Abstract: To provide an electrode for an electricity storage device, which electrode employs a porous conductor having conductive nanostructures formed on its surface and makes it possible to provide a less expensive electricity storage device having a high discharge capacity and high charge/discharge cycle resistance. A porous conductor which is used as an electrode for an electricity storage device has a plurality of conductive nanostructures on a surface of the porous conductor.

Abstract: An embossing die is provided to an embossing apparatus. The embossing die is heated by a heating unit which is provided to the embossing apparatus. The embossing die includes a convex shaped mold portion. The mold portion corresponds to one concave portion formed on a front face of a base material. The mold portion is an aggregate of a plurality of protrusions which are divided by a slit. The slit is provided to an outer surface of the mold portion which contacts the front face of the base material. In the slit, a cutting direction corresponds to a height direction of the mold portion. The plurality of protrusions are adjacent to each other through the slit.

Abstract: In a decorative sheet, a base material has a concave portion on a front face. The concave portion includes a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. A depth dimension of the first surface is a first value. The depth dimension is a dimension from the front face of the base material along a thickness direction of the base material. The depth dimension of the second surface is a second value which is smaller than the first value. The third surface is a surface which is connected with the first surface at a back side of the thickness direction, and is connected with the second surface at a front side of the thickness direction.

Abstract: An embossing die is provided to an embossing apparatus. The embossing die is heated by a heating unit which is provided to the embossing apparatus. The embossing die includes a convex shaped mold portion. The mold portion corresponds to one concave portion formed on a front face of a base material. The mold portion is an aggregate of a plurality of protrusions which are divided by a slit. The slit is provided to an outer surface of the mold portion which contacts the front face of the base material. In the slit, a cutting direction corresponds to a height direction of the mold portion. The plurality of protrusions are adjacent to each other through the slit.

Abstract: In a decorative sheet, a base material has a concave portion on a front face. The concave portion includes a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. A depth dimension of the first surface is a first value. The depth dimension is a dimension from the front face of the base material along a thickness direction of the base material. The depth dimension of the second surface is a second value which is smaller than the first value. The third surface is a surface which is connected with the first surface at a back side of the thickness direction, and is connected with the second surface at a front side of the thickness direction.

Abstract: To provide an electrode for an electricity storage device, which electrode employs a porous conductor having conductive nanostructures formed on its surface and makes it possible to provide a less expensive electricity storage device having a high discharge capacity and high charge/discharge cycle resistance. A porous conductor which is used as an electrode for an electricity storage device has a plurality of conductive nanostructures on a surface of the porous conductor.

Abstract: A color toner for electrophotography comprises, at least, a binder resin, a colorant and an antistatic composition. The antistatic composition comprises as the main components: (A) at least one member selected from a compound containing an ether linkage(s) and/or ester linkage(s) and a (co)polymer containing an ether linkage(s) and/or ester linkage(s); and (B) a component obtained by treating a metal salt of an alkali or alkaline earth metal with a compound capable of adsorbing anions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-layer ceramic substrate including a glass ceramic and an external terminal formed on a surface of the glass ceramic. The external terminal includes conductive materials mainly composed of at least one among Ag, Au, Pt and Pd, and added with at least one element among Bi, Cu, Ge, Mn, Ti and Zn. Inorganic oxide particles are provided on a surface of the external terminal. The multi-layer ceramic substrate can keep adhesive strength being unchanged after humidity test or after plating and can prevent plating sag and solder leach from occurring.

Abstract: Provided as toners for developing electrostatically charged images capable of preventing a sticking and curling phenomenon even with an increase in number of printed sheets and processes for producing the same, with the use of a cyclic polyolefinic resin, are a toner for developing electrostatically charged images contains a cyclic polyolefinic resin and a polar resin wherein 10 to 50 parts by weight of the polar resin is present in relation to 100 parts by weight of the cyclic polyolefinic resin, and a process for producing a toner for developing electrostatically charged images comprises a step of melt-kneading at least a cyclic polyolefinic resin and a coloring agent to obtain a kneaded product, a step of grinding the kneaded product to obtain colored particles, and a step of melt-kneading, grinding and classifying the colored particles and a polar resin to obtain the toner.

Abstract: A device for measuring electrostatic charge amount of toner is provided. The device comprises a hollow toner suction port for sucking the toner from a toner substrate and a means for measuring electrostatic charge amount of the sucked toner. The toner suction port forms a hermetically sealed space with the toner substrate.

Abstract: A valve regulated lead-acid battery of the present invention includes a battery container provided with a plurality of cells, and a battery lid mounted over an opening of the battery container. The battery lid includes an exhaust chamber having an exhaust hole provided in the bottom and communicating with the cell, and an injection chamber having an injection hole provided in the bottom and communicating with the cell. The exhaust chamber includes a plate shaped valve body contacting with the bottom of the exhaust chamber and covering the exhaust hole, a sheet having elasticity and arranged on the valve body, and a top plate fixed to the battery lid and covering the sheet. The injection chamber includes a plug body for blocking the injection hole.

