Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device that charges a surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrostatic charge image creating device that creates an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a developing device that houses an electrostatic charge image developer containing toner and develops the electrostatic charge image created on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor into a toner image by supplying the electrostatic charge image developer, an intermediate transfer body having a surface onto which the toner image is transferred, a first transfer device that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to the surface of the intermediate transfer body, a second transfer device that transfers the toner image on the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a surface of recording paper, a fixing device that fixes the toner image ont

Abstract: The layered structure of the present invention is a layered structure formed by directly layering a resin cured layer (ii) containing a curable resin (E) having a urethane bond, on a molded body (i) composed of a polypropylene-based resin composition, wherein the polypropylene-based resin composition contains 5 to 47 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (A) having an MFR of 50 to 150 g/10 min, and an amount of a decane-soluble portion of 6 to 15% by mass, 20 to 30 parts by mass of a propylene homopolymer (B) having an MFR of 10 to 500 g/10 min, 23 to 30 parts by mass of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (C) being a random copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and having a density of 0.850 to 0.880 g/cm3, an MFR of 0.5 to 30 g/10 min, and a melting point peak of 110° C. or more, and 30 to 40 parts by mass of an inorganic filler (D).

Abstract: A polypropylene-based resin composition containing: 5 to 47 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (A) having an MFR of 50 to 150 g/10 min and an amount of a decane-soluble portion of 6 to 15% by mass, 20 to 30 parts by mass of a propylene homopolymer (B) having an MFR of 10 to 500 g/10 min, 23 to 30 parts by mass of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (C) being a random copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and having a density of 0.850 to 0.880 g/cm3, an MFR of 0.5 to 30 g/10 min, and a melting point peak of 110° C. or more, and 30 to 40 parts by mass of an inorganic filler (D), provided that a total amount of the components (A) to (D) is 100 parts by mass.

Abstract: A sealing body and a cylindrical storage battery are provided. The sealing body includes: a first cover plate fixed to the battery; a second cover plate forming a housing space between itself and first cover plate; and an elastic valving element disposed inside housing space and compressed between the first and second cover plate. The first cover plate includes an annular, hollow disk-shaped base portion around an axis line, an annular first sidewall portion extending downward from an inner peripheral edge portion of the base portion, and a bottom wall portion connected to the first sidewall portion. The first sidewall portion has a first through-hole passing through the first sidewall portion in a direction approaching axis line. The second cover plate has a communicating hole communicating housing space and an external space. The valving element is disposed between the first through-hole and the communicating hole in direction of fluid flow.

Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of LEDs, a collimating optical system disposed corresponding to the plurality of LEDs, a condensing optical system that condenses light exiting from the collimating optical system, and a fly-eye integrator into which the light exiting from the condensing optical system is incident. Assuming that parallel light is defined as a virtual secondary light source, the parallel light being obtained from light traveling from a virtual primary light source disposed at a back focus position of the condensing optical system toward the condensing optical system with a maximum effective acceptance angle of the fly-eye integrator as a divergence angle and then passing through the condensing optical system, the virtual secondary light source has a width that substantially coincides with a width of a secondary light source determined according to a shape of a light exit surface of the collimating optical system.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polypropylene-based resin composition comprising 5 to 47 parts by mass of a propylene-based polymer (A) having an MFR of 50 to 150 g/10 min and an amount of a decane-soluble part of 6% by mass or more, 0 to 30 parts by mass of a propylene homopolymer (B) having an MFR of 10 to 500 g/10 min, 23 to 30 parts by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (C) which is a random copolymer composed of ethylene and an ?-olefin having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, and has a density of 0.850 to 0.890 g/cm3 and an MFR of 0.5 to 30 g/10 min, and 30 to 40 parts by mass of an inorganic filler (D) having an average particle size of over 3.0 ?m and less than 5.0 ?m [the total amount of the components (A) to (D) is 100 parts by mass]; and an automobile exterior member obtained by injection-molding or press-molding the composition.

Abstract: A conveying device includes a conveying member that conveys a spray-receiving medium to be sprayed with pressure sensitive adhesive particles having a pressure-induced phase transition property, containing at least a binder resin, and having a sulfur content of 0.1 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less relative to an entirety of the pressure sensitive adhesive particles as measured by X-ray fluorescence; and a removing member that contacts the conveying member and removes the pressure sensitive adhesive particles remaining on the conveying member.

Abstract: A particle conveying device includes a storage portion that stores pressure sensitive adhesive particles that contain at least a binder resin, have a pressure-induced phase transition property, and have a sulfur content in a range of 0.1 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less relative to the entire pressure sensitive adhesive particles as measured by X-ray fluorescence; and a conveying member that is disposed in the storage portion and rotates about a shaft that extends in one direction inside the storage portion to thereby convey the pressure sensitive adhesive particles in a direction along the shaft inside the storage portion.

