Abstract: There is disclosed a thermal transfer recording medium having a thermal transfer colorant layer provided on a support, characterized in that the thermal transfer colorant layer contains a modified silicone compound and a polyoxyethylene type compound.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a processing apparatus for handling a disk film unit consisting of a disk-shaped photographic film and a cartridge having light shielding structure for storing the film, wherein, before loading the disk film unit onto the processing apparatus, it is not required to carry out any preparatory operation, such as an operation that the disk film is taken out of the cartridge by using a light-shielded cartridge opener provided separately from the processing apparatus or a cartridge opener in a dark room.

Abstract: The invention provides a spool for winding a photographic roll film. The spool has a bar-shaped spool core which is slitted to lengthwise direction to form a slit for inserting a tongue-shaped end of the film having a through hole. On an inside wall of the slit, there is provided a catch claw capable of engaging the through hole. On another inside wall opposite to the above inside wall, there is provided a pressing rib for pressing and guiding the tongue-shaped end to the catch claw. A part of the outer surface of the spool core, adjoining to the inside wall of the slit in which is disposed the pressing rib, is shaped to serve as a film contact surface. The tip surface of the pressing rib and the film contact surface both jointly form a continuous shape of a circular arc.

Abstract: The invention relate to a magnetic recording medium which comprises a magnetic layer on a support. The magnetic layer contains an iron-aluminum alloy magnetic powder and a carbon black having a BET specific surface area of from 15 to 80 m.sup.2 /g and a DBP oil absorption of the carbon black from 110 to 200 ml/100 g.

Abstract: A photographic material having an excellent rapid processability, a high sensitivity and a less sensitivity variation due to a change of standing of the silver halide emulsion in the course of preparation of the light-sensitive material, and its preparation process are disclosed. The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprises a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion layer thereon, and at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains highly chloride-containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, a water-soluble bromide of from 0.05 mol % to 2 mol % per mol of silver halide and a high boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of not higher than 6.0.

Abstract: An image forming method by the electrophotographic process is disclosed. The image forming method comprises the steps of forming a plurality of toner images different in color on an image carrying member by repeating the developing of the electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member with developers containing both toner and carrier, and transferring said plurality of the toner images at a time onto a receiving material, in which the toner to be provided for at least the initial toner image formation is mixed with 0.2 to 2% by weight of metal oxide particles having a BET specific surface area determined by nitrogen adsorption of from 30 m.sup.2 /g to 60 m.sup.2 /g. The method provides clear multicolor images free from any deterioration in the resolution due to transfer doubling trouble as well as in the image quality due to transfer-off spots.

Abstract: An Albada type inverted Galileo finder which is suitable foruse with a compace lens shutter camera, which is small in size, and which is visible without occurrence of any ghost not only in an object but a finder frame.If lenses are disposed in order of negative, positive and positive from the side of an object and a reflecting surface of an Albada system is a surface on the side of the object of a positive lens, a finder which involves no ghost and is advantageous for correction of aberrations can be obtained. Furthermore, if the on-the-axis thickness of each lens is restricted to thereby provide a plastic lens, precision of molding can be improved.

Abstract: According to the invention, a distance measurement apparatus for a camera is disclosed. In this apparatus, a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged at different positions in a direction perpendicular to a base line and an optical axis of projected light. A driver causes the light-emitting elements to selectively emit near-distance measurement light and far-distance measurement light having a higher intensity than that of the near-distance measurement light. When an amount of light reflected by an object cannot reach a predetermined value necessary for distance measurement upon emission of a light-emitting element selected by the driver, a microcomputer controls an operation of the driver so as to cause another light-emitting element to emit light. The near- or far-distance measurement light reflected by the object is received so as to measure a distance to the object.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation image storage panel comprising a heat generating body for drying assembled in a radiation image storage panel using a light stimulable phosphor.According to this invention, a radiation image storage panel which can stand uses for a long term can be obtained.

Abstract: In a camera including a driven member which is moved by a motor powered by a battery from a photographing position to an initial position through a gear train, and is stopped by mechanical damping, energization of the motor after a photographing operation is completed is controlled by pulse energization after the motor is started.

