Abstract: A new nickel-chromium alloy having high rigidity, castability, corrosion and oxidation resistance and easy workability is disclosed. The alloy comprises from about 45 to 81% nickel by weight, from about 13 to 25% chromium by weight, from about 3 to 15% tungsten by weight, and silicon and aluminum in the range from about 1 to about 6% by weight each. The new alloy has a high concentration of tungsten.

Abstract: In an image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording sheet wound around a circumferential surface of a drum rotatable while retaining the recording sheet wound around the circumferential surface thereof, the drum is provided with a plurality of through holes to suck the recording sheet, connecting grooves to connect among the plurality of holes provided on the circumferential surface, and a leading end supply section to which the leading end of the recording sheet is supplied, wherein the connecting grooves shaped in parallel to the leading end of the recording sheet are not provided to the leading end supply section, and a drum controller controls the position of the circumferential surface of the drum so as to supply the leading end of the recording sheet to the leading end supply section when the recording sheet is supplied to the drum.