Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printer having a printer body and a consumable related to printing means, such as an ink cartridge and an ink ribbon, wherein the consumable can be very easily replaced and the electrical connection between the consumable and the printer body can be easily effected. In a printer (1) having a printer body (6) and an ink cartridge (consumable related to printing means) (19) replaceably mounted in the printer body, an ink cartridge tray (consumable tray) (8) for detachably storing the ink cartridge is movably provided in the printer body. A connector (37) provided on the ink cartridge is connected to a connector (38) provided in the printer body when the ink cartridge tray is inserted into the printer body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoelectric module, comprising a plurality of p-type thermoelectric elements each comprising a p-type semiconductor having a skutterdite crystal structure, a plurality of n-type thermoelectric elements each comprising a n-type semiconductor having a skutterdite crystal structure, at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode, at least one first alloy layer and at least one second alloy layer, wherein said at least one first alloy layer and said at least one second alloy layer contain Sb and at least one transition metal element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au and Cu.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a light-transmitting color film comprising oxides which have high chemical resistance and excellent light-absorption effect, making them available in a wide color range; a method for producing the same; and a coating solution used for forming the color film. In the light-transmitting color film comprising an oxide of an element which serves as a network former and oxides of transition metal elements serving as coloring components, the element serving as a network former is at least one selected from Si, Al, and B, and the transition metal elements comprise Cu, Mn, and Ni; and the two types of oxides form a complex oxide.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a light-transmitting color film comprising oxides which have high chemical resistance and excellent light-absorption effect, making them available in a wide color range; a method for producing the same; and a coating solution used for forming the color film. In the light-transmitting color film comprising an oxide of an element which serves as a network former and oxides of transition metal elements serving as coloring components, the element serving as a network former is at least one selected from Si, Al, and B, and the transition metal elements comprise Cu, Mn, and Ni; and the two types of oxides form a complex oxide.

Abstract: An apparatus reading out a pattern formed on a cloth, includes a detector configured to detect amounts of vertical movements of a probe, the probe held movable in the vertical direction and held to be in contact with the cloth and the pattern, and a processor unit configured to process signals of the amounts of vertical movements and obtain pattern data. Another reading apparatus reading out a pattern formed on a cloth, includes an image sensor configured to detect data on brightness corresponding to two-dimensional positions on the cloth pattern, and a processor unit configured to process to select data on one-dimensional brightness in the width direction of the pattern from two-dimensional brightness data and to decode the pattern data based on the selected data.

Abstract: A solution for forming a film having a high transmittance and a low reflectivity for visible light, a low transmittance for near infrared radiation, and a surface resistivity of at least 106 ohms/square. It contains fine particles of a hexaboride of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Th, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr or Ca, and fine particles of ITO or ATO in a weight ratio of from 0.1:99.9 to 90:10. Also disclosed is a film formed on at least one side of a resin film as a base, for cutting off solar heat radiation.

Abstract: There is provided a lead frame including first and second rows of inner leads each of which is electrically connected to an associated electrode of a semiconductor chip and which are situated at opposite sides about the semiconductor chip, first and second rows of outer leads each of which is electrically connected to an associated inner lead in the first and second rows of inner leads, respectively, a tie bar connecting a first outermost inner lead in the first row of inner leads to a second outermost inner lead in the second row of inner leads, and a control plate comprised of first branches extending from the first outermost inner lead towards the second outermost inner lead and second branches extending from the second outermost inner lead towards the first outermost inner lead, the control plate being connected to the tie bar.

Abstract: A film for cutting off heat rays having a high transmittance and a low reflectivity of visible light, a low transmittance and a high reflectivity of near infrared radiation and a surface resistivity of at least about 106 ohms/square is formed from a coating liquid is a dispersion containing fine particles of borides having an average diameter not exceeding 100 nm. The liquid disperison is coated on a surface and heated. The dispersion may further contain fine particles of at least one ruthenium or iridium oxide having an average diameter not exceeding 100 nm.

Abstract: A hybrid leadframe has first conductive leads extending into space over a semiconductor chip and second conductive leads outside the space, the first conductive leads and the second conductive leads are connected through bonding wires to bonding pads on the semiconductor chip, and the first conductive leads are directly adhered to insulating adhesive compound layers spread on predetermined area of the upper surface of the semiconductor device, wherein the second conductive leads are bifurcated so that one of the bifurcated portions is connected through the bonding wire to the bonding pad and the other bifurcated portion is adhered to the insulating adhesive compound layers so as to enhance the stability of the second conductive lead.

Abstract: A film for cutting off heat rays having a high transmittance and a low reflectivity of visible light, a low transmittance and a high reflectivity of near infrared radiation and a surface resistivity of at least about 106 ohms/square. The film is easy to form at a low cost by coating a surface with a coating liquid and heating it. The coating liquid is a dispersion containing fine particles of borides having an average diameter not exceeding 100 nm. The dispersion may further contain fine particles of at least one ruthenium or iridium oxide having an average diameter not exceeding 100 nm.

Abstract: A composite material substrate comprises a matrix material and a skeleton structure of a fibrous material. The matrix material exclusively participates in the thermal expansion of the substrate and the fibrous material in the mechanical strength thereof. The fibrous material constituting the skeleton structure has no influence on the thermal expansion profile of the matrix material, and the skeleton structure is loosely bonded to the matrix material at their interface. The substrate is used for solar cells. Photoelectric transfer layers of semiconductors are formed on the substrate to fabricate large-sized solar cells.

