Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound represented by a general formula (1) as shown below, which has a glucokinase-activating action in the liver and pancreatic ?-cells and which is useful as an agent for preventing and/or treating diseases caused by hyperglycemia, such as diabetes. A spiroindoline compound represented by the general formula (1), or a salt thereof, or a solvate of the compound or the salt: [wherein ring A represents a nitrogen-containing 5-10 membered heteroaryl group; R1 and R2, which are the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a halo C1-6 alkyl group, a C6-10 aryl group, a cyano group, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, a C2-6 alkenyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.; and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound represented by a general formula (1) as shown below, which has a glucokinase-activating action in the liver and pancreatic ?-cells and which is useful as an agent for preventing and/or treating diseases caused by hyperglycemia, such as diabetes. A spiroindoline compound represented by the general formula (1), or a salt thereof, or a solvate of the compound or the salt: [wherein ring A represents a nitrogen-containing 5-10 membered heteroaryl group; R1 and R2, which are the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a halo C1-6 alkyl group, a C6-10 aryl group, a cyano group, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, a C2-6 alkenyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.; and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group optionally having a substituent, etc.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which includes a paper delivery unit which is provided as to be rockable and displaceable between an operating position close to a photosensitive drum and a standby position remote from the photosensitive drum; a supporting link system, operably coupled to the paper delivery unit, for holding the paper delivery unit at the operating position; and energizing device, operably coupled to the supporting link system, for energizing the paper delivery unit so as to move from the standby position to the operating position. The paper delivery unit includes a transferring device for transferring a toner image from the photosensitive drum onto a sheet, a tractor for feeding the sheet, disposed in the upstream of the transferring device in a paper delivery direction, and a suction feeder for holding and delivering the sheet, disposed in the downstream of the transferring device in the paper delivery direction.

Abstract: A flash lamp fixing with a simple structure, capable of obtaining an even distribution of high-level luminous energy over a large area on the surface of a paper sheet illuminated by a flash lamp. In the flash lamp fixing device, the half breadth L.sub.1 of the aperture of the reflector is set so as to satisfy the equation V/T.gtoreq.L.sub.1 .gtoreq.V/T-L.sub.2 /2, where V is the conveying speed of a paper sheet; T is the flash cycle of the flash lamp; L.sub.1 is the half breadth of the aperture of the reflector; and L.sub.2 is the length of an area in which fixing can be done by one flash of the flash lamp. Where .theta..sub.1 represents the included angle between a tangent which passes through one of aperture edges, being tangent to the flash lamp on the side of the aperture and the plane of the aperture; and .theta..sub.