Abstract: A molded product of a polypropylene-based resin composition, without containing an inorganic filler, and obtained by a polypropylene-based resin composition that does not contain an inorganic filler and includes: 60 to 90 parts by mass of a polypropylene-based resin (A) including 30 to 80 parts of a propylene-based polymer (a-1) having an MFR of 120 to 250 g/10 min and having 98 to 100 mol % of a propylene constituent unit, and 0 to 30 parts of a propylene/ethylene copolymer (a-2) having an intrinsic viscosity [?] of 4 to 7 dl/g and having 30 to 60 mol % of an ethylene constituent unit; 10 to 40 parts of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer (B) having an MFR of 0.1 to 7 g/10 min and having an ethylene content of 65 to 90 mol %; 0.2 to 1 part of a fatty acid amide (C); and 0.1 to 1 part of a surfactant (D).

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an outer can, a sealing body sealing an opening of the outer can, an electrode group housed together with an electrolyte inside the outer can, and a positive electrode current collector arranged between the electrode group and the sealing body. The positive electrode current collector has a current collector center through hole provided at a position facing an electrode group through hole of the electrode group. The sealing body includes a lid plate having an exhaust hole at the center, a valve body arranged at a position closing the exhaust hole from the outside of the lid plate, and a positive electrode terminal electrically connected to the lid plate and housing inside with the valve body pressed toward the lid plate. An inner diameter dimension DC of the current collector center through hole of the positive electrode current collector is equal to or less than an inner diameter dimension DL of the exhaust hole.

Abstract: A conveying device includes a conveying member that conveys a spray-receiving medium to be sprayed with pressure sensitive adhesive particles having a pressure-induced phase transition property, containing at least a binder resin, and having a sulfur content of 0.1 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less relative to an entirety of the pressure sensitive adhesive particles as measured by X-ray fluorescence; and a removing member that contacts the conveying member and removes the pressure sensitive adhesive particles remaining on the conveying member.

Abstract: A delivery device includes a container that contains pressure sensitive adhesive particles that contain at least a binder resin, have a sulfur content of 0.1 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less relative to a total of the pressure sensitive adhesive particles as measured by X-ray fluorescence, and have a pressure-induced phase transition property, the container having a shape of a cylinder having a spiral recessed or projecting portion on an inner peripheral surface thereof; and a transmitting unit to which a rotary drive force from a driving unit that rotates the container is transmitted, the transmitting unit being disposed in the container.

Abstract: A particle conveying device includes a storage portion that stores pressure sensitive adhesive particles that contain at least a binder resin, have a pressure-induced phase transition property, and have a sulfur content in a range of 0.1 mass % or more and 0.5 mass % or less relative to the entire pressure sensitive adhesive particles as measured by X-ray fluorescence; and a conveying member that is disposed in the storage portion and rotates about a shaft that extends in one direction inside the storage portion to thereby convey the pressure sensitive adhesive particles in a direction along the shaft inside the storage portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit, an electrostatic image forming unit, a developing unit that includes an electrostatic image developer and develops the electrostatic image with the electrostatic image developer, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a replenishment toner container that includes a replenishment toner that is to be supplied into the developing unit and discharges the replenishment toner by rotation of the replenishment toner container, a replenishment toner container mounting unit that holds the replenishment toner container and rotates the replenishment toner container, and a toner supply pass that connects the replenishment toner container mounting unit to the developing unit. The replenishment toner includes toner particles and silica particles having a number average particle size of 110 nm to 130 nm, a large-diameter-side number particle size distribution index (upper GSDp) of less than 1.080, and an average circularity of 0.94 to 0.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit, an electrostatic image forming unit, a developing unit that includes an electrostatic image developer and develops the electrostatic image with the electrostatic image developer, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a replenishment toner container that includes a replenishment toner that is to be supplied into the developing unit and discharges the replenishment toner by rotation of the replenishment toner container, a replenishment toner container mounting unit that holds the replenishment toner container and rotates the replenishment toner container, and a toner supply pass that connects the replenishment toner container mounting unit to the developing unit. The replenishment toner includes toner particles and silica particles having a number average particle size of 110 nm to 130 nm, a large-diameter-side number particle size distribution index (upper GSDp) of less than 1.080, and an average circularity of 0.94 to 0.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector attached to an electrode group, a sealing body including a lid plate and a positive electrode terminal, and a current collecting lead interposed between the positive electrode current collector and the sealing body, and joined to the positive electrode current collector and the sealing body. The current collecting lead has a top wall located on a side of the sealing body, a bottom wall facing the top wall, and located on a side of the positive electrode current collector, and a pair of side walls and extending between a side edge of the top wall and a side edge of the bottom wall, and facing each other. The top wall includes faced parts and facing the bottom wall, and extension parts extending outward from the faced parts, and the extension parts are joined to the lid plate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a charging unit that charges a surface of the image carrier; an electrostatic