Concrete composition comprises, incorporated into the mass of the concrete, an additive of the insecticidal biocide and/or repellent type. Concrete composition comprises incorporated into the mass of the concrete an additive of the insecticidal biocide and/or repellent type selected from (A1) organo(thio)phosphates, (A2) carbamates, (A3) pyrethroids, (A4) nicotinic receptor agonist/antagonist comp...

A blank (10) for a coffin comprising a blank body (12) defining a plurality of wall panels (14, 16, 18, 20) each having a pair of opposed sides; a base supporting member (28) formed integrally with one side of at least one of the panels; and a flap member (30) formed integrally with opposite side of at least one of panels. In one embodiment an insert (58) is held captive between at least one of si...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an immersion nozzle for continuously casting steel with which the stickiness of alumina on a flowing hole part of molten steel and the damage of a spouting hole can be prevented and the fluidity of the molten steel in a mold till the casting is completed can be secured. Ž

SOLUTION: This immersion nozzle for continuously casting the steel has the following pecu...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable adapting to a floor body having a step without requiring any special operation. SOLUTION: A guide rail 12 is formed as a long rail having a stepped portion made by continuing a curved surface and a tilting surface between an upper step portion and a lower step portion. A runner 14 is divided and regulated into a front portion side 14-f and a rear portion side 14-r. ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metal carrying apparatus of a continuous reaction regeneration type capable of simultaneously preparing several pseudo-equilibrated catalysts different in the carried metal amounts by a simple operation. Ž

SOLUTION: An inner pipe 41 is inserted into an outer pipe 42 to construct a double pipe-type spray nozzle 40, which is fixed with screws to the lower end ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To derive the service time of a processing unit in an operating system under operation. Ž

SOLUTION: A method for processing information includes: a step of acquiring, for a processing unit executing a predetermined service, a processing time to be measured during operation and being the sum of a queuing time and a service time while the queuing time and the service time ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a synthetic quartz glass powder suited for a raw material of a high purity quartz glass product on an industrial scale. Ž

SOLUTION: When the synthetic quartz glass powder is produced by firing a silica gel powder obtained by the hydrolysis of an alkoxysilane, at the time of charging a raw material in a hydrolysis process, water is charged in a reaction vessel a...

The portable telephone has an optical signal transmission section 100 for performing signal transmission between a first casing 101 and a second casing 102 by optical signals. A need for any complex electromagnetic shield structure can be eliminated. There is no occurrence of electromagnetic-wave noise from an optical signal transmission section 100. Thus, electromagnetic-wave noise of the whole p...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance workability for attaching a ventilation cover to a corner cover. Ž

SOLUTION: The ventilation cover 7 is attached detachably to form a ventilation hole 6 in a ceiling wall part of the corner cover 5 fixed on a wall outer face under a condition covering a bent portion in flexible pipes, and to form a ventilation passage 8 opened substantially in an L-shape towar...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine which puts on a visually extraordinary performance or an impactive performance. Ž

SOLUTION: The pinball game machine has a first opening portion 52, a first concave mirror member 60, a second concave mirror member 61 and an object 95 to be displayed. The first opening portion 52 makes the surface side of a game board communicate with the...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the meshing strength of lock teeth with inner teeth of a seat recliner. SOLUTION: The center of rotation of a cam 5 is set on the center line A extending in the upper/lower directions of a lock plate 4. A curved recess part 45 of the lock plate 4 and the surrounding surface of the cam 5 opposite to the curved recess part 45 have circular arc surfaces whose respecti...

Heterogeneous esterification catalyst comprises porous aluminum orthophosphate. Heterogeneous esterification catalyst comprises aluminum orthophosphate and has 6-100 nm diameter pores, a pore volume of at least 0.46 ml/g and an acid content of 0.40 mmol/g. An Independent claim is included for the preparation of a fatty acid ester comprising reacting a fatty acid and an alcohol in the presence of ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide water treatment equipment from which treated water is properly taken out. SOLUTION: The water treatment equipment 1 is provided with a reaction vessel 5 which stores wastewater 2 containing carriers 3 holding microorganisms. A cylindrical body 13 having an upper surface opening part 11 and a lower surface opening part 12 is arranged in the reaction vessel 5. A circ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To narrower a pitch of salient electrodes and suppress a connection failure of the salient electrodes due to strain, in a structure wherein there is a resin layer between semiconductor chips whose salient electrodes are bonded to each other. Ž

SOLUTION: The lower LSI chip 1 and the upper LSI chip 3 are bonded to each other with the salient electrodes 2 and 4 facing each ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing favorably flavored corn powder which has a boiled corn flavor; to provide favorably flavored corn powder which has the boiled corn flavor and obtained by the method; and to provide food utilizing the favorably flavored corn powder which has the boiled corn flavor and obtained by the method. Ž

SOLUTION: The method for producing favorably ...

Mastics are provided in which separately or in combination the mastic comprises:- 1) a) alkaline earth metal silicate refractory fibres; and, b) colloidal silica having a pH of below 8. 2) a) alkaline earth metal silicate fibres; and b) a non-ionic polymer viscosity modifier. 3) a) alkaline earth metal silicate fibres; and b) a multi-dentate calcium-complexing ligand.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hydraulic excavator with a crane function, more safely performing crane work in the hydraulic excavator. Ž

SOLUTION: When an attachment of the hydraulic excavator with a crane function enters "crane work mode" (Y is determined in the step 80) and it is detected that a bucket 18 of the attachment is not completely closed (N is determined in the step 82), a wa...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmission line mounter with a simple structure and sufficient reliability, an LSI package with an interface module and a ribbon optical transmission line. Ž

SOLUTION: The transmission line mounter 1 is provided with a mounted substrate 2; an optical fiber 7 which is air-wired from a first wiring point A on the mounted substrate 2 to a second wiring point ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-layered film which shows excellent light blocking, has content-protecting adaptability, shows beautiful decorativeness, does not damage appearance, attracts consumers' interest and is useful for packing pouch-packed food, snack confectionery, fat and oil, frozen food or the like. Ž

SOLUTION: The multi-layered film comprises at least one layer containin...

The system has a camera (1) installed in a vehicle, to capture an image of a visual scene in front of the vehicle and a speed sensor (2) to detect speed of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (3) determines state of the vehicle based on signal from the sensor and an optical flow of a predetermined point of the image captured during travel of the vehicle. The optical flow indicates the speed of...