PCT No. PCT/JP82/00282 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 9, 1983 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 9, 1983 PCT Filed Jul. 21, 1982 PCT Pub. No. WO83/00583 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 1983.A lead-acid cell wherein current collectors (1, 5) constituting negative and positive plates opposed to each other with a separator (3) interposed therebetween which separator retains an electrolyte. One surface of each flat plate-like current ...

A mattress construction in which the firmness of the top surface is selectively adjustable. A mattress body provides the primary support for a person lying on top thereof. A removable pillow top covers the mattress body, and is removably fastened thereto along its peripheral edges. A relatively thin fluid inflatable cushion is positioned beneath the removable top such that the pressure in the cush...

An apparatus for controlling the running of a trackless moving body. The apparatus includes a control device which comprises an adder receiving outputs from two position deviation sensors mounted on the moving body, a subtractor circuit receiving outputs from the two position deviation sensors, a first comparator receiving the output from the adder for comparing the same with a first reference val...

PURPOSE:To decide the quality for the working state of the peripheral hardware, by providing a checking address for check of the peripheral hardware. CONSTITUTION:The data delivered from a microprocessor MPU2 is fed to a writing bus 7-2 of an MPU bus 6-1 for example. In this case, the address of data is decoded by an address decoder 8 and the writing is carried out to a real processing register 9 ...

Combustible pellets or briquettes of straw or a similar material are made by mixing the material with dry fly ash and compacting the material to produce a compression temperature of 100-200 degrees, whereupon the fly ash is activated as a bonding agent. High-quality straw briquettes can hereby be produced without further admixtures or process steps. The fly ash, which is a very cheap material, can...

Combustible pellets or briquettes of straw or a similar material are made by mixing the material with dry fly ash and compacting the material to produce a compression temperature of 100-200 degrees, whereupon the fly ash is activated as a bonding agent. High-quality straw briquettes can hereby be produced without further admixtures or process steps. The fly ash, which is a very cheap material, can...

A device for scanning a beam spot. The device has a light deflecting portion and a light condensing thin film lens formed on a thin film waveguide path. In this device, a chirped signal is applied to a surface elastic wave transducer constituting the light deflecting portion, whereby scanning of the beam spot is effected on or near the curved end surface of the thin film waveguide path. This devic...

A process for the production of moldings from unsaturated polyester resins wherein a mixture is first prepared from 1. an unsaturated polyester, 2. a copolymerizable vinyl compound, 3. an inhibitor, 4. a photoinitiator, 5. a thickener, preferably MgO, 6. a pulverulent auxiliary which transmits ultraviolet light and/or 7. a fibrous reinforcing material and 8. further conventional additives. This mi...

A method for the production of a more water-resistant foamed element from waterglass consisting essentially of the steps of mixing together a major amount of an alkali metal silicate solution, with inorganic fillers, at least one alkali-resistant wetting agent in an amount sufficient to form a stable foam, at least one compound capable of hardening a waterglass foam in an amount sufficient to caus...

A coated plastic article having a good appearance, uniform dyeing and excellent surface properties comprises a shaped plastic substrate and a coating, said shaped plastic substrate comprising a polymer of diethylene glycol bisallyl carbonate, said shaped plastic substrate having at least one unsmooth portion on the surface thereof, said shaped plastic substrate being treated with activated gas, io...

The invention provides a flame retardant thermally insulating material which comprises cellular polymer particles and fly ash bound into a coherent mass by a dried synthetic polymer latex binder, and a process for providing between at least two spaced-apart surfaces a flame retardant thermal insulation in the form of such a material. The process has particularly useful application in the field of ...

A high temperature and flame resistant closed cell polyimide foam material and methods of making the foam. An aromatic tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride is reacted with an oxomine to produce an N-substituted imide, which is then esterified with a suitable alcohol. The resulting liquid is dried and the dry residue is reduced to a uniform powder having particles with diameters generally in the 0.5 to...

A process for producing an open cell foam comprising the steps of: (a) forming a compound comprising polyvinyl chloride resin produced by suspension polymerization, at least one organic stabilizer containing at least one Group I metal and at least one organic stabilizer containing at least one Group II metal, at least one surface active agent, and a heat decomposable blowing agent; and (b) heating...

Moulding composition comprising a vinylidene fluoride polymer and a blowing agent which is a hydroxycarboxylic acid or an alkali metal salt derived from one of the acids.

An aqueous phenol formaldehyde resole, suitable for use in the manufacture of phenolic foam insulation, has a molar ratio of formaldehyde to phenol in the range of from about 1.7:1 to about 2.3:1, and a weight average molecular weight greater than 800. Preferably, the resole also has a number average molecular weight greater than 350 and a dispersivity greater than about 1.7. Phenol formaldehyde r...

An aqueous phenol formaldehyde resole, suitable for use in the manufacture of phenolic foam insulation, has a molar ratio of formaldehyde to phenol in the range of from about 1.7:1 to about 2.3:1, and a weight average molecular weight greater than 800. Preferably, the resole also has a number average molecular weight greater than 350 and a dispersivity greater than about 1.7. Phenol formaldehyde r...

A foamable phenolic resole composition is foamed and cured with an acid curing agent which is an anhydrous aryl sulfonic acid which has a pKa of less than about 2.0 and which reduces the compatibility of the resole with water, e.g. benzene, toluene or xylene sulfonic acids. The phenolic foam formed has cell walls which are substantially free of perforations. The preferred anhydrous aryl sulfonic a...

A foamable phenolic resole composition is foamed and cured with an acid curing agent which is an anhydrous aryl sulfonic acid which has a pKa of less than about 2.0 and which reduces the compatibility of the resole with water, e.g. benzene, toluene or xylene sulfonic acids. The phenolic foam formed has cell walls which are substantially free of perforations. The preferred anhydrous aryl sulfonic a...

A closed cell phenolic foam having a cell structure in which the cell walls are substantially free of both ruptures and perforations is made by foaming and curing a foamable phenolic resole composition containing an aqueous phenol formaldehyde resole, a surfactant, a blowing agent and optionally other additives, with an acid foaming and curing agent which is an anhydrous aryl sulfonic acid which h...

A closed cell phenolic foam having a cell structure in which the cell walls are substantially free of both ruptures and perforations is made by foaming and curing a foamable phenolic resole composition containing an aqueous phenol formaldehyde resole, a surfactant, a blowing agent and optionally other additives, with an acid foaming and curing agent which is an anhydrous aryl sulfonic acid which h...