Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the material is contained at least one complex selected from complexes having a compound represented by the following formula (I) as at least one of their respective ligands or complexes having a diketone compound as at least one of their respective ligands: 1

Abstract: An aminopolycarboxylic acid compound represented by the following formula or analogous thereof: ##STR1## The aminopolycarboxylic acid compound of the present invention can be used as a chelating agent for various metals, which is excellent in the biodegradability and masking effect on metals.

Abstract: Photographic processing using an additive represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic ring group; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic ring group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3, L.sub.4 and L.sub.5 are independently an alkylene group; m and n are independently 0 or 1; W.sup.1 and W.sup.2 are independently an alkylene group, an arylene group, aralkylene group or a divalent nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring group; D is a single bond, --O--, --S-- or --N(R.sub.w), where R.sub.2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group or an aryl group; v is 0 or an integer or from 1 to 3; w is an integer of from 1 to 3; and M.sub.1, M.sub.2, M.sub.3 and M.sub.4 are independently hydrogen or a cation.

Abstract: A gas sensor using an ionic conductor has a thin-film gas detection portion on an alumina substrate. The gas detection portion comprises a zirconia ionic conductor layer, a pair of platinum electrodes provided with the ionic conductor layer interposed therebetween, and a pair of junction layers positioned between the ionic conductor layer and each electrode and formed in a state in which the substances of the ionic conductor layers and the electrodes are mixed therein.The gas sensor using an ionic conductor is formed by sequentially forming a first electrode, a first junction layer, an ionic conductor layer, a second junction layer, and a second electrode by a physical vapor deposition method on a substrate, wherein the first and second junction layers are formed to be in a state in which the substances of the ionic conductor layers and the electrodes are both present.

Abstract: A cord locking assembly mounted in the blind head box or the blind hand grip axially movably fitted on the hollow pole suspended from the blind head box.The assembly comprises a movable plug, a fixed plug hole sleeve for fitting engagement with the plug, a lock compression spring to bias the plug to the plug hole sleeve, lift cords passing through the plug hole sleeve, and means for loosening the lock compression spring. The means is the hand grip in the case of the assembly mounted the hand grip. The means is a knob or pull cord fixed to a holder in which the lock compression spring is mounted in the case the assembly mounted in the blind head box.

Abstract: A Photographic processing composition and a processing method using the same, wherein the composition contains a compound represented by formula (I) or a chelating compound of Fe(III) , M.sub.n (III), Co(III), Rh(II), Rh(III), Au(II), Au(III) or Ce(IV) and a compound represented by formula (I); ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1, X.sub.2, and X.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom, --L--COOM, or ##STR2## at least one of X.sub.1, X.sub.2, and X.sub.3 represents ##STR3## represents a carbon atomic group necessary for forming an aryl group; R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent group; R.sub.2 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acrylamino group, an alkylsulfonylamino group, an arylsulfonylamino group, a ureido group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, an aryloxycarbonylamino group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an alkylsulfinyl group, an arylsulfinyl group, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, --SO.sub.3 M.sup.

Abstract: A novel method for processing a silver halide color photographic material which comprises color developing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material and then processing the material with a having a bleaching ability containing at least one bleaching agent a ferric complex of a compound represented by at least one of formula (I) and formula (II): ##STR1## wherein W.sup.1 represents an alkylene group containing 3 or less carbon atoms in total; L.sup.1, L.sup.2, L.sup.3 and L.sup.4 each represents an alkylene or arylene group; and M.sub.1 to M.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a cation; ##STR2## wherein W.sup.2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, cyclohexane group, ##STR3## (in which W.sup.21 and W.sup.22 each represents an alkylene group, and m represents an integer of 1 to 3, and A represents a hydrogen atom, hydrocarbon group, --L.sub.A --COOM, --L.sub.A --PO.sub.3 M.sub.2, --L.sub.A --OH or --L.sub.A --SO.sub.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer which comprises subjecting the silver halide color photographic material to imagewise exposure and color development, and then processing with a processing solution having bleaching ability, wherein the silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having a composition such that tabular silver iodobromide grains having an aspect ratio of not higher than 3 account for at least 50% of the entire projected area of the silver halide grains, and the processing solution having bleaching ability contains as a bleaching agent an iron (III) complex salt of a compound having the described structural formula, used in a concentration of 0.01 to 0.17 mol/liter.

