Abstract: The method for manufacturing coated steel sheet has the steps of: immersing a steel sheet in a hot-dip coating bath to form an Al—Zn base coating layer containing 20 to 95 mass % Al on the steel sheet, forming a passivated layer on the coating layer; and applying thermal history to the coating layer. The thermal history is applied immediately after the steel sheet left the hot-dip coating bath or in a temperature range of from T(° C.) between 130° C. and 300° C. to 100° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermosetting coating composition for precoated steel sheets which are required to have high hardness, good workability and stain resistance, to a precoated steel sheet having a film of the coating composition, and to a method for producing such precoated steel sheets.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coating composition for precoated steel sheets which are required to have high hardness, high workability and high distinctness of image, and to a method for producing a precoated steel sheet having a coating film of the composition. The composition is prepared by adding a compound of any of the following (a) to (c) to a coating composition consisting essentially of a polyol and containing, as the curing agent, an isocyanate compound or an amino resin, and the coating film of the composition has both high-level workability and high-level hardness.(a) Polyester compounds comprising main repeating units of a general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein n is an integer; and R is an alkylene group having 10 or less carbon atoms, or a 1,4-cyclohexylene-dimethylene group, or a neopentylene group, or a polyoxyalkylene group.

Abstract: A silicone-modified water-based coating composition is disclosed wherein a suspension of silicone rubber particles in water is added to a water-based coating composition such that the resulting system is storage-stable and forms a mat film when dried or cured, which film is soft to the touch.

Abstract: A toner resin, comprising a styrene component, an acrylic acid ester component or methacrylic acid ester component or both, and a divinyl monomer component, the resin having a glass transition temperature of 50.degree. to 68.degree. C., a value of tan .delta., which is the ratio of the dynamic loss to the dynamic elastic modulus, of 0.3 to 0.7 as measured at 200.degree. C., a gel fraction of 55 to 83%, and a softening point at which the resin has a melting viscosity of 100,000 poises is 200.degree. to 410.degree. C. A toner having an excellent fixing property, non-offsetting property, and blocking resistance, and able to be used with a high-temperature high-speed copying machine is formed from this toner resin.

Abstract: A resin composition for toners, composed essentially of a suspension polymerizate of:(a) 5 to 40% by weight per total polymer of a polyester comprising at least one aromatic diol component an at least one aliphatic diol component, and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 30,000, an acid value of 0.5 to 10 mgKOH/g, and an OH value of 10 to 60 mgKOH/g;(b) 60 to 95% by weight per total polymer of a vinyl monomer; and(c) 0.1 to 1.0% by weight per total polymer of a divinyl monomer,wherein said suspension polymerizate hasa glass transition temperature of 40.degree. to 70.degree. C.,an acid value of 0.1 to 10 mgKOH/g, anda softening temperature of 100.degree. to 160.degree. C.

Abstract: In an apparatus for detecting turn-on state of plural heaters including an electric power source for supplying electric power to the plural heaters, a controller controls the electric power source to be turned on and off so that each of the plural heaters is turned on and off in a predetermined manner, and a current sensor measures the total current supplied from the electric power source to the plural heaters. Then, a comparator compares the total current measured by the current sensor with plural reference values different from each other and outputting signals for representing comparison results thereof, and a judging circuit judges turn-on or off state of each of the plural heaters based on the signals outputted from the comparators.

Abstract: A toner resin composition comprising 5 to 40% by weight of a polyester (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 20,000 and 50 to 95% by weight of a styrene-acrylic copolymer (B). The styrene-acrylic copolymer (B) is comprised of 10 to 25% by weight of a high molecular weight polymer (B1) having a weight average molecular weight of 500,000 to 1,100,000 and 75 to 90% by weight of a low molecular weight polymer (B2) having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000. The high molecular weight polymer (B1) is comprised of a styrene component (b-1) and an acrylic ester and/or methacrylic ester component (b-2). The low molecular weight polymer (B2) is comprised of a styrene component (b-1), an acrylic ester and/or methacrylic ester component (b-2), 0.3 to 3 parts by weight, per 100 parts of the total weight of said component (b-1) and component (b-2), of an .alpha.-methyl styrene dimer (b-3) and 0.

Abstract: A process for preparing an osteogenesis promoting substance, which comprises extracting a demineralized bone powder with a solution of chaotorpic reagent, subjecting the extracted solution to ultrafiltration to collect a fraction containing substances ranging from 1,000 to 100,000 daltons as molecular weight, dialyzing the collected fraction and collecting the water-insoluble fraction from the dialyzing liquid. The osteogenesis promoting substance prepared by the present invention is useful as a bone repairing agent and a bone grafting agent.

