Abstract: A method includes a step of applying an aqueous 2-package type first colored paint to form an uncured first colored coating film; a step of applying an aqueous 1-package type second colored paint to form an uncured second colored coating film; a step of applying a solvent-based 2-package type clear paint to form an uncured clear coating film; and a step of heating the uncured first colored coating film, the uncured second colored coating film and the uncured clear coating film to 75 to 100° C. to simultaneously cure these films. The solvent-based 2-package type clear paint contains a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin and a polyisocyanate compound in a ratio of 1.5 to 2.0 equivalents of isocyanate groups in the polyisocyanate compound relative to 1 equivalent of hydroxyl groups in the hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a fermented food or drink product, including: adding a strain of lactic acid bacteria which belongs to Lactobacillus brevis to a medium containing 50% or more by mass of a vegetative raw material, and either 0.2 to 2.0% by mass of malic acid or 2.0 to 20.0% by mass of fructose, the medium having a pH of 5.0 to 7.0, and the content of the vegetative raw material being expressed by a content thereof in its natural state; and performing fermentation at least until the termination of a logarithmic growth phase of the strain of lactic acid bacteria, wherein an acid or a strain of lactic acid-producing bacteria is additionally added to the medium at any point in time from the initiation of the fermentation until the termination of the logarithmic growth phase, so as to perform the fermentation with a rate of pH reduction of the medium being 0.01 to 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a fermented food or drink product, including: adding a strain of lactic acid bacteria which belongs to Lactobacillus brevis to a medium containing 50% or more by mass of a vegetative raw material, and either 0.2 to 2.0% by mass of malic acid or 2.0 to 20.0% by mass of fructose, the medium having a pH of 5.0 to 7.0, and the content of the vegetative raw material being expressed by a content thereof in its natural state; and performing fermentation at least until the termination of a logarithmic growth phase of the strain of lactic acid bacteria, wherein an acid or a strain of lactic acid-producing bacteria is additionally added to the medium at any point in time from the initiation of the fermentation until the termination of the logarithmic growth phase, so as to perform the fermentation with a rate of pH reduction of the medium being 0.01 to 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides fermented food or drink obtained by fermenting a medium which includes vegetative raw material, by using Lactobacillus brevis, and the number of living cells of the Lactobacillus brevis in obtained fermented product is 1×108 cfu/ml or greater. The number of living cells does not significantly change after being preserved at 10° C. for three weeks, and excellent taste and flavor of the fermented food or drink do not deteriorate. The method for producing the fermented food or drink product includes the steps of: adding a strain of Lactobacillus brevis to a medium having an adjusted pH of 4.6 to 7.0, which includes: a vegetative raw material in an amount of 50% or more converted to a juice thereof; and 0.2 to 2.0% by mass of malic acid or 2.0 to 20.0% by mass of fructose, to ferment the medium so that the pH thereof becomes 4.3 or greater and less than 7.0; and adjusting a pH of a fermented product to 3.3 to 4.1 by using an acid.

Abstract: New indene derivative, obtainable from etiolated seedlings of Adlay and shown by Formulas (1) and (2) given below, have antimicrobial effects and can serve as effective components of antimicrobial agents: ##STR1##

Abstract: An air intake device comprising a main air intake passage and an auxiliary air intake passage. The main air intake passage interconnects the air cleaner to the engine cylinders. The auxiliary air intake passage is connected to the air cleaner at one end thereof and to the main air intake passage at the other end thereof. The equivalent pipe lengths of the main air intake passage and the auxiliary air intake passage are almost the same. A control valve actuated in response to the engine speed is arranged in the other end of the auxiliary air intake passage. The valve body of the control valve has a conically-shaped convex front face and a conically-shaped convex rear face.

Abstract: An air intake device comprising a main air intake passage and an auxiliary air intake passage, in which the main air intake passage interconnects the air cleaner to the engine cylinders and the auxiliary air intake passage is connected to the air cleaner at one end thereof and to the main air intake passage at the other end thereof. The equivalent pipe lengths of the main air intake passage and the auxiliary air intake passage are almost the same. An air pulsation control valve actuated in response to the engine load and the engine speed is arranged in the other end of the auxiliary air intake passage. The engine has a helically-shaped intake port comprising a helical portion, an inlet passage portion, and a bypass passage branched off from the inlet passage portion and connected to the helix terminating portion of the helical portion. A flow path control valve actuated in response to the engine load is arranged in the bypass passage.

Abstract: A fuel injection carburetor in an internal combustion engine, comprising: a fuel injection valve provided at a position upstream of a throttle valve mounted in an intake passage; and an idling bypass air passage bypassing the throttle valve; wherein the range of fuel spray angle of the fuel injection valve is determined such that the fuel injection valve is disposed in such a manner that a position on the surface of the throttle valve, to which the sprayed fuel reaches, is always located at an opening forward end in the downstream direction of the throttle valve rather than an opening forward end in the upstream direction within the total throttle opening of the throttle valve from the full closing to the full opening, there are provided a bypass air valve of a wax-type provided in the idling bypass air passage and in which the higher the temperature rises, the less the flowing area of the bypass air passage is made, and a hot water passage for circulating the engine coolant from a position adjacent the openi

Abstract: An intake system of an internal combustion engine having a helically-shaped intake port comprising a substantially straight inlet passage portion and a helical portion. The intake manifold comprises substantially straight manifold branches, each being connected to the corresponding inlet passage portion. The ratio of the sum of the length of the inlet passage portion and the length of the manifold branch to the cross-sectional area of the inlet open end of the inlet passage portion is greater than 0.7 cm.sup.-1.

Abstract: A manifold reactor of a dual-walled structure including inner and outer cores, the inner core defining a reactor chamber therein, wherein the space defined between the inner and outer cores is opened to the reactor chamber so as to be filled with exhaust gases which, after having filled the heat insulating space, is drawn therefrom as EGR gas.