Abstract: A rotary developing apparatus having a plurality of developing devices mounted along the outer periphery of a cylindrical rotary unit 2 includes a first gear train 81, 6 and 21 for connecting the rotary unit to a drive source 8 to rotate the rotary unit 2, a second gear train 81, 7, 5 and 4 for connecting a developing roller 3 of a developing device revolved and stopped at a developing position, as a result of the rotary unit 2 being rotationally driven, to the drive source 8 to rotate the developing roller 3, and a drive switching means 9 for switching between the first gear train and the second gear train to connect either of them to the drive source 8.

Abstract: A rotary developing apparatus having a plurality of developing devices mounted along the outer periphery of a cylindrical rotary unit. A first gear train for connecting the rotary unit to a drive source to rotate the rotary unit. A second gear train for connecting a developing roller of a developing device revolved and stopped at a developing position, as a result of the rotary unit being rotationally driven, to the drive source to rotate the developing roller. The rotary unit and the developing roller are rotated with the same motor used as the drive source by switching between the connections of the gear trains, thereby rapidly damping vibration generated by the rotation of the rotary unit and vibration generated by the rotation of the developing roller, and thus eliminating image defects due to displacement, etc.

Abstract: A toner is proposed which includes toner particles and a fluidity-imparting agent and have such characteristics that the toner particles has an average circularity of 0.93 to 0.97, and that a residue of the toner is in an amount of 10 mg or less when 100 g of the toner is sieved with a 500-mesh sieve, which toner is for use in an electrophotographic image formation method using an intermediate image transfer method. A full-color image formation method, using this toner, and an image formation apparatus in which this toner is used are also proposed.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus of the present invention, during the image forming operation, the completion of development by one of development cartridges is followed by the rotation of a rotary for setting the next development cartridge to a development position. The rotational speed v of the rotary for this is increased linearly to the maximum speed vmax and, after that, is decreased linearly to stop the rotary when the next development cartridge reaches the development position. During the replacement of the development cartridge in the non-image forming operation, the rotary is rotated to set the development cartridge to be replaced to the replacement position. The rotational speed of the rotary for this is set to be a constant speed v1 in a region other than a contact region where an input gear of the development side is in contact with a driving gear of the fixed side and a speed lower than the speed v1 in the contact region (the minimum speed v2).

Abstract: A full color image forming method including the steps of developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member with a color toner to form a color toner image thereon; first transferring the color developer including a color toner image onto an endless intermediate transfer material while applying a developing bias thereto; repeating the above-mentioned steps a plurality of times using a plurality of different color developers to form a full color toner image on the intermediate transfer material; and second transferring the full color image onto a receiving material, wherein a weight of each of the color toner images formed on the image bearing member is from about 0.4 mg/cm2 to about 1.5 mg/cm2, and each of the color developers has a charge quantity not less than 15 &mgr;C/g in an absolute value, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied with respect to each of the first color toner transferring steps: 5.4×Q1+90<Vb−V1<5.

Abstract: A pulverization/classification apparatus including a cylindrical vessel having an inner wall, on a surface of which a layer including a release agent is located; a pulverizer configured to pulverize a material such as toner raw materials in the cylindrical vessel using a compressed air to prepare a particulate material; and a classifier configured to classify the particulate toner material to prepare a powder of the material. Alternatively, the inner wall of the cylindrical vessel has a circumferentially projected portion. A method for manufacturing a powder such as toners using the pulverization/classification apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A full color image forming method including the steps of developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member with a color toner to form a color toner image thereon; first transferring the color developer including a color toner image onto an endless intermediate transfer material while applying a developing bias thereto; repeating the above-mentioned steps a plurality of times using a plurality of different color developers to form a full color toner image on the intermediate transfer material; and second transferring the full color image onto a receiving material, wherein a weight of each of the color toner images formed on the image bearing member is from about 0.4 mg/cm2 to about 1.5 mg/cm2, and each of the color developers has a charge quantity not less than 15 &mgr;C/g in an absolute value, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied with respect to each of the first color toner transferring steps: 5.4×Q1+90 <Vb−V1<5.