Abstract: A binder for toner comprising a styrene/(meth)acrylate copolymer obtained by polymerizing polymerizable vinyl monomers comprising styrene and/or its derivative and a (meth)acrylate by suspension polymerization of 0.001-3 wt. %, based on the total weight of the monomers used, of at least one polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of saponification of 75-98% and 1.0-10 wt. %, based on the total weight of the monomers used, of at least one azo initiator. According to the present invention, there is provided a binder for a toner which produces copied images having excellent stability of image quality (life) even after a large number of times of copying.

Abstract: A process for producing a toner resin by a two-step suspension polymerization process, which entails preparing a polymer of high molecular weight having a weight average molecular weight of greater than about 350,000 from at least one monomer having a polymerizable vinyl group using a compound having at least three t-butyl peroxide groups in one molecule, as a polymerization initiator, and then preparing a low molecular weight polymer in the presence of the high molecular weight polymer. A toner having an excellent fixing property and offset resistance can be obtained from the above resin.

Abstract: A hydrophobic silica is prepared by mixing and heating a mixture of (a) 100 weight parts wet-method silica and (b) 1 to 100 weight parts organopolysiloxane represented by the following average unit formula R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b SiO.sub.(4-a-b)/2, wherein R.sup.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.2 is the hydrogen atom, a is from 1 to 3 inclusive, and b is from zero to 1 inclusive, with the provisos that a+b is from 1.90 to 2.10 inclusive and b/(a+b) is from zero to 0.45 inclusive. This hydrophobic silica is used to prepare a high-strength silicone rubber particulate by mixing with a curable dioranopolysiloxane and curing the mixture in the form of particulates. A preferred manner of making the particulates is by emulsifying the mixture of hydrophobic silica and curable diorganopolysiloxane in water, then spraying the emulsion into a hot gas to cure the silicone rubber composition and remove the water, giving microparticles of high-strength silicone rubber.

Abstract: The curable resin composition of the present invention consists of a curable resin having uniformly dispersed therein particles of a cured silicone rubber obtained from an organosiloxane composition curable by a platinum-catalyzed hydrosilation reaction, wherein said organosiloxane composition contains reaction products of an ethylenically unsaturated epoxy compound and an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic compound with the organohydrogenpolysiloxane present in said organosiloxane composition. Either or both of the epoxy compound and the aromatic compound can be prereacted with a portion of the silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms of the organohydrogenpolysiloxane.

Abstract: A process for producing a toner resin by a two-step suspension polymerization process, which entails preparing a polymer of high molecular weight having a weight average molecular weight of greater than about 350,000 from at least one monomer having a polymerizable vinyl group using a compound having at least three t-butyl peroxide groups in one molecule, as a polymerization initiator, and then preparing a low molecular weight polymer in the presence of the high molecular weight polymer. A toner having an excellent fixing property and offset resistance can be obtained from the above resin.

Abstract: A polish including a film forming wax material and an organopolysiloxane elastomer. The elastomer is in the form of particles mixed with the film forming wax. The particles are spherical and have an average diameter of from about 0.3 um to about 30 um. The polish contains at least one additive selected from the group consisting of organic solvents, silicone oils, and surfactants. The film forming wax material may be one of carnauba wax, montan wax, candelilla wax, ceresin wax, paraffin waxes, and beeswax.

Abstract: A resin for toner containing fine particles with a particle size passing through a 200 mesh sieve of not greater than 10% by weight.

Abstract: A polish including a film forming wax material and a silicone rubber. The rubber is in the form of particles mixed with the film forming wax, and the silicone rubber particles contain a silicone oil. The particles have an average diameter of from about 0.3 .mu.m to about 30 .mu.m. The polish includes at least one additive selected from the group consisting of organic solvents, a second silicone oil, and surfactants. The film forming wax material is one of carnauba wax, montan wax, candelilla wax, ceresin wax, paraffin waxes, or beeswax. The silicone rubber forming the particles is one of addition reaction curable silicone rubber compositions, condensation reaction curable silicone rubber compositions, organic peroxide curable organopolysiloxane compositions, or high energy curable silicone rubber compositions.

Abstract: A document detecting device for an image forming apparatus operates when a sensor supporting arm equipped with sensors is pivoted to a predetermined position below a document, the document size or the density of the image is detected by the combination of the detection results of the sensors. One of the combinations which is not used for the document size or density detection is used to detect that the sensor supporting arm is at its original position. This construction avoids such an error that the sensor supporting arm is misinterpreted as being at its original position when an irregular sized document is set.When a new document is set, the data indicating the previous document size is accurately updated by the combined use of two switches. The first switch detects whether a document holding cover is opened less than a predetermined angle. The second switch detects whether the cover is completely closed.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a toner polymer which comprises the steps of carrying out suspension polymerization of a monomer having a polymerizable vinyl group in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol as a dispersant, and then conducting oxidative decomposition of polyvinyl alcohol anchored to polymer particles obtained by suspension polymerization.

Abstract: An acrylic rubber composition containing an amino group-containing silicon compound is characterized by excellent roll workability and a rapid vulcanization rate and characteristically does not require secondary vulcanization.