Abstract: To provide a powder primer composition excellent in adhesion properties and a laminate obtained by using it. The power primer composition comprises a powder made of a reactive ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer containing repeating units (A) based on tetrafluoroethylene, repeating units (B) based on ethylene, and repeating units (C) based on a monomer having an acid anhydride residue and a polymerizable unsaturated bond, wherein (C)/((A)+(B)) is from 1/10,000 to 5/100 by molar ratio; and a powder made of an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of from 500 to 2,700 and a softening point of at least 70° C.; wherein the mass ratio of the powder made of a reactive ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer to the powder made of an epoxy resin is from 99/1 to 80/20.

Abstract: This invention provides a piston in which the moving piston unit can be prevented from rotating with respect the base piston unit, while suppressing the increase of the sliding resistance the piston has with respect to the cylinder. The circumferential wall of the moving piston unit has a pair of skirt parts opposing each other across a piston boss and a pair of side-wall parts coupling the skirt parts and each having an outer circumferential surface concaved toward the central axis X1 of the piston. The side-wall parts have a penetration part each, which penetrates the side-wall part and extends in the directions the moving piston unit reciprocates with respect to the base piston unit. The base piston unit has rotation preventing projections that project perpendicular to the central axis of the piston and are inserted into the penetration parts.

Abstract: To provide a liquid primer composition excellent in adhesion properties and a laminate using the same. The liquid primer composition comprises a powder (X) made of a reactive ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer containing repeating units (A) based on tetrafluoroethylene, repeating units (B) based on ethylene, and repeating units (C) based on a monomer having an acid anhydride residue and a polymerizable unsaturated bond, in a content ratio of (C)/((A)+(B)) being from 1/10,000 to 5/100 by molar ratio; a powder (Y) made of an epoxy resin; and water (Z); wherein the content of the powder (Y) made of an epoxy resin is from 1 to 30 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the powder (X) made of a reactive ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.

Abstract: To provide a powder primer composition excellent in adhesion properties and a laminate obtained by using it. The power primer composition comprises a powder made of a reactive ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer containing repeating units (A) based on tetrafluoroethylene, repeating units (B) based on ethylene, and repeating units (C) based on a monomer having an acid anhydride residue and a polymerizable unsaturated bond, wherein (C)/((A)+(B)) is from 1/10,000 to 5/100 by molar ratio; and a powder made of an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of from 500 to 2,700 and a softening point of at least 70° C.; wherein the mass ratio of the powder made of a reactive ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer to the powder made of an epoxy resin is from 99/1 to 80/20.

Abstract: This invention provides a piston in which the moving piston unit can be prevented from rotating with respect the base piston unit, while suppressing the increase of the sliding resistance the piston has with respect to the cylinder. The circumferential wall of the moving piston unit has a pair of skirt parts opposing each other across a piston boss and a pair of side-wall parts coupling the skirt parts and each having an outer circumferential surface concaved toward the central axis X1 of the piston. The side-wall parts have a penetration part each, which penetrates the side-wall part and extends in the directions the moving piston unit reciprocates with respect to the base piston unit. The base piston unit has rotation preventing projections that project perpendicular to the central axis of the piston and are inserted into the penetration parts.

Abstract: This invention provide an aqueous PTFE dispersion and a process for efficiently producing the aqueous PTFE dispersion for coagulation processing having excellent coagulation properties of PTFE microparticles. The process involves adding a synthetic adsorbent, having a specific surface area of from 100 to 2,000 m2/g, to an aqueous PTFE dispersion containing both PTFE microparticles, having an average particle size of from 0.10 to 0.50 ?m, and a nonionic surfactant, followed by stirring or shaking and then separation into a liquid phase and a solid phase, and recovering an aqueous PTFE dispersion which contains from 45 to 70 mass % of PTFE microparticles having an average particle size of from 0.10 to 0.50 ?m and from 1.4 to 2.1 mass %, based on the mass of the PTFE microparticles, of a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: This invention provide an aqueous PTFE dispersion and a process for efficiently producing the aqueous PTFE dispersion for coagulation processing having excellent coagulation properties of PTFE microparticles. The process involves adding a synthetic adsorbent, having a specific surface area of from 100 to 2,000 m2/g, to an aqueous PTFE dispersion containing both PTFE microparticles, having an average particle size of from 0.10 to 0.50 ?m, and a nonionic surfactant, followed by stirring or shaking and then separation into a liquid phase and a solid phase, and recovering an aqueous PTFE dispersion which contains from 45 to 70 mass % of PTFE microparticles having an average particle size of from 0.10 to 0.50 ?m and from 1.4 to 2.1 mass %, based on the mass of the PTFE microparticles, of a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: A process for producing filler-containing polytetrafluoroethylene granules by an underwater agitation granulation method, whereby filler-containing polytetrafluoroethylene granules excellent in flowability can be obtained with little detachment of the filler and it is possible to prevent discharge of a polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion into waste liquid, the process characterized in that in a stage of granulating a mixture of polytetrafluoroethylene powder and a filler by agitation in water in the presence of a liquid organic substance hardly soluble in water, a polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion and a coagulant are added to coagulate the polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion as a surface layer of the filler-containing polytetrafluoroethylene granules.

