Abstract: A composition for adhesion layer that is used for obtaining a multi-layered surface treatment steel sheet in which an adhesion layer is formed onto at least one surface of the steel sheet, and an upper layer and/or an intermediate layer which has a design and which contains a rust preventive pigment and/or a colored pigment is formed onto the adhesion layer; the composition including a cationic urethane resin and a silicon compound in an aqueous medium, and the ratio between the temperature at which the logarithmic decrement for the mixture of the cationic urethane resin and the silicon compound in the rigid-body pendulum type free damped vibration method shows the maximum value and the temperature at which the logarithmic decrement for the cationic urethane resin alone in the rigid-body pendulum type free damped vibration method shows the maximum value is in the range of 1.2 to 3.0.

Abstract: A voltage conversion apparatus is disclosed in which a current passes through first and second loop circuits alternately in accordance with ON/OFF operation of a first switching element provided in the first circuit. The direction of a magnetic field through the first loop circuit formed at the ON operation is the same as a direction of a magnetic field through the second loop circuit formed at the OFF operation. The first loop circuit and the second loop circuit are provided on opposite sides of a printed circuit board, respectively, in such a manner that the first loop circuit and the second loop circuit are opposed to each other. A heat sink is provided on a surface of the printed circuit board. A solid pattern of a metal material is provided on an inner layer of the printed circuit board to be connected to the heat sink via a through hole.

Abstract: A switching apparatus is disclosed that includes a first loop circuit configured to include a switching element, an inductive component and a capacitor; and a second loop circuit configured to share the inductive component with the first loop circuit, wherein the capacitor is inserted in series with the inductive component in the first loop, wherein the switching apparatus controls respective currents flowing through the first loop circuit and the second loop circuit in an alternating manner by turning on/off the switching element in order to control the current flowing through the inductive component, and wherein a first magnetic flux generated by the current flowing through the first loop circuit as the switching element is being turned on and a second magnetic flux generated by the current flowing through the second loop circuit as the switching element is being turned off head in the same direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a developing device which is capable of suppressing the generation of a fogging phenomenon and deposition of carrier particles to an electrostatic latent image carrier and developing the electrostatic latent image efficiently, the device includes a development sleeve and a magnet body onto which the sleeve is fitted, and using a two-component developer. An angular position which indicates the peak value of the magnetic flux density in the normal direction produced by a development pole of the magnet body is shifted downstream from the center position of the development pole in the direction of movement of the surface of a photosensitive member in a development region. The present invention also provides an image forming apparatus which can form high-quality images with reduced noise such as fogging by mounting the developing device.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to effectively reduce noise generated when driving a three-phase brushless motor. A noise reduction arrangement applied to a three-phase brushless motor is disclosed, wherein respective current loops, which are generated when two switching elements Q1 and Q2 related to U-phase are turned on or off in reversed phase with respect to each other, are opposed to each other in a direction of the normal to a board; respective current loops, which are generated when two switching elements Q3 and Q4 related to V-phase are turned on or off in reversed phase with respect to each other, are opposed to each other in a direction of the normal to the board; and respective current loops, which are generated when two switching elements Q5 and Q6 related to W-phase are turned on or off in reversed phase with respect to each other, are opposed to each other in a direction of the normal to the board.

Abstract: A voltage conversion device includes: first and second loop circuits having a common inductance element. Electric current alternately flows through the first or second loop circuit as a first switching element of the first loop circuit is turned on or off. A magnetic field that is formed when the first switching element is turned on and that penetrates through the first loop circuit and a magnetic field that is formed when the first switching element is turned off after it is turned on and that penetrates through the second loop circuit have the same direction. All elements that constitute the first and second loop circuits are arranged on the same surface of a substrate. The second loop circuit is connected to a second direct-current power source. The first loop circuit is connected to a first direct-current power source.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a job-content recognition device for judging whether a number inputted as the number of print copies to be made is larger or smaller than a predetermined reference value; a print-data recognition device for judging whether or not inputted print data include image data and/or graphic data; and a control device for controlling executions of image stabilization control in a printing section. The control device sets a predetermined period as intervals among executions of the image stabilization control, and sets a period shorter than the predetermined period as the intervals among executions of the image stabilization control when the number inputted as the number of print copies to be made is larger than the predetermined reference value and also the inputted print data include image data and/or graphic data.

Abstract: A temperature adjustable seat is disclosed. The temperature adjustable seat comprises a seat and air being blown into an inside thereof a thermoelectric device for heating and cooling the air, an air-blower for blowing either heated air or cooled air by the thermoelectric device through the inside of the seat, and control device for controlling the thermoelectric device. The control device calculates a required heat quantity, the required heat quantity being a sum of a first heat quantity required for a seat surface temperature of the seat reaching to a target seat temperature and a second heat quantity that is given and received between the seat and an ambient environment and the control device controls a temperature of the thermoelectric device so as to supply the required heat quantity to the seat.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a voltage conversion apparatus having a first loop circuit and a second loop circuit which share an inductance component, in which a current passes through the first and second loop circuits alternately in accordance with ON/OFF operation of a first switching element provided in the first loop circuit, characterized in that a direction of a magnetic field through the first loop circuit generated at the ON operation of the first switching element in the first loop circuit is the same as a direction of a magnetic field through the second loop circuit generated at the OFF operation of the first switching element in the first loop circuit subsequent to the ON operation.

