Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printer with a sheet feeding apparatus having a printer body incorporating a printing mechanism for printing onto continuous forms. A cutter is provided close to a continuous forms discharging port on the printer case. Following the cutter downstream, there is provided a sheet feeding belt that rotates at a rate higher than the feed rate of the continuous forms. Along the belt, there are provided a sheet traversing section, a sheet direction changing section, a sheet pushing section and a sheet stacker, in that order from upstream to downstream. The sheet traversing section seizes and feeds horizontally each sheet cut by the cutter. The sheet direction changing section perpendicularly changes the feed direction of each cut sheet. The sheet pushing section pushes each sheet onto the sheet stacker where an orderly stack of sheets is formed.

Abstract: A slip storing apparatus for storing slips successively issued by a slip issuing machine. The slip storing apparatus comprises: a conveying mechanism for conveying slips issued by the slip issuing machine in one direction, and a slip storing unit having a slip support surface for supporting slips at their lower edges, declined to the rear at an angle to a horizontal plane, and a movable slip holding member having a slip holding surface substantially perpendicular to the slip support surface and supported for movement along a plane including the slip support surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printer with a sheet feeding apparatus having a printer body incorporating a printing mechanism for printing onto continuous forms. A cutter is provided close to a continuous forms discharging port on the printer case. Following the cutter downstream, there is provided a sheet feeding belt that rotates at a rate higher than the feed rate of the continuous forms. Along the belt, there are provided a sheet traversing section, a sheet direction changing section, a sheet pushing section and a sheet stacker, in that order from upstream to downstream. The sheet traversing section seizes and feeds horizontally each sheet cut by the cutter. The sheet direction changing section perpendicularly changes the feed direction of each cut sheet. The sheet pushing section pushes each sheet onto the sheet stacker where an orderly stack of sheets is formed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printer with a sheet feeding apparatus having a printer body incorporating a printing mechanism for printing onto continuous forms. A cutter is provided close to a continuous forms discharging port on the printer case. Following the cutter downstream, there is provided a sheet feeding belt that rotates at a rate higher than the feed rate of the continuous forms. Along the belt, there are provided a sheet traversing section, a sheet direction changing section, a sheet pushing section and a sheet stacker, in that order from upstream to downstream. The sheet traversing section seizes and feeds horizontally each sheet cut by the cutter. The sheet direction changing section perpendicularly changes the feed direction of each cut sheet. The sheet pushing section pushes each sheet onto the sheet stacker where an orderly stack of sheets is formed.

Abstract: A surface layer which is composed of the carbonitride of at least one of vanadium and chromium is formed on an article made of iron or an iron alloy if the article, a material containing at least one of vanadium and chromium and a treating agent are heated together. The treating agent may be composed of at least one of the cyanides and cyanates of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals. The layer adhering closely to the article can be formed efficiently at a temperature which is so low that virtually no thermal strain may develop in the article.

Abstract: A surface layer which is composed of the carbonitride of molybdenum is formed on an article made of iron or an iron alloy by heating the article in the presence of a material containing molybdenum and a treating agent. The treating agent may be composed of at least one of the cyandides and cyanates of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals. The layer adhering closely to the article can be formed efficiently at a temperature which is so low that virtually no thermal strain may develop in the article.

Abstract: A layer of a nitride or carbonitride containing at least one of chromium, Group Va elements, titanium and zirconium is formed on the surface of an iron alloy material which has been nitrided. The layer is formed by heating the iron alloy material at a temperature not exceeding 700.degree. C. with a material containing at least one of chromium, Group Va elements, titanium and zirconium and a treating agent. It is a dense layer bonded tightly to the iron alloy material. As a low temperature not exceeding 700.degree. C. is employed, no large amount of heat energy is required, nor is any thermal strain produced in the iron alloy material.

Abstract: A method for producing an edged tool which has an excellent cutting ability and durability, which comprises immersing an edged-tool material in a molten-salt bath containing a carbide-forming element, such as a Va Group element, titanium, chromium or manganese, to form a carbide layer on the surface of the edged-tool material; heating the edged-tool material to a temperature not lower than the austenite-transformation temperature of the material in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere for a predetermined period of time; and rapidly cooling the heated material to harden it. According to the improved method of the present invention, the edged tool (having an excellent cutting ability and durability) is produced without grinding the formed carbide layer on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A method for a surface treatment to form a hard layer including a IV-b group element of the Periodic Table on the surface of an iron, ferrous alloy or cemented carbide article in a molten bath, comprising preparing the molten bath composed of boron oxide and a IV-b group element, immersing the article in the molten bath and applying an electric current to, the molten bath through said article, said article being used as the cathode, thereby forming a very hard layer comprising the carbide of said IV-b group element on the surface of said article. The method of this invention can quickly form a uniform and dense hard layer on the surface of the article and can be carried out in the open air.

Abstract: A method for forming a very hard layer on the surface of an iron, ferrous alloy or cemented carbide article in a treating molten bath, comprising preparing the treating molten bath composed of boron oxide and chromium, immersing the article in the treating molten bath and applying an electric current to the treating molten bath through said article being used as the cathode, thereby forming a very hard layer composed of chromium carbide and/or chromium boride on the surface of said article. The method of this invention can quickly form a uniform and dense layer on the surface of the article and can be carried out in the open air.

Abstract: A method for a surface treatment to form a hard layer including a IV-b group element of the Periodic Table on the surface of an iron, ferrous alloy or cemented carbide article in a molten bath, comprising preparing the molten bath composed of boron oxide and a IV-b group element, immersing the article in the molten bath and applying an electric current to the molten bath through said article, said article being used as the cathode, thereby forming a very hard layer comprising the carbide of said IV-b group element on the surface of said article. The method of this invention can quickly form a uniform and dense hard layer on the surface of the article and can be carried out in the open air.