Abstract: To provide an aqueous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) emulsion which does not substantially contain ammonium perfluorooctanoate, and which is obtained by emulsion polymerization. Further, to provide a PTFE fine powder which is obtained from the aqueous PTFE emulsion and is excellent in a paste extrusion processability, and a porous material. An aqueous polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion obtained by carrying out emulsion polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene alone or together with another copolymerizable monomer in an aqueous medium, wherein a fluorinated emulsifier of the formula (1): CF2CF2(O)mCF2CF2OCF2COOA wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, A is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NH4, and m is an integer of 0 or i, is used in an amount of from 1,500 to 20,000 ppm, based on the final yield of polytetrafluoroethylene.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing an aqueous fluorinated polymer dispersion having a reduced content of a fluorinated emulsifier by using a weakly basic anion-exchange resin to adsorb and remove a fluorinated emulsifier with excellent efficiency from an aqueous fluorinated polymer dispersion. Also provided is a process for producing an aqueous fluorinated polymer dispersion having a reduced content of a fluorinated emulsifier, wherein the process includes: adding an organic carboxylic acid represented by the following formula (1): Q(CH2)m(CH(OH))nCOOH??(1) wherein Q is H, CH3 or COOH, m and n each independently represent 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4, and 4?n+m?1, to an aqueous fluorinated polymer dispersion containing a fluorinated emulsifier; and then contacting with a weakly basic anion-exchange resin to adsorb and remove the fluorinated emulsifier.

Abstract: The variable valve gear for an internal combustion engine includes a cam lobe that is rotatably supported by a cam drive shaft, and a variable valve mechanism that includes a drive arm fixed adjacent to one end of the cam lobe in the cam drive shaft, an eccentric shaft member that is swivelably supported at a position opposite to the cam lobe with respect to the drive arm in the cam drive shaft, has an outer circumferential surface eccentric to an axis of the cam drive shaft, and is adjustable in eccentricity, and an intermediate rotary member that is rotatably supported through a bearing member around the eccentric shaft member, and is connected to the drive arm, wherein the drive arm includes an end face that overlaps with an end face of the bearing member, when projecting along the axis of the cam drive shaft, and the end face of the drive arm is protruding further than the end face of the cam lobe toward the bearing member.

Abstract: To provide a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) aqueous dispersion, which does not substantially contain ammonium perfluorooctanoate and is excellent in mechanical stability, wettability, permeability and coating property, and its product. A PTFE aqueous dispersion comprising from 15 to 70 mass % of PTFE fine particles having an average particle size of from 0.1 to 0.5 ?m, from 1×10?5 to 0.5 mass %, based on the mass of the PTFE, of a fluorinated emulsifier of the formula (1): XCF2CF2(O)mCF2CF2OCF2COOA, wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, A is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NH4 and m is an integer of 0 or 1, and from 1 to 20 mass %, based on the mass of the PTFE, of a nonionic surfactant.

Abstract: A fluororesin aqueous dispersion comprising from 20 to 70 mass % of microparticles of a fluororesin and from 1 to 12 mass %, based on the mass of the fluororesin, of a non-ionic surfactant represented by the formula (1): R1—O-A-X??(1) wherein R1 is a C6-18 alkyl group, O is an oxygen atom, A is a polyoxyalkylene group comprising from 1 to 3 oxybutylene groups and from 5 to 20 oxyethylene groups, and X is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: A simple and efficient method for regenerating a basic anion-exchange resin, whereby at the time of removing a fluorinated emulsifier from a basic anion-exchange resin having the fluorinated emulsifier adsorbed thereon, it is unnecessary to provide a safety device/recovery technique necessary for handling an organic solvent by the use of a combustible organic solvent represented by an alcohol, and a burden imposed by e.g. treatment against COD load, is eliminated. A basic anion-exchange resin having a fluorinated emulsifier adsorbed thereon is contacted with an aqueous alkaline solution having a temperature of from 60 to 105° C. to elute the fluorinated emulsifier thereby to regenerate the basic anion-exchange resin.

