Abstract: A composition for a wire coating member having flame retardancy that is heat resistant and productive without using electron irradiation crosslinking, and an insulated wire and a wiring harness having the same. The insulated wire includes a wire coating member containing the composition for the wire coating member that contains water-crosslinkable polyolefin containing polyolefin that is modified by a silane coupling agent, unmodified polyolefin, modified polyolefin that is modified by a functional group, a bromine flame retardant, a cross-linking catalyst, a phenolic antioxidant, and either one of a zinc sulfide, and a zinc oxide and an imidazole compound. The insulated wire is prepared by extrusion-coating a conductor with the composition to form the wire coating member around the conductor, and the wire coating member is water-crosslinked.

Abstract: A wire harness including a wire fitting that holds a wire in a predetermined shape is provided. A wire fitting includes a base molded to an uneven plate-shape and a cover covering a wiring space of the base. In the base, an outer frame portion formed projecting around the wiring space on a wiring portion forming a bottom plate includes an inner edge step portion, an intermediate plate portion, and an outer edge step portion. In the intermediate plate portion, which projects outward, a plurality of through holes for wire fastening are formed linearly along the perimeter of the wiring space, the number of the through holes for wire fastening being at least the number of wire fasteners attached to that portion of a wire that extends from the wiring portion to the outside thereof.

Abstract: A tubular combustion chamber including a tubular combustion chamber whose front-end is open; and, fuel-gas spraying nozzles and oxygen-containing-gas spraying nozzles, for spraying a fuel and an oxygen-containing-gas separately and individually, or for spraying a premixed gas; wherein respective orifices of the respective nozzles face toward an inner surface of the combustion chamber, so as to spray the fuel-gas and the oxygen-containing-gas in a neighborhood of a tangential direction of an inner circumferential wall of the combustion chamber; wherein the tubular flame burner is a multi-stage tubular burner that is unified in a body, by using a plurality of the tubular flame burners, and by connecting the front-end of the tubular flame burner with a smaller inner diameter of the combustion chamber into the rear-end of the tubular flame burner with a greater inner diameter of the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A support mechanism in which one end of a knee bottom section (2) is supported on a bed frame (1) in such a manner that the knee bottom section can be pivotally raised and lowered. Also, one end of a leg bottom section (6) is pivotally rotatably connected with the other end of the knee bottom section, a support stay (7) is pivotally rotatably connected with the underside of the other end of the leg bottom section, and a support device (11) of a support portion (9) provided at the opposite tip of the support stay is provided on the bed frame. The support device includes a guide portion (12) and an engaging portion (13) for movably supporting the support portion of the support stay. The guide portion can support the support portion moved in relation with the pivotal rotation of the knee bottom section within the entire pivotal rotation range of the knee bottom section.

Abstract: A flame retardant that is arranged to improve the cold resistance and the productivity of a composition, a flame-retardant composition, an insulated wire, a wiring harness, and a method for manufacturing the flame-retardant composition. The flame retardant includes a pulverized natural mineral which is mainly composed of magnesium hydroxide, wherein the pulverized natural mineral is surface-treated with an organic high polymer such as polyolefin. The amount of surface treatment is within a range of 0.1 to 10 mass %. The flame-retardant composition includes 30 to 250 parts by mass of the flame retardant with respect to 100 parts by mass of an organic high polymer such as polyolefin. The insulated wire includes a conductor and the flame-retardant composition which covers the conductor, and the wiring harness includes the insulated wire.

Abstract: To provide a composition for a wire coating material, requiring no electron irradiation crosslinking and a less filler, that can produce a crosslinked coat having a high heat resistance, gel fraction and peel property at high temperature, and provide an insulated wire, and a wiring harness. A wire coating material composition contains (A) silane-grafted polyolefin, (B) undenatured polyolefin, (C) functional-group modified polyolefin modified by functional groups of a carboxylic acid group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group and an epoxy group, (D) a bromine flame retardant having a phthalimide structure or the flame retardant and an antimony trioxide, (E) a crosslinking catalyst batch containing a resin containing a crosslinking catalyst, and (F) a zinc oxide and an imidazole compound or a zinc sulfide, (G) a triazine hindered phenolic antioxidant having a melting point of 150 degrees C. or more, and (H) a triazole derivative or a hydrazide metal deactivator.

