Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method which allows playback of both of a first optical disc wherein the opposite side faces of a groove formed thereon are wobbled at a first predetermined frequency and a second optical disc wherein one of the opposite side faces of a groove formed thereon is wobbled at a second frequency shorter than the first predetermined frequency while the other face of the groove is formed as a flat face. In the apparatus and method, it is discriminated whether an object optical disc of playback is the first optical disc or the second optical disc, and various servo systems are switched based on a result of the discrimination.

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 writable optical disc has an information writing track, and a guiding track for introducing a laser beam to the information writing track. The guiding track has prepit information recorded thereon, the prepit information including at least address information of the optical disc. The prepit information is recorded on the guiding track at a position where interference of adjacent guiding tracks with the prepit information is prevented. The information writing track is a groove track, and the guiding track is a land track.

Abstract: A writable optical disc has an information writing track, and a guiding track for introducing a laser beam to the information writing track. The guiding track has prepit information recorded thereon, the prepit information including at least address information of the optical disc. The prepit information is recorded on the guiding track at a position where interference of adjacent guiding tracks with the prepit information is prevented. The information writing track is a groove track, and the guiding track is a land track.

Abstract: An optical disc and associated recording/reproducing apparatus is described which creates and reads wobbled tracks on the optical disc. Wobbled tracks are formed in correspondence to a wobble signal which is phase modulated with address information. Phase modulation is used to convert the address information to the wobble signal. The carrier to noise ratio (C/N) of the address information is good, and it is possible to shorten the wobbling amplitude of the tracks while maintaining addressing capabilities. It is thus possible to arrange the track pitch in a high density, and increase the recording capacity of the optical disc.

Abstract: A recording medium reproducing apparatus includes a recording medium inlet member through which a recording medium is inserted, a recording medium reproducing unit which reproduces said recording medium, and a recording medium supporting member including wing portions which support said recording medium. The wing portions are elastically warped by the recording medium and support the recording medium by an elastically restoring force. Each of the wing portions is provided obliquely in a direction in which the recording medium is inserted in the recording medium reproducing unit.

Abstract: Rapid reestablishment of permanent virtual circuits (PVCs 151-156) between frame relay switches 121-124 in a frame relay (10) is accomplished by periodically polling the switches by a configuration controller (18) via an out-of-band connection to obtain PVC information from the switches. Should a fault occur, the fault is isolated and mitigated. Thereafter, the configuration controller (18) downloads the stored PVC information to the switches in parallel via the out-of-band connection to enable the switches to re-establish the PVCs quickly, rather than wait to do so via an in-band connection.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for synchronizing data frames from a wide bandwidth data stream which is divided up and transmitted across a plurality of parallel channels in a mobile telephone system. Prior to transmitting the data frames, a transmit synchronizer synchronizes data frames aligned in the same position in different parallel channels by inserting a common bit from a repeating PN synchronization sequence into the aligned data frames. Upon receiving the data frames at a destination, a receive synchronizer extracts the synchronization bit from each data frame. A series of sequential bits from each parallel channel is compared against the original PN synchronization sequence to identify the position of each data frame relative to the other data frames and reconstructs the original wide bandwidth data stream.

Abstract: A method includes providing an electron gun having a first head with a thermionic electron source and an accelerating electrode, and further includes replacing the first head with a second head having a power rating substantially different than that of the first head, and subsequently operating the electron gun without replacing the accelerating electrode. The electron gun may further include a platform spaced apart from the accelerating electrode and having an adjustably located locating member that engages a reference member on the head to position the head in three dimensions relative to the accelerating electrode. The platform may be adjustably spaced from the accelerating electrode in order vary the distance between the electron source and the accelerating electrode.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a transmission/reception unit that exchanges data with a remote unit by means of a channel using distributed modulation/demodulation treatment means. The transmission/reception unit includes equalization means (23) to equalize a first signal received from said remote unit and predistortion means to predistort a second signal transmitted to said remote unit. According to the invention, the unit is characterized in that the modulation/demodulation treatment means operate in a non-linear way and the unit includes means (230) to store information that is representative of a non-linear distortion of said modulation/demodulation treatment means and which defines a non-linear reference, and means (233) to adjust coefficients (CO) in the equalization means (23) according to the signal received from the remote unit and said representative information, the mentioned adjusted coefficients being transmitted to said predistortion means.