Abstract: A full color image forming method including the steps of developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member with a color toner to form a color toner image thereon; first transferring the color developer including a color toner image onto an endless intermediate transfer material while applying a developing bias thereto; repeating the above-mentioned steps a plurality of times using a plurality of different color developers to form a full color toner image on the intermediate transfer material; and second transferring the full color image onto a receiving material, wherein a weight of each of the color toner images formed on the image bearing member is from about 0.4 mg/cm2 to about 1.5 mg/cm2, and each of the color developers has a charge quantity not less than 15 &mgr;C/g in an absolute value, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied with respect to each of the first color toner transferring steps: 5.4×Q1+90<Vb−V1<5.

Abstract: A rotary developing apparatus having a plurality of developing devices mounted along the outer periphery of a cylindrical rotary unit 2 includes a first gear train 81, 6 and 21 for connecting the rotary unit to a drive source 8 to rotate the rotary unit 2, a second gear train 81, 7, 5 and 4 for connecting a developing roller 3 of a developing device revolved and stopped at a developing position, as a result of the rotary unit 2 being rotationally driven, to the drive source 8 to rotate the developing roller 3, and a drive switching means 9 for switching between the first gear train and the second gear train to connect either of them to the drive source 8.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube includes an electron gun having plural focus electrodes and an anode in its neck portion, a voltage-dividing resistor for producing an intermediate voltage applied to a first one of the focus electrodes adjacent to the anode by dividing an anode voltage, a metal conductor attached to a second one of the focus electrodes to surround the voltage-dividing resistor, and a metal film on an insulating substrate of the voltage-dividing resistor between the metal conductor and an intermediate-voltage terminal of the voltage-dividing resistor. The second one of the focus electrodes is disposed upstream of the first one of the focus electrodes, and the metal film extends at least 1 mm axially and is spaced at least 1 mm from the metal conductor.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube includes an electron gun having cathode structures arrayed in line with a cup-shaped first grid electrode. Each of the cathode structures is fused and fixed to a cathode in an electrically insulated state by hermetic glass. A cathode support to which the cathode structures are fixed by glass is fixedly housed in the cup-shaped first grid electrode, and the first grid electrode and the cathode support are welded on an axis along which the cathode structures are arrayed. The cathode structures and the first grid electrode are welded on an inline axis so that the thermal deformation of the cathode support can be made uniform at the center portion and at side portions. Accordingly, at the start-up time of the color cathode ray tube, the cathode currents at the center portion and at the side portions can be equalized and a good color balance can be maintained on the screen.

Abstract: A full color image forming method including the steps of developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member with a color toner to form a color toner image thereon; first transferring the color developer including a color toner image onto an endless intermediate transfer material while applying a developing bias thereto; repeating the above-mentioned steps a plurality of times using a plurality of different color developers to form a full color toner image on the intermediate transfer material; and second transferring the full color image onto a receiving material, wherein a weight of each of the color toner images formed on the image bearing member is from about 0.4 mg/cm2 to about 1.5 mg/cm2, and each of the color developers has a charge quantity not less than 15 &mgr;C/g in an absolute value, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied with respect to each of the first color toner transferring steps: 5.4×Q1+90<Vb−V1<5.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube includes an electron gun having a cathode, first and second grid electrodes, plural focus electrodes and an anode electrode fixed by two glass beads; a voltage-dividing resistor attached to one glass bead for producing an intermediate voltage applied to a first one of the plural focus electrodes adjacent to the anode electrode by dividing an anode voltage and a metal conductor attached to one of electrodes of the electron gun disposed upstream of the first one of the plural focus electrodes to surround the voltage-dividing resistor and the glass bead. The voltage-dividing resistor includes an overcoat insulating film, a resistance element and an insulating substrate stacked in the order named from the overcoat insulating film facing the glass bead, and the resistance element includes first-type resistance-forming regions disposed on opposite sides of the metal conductor and a second-type resistance-forming region containing a portion thereof facing the metal conductor.

