Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition including specific amounts of (A) a polypropylene resin, (B) an elastomer, (C) inorganic filler, (D) a resin having a melt tension of 0.1 N or more and a swelling ratio of 1.8 or more and being characterized by that the time required for the resin until the ratio (G(t)/G(0.02)) of a relaxation modulus G(t) measured at 210° C. to a relaxation modulus G(0.02) at a time of 0.02 sec reaches 0.01 is 10 sec or more, and (E) a resin characterized by that, with respect to a swelling ratio measured at 220° C. at an L/D of an orifice of 40, the ratio of a swelling ratio (SR103) at a shear rate of 2.4×103 sec?1 to a swelling ratio (SR102) at a shear rate of 1.2×102 sec?1, SR103/SR102, is from 1.0 to 1.1.

Abstract: In a content remote watching system, a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) owned by a user at home, a server operated or administrated by a carrier, and a mobile phone carried by the user are accommodated in a network. In this system, the user can access a website operated or administrated on the server, and request the reproduction of the content recorded on the PVR from the My HP only for the user. The PVR which is requested to reproduce transmits data for streaming-reproducing the content, to the mobile phone, in accordance with an instruction from the server. In the mobile phone, the data is reproduced and is watched by the user.

Abstract: A reproduction controller (433) is provided in a data reproduction unit (430) of audio reproducers (400A, 400B, 400C and 400D), the reproduction controller (433) acquiring an audio data and delay time information about delay times determined by transmission times of the audio data, and causing a data output section (432) to output the audio data at the time based on the acquired delay times of the delay time information. Owing to this, the audio data can be output from the audio reproducers (400A, 400B, 400C and 400D) at the same time.

Abstract: A data transmitting device (300) adapted to transmit audio data to a plurality of audio reproducers for outputting audio data includes a delay amount determiner (330), which calculates the delay time as the transmission time of the audio data to each of the audio reproducers, and a delay amount controller (360), which controls, when transmitting the audio data to each of the audio reproducers via the network, to delay the audio data to be transmitted to each of the audio reproducers based on the delay time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition comprising (A) from 40 to 98% by weight of polypropylene resin, (B) from 1 to 30% by weight of basic magnesium sulfate fiber having a surface treated with montan wax wherein fibers contained in primary fibers have an average fiber length of from 7 to 10 &mgr;m and the percentage of primary fibers containing fibers having a fiber length of 20 &mgr;m or more is 10% by weight or less and (C) from 1 to 30% by weight of talc, provided that the total weight of the components (A), (B) and (C) is adjusted to 100% by weight.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene composition (D) comprising 50% to 95% by weight of a polypropylene (A), 0% to 25% by weight of an ethylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer rubber and/or aromatic vinyl compound-containing rubber (B), and 5% to 25% by weight of talc (C) having an average particle diameter of not more than 3 &mgr;m; and 0.5 to 8.0 parts by weight of a pigment master batch (E) having a hydrogen ion concentration of 5 to 7 and satisfying the expression: 0.35≦&eegr;pig/&eegr;comp≦1.20, wherein the &eegr;pig represents a viscosity (poise) of the pigment master batch, and the &eegr;comp represents a viscosity (poise) of the polypropylene composition (D).