Abstract: The variable bitrate coding method according to the invention comprises an iterative process including a first analysis pass and a second prediction pass and followed by a last control step for adjusting said stepsize with respect to said target bitrate. According to the invention, a picture re-arrangement step is provided between the analysis and prediction steps of one iteration, in order to encode with an improved quality the picture sequence. Application: MPEG-2 encoders for storage media with limited capacity.

Abstract: A pulse code modulation modem system utilizes the same total average transmit power formula for designing signal point constellations and for verifying that the transmit power of the signal point constellations are within a designated maximum power limit. The transmit power of the signal point constellations designed by the client modem is also calculated by the server modem to verify that the transmit power limit imposed upon the server modem is not exceeded. In addition, the modem system is capable of designating a transmit power limit associated with one or more training signal points or a training sequence for use during a training mode.

Abstract: The certainties of transmitted bits at predetermined locations in time are determined a priori. This information is then used to set the states of a Viterbi decoder to different state metrics in accordance with the certainties of the transmitted bits. High certainty of a transmitted bit results in resetting the states corresponding to that bit to a high state metric. In contrast, low certainty of a transmitted bit results in resetting the states corresponding to that bit to a low state metric. Resetting the states to different state metrics improves the decoding performance and shortens the time required to converge the decoding trellis by eliminating improbable paths.

Abstract: A multimedia data distribution system comprises a distribution system adapted to distribute and deliver Asynchronous Transfer Mode signals to the level of an individual home network bus, a micro-PBX connected to the distribution system and to the home network bus; and a converter connected to the home network bus and having an outlet adapted for connecting to conventional single media and multimedia electronic devices, such as telephones, personal computers, fax machines, television sets, and the like. The micro-PBX is adapted to translate between the public network data protocol and a Local Area data protocol on the home network bus, and to manage the home network bus as a Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect (CSMA/CD) type bus, and the converter is adapted to convert signals on the home network bus to a form required by one of the single media and multimedia electronic devices.

Abstract: In a data transformation apparatus for transforming two arbitrary pieces of data of A input data (101) and B input data (102), a first nonlinear transformation of the A input data is performed using a first key parameter (111), a transformed result (109) is output, an XOR operation of the transformed result and the B input data (102) is performed to output an XORed result as B intermediate data (106), and the B intermediate data is input to a next sub-transformation unit (122) as B input data. On the other hand, the B input data (102) is input to a next sub-transformation unit as A input data. A second nonlinear transformation of the B input data (102) is performed using a second key parameter (112), the transformed result is output, an XOR operation of the transformed result and the B intermediate data (106) is performed to output an XORed result as B intermediate data (108), and the B intermediate data is input to a next sub-transformation unit (123) as B input data.

Abstract: A software distribution system and a software utilization scheme for effectively preventing an illegal copy of a software is difficult while improving a convenience of a user. At a user side, a shared key to be shared between a software provider and a user is stored, where the shared key has a guaranteed correspondence with an ID information regarding a payment of a software fee by the user. Then, a desired software is requested to the software provider, and the desired software is received in an encrypted form from the software provider. The desired software received from the software provider is then decrypted by using the shared key stored at the user side, and the desired software in a decrypted form is utilized at the user side.

Abstract: An improved technique for processing a color or gray scale pixel map representing a document is disclosed. The pixel map is decomposed into a three-plane representation, a reduced-resolution “upper” plane, a reduced-resolution “lower” plane, and a high-resolution binary selector plane. The “upper” and “lower” planes contain the color or gray scale for the page as well as the continuous tone pictures that are contained on the page. The selector plane stores information for selecting from either the foreground plane or background plane during decompression. Information contained in the selector plane is first used to pre-process the upper and lower planes to reduce the amount of data on each of the other two planes that will be subjected to further processing. Each of the pre-processed planes is compressed using a compression technique optimal for the type of data that resides upon it.

Abstract: An improved technique for processing a color or gray scale pixel map representing a document is disclosed. The pixel map is decomposed into a three-plane representation, a reduced-resolution “upper” plane, a reduced-resolution “lower” plane, and a high-resolution binary selector plane. The “upper” and “lower” planes contain the color or gray scale for the page as well as the continuous tone pictures that are contained on the page. The selector plane stores information for selecting from either the foreground plane or background plane during decompression. Information contained in the selector plane is first used to pre-process the upper and lower planes to reduce the amount of data on each of the other two planes that will be subjected to further processing. Each of the pre-processed planes is compressed using a compression technique optimal for the type of data that resides upon it.

