Abstract: A method for manufacturing a negative electrode plate of a rechargeable battery is provided. The method includes kneading a negative electrode active material and a negative electrode additive to form a negative electrode mixture paste; applying the negative electrode mixture paste to a negative electrode current collector; and drying the negative electrode mixture paste. The blackness of a material prepared by kneading the negative electrode active material and the negative electrode additive is set in a range of 4 to 16. The viscosity of a negative electrode thickener contained in the negative electrode additive is set in a range of 13000 mPa·s to 21000 mPa·s when a shear rate is 0.01 s?1.

Abstract: A wire catalyst for hydrogenation reaction and/or dehydrogenation reaction comprises a metallic core and an oxide surface layer covering at least part of the surface thereof. The metallic core is electrically conductive so that the metallic core itself can generate heat by directly passing an electric current therethrough or electromagnetic induction. The oxide surface layer is made of an oxide of a metallic element constituting the metallic core. The oxide surface layer is provided with a porous structure having pores opening at the surface of the oxide surface layer. The catalytic material is supported in the pores of the oxide surface layer. When a shaped wire catalyst is manufactured, the shaping into a specific shape is made before the oxide surface layer having the porous structure is formed and the catalytic material is supported thereon.

Abstract: A wire catalyst for hydrogenation reaction and/or dehydrogenation reaction comprises a metallic core and an oxide surface layer covering at least part of the surface thereof. The metallic core is electrically conductive so that the metallic core itself can generate heat by directly passing an electric current therethrough or electromagnetic induction. The oxide surface layer is made of an oxide of a metallic element constituting the metallic core. The oxide surface layer is provided with a porous structure having pores opening at the surface of the oxide surface layer. The catalytic material is supported in the pores of the oxide surface layer. When a shaped wire catalyst is manufactured, the shaping into a specific shape is made before the oxide surface layer having the porous structure is formed and the catalytic material is supported thereon.

Abstract: A wire catalyst for hydrogenation reaction and/or dehydrogenation reaction comprises a metallic core and an oxide surface layer covering at least part of the surface thereof. The metallic core is electrically conductive so that the metallic core itself can generate heat by directly passing an electric current therethrough or electromagnetic induction. The oxide surface layer is made of an oxide of a metallic element constituting the metallic core. The oxide surface layer is provided with a porous structure having pores opening at the surface of the oxide surface layer. The catalytic material is supported in the pores of the oxide surface layer. When a shaped wire catalyst is manufactured, the shaping into a specific shape is made before the oxide surface layer having the porous structure is formed and the catalytic material is supported thereon.

Abstract: A heat-resistant alloy spring is made of a Ni-based alloy material comprising in weight %: not more than 0.1% C; not more than 1.0% Si; not more than 1.50% Mn; 13.0 to 25.0% Cr; 1.5 to 7.0% Mo; 0.5 to 4.0% Ti; 0.1 to 3.0% Al; {at least one optional element selected from the group consisting of 0.15 to 2.50% W, 0.001 to 0.020% B, 0.01 to 0.3% Zr, 0.30 to 6.00% Nb, 5.0 to 18.0% Co, and 0.03 to 2.00% Cu}; the balance being essentially Ni; and incidental impurities. The Ni-based alloy material is provided in its crystal structure with gamma prime phase [Ni3(Al, Ti)] or gamma prime phase [Ni3(Al, Ti, Nb)].

Abstract: A wire catalyst for hydrogenation reaction and/or dehydrogenation reaction comprises a metallic core and an oxide surface layer covering at least part of the surface thereof. The metallic core is electrically conductive so that the metallic core itself can generate heat by directly passing an electric current therethrough or electromagnetic induction. The oxide surface layer is made of an oxide of a metallic element constituting the metallic core. The oxide surface layer is provided with a porous structure having pores opening at the surface of the oxide surface layer. The catalytic material is supported in the pores of the oxide surface layer. When a shaped wire catalyst is manufactured, the shaping into a specific shape is made before the oxide surface layer having the porous structure is formed and the catalytic material is supported thereon.

Abstract: A heat-resistant alloy spring is made of a Ni-based alloy material comprising in weight %: not more than 0.1% C; not more than 1.0% Si; not more than 1.50% Mn; 13.0 to 25.0% Cr; 1.5 to 7.0% Mo; 0.5 to 4.0% Ti; 0.1 to 3.0 % Al; {at least one optional element selected from the group consisting of 0.15 to 2.50% w, 0.001 to 0.020% B, 0.01 to 0.3% Zr, 0.30 to 6.00% Nb, 5.0 to 18.0% Co, and 0.03 to 2.00% Cu}; the balance being essentially Ni; and incidental impurities. The Ni-based alloy material is provided in its crystal structure with gamma prime phase [Ni3(Al, Ti)] or gamma prime phase [Ni3(Al, Ti, Nb)]. The gamma prime phase has an average grain diameter (d) of not less than 25 nanometers, and a hardness-diameter ratio (Hv/d) of a Vickers hardness Hv of a position at a depth of one-fourth of the entire thickness or the wire diameter from a surface of the Ni-based alloy material toward its center and the average grain diameter d(nanometer) is 5 to 25.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode which is implanted in a living body, and which is used as an electrical stimulation system for the functional training or restoration of paralyzed muscles, and for the measurement of electrical signals of the living body, and the like.The electrode comprises: a core comprising a plurality of infinitesimal stainless steel wires of over 180 kg/mm.sup.2 in tensile strength and under 25 microns in diameter; and a resin coat provided on the surface of the core, made of a resin compatible with the living body. According to one aspect of the invention, the diameter of the electrode is under 0.3 mm; the electrode is provided with a spirally coiled part along its longitudinal direction; the core is stranded in one direction; and the above mentioned coiled part is coiled in the direction opposite to the stranding direction of the core.

Abstract: A unitary portable X-ray apparatus including a high voltage section, an X-ray generator section and a cooled anode section. Preferably the sections are cylindrical and arranged end to end with at least the X-ray section being separated from the high voltage section by generally conically shaped bushings extending into the X-ray generator section. A cathode mounted in the extending end of the bushings and connected to a high voltage generator in the high voltage generator section contains a filament to which an AC voltage is applied by electromagnetic induction. A shielded anode mounted in the anode section and having a target therein has an open end extending into the X-ray section for axially aligning the target with the filament. Alternatively, the outer end sections may both be high voltage sections each separated from the X-ray generator section by generally conically shaped bushings extending into the X-ray generator section.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus comprising a casing filled with an insulating gas, a high voltage transformer in said casing, an X-ray tube mounted to said casing and connected to said transformer, an X-ray shielding member attached to the wall of said X-ray tube and defining a window through which the X-rays radially emitted by said X-ray tube are released in a predetermined direction, and means defining an X-ray path through which said X-rays released through said window of said X-ray shielding member are directed so as not to be radiated on said insulating gas, whereby a reduction of the dielectric strength is prevented and the cooling efficiency is improved.

Abstract: A blood vessel tester having two thermocouples and a measuring instrument, the junctions of the thermocouples being adapted to contact the surface of a blood vessel to be tested so that they may be positioned spaced from each other a predetermined distance, whereby when a cooling liquid is transfused into the blood vessel the change of the thermoelectromotive forces of the thermocouples with time is measured thereby to determine the degree of clearness of the blood vessel and the blood flow therein.