Abstract: A medicinal composition for inhalation containing a continuous-release type prodrug of an EP2 agonist topically exhibits a prolonged bronchodilating and antiinflammatory effects. Namely, the medicinal composition for inhalation containing a continuous-release type prodrug of an EP2 agonist is useful as a safe preventive and/or a remedy for respiratory diseases (for example, asthma, pulmonary injury, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension or the like) without causing any systemic effect such as lowering blood pressure. Thus, a safe and useful remedy for respiratory diseases is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a developing device which is capable of suppressing the generation of a fogging phenomenon and deposition of carrier particles to an electrostatic latent image carrier and developing the electrostatic latent image efficiently, the device comprising a development sleeve and a magnet body onto which the sleeve is fitted, and using a two-component developer. An angular position which indicates the peak value of the magnetic flux density in the normal direction produced by a development pole of the magnet body is shifted downstream from the center position of the development pole in the direction of movement of the surface of a photosensitive member in a development region. The present invention also provides an image forming apparatus which can form high-quality images with reduced noise such as fogging by mounting the developing device.

Abstract: It aims to make it possible to simultaneously record and reproduce a video signal and improve convenience of operation. A video recording/reproducing apparatus capable of recording an image into a recording medium and reproducing the image from the recording medium, comprising: a recording means for recording video signals and identifying signals indicating the content of the video signals into a recording medium; a displaying means for reading the identifying signals recorded in the recording medium (93), rearranging the read identifying signals, and displaying the identifying signals in the order of the rearrangement; and a reproducing means for sequentially reproducing the video signals from the recording medium (93) in the order of the rearrangement, in which whether there exists a video signal under recording in the recording medium (93) is checked and at completion of the recording of the video signal, video signals to be reproduced are sequentially reproduced.

Abstract: A temperature adjustable seat is disclosed. The temperature adjustable seat comprises a seat and air being blown into an inside thereof a thermoelectric device for heating and cooling the air, an air-blower for blowing either heated air or cooled air by the thermoelectric device through the inside of the seat, and control device for controlling the thermoelectric device. The control device calculates a required heat quantity, the required heat quantity being a sum of a first heat quantity required for a seat surface temperature of the seat reaching to a target seat temperature and a second heat quantity that is given and received between the seat and an ambient environment and the control device controls a temperature of the thermoelectric device so as to supply the required heat quantity to the seat.

Abstract: A medicinal composition for inhalation containing a continuous-release type prodrug of an EP2 agonist topically exhibits a prolonged bronchodilating and antiinflammatory effects. Namely, the medicinal composition for inhalation containing a continuous-release type prodrug of an EP2 agonist is useful as a safe preventive and/or a remedy for respiratory diseases (for example, asthma, pulmonary injury, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension or the like) without causing any systemic effect such as lowering blood pressure. Thus, a safe and useful remedy for respiratory diseases is provided.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus is disclosed which comprises: an input element supplied with video signals; a recording element for recording the video signals input through the input element onto a storage medium; a reproducing element for reproducing the video signals from the storage medium; a processing element for generating display-ready video signals on the basis of video monitor image signals supplied by the input element and/or on the basis of the reproduced video signals furnished by the reproducing element; and a controlling element for selectively activating, by a single operation of a user, any one of a recording monitor image, a dual-screen display image made of a recording monitor image and a playback image, and a playback image alone.

Abstract: A communication control method for preventing contention for an originating telephone number among a plurality of terminal devices. A terminal device directly connected with a telephone line is provided with means for setting whether or not to execute an originating telephone number receiving sequence at the terminal device and, when the execution of the originating telephone number receiving sequence is set for the terminal device, the sequence is executed at the device and a connection between the telephone line and the other terminal device is cut off; when the execution of the sequence is not set for the device, the sequence is not executed at the device and the other terminal device is connected with the telephone line to execute the sequence at the connected other device.

Abstract: It aims to make it possible to simultaneously record and reproduce a video signal and improve convenience of operation. A video recording/reproducing apparatus capable of recording an image into a recording medium and reproducing the image from the recording medium, comprising: a recording means for recording video signals and identifying signals indicating the content of the video signals into a recording medium; a displaying means for reading the identifying signals recorded in the recording medium (93), rearranging the read identifying signals, and displaying the identifying signals in the order of the rearrangement; and a reproducing means for sequentially reproducing the video signals from the recording medium (93) in the order of the rearrangement, in which whether there exists a video signal under recording in the recording medium (93) is checked and at completion of the recording of the video signal, video signals to be reproduced are sequentially reproduced.

Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus is disclosed which comprises: an input element supplied with video signals; a recording element for recording the video signals input through the input element onto a storage medium; a reproducing element for reproducing the video signals from the storage medium; a processing element for generating display-ready video signals on the basis of video monitor image signals supplied by the input element and/or on the basis of the reproduced video signals furnished by the reproducing element; and a controlling element for selectively activating, by a single operation of a user, any one of a recording monitor image, a dual-screen display image made of a recording monitor image and a playback image, and a playback image alone.

Abstract: A communication control method for preventing contention for an originating telephone number among a plurality of terminal devices. A terminal device (3) directly connected with a telephone line is provided with means (11) for setting whether or not to execute an originating telephone number receiving sequence at the terminal device (3) and, when the execution of the originating telephone number receiving sequence is set for the terminal device (3), the sequence is executed at the device (3) and a connection between the telephone line (5) and the other terminal device (4) is cut off; when the execution of the sequence is not set for the device (3), the sequence is not executed at the device (3) and the other terminal device (4) is connected with the telephone line (5) to execute the sequence at the connected other device (4).

Abstract: A photosenstive resin composition for color filter having excellent resolution, heat resistance and transparency, etc., characterized in that it contains a novolak resin having the recurring units such as those represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## ?wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.5 represent hydrogen, alkyl, etc., and R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 represent hydrogen, alkyl, etc., provided that ##STR2## is coordinated at the o- or p-position in relation to the --OH group! and having a molecular weight of about 1,000-50,000, a solvent and a dye or pigment.