Abstract: A process for bleaching or bleach-fixing an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic material is provided, comprising developing in a color developing solution and bleaching or bleach-fixing in a processing composition having a bleaching capacity containing as a bleaching agent a metal chelate compound of a chelate-forming compound or salt thereof and a metal ion selected from the group consisting of Fe(III), Mn(III), Co(III), Rh(II), Rh(III), Au(II), Au(III) and Ce(IV), the chelate-forming compound or salt thereof is represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein G.sub.1 and G.sub.2 each represents a carboxyl group, a phosphono group, a sulfo group, a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkylthio group, an amidino group, a guanidino group or a carbamoyl group; L.sub.1, L.sub.2 and L.sub.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material, which comprises processing an imagewise exposed silver halide color photographic material with a processing solution containing at least one chelate compound of a metal salt selected from the group consisting of salts of Fe(III), Mn(III), Co(III), Rh(II), Rh(III), Au(II), Au(III) and Ce(IV) with an organic acid represented by following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z represents a nonmetallic atom group required to form a heterocyclic group; R represents a substituent; n represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 10; Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2 and Q.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group substituted by a carboxyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group substituted by a carboxyl group or a heterocyclic group substituted by a carboxyl group; and W represents a divalent linkage group containing at least one of an alkylene group or an arylene group.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing a silver halide color photographic material, which comprises the steps of:image-wise exposing a silver halide color photographic material,color developing the image-wise exposed silver halide photographic material, andprocessing the color developed silver halide photographic material, in the presence of a processing composition containing a metal chelating compound formed by a compound represented by following formula (I) and a salt of a metal belonging to group Ib, IIb, IIIb,IVb, Vb, VIb, VIIb, or VIII of the Periodic Table: ##STR1## wherein Z represents a heterocyclic group; L represents a divalent linkage group; R.sub.11 and R.sub.12 each represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, or a heterocyclic group; and n represents 0 or 1. Also disclosed is the processing composition used in the above method.

Abstract: A photographic processing composition for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material. The composition contains at least one metal chelating compound formed from a metal salt of Fe(III) and a monoamine compound or salt thereof represented by formula (I-a') or (I-b'): ##STR1## wherein R represents a substituent; Q represents a group of non-metal atoms necessary to form a heterocyclic ring; X and Y each represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; L.sub.1 ' and L.sub.2 ' each represents an alkylene group; M.sub.1, M.sub.2, M.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom or a cation; and u represents 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Abstract: A processing composition having a bleaching ability which is used for processing silver halide color photographic materials, and containing a metal chelate compound formed fromthe salt of a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe(III), Mn(III), Co(III), Rh(II), Rh(III), Au(II), Au(III) and Ce(IV), andat least one of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II): ##STR1## wherein L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 each represents ##STR2## X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom or an aryl or alkyl group which may be substituted, R.sub.4 represents an aryl or alkyl group which may be substituted, ##STR3## or --OR.sub.7, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each has the same meaning as R.sub.1, R.sub.7 represents an aryl or alkyl group which may be substituted, Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 each represents an arylene or alkylene group which may be substituted, R, L.sub.1 and L.sub.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for lifting and tilting slats in a venetian blind, comprising: a head box; a rotating shaft; ladder drums rotating together with the shaft; drum holders for supporting the ladder drums; ladder rings of an open ring shape and fitted around each of the ladder drums; ladder cords being put on, and secured to, each of the ladder rings; lifting drums; lift cords, wound around each of the lifting drums; slats; and elements for stopping the rotation of the shaft.