Abstract: A phenolic resin composition which is stable against an environmental moisture change and, further, excellent in fast curing property, flexibility and heat resistance. The phenolic resin composition contains 70-97% by weight of a phenolic resin and 3-30% by weight of a silicone-based rubber component and has a ratio of an ortho-bonding to a para-bonding at a methylene bonding in the phenolic resin of 2-9.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet postprocessing apparatus for executing postprocessing including a punching process, folding process, binding process, and the like, midway along a sheet convey path, for sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus, and a folding method. This sheet postprocessing apparatus includes a sheet folding section having the first and second folding sections which are arranged in series in a sheet convey direction to execute folding processes for sheets. The sheet folding section is configured such that the first folding section performs the first folding process in a Z-fold process, the first folding process in an internal three-fold process, and a center folding process with an image-transferred surface facing outside, and the second folding section performs the second folding process in the Z-fold process, the second folding process in the internal three-fold process, and a center folding process with an image-transferred surface facing inside.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a paper stacker for use with an image forming apparatus of a high copying speed. The paper stacker comprises a paper conveying means for conveying a paper with an image recorded thereon to a stacking position, a top end stopper provided reciprocatively movably along a conveying path of the paper, a paper receiving plate disposed below the conveying path of the paper for receiving a paper, a rear end stopper for defining the rear end position of the paper on the paper receiving plate, and an elevating device for changing the height of the paper receiving plate, wherein the top end stopper and the rear end stopper are provided movably in the same direction in the conveyance direction per a given number of papers. The papers are stacked only by shifting the top end stopper and the rear end stopper in the conveyance direction so that the stacker configuration is extremely simplified so as to enable a high speed.

Abstract: Preparation process for a novolak aralkyl resin having excellent heat resistance and curing property by reacting 0.4 to 0.8 mol of an aralkyl compound based on one mol of the low molecular weight novolak containing 90% by weight or more of bi-nuclear novolak in the presence of an acidic catalyst, the process comprising at first melting the low molecular weight novolak, heating it up to a reaction temperature, then adding 0.001 to 0.05% by weight of the acidic catalyst to the total amount of the low molecular weight novolak and the aralkyl compound, then continuously adding the aralkyl compound for reaction, neutralizing the residual acidic catalyst after the completion of the reaction, a novolak aralkyl resin obtained by the preparation process and a novolak aralkyl resin composition containing said resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fryer provided with a system that generates a high-density electromagnetic field, preventing deterioration of cooking oil. The fryer comprises: an oil container holding cooking oil; a high-voltage power supply to generate high voltage; and an electrode unit connected to the high-voltage power supply. This electrode unit comprises an electrode made of a screw rod. Because the spiral thread has tips in a shape of acute angle, electric fields tend to concentrate around the acute-angle edges on the entire surface, and thus a high-density electromagnetic field is generated in the oil container.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a phenolic resin composition which is stable against an environmental moisture change and, further, excellent in fast curing property, flexibility and heat resistance. According to the present invention, the phenolic resin composition, containing 70-97% by weight of a phenolic resin and 3-30% by weight of a silicone-based rubber component, which is characterized in that a ratio of an ortho-bonding to a para-bonding at a methylene bonding in the phenolic resin is 2-9 can be provided.

Abstract: Preparation process for a novolak aralkyl resin having excellent heat resistance and curing property by reacting 0.4 to 0.8 mol of an aralkyl compound based on one mol of the low molecular weight novolak containing 90% by weight or more of bi-nuclear novolak in the presence of an acidic catalyst, the process comprising at first melting the low molecular weight novolak, heating it up to a reaction temperature, then adding 0.001 to 0.05% by weight of the acidic catalyst to the total amount of the low molecular weight novolak and the aralkyl compound, then continuously adding the aralkyl compound for reaction, neutralizing the residual acidic catalyst after the completion of the reaction, a novolak aralkyl resin obtained by the preparation process and a novolak aralkyl resin composition containing said resin.

Abstract: A nitrile resin for a carrier resulting from graft-copolymerization of 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing unsaturated nitrile and alkyl acrylate in the presence of 1 to 30 parts by weight of a rubber-like polymer containing 50% by weight or more of conjugated diene units. The nitrile resin comprises having a glass transition temperature of 50 to 69.degree. C., having a matrix component except rubber ingredient containing 45 to 80% by weight of unsaturated nitrile units and 20 to 55% by weight of alkyl acrylate units and having a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 to 150,000. The invention further relates to a preparation process of nitrile resin and an electrophotographic carrier containing the nitrile resin. The nitrile resin for a carrier of the invention has an excellent processing ability in the carrier preparation step and good balance of electrostatic charge stability of the carrier. Consequently, the resin is highly suitable for use in the electrophotographic carrier.