Abstract: To provide a composition for a wire coating material, which requires no electron irradiation crosslinking, and requires a filler defining a flame retardant agent as less as possible, and from which an insulated wire having a high heat resistance and a high gel fraction can be produced, and to provide an insulated wire and a wiring harness containing the composition. The composition contains (A) silane-grafted polyolefin, which is polyolefin to which a silane coupling agent is grafted, (B) undenatured polyolefin, (C) functional-group modified polyolefin modified by one or more functional groups selected from a carboxylic acid group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group, and an epoxy group, (D) a bromine flame retardant having a phthalimide structure, or a bromine flame retardant having a phthalimide structure and an antimony trioxide, (E) a crosslinking catalyst, and (F) a zinc sulfide, or a zinc oxide and an imidazole compound.

Abstract: To provide a composition for a wire coating member containing a non-crosslinked material at a low cost, which has superior flame retardancy, and is excellent in heat resistance, wear resistance and flexibility, and to provide an insulated wire and a wiring harness containing the composition. The composition contains (A) polypropylene, (B) a polyolefin elastomer, (C) a bromine flame retardant, (D) an antimony trioxide, (E) magnesium hydroxide, either one of (F) (F1) a zinc sulfide and (F2) a zinc oxide and (F3) mercaptobenzimidazole, and (G) a hindered phenolic antioxidant. The insulated wire includes a conductor and an insulation coat made from the composition, wherein the insulation coat has a thickness of 0.5 mm or less, and the insulated wire has an external diameter of 4 mm or less. The wiring harness includes the insulated wire.

Abstract: A wiring tool (10) includes a base (1) and a cover (2) each of which is a plate with projections and recesses. The base (1) has partition walls (12A, 12B) standing from a wiring portion (11) to surround protection spaces (90A, 90B) where protected portions (41, 42) are to be arranged. The cover (2) is assembled with the base (1) to cover an area of the base (1) including the wiring portion (11). The cover (2) includes lids (24) that project toward the base (1) and fit into the inner sides of the partition walls (12A, 12B) of the base (1) to close openings formed by the partition walls (12A, 12B). The base (1) and the cover (2) are obtained by vacuum forming a flat resin plate.

Abstract: A composition for a wire coating member having flame retardancy that is heat resistant and productive without using electron irradiation crosslinking, and an insulated wire and a wiring harness having the same. The insulated wire includes a wire coating member containing the composition for the wire coating member that contains water-crosslinkable polyolefin containing polyolefin that is modified by a silane coupling agent, unmodified polyolefin, modified polyolefin that is modified by a functional group, a bromine flame retardant, a cross-linking catalyst, a phenolic antioxidant, and either one of a zinc sulfide, and a zinc oxide and an imidazole compound. The insulated wire is prepared by extrusion-coating a conductor with the composition to form the wire coating member around the conductor, and the wire coating member is water-crosslinked.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a wire coating material that is capable of achieving heat resistance and a mechanical property at the same time even if silane crosslinking and magnesium hydroxide that is made from a natural mineral are used in combination. The composition contains (A) silane-grafted polyolefin that defines polyolefin onto which a silane coupling agent is grafted, (B) unmodified polyolefin, (C) modified polyolefin that is modified by a functional group, (D) magnesium hydroxide that is made from a natural mineral, and (E) a cross-linking catalyst. Provided is an insulated wire including a wire coating material that contains the composition that is silane-crosslinked. Provided is a wiring harness including the insulated wire.

Abstract: An X-linked lift mechanism having first links (3) and second links (4) constituting an X-linked mechanism between a base frame (1) and a lift frame (2). A drive member (11) is pivotally rotatably installed between the other lateral side portions of the second links and is connected with boost arms (12) and a drive arm (13). Guide members (15) are provided for guiding the moving members (14) installed at the ends of the boost arms. The guide members are installed on the other lateral side portions of the first links in the length direction. Also, a linear actuator is provided so as to extend between the other lateral side of the first links and the drive arm.

Abstract: In the conventional X-linked lift mechanism, in the state where the lift frame is lowered, lift drive components occupy a wide area. Therefore, it is difficult to additionally dispose other functional mechanism components. Further, in the configuration wherein the lift frame is raised when the linear actuator acts in the direction to shorten itself, if the linear actuator is broken, the lift frame may drop dangerously.

