Abstract: A lamination-type image receiving sheet having excellent storage stability is provided. The image receiving sheet comprises: an image receiving substrate; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release resin film provided in that order on the image receiving substrate on its side opposite to the image receiving surface. The image receiving substrate is in the form of a resin film. The surface roughness (Ra) of the release resin film on its side opposite to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is in the range of 0.2 to 0.8 .mu.m.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet including: a substrate, a thermal transfer layer provided on one side of the substrate, and a heat-resistant slip layer, containing particles, provided on the other side of the substrate, the shot-type abrasion loss of the particles contained in the heat-resistant slip layer being 15 to 100 mg. A thermal transfer sheet including: a substrate, a heat-transferable colorant layer provided on one side of the substrate; and a heat-resistant slip layer, containing an inorganic filler, provided on the other side of the substrate, the inorganic filler comprising a main component and an impurity, the hardness of the main component and the hardness of the impurity having the relationship: main component<impurity, the ratio of the highest diffraction line intensity Y of the impurity to the highest diffraction line intensity X of the main component in the X-ray diffraction of the inorganic filler being 0.03.ltoreq.Y/X.ltoreq.0.20.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate, a thermal transfer layer provided on one side of the substrate, and a heat-resistant slip layer, containing particles, provided on the other side of the substrate, the shot-type abrasion loss of the particles contained in the heat-resistant slip layer being 15 to 100 mg. A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate, a heat-transferable colorant layer provided on one side of the substrate, and a heat-resistant slip layer, containing an inorganic filler, provided on the other side of the substrate, the inorganic filler comprising a main component and an impurity, the hardness of the main component and the hardness of the impurity having the relationship: main component<impurity, the ratio of the highest diffraction line intensity Y of the impurity to the highest diffraction line intensity X of the main component in the X-ray diffraction of the inorganic filler being 0.03.ltoreq.Y/X.ltoreq.0.20.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet including: a substrate film, a heat-transferable colorant layer provided on one side of the substrate film, and a heat-resistant slip layer, provided on the other side of the substrate film. The slip layer includes a binder resin and a reaction product between a polyisocyanate and a straight-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon with 8 or more carbon atoms having, at its one end, a group reactive with an isocyanate group.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate film, a recording agent layer formed on one surface of the substrate film, and a back surface layer formed on the other surface of the substrate film, the back surface layer containing at least one lubricant having a heat decomposition temperature of 200.degree. C. or above including a thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate sheet, a thermally transferable colorant layer formed on one surface of the substrate sheet and a back surface layer formed on the other surface of the substrate sheet, said back surface layer containing a phosphoric ester surfactant, an alkaline substance and a binder. A thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate sheet, a thermally transferable colorant layer formed on one surface of the substrate sheet and a back surface layer formed on the other surface of the substrate sheet, the back surface layer comprising a resin binder and particles having a Mohs hardness of less than 3.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate film, a recording agent layer formed on one surface of the substrate film, and a back surface layer formed on the other surface of the substrate film, the back surface layer containing at least one lubricant having a heat decomposition temperature of 200.degree. C. or above. A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate sheet, a thermally transferable colorant layer formed on one surface of the substrate sheet and a back surface layer formed on the other surface of the substrate sheet, said back surface layer containing a phosphoric ester surfactant, an alkaline substance and a binder. A thermal transfer sheet including a substrate sheet, a thermally transferable colorant layer formed on one surface of the substrate sheet and a back surface layer formed on the other surface of the substrate sheet, the back surface layer comprising a resin binder and particles having a Mohs hardness of less than 3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosensitive recording material used in combination with a heat transfer sheet carried thereon with a thermally transferable dye, which is characterized in that it comprises a substrate 1 and a dye-receiving layer 2 provided on at least one surface of the substrate 1, the dye-receiving layer 2 being obtained by crosslinking and curing a resin having a crosslinkable reaction group with an additive having a crosslinkable reaction group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosensitive recording material used in combination with a heat transfer sheet carried thereon with a thermally transferable dye, which is characterized in that it comprises a substrate 1 and a dye-receiving layer 2 provided on at least one surface of the substrate 1, the dye-receiving layer 2 being obtained by crosslinking and curing a resin having a crosslinkable reaction group with an additive having a crosslinkable reaction group.

Abstract: An endoscope having a light source unit, a light guide fiber for guiding illumination light from the light source unit to the distal end in the inserting section of the endoscope main body, an optical system provided in the distal end for guiding the illumination light transmitted via the light guide fiber to an object, and a solid-state image pickup element incorporated in the distal end. A lens of the optical system is supported by a frame movable along an optical axis thereof. The frame is moved along the optical axis by a wire operating device provided in a control section of the endoscope main body in order to vary the angle of view of the optical system, i.e., the illuminating angle of the illuminating light. The image obtained by the solid-state image pickup element is enlarged by an image enlargement processor in accordance with the angle of view of the optical system, and is displayed. The image enlargement processor has a first frame memory and a second frame memory.

Abstract: A connecting mechanism has a cylindrical socket mounted on a light source device, and a cylindrical member fitted to the outside of the socket. The member is engaged with a first type of connector to hold it when the connector is connected to the socket. A slide ring is arranged opposite to the cylindrical member to be movable between a normal position and an evacuating position. In a normal position, the slide ring is engaged with a second type of connector of an endoscope to hold it when the second type connector is connected the socket. When a third type of connector is to be connected to the socket, the slide ring is in contact with the third type of connector and moved from the normal position to the evacuating position by the third type connector, thereby allowing the third type connector to be connected to the socket.

Abstract: An endoscope sheath cleaning device comprises an upper plate, a hole formed in the upper plate to allow for the insertion of an endoscope sheath into the cleaning device, a nozzle head disposed under the hole, an endoscope sheath cleaning mechanism which includes brushes or spongy cleaning members and is set under the nozzle head, a rotation mechanism for the cleaning mechanism, a J-shaped or vertically straight endoscope sheath guiding tube, one end of which is set concentric with the endoscope sheath insertion hole, and a drain tube branched from the lowest part of the endoscope sheath guiding tube. An annular jet chamber is formed in the cylindrical nozzle head. The nozzle head is penetrated by a plurality of nozzles whose nozzle openings are projected into the jet chamber, and which are directed so as to cause a washing liquid to be ejected over the endoscope sheath cleaning mechanism. The endoscope sheath is repeatedly taken into and out of the guiding tube through the insertion hole.