Abstract: A gasket securing device of a gasket mounting appliance is movable in its radius direction, capable of being put into an opening disposed in an object after mounting a ribbonlike gasket in its backward position, and, in its forward position, capable of pressing predetermined parts of the gasket against and fitting them into respective predetermined parts of an engaging portion prepared along the margin of the opening and, thereafter, pressing the rest of the gasket that lies between the fitted predetermined parts against and fitting it into the rest of the engaging portion.

Abstract: A pressure-fixable encapsulated toner each capsule of which comprises a core containing a pressure-fixable component and a shell entirely or partially covering the core, characterized in that the shell comprises a copolymer of 95-70% by weight of vinylidene chloride and 5-30% by weight of acrylonitrile. This encapsulated toner is excellent in the covering property of the shell, is easy to prepare, and exhibits good stable triboelectrical chargeability, developing ability, and pressure fixability to plain paper, during many repeated service operations.