Abstract: The negatively chargeable toner of the present invention comprises negatively chargeable toner particles including a boron compound, and exterior additive particles adhered to the surface of the toner particle and comprising hydrophobic silica particles and metal titanate particles, wherein the additive weight ratio of said hydrophobic silica particles and metal titanate particles is within a range of 5:1 to 1:1.2, and a total specific surface area S of the exterior additive particles is 40 to 120.

Abstract: This invention relates to a single component toner comprising specified polyester resins as binder resin and used in single-component developing system in which toner particles are electrically charged when passing through the opening between a toner-levelling member and a toner-transporting member positioned against a photosensitive member.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus forms a refrigerating cycle with a refrigerant heater and a compressor having two cylinders. The apparatus simultaneously carries out a refrigerant heating operation and a heat pump operation when a required heating capacity is high, and when the required heating capacity is low, only the heat pump operation. This operation technique helps reduce the size of the apparatus and expand a variable width of heating capacity. The apparatus also has a defrosting unit for defrosting an outdoor heat exchanger during the heat pump operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner for developing a digital-image, comprising particles having rounded surfaces and having the following size distribution:log ?Y!=-0.16 X+k (2.4.ltoreq.k.ltoreq.2.7)5.0.ltoreq.X.ltoreq.11.7 ?.mu.m!wherein ?X! represents an average particle size by volume size and ?Y! represents % by number of particles of not more than 5 .mu.m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner comprising a specific binder resin, a specific polyethylene wax and a specific polypropylene wax. The present invention further relates to a toner which comprises a binder resin including a specific first resin and a specific second resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toner comprising a specific binder resin, a specific polyethylene wax and a specific polypropylene wax. The present invention further relates to a toner which comprises a binder resin including a specific first resin and a specific second resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a negatively chargeable toner comprising at least a binder resin, carbon black, and charge controller, wherein said charge controller is a colorless or white in color boron compound, and wherein a melt viscosity curve of said negatively chargeable toner has an inflection point of a viscosity slope, an inflection point temperature (T.sub.2) existing within a temperature range of T.sub.1 +20.degree. C. to T.sub.1 +40.degree. C. relative to a flow start temperature (T.sub.1), a first absolute value (.DELTA..eta..sub.1) existing within a range of 4.0.times.10.sup.-2 to 6.0.times.10.sup.-2, said first absolute value. (.DELTA..eta..sub.1) being a mean viscosity slope within a temperature range below the inflection point temperature (T.sub.2), a second absolute value (.DELTA..eta..sub.2) existing less than 2.0.times.10.sup.-2, said second absolute value (.DELTA..eta..sub.2) being a mean viscosity slope within a temperature range higher than said inflection point temperature (T.sub.

Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus employs a mixture of coolants and a coolant controller for controlling a ratio between the coolants to adjust refrigerating capacity during a refrigerating operation. The apparatus has a compressor whose revolution speed is controlled to provide required refrigerating capacity. When the revolution speed of the compressor decreases below a lower set value or rises above an upper set value, the coolant controller controls the ratio between the coolants.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image comprising:a colorant; and binder resin including a low-molecular component having a weight-average molecular weight from 3,000 to 15,000 which is obtained by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), said low-molecular component being included from 60 percent-by-weight to 80 percent-by-weight with respect to the binder resin.

Abstract: An air conditioning system in which each alternative refrigerant can be fully utilized so as to present as much as actual COP in comparison with the conventional HCFC22 and to achieve safe use as operating refrigerants.

Abstract: The negatively chargeable toner of the present invention includes a boron compound expressed by the chemical structural formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 respectively represent substituted or non-substituted aryl group, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 respectively represent hydrogen atom, alkyl group, substituted or non-substituted aryl group, X represents a cation, and n is an integer of either 1 or 2; to improve charge rise characteristics and charging stability.

Abstract: A defect inspection apparatus inspects a defect by a compare check method even if there is only one object substrate to be inspected. Further, if there are a plurality of object substrates to be inspected, the defect inspection apparatus corrects a reference pattern image in accordance with defect inspection using the compare check method. In application to a printed to wire board on which identical unit patterns are printed, unit patterns which are included in one row are defined as a mater area and the other unit patterns on the same printed wire board are defined as object areas. The master area is compared with each one of the object areas to thereby perform defect inspection. When there are a plurality of object substrates to be inspected, a pattern image is corrected utilizing results of comparison. By using a corrected pattern image as a master substrate image, defect inspection is performed on the other object substrates.

Abstract: An air conditioner employs a non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture without deteriorating the heat-exchange efficiency and air-conditioning capability of an indoor heat exchanger of the air conditioner. The indoor heat exchanger (3) has a fin on which a first path (33), a second path (34), and a third path (35) for passing the refrigerant mixture are arranged. The first path passes the refrigerant mixture from the leeward side toward the windward side of an air flow produced by an indoor fan (7), to form a counterflow of the refrigerant mixture against the air flow. The second path passes the refrigerant mixture from the windward side toward the leeward side of the air flow. Although the second path forms a parallel flow of the refrigerant mixture with respect to the air flow, it achieves moderate heat-exchange efficiency because the number of rows of piping on the leeward side is greater than that on the windward side and because the rows of piping do not overlap one another with respect to the air flow.

