Abstract: The present invention provides a coated paper having, on at least one side of its base paper, two or more coating layers comprising a pigment and an adhesive as main components, said coated paper having, in its base coating layer in contact with the base paper, at least 50 parts by mass of a flat shape pigment per 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the pigments, said flat shape pigment satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2), and having a Clark stiffness along the CD direction of at least 14 cm and a white paper glossiness of at least 45%: (1) an average particle size of 0.2-5.0 ?m, determined by the sedimentation method: (2) an aspect ratio (long axis/thickness) of 25-120.

Abstract: A coated paper comprised of a paper substrate, at least one surface of which is provided with at least one coating layer, characterized in that the surface of said coating layer has cracks of a width of 0.2 to 3.0 ?m and a length of 3 to 1000 ?m in an amount of 1 to 1000 cracks per mm2 is provided. In another embodiment, a coated paper comprised of a paper substrate, at least one surface of which is provided with at least two coating layers, characterized in that an inner coating layer adjoining said paper substrate comprises a pigment having a crystal structure selected from the group consisting of acicular crystal, spindle-shape crystal, columnar crystal, and rice-shape granulated crystal, and starches, and an outermost coating layer formed on said inner coating layer comprises crack formation promoting particles and a styrene-butadiene copolymer having a glass transition temperature of 20 to 150° C. is provided.

Abstract: An image receiver material which, even when wound on a roll of a smaller diameter in a printer, an image receiver sheet is not peeled, such that the image receiver material is not susceptible to running troubles in a printer. To this end, there is provided a seal type image receiver material in which the image receiver material includes a separator including a release sheet base material and a release agent layer provided on its one surface and an image receiver sheet including a receiver sheet base material and an adhesive layer provided on its one surface. The separator and the image receiver sheet are layered together so that the separator and the image receiver sheet may be released from each other and so that the release agent layer of the separator faces the adhesive layer of the image receiver sheet. A half-cut is provided in the image receiver sheet.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image recording composite sheet has a lamination structure: (2) image receiving sheet section (including image receiving layer (D), image recording sheet substrate (C) and adhesive layer (E)) and (1) release sheet section (including release layer (B) and release sheet substrate (A)), and exhibits, as a whole, a compressive modulus of 50 MPa or less, wherein, the substrate (C) is constituted from (a) an upper oriented porous polyester film layer bonded to the image receiving layer (D) and (b) a lower oriented porous polymer film layer, the polymer of which is different from polyester of the layer (a), laminated on the upper film layer (a) and bonded to the adhesive layer (E), or the adhesive layer (E) comprises, together with an adhesive agent, a plurality of hollow particles each formed from a hollow core portion and a shell portion and has an average particle size of 0.

Abstract: A coated paper comprised of a paper substrate, at least one surface of which is provided with at least one coating layer, characterized in that the surface of said coating layer has cracks of a width of 0.2 to 3.0 &mgr;m and a length of 3 to 1000 &mgr;m in an amount of 1 to 1000 cracks per mm2 is provided. In another embodiment, a coated paper comprised of a paper substrate, at least one surface of which is provided with at least two coating layers, characterized in that an inner coating layer adjoining said paper substrate comprises a pigment having a crystal structure selected from the group consisting of acicular crystal, spindle-shape crystal, columnar crystal, and rice-shape granulated crystal, and starches, and an outermost coating layer formed on said inner coating layer comprises crack formation promoting particles and a styrene-butadiene copolymer having a glass transition temperature of 20 to 150° C. is provided.

Abstract: An a.c. elevator of the invention has a commercial power source (1), an inverter (3) operable with the power from the commercial power source (1) for generating a.c. power, and an electric motor to be driven with the a.c. power generated by the inverter (3). A power source device includes a rechargeable battery (E), a power source circuit (10) for charging and discharging the battery (E), and a control circuit (9) for controlling the voltage to be input to the inverter (3) by controlling the operation of the power source circuit (10). The battery (E) is charged with regenerative power from the motor, the power generated by the battery (E) is supplied to the inverter (3).

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording sheet having a high resistance to denting due to the nipping pressure and/or thermal printing pressure has a substrate sheet including a core sheet and polyester films laminated on the two surfaces of the core sheet and an image receiving layer formed on a surface of the substrate sheet and containing a dyeable polymeric material, and exhibits a compression modulus of 50 MPa or less.

