Abstract: An optical recording medium which comprises a substrate and a recording layer provided on the substrate by using an organic dye compound having absorption maximum in a region with wavelengths longer than that of a writing light used, and which records information by allowing to irradiate the recording layer with the writing light to act on the organic dye compound to form a pit on the substrate.

Abstract: A volume hologram recording material having a composition that is adjusted in accordance with a recording wavelength in a visible region set individually and specifically, and is excellent in sensitivity or hologram recording performance. A photosensitive composition for volume hologram recording having a photopolymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a sensitizing dye, and a maximum absorption wavelength of the sensitizing dye deviates by 14 nm or more from a predetermined volume hologram recording wavelength set in a visible region and the composition itself has absorption at the volume hologram recording wavelength.

Abstract: The objectives of this invention are to provide a photosensitizing composition which gives an improved photoelectric conversion efficiency in photoelectric conversion elements such as solar cells, and to its uses. This invention attains the above objectives by providing a photosensitizing composition comprising two different types of organic compounds, a semiconductor electrode sensitized with the photosensitizing composition, a photoelectric conversion element, and a solar cell using the photosensitizing composition.

Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide semiconductor layers for obtaining solar cells having a relatively high energy conversion efficiency, solar cells using the same, and their production methods and uses; all of which are solved by providing semiconductor layers that are used in solar cells and constructed by semiconductor particle groups having a plurality of peaks in particle size distribution, solar cells using the same, and their production methods and uses.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a solar cell which has an improved processibility suitable for industrial-scale and which is easily prepared at a lower cost.

Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide semiconductor layers for obtaining solar cells having a relatively high energy conversion efficiency, solar cells using the same, and their production methods and uses; all of which are solved by providing semiconductor layers that are used in solar cells and constructed by semiconductor particle groups having a plurality of peaks in particle size distribution, solar cells using the same, and their production methods and uses.

Abstract: An electrically conducting curable resin composition containing (A) a vinyl ester resin, (B) at least one monomer selected from an allyl ester monomer, an acrylic acid ester monomer or a methacrylic acid ester monomer, (C) a radical polymerization initiator and (D) at least 40% by mass of a carbonaceous filler, and a cured product thereof are disclosed. The electrically conducting curable resin composition and cured product thereof not only have high electrical conductivity, but also excellent heat radiation property, high heat resistance and good corrosion resistance, and therefore are suitable for use as a highly electrically conducting material such as separator for fuel cells.

Abstract: There is provided an image-receiving sheet for recording with dye or ink which comprises a base sheet and a resin layer comprising a powdery coating composition which contains a resin component as a dye- or ink-receiving layer on the base sheet. There is further provided a process for the production of such an image-receiving sheet which comprises dry-coating a powdery coating composition which contains a resin component on a base sheet by an electrostatic spraying process, heating, melting and fixing the powdery coating composition thereon to form a resin layer as a dye- or ink-receiving layer.

Abstract: An optical recording medium which comprises a substrate and a recording layer provided on the substrate by using an organic dye compound having absorption maximum in a region with wavelengths longer than that of a writing light used, and which records information by allowing to irradiate the recording layer with the writing light to act on the organic dye compound to form a pit on the substrate.

Abstract: There is provided an image-receiving sheet for recording with dye or ink which comprises a base sheet and a resin layer comprising a powdery coating composition which contains a resin component as a dye- or ink-receiving layer on the base sheet. There is further provided a process for the production of such an image-receiving sheet which comprises dry-coating a powdery coating composition which contains a resin component on a base sheet by an electrostatic spraying process, heating, melting and fixing the powdery coating composition thereon to form a resin layer as a dye- or ink-receiving layer.

Abstract: A coating device is provided for coating particles of a particulate coating composite consisting of particles of resin and particles of an offset preventing agent having a higher melting point than that of the resin on a paper substrate. A pair of rollers are provided to be contacted with each other for fixing the particulate coating composite on one of surfaces of the paper substrate. The particulate coating composite and the paper substrate are heated from one of the rollers, The heating temperature is set to a value which is higher than a melting point of said resin and lower than a melting point of said offset preventing agent.

Abstract: There is provided a layer-built chemical cell device, which comprises: a positive electrode including a current collecting material and an active material layer; a negative electrode including another current collecting material and another active material layer; an electrolyte introduced in a sealed space formed by fixing together the positive electrode and negative electrode; a separator layer interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The active material layer of either the positive electrode or the negative electrode is formed by laminating a plurality of active material sub-layers containing one or more active materials, such an active material layer being depositted on a current collecting material so as to form either the positive electrode or the negative electrode.

