Abstract: A resin has a viscosity of 10 Pa·s or less at a shear rate of 1 s?1 at 150° C. and a viscosity of 100 Pa·s or more at a shear rate of 1 s?1 at 125° C., the resin having a low viscosity that allows easy penetration into strands of a wire harness at a heat shrinkage temperature and having a high viscosity that does not allow flowing of the resin at a temperature at which the wire harness is used.

Abstract: [Problem] The transmittance of glass can be dramatically improved as a result of this glass production method. In addition, the amount of rare metal, such as platinum, that melts into glass can be greatly reduced. [Solution] A glass production method whereby the water content in molten glass is increased, in a melting step (i) in which a glass raw material including at least one type of component among TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 is heated inside a melting container and melted, and a molten glass is obtained.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus is connected to a shutter which opens and closes to limit a capturing area of an image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus includes an information obtaining section, configured to obtain information, an existence determiner, configured to determine whether a person exists or not in a predetermined area in accordance with the information obtained by the information obtaining section, and a shutter control unit, configured to control the shutter to be opened in response that the existence determiner determines that the person does not exist in the predetermined area.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to optical glass, wherein, in a glass composition based on oxides, a content of P2O5 is in the range of 20˜34 weight %; a content of B2O3 is over 0 weight % but 10 weight % or less; a weight ratio (B2O3/P2O5) is over 0 but less than 0.39; a weight ratio [TiO2/(TiO2+Nb2O5+WO3+Bi2O3+Ta2O5)] is in the range of 0.059˜0.180; and a weight ratio [(P2O5+B2O3+SiO2)/(Na2O+K2O+Li2O)] is in the range of 1.39˜1.80, the optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.78˜1.83, and an Abbe's number vd of 20˜25.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to optical glass, which is oxide glass including cation components in the form of 10 to 40 cation % of P5+, equal to or more than 50 cation % of a combined quantity of Ti4+, Nb5+, W6+, Bi3+, and Te4+, with a cation ratio of a combined content of Ti4+ and Nb5+ to a combined content of W6+ and Bi3+ being equal to or less than 1.3, a combined quantity of B3+, Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, and Zn2+ which amounts to equal to or less than ? of a combined content of Ti4+, Nb5+, W6+, Bi3+, and Te4+, and more than 0 % of Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+ combined, and which has a refractive index of equal to or higher than 2.02.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds a developer image on a surface of the image carrier, a cleaning member that removes a remaining developer that remains on the surface of the image carrier after the developer image is transferred to a transfer target by contacting the surface of the image carrier, an accumulation part that accumulates the remaining developer removed by the cleaning member, a supply member that supplies the remaining developer accumulated in the accumulation part to the surface of the image carrier, a carrying mechanism that carries an excess developer toward an outside, the excess developer being defined as developer overflowing from the accumulation part.

Abstract: A temporary fixing material has a temporary fixing performance such that it can be used for temporarily fixing precision electronic parts made of glass, metals, etc. with ease, and which also can be easily removed from the adherend; an ability to remove contaminants before the temporary fixing; and an antistatic performance such that it can remove static electricity occurring at the time of removal thereof. The temporary fixing material includes a base substrate and a polymer gel, usable for temporarily fixing electronic parts during conveyance or processing thereof, a specific polymer gel is utilized which comprises: a polymer matrix obtained by copolymerization-crosslinking of a polymerizable monomer having in its molecule at least one polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and a crosslinkable monomer having in its molecule at least two polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds; and water having dissolved therein at least polyvinyl alcohol-type polymer, the water being retained in the polymer matrix.

Abstract: An antistatic sheet capable of improving working efficiency includes a laminated body formed by laminating a polymer gel on an antistatic-treated base sheet, the polymer gel comprising: a polymer matrix obtained by copolymerization-crosslinking of a polymerizable monomer having in its molecule at least one polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond and a crosslinkable monomer having in its molecule at least two polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds; water having dissolved therein at least polyvinyl alcohol-type polymer; and a polyhydric alcohol other than polyvinyl alcohol-type polymer, wherein the water and the polyhydric alcohol are retained in the polymer matrix, the antistatic sheet having a ground resistance of 1.0×105? or more and 1.0×1012? or less, and a surface resistivity of 1.0×104?/? or more and 1.0×1012?/? or less as measured with respect to a surface thereof on a side of the base sheet.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds a developer image on a surface of the image carrier, a cleaning member that removes a remaining developer that remains on the surface of the image carrier after the developer image is transferred to a transfer target by contacting the surface of the image carrier, an accumulation part that accumulates the remaining developer removed by the cleaning member, a supply member that supplies the remaining developer accumulated in the accumulation part to the surface of the image carrier, a carrying mechanism that carries an excess developer toward an outside, the excess developer being defined as developer overflowing from the accumulation part.

