Abstract: An annular metal cord includes an annular core portion and an outer layer portion. The annular core portion is formed by connecting together both ends of a first strand material which is made up of six twisted first metal filaments. The outer layer portion is formed by winding spirally a second strand material which is made up of six twisted second metal filaments around the annular core portion. The second strand material is wound at a predetermined winding angle relative to a center axis of the annular core portion, and a winding initiating end portion and a winding terminating end portion are connected together. As a result, the breaking strength of the annular metal cord can be made large, and the production thereof can be facilitated.

Abstract: A rubber-cord complex having an improved wet heat adhesive property between a rubber and a cord comprising a drawn plated wire, and including a metal cord comprising a drawn plated wire prepared by providing a brass plated layer on the surface of an element wire and drawing the resulting plated wire, and a rubber vulcanized and bonded to the cord, wherein in a wet heat deterioration state of the drawn plated wire after being subjected to the vulcanization to bond the rubber thereto and further held under an atmosphere having a temperature of 50 to 100° C. and a humidity of 60 to 100% for one hour to 20 days, the average grain size of crystal grains present in the brass plated layer is not more than 50 nm, and the grain boundary of the crystal grains has a fractal dimension of 1.001 to 1.500.

Abstract: A bead cord is described including an annular core and a side wire. The side wire is helically wound around the annular core. Further, the annular core is made of a strand wire. The strand wire includes a plurality of twisted core wires. The plurality of core wires may have substantially the same diameter.

Abstract: Spring steel wire is formed by drawing steel wire including a phosphate film, the weight of the film being in the range of 3.0 to 5.5 g/m2, and R/d being in the range of 1.06×10?3 to 3.92×10?3 where R represents surface roughness; and d represents the diameter of the spring steel wire.

Abstract: A connection method for connecting metal linear objects facing each other includes disposing a pair of rotators with a space interposed therebetween. Each rotator including a pair of holding portions that are provided with a space interposed therebetween and that are able to hold the metal linear objects. The connection method also includes holding the vicinities of end portions of the metal linear objects at the holding portions of the rotators to hang the metal linear objects therebetween so that the vicinities of the end portions of the metal linear objects are overlapped with each other in an axis direction and rotating the rotators relatively in the opposite directions around between the pair of holding portions as a rotation center. As a result, the metal linear objects are twisted with each other between the rotators to perform connection.

Abstract: An annular metal cord includes an annular core portion formed in an annular shape, and an outer layer portion spirally wound around the annular core portion while running over an annular circumference thereof plural times and covering an outer peripheral surface of the annular core portion. Each of the annular core portion and the outer layer portion are formed by a strand material which is formed by intertwisting a plurality of metal filaments. At least part of the outer layer portion is covered with an outer layer sheath made of a coating material having elasticity.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bead cord wire includes the steps of subjecting a steel wire to a descaling treatment, subjecting the descaling-treated steel wire to a chemical conversion coating treatment through electrolysis so as to form a phosphate coating on a surface of the steel wire, and subjecting the chemical-conversion-coating-treated steel wire to drawing so as to produce a bead cord wire. In producing the bead cord wire, the drawing is conducted in such a way that the phosphate coating remains on the surface of the bead cord wire.

Abstract: An annular metal cord includes an annular core portion formed in an annular shape, and an outer layer portion spirally wound around the annular core portion while running over an annular circumference thereof plural times and covering an outer peripheral surface of the annular core portion. Each of the annular core portion and the outer layer portion are formed by a strand material which is formed by intertwisting a plurality of metal filaments. The annular core portion and the outer layer portion are formed by a continuous strand material.

Abstract: An annular metal cord and an endless metal belt are provided which have superior breaking strength and which are easy to be produced. The annular metal cord includes an annular core portion 3 and an outer layer portion 4. The annular core portion 3 is formed by connecting together both ends of a first strand material 1 which is made up of six twisted first metal filaments 5. The outer layer portion 4 is formed by winding spirally a second strand material 2 which is made up of six twisted second metal filaments 6 around the annular core portion 3. The second strand material 2 is wound at a predetermined winding angle relative to a center axis of the annular core portion 3, and a winding initiating end portion and a winding terminating end portion thereof are connected together. Since it is not that six second strand materials 2 are not wound but that the second strand material 2 is wound six rounds, there only has to be the single second strand material 2, and there is only one connecting portion.