Abstract: A method of forming a polycrystalline silicon thin layer, which comprises the steps of forming a silicon thin film on a surface of a heat resistant substrate by making use of polycrystalline silicon fine particles as a raw material, and heating the silicon thin film thereby to recrystallize the silicon thin film and hence to enlarge an average particle diameter of the polycrystalline silicon fine particles. The silicon thin film is formed by depositing the polycrystalline silicon fine particles directly on the surface of the substrate, and meets a relationship represented by the following formula (1)W.sub.A /(V.sub.S .multidot.d.sub.S).gtoreq.0.95 (1)wherein W.sub.A is the weight of the polycrystalline silicon fine particles which is actually deposited on the surface of the substrate, V.sub.S is a volume of the silicon thin film which is deposited on the surface of the substrate, and d.sub.S is a density of silicon (Si).

Abstract: A shovel keeping mechanism in an ice making machine provided with an ice storage bin placed under an ice making mechanism to store ice cubes dropped therefrom. The shovel keeping mechanism is composed of a pair of parallel support rail portions provided on the bottom surface of a component member located at a lowermost portion of the ice making mechanism and extended in a fore-and-aft direction of the ice storage bin, and a shovel holder detachably assembled with the parallel support rail portions to retain an ice shovel inserted therein from the front of the ice storage bin.

Abstract: A coating solution for forming a selectively transmitting film which is effective for cutting off ultraviolet radiation in a wide range of wavelengths up to about 400 nm, maintains its stability and effect for a long time, has also a power of cutting off heat rays and a controlled transmittance of visible light, has any desired color produced by the addition of fine particles of an appropriate inorganic substance, and is applicable to glass in any existing building, or the like by a simple and inexpensive method using an appropriately selected binder, and a selectively transmitting film and a selectively transmitting multilayer film which are formed from the solution. The solution is a dispersion of fine particles having an average diameter of 100 nm or less of at least one of ruthenium oxide, titanium nitride, tantalum nitride, titanium silicide, molybdenum silicide, lanthanum boride, iron oxide and iron hydroxide oxide.

Abstract: A thin conductive film which excels in film strength, weather resistance, transparency, and electric field shielding effect is formed on a glass substrate at a low temperature as a multilayer film which is formed of an ITO-dispersed silicate layer and an overcoat silicate layer, or at least two layers of an ITO dispersed silicate and a high-conductivity oxide-dispersed silicate, and a topmost layer of an overcoat silicate. The ITO dispersed silicate layer includes ultra fine particles of indium tin oxide and a silicate-based glass matrix, and the high-conductivity oxide-dispersed silicate layer consists of includes ultra fine particles selected from the group of ruthenium dioxide, rhenium trioxide, iridium dioxide, rhodium dioxide and irridium-based pyrochlore and a silicate-based glass matrix.

Abstract: Disclosed are new alkylenediamine derivatives of the following formula which are effective for treatment of dysuria are disclosed: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl or aromatic heterocyclic group; R.sup.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl or aromatic heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl or aryl; or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are combined to form one of substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic groups; X is oxygen, sulfur or imino; Y is oxygen or sulfur; Z is --CH.sub.2 --, --CO-- or --CS--; m is an integer of 0-4; n is an integer of 0-4; r is 0 or 1; and p and q represent an integer of 0-5 provided that p plus q is 1-5.

Abstract: A coating solution which forms a heat-ray shielding film on a transparent base of glass or plastic includes a dispersion obtained by dispersing in a dispersion medium as its main component fine particles of one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of ruthenium-, iridium- and rhodium-containing oxides, the particles having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are new alkylenediamine derivatives of the following formula which are effective for treatment of dysuria are disclosed: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl or aromatic heterocyclic group; R.sup.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl or aromatic heterocyclic group; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl or aryl; or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are combined to form one of substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic groups; X is oxygen, sulfur or imino; Y is oxygen or sulfur; Z is --CH.sub.2 --, --CO-- or --CS--; m is an integer of 0-4; n is an integer of 0-4; r is 0 or 1; and p and q represent an integer of 0-5 provided that p plus q is 1-5.

Abstract: A therapeutic agent for liver disease containing as an active ingredient a piperazine derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein, A represents a phenyl, p-benzoquinonyl or cumarinyl group which may have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, formyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, acyloxy, glycosyloxy, amino, alkylamino, mercapto, alkylthio and nitro; B represents a single bond or a straight chain alkylene group containing 1-4 carbon atoms which may have at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, hydroxy and oxo; R represents an atom or a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl and aryl; and n is 2 or 8, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt is diclosed.

Abstract: A novel glycerol derivative which is effective to reduce blood pressure has the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group having 10-22 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is lower acyl, benzoyl, aryl, mono-, di- or triarylalkyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, or cycloalkylalkyl; Q is substituted or unsubstituted alkylene containing 1-4 carbon atoms, l is 0 or 1; Y is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group or a nitrogen-containing bridged heterocyclic group (--(Q).sub.l -- is attached to a carbon atom contained in a hetero-ring of the heterocyclic group) in which Y is the bridged heterocyclic group where l is 0; and each of R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, aryl or aralkyl.