Abstract:
A circulation conveyor for foods and drinks effectively controls internal temperature of a tunnel section covering an upper portion of a circulation-type conveyor path for foods and drinks. The conveyor has a tunnel section covering an upper portion of and in the longitudinal direction of the carrying path. A cooling and heating pipe 24 inside the tunnel section in its longitudinal direction controls internal temperature of the tunnel section. In the tunnel section, upper and lower ventilation openings 32 and 33, disposed above and below, respectively, of the cooling and heating pipe 24 are provided. The ventilation openings communicate via communication pipes 30a to 30c to circulate air, and an air blowing section 34 circulates air in the tunnel section by drawing air from one of the upper or lower ventilation openings, into the pipes, and discharges the air from the other opening.
Abstract:
An electrorheological fluid is constituted by using a dispersed phase of a carbonaceous powder having an oxygen content above 10% by weight but not more than 20% by weight and having an average particle diameter of 0.01-100 .mu.m, obtained by: heat-polymerizing a condensed polycyclic aromatic compound containing a main component of naphthalene by using HF/BF.sub.3 as a catalyst to obtain a 100% meso-phase pitch having a softening point within a range of 150.degree.-400.degree. C.; heat-treating and making the pitch infusible in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature not more than a fusing temperature of the pitch and not less than 50.degree. C. but not more than 400.degree. C. to allow the pitch to have an oxygen content of 12-25% by weight; and then heat-treating and carbonizing the pitch in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature not less than 300.degree. C. but not more than 700.degree. C. It is thus possible to obtain an electrorheological fluid having low current consumption, a high electrorheological effect and excellent long-term durability, even when the carbonaceous powder having high oxidation resistance and a high oxygen content is used.
Abstract:
A method for producing a carbonaceous powder which can be used as dielectric fine particles to be dispersed in an insulating oil to produce an electrorheological fluid is provided. The method comprises the steps of subjecting a starting organic material selected from the group consisting of coal, coal tar, coal tar pitch, liquefied coal, coke, petroleum, petroleum tar, petroleum pitch, and resins to a heat treatment at a maximum temperature of 300.degree. to 800.degree. C. to produce carbonaceous material; pulverizing and classifying the material to produce carbonaceous particles having a mean particle size of 0.5 to 40 .mu.m and a maximum particle size of up to 50 .mu.m; and subjecting the particles to an additional treatment at an elevated temperature and/or a reduced pressure, said additional treatment being carried out at a temperature lower than said maximum temperature of the heat treatment. The resulting carbonaceous powder may optionally be subjected to a further pulverization treatment.
Abstract:
Electrorheological fluids display swift and reversible increase in apparent viscosity under application of an electrical potential difference to the fluid, and are composed generally of electrical insulating oily medium and dielectric fine-particles dispersed therein.At the initial stage of development, electrorheological fluids are prepared by dispersing water-carrying hydrophilic particulates in an electrical insulating oily medium. However, there are such defects as a restriction on usable temperatures so as to avoid evaporation or freezing of the water, an extreme increase in the electric current flow as the temperature raises, inferior stability caused by transfer of water etc.It is an object of the persent invention is to provide nonaqueous type electrorheological fluids having improved electrorheological property.The electrorheological fluid of the present invention is a nonaqueous type electrorheological fluid which comprises organic or inorganic particulates containing not more than 1 wt. % of water and dispersed in an oily medium superior in electrical insulation, wherein the improvement is that said fluid comprises from 0.001 wt. % to 10 wt. % of a compound having a functional group containing at least one atom selected from the group consisted of oxygen atom, nitrogen atom, sulfur atom and phosphorous atom.
Abstract:
The electroviscous fluid is a suspension composed of a finely divided dielectric solid dispersed in an electrically nonconductive oil. Viscosity of the fluid increases swiftly and reversibly under an influence of electric field applied thereto and the fluid turns to a state of plastic or solid when the influence is sufficiently strong.The electroviscous fluid of the present invention comprises(A) 1-60% by weight of a dispersed phase composed of hygroscopic inorganic particles having an average particle size of 0.01-20 micrometer and regulated to a water content of 0.1-10% by weight and adsorbing a high boiling point liquid polar compound, and(B) 99-40% by weight of a liquid phase of an electric insulating oil having a viscosity 0.65-500 centistokes at room temperature.The electroviscous fluid exhibits an excellent electroviscous effect for a long period of time with a low electric power consumption together with a quick response at the application and cancellation of an electric potential difference.
Abstract:
A polyaniline is highly conductive and less corrosive when it contains up to 7 mol % of benzenoid-ammonium salt state and up to 25 mol % of quinoid-diimine state, based on the total molar amount of the polyaniline.
Abstract:
A bulking apparatus includes a hot air generator, an air supply duct having an inlet for receiving hot air and an outlet for delivering hot air to nonwoven fabric, and a sucking part sucking in hot air delivered from the outlet and passed through nonwoven fabric. The air supply duct has an inflow portion leading hot air introduced into the inlet to flow in parallel to the transverse direction of the nonwoven fabric and an outflow portion forming an angle with the inflow portion leading hot air flowing through the inflow portion to the outlet. The air supply duct has a plurality of baffle plates disposed therein, each baffle plate having a flow-facing part and a flow-guiding part located in the inflow and outflow portions, respectively. The baffle plates are arranged such that the inflow path in the inflow portion has a decreasing cross-sectional area with distance from the inlet.
Abstract:
The present invention makes it possible (1) to produce a natural rubber wet master batch and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber wet master batch by mixing a slurry solution of biodegraded rubber powder dispersed in water with a natural rubber latex solution and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber latex solution. Further, the present invention makes it possible (2) to produce a natural rubber wet master batch and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber wet master rubber powder with a natural rubber latex solution and/or a synthetic isoprene batch by mixing a slurry solution of dispersed carbon black and/or silica and rubber latex solution. A rubber composition having high physical properties can be obtained by adding a natural rubber master batch and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber master batch obtained by drying the natural rubber wet master batch and/or the synthetic isoprene rubber wet master batch. Further, the rubber composition containing the wet master batch obtained by the method in combination of above (1) and (2) also exhibits high physical properties.
Abstract:
A clear paint for golf balls includes essentially a base polymer including a polyurethane resin, and a graft polymer including a comb polymer having a backbone portion formed of an acrylic resin and a branch portion formed of polyorganosiloxane. The backbone portion of the comb polymer has at least one hydroxyl group.
Abstract:
The present invention makes it possible (1) to produce a natural rubber wet master batch and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber wet master batch by mixing a slurry solution of biodegraded rubber powder dispersed in water with a natural rubber latex solution and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber latex solution. Further, the present invention makes it possible (2) to produce a natural rubber wet master batch and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber wet master batch by mixing a slurry solution of dispersed carbon black and/or silica and rubber powder with a natural rubber latex solution and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber latex solution. A rubber composition having high physical properties can be obtained by adding a natural rubber master batch and/or a synthetic isoprene rubber master batch obtained by drying the natural rubber wet master batch and/or the synthetic isoprene rubber wet master batch. Further, the rubber composition containing the wet master batch obtained by the method in combination of above (1) and (2) also exhibits high physical properties.