Abstract: An image receiver material which, even when wound on a roll of a smaller diameter in a printer, an image receiver sheet is not peeled, such that the image receiver material is not susceptible to running troubles in a printer. To this end, there is provided a seal type image receiver material in which the image receiver material includes a separator including a release sheet base material and a release agent layer provided on its one surface and an image receiver sheet including a receiver sheet base material and an adhesive layer provided on its one surface. The separator and the image receiver sheet are layered together so that the separator and the image receiver sheet may be released from each other and so that the release agent layer of the separator faces the adhesive layer of the image receiver sheet. A half-cut is provided in the image receiver sheet.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image recording composite sheet has a lamination structure: (2) image receiving sheet section (including image receiving layer (D), image recording sheet substrate (C) and adhesive layer (E)) and (1) release sheet section (including release layer (B) and release sheet substrate (A)), and exhibits, as a whole, a compressive modulus of 50 MPa or less, wherein, the substrate (C) is constituted from (a) an upper oriented porous polyester film layer bonded to the image receiving layer (D) and (b) a lower oriented porous polymer film layer, the polymer of which is different from polyester of the layer (a), laminated on the upper film layer (a) and bonded to the adhesive layer (E), or the adhesive layer (E) comprises, together with an adhesive agent, a plurality of hollow particles each formed from a hollow core portion and a shell portion and has an average particle size of 0.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording sheet having a high resistance to denting due to the nipping pressure and/or thermal printing pressure has a substrate sheet including a core sheet and polyester films laminated on the two surfaces of the core sheet and an image receiving layer formed on a surface of the substrate sheet and containing a dyeable polymeric material, and exhibits a compression modulus of 50 MPa or less.

Abstract: A USB simulation apparatus 1 in an embodiment of the invention sets an address of a device to communicate, a transfer mode or a band by a setting part 12a within a CPU 11, and manages test items (for example, error packet or abnormal sequence) every transaction by a transaction management part 12b, and determines an answer signal inputted from a communication opposed side by a received data determination part 12c, and branches the subsequent processing according to a determination result to select test items or sending data executed in the next transaction.

Abstract: In a seal device in a displacement measuring instrument, comprising a hollow case fixed to one member, a connecting rod for imparting a displacement of the other member to a displacement detecting mechanism housed in the hollow case through the opening and seal members disposed at opposite sides of the opening, for shielding a penetrating portion of said connecting rod, to enhance the drip-proof performance, a difference is given between the positions of the forward ends of lip members constituting said seal members, whereby the forward end of the lip member disposed at one side where liquid drops are generated is projected farther than the forward end of the lip member disposed at the other side, and/or a liquid receiving groove extending along the opening is provided at least at one side of the inner surface of the hollow case, liquid drain holes are formed in the bottoms of the liquid receiving grooves, filters for excluding dust intruding from outside are provided in the liquid drain holes, and/or liquid

Abstract: A cap adapted for use as a container cover where the cap has a thermoplastic resin liner pressed formed onto the inner surface of a cap shell. The plastic liner is formed such that the difference between the intrasurface orientation index of the outer peripheral portion of the liner and the intrasurface orientation index of the central portion of the liner does not exceed 0.37 where the intrasurface orientation index is defined as the sum of the orientation coefficient of the liner in the radial direction and the orientation coefficient of the liner in the circular direction.A method of making a cap having a thermoplastic liner where the liner is press-formed into shape under conditions whereby the difference between the intrasurface orientation index of the outer peripheral portion of the liner and the orientation index of the central portion of the liner does not exceed 0.37.

Abstract: Container closure having an easily openable liner, said liner being composed of a composition comprising a base resin consisting of 95 to 30% by weight of a crystalline polyolefin and 5 to 70% by weight of a lowly crystalline or amorphous copolymer of ethylene with otherolefin, a lubricant in an amount of 0.001 to 5% by weight based on said base resin and a polymer containing at least 10% by weight of a conjugated diene in an amount of 1 to 15% by weight based on said base resin. This closure has a good sealing property and an easy openability in combination.

Abstract: Platinum catalyzed SiH-Olefin silicone compositions are disclosed, wherein the catalyst is a zero-valent platinum-phosphorus complex, which may be combined with stannous salts.