Abstract: This driving device for energy replenishment port visor member includes: a visor member which advances/retracts between an advanced position for covering, from above, a replenishment port exposed at a vehicle-body-side opening and used for replenishing a vehicle with energy, and a retracted position where the visor member is retracted from above the replenishment port; a visor driving unit which advances/retracts the visor member between the advanced position and the retracted position; a gun connection detection unit which detects whether or not an energy replenishment gun is connected to the replenishment port; and a control unit which causes the visor driving unit to execute advancing-driving for advancing the visor member from the retracted position to the advanced position, when the gun connection detection unit has detected that the energy replenishment gun is connected to the replenishment port in a state in which the visor member is at the retracted position.

Abstract: An image display apparatus has: an imaging device (11L, 11R) that is placed at a tiltable housing (15L, 15R) and that is configured to image a rear side area (BL_area, BR_area) of a vehicle (1), the housing being allowed to rotate around a predetermined rotational axis (?L, ?R) that is along a direction inclined to a yaw axis of the vehicle; and a displaying device (14) that is configured to display an external image captured by the imaging device.

Abstract: An image display apparatus has: an imaging device (11L, 11R) that is placed at a tiltable housing (15L, 15R) and that is configured to image a rear side area (BL_area, BR_area) of a vehicle (1), the housing being allowed to rotate around a predetermined rotational axis (?L, ?R) that is along a direction inclined to a yaw axis of the vehicle; and a displaying device (14) that is configured to display an external image captured by the imaging device.

Abstract: A weather strip for a sliding type rear door is applied to a car which is unfurnished with a center pillar, and is furnished with a front door turnable about hinges provided at the front end thereof and with a sliding rear door which slides back and forth. The weather strip is attached to the front end of the rear door and includes a tapered lip portion extending toward the front door. The tapered lip portion is formed on a molded portion of the weather strip formed at the upper end portion thereof. The tapered portion elastically contacts an opening seal attached to a roof side of a car body and a weather strip attached to a rear end of the front door when the rear door is closed. A guide portion is formed at the lower half of the lip portion. The guide portion is thicker than the lip portion, and it contacts the opening seal and the front door weather strip immediately before the tip end of the tapered lip portion contacts the opening seal and the front door weather strip.

Abstract: A weather strip for a sliding type rear door is applied to a car which is unfurnished with a center pillar, and is furnished with a front door turnable about hinges provided at the front end thereof and with a sliding rear door which slides back and forth. The weather strip is attached to the front end of the rear door and includes a tapered lip portion extending toward the front door. The tapered lip portion is formed on a molded portion of the weather strip formed at the upper end portion thereof. The tapered portion elastically contacts an opening seal attached to a roof side of a car body and a weather strip attached to a rear end of the front door when the rear door is closed. A guide portion is formed at the lower half of the lip portion. The guide portion is thicker than the lip portion, and it contacts the opening seal and the front door weather strip immediately before the tip end of the tapered lip portion contacts the opening seal and the front door weather strip.

Abstract: In a method for separating isophthalonitrile from a gas produced by causing m-xylene to react with ammonia and oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, the gas is brought into contact with an organic solvent having a boiling point lower than that of isophthalonitrile; a liquid in which isophthalonitrile is trapped in a trapping step is distilled, to thereby recover isophthalonitrile and the organic solvent from the top of the column and separate at the bottom of the column impurities having boiling points higher than that of isophthalonitrile; and the organic solvent is recovered from the top of the rectification column and liquefied isophthalonitrile of high purity is recovered at the bottom of the column.

Abstract: A method for producing xylylenediamine by hydrogenating phthalonitrile synthesized through ammoxidation of xylene, wherein phthalonitrile is trapped in an organic solvent (A) by bringing a gas produced through ammoxidation into direct contact with the organic solvent (A), and hydrogenation including adding liquid ammonia to the resultant mixture is carried out without separation of phthalonitrile trapped in the organic solvent (A). Through this method, the phthalonitrile can be readily recovered from the produced gas and at high yield without need for new equipment, and xylylenediamine can be efficiently produced through hydrogenation. Xylylenediamine of high purity can be obtained by subjecting the produced xylylenediamine to extraction by use of an organic solvent (B) and water.