Abstract: A consolidation container includes a back wall, side walls, and a front wall each comprising pockets which receive stiffening panels. The front wall has an openable center portion which provides access to the interior of the container. Support members are positioned in the corners of the container to facilitate stacking. A top normally overlies the wall to close the container and is fully openable to provide access to the interior thereof.

Abstract: A rolling bearing unit comprising a rotatable race having an inner peripheral surface formed with an outer ring raceway and an outer peripheral surface formed with a rotating flange, a stationary race having an outer peripheral surface formed with an inner ring raceway, a plurality of rolling members between the outer ring raceway and the inner ring raceway, an annular encoder of multi-pole magnet supported in a concentric relation with the rotatable race to have characteristics alternately changed with a uniform interval in the circumferential direction and having an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the rotatable race, and a metal ring for supporting the encoder onto the rotatable race and having a cylindrical portion provided to enclose the encoder.

Abstract: A length of oxynitride optical fiber is exposed to actinic radiation that is modulated by an interference technique to form a pattern of refractive index variations that functions as a reflective grating.

Abstract: A photographic camera system includes a photographic camera that can successively expose a photographic film in different frame sizes and an automatic printer for automatically printing the processed photographic film exposed with those different frame sizes. The camera varies the aspect of an exposure opening in the camera body and the film is fed for a length corresponding to the selected aspect by detecting a hole located in a marginal area of the film. The photographic camera magnetically or optically records at a location away from the hole an aspect information signal indicative of the selected aspect of the exposed frame on the photographic film, and the automatic printer automatically prints the photographic film using the magnetically or optically recorded aspect information signal detected from the photographic film.

Abstract: A printing apparatus has a small size that facilitates replacement of rolled paper, removal of jammed paper, etc., and alleviates the likelihood of a paper jam with a considerably simple structure. The printing apparatus comprises a rolled-paper holder (2), which is provided with a first holder (2b) for use in carrying out printing on rolled paper (1), and a second holder (2a) for use in setting the rolled paper (1). The rolled paper (1) is moved from the second holder (2a) to the first holder (2b) as a main body of the apparatus is shifted from a paper setting position to a printing work position, thereby facilitating the setting of the rolled paper (1) and removal of jammed paper, since the rolled paper (1) can be temporarily supported by the second holder (2a) in order to provide sufficient work space when replacing the rolled paper (1) or removing jammed paper.

Abstract: A universally compliant and restorative internodal connector architecture system wherein a plurality of nodal members are interconnected by a spring and strut assembly in a manner that permits manual or actuated relocation of the nodal spacial definition using standard modules.

Abstract: A floating offshore drilling/producing structure. The structure is formed from a plurality of closely spaced vertically oriented buoyant columns on which one or more modules or decks may be placed to support process equipment, a drilling rig, utilities, and accommodations for personnel. The columns are held in the spaced relationship by a plurality of horizontal plates spaced along the length of the columns and vertical plates located near the bottom of the columns and near the top of the columns. Drilling and/or producing is accomplished through risers located approximately in the center of the structure. The structure includes fixed ballast, an oil storage area, and voids and variable ballast for offsetting the lighter weight of the stored oil. The columns have a smaller water plane area than the horizontal plates.

Abstract: A process of and apparatus for forming dunnage are disclosed. A chain of interconnected plastic pouches are fed along a path of travel to a fill and seal station. The pouches are sequentially opened as each pouch is positioned in the fill station. Each pouch is opened by directing a flow of air through a pouch fill opening to separate a face from a back of each such pouch and continuing the flow of air through each such opening to inflate each opened pouch. Steps are taken to control the volume of air in an inflated pouch. Each such inflated pouch is then sealed to create hermetically closed and inflated dunnage units. Novel web and dunnage units are also disclosed.

Abstract: A dual-arm wafer hand-off assembly includes a pair of pickup arms for transferring wafers within a wafer processing system. The two pickup arms are adapted to move such that the wafer on one of the arms can be positioned over the other arm and handed off. In one version, a Bernoulli-style wand translates along a linear guideway and may be positioned over a paddle-style pickup arm. The wafer carried by the Bernoulli wand can be handed off to the paddle by shutting off the flow of gas from the Bernoulli wand jets. The two pickup arms may be mounted on linear slides and adapted to translate between a load/unload chamber and a processing chamber, or the guideway may be adapted to rotate to allow transfer of wafers to multiple processing chambers in a cluster system. One of the pickup arms is preferably an all-quartz Bernoulli-style pickup arm having a proximal arm portion and a distal wand.

