Abstract: A terminal block includes a housing having an accommodation portion and a through hole, a terminal portion disposed in the accommodation portion, and a plate spring portion that is disposed in the accommodation portion and, together with the terminal portion, holds a wiring member inserted into the accommodation portion through the through hole. A first side wall portion and a second side wall portion are formed in the accommodation portion of the housing, the first side wall portion and the second side wall portion facing each other in a direction that intersects with a direction in which the plate spring portion and the terminal portion hold the wiring member. A movement, in the intersecting direction, of a portion of the wiring member that is inserted into the accommodation portion is curbed by disposing the portion of the wiring member that is inserted into the accommodation portion between the first side wall portion and the second side wall portion.

Abstract: A terminal block includes a housing having an accommodation portion and through holes, a terminal portion disposed in the accommodation portion, and a plate spring portion that, together with the terminal portion, holds a wiring member inserted into the accommodation portion through the through hole. The plate spring portion includes a base portion that constitutes a fixed end of deflection deformation and a front end portion that constitutes a free-end of deflection deformation when the plate spring portion is pressed using a tool inserted into the accommodation portion through the through hole. A protrusion is provided in a portion of a surface of the plate spring portion between the base portion and the front end portion. It is possible to obtain a terminal block capable of inhibiting a tool from coming off from the through hole.

Abstract: A terminal block includes a housing having an accommodation portion and a through hole, a terminal portion disposed in the accommodation portion, and a plate spring portion that is disposed in the accommodation portion and, together with the terminal portion, holds a wiring member inserted into the accommodation portion through the through hole. A first side wall portion and a second side wall portion are formed in the accommodation portion of the housing, the first side wall portion and the second side wall portion facing each other in a direction that intersects with a direction in which the plate spring portion and the terminal portion hold the wiring member. A movement, in the intersecting direction, of a portion of the wiring member that is inserted into the accommodation portion is curbed by disposing the portion of the wiring member that is inserted into the accommodation portion between the first side wall portion and the second side wall portion.

Abstract: A porous body that includes a first porous layer including a first resin, a second porous layer including a second resin, and a third porous layer including a third resin in this order. The second porous layer has a portion where no material is present when viewed in a thickness direction.

Abstract: A porous body that includes a first porous layer including a first resin, a second porous layer including a second resin, and a third porous layer including a third resin in this order. The second porous layer has a portion where no material is present when viewed in a thickness direction.

Abstract: A method for producing a porous body for use in an ink jet recording apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form a first image including a first liquid and a coloring material on an ink receiving medium, and a liquid absorbing member including the porous body that contacts with the first image to absorb part of the first liquid from the first image. The method includes laminating a first porous layer that contacts with the first image and includes a first resin, and a second and a third porous layer including a second and a third resin; and heating the laminated first to third porous layers, wherein the second porous layer has a void when viewed in a thickness direction, and softening temperatures T1 through T3 of the first to third resins and heating temperature T in heating the first to third porous layers satisfy T2<T, T<T1, T<T3.

Abstract: A method for producing a porous body for use in an ink jet recording apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form a first image including a first liquid and a coloring material on an ink receiving medium, and a liquid absorbing member including the porous body that contacts with the first image to absorb part of the first liquid from the first image. The method includes laminating a first porous layer that contacts with the first image and includes a first resin, and a second and a third porous layer including a second and a third resin; and heating the laminated first to third porous layers, wherein the second porous layer has a void when viewed in a thickness direction, and softening temperatures T1 through T3 of the first to third resins and heating temperature T in heating the first to third porous layers satisfy T2<T, T<T1, T<T3.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence display device which makes use of the hygroscopic ability of a water-absorbing silicon-containing polymer such as polysilazane and has highly reliable display performance, the organic electroluminescence display device including: a substrate; an organic electroluminescence element formed on the substrate; a hygroscopic layer for covering the organic electroluminescence element; a gas releasing member (gas releasing layer) provided in contact with the hygroscopic layer; and a sealing member (sealing substrate) provided over the hygroscopic layer in which the hygroscopic layer is formed of a hygroscopic silicon-containing polymer.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device which is suitable for use in full-color and multicolor panels and shows higher luminous efficiency and better driving stability than organic electroluminescent devices utilizing luminescence from the singlet state. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a substrate 1 and an anode 2, organic layers, and a cathode 8 piled one upon another on the substrate, at least one of the organic layers comprises a light-emitting layer 5 containing a host material and a dopant material, and a compound having 2 to 4 pyrazole structures represented by the following formula I (wherein Ar4 to Ar6 are independently hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic groups) is used as said host material.

