Abstract: An outdoor unit (1) of an air conditioner comprises a unit case having a rectangular shape in section and composed of side panels (4, 4, - -) in which a machine chamber (3) and a heat exchanger chamber (2) are defined so as to be vertically aligned in an installed state with the heat exchanger chamber being disposed above the machine chamber and being sectioned therefrom by means of a partition plate (12) which also acts as a drain plate or pan, and the side panels surrounding the heat exchanger chamber is formed with air suction ports (4a, 4a - -). The outdoor unit (1) further comprises a heat exchanger unit (17, 18) having four side wall sections at least opposing two of which are inclined inward by a predetermined angle with respect to inner surfaces of the side panels to which the air suction ports are formed. Thus, the outside air can be effectively and smoothly introduced inside the outdoor unit.

Abstract: An outdoor unit (1) of an air conditioner comprises a unit case having a rectangular shape in section and composed of side panels (4, 4, - - - ) in which a machine chamber (3) and a heat exchanger chamber (2) are defined so as to be vertically aligned in an installed state with the heat exchanger chamber being disposed above the machine chamber and being sectioned therefrom by means of a partition plate (12) which also acts as a drain plate or pan, and the side panels surrounding the heat exchanger chamber is formed with air suction ports (4a, 4a - - - ). The outdoor unit (1) further comprises a heat exchanger unit (17, 18) having four side wall sections at least opposing two of which are inclined inward by a predetermined angle with respect to inner surfaces of the side panels to which the air suction ports are formed. Thus, the outside air can be effectively and smoothly introduced inside the outdoor unit.

Abstract: A highly oxygen-permeable heat-resistant material consisting essentially of a polymer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable component containing a silicon-containing stilbene derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which are independent of each other, is a hydrogen atom or a group of the formula (II):--Si.sub.p O.sub.p-1 (CH.sub.3).sub.2p+1 (II)wherein p is an integer of from 1 to 8, provided that at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is the group of the formula (II).

Abstract: A method of producing a contact lens provided with an identifying mark is disclosed. According to this method, a printing liquid is first prepared by dissolving a pigment in an organic solvent which is permeable into a lens material for the contact lens. This printing liquid is applied to a predetermined portion of a lens surface of the contact lens, such that the printing liquid permeates into an interior of the lens, thereby to form a colored region on the lens surface. The colored region thus formed consists of a first portion permeating into the interior of the lens, and a second portion protruding from the lens surface. Then, the second portion of the colored region is removed so as to smooth the lens surface, whereby the identifying mark is constituted by the first portion of the colored region.