Abstract: A process for producing a lead-acid battery, in which a lead bushing 1 cast in a lid b of an assembled lead-acid battery A and a pole 2 inserted through an insertion hole 3 in the lead bushing 1 are welded together by applying a laser beam 4b thereto. At the time of the laser welding, as desired, a jig 7 is so placed around the lead bushing 1 as to surround it and the laser welding is carried out.

Abstract: A film-sealed nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprises: a battery element including a non-aqueous electrolyte; a film case having at least a sealant polymer resin film for sealing the battery element; at least a load terminal extending from the battery element and projecting from the film case, and the lead terminal with a surface having a contact area in contact directly with the sealant polymer resin film, and at least the contact area of the surface of the lead terminal is coated with an anti-corrosion coating film, wherein the anti-corrosion coating film includes: (A) a polymer of structural units of a phenolic compound, and at least a part of the structural units includes a substituent which comprises an amino group or a substituted amino group; (B) a phosphate compound; and (C) a titanium fluorine compound.

Abstract: In an apparatus administrating system, transmission and receipt are possible between at least one image outputting apparatus and an administrating apparatus that conducts maintenance administration for the image outputting apparatus mutually, each function and each unit both necessary for operating the image outputting apparatus are controlled on a unification basis, the administrating apparatus acquires information about the functions and units of the image outputting apparatus through transmission and receipt, and software of plural image outputting apparatuses capable of operating under appropriate conditions including the image outputting apparatus are updated as occasion demands.

Abstract: An image data processing system, comprises first and second storing sections; an administrative control section to administrate the image data stored in the first storing section or the reduced image data stored in the second storing section; an authenticating section to conduct an authenticating process for an access from a customer terminal on a network; the administrative control section making it possible for the customer to peruse the reduced image data when the authenticating section is accessed with the provisional ID and the administrative control section capable of conducting a receiving process for a member ID; and the administrative control section making it possible to receive an operation for at least one of the reduced image data in the second storing section and the image data stored in the first storing section.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a hydrophilic treating method of the surface of metal comprising, the first process which treat the surface of metal with a chemical conversion solution to form a chemical conversion film on the metal surface while etching the metal surface and the second process which remove said film formed on the surface of metal to obtain rougher surface, and the final process which forms a hydrophilic film on the surface of metal. Desirably the surface roughness indicated by Rz after above mentioned second process is rougher than 1.5 &mgr;m.

Abstract: In relation to a control system of an image processor by which transmission and receiving can be conducted with an equipment placed in a store, office, hospital, etc., and with a control apparatus to conduct a maintenance control of the equipment, the maintenance control system of the image processor includes: the image processor; a communication section for transmitting and receiving information between the control apparatus and the image processor; and an information obtaining device for obtaining information to reproduce a condition of the image processor on a control apparatus side, wherein the information obtained by the information obtaining device is transmitted to the control apparatus through the communication section.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a network system for providing a print-service, in which a printing process is conducted in response to print-order information transmitted from a customer. The network system includes a first server for conducting the printing process based on the print-order information transmitted from the customer and a second server for providing the print-service to the customer through the network system. When the second server receives the print-order information transmitted from the terminal device located at the site of the customer, the second server stores the print-order information in the information-storing section without transmitting the received information to the first server.

Abstract: There is provided a surface treatment method of metal that can endow the surface of a metallic material with strong bonding force in a simple process regardless of the profile and the substance of the metallic material as well as a metallic material obtained by such a method. The method comprises a first step of conducting a chemical etching process accompanied by formation of a film coat on the metal surface and a second step of chemically removing the film coat formed on the metal surface in the first step. If necessary, it may further comprise a third step of forming a thin layer on the metal surface after the second step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylethanolamine compounds represented by general formula [I]: ##STR1## (where R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or halogen; R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy substituted with one or two lower alkoxycarbonyl or carboxy groups, lower alkoxy substituted with lower alkylaminocarbonyl which may be substituted with lower alkoxy, lower alkoxy substituted with cyclic aminocarbonyl of 4 to 6 carbon atoms, lower alkoxycarbonyl or carboxy; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkoxy or lower alkoxy substituted with one or two lower alkoxycarbonyl or carboxy groups; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be bonded to each other to form methylenedioxy substituted with carboxy or lower alkoxycarbonyl; and m and n are 0 or 1), and their pharmacologically acceptable salts, which have a potent .beta.3 adrenergic stimulating effect and high .beta.3 adrenergic receptor selectivity, as well as to processes for their production and intermediates in their production.

Abstract: A method to recover the resources incorporated in a photographic material is disclosed. An exposed silver salt light-sensitive photographic material is subjected to color development processing; the obtained image information is optically read; digital image information is obtained by converting the read information to electrical signals, and the resulting image information is recorded on a recording medium, and resources incorporated in a photographic material is recovered from the processed photographic material.

Abstract: A Saishin N derivative represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents a carbonyl group or a >CH--ORx group, or X bonds to a carbon atom in Y or Z to represent a >C(ORx)--O-- group; Y and Z may be the same or different and each represents a carbonyl group or a >CH--ORy group, or each bonds to an oxygen atom in X to represent a >CH-- group; the broken line represents an optional bond; and Rx and Ry may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, alkenyl, aralkenyl, aralkyl, heterocyclic-alkyl or acyl group, is provided which is therapeutically usable as an antiulcer agent.

Abstract: A laser beam with a wavelength .lambda. emitted from a laser beam source is split into first and second pump beams and a probe beam. The first and second pump beams are incident on light incident surfaces of a photo-nonlinear medium from opposing directions on the same optical path. The probe beam is incident on the light incident surface forming an angle with the first pump beam to generate interference fringes in the normal direction of the light incident surface and to form a refractive index grating. A phase conjugate wave is emitted in the reverse direction to an incident optical path of the probe beam by means of irradiating the second pump beam on the refractive index grating.

Abstract: An optical switch for use as a shutter for intercepting or passing light signals, such as beam lights, including a piezoelectric actuator attached at one end thereof to a base plate and at its other end to an optical shielding object for intercepting or passing over light beams, a mirror installed on a location close to the place where the piezoelectric actuator is attached to the base plate to reflect passed light beams, and the piezoelectric actuator being coupled to a source of energy. The light signals are intercepted or passed by the movement of the object due to modifications of the piezoelectric actuator, and the passed light signals are reflected by the mirror and detected by an optical detector.

Abstract: An optical scanner for scanning light signals, such as light beams, including an electrostrictive element attached at one end thereof to a base body, a convex mirror fixed to the other end of the electrostrictive element, a driving circuit for changing a voltage applied to the electrostrictive element, and an emitter for emitting a light beam to the surface of the convex mirror in a direction different from the modified direction of the electrostrictive element. When the applied voltage to the electrostrictive element changes by the driving circuit during reflecting light beams on the convex mirror surface, the electrostrictive element is modified according to the applied voltage. Simultaneously light beams are scanned over a wide range, even if the modified volume is small, due to continuous change of deflection angles of beams according to the radius of the curvature of the convex mirror.

Abstract: There is disclosed a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material containing novel cyan coupler which comprises a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, characterized in that at least one layer of the silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one cyan coupler represented by the formula (I) shown below: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a dialkylamino group, an anilino group, an alkoxy group or an arloxy group; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, A R.sub.5 CO--group or a R.sub.5 SO.sub.2 --group; provided that R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 cannot be hydrogen atoms at the same time; R.sub.