Abstract: A monocomponent developer comprising a binder resin, a colorant and first and second offset preventing agents, wherein a softening point of said binder resin (Tm.sub.1), that of said first offset preventing agent (Tm.sub.2) and that of said second offset preventing agent (Tm.sub.3) satisfies relationship;Tm.sub.2 <Tm.sub.1 .ltoreq.Tm.sub.3a heat quantity change of said first offset preventing agent (.DELTA.H.sub.2) and that of the second offset preventing agent (.DELTA.H.sub.3) satisfies relationship;0.20 (mJ/mg).ltoreq..DELTA.H.sub.2 -.DELTA.H.sub.3 .ltoreq.1.50 (mJ/mg)A toner comprising a binder resin comprising (a) polyester resin made of etherified diphenol and dicarboxylic acid, and having an acid value of 15 to 50, (b) a colorant, (c) a first offset preventing agent having a softening point of 60.degree. to 110.degree. C. and an acid value of 3 to 45; and (d) a second offset preventing agent having a softening point of 110.degree. to 150.degree. C. and an acid value of 1 to 30.

Abstract: In an air conditioner having at least an indoor unit 9 and an outdoor unit 11 through which a coolant flows, a saturation temperature of the coolant at 50.degree. C. is not less than 2500 kPa, and the indoor heat exchanger in the indoor unit satisfies a relationship of Hi.times.Li/(Di.sup.3 .times.Ni.sup.2).gtoreq.150 and the outdoor heat exchanger in the outdoor unit satisfies a relationship of Ho.times.Lo/(Do.sup.3 .times.No.sup.2).gtoreq. 60.

Abstract: A toner for developing a digital-image and being fused onto a recording medium by heat and pressure, said toner comprising: a coloring agent; a first polyester resin having a softening temperature of 105.degree. C..about.112.degree. C.; a second polyester resin having a softening temperature of 150.degree. C..about.155.degree. C. wherein a mix ratio of the first resin to the second resin is between from 75/25 to 40/60 and an oxided polyolefine. Said toner has a characteristics of a high reproductivity of a digital dot image, a high fixing-strength, a wide range of an offset boundary temperature and an anti-filming property.

Abstract: An air conditioner employs a refrigerating cycle in which a non-azeotropic mixture of high and low boiling coolants is sealed. The ratio between the high and low boiling coolants of the coolant mixture changes according to a change in the opening of an electric expansion valve 7. A level sensor 19 is arranged in an accumulator 17 that accumulates the liquid phase of the coolant mixture. A value detected by the level sensor is used to calculate the ratio between the high and low boiling coolants actually circulating in the refrigerating cycle. According to the opening of the valve 7 or the ratio between the actual quantities of the high and low boiling coolants, basic operation parameters such as the operation frequency of a compressor 1 are changed. This results in stabilizing and optimizing the operation of the refrigerating cycle even if a cycle temperature or pressure is changed due to a change in the ratio between the high and low boiling coolants of the coolant mixture.

Abstract: A controller for controlling an air conditioner comprises a room temperature sensor for measuring a room temperature, a room temperature change computation circuit for computing a difference between the room temperature and a set temperature, an outdoor temperature sensor for measuring an outdoor temperature, a neural network for computing load on the air conditioner according to the temperature change, outdoor temperature, and room temperature, and a controller for controlling, according to the computed load, the operation frequency of a coolant compressor by controlling a compressor motor through a variable frequency circuit, thereby speedily bringing the room temperature to the set temperature and stably maintaining the room temperature at the set temperature. The neural network learns various operation characteristics of a refrigerating cycle of the air conditioner, and according to a result of the learning, controls the air conditioner.

Abstract: An air conditioning system in accordance with the present invention is disclosed which has a radiation plate including a radiation surface facing a room area. A column of air that is either cooled or heated by a heat exchanger in an indoor unit of the present air conditioning system, is directed to flow along the radiation surface of the radiation plate. The room area is then either cooled or heated by radiant energy using the radiation properties of the radiation surface.

Abstract: An outdoor unit comprises a combustion unit for presenting combustion heat, a heating medium heating part for heating the heating medium with the combustion heat to vary in phase from liquid to gas, and a heating medium transferring part. A plurality of indoor units each have an indoor heat exchanger and a required heating capacity detecting part for detecting a required heating capacity in a region to be heated required for the indoor heat exchanger. The detecting part comprises a room temperature setting part, a room temperature detector, and a required heating capacity data output part for delivering required heating capacity data in the region to be heated depending on the difference between the preset room temperature and the detected room temperature. The distributing part couples the plural indoor units parallel to the outdoor unit so as to form individual enclosed heating medium circulation cycles.