Abstract: A rubber-cord complex 9 having an improved wet heat adhesive property between a rubber and a cord comprising a drawn plated wire, and including a cord 10 comprising a drawn plated wire 17 prepared by providing a brass plated layer 16E on the surface of an element wire 15 and drawing the resulting plated wire, and a rubber 12 vulcanized and bonded to the cord 10, wherein the rubber-cord complex 9 has an adhesion reaction layer 25 formed by a cross-linking reaction of sulfur and copper, between the rubber 12 and the brass plated layer 16E, and in a wet heat deterioration state after being subjected to the vulcanization to bond the rubber 12 thereto and further held under an atmosphere having a temperature of 50 to 100° C. and a humidity of 60 to 100% for one hour to 20 days, the adhesion reaction layer 25 has an average thickness of 50 to 1,000 nm, and the interface S between the adhesion reaction layer 25 and the rubber has a fractal dimension of 1.001 to 1.300.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to impart long-lasting, stable corrosion resistance to an annular core of an annular concentric-lay bead cord at a low cost. Corrosion-resistant coating is provided on the surface of the steel wire forming the annular core 1 to cover the surface of the steel wire with a thick coating film 3, thereby preventing exposure of the surface of steel wire even if fretting develops between the annular core 1 and the wrap wire 2. With this arrangement, it is possible to impart long-term, stable corrosion resistance to the annular core 1 at a low cost.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent shifting of a connector for a wrap wire, reduced strength of the connector, and deterioration in balance, and to make it possible to easily connect the ends of the wrap wire. The connector is formed by pressing the ends of a columnar metallic member inwardly with punches to define a central thick portion 11 as a partition, and recessed sleeves 12 at both ends of the thick portion 11 into which leading and trailing ends 51 of the wrap wire 50 are inserted. The axial length (l) of the central thick portion 11 and the diameter (d) of the wrap wire satisfies the relation: diameter (d) of the wrap wire?axial length (l)?8×diameter (d) of the wrap wire. The wrap wire 50 is cut so that the distance between the leading and trailing ends 51 of the wrap wire 50 is shorter than the axial length of the thick portion 11.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an annular concentric stranded bead cord, wherein, while rotating an annular core at a fixed position in a peripheral direction, a reel, upon which a lateral wire is wound, repeatedly performs a pendulum swinging movement and a perpendicular movement with respect to the annular core, thereby spirally winding the lateral wire upon the annular core to form a sheath layer. When forming the sheath layer, a fulcrum of the pendulum swinging movement of the reel is determined so that, with reference to a tangential line of a circle of the annular core passing through a winding point where the lateral wire is wound upon the annular core, the lateral wire is wound upon the winding point of the annular core within 15 degrees at a position above the tangential line and within a range of 55 degrees at a position below the tangential line.

Abstract: A method for making a metallic cord made up of one or more metallic wires comprises: making at least two layers of at least two metallic elements including copper and zinc on the surface of a base wire; heating the layers to cause the metallic elements thermodiffusion to transform into a primary alloy layer; making a layer of copper on the primary alloy layer; drawing the wire provided with the primary alloy layer and outer copper layer into a metallic wire through dies so that the outer copper layer is diminished during passing through the dies, and a secondary alloy layer is formed as a result of transformation of the primary alloy layer and the outer copper layer which is caused by frictional heat during passing through the dies.

Abstract: A method of separating and recovering useful rare FP contained in spent nuclear fuels (platinum group element (Ru, Rh, Pd), Ag, Tc, Se, Te) selectively and at high recovery percentage is provided. Nitric acid solution to be processed containing useful rare FP in spent nuclear fuels is electrolytically reduced by using Pd2+ or Fe2+ as a catalyst and rare FP are collectively deposited on an electrode and then deposits on the electrode are collectively dissolved by electrolytic oxidation. Then, the deposit-dissolved solution is electrolytically reduced at low current density, medium current density and high current density, successively, whereby Ag.Pd group, Se.Te group and Ru.Rh.Tc group are separately deposited and recovered, group by group. A cooperation system for nuclear power generation and fuel cell power generation can be provided by utilizing the recovered rare FP as electrode materials and production and purification catalysts for hydrogen fuel in fuel cell.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube apparatus comprises the deflection yoke including a horizontal deflecting coil for deflecting the electron beams in a horizontal direction. The horizontal deflecting coil has a main coil portion located along the direction of a tube axis, a flange portion located on the phosphor-screen side of the main coil portion, and a bendless flange portion located on the neck side of the main coil portion. The maximum coil thickness of the neck-side flange portion is greater than the maximum coil thickness of the main coil portion near the neck-side flange portion.

Abstract: A method for making a metallic cord made up of one or more metallic wires comprises: making at least two layers of at least two metallic elements including copper and zinc on the surface of a base wire; heating the layers to cause the metallic elements thermodiffusion to transform into a primary alloy layer; making a layer of copper on the primary alloy layer; drawing the wire provided with the primary alloy layer and outer copper layer into a metallic wire through dies so that the outer copper layer is diminished during passing through the dies, and a secondary alloy layer is formed as a result of transformation of the primary alloy layer and the outer copper layer which is caused by frictional heat during passing through the dies.

Abstract: A method of separating and recovering useful rare FP contained in spent nuclear fuels (platinum group element (Ru, Rh, Pd), Ag, Tc, Se, Te) selectively and at high recovery percentage is provided. Nitric acid solution to be processed containing useful rare FP in spent nuclear fuels is electrolytically reduced by using Pd2+ or Fe2+ as a catalyst and rare FP are collectively deposited on an electrode and then deposits on the electrode are collectively dissolved by electrolytic oxidation. Then, the deposit-dissolved solution is electrolytically reduced at low current density, medium current density and high current density, successively, whereby Ag.Pd group, Se.Te group and Ru.Rh.Tc group are separately deposited and recovered, group by group. A cooperation system for nuclear power generation and fuel cell power generation can be provided by utilizing the recovered rare FP as electrode materials and production and purification catalysts for hydrogen fuel in fuel cell.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube apparatus comprises the deflection yoke including a horizontal deflecting coil for deflecting the electron beams in a horizontal direction. The horizontal deflecting coil has a main coil portion located along the direction of a tube axis, a flange portion located on the phosphor-screen side of the main coil portion, and a bendless flange portion located on the neck side of the main coil portion. The maximum coil thickness of the neck-side flange portion is greater than the maximum coil thickness of the main coil portion near the neck-side flange portion.