Abstract: A glass including at least one type of oxide selected from TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 as a glass component therefor, having a total TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 content of at least 20 mol %, and having a ?OH value indicated in formula (1) that fulfills the relationship indicated in formula (2). ?OH=?[ln(B/A)]/t . . . (1); ?OH?0.4891×ln(1/HR)+2.48 . . . (2).

Abstract: A glass including at least one type of oxide selected from TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 as a glass component therefor, having a total TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 content of at least 20 mol %, and having a ?OH value indicated in formula (1) that fulfills the relationship indicated in formula (2). ?OH=?[ln(B/A)]/t??(1); ?OH?0.4891×ln(1/HR)+2.48??(2).

Abstract: The optical glass is described that may be an oxide glass including, denoted as cation %, a total of 5 to 60% of B3+ and Si4+ (with 5 to 50% of B3+), a total of equal to or higher than 5% of Zn2+ and Mg2+, a total of 10 to 50% of La3+, Gd3+, Y3+, and Yb3+, and a total of 6 to 45% of Ti4+, Nb5+, Ta5+, W6+, and Bi3+ (a total content of Ti4+ and Ta5+ being higher than 0% and a content of W6+ being higher than 5%).

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to optical glass, wherein, in a glass composition based on oxides, a content of P2O5 is in the range of 20˜34 weight %; a content of B2O3 is over 0 weight % but 10 weight % or less; a weight ratio (B2O3/P2O5) is over 0 but less than 0.39; a weight ratio [TiO2/(TiO2+Nb2O5+WO3+Bi2O3+Ta2O5)] is in the range of 0.059˜0.180; and a weight ratio [(P2O5+B2O3+SiO2)/(Na2O+K2O+Li2O)] is in the range of 1.39˜1.80, the optical glass having a refractive index nd of 1.78˜1.83, and an Abbe's number vd of 20˜25.

Abstract: An adhesive hydrogel contains: a polymer matrix of a copolymer of a monofunctional monomer and a crosslinking monomer (a); another polymer component; water; and a polyhydric alcohol, wherein: either a structural unit derived from the monofunctional monomer contained in the polymer matrix or the other polymer component or both contain a structural unit derived from at least one compound (b) selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid salts, and ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives having a hydroxyl group, an acid group, a salt thereof, an amino group, and/or an ammonium group; and the other polymer component contains a polymer compound (c) with a side chain having an oxyalkylene group or a polyoxyalkylene group.

Abstract: A fixing device includes a nip formation pad disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of an endless belt and a pressing rotary body pressed against the nip formation pad via the endless belt to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the pressing rotary body, through which a recording medium is conveyed. The pressing rotary body has a diameter increasing from a center to each lateral end in an axial direction thereof. The nip formation pad includes a projection disposed downstream from a rotation axis of the pressing rotary body in a recording medium conveyance direction. The projection projects toward the pressing rotary body in an amount increasing from each lateral end to a center in a longitudinal direction of the nip formation pad parallel to the axial direction of the pressing rotary body.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging device, an exposure device, a development device, a transfer device, a first driving device, a voltage application device, and a controller. The first driving device rotatably drives one of the photosensitive member and a combination of the photosensitive member and an intermediate transfer member. The voltage application device supplies a respective predetermined voltage to the charging device, the development device, and the transfer device. The controller controls the first driving device and the voltage application device. When the photosensitive member is stopped, both illumination from the exposure device and the transfer electrical field electrically discharge the surface of the photosensitive member.

Abstract: A beading loom includes two side supports spaced apart in a lateral direction, and a plurality of shafts rotatably connected to the supports. The shafts include first and second thread fixing shafts, and first and second thread supporting shafts. Each of the first and second thread supporting shafts includes first and second thread supporting portions elongated in the lateral direction. In each thread supporting shaft, the first and the second thread supporting portions are provided at different positions in the circumferential direction of the shaft. Each of the first and the second thread supporting portions includes a plurality of grooves arranged at a pitch in the lateral direction. The pitch of the grooves of the first thread supporting portion differs from the pitch of the grooves of the second thread supporting portion.

Abstract: [Problem] The transmittance of glass can be dramatically improved as a result of this glass production method. In addition, the amount of rare metal, such as platinum, that melts into glass can be greatly reduced. [Solution] A glass production method whereby the water content in molten glass is increased, in a melting step (i) in which a glass raw material including at least one type of component among TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 is heated inside a melting container and melted, and a molten glass is obtained.

Abstract: A glass including at least one type of oxide selected from TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 as a glass component therefor, having a total TiO2, Nb2O5, WO3, and Bi2O3 content of at least 20 mol %, and having a ?OH value indicated in formula (1) that fulfills the relationship indicated in formula (2). ?OH=?[ln(B/A)]/t??(1); ?OH?0.4891×1n(1/HR)+2.48??(2).