Abstract: In a chair 1 having an upholstery member 7 fitted on a backrest portion or seat plate 4 serving as a portion adapted to contact a human body, upright portions 41 and elastic pieces 8 allowing their deflection in the direction in which the load of a human body contacting the chair works are provided and the upholstery member 7 is placed over the upright portions 41 and elastic pieces 8 so that the contacting portion of the seat portion or backrest portion is imparted with elasticity to ensure a better sitting comfort even if the upholstery member 7 lacks elasticity.

Abstract: A chair 1 allowing a person sitting thereon to move a part of the person's body above the waist which corresponds to the backrest of the chair is provided having a backrest portion located behind a seat portion, the backrest portion being divided into backrest upper frames 55 and backrest lower frames 50, wherein a first state which allows the whole backrest frame 5 to incline rearwardly and a second state which allows the backrest upper frames 55 to incline rearwardly relative to the backrest lower frames 50 are assumed, the first state and the second state being switchable to each other.

Abstract: In order to improve operationality to produce functions, to prevent an assembling or disassembling procedure from being complicated and to simplify a structure of a chair of multi-function, a chair having a plurality of operating portions to adjust a height of a back or a seat or to adjust a rocking motion mechanically is so arranged that each of more than two operating portions as some or all of the operating portions is made to rotate around a predetermined shaft respectively, each shaft of the operating portions is arranged in a line, and more than two operating portions as some or all of the operating portions are arranged in a line and the chair comprises an operation receiving portion as a mechanism to work each mechanism directly and a link means that connects the operating portion and the operation receiving portion, some or all of the adjusting portions that are arranged in the link means in order to adjust a motion range of the operation receiving portion that works with operation of the operating p

Abstract: A chair comprising a seat (1(1B)), a seat support (2(2B)) for supporting the seat (1), a rear seat support (3(3B)) extending upwardly rearwardly of the seat support (2(2B)), and a slide mechanism (X1) (moving mechanism (XB)) for sliding the seat (1(1B)) back and forth with respect to the seat support (2 (2B)). Further, a seat (6C) is provided with a fixing mechanism (100C) for fixing it at a desired longitudinal position, and a lever (110C) for operating the fixing mechanism (100C) is installed at a position which allows longitudinal movement thereof together with the seat (6C).

Abstract: A chair wherein a backrest frame 5 located rearwardly of a seat frame 4 is divided into a backrest upper frame 55 and a backrest lower frame 50, at least the backrest upper frame 55 being capable of inclining rearwardly, is of a construction that shafts 8 and 71 for rearwardly inclining the backrest upper frame 55 are provided to allow the backrest upper frame 55 to incline rearwardly about one of the shafts 8 and 71. The chair of this construction is made more comfortable to sit.

Abstract: A powder comprising a blowing agent powder core which is coated with at least one oil-like substance on its surface, and a process for producing a powder comprising a blowing agent powder core which is coated with at least one oil-like substance on its surface, comprising the following steps (a) and (b): (a) adding at least one oil-like substance in the form of a mist to a blowing agent powder; and (b) mixing the oil-like substance with the blowing agent powder under such mixing conditions that the blowing agent powder is less susceptible to pulverization.

Abstract: It provides a blowing agent which is significantly inhibited from solidification and is exceedingly useful as a blowing agent satisfactory in flowability, dispersibility into resins, and the like, even after the lapse of a prolonged period of time, and a process for producing the same. The blowing agent of the present invention is substantially anhydrous blowing agent, and it is obtained by treating a blowing agent with a surface-treating agent capable of removing water from the blowing agent, followed by optionally heating during or after the treatment.

Abstract: It provides a blowing agent which is significantly inhibited from solidification and is exceedingly useful as a blowing agent satisfactory in flowability, dispersibility into resins, and the like, even after the lapse of a prolonged period of time, and a process for producing the same.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a joining-portion processing section for combining partial images that have been read in a divided manner. Focused on partial document data predeterminately specified among a plurality of partial document data stored in an image memory, the joint-portion processing section performs a recognizing operation on the joints, a positioning operation and other operations beginning with the proximity of the specified partial document data. The partial images are then combined together to form one complete image. For example, in the case of copying an original document, which is of a size too large to be copied in one operation, on one sheet of paper in a reduced manner, it becomes possible to eliminate time consuming tasks such as trimming and pasting of the partial documents as well as calculating of the reduction rate.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a joining-portion processing section for combining partial images that have been read in a divided manner. Focused on partial document data predeterminately specified among a plurality of partial document data stored in an image memory, the joint-portion processing section performs a recognizing operation on the joints, a positioning operation and other operations beginning with the proximity of the specified partial document data. The partial images are then combined together to form one complete image. For example, in the case of copying an original document, which is of a size too large to be copied in One operation, on one sheet of paper in a reduced manner, it becomes possible to eliminate time consuming tasks such as trimming and pasting of the partial documents as well as calculating of the reduction rate.

Abstract: An electrophotographic apparatus is provided with a fixing device having the first through third fixing rollers for forming the first fixing section by contacting the first and second fixing rollers as well as forming the second fixing section by contacting the second and third fixing rollers, the first fixing section being temperature-adjusted in relation to a first copying mode, the second fixing section being temperature-adjusted in relation to a second copying mode. Either the first or second fixing section is temperature-adjusted according to the order of priority in such a manner that after the completion of the temperature adjustments, temperature adjustments with respect to the other fixing section is successively carried out.

Abstract: A process for preparing a foamed product from a high-melting synthetic resin by decomposing a blowing agent incorporated in the resin, characterized in that the blowing agent is at least one zinc peroxide represented by the formula:ZnlO.sub.m.(H.sub.2 O).sub.n/2wherein l is an integer of 1 to 10, m is an integer of 2 to 20 and n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: A blowing composition comprising azodicarbonamide, a zinc peroxide and a decomposition inhibitor for azodicarbonamide.