Abstract: A care support system is provided which allows even a care practitioner with little experience to create a care plan, or implement care, for fulfilling a desire of a care target person. A care support apparatus 100 inputs a desire of a care target person, displays candidates for a goal for fulfilling the inputted desire on the basis of a goal information table 420, inputs any of the displayed goals, displays one or more issues in achieving the inputted goal on the basis of an issue information table 440, inputs any of the displayed issues, and registers, in a storage device 42, care management information including the name of the care target person, and the inputted desire, goal, and issue. The name, the desire, the goal, and the issue are displayed per care target person on the basis of the care management information of the storage device 42.

Abstract: An oil application roller has a core shaft and an oil retention/supply layer formed to cover the outer peripheral surface of the core shaft. The oil retention/supply layer includes a porous elastic material which exhibits no substantial swelling against an offset-preventing oil used, and is impregnated with a mixture containing an offset-preventing oil and a curable oil-retention material. The curable oil-retention material is cured.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus is capable of ensuring the increase of the feeding speed of the recording medium, by effectively accomplishing to preheat the recording medium.

Abstract: A toner image fixing apparatus has a fixing roller, a pressing roller, and a heating roller which are rotatable about their own axes. The pressing roller presses a sheet carrying an unfixed toner image against the fixing roller to fix the unfixed toner image to the sheet. The heating roller is disposed on one side of the fixing roller remotely from the pressing roller. An endless heat transfer belt is trained around the heating and fixing rollers for transferring heat from a heater to heat the unfixed toner image on the sheet. A guide plate is positioned upstream of the pressing roller for guiding the sheet to enter between the fixing and pressing rollers. The heat transfer belt and the guide plate are so spaced from each other that the sheet prior to being entering between the fixing and pressing rollers is kept out of contact with the heat transfer belt. The heat transfer belt may be positioned outside of a region where the sheet guided by the guide plate possibly passes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oil application roll for electrophotograph fixation, which comprises a roll base, an oil holder provided on the roll base, and a porous fluororesin surface layer provided on the oil holder. The porous fluororesin surface layer has a maximum pore diameter of less than 0.1 .mu.m, an air permeability of 500 to 6000 s/100 cc, and a surface roughness of less than Ra 0.5 .mu.m. There is also provided a method of fabricating an oil application roll for electrophotograph fixation, which comprises the steps of (a) providing an oil holder on a roll base, (b) mounting a cylindrical film consisting of porous fluororesin having a thermal shrinkage of more than 30% onto the oil holder to obtain a roll body, and (c) heating the roll body so that the oil holder is covered with the cylindrical film. The cylindrical film consisting of porous fluororesin has a maximum pore diameter of less than 0.1 .mu.

Abstract: A fixing device to be used in electrophotographic apparatus for providing a clear fixed image with no offset with use of no oil or the least amount of oil, wherein an endless fixing belt provided with a metal body having a release thin film thereon is stretched between a fixing roller having a elastic surface and a heating roller, a pressing roller is arranged to press the surface of the elastic fixing roller upwardly from the lower side thereof through the fixing belt to form a nip portion between the fixing belt and the pressing roller, a guide plate for unfixed image carrying support member is provided underneath the fixing belt, between the heating roller and the nip portion, to form substantially a linear heating path between the guide plate and the fixing belt, and the metal body of the fixing belt has a heat capacity per cm.sup.2 within a range of 0.001 to 0.02 cal/.degree.C.

Abstract: An indexable cutting insert is disclosed in which, an insert body is formed into a polygonal plate-like shape when viewed from the front, and has a cutting face and a flank face. In the insert body, a cutting edge is formed at an intersection of the cutting face and the flank face. The cutting face is formed into an inclined face downsloped toward the inner side of the front face of the insert body. A breaker face is formed on the front face connected with the cutting face. The breaker face projects outwardly in the direction of the thickness of the insert body with respect to the extended plane stemming from the cutting face. On the cutting face, protrusions projecting out from the cutting face are formed, and when viewed from the front, extend towards the inner side from the periphery of the insert body. The protrusion has a ridge portion, which extends perpendicular to the direction of the thickness of the insert body.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a hydraulic hardening material having the steps of milling vitreous blast furnace slag and classifying the milled slag to provide slag powder having a blaine specific surface area of 6,000 to 12,000 cm.sup.2 /g. The hydraulic hardening material manufactured by the method is used as a Portland blast furance cement raw material.

Abstract: Disclosed is an oil applying roller provided in contact with the surface of a fixing roller of an electrophotographic copying apparatus. The oil applying roller comprises a core member, an oil retaining layer and a surface layer. The surface layer has less oil retaining ability than that of the oil retaining layer. Thus the oil applying roller can supply a small amount of oil to the fixing roller stably.

Abstract: An electrical membrane probe for the measurement of dissolved oxygen concentration in fluids, particularly designed for monitoring or control of fermentation process and characterized as follows:1. The anode metal is lined on the internal wall of the electrolytic cell which is made of metal tube.2. The vent hole for the adjustment of outer and inner pressures and the protection cover to prevent the inflow of medium into the cell are provided.3. All of parts are connected with each other mechanically then unskilled operators can exchange the especially membrane and cathode, when some of the parts are ruptured or worn out.4. The probe can maintain its ability even after repeated steam sterilization at high temperatures such as 130.degree. C.5. The deterioration of insulation is completely prevented by using glass as insulating material.6. The membrane can be removed and exchanged easily by removing the membrane holding cap.

Abstract: An electrical membrane probe for the measurement of dissolved oxygen concentration in fluids, particularly designed for monitoring or control of fermentation process and characterized as follows;1. The anode metal is lined on the internal wall of the electrolytic cell which is made of metal tube.2. The vent hole for the adjustment of outer and inner pressures and the protection cover to prevent the inflow of medium into the cell are provided.3. All of parts are connected with each other mechanically then unskilled operators can exchange the especially membrane and cathode, when some of the parts are ruptured or worn out.4. The probe can maintain its ability even after repeated steam sterilization at high temperatures such as 130.degree. C.5. The deterioration of insulation is completely prevented by using glass as insulating material.6. The membrane can be removed and exchanged easily by removing the membrane holding cap.

Abstract: A fixing device to be used in electrophotographic apparatus for providing a clear fixed image with no offset with use of no oil or the least amount of oil, wherein an endless fixing belt provided with a metal body having a release thin film thereon is stretched between a fixing roller having a elastic surface and a heating roller, a pressing roller is arranged to press the surface of the elastic fixing roller upwardly from the lower side thereof through the fixing belt to form a nip portion between the fixing belt and the pressing roller, a guide plate for unfixed image carrying support member is provided underneath the fixing belt, between the heating roller and the nip portion, to form substantially a linear heating path between the guide plate and the fixing belt, and the metal body of the fixing belt has a heat capacity per cm.sup.2 within a range of 0.001 to 0.02 cal/.degree.C.