Abstract: In the conventional support mechanism capable of supporting the distal end of the leg bottom section at either a high position or a low position in the state where the knee bottom section is pivotally raised, the distal end of the leg bottom section that is set at the high position can be shifted to the low position only in the state where the knee bottom section is kept pivotally raised. If the knee bottom section is pivotally lowered in the state where the distal end of the leg bottom section is set at the low position, the distal end of the leg bottom section is forcedly released from the mechanical engagement for the low position and shifted to the mechanical engagement for the high position.

Abstract: A repairing method for an endoscope includes inserting into a cylindrical heating element a repair part of at least one endoscope having a resin material applied on an outer peripheral surface of the endoscope, causing the heating element to generate heat by supplying power to the heating element in order to radiate infrared rays from the heating element toward the center of the cylinder, and drying/hardening the resin material in the repair part by using the infrared rays radiated from the heating element.

Abstract: A tubular flame burner including a tubular combustion chamber having two ends, wherein one end is an open front-end and the other end is a rear-end to which an ignition device is mounted; and fuel-gas spraying nozzles and oxygen-containing-gas spraying nozzles, wherein respective orifices of the respective nozzles face toward an inner surface of the combustion chamber, so as to spray a fuel-gas and an oxygen-containing-gas in a neighborhood of a tangential direction of an inner circumferential wall of the combustion chamber; wherein an ignition device is disposed at a position between a point of a tube axis extending along a longitudinal direction of the combustion chamber, and a point of an axis apart away, by ½ of a radius of the combustion chamber, from the point of the tube axis along a cross-sectional direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A tubular combustion chamber including a tubular combustion chamber whose front-end is open; and, fuel-gas spraying nozzles and oxygen-containing-gas spraying nozzles, for spraying a fuel and an oxygen-containing-gas separately and individually, or for spraying a premixed gas; wherein respective orifices of the respective nozzles face toward an inner surface of the combustion chamber, so as to spray the fuel-gas and the oxygen-containing-gas in a neighborhood of a tangential direction of an inner circumferential wall of the. combustion chamber; wherein the tubular flame burner is a multi-stage tubular burner that is unified in a body, by using a plurality of the tubular flame burners, and by connecting the front-end of the tubular flame burner with a smaller inner diameter of the combustion chamber into the rear-end of the tubular flame burner with a greater inner diameter of the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A flame retardant that is arranged to improve the cold resistance and the productivity of a composition, a flame-retardant composition, an insulated wire, a wiring harness, and a method for manufacturing the flame-retardant composition. The flame retardant includes a pulverized natural mineral which is mainly composed of magnesium hydroxide, wherein the pulverized natural mineral is surface-treated with an organic high polymer such as polyolefin. The amount of surface treatment is within a range of 0.1 to 10 mass %. The flame-retardant composition includes 30 to 250 parts by mass of the flame retardant with respect to 100 parts by mass of an organic high polymer such as polyolefin. The insulated wire includes a conductor and the flame-retardant composition which covers the conductor, and the wiring harness includes the insulated wire.

Abstract: A tubular flame burner, a combustion method, and combustion controller, are disclosed. Here, the tubular flame burner comprises: a tubular combustion chamber whose h one end is open; fuel-spraying nozzles and oxygen-containing-gas spraying nozzles. The respective nozzle orifices are formed in the inner face of the combustion chamber so that each spraying direction is in a neighborhood of a tangential direction of the inner circumferential wall of the combustion chamber. And an ignition device is disposed at a position r/2 from the tube axis of the combustion chamber (r: the radius of the combustion chamber). The length of the combustion chamber can be adjusted, the tubular flame burner is a multi-stage burner formed of multiple tubular flame burners, and a gap between the inner tube and the outer tube serves as a gas-flow path.

Abstract: A flame retardant resin composition which is reasonable in price and possesses superior cold resistance, wear resistance and hot-water resistance, an insulated wire and a wiring harness. The flame-retardant resin composition includes a propylene polymer including an ethylene unit within a range of 1 to 15 mass %, and magnesium hydroxide derived from a natural mineral. The content of the magnesium hydroxide is preferably within a range of 50 to 200 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polymer component in the composition. A styrene-type thermoplastic elastomer is preferably included in the composition. A Charpy impact value of the propylene polymer at a temperature of ?20° C. is preferably 3 to 8 KJ/m2. An insulated wire includes a conductor and the flame-retardant resin composition which covers the conductor, and a wiring harness includes the insulated wire.