Abstract: The variable valve gear for an internal combustion engine includes a cam lobe that is rotatably supported by a cam drive shaft, and a variable valve mechanism that includes a drive arm fixed adjacent to one end of the cam lobe in the cam drive shaft, an eccentric shaft member that is swivelably supported at a position opposite to the cam lobe with respect to the drive arm in the cam drive shaft, has an outer circumferential surface eccentric to an axis of the cam drive shaft, and is adjustable in eccentricity, and an intermediate rotary member that is rotatably supported through a bearing member around the eccentric shaft member, and is connected to the drive arm, wherein the drive arm includes an end face that overlaps with an end face of the bearing member, when projecting along the axis of the cam drive shaft, and the end face of the drive arm is protruding further than the end face of the cam lobe toward the bearing member.

Abstract: A variable valve-operating system for an internal combustion engine, comprising a cylinder head having an intake or exhaust valve, a camshaft rotatably supported by the cylinder head, a cam body rotatably fitted around the camshaft and including a cam lobe having an outer peripheral surface for driving the valve and a boss protruding radially from the cam body, and a valve open period-varying mechanism supported on the camshaft and including an intermediate rotating member having a center of rotation offset from the camshaft, the mechanism transmits rotation of the camshaft to the boss of the cam body through the intermediate rotating member and also permits the valve open period of the valve to be varied through adjustment of the eccentric phase angle of the intermediate rotating member, wherein at least a part of the boss is so positioned as to overlap with the profile of a nose of the cam lobe when viewed in the axial direction of the cam body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing an aqueous fluorinated polymer dispersion having a reduced content of a fluorinated emulsifier by using a weakly basic anion-exchange resin to let it adsorb and remove a fluorinated emulsifier with excellent efficiency from an aqueous fluorinated polymer dispersion. A process for producing an aqueous fluorinated polymer dispersion having a reduced content of a fluorinated emulsifier, which comprises adding an organic carboxylic acid represented by the following formula (1) Q(CH2)m(CH(OH))nCOOH??(1) (wherein Q is H, CH3 or COOH, each of m and n which are independent of each other, is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4, and 4?n+m?1.) to an aqueous fluorinated polymer dispersion containing a fluorinated emulsifier, followed by contact with a weakly basic anion-exchange resin to adsorb and remove the fluorinated emulsifier.

Abstract: To obtain a high concentration aqueous PTFE dispersion containing PTFE at a concentration of from 60 to 75 mass % by dissolving from 0.001 to 0.1 mass %, based on the mass of PTFE, of a specific carboxylic acid salt such as ammonium laurate in a low concentration aqueous dispersion of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) comprising from 1 to 40 mass % of PTFE fine particles, from 0.0001 to 0.02 mass %, based on the mass of PTFE, of a specific fluorine-containing carboxylic acid type emulsifier (for example, ammonium perfluorooctanoate), and from 1 to 20 mass %, based on the mass of PTFE, of a specific nonionic surfactant, and then concentrating the low concentration aqueous dispersion of PTFE.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) comprising from 55 to 70 mass % of PTFE fine particles having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 0.5 ?m, from 0.0001 to 0.02 mass %, based on PTFE, of a specific C8 fluorine-containing carboxylic acid salt (APFO) such as ammonium perfluorooctanoate, from 1 to 20 mass %, based on PTFE, of a specific nonionic surfactant and from 0.01 to 0.3 mass %, based on PTFE, of a specific C5-7 fluorine-containing carboxylic acid salt such as ammonium perfluorohexanoate. The aqueous dispersion of PTFE has excellent properties which can form crack-resistant coatings which do not undergo coloration during baking or form problematic ionic impurities by improving the friction stability of aqueous PTFE dispersions even at APFO concentrations without viscosity increase.

Abstract: To provide a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) aqueous dispersion, which does not substantially contain ammonium perfluorooctanoate and is excellent in mechanical stability, wettability, permeability and coating property, and its product. A PTFE aqueous dispersion comprising from 15 to 70 mass % of PTFE fine particles having an average particle size of from 0.1 to 0.5 ?m, from 1×10?5 to 0.5 mass %, based on the mass of the PTFE, of a fluorinated emulsifier of the formula (1): XCF2CF2(O)mCF2CF2OCF2COOA, wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, A is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or NH4 and m is an integer of 0 or 1, and from 1 to 20 mass %, based on the mass of the PTFE, of a nonionic surfactant.