Abstract: Flour blends are described containing waxy wheat flour and are suitable for the preparation of breads, cakes, or noodles. These flour blends make it possible to obtain foods which do not show degraded texture after prolonged storage, and which particularly provide an excellent texture when consumed after being frozen and thawed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier in which an electrostatic latent image is formed on the surface thereof, development unit or units for applying charged developer to the surface of the latent image carrier to visualize the latent image, an intermediate transfer body which is abutted against the latent image carrier, and to which the primary transfer voltage of polarity reverse to the charging polarity of the developer is applied and on which the visible image is primarily transferred, a secondary transfer member which is abutted against the intermediate transfer body through a recording medium and to which the secondary transfer voltage is applied to transfer the visible image on the recording medium, and a voltage applying mechanism for applying the secondary transfer voltage of the same polarity as the primary transfer voltage and larger than the primary transfer voltage in an absolute value to the secondary transfer member in case the secondary transfer is executed, and for applyi

Abstract: A push-button assembly (10) is constituted by a push-button (12) having a side wall outer surface located adjacent to a side wall inner surface of a surrounding body (14). In the assembly, at least one of the side wall surfaces is recessed (22; 22a, 22c; 22b, 22d), thereby reducing the contact area of the opposed surface areas likely to be adversely affected by stickiness.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes at least one magnetic layer formed by dispersing a ferromagnetic powder in a binder, the ferromagnetic powder including at least one kind of rare earth metal element selected from Y or metal elements of lanthanide series and being constituted of acicular ferromagnetic alloy powder particles whose .sigma. s is in the range of 120 to 160 emu/g, whose average longitudinal axis length is in the range of 0.04 to 0.2 .mu.m and whose crystallite size is in the range of 100 to 300 angstroms, the magnetic layer including an abrasive agent whose average particle diameter is in the range of 0.03 to 0.3 .mu.m and containing carbon black having an average particle diameter of 50 to 300 m.mu.. The magnetic recording medium has an excellent electromagnetic conversion characteristics and, particularly, a good preservation capability and can prevent a magnetic head from being abraded.

Abstract: A programming device for a programmable controller comprising a unit specification information table in which specifications of a functional unit are set, a unit configuration table in which combinations of functional units are set, and a program preparing means for assisting input of a program for a programmable controller according to various types of information in said unit specification information table and the unit configuration information table.

Abstract: The device comprises a ratchet (3) and a base (4) that are to be respectively secured to the two footwear portions (A, B) to be closed on one another, a sprocket wheel (12) supported on the base (4) to be rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction of the ratchet (3), a lever (8) mounted on the base (4) so that it can be swung about the axis of the sprocket wheel (12), as well as first (13, 15) and second. (26) unidirectional retainers means respectively between the lever (8) and the sprocket wheel (12), for the rotation of the sprocket wheel and the resultant sliding in one direction of the ratchet (3), and for holding the ratchet with respect to the base (4) in the opposite direction; the first unidirectional retaining means comprises a coupling having front teeth (13, 15), which coupling acts between one axial end of the sprocket wheel and the lever.

Abstract: In a photomultiplier tube, a second dynode Dy2 is located in confrontation with a first dynode Dy1 in an electron multiplication portion 6. The second dynode Dy2 is made of material that has a secondary electron emission gain which is substantially saturated with respect to an electric voltage applied thereto.