Abstract: A toner including toner particles including at least a binder resin having a first melting point and a first solubility parameter, a colorant and a particulate release agent having a second melting point lower than the first melting point and a second solubility parameter different from the first solubility parameter, wherein the particulate release agent dispersed in the toner particles has an average needle-shape degree LD/SD of not less than 1.6, where LD is a diameter of a particle of the release agent dispersed in the toner in a major axis direction thereof and SD is a diameter of the particle in a minor axis direction.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube includes an evacuated envelope having a panel portion having a phosphor screen, a neck portion and a funnel portion connecting the panel portion and the neck portion; an electron gun housed in the neck portion having a cathode, a first grid electrode, a second grid electrode, plural focus electrodes and an anode arranged in the order named and fixed in predetermined axially spaced relationship by two glass beads; a voltage-dividing resistor attached to one of the two glass beads for producing an intermediate voltage to be applied to a first one of the plural focus electrodes adjacent to the anode by dividing a voltage applied to the anode; and a metal conductor facing and attached to a second one of the plural focus electrodes to surround the voltage-dividing resistor and the one of the two glass beads, the second one of the plural focus electrodes being disposed upstream of the first one of the plural focus electrodes.

Abstract: A toner is proposed which includes toner particles and a fluidity-imparting agent and have such characteristics that the toner particles has an average circularity of 0.93 to 0.97, and that a residue of the toner is in an amount of 10 mg or less when 100 g of the toner is sieved with a 500-mesh sieve, which toner is for use in an electrophotographic image formation method using an intermediate image transfer method. A full-color image formation method, using this toner, and an image formation apparatus in which this toner is used are also proposed.

Abstract: A full color image forming method including the steps of developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member with a color toner to form a color toner image thereon; first transferring the color developer including a color toner image onto an endless intermediate transfer material while applying a developing bias thereto; repeating the above-mentioned steps a plurality of times using a plurality of different color developers to form a full color toner image on the intermediate transfer material; and second transferring the full color image onto a receiving material, wherein a weight of each of the color toner images formed on the image bearing member is from about 0.4 mg/cm2 to about 1.5 mg/cm2, and each of the color developers has a charge quantity not less than 15 &mgr;C/g in an absolute value, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied with respect to each of the first color toner transferring steps: 5.4×Q1+90<Vb−V1<5.

Abstract: An electronic mail processing apparatus includes: a transmitting device for transmitting electronic mails; a receiving device for receiving electronic mails; a selecting device for selecting whether a request for reply to an electronic mail to be transmitted is to be made or not; a reply due date inputting device for inputting a due date of reply when a selection has been made by the selecting device to make the request for reply; a registering device for automatically registering in a memory a predetermined information including an information on presence/absence of the reply to the transmitted mail and the due date of reply; and a displaying device for displaying at least the information on presence/absence of the reply and the due date of reply for each transmitted mail.

Abstract: A toner is proposed which includes toner particles and a fluidity-imparting agent and have such characteristics that the toner particles has an average circularity of 0.93 to 0.97, and that a residue of the toner is in an amount of 10 mg or less when 100 g of the toner is sieved with a 500-mesh sieve, which toner is for use in an electrophotographic image formation method using an intermediate image transfer method. A full-color image formation method, using this toner, and an image formation apparatus in which this toner is used are also proposed.

Abstract: A color cathode ray tube is provided with an electron gun having a voltage-dividing resistor having a stable and good voltage supplying function. The voltage-dividing resistor has an insulating substrate on which a resistor pattern and a terminal-connecting conductive film are formed, and a terminal having a first flange portion, a connecting portion, a tubular portion and a second flange portion. The first flange portion partly has a convex portion for electrical connection to the terminal-connecting conductive film, and the second flange portion is doubled. This construction provides reliable electrical connection between the terminal and the terminal-connecting conductive film.