Abstract: An outboard motor is provided with a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a cooling water passage, in which the cooling water passage is formed and an engine is covered by an engine cover, the cleaning apparatus including a connection device to which one end of a cleaning water tube, which is connected at another end thereof to the cooling water passage of the engine, is connected and a cleaning water hose is connectable to the connection device from an external side thereof. The connection device comprises a grommet mounted to the engine cover and a connector assembly mounted to the grommet. The connector assembly has a double-tube structure having an inside connecting portion and an outside connecting portion, the inside connecting portion having a union structure to which a city hose or garden hose is connected and the outside connecting portion having an outer peripheral portion to which a screw portion is formed.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating fine particles to produce a thermal transfer image receiving sheet having: a base material supply section 1 for supplying a paper base material; a coating storage section 21 for storing a coating including white fine particles; a development section 2 having a sleeve 22 for holding the coating supplied from the coating storage section 21, a blade 23 for controlling a thickness of the coating held by the sleeve 22, a charge drum 24 having a photosensitive material for absorbing the coating in a dispersed manner from the sleeve 22, and a dot latent image forming device 25 for forming a dispersed dot latent image on the charge drum 24 by irradiating a laser beam to the charge drum 24 to absorb the coating on the charge drum 24 in said dispersed manner on the basis of the dispersed dot latent image; a transfer section 3 for electrostatically transferring the coating absorbed by the charge drum 24 onto the paper base material in the dispersed manner; a fixing section 4 having a heat roller

Abstract: There is provided a thermal printer for performing a printing operation by way of heat. This printer comprises a casing, drum means provided within the casing for rolling up a paper to be printed, and a thermal head unit provided within the casing for producing a heat for the printing operation. In detail, the thermal head unit has a pair of brackets provided on the opposite sides thereof, each of the two brackets being formed at one end thereof with an elongated hole into which a fixed shaft is to be inserted, and being supported at the other end thereof on the main body of the thermal head unit, such that the thermal head unit is pivotable only in a direction perpendicular to a printing direction.

Abstract: An apparatus 100 is provided with: a supply section 1 for supplying a paper base material P; a storage section 21 for storing a white fine particles coating; a development section 2 having a sleeve 22 for holding the white fine particles coating from the storage section 21, a blade 23 for controlling a thickness of the white fine particles coating held by the sleeve 22, and a charge drum 24 for absorbing the white fine particles coating from the sleeve 22; a transfer section 3 for electrostatically transferring the white fine particles coating absorbed by the charge drum 24 onto the paper base material P; a fixing section 4 having a heat roller 41 and a press roller 42, and for fixing the white fine particles coating on the paper base material P; and a ejection section 5 for ejecting the paper base material P fixed the white fine particles coating by the fixing section 4. By using the apparatus 100, the thermal transfer image receiving sheet S on which a high quality image can be formed, is produced easily.

Abstract: There is provided a method for forming an image-receiving sheet for sublimation thermal transfer recording, in which a photoreceptor is partly or wholly charged as it is rotated, while the powdery coating composition is charged oppositely to the photoreceptor and is then adhered to the surface of the photoreceptor, and thereafter the composition is transferred onto the base sheet, and then heated, melted and fixed, thereby to form a continuous film of the receiving layer on the base sheet.There is further provided a white, powdery coating composition for use for the production of such an image-receiving sheet as above, which comprises a resin component, a white colorant, and a cured product of reaction-curable silicone oils and is characterized in that the composition comprises, as the resin component, from 70 to 95% by weight of a resin mixture comprising from 50 to 90% by weight of a saturated polyester resin having an acid value of from 1.0 to 20 mg KOH/g and a glass transition point of from 50.degree.

Abstract: A transmission device is provided for transmitting an output of a drum motor to a drum on which a sheet of paper is mounted, for driving the drum. The transmission device has a plurality of pulleys and a timing belt. Each of the pulleys has a plurality of grooves to be engaged with projections of the timing belt. The number of the grooves is determined to times of an integer number.

Abstract: An outboard motor comprises, in an installed or mounted state, an engine holder, an engine located to an upper portion of the engine holder, a drive shaft housing located to a lower portion of the engine holder for housing a drive shaft extending downward from the engine, and an oil pan formed to the engine holder, the oil pan being provided with a wall section to which steering brackets are secured through upper mounts. A first seal member is disposed at a mating surface portion of an upper surface of the drive shaft housing and a lower surface of the oil pan and a second seal member is disposed at a mating surface of an upper surface of the oil pan and a lower surface of the engine to thereby expose the drive shaft between the first and second seal members.

Abstract: There is provided a layer-built chemical cell device, comprising a positive electrode including a current collecting material and an active substance, a negative electrode including another current collecting material and another active substance, an electrolyte and a separator both interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In such a layer-built cell device, the positive electrode and the negative electrode are in a belt-like shape, and are folded upon each other in a manner such that one electrode is always faced on both sides thereof with the other electrode, so as to form an electrode pair.