Abstract: A fixing apparatus including a fixing member for fixing developer image on a recording medium, and a separation member separating the recording medium from the fixing member to guide the recording medium in a delivery direction of the recording medium. The separation member includes a resin member, a metal member formed on a front side of the resin member, and an opening. In accordance with a preferred aspect of the fixing apparatus, when the developer image is fixed to the recording medium, the opening arranged at the separation member is formed to flow the gas around the fixing apparatus, thereby improving the printing quality of the printed images.

Abstract: A support leg for a table includes a rod having a first end and an opposing second end. The rod includes a first groove that extends into the rod from an outer surface of the rod toward a geometric center of the rod. The first groove extends generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the rod and is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a first side panel of the table. The rod includes a second groove spaced-apart from the first groove along the outer surface of the rod. The second groove extends into the rod from the outer surface of the rod toward the geometric center of the rod. The second groove extends generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis and is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of a second side panel of the table.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus body, a cassette attaching section, a media cassette, a release portion, a first ground conducting route and a second ground conducting route is provided. The cassette attaching section includes a media supplying roller. The media cassette is removably installed in the cassette attaching section. The media cassette includes a loading plate, a pushing up member and a plate holding portion. The release portion engages the plate holding portion. The first ground conducting route conducts static electricity charged on the media and includes a conducting portion. The second ground conducting route conducts static electricity charged on the media when the media is conveyed by the media supplying roller.

Abstract: A maintenance information output apparatus which can output maintenance information of a speed reducer more adequately than the prior art is provided. A maintenance information output apparatus 130 has: an operating portion 131 which is operated by the user; a wired communicating portion which receives data of an amount of iron from an iron amount detecting device that is attached to a speed reducer 20 of an industrial robot 10, and that detects the amount of iron in a lubricant in the speed reducer 20, through a portable wireless receiver 120; a hard disk which stores the data of the amount of iron received by the wired communicating portion; a display 134 which outputs maintenance information of the speed reducer 20; and a processing device which is configured by a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and which controls the operations of the wired communicating portion, the hard disk, and the display 134 in accordance with an operation on the operating portion 131.

Abstract: The process for producing a polyolefin resin composition according to the present invention has a mixing step of melt-kneading a plurality of polyolefin ingredients having intrinsic viscosities different from each other to prepare a mixed fluid; and a filtering step of introducing the mixed fluid into a filter device having a main body section having a flow passage through which the mixed fluid is transferred and a sintered metal filter disposed in the flow passage of the main body section of the device and forcing the mixed fluid to pass through the sintered metal filter so that the filtration rate of the mixed fluid will be in a prescribed range. The sintered metal filter is fixed to the main body section of the device while keeping a section where the edge of the sintered metal filter abuts with the main body section of the device hermetically sealed in the above filter device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that has a processor for performing an information processing, a power supply unit for receiving an external electric power from an external electric power source and for supplying the external electric power to the processor, a first power receiving unit connected to a first communication medium, the first power receiving unit receiving a first electric power from the first communication medium and supplying the first electric power to the processor, a second power receiving unit connected to a second communication medium, the second power receiving unit receiving a second electric power from the second communication medium and supplying the second electric power to the processor, an electric power detection unit for detecting the first electric power or the second electric power, and a switching unit for supplying one of the external electric power, the first electric power, and the second electric power to the processor according to a result of detection made

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving symptom of mood disorder or its related disorder comprising a step of allowing Gm1 protein and the like to be excessively present in a brain of a mammal, and a non-human mammal, to which the method has been applied, and the like.

Abstract: The invention relates to ion-conductive thermoplastic compositions consisting of a partially acetalated polyvinyl alcohol, at least one support electrolyte and at least one softener, the partially acetalated polyvinyl alcohol containing two different acetal units. The invention also relates to electrochromic laminated glass systems produced using the ion-conductive compositions and to a method for producing said systems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a metal melt containing at least one base metal and at least one further alloy constituent, wherein the production takes place in a melting vessel with slag covering the melt. In accordance with the invention, for increasing the content of the alloy constituent of the melt, an additive is fed to the melt which contains said alloy constituent at a content of ?5-10 percent by weight of the alloy constituent, ?5-10 percent by weight of melting metallurgically harmless volatile matter, ?5 percent by weight of sulfur and possibly fractions of further alloy constituents and/or slag formers. The additive is obtainable by ore leaching and by precipitation in the form of hydroxides and/or carbonates. The invention also relates to such an additive.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing a 3-D display device is disclosed. The system includes a lenticular image former capable of generating a color lenticular image from a plurality of two dimensional color images, and an electrophotographic printing apparatus configured to receive the color lenticular image from the lenticular image former and to print a CMYK half tone color lenticular image on a surface of a polymeric lenticular lens medium using a powder type toner such that each color when it is printed on the surface of the lenticular lens medium has a printing density of at least 1.0.

Abstract: A resin composition, comprising (a) 50 to 99% by weight of a crystalline polypropylene resin, and (b) 1 to 50% by weight of a propylene copolymer comprising 50 to 85% by mol of a propylene unit and 15 to 50% by mol of a C8-12 ?-olefin unit, the propylene copolymer having (1) no meting point in a range of ?100 to 200° C., or a melting point of 50° C. or lower in that temperature range, (2) an isotactic selectivity of 90% or higher, (3) a molecular weight distribution of 3 or smaller, and (4) an intrinsic viscosity of 0.1 to 10 dl/g.

Abstract: A polymer comprising a unit represented by the following formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer comprising the step of polymerizing a diene compound such as 9,9-diallylfluorene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst formed by contacting a nickel compound with an organoaluminum compound and/or a boron compound:

Abstract: A shower curtain support system includes a first rod having a first arcuate portion and a first end portion and a second rod having a second arcuate portion and a second end portion. The second arcuate portion is telescopically mounted within the first arcuate portion. A first end support is removably and pivotably mounted to the first end portion and a second end support is removably and pivotably mounted to the second end portion.

Abstract: A recycling furnace and method are provided for processing potentially explosive precious metal-containing materials having organic fractions that combust with great energy, the furnace including a switching facility for alternating operation of a burning-off chamber of the furnace between: (A) pyrolysis or carbonization under protective furnace gas in an atmosphere comprising maximally 6 wt-% oxygen, and (B) oxidative combustion of the organic fractions including carbon. The furnace has indirect heating and a control that determines the end of the pyrolysis or carbonization by a sensor and controls the switching facility to supply air or oxygen to the interior of the furnace. Steps (A) and (B) are carried out sequentially in the furnace chamber, wherein neither the batch is changed, nor the furnace is opened. After the end of step (A) is determined, step (B) proceeds right after the pyrolysis or carbonization by supplying air or oxygen.

Abstract: For production of a high-temperature sensor, in which a platinum resistance film is applied on a metal-oxide substrate, in particular sapphire or a ceramic plate, and a ceramic intermediate layer is laid on the resistance film, a self-supporting cover, in particular a ceramic or glass-ceramic cover, is bonded on the ceramic intermediate layer or a glass ceramic is mounted on the intermediate layer over its entire surface. Advantageously, the glass ceramic is electrically conductive or an ion conductor above 750° C. and is laid on up to the cathode of the resistance film up to beyond the intermediate layer. In particular, the cover is bonded with a metal-doped glass ceramic, which is laid on the cathode of the resistance film up to beyond the intermediate layer. Preferably, the electrically insulating intermediate layer is coated with a glass ceramic or a glass ceramic doped with metal, which coating has a resistance of at most one megaohm per square at 850° C. or above.