Abstract: This invention provides an organic electroluminescent element (organic EL element) utilizing phosphorescence which emits light efficiently with high luminance at low current density, shows good driving stability and is applicable to display devices such as flat panel displays and illuminating devices. The element comprises an anode, organic layers and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate, at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a host material and a dopant material and a pyrazole-derived compound having 2-4 pyrazole structures represented by the following formula I in the same molecule is used as said host material; wherein, Ar1-Ar3 are independently hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups and at least one of Ar1-Ar3 is a group other than hydrogen.

Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device which is suitable for use in full-color and multicolor panels and shows higher luminous efficiency and better driving stability than organic electroluminescent devices utilizing luminescence from the singlet state. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a substrate 1 and an anode 2, organic layers, and a cathode 8 piled one upon another on the substrate, at least one of the organic layers comprises a light-emitting layer 5 containing a host material and a dopant material, and a compound having 2 to 4 pyrazole structures represented by the following formula I (wherein Ar4 to Ar6 are independently hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic groups) is used as said host material.

Abstract: This invention provides an organic electroluminescent element (organic EL element) utilizing phosphorescence which emits light efficiently with high luminance at low current density, shows good driving stability and is applicable to display devices such as flat panel displays and illuminating devices. The element comprises an anode, organic layers and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate, at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a host material and a dopant material and a pyrazole-derived compound having 2-4 pyrazole structures represented by the following formula I in the same molecule is used as said host material; wherein, Ar1-Ar3 are independently hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups and at least one of Ar1-Ar3 is a group other than hydrogen.

Abstract: This invention relates to an organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate, an anode, an organic layer and a cathode placed in layer one upon another; at least one layer in the organic layer is a luminescent layer comprising a host agent and a doping agent and an azole compound having an oxadiazole structure and a triazole structure in its molecule is used in at least one layer in the organic layer. This azole compound is used as a host agent in the luminescent layer and it can also be used in a hole blocking layer or electron transporting layer. This organic EL element is suitable for use in full-color and multicolor panels and shows a higher luminous efficiency and better driving stability than EL elements utilizing the luminescence from the singlet state.

Abstract: There is provided a playing time limiting mode for controlling a picture image outputting apparatus by means of a playing time enabling the outputting operation of a picture image and a locking time disabling the outputting operation of a picture image, in which the playing time is set to be a preferable value by the setting operation of a user; a value set beforehand in the apparatus is used as the locking time; when a playing time limiting mode is selected by a mode selection, first, the timing of the playing time is begun according to a prescribed condition, and when the passing of the playing time is detected, the timing of the locking time is begun and the operation of the outputting of a picture image is made to be impossible until the locking time has passed.

Abstract: There is provided a playing time limiting mode for controlling a picture image outputting apparatus by means of a playing time enabling the outputting operation of a picture image and a locking time disabling the outputting operation of a picture image, in which the playing time is set to be a preferable value by the setting operation of a user; a value set beforehand in the apparatus is used as the locking time; when a playing time limiting mode is selected by a mode selection, first, the timing of the playing time is begun according to a prescribed condition, and when the passing of the playing time is detected, the timing of the locking time is begun and the operation of the outputting of a picture image is made to be impossible until the locking time has passed.