Abstract: In a method for separating isophthalonitrile from a gas produced by causing m-xylene to react with ammonia and oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, the gas is brought into contact with an organic solvent having a boiling point lower than that of isophthalonitrile; a liquid in which isophthalonitrile is trapped in a trapping step is distilled, to thereby recover isophthalonitrile and the organic solvent from the top of the column and separate at the bottom of the column impurities having boiling points higher than that of isophthalonitrile; and the organic solvent is recovered from the top of the rectification column and liquefied isophthalonitrile of high purity is recovered at the bottom of the column.

Abstract: A seismic isolation apparatus is structured such that a pair of seismic isolation mechanisms are formed each having a pair of upper and lower clamping members formed in the shape of a rectangular frame, wherein upper and lower roller guide surfaces, in each of which a longitudinal central portion is formed as a concavely arcuate curved surface and portions respectively extending therefrom are formed as convexly arcuate curved surfaces, are formed on the four sides of the upper and lower clamping members, and wherein rollers each having a circular cross section are respectively interposed between the upper and lower roller guide surfaces. The pair of seismic isolation mechanisms are installed by being superposed on top of each other such that the rolling directions of the rollers in the two seismic isolation mechanisms are perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: An aseismatic mount for exhibition of articles comprising a lower mount frame, a middle mount frame, an upper mount frame for mounting exhibition articles thereon, aseismatic mount having rollers integrally on an axis each of which is shifted eccentrically to each other in up and down directions, said aseismatic mounts being interposed between the lower mount frame and the middle mount frame at plural positions, and further aseismatic mounts having the same construction as the aseismatic mounts, and interposed between the middle mount frame and the upper mount frame.

Abstract: A passive vibration-damping unit in which movable upper members with a weight mounted thereon are superposed on fixed lower members with roller members interposed therebetween is installed in a highest story of a high-rise building. An active vibration-damping unit for actively causing the movable upper members of the passive vibration-damping unit to move in a shaking manner by means of a servo motor is incorporated in the passive vibration-damping unit. When the vibration of the building has occurred, the weight is allowed to move forcibly in the vibration-damping direction by means of the active vibration-damping unit. When the vibration has reached a limit value of the relative displacement of the active vibration-damping unit or a limit value of the torque of the servo motor, only the operation of the passive vibration-damping unit is continued. When the vibration has subsided to a certain extent, the active vibration-damping unit is operated again.

Abstract: A recording circuit for a video tape recorder which records superposedly a frequency-modulated audio signal with a frequency-modulated luminance signal and a carrier color signal converted to a low frequency band records a carrier wave signal which is frequency-modulated by the luminance signal at a substantially constant recording current within the frequency range corresponding to a range from the sync signal leading edge to the white peak. In an ordinary recording circuit, the extent of erasure of the recorded audio signal varies with the content of the frequency-modulated luminance signal when the luminance signal is recorded on the recording track of the frequency-modulated audio signal, because recording is made by increasing a recording current for a signal having an instantaneous frequency which is low.

Abstract: A steel stock such as hot-rolled pickled steel plate, cold-rolled steel plate, cast iron or the like is subjected to antirust treatment with an aqueous solution or an emulsion consisting mainly of a 1-hydroxybenzotriazole compound represented by the general formula: ##STR1## where X and Y represent hydrogen atoms and hydroxy, alkyl, carboxyl, nitro and sulfonic groups, and further containing one or more of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids added thereto, and having a pH within the range of 7-10.

Abstract: A method for surface treatment of an electrolytic tin plate, comprising treating a tin-plated steel sheet with an aqueous solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of pyrazole derivatives and colloidal substances, drying and reflowing the tin-plated steel sheet.