Abstract: An apparatus for handling and positioning wafers or other flat objects. The apparatus has an XY stage with an X-drive and a Y-drive, and a bed attached to the XY stage. A chuck (e.g. a vacuum chuck) is disposed on the bed and an effector is attached to the bed. The effector can rotate about an axis of rotation extending in the Z-direction. The effector can pick up objects and place the objects onto the chuck. The effector can also pick up objects from the chuck. Preferably, the chuck has a recessed region for accommodating the effector so that the effector can be inserted under a flat object on the chuck. The X-drive or Y-drive of the XY stage provides linear motion for the effector so that the effector can pull wafers from a cassette such as used in the semiconductor industry. Alternatively, the effector is attached to a linear actuator disposed on the bed.

Abstract: A multishaft electric motor has a plurality of juxtaposed rotors having respective permanent magnets disposed therearound, and a plurality of sets of armature elements disposed fully circumferentially around the rotors, respectively, the permanent magnets of adjacent two of the rotors having a plurality of pairs of unlike magnetic poles for magnetically coupling the rotors through the armature elements between the permanent magnets. A positive-displacement vacuum pump includes a casing, a pair of pump rotors rotatably disposed in the casing in confronting relation to each other, and a two-shaft electric motor coupled to the pump rotors for rotating the pump rotors in opposite directions. The two-shaft electric motor may comprise a pair of juxtaposed rotors and a pair of sets of armature elements disposed fully circumferentially around the rotors, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus for synthesizing polymer chains includes a controller, a plurality of precision fit vials circularly arranged in multiple banks on a cartridge, a drain corresponding to each bank of vials, a chamber bowl, a plurality of valves for delivering reagents to selective vials, and a waste tube system for purging material from the vials. A purging operation can be selectively performed on one or more of the banks of vials. The multiple banks of valves provide an additional number of reagent choices while operating in a serial mode and faster reagent distribution while operating in a parallel mode. The plurality of vials are stored in the cartridge and are divided among individual banks wherein each bank of vials has a corresponding drain. There is at least one waste tube system for expelling the reagent solution from vials within a particular bank of vials when the waste tube system is coupled to the corresponding drain.

Abstract: An oxidation exhaust trap for filtering a particulate product of a first gas contacted with a gaseous oxidizing agent. The oxidation exhaust trap has a vessel having an interior cavity. The vessel further having a first inlet in communication with the interior cavity for introduction of the first gas into the interior cavity and a second inlet in communication with the interior cavity for introduction of the gaseous oxidizing agent into the interior cavity, the gaseous oxidizing agent mixing with the first gas thereby causing oxidation of the first gas for producing the particulate product suspended in a gaseous product. Lastly, the vessel has an outlet in communication with the interior cavity. A filter is disposed in the interior cavity for filtering the particulate product from the gaseous product which is exhausted through the outlet. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first gas is silane and the gaseous oxidizing agent is air.

Abstract: This invention provides a wet flue gas desulfurizer wherein the slurry oxidation tank is equipped with a return pipeline for returning a portion of the slurry to a position at or near the bottom of the slurry oxidation tank, and an oxygen-containing gas is blown in at the discharge end of the return pipeline so as to divide the oxygen-containing gas finely by the action of the slurry returned through the return pipeline, and an oxygen-containing gas blowing device for use in a wet flue gas desulfurizer wherein a fluid reservoir for an absorbing fluid is equipped with a delivery pipe for discharging the absorbing fluid so that its discharge end is open in the fluid reservoir, and an oxygen feed nozzle for injecting an oxygen-containing gas is disposed in the area of the discharged stream in the neighborhood of the discharge end of the delivery pipe.

Abstract: A method of imaging a spatial distribution of a noble gas by nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry includes detecting a spatial distribution of at least one noble gas by NMR spectrometry and generating a representation of said spatial distribution of the noble gas. The noble gas is selected from noble gas isotopes having nuclear spin, preferably Xenon-129 and/or Helium-3. The noble gas is at least thermally or equilibrium polarized and is preferably hyperpolarized, most preferably hyperpolarized by optical (laser) pumping in the presence of an alkali metal or by metastability exchange. The generation of the representation of the noble gas spatial distribution includes at least one dimension, preferably 2 or 3 dimensions of the spatial distribution. The noble gas may be imaged according to the invention in chemical or biological systems, preferably in a human or animal subject or organ system or tissue thereof.

