A novel film made from a latex having an exceptional balance of physical properties is prepared by polymerizing an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid with a copolymerizable monomer(s) and, optionally, a crosslinking monomer in the presence of an effective amount of a surfactant and an initiator. In a preferred embodiment of the process for making the film, all of the unsaturated dicarboxylic acid is in...

Fibers treated with a novel latex containing a polymeric material of the present invention have an exceptional balance of physical properties. The novel latex is prepared by polymerizing an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid contained 4 to 10 carbon atoms with a copolymerizable monomer(s) and, optionally, a crosslinking monomer in the presence of an effective amount of a surfactant and initiator. In an...

A functionalized support comprising a substrate having a modified surface, characterised in that the substrate surface is modified with a bidentate silane containing at least two silicon atoms bridged by groups so arranged that an at least seven-membered ring system is formed of the following formula: wherein each of R1 to R4, which may be the same or different, represent alkane, substitute...

A device operationally similar to a conventional differential gear, comprises a number of roller elements 2 and 3 which are positioned in scallop within an outer drum 1, by frictional forces, governed by the demand of output shafts 9 or 10. The elements 2 or 3 transmit the torque from the outer drum 1 to inner hubs 4 and 5 via the reduced space within the scallops and the outer surface of the inne...

PURPOSE:To obtain an equipment of a simple constitution which can access a transmission line at a high speed by allocating a bit in the unit of transmission frame, making access rate variable, and transmitting video data frames in the unit of video packet. CONSTITUTION:A coded output from a moving picture encoder 101 is added with a unique code language and a flag, transmitted to an error correcti...

A processor is provided which is suitable for constrained least squares computations. It incorporates a systolic array of boundary, internal, constraint and multiplier cells arranged as triangular and rectangular sub-arrays. The triangular sub-array contains boundary cells along its major diagonal and connected via delays, together with above-diagonal internal cells. It computes and updates a QR d...

A synthetic oil having excellent oxidation stability, comprising a mixture of monoalkylnaphthalenes which have each a secondary alkyl group of 6 to 24 carbon atoms and in which the specific molar ratio of alpha - to beta -substituted monalkylnaphthalenes is at least 1.0. The synthetic oil is useful as a thermal medium oil or as the main component of a synthetic lubricating oil.

PURPOSE:To prevent contact between wirings and to facilitate the holding of wirings by individually phase-shifting wiring holes to a light emitting means and a depression detecting means from each other and eliminating the axial upper part to lead out wirings from the rear end. CONSTITUTION:The other end part of a light emitter holding body 2 and shoulder parts 61 and 62 are provided with through ...

PURPOSE:To simplify a structure assembling and to reduce the weight by assembling a pair of a light projection-side optical fiber and a light reception-side optical fiber in a holder. CONSTITUTION:A pair of a light projection-side optical fiber 10, to which front end is formed into a round shape for the purpose of improving the condensability, and a light reception-side optical fiber 11 are built ...

PURPOSE:To mechanically set a pressure sensitivity corresponding to the pen pressure by setting a turning-on area, a turning-off area, and a blind area based on a maximum pen pressure measured with a pressure-sensitive rubber switch. CONSTITUTION:A certain voltage is applied to a pressure-sensitive rubber 3, and the change of a resistance value due to the pressure applied to the pressure- sensitiv...

PURPOSE:To stably produce the objective resin having arbitrary crosslinking degree while suppressing gelling reaction, by reacting a polybasic carboxylic acid with a specific amount of a diol component and polymerizing the product while distilling out water and the diol component. CONSTITUTION:The objective resin can be produced by mixing (A) a >=3-basic carboxylic acid component (e.g. 1,2,4-benze...

A method for reducing image artifacts due to signal variations in the course of examining a subject using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques includes the acquisition of NMR data for imaging the object. The NMR data is composed of a number of views. The acquisition of each view includes the implementation of a pulse sequence to generate an NMR signal and application of a magnetic gradient ...

A transparent, semitransparent or opaline glass-ceramics containing calcium phosphate crystals uniform and very fine in grain size is obtained by heat-treating a glass essentially comosed of 38-52 wt % of SiO2, 4-16 wt % of P2O5, 6-18 wt % of Al2O3 (may partly be replaced by La2O3), 20-33 wt % of CaO (may partly be replaced by MgO, BaO,SrO and/or ZnO), 4-17 wt % of ZrO2 (may partly be replaced by ...

A process for forming on each air bearing surface carried on a bar 10 from which a plurality of air bearing sliders can be sawn (one shown in Fig. 11) each having a magnetic head whose pole tip projects to the air bearing surface 21a of the slider and has a predetermined position therein, a negative pressure cavity (100a) of predetermined shape and having a predetermined position spaced apart from...

A protective container, for example for a hazard warning lamp (10) such as is used to illuminate temporary obstructions on the highway, comprises a body (11) having a top (12) and a bottom (13), one or more side walls (14, 15, 16) extending between the top (12) and the bottom (13) and defining an internal chamber for containing the lamp (10), the or at least one of the side walls (14, 15, 16) havi...

A platen gap adjusting mechanism includes a platen (1) for supporting a printing paper, a guide shaft (3) mounted in parallel with said platen (1), a carriage (4) composed of a carriage frame (5) and a base plate (7), a front end of the carriage (4) being rotatably mounted on said guide shaft (3), printing head (6) mounted on said carriage (4) for printing character data onto said printing paper, ...

Prepn. of the enzyme cyanide hydratase (CH) comprises (a) continuously cultivating a micro-organism strain aerobically in an aq. culture contg. sources of C and of appropriate inorganic nutrients at 28-34 deg.C and at pH 4.5-7.5 with a dilution rate up to 0.11 hr. to minus 1, while continuously supplying cyanide ions and/or HCN or cpds. generating them under fermentation conditions, to the culture...

There is described a mobile device for enriching oxygen-deficient water of a watercourse with oxygen gas or with a gas containing oxygen. The gas is contained in a tank (4) in compressed form. The arrangement is located on a float (1). The gas is passed from the tank to a diffuser (6) via evaporators (5). The diffuser is arranged on a broad side of the float and can be shifted in the vertical dire...

The invention relates to an admixture to be used in preparing a fresh concrete with enhanced flowability and air-entraining property.

A "thermo" box for the transportation of fresh goods, such as meat, fish, medicines or the like, comprises a double sidewall, cover and bottom construction of a thermo plastic material wherein the hollow space in the base portion, which defines the bottom of the box, sidewalls and the cover are filled with air or some other gas. The basic shape of the box is a generally flat hollow moulding where ...