Abstract: An image forming apparatus that includes at least one process cartridge having a photosensitive element, a development unit, a toner storage unit, a driven shaft and a driven gear mounted thereon and which is detachably attachable to the apparatus from a top front side thereof, a drive shaft, a drive gear mounted on the drive shaft to couple with and drive the driven gear to transmit a driving force to the process cartridge, an upper cover opening and closing with respect to the apparatus, a front cover opening and closing with respect to the apparatus, and at least one block component to block coupling of the drive gear and the driven gear by contacting the driven shaft while interlocked with opening and closing of the upper cover. The process cartridge is detachably attachable to the apparatus from the front top side thereof by opening and closing the upper cover.

Abstract: An image fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus. The fixing device includes a fixing member which fixes a toner image on a recording medium at a nip area, a pressurizing member which pressures the recording medium toward the fixing member at the nip area, a carbon lamp which emits infrared rays, and a reflecting member which reflects the infrared rays to the nip area.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers, a drive mechanism, a plurality of drive force transmission gears, a phase difference detector, and a shift unit. The plurality of image carriers forms images of separate colors. The drive mechanism including a single drive unit for driving the plurality of image carriers simultaneously. The plurality of drive force transmission gears, provided for each of the image carriers, transmits a driving force from the drive unit to the image carriers. The phase difference detector detects a phase difference in drive speed among the image carriers. The shift unit, provided for each of the plurality of drive force transmission gears, meshes or unmeshes the drive force transmission gear to the drive mechanism. The shift unit is activated to correct any phase difference in drive speed of the image carriers based on a detection result detected with the phase difference detector.

Abstract: A connector connects a rotatable body including an attachment hole and an engaging groove, and a shaft pressed into the attachment hole to integrally rotate. The connector includes at least one pin configured to fit in the engaging groove; and a screw having a head configured to be pressed against the rotatable body either directly or via another member. The at least one pin is fixed on the shaft and extends in a radial direction of the shaft to penetrate the shaft. The screw is screwed into a screw hole on an end face of the shaft and is tightened to press the at least one pin against a surface of the engaging groove.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tin-copper alloy plating bath, tin-copper-bismuth alloy plating bath or tin-copper-silver alloy plating bath containing a soluble metal compound and a specific sulfur-containing compound. The plating bath of the present invention is an alloy plating bath containing tin and copper, the bath being capable of preventing deposition of copper on a tin anode by substitution, having low dependence of plated coating composition on current density, high bath stability and resistance to turbidness.

Abstract: 4-Benzoyl-5-hydroxypyrazoles useful as herbicidal active ingredients, their intermediate or stabilizers against heat, oxidation or ultraviolet light are produced by a condensation of a pyrazolone, tetrachloromethane and a benzene compound in the presence of an aluminium halide, followed by a hydrolysis reaction with industrial advantages.

Abstract: 4-Benzoyl-5-hydroxypyrazoles useful as herbicidal active ingredients or their intermediate are produced by a condensation of a pyrazolone and a benzotrichloride followed by a hydrolysis reaction with industrial advantages.

Abstract: A pyrazole derivative having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X and Y each represents a chlorine atom, a nitro group or a trifluoromethyl group, and Z represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, which is useful as a herbicidal component.

Abstract: A pyrazole derivative having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are respectively a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkyl group, Y is a halogen atom, nitro group, acetyl group, cyano group, or a phenoxy group which may be substituted with one or more halogen atoms, l is an integer of 1 to 3, and Z is a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkyl group, a (C.sub.2 -C.sub.4) alkenyl group, a (C.sub.2 -C.sub.4) alkynyl group, acetylmethyl group, an aralkyl group in which the aryl moiety thereof may be substituted with one or more nitro groups, a phenacyl group in which the phenyl moiety thereof may be substituted with one or more halogen atoms, one or more nitro groups, one or more (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkyl groups, one or more (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkoxy groups, one or more (C.sub.1 -C.sub.