1. An electrolytic gas generation device for generating ozone gas consisting essentially of: an anode chamber in which the ozone gas and oxygen is generated; a cathode chamber in which hydrogen gas is generated; a solid electrolyte ion exchange film separating the anode chamber from the cathode chamber; a porous anode provided at a first side of the ion exchange film in the anode chamber; a porous cathode provided at an opposite side of the ion exchange film in the cathode chamber; a power source for imposing a potential difference between the porous anode and the porous cathode; a pure water supply source for supplying pure water to a mixer; a carbon dioxide supply source for supplying carbon dioxide to the mixer; and the mixer for mixing the pure water and the carbon dioxide to form carbonated water and supplying the carbonated water to the anode chamber.
2. An electrolytic gas generation device according to claim 1, wherein the mixing means in which the pure water is changed to carbonated water is such that pure water is introduced to one side of a film and carbon dioxide is introduced to an opposite side of the film, so that the carbon dioxide dissolves in the pure water via said film to change the pure water to carbonated water.
3. An electrolytic gas generation device according to claim 1, wherein the carbonated water contains carbon dioxide.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An application jig comprising:
a first principal surface;
a second principal surface provided on an opposite side of the first principal surface; and
an opening section penetrating from the first principal surface to the second principal surface and comprising:
a first opening section provided on the first principal surface side; and
a second opening section provided on the second principal surface side and having a substantially constant diameter from the second principal surface toward a boundary line between the first opening section and the second opening section, the first opening section having a diameter gradually decreasing from the first principal surface toward the boundary line.
2. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein the second opening section has a thickness of about 1 to about 4 mm.
3. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein, among angles between a face defining the first opening section and a face spreading along the boundary line in a direction in parallel with the second principal surface, an angle formed inside the application jig is about 65\xb0 to about 85\xb0.
4. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein the application jig is made of polyacetal, a fluororesin, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyphenylene ether, polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylic resin, polyphenylene sulfide, or a metal coated with a resin.
5. The application jig according to claim 4,
wherein the application jig is made of polyacetal, a fluororesin, or a metal coated with fluororesin.
6. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein the application jig has a thickness of about 10 to about 20 mm.
7. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein a face defining the second opening section has a groove running from the boundary line toward the second principal surface.
8. A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structured body, comprising:
providing an application jig comprising:
a first principal surface;
a second principal surface provided on an opposite side of the first principal surface; and
an opening section penetrating from the first principal surface to the second principal surface and comprising:
a first opening section provided on the first principal surface side; and
a second opening section provided on the second principal surface side and having a substantially constant diameter from the second principal surface toward a boundary line between the first opening section and the second opening section, the first opening section having a diameter gradually decreasing from the first principal surface toward the boundary line;
putting a sealing material paste on a peripheral surface of a pillar-shaped ceramic block;
setting the application jig in such a manner that the first principal surface faces upward and the second principal surface faces downward;
placing the ceramic block inside the second opening section of the application jig; and
passing the ceramic block through the opening section of the application jig so that a face defining the second opening section spreads an entire peripheral surface of the ceramic block with the sealing material paste to manufacture a honeycomb structured body with a peripheral sealing material layer formed on the peripheral surface of the ceramic block.
9. The method according to claim 8,
wherein, in the passing the ceramic block, the application jig with the first principal surface facing upward and the second principal surface facing downward is moved in an upward direction.
10. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block is placed in a manner as to set a spacing between the peripheral surface of the ceramic block and the face defining the second opening section constant.
11. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block is placed in a manner as to set a spacing between the peripheral surface of the ceramic block and the face defining the second opening section not constant.
12. The method according to claim 10,
wherein the spacing between the peripheral surface of the ceramic block and the face defining the second opening section of the application jig is about 0.40 to about 0.70 mm.
13. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block is placed in a manner such that positions of a center of the ceramic block and a center of the opening section of the application jig are matched.
14. The method according to claim 13,
wherein a positioning jig is used to place the ceramic block, the positioning jig being capable of determining positions of the ceramic block and the application jig by matching the positions of the center of the ceramic block and the center of the opening section of the application jig.
15. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block is manufactured through manufacturing a rectangular pillar-shaped honeycomb fired body having a large number of cells for passing gas therethrough disposed in parallel in a longitudinal direction and a cell wall provided to separate the large number of cells, binding a plurality of the honeycomb fired bodies to manufacture a rectangular pillar-shaped honeycomb aggregated body, and grinding a peripheral surface of the honeycomb aggregated body; and
cells cut in the grinding are exposed on the peripheral surface of the ceramic block.
16. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block comprises a single pillar-shaped honeycomb fired body including a large number of cells for passing gas therethrough disposed in parallel in a longitudinal direction and a cell wall provided to separate the large number of cells.
17. The method according to claim 8, comprising:
putting a first sealing material paste on the peripheral surface of the ceramic block;
spreading the entire peripheral surface of the ceramic block with the first sealing material paste;
drying the first sealing material paste until the first sealing material paste is solidified to form a first peripheral sealing material layer;
putting a second sealing material paste on the first peripheral sealing material layer;
spreading an entire first peripheral sealing material layer with the second sealing material paste; and
drying the second sealing material paste until the second sealing material paste is solidified to form a second peripheral sealing material layer.
18. The application jig according to claim 2,
wherein, among angles between a face defining the first opening section and a face spreading along the boundary line in a direction in parallel with the second principal surface, an angle formed inside the application jig is about 65\xb0 to about 85\xb0.
19. The application jig according to claim 2,
wherein the application jig is made of polyacetal, a fluororesin, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyphenylene ether, polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylic resin, polyphenylene sulfide, or a metal coated with a resin.
20. The application jig according to claim 3,
wherein the application jig is made of polyacetal, a fluororesin, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyphenylene ether, polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylic resin, polyphenylene sulfide, or a metal coated with a resin.