Abstract: A direct current motor includes a stator generating a magnetic field therein and a rotor having an armature and rotating inside the stator. A commutator for supplying electric current to the armature is connected to the rotor. The commutator is composed of plural commutator segments bonded together with an insulating resin material. Each commutator segment includes an anchor portion formed at a radial inside and a projecting portion extending in an axial direction, and both portions are embedded in the insulating resin. The commutator segments are firmly bonded with the insulating resin, and the bonding strength is increased without enlarging the commutator size.

Abstract: A decanter type centrifugal separator capable of discharging sludge directly from a portion of the sludge with least moisture content in a bowl so as to lower a moisture content and increase a separation efficiency, wherein a screw conveyor rotated with a difference in speed provided relative to the bowl is stored in the bowl rotated at a high speed, a dewatering cake discharge route (20) is provided in one end wall (2) of the bowl, an opening (20a) of the route into the bowl is provided near the inner peripheral wall of the bowl, the discharge route provides a restriction effect to the discharge of the dewatering cake, and a sedimentary layer with thick sedimentation layer is formed near the opening, whereby that portion only of the cake is discharged through the discharge route under head press of the sedimentation layer, that portion receiving the highest consolidation effect by the head press of a centrifugal force acting on the sediment, among the sedimentation layers accumulated at one end of the bowl.

Abstract: In a continuous rolling line wherein the tail end part of a preceding rolled plate and the head end part of a following rolled plate are joined subsequently to a rough rolling and subjected to a following continuous finish rolling: a joining method of rolled plates wherein the tail end of the preceding rolled plate and the head end of the following rolled plate are formed into a nearly rectangular convex and concave shape respectively so as to inlay each other, the convex part and the concave part being combined each other in the same plane as the rolling lines, and then being fed to the continuous finish rolling; a joining method rolled plates wherein the side surface of the parallel inlay is formed in a taper shape in the direction of the plate thickness at any desired location of either the tail end part of the preceding rolled plate or the head end part of the backward rolled plate or of the both parts, and then being fed to the continuous finish rolling; and a joining method of rolled plates wherein the

Abstract: A method for the purification of a bifidobacteria-proliferating substance is provided which comprises adjusting the temperature of soybean whey to 50.degree. to 100.degree. C. and the pH thereof to 6.5 to 10 either by adding an alkaline substance to the whey and heating it or by heating the whey and adding the alkaline substance, removing the formed precipitate, ultrafiltering the resulting liquid phase part to obtain as the permeate an aqueous solution of a bifidobacteria-proliferating substance, and if necessary subjecting the permeate to further purification steps, i.e. active carbon or adsorbing resin treatment, electrodialysis and ion exchange resin treatment. By the step of the alkali substance treatment and heating in this invention, permeate flux in the succeeding ultrafiltration step is remarkably enhanced. Further, a bifidobacteria-proliferating substance having a high quality can effectively be obtained by the present purification method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purification of a bifidobacteria-proliferating substance which comprises treating the extract of soybean or its treated matters or soybean whey or treated solutions thereof with an ultrafiltration membrane, treating with activated carbon and then subjecting to an electrodialysis treatment. The present invention also relates to the thus obtained bifidobacteria-proliferating substance.

Abstract: A color liquid crystal display apparatus includes a receiver, a color separation circuit, A/D converters, a liquid crystal panel, and an adjusting section. The receiver receives an external radio wave and outputs a video signal. The color separation circuit color-separates the video signal and outputs red, green, and blue video output signals. The A/D converters A/D-convert the red, green, and blue video output signals. The liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixels formed therein displays an image on the basis of outputs from the A/D converters. The adjusting section can independently adjust at least one of low and high reference potentials used as references for A/D conversion by the A/D converters.

Abstract: A bidifobacteria growth promoter contained in soybeans is extracted from defatted soybeans with an aqueous solution of alcohol.

Abstract: During arc welding, optical radiation emitted from an arc is detected by means of a photoelectric device, and an electric detection signal from the photoelectric device is used for controlling the travel of a suction hood along a weld line so that the weld fumes may be exhausted through the suction hood and to insure that the weld metal zone is always covered by the suction hood.

Abstract: Implants for bones, joints or tooth roots having sufficient mechanical strength, excellent compatibility with living tissues and other advantageous properties can be obtained by thermally spraying a mixture of ceramics and hydroxyapatite onto a shaped core which is made of ceramics, thereby forming a coating layer of the mixture around the surface of the core.

Abstract: A process for the diffusion welding of copper and stainless steel, which comprises sandwiching a thin layer of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Ni-base alloys, Cr, Ni-Cr, and Cr-Ni with little gas contents, as an insert metal, between the surfaces of copper and stainless steel to be bonded, and then diffusion welding the sandwich.

Abstract: An improved implant for a bone, a joint and tooth root comprising a metallic base material and a coating layer of hydroxyapatite which is formed by thermally sprayed hydroxyapatite powder or a mixture of hydroxyapatite powder and ceramic powder around the outer surface of the metallic base material, optionally a layer of a bonding agent and further a layer of ceramics are formed between the metallic base material and the layer of hydroxyapatite. The implant has a sufficient mechanical strength (e.g. impact strength) and further a good affinity to tissues of living bodies and is useful for implantation in various bones including tooth roots in living bodies.