Abstract: A nitrile resin composition having excellent transparency, antistatic properties and practical physical properties. The composition comprises (A) 80 to 97 wt. % of a nitrile resin which is obtained by graft copolymerization, in the presence of 3 to 30 parts by weight of a rubbery polymer containing at least 50 wt. % of a conjugated diene unit, of 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture containing an unsaturated nitrile and an alkyl methacrylate, and has, as a matrix component, 65 to 80 wt. % of an unsaturated nitrile unit and 20 to 35 wt. % in total of an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit and a unit of a further monomer copolymerizable with the unsaturated nitrile and alkyl (meth)acrylate; and (B) 3 to 20 wt. % of a polyether ester amide, wherein the ratio of the melt viscosity of the component (A) to that of the component (B) at 210.degree. C. is 0.5 to 5 at a shear rate of 10.sup.2 sec.sup.-1 and 0.5 to 3 at a shear rate of 10.sup.3 sec.sup.

Abstract: In a vibrating motor, an eccentric weight is attached to one end of a rotation shaft that projects linearly from a motor housing. The vibrating motor causes the gravity center of the weight to rotate about the rotation shaft so as to produce a vibration. A disk-shaped anti-bending piece is provided on the rotation shaft coaxial with it. This anti-bending piece faces an anti-bending surface provided on some kind of supporting member when the housing is supported by the member, the piece being situated at a predetermined distance from this surface. If the shaft bends, the piece strikes the surface and the linear shape of the shaft is restored due to its own elasticity. Hence, even if the motor suffers an unexpected load, the rotation shaft does not buckle due to the weight of the eccentric weight.

Abstract: A DC motor brush assembly includes a brush brought into contact with a commutator piece which is connected to the coil of a DC motor, and a brush holder of plastic material for holding the brush against the motor housing. The brush is formed by bending from a bottom shield sheet. The bottom shield sheet is brought into intimate contact with a mold to form a non-molding chamber containing the brush when the brush holder is to be insert-molded. The brush holder is molded integrally over the bottom shield sheet.

Abstract: A commutator assembly includes a plurality of commutator pieces for supplying an electric current from a brush fixed at a motor housing to a coil rotating together with a rotor shaft of a small motor, and a commutator holder of a plastic material fixed to the rotor shaft for supporting the commutator pieces. The commutator pieces are cut out of a commutator piece joint body which has a plurality of commutator pieces radially extending from a single temporary connection and is molded into the commutator holder during molding process.

Abstract: A heat-resistant high-nitrile polymer composition obtained by the graft copolymerization of 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture comprising 50 to 80% by weight of an unsaturated nitrile monomer, a maleimide monomer, an aromatic vinyl monomer, and a monomer copolymerizable with the foregoing monomers, in the presence of 1 to 40 parts by weight of a conjugated diene-based synthetic rubber containing not less than 50% by weight of a conjugated diene monomer unit, wherein the concentration of residual maleimide monomer in the polymer composition is not greater than 200 ppm by weight. This polymer composition is suitable for use as a molding material for extrusion molding, blow molding, injection molding and the like, and is useful in applications which require gas barrier properties, chemical resistance, non-adsorptive properties and the like, and which require use in automobiles, heat resistance sufficient for heat filling, and safety and hygienic properties.

Abstract: A butterfly valve of the present invention comprises holes formed in the side wall of a housing having a fluid passage, bushings pressed into the holes, a shaft of valve body inserted into the bushings to rotatably support the valve body, a step surface facing the upper stream which is formed at a substantially semi-circular portion on the peripheral wall of the fluid passage, and a step surface facing the lower stream which is formed at another substantially semi-circular portion thereon, the peripheral end surfaces of the valve disc being brought into contact with the step surfaces, wherein the shaft is arranged by being offset to the downstream side with respect to the valve disc.

Abstract: A rubber modified styrenic resin composition which can be obtained by dispersing rubber-like polymer particles in a homopolymer or a copolymer of a styrenic monomer. The rubber modified styrenic resin composition has:(a) a volume-average particle size of the rubber-like polymer particles is in the range of from 0.2 to 0.8 .mu.m,(b) a particle size distribution curve on the basis of the volume of the rubber-like polymer particles has one peak,(c) a ratio of a 5% value to a 95% value of the cumulative distribution of the particle size on the basis of the volume of the rubber-like polymer particles is in the range of from 3 to 45.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improvement in an apparatus of the helical scan type for playing back of information signals prerecorded on a magnetic tape along tracks inclined with respect to a running direction of a magnetic tape in a manner that tracks of common azimuth angle are formed every other track.

Abstract: Method of adding water and a hydroxide of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal to a washing solvent such as an alkylamide and/or alkylsulfoxide when washing and removing high molecular substances stuck on the interior of a production apparatus or molding machine for an aromatic vinyl-acrylonitrile copolymer. A method for regenerating and recovering the washing solvent used for the above-mentioned washing and removal by means of an evaporator and distillation tower.