Abstract: A developer for electrophotography comprising of a carrier and a magnetic toner containing cyclo-olefin copolymer resin as a binder resin. A carrier in which a surface of the core particle is coated by resin coating agent or a magnetic material dispersed resin carrier, is desirable. In the case in which saturation magnetization of the carrier at external magnetic field of 5 kOe is Sc, it is desirable that saturation magnetization St of magnetic toner at external magnetic field of 5 kOe satisfy the relationship of 0.10 Sc?St?0.40 Sc. In this way, the developer for electrophotography in which environmental resistance is superior, appropriate image density is maintained even after a large number of copies are made, fogging and toner dusting are minimized, and the amount of toner consumed is reduced, can be provided by the present invention.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube device including an inner electrode, having connecting step, connecting a carbon nanotube to the inner electrode, wherein the connecting step comprises: attaching a conductor to an end or periphery thereof of a needle-shaped or rod-shaped carrying electrode; arranging the carbon nanotube in contact or close to a predetermined connection part of the inner electrode; approaching the end of the carrying electrode on which the conductor is carried to the connection part; and transferring the conductor carried on the carrying electrode to the connection part or periphery thereof to connect the carbon nanotube to the inner electrode.

Abstract: Provided are: a turn table for storing a disk shaped recording medium Dn to be vertically placed; a disk drive unit disposed at the center part of the table, the disk drive unit mounting a recording medium Dn to record and/or reproduce an information signal SIN; disk carrying means for carrying the recording medium Dn between the disk drive unit and the turn table; and a control device, wherein the control device controls the turn table and disk carrying medium so as to detect whether or not the recording medium Dn is stored in the disk storage unit, judge an information recording face of the recording medium Dn removed from the disk storage unit, and based on the judgment result, mount the recording medium Dn intact on the disk drive unit or invert the recording medium Dn, thereby remounting the medium on the disk drive.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a carbon nanotube device including an inner electrode, having connecting step, connecting a carbon nanotube to the inner electrode, wherein the connecting step comprises: attaching a conductor to an end or periphery thereof of a needle-shaped or rod-shaped carrying electrode; arranging the carbon nanotube in contact or close to a predetermined connection part of the inner electrode; approaching the end of the carrying electrode on which the conductor is carried to the connection part; and transferring the conductor carried on the carrying electrode to the connection part or periphery thereof to connect the carbon nanotube to the inner electrode. A carbon nanotube device manufactured by this method includes a conductive particle which electrically connects the inner electrode and the carbon nanotube.

Abstract: Provided are: a turn table for storing a disk shaped recording medium Dn to be vertically placed; a disk drive unit disposed at the center part of the table, the disk drive unit mounting a recording medium Dn to record and/or reproduce an information signal SIN; disk carrying means for carrying the recording medium Dn between the disk drive unit and the turn table; and a control device, wherein the control device controls the turn table and disk carrying medium so as to detect whether or not the recording medium Dn is stored in the disk storage unit, judge an information recording face of the recording medium Dn removed from the disk storage unit, and based on the judgment result, mount the recording medium Dn intact on the disk drive unit or invert the recording medium Dn, thereby remounting the medium on the disk drive.

Abstract: It is the object of the present invention to provide a long-life brushless fan motor which can be used for a long time in the environmental conditions in which water containing oil mist is splashed on the fan motor. A stator 1, a circuit substrate 4 including an electronic parts and a plurality of lead wires 21 are received in a stator side case 14. These parts in the case 14 are molded with an epoxy resin having a Shore hardness of D30 to D90 after curing, thereby forming a molded part 24. The pole faces 2b of the stator magnetic poles of the stator are covered with the molded part 24.

Abstract: A reproducing apparatus and method are provided in accordance with the invention. The apparatus includes a reader for reading out data from a recording medium, a controller for controlling the position of the reader, and a determiner for determining a number of tracks the controller is to move the reader. The apparatus also includes a comparator, which compares whether the determined number of tracks is less than a predetermined number of tracks in which each of the tracks has an essentially equal number of sectors therein. If so, the controller moves the position of the reader in accordance with the equation Tj=|St−Sc|/Sn wherein Tj is the number of tracks said reading means is to move, St is the address of the target sector to be read out next, Sc is the address of the current sector, and Sn is the essentially equal number of sectors in a track. A method utilizing the apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A reproducing apparatus and method are provided in accordance with the invention. The apparatus includes a reader for reading out data from a recording medium, a controller for controlling the position of the reader, and a determiner for determining a number of tracks the controller is to move the reader. The apparatus also includes a comparator, which compares whether the determined number of tracks is less than a predetermined number of tracks in which each of the tracks has an essentially equal number of sectors therein.

Abstract: A reproducing apparatus and method are provided in accordance with the invention. The apparatus includes a reader for reading out data from a recording medium, a controller for controlling the position of the reader, and a determiner for determining a number of tracks the controller is to move the reader. The apparatus also includes a comparator, which compares whether the determined number of tracks is less than a predetermined number of tracks in which each of the tracks has an essentially equal number of sectors therein. If so, the controller moves the position of the reader in accordance with the equation Tj=|St−Sc|/Sn wherein Tj is the number of tracks said reading means is to move, St is the address of the target sector to be read out next, Sc is the address of the current sector, and Sn is the essentially equal number of sectors in a track. A method utilizing the apparatus is also provided.