cooling cylinder storing a freezing mixture. The outer cooling cylinder has an opening at the upper portion thereof and is constructed of double walls having a predetermined space between the walls, a second cooling step is carried out at a vertical pipe disposed substantially coaxially in the outer cooling cylinder, and a third cooling step is carried out at an inner cooling cylinder through which the vertical pipe passes. The cooling capacity is gradually increased as cooling proceeds from the first cooling step, and becomes substantially highest at the third cooling step wherein solvent vapor becomes thin.

Abstract: An apparatus for gas/liquid separation has a heat-exchanging condensor housed in an adiabaic coolant container, in combination with an adiabatic reservoir for the condensed liquid. The condensor has an inner pipe conduit for a passive coolant which circulates through the conduit, and the container and is cooled by a freezer coil of an outside refrigerator and effectively cools the solvent vapor travelling through a clearance formed between the inner side wall of said condensor and outer side wall of said inner pipe conduit. This feature enables a continuous operation without troublesome replenishing of an active component in a freezing mixture as an active coolant. The adiabatic reservoir receives the condensed liquid and has a visual gauge for monitoring. A communicating plug detachably provided on the shoulder of the adiabatic reservoir serves to supply an auxiliary freeze-protecting solvent into the reservoir, for easy treatment of a solvent which is liable to be solidified by excessive cooling.

Abstract: A method whereby slip is applied for providing an enamel coating to interior surfaces of a tank such as a heat exchanger of a hot water boiler, electric water heater and the like fabricated beforehand as by welding. In this method, a larger amount of slip than that actually required for applying the slip coating to the interior surfaces of the tank is introduced into the tank to be applied thereto with the tank being rotated, and the excess slip which has not been applied to the surfaces is forcedly drained from the tank at a rate higher than the rate at which the slip moves relative to the enameled surfaces and which moving rate is determined by the liquid level of the slip within the tank and the size of a discharge port, so that an enamel coating of a desired thickness can be formed on the interior surfaces of the tank. In order to forcedly drain the excess slip from the tank, pneumatic pressure is supplied to the interior of the tank prior to slip application.