Abstract: MR spectroscopy and imaging methods for imaging pulmonary and cardiac vasculature and the cardiac region and evaluating blood flow or circulatory deficits use dissolved phase polarized 129Xe gas and large flip angle excitation pulses. Pulmonary and cardiac vasculature MRI images are obtained by delivering gas to a patient via inhalation such as with a breath-hold delivery -procedure, exciting the dissolved phase gas with a large flip angle pulse, and generating a corresponding image. Preferably, the image is obtained using multi-echo imaging techniques. Blood flow is quantified using low field MR spectroscopy and an RF excitation pulse with a frequency which corresponds to the resonance of the dissolved phase 129Xe.

Abstract: An improved barrier or drug delivery system which is highly adherent to the surface to which it is applied is disclosed, along with methods for making the barrier. In the preferred embodiment, the system is compliant, in that it is capable of conforming to the three dimensional structure of a tissue surface as the tissue bends and deforms during healing processes. The barrier or drug delivery systems is formed as a polymeric coating on tissue surfaces by applied a polymerizable monomer to the surface, and then polymerizing the monomer. The polymerized compliant coating preferably is biodegradable and biocompatible, and can be designed with selected properties of compliancy and elasticity for different surgical and therapeutic applications.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical product. The pharmaceutical product includes a container constructed from a material containing one or more of polypropylene, polyethylene, and ionomeric resins. The container defines an interior space. A volume of a fluoroether-containing inhalation anesthetic is contained in the interior space defined by the container.

Abstract: A method for enhancing the effect of anti-tumor agents on solid tumors is provided. The method comprises administering to an individual an anti-tumor agent and a hematocrit elevator. The hematocrit elevator may be administered before or concurrently with the anti-tumor agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the prevention and treatment of chronic venous insufficiency. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for the prevention and treatment of varicose veins, particularly hemorrhoids by application of an effective amount of an isoquinoline alkaloid. Included in this invention is an improved method for isolating and purifying alkaloids, particularly isoquinoline alkaloids from plants.

Abstract: A microwave steam tray is made of a thermo-formed co-polymer polypropylene quality food grade plastic. The microwave steam tray comprises a plastic container having a dish portion and a connected lid. The dish portion includes a bottom surface with four sidewalls extending therefrom to define a dish interior. A plurality of ribs are raised from the bottom surface to provide a cooking plane. Steam channels are formed between the ribs. The ribs extend radially from a moisture reservoir positioned within the dish interior. The moisture reservoir includes a retaining wall having a cup portion formed within the retaining wall. Recesses are formed within the retaining wall. Liquid based food products may be placed in the moisture cylinder during cooking. Steam generated from the moisture reservoir easily travels down the radial steam channels.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a nitride system III-V compound layer which improves the quality and facilitates the manufacturing process and a method of manufacturing a substrate employing the method of manufacturing a nitride system III-V compound layer. A first growth layer is grown on a growth base at a growth rate, in a vertical direction to the growth surface, higher than 10 &mgr;m/h. Subsequently, a second growth layer is grown at a growth rate, in a vertical direction to the growth surface, lower than 10 &mgr;m/h. The first growth layer grown at the higher growth rate has a rough surface. However, the second growth layer is grown at the lower growth rate than that used for growing the first growth layer, so that depressions of the surface of the first growth layer are filled and thus the surface of the second growth layer is flattened. Further, growth takes place laterally so as to fill the depressions of the surface of the first growth layer.

Abstract: A more controllable acoustic ceiling patch or textured material in the form of a sprayable composition includes a base, a filler, an adhesive binder, an anti-foaming agent, a suspension agent, and rubber particulates or polyethylene particulates forming an aggregate suitable for spraying in the presence of volatile organic compound (VOC) propellants without melting or deterioration. The more controllable acoustic ceiling patch is storable and dispensable from a pressurized dispenser having a delivery nozzle. An aerosol system with a spray nozzle is included on the container for selective discharge of the textured material onto a prepared patch area, which may be on a drywall or support panel so as to match and blend with the surrounding acoustic ceiling surface area in order to provide a continuous and unbroken coextensive surface texture of mechanically and visually matched material.