Abstract: An improved electrostatic image-developing process is disclosed, wherein said process comprises,a step of supplying a developer comprising carrier and toner to a developer transporting means which includes a cylindrical development sleeve (3) for carrying by rotation said developer (D) to the close proximity of an electrostatic latent image formed on an image-carrying member (1) disposed opposite thereto, the outer diameter of said cylindrical development sleeve (3) being 15 mm to 30 mm, and a magnetic roller (4) provided inside said cylindrical development sleeve, said roller having not less than ten magnetic poles, a step of forming a thin layer of said developer on the surface of said developer transporting means (3) so that the maximum thickness of the developer layer is smaller than the minimum distance (H) between the surface of said developer transporting means (3) and the surface of said electrostatic image-carrying member (1),a step of carrying said developer to a close proximity of the electrostatic

Abstract: An automatic focusing apparatus for a camera wherein a distance measurement signal is stored as a digital value, pulses corresponding to a distance, which are generated upon rotational movement of a lens along an optical axis through a motor, are counted, and a stop pawl for stopping the lens is driven in accordance with the count value. A pulse width of the pulses of the pulse signal is detected, the pulses of the pulse signal are counted, and when the number of the counted pulses corresponds to the stored digital value, the stop pawl is driven after a delay time which is determined based on the detected pulse width of a pulse of the pulse signal.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to offer an locking mechanism for a tape reel in a magnetic tape cassette so that accidental disengagement and overlocking trouble can be prevented, wherein proper engagement and disengagement between a reel-locking lever and the tape reel is attained by arranging the sliding surface of the reel-locking lever at a predetermined position.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light sensitive material improved in suitability for rapid processing and in color forming efficiency, spectral absorption property and fastness of the cyan image is disclosed.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic support having thereon a magnetic recording layer comprising a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic metal powder wherein the magnetic metal powder has a BET specific surface area of not less than 40 m.sup.2 /g and the magnetic recording layer contains a fatty acid having a neutralization value of not more than 250, an ester of fatty acid and a carbon black having a DBP oil absorption of not less than 110 ml/100 g and an average particle size of not more than 60 m.mu.. The magnetic recording medium is improved on the electromagnetic conversion property as well as on the running endurance.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor circuit includes a solid-state image sensor, an optical system, an amplifier, a hold circuit, and an A/D converter. In the solid-state image sensor, some of light-receiving elements are shielded from light. The optical system forms an image on the solid-state image sensor. The amplifier amplifies an output from the solid-state image sensor. The hold circuit holds an output from a shielded portion of the solid-state image sensor. The A/D converter A/D-converts an output voltage from the hold circuit using the output from the amplifier as a lowest analog reference voltage.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for optically writing a data onto a non-exposed film being coated with photosensive material while moving the film to a predetermined direction. The data represents a film frame No., photosensitive emulsion lot No. and so on. The apparatus has two groups of LEDs being arranged with a pitch in parallel two lines being crossing at right angles to a film proceeding direction. The disposing position of LEDs on the one line differs by half of the pitch from that on another line. Therefore, the center of light spot on the one of spotted parallel line irradiated on the film does not face with that on another spotted line along the film proceeding direction. Further, the emission timings of the two groups of light emission sources are respectively controlled to have some time lag therebetween, thereby superposing partially the parallel two spotted lines.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material improved in image quality such as sharpness and graininess is disclosed. The silver halide color photographic material is comprises support having thereon photographic component layers comprising at least two silver halide emulsion layers, adjacently arranged to each other, having the same color sensitivity and different speed from each other. In this photographic material the highest speed layer among these emulsion layers contains a DIR compound capable of releasing a diffusible development inhibitor or a diffusible compound capable of releasing a development inhibitor, and the total thickness of the silver halide emulsion layers is within the range of from 1.5 .mu.m to 5 .mu.m, and the silver halide emulsion layers are allowed to have the interposition of a non-light-sensitive intermediate layer.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a specific silver halide grain is disclosed. The siliver halide grain contains a localized portion containing 20 mol % or more of silver iodide and average content of silver iodide of which grain is from 0.1 to 10.0 mol %, provided that the silver halide grain is prepared by mixing an aqueous solution containing a water soluble halide compound and an aqueous solution containing a water soluble silver salt under a condition that pAg of the mixture is raised at 9.7 or more during a period after a half amount of the silver salt to be used has been added to the mixture. The photographic light-sensitive material has improved photographic characteristics and is suitable for radiographic use.

Abstract: A toner density control apparatus wherein an image density of a reference image on a photosensitive member is compared with a predetermined level to control a toner density, a voltage to be applied on a light-emitting element is controlled according to a difference between an output of a light-receiving element when it receives a light reflected from a non-image surface region on the photosensitive member and correction reference data, and a signal is supplied to the outside when the voltage is increased more than a predetermined value.