Abstract: The electrophotographic copying machines are of the type in which a photosensitive drum is removable from the machine, for inspection or other purposes, through an opening formed in a sidewall, which opening is normally covered by a coverplate. Plural cleaning devices which are normally maintained in pressing engagement with the peripheral drum surface, are automatically released from such engagement once the coverplate has been dismounted from the sidewall and also returned to the original position as the coverplate is remounted, thereby preventing damage of the drum as well as a wrong usage of the machine which may be caused by inadvertently failing to reset each cleaning device.

Abstract: A construction for preventing a scattering or spillage of a developing solution applied to the peripheral surface of a rotating photosensitive drum beyond the lateral ends thereof in an electrophotographic copying machine of wet developing type. Two end plates which rotate with the drum are each provided with an axially extending cylindrical hub portion on which a stationary flow guide ring is sealingly engaged. A lateral flow of solution on the peripheral drum surface is guided along the guide plate to flow down without scattering the flow and is collected in a reservoir below the drum.

Abstract: In the system for accumulation of heat from solar radiant energy wherein the solar radiant energy is absorbed by heat-absorption means and transferred therefrom to a heat-transfer medium thereby to elevate the temperature of said heat-transfer medium an improvement is attained by using a plurality of heat-absorption members and arranging them in a series connection. These heat-absorption members are individually provided with selectively penetrating membranes capable of reflecting electromagnetic wave energies of the specific magnitudes of heat corresponding to the respective degrees of temperature of the heat-transfer medium. Since the heat-transfer medium is thus divided into a few different stages, the system disclosed herein permits highly efficient accumulation of high-temperature heat energies.

Abstract: A polyhydroxylunsaturated hydrocarbon polymer is hydrogenated over a ruthenium catalyst to produce a polyhydroxyl saturated hydrocarbon polymer.

Abstract: An apparatus for selectively feeding desired sheets from a plurality of cassettes which store different respective sizes and kinds of sheets includes a handle lever located adjacent to the plurality of cassettes which are disposed in a vertically aligned stack. When the handle lever is moved to the location of a particular cassette containing desired sheets, only that cassette is rendered ready for feeding the sheets. If that cassette is exhausted, an indicator lamp provides a signal for sheet loading.

Abstract: A curable composition used for electric insulating material comprises a polyhydroxy hydrocarbon polymer, carbon black and talc or clay.

Abstract: A polymerizable diene polymer is prepared by reacting a polymerizable unsaturated carboxylic acid, anhydride, ester or acid halide with a polyhydroxydiene polymer having terminal and pendant hydroxy groups obtained from the reaction of one mole of a living polymer having a molecular weight of 500 to 10,000 which is prepared by reacting a conjugated diolefin or a mixture of said conjugated diolefin and a vinyl compound having the formula: CH.sub.2 = CR.sub.1 R.sub.2 wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group and R.sub.2 represents an aryl group or a pyridyl group in the presence of sodium or lithium metal or an organo sodium or lithium compound with 0.5 mole to 2.0 moles of epichlorohydrin, epibromohydrin, epifluorohydrin, chlorobutylene oxide or bromobutylene oxide.