Abstract: A method for making decorative grass having a three-dimensional pattern which constitutes at least a portion of the decor of the decorative grass. Printed designs or materials and/or embossed materials can also constitute a portion of the decor of the decorative grass. The method includes slitting a material having a three-dimensional pattern on at least a portion of at least one surface thereof and then cutting the slit material into segments of a predetermined length to provide the decorative grass having a three-dimensional pattern.

Abstract: The invention relates first of all to a decorative component (1), in particular designed to constitute a piece of trim or to be integrated in a piece of internal trim of a vehicle, constituted by at least a sheet of material (2), provided with stiffening means (3) and having, at least locally, on at least one of its faces, referred to as an aspect conferring face (4), an aesthetic and/or comfortable aspect.

Abstract: Dispensable sheet material includes opposite side edges spaced apart from one another to define the overall width of the sheet material. Zones of weakness are spaced along the sheet material. Adjacent zones of weakness are spaced apart by a distance of from about 50% to about 200% of the overall width of the sheet material to divide the sheet material into a plurality of sheet material segments. Each of the zones of weakness comprises a plurality of perforations and frangible sheet material portions. Each of the frangible sheet material portions has a width of from about 0.3 mm to about 1.8 mm. The total width of the frangible sheet portions in each zone of weakness is from about 10% to about 30% of the overall width of the sheet material. The sheet material has an elasticity in the dispensing direction of from about 4% to about 20%. The sheet material has a dry tensile strength in the dispensing direction of from about 4,000 grams per 3 inches of width to about 12,000 grams per 3 inches of width.

Abstract: A cementitious panel comprising a cementitious core which is fabric-reinforced at the surface thereof and whose longitudinal edges are reinforced by a network of fibers. A panel may be obtained wherein the surface edge reinforcement layers are relatively strong and hard such that a nail or screw may be driven through the edge of panel without pre-drilling and without breaking, even when nailed or screwed almost at the very limit of the edge of the panel. Such a panel may provide a long lasting substrate for humid or wet areas such as shower rooms and bath rooms.

Abstract: A glass diffuser is fabricated by first producing a metal shim submaster or other high temperature resistant diffuser having a surface relief structure on one surface. A glass substrate material is heated to a suitable temperature and at least one exposed surface is thereby softened to a desired degree. The submaster diffuser, and particularly the surface relief structure, is then placed in contact with the exposed and softened glass substrate material in order to replicate the surface relief structure in the glass material. The submaster diffuser and the glass substrate are separated and then the glass is allowed to cool to form a glass diffuser.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet comprises a substrate sheet, a release layer formed on one surface of the substrate sheet, a coloring layer formed on the release layer and an adhesive layer formed on the coloring layer. The release layer and the adhesive layer are formed from he same kind of material. Another thermal transfer sheet comprises a substrate sheet and a heat fusible coloring ink layer formed don one surface of the substrate sheet. An organic pigment of benzimidazolone-mono-azo is used as a coloring agent of yellow, a mixture of organic pigments of quinacridone-mono-azo and benzimidazolone-mono-azo is used as a coloring agent of magenta, and an organic pigment of phthalocyanine is used as a coloring agent of cyan, in the heat fusible coloring ink layer.

Abstract: A substrate, such as the surface of goods or of packaging material for goods, is provided with a security device by applying, to the substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive tape carrying a security device in the form of a hologram.

Abstract: A plastic laminate with two or more plastic layers at least one of which is polyhydroxyalkanoate, such as hydroxybutyrate/hydroxyvalerate copolymer (HB/HV). Next to the polyhydroxyalkanoate layer (2) and attached to it there is a layer (3) of biodegradable polyester amide or biodegradable starch derivative.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner comprising a binding resin, a colorant, and an ester based wax having an iodine value of not more than 25 and a saponification value of 30 to 300 (for example, at least one selected from the group consisting of meadowfoam oil and derivatives thereof and jojoba oil and derivatives thereof) and a method for producing the same. The present invention also provides a toner comprising silica fine powder containing a component having a polydimethyl siloxane skeleton extracted by an organic solvent at a content of not more than 2.5 wt %, and a method for producing the same. This stabilizes the chargeability and flowability of the toner during long period use, and eliminates the filming on a photoconductive member or a transfer medium, Moreover, toner that provides good fixability, anti-offset properties, waste toner recycle properties, and transfer efficiency can be obtained with good reproducibility.