Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Keishi Aoyama

Noboru Kamei

Seitaro Hamano

Yuji Nakazawa

Kinjiro Ikeda

A fixed quantity supply equipment for inflators is combined with a heat-treatment equipment for inflators. A bottom portionof an inflator accommodating chamberat a predetermined position is opened by an opening/closing meansutilizing pneumatics to cause inflatorsinside the inflator accommodating chamber to fall naturally. Thereafter, the bottom portionis closed, the bottom portionof the next inflator accommodating chamberis opened to cause inflatorsinside the same to fall naturally. These actions are repeated to supply the inflatorsin a constant number.

Fixed quantity supply equipment for inflators

A process for producing sorbic acid is described, by first reacting crotonaldehyde with ketene to prepare a polyester, then decomposing the polyester with hydrochloric acid, separating the crude sorbic acid from the reaction solution, and purifying the separated sorbic acid, said purifying step comprising the following steps:

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Hyogo, Japan

Keishi Aoyama