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition comprising specific amounts of (A) a polypropylene resin, (B) an elastomer, (C) inorganic filler, (D) a resin having a melt tension of 0.1 N or more and a swelling ratio of 1.8 or more and being characterized by that the time required for the resin until the ratio (G(t)/G(0.02)) of a relaxation modulus G(t) measured at 210° C. to a relaxation modulus G(0.02) at a time of 0.02 sec reaches 0.01 is 10 sec or more, and (E) a resin characterized by that, with respect to a swelling ratio measured at 220° C. at an L/D of an orifice of 40, the ratio of a swelling ratio (SR103) at a shear rate of 2.4×103 sec−1 to a swelling ratio. (SR102) at a shear rate of 1.2×102 sec−1, SR103/SR102, is from 1.0 to 1.1.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition which is obtained by melt-kneading (1) 55 to 75 wt. % crystalline polypropylene resin together with (2) 10 to 30 wt. % elastomer comprising either a rubber containing a vinyl aromatic compound or a mixture thereof with an ethylene/&agr;-olefin random copolymer rubber and (3) 15 to 25 wt. % talc having an average particle diameter of 3 &mgr;m or smaller. The composition satisfies specific requirements with respect to: the long period obtained by X-ray small-angle scattering attributable to the vinyl aromatic-containing rubber in a blend obtained by melt-kneading the ingredients (1) and (2); the shape and diameter of the elastomer particles present near the polypropylene/elastomer interface in the blend; and the difference between the glass transition point of the ingredient (1) and that of the composition attributable to the crystalline polypropylene homopolymer parts.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a propylene homopolymer, 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight of phosphoric acid ester type nucleating agent (a) and 1.5 to 5 parts by weight of talc (b), wherein the composition satisfies the following condition (1): (1) the injection molded article of the polypropylene resin composition has degrees of orientation A and orientation B measured by wide angle X-ray diffraction of not less than 35 and not less than 300, respectively.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: (A) polypropylene-based resin selected from the group consisting of a propylene homopolymer, an ethylene-propylene block copolymer composed of a propylene homopolymer portion and ethylene-propylene random copolymer portion having an intrinsic viscosity measured in tetralin at 135° C. of 1.0 or more and less than 8.0 dl/g and a mixture thereof, of 35 to 85 wt %; (B) elastomer of 10 to 35 wt %; (C) inorganic filler of 2 to 30 wt %; and (D) resin of 0.1 wt % or more and less than 5 wt %, wherein (1) the melt tension of (D) at 190° C. and a winding rate of 15.7 m/min. is 0.1 N or more, (2) the swelling ratio of (D) at 220° C., an L/D ratio of an orifice of 40 and a shear rate of 1.2×103 sec−1 is 1.8 or more, and (3) the time required until the ratio (G(t)/G(0.02)) of the relaxation modulus G(t) at 210° C. to that G(0.02) in a time of 0.02 sec. reaches 0.01, of (D) is 10 sec. or more.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition comprising (A) from 40 to 98% by weight of polypropylene resin, (B) from 1 to 30% by weight of basic magnesium sulfate fiber having a surface treated with montan wax wherein fibers contained in primary fibers have an average fiber length of from 7 to 10 &mgr;m and the percentage of primary fibers containing fibers having a fiber length of 20 &mgr;m or more is 10% by weight or less and (C) from 1 to 30% by weight of talc, provided that the total weight of the components (A), (B) and (C) is adjusted to 100% by weight.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition which comprises: (1) 55 to 75% by weight of (A) a polypropylene resin consisting of a mixture of the following polymers (i) and (ii): (i) a propylene-ethylene block copolymer having a propylene homopolymer part which is the first segment and having a propylene-ethylene random copolymer part which is the second segment and (ii) a propylene homopolymer having an intrinsic viscosity [&eegr;]P of 0.8 to 1.8 dl/g as measured in tetralin at 135° C., (2) 21 to 30% by weight of (B) an ethylene-1-octene copolymer rubber having a melt flow rate (JIS-K-6758 at 190° C.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition which comprises 100 parts by weight of a propylene homopolymer, 0.01 to 1.0 part by weight of phosphoric acid ester type nucleating agent (a) and 1.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition that may be used to form injection molded articles, including automobile interior trim. The thermoplastic resin composition has a crystalline polypropylene as the main component and has a melt flow index of 25 to 35 g/10 minutes and a flexural modulus at 23° C. of not less than 20,000 kg/cm2 and comprises, in specific proportion: (A) A specific crystalline polypropylene; (B) A specific ethylene-butene-1 copolymer rubber, (C) a specific ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber or (D) a specific vinyl aromatic compound-containing rubber; (E) Talc; And optionally, Fibrous magnesium oxysulfate.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition comprising:

Abstract: According to this invention, there is provided a thermoplastic resin composition using a crystalline polypropylene as the main component, satisfying the impact strength and rigidity required as an automobile interior trim material in respect of physical properties, has high flow and good balance between impact strength and rigidity as compared with conventionally used ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber compositions, and being short in molding cycle and good in surface quality in respect of injection moldability, and further provided an injection molded article using the composition, particularly an injection molded article for automobile interior trim.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition comprising: (1) 95 to 50% by weight of a polypropylene-based resin (A) of a mixture of the following (i) and (ii); (i) a crystalline propylene-ethylene block copolymer comprising a propylene homopolymer portion as a first segment and a propylene-ethylene random copolymer as a second segment, said propylene-ethylene block copolymer having a melt flow rate at 230° C. measured according to JIS-K-6758 of not less than 25 g/10 min., and (ii) a crystalline propylene homopolymer having a melt flow rate at 230° C. measured according to JIS-K-6758 of not less than 70 g/10 min.

Abstract: An automatic sheet feeder for an image forming apparatus includes a tray to be loaded with a stack of sheets, a side guide for preventing the sheets from skewing, and a sheet feeding mechanism for sequentially picking up and feeding the sheets, the top sheet being first. The tray includes an abutment parallel to a direction of sheet conveyance. The stack of sheets abut against the abutment at one side thereof. The side guide is movable toward and away from the abutment in matching relation to the size of the sheets. The sheet feeding mechanism is positioned at the intermediate between the abutment and the position of the side guide matching with sheets of minimum size available with the sheet feeder.

Abstract: A high rigidity ethylene-propylene block copolymer which is composed of (I) a crystalline polypropylene portion and (II) an ethylene-propylene random copolymer portion, and in which the crystalline polypropylene portion (I) has a Q value of not more than 5 which is the weight average molecular weight (Mw)/number average molecular weight (Mn) ratio obtained by a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) method, an isotactic pentad fraction of not less than 0.98 as calculated from 13C-NMR, and an intrinsic viscosity of 0.6 to 0.88 dl/g as measured at 135° C. in tetralin; the ethylene-propylene random copolymer portion (II) has an intrinsic viscosity of 4.0 to 6.0 dl/g as measured at 135° C. in tetralin and an ethylene/propylene ratio of 25/75 to 35/65 by weight; and when the total of the above polymers ((I)+(II)) is taken as 100% by weight, the content of the ethylene-propylene random copolymer portion (II) is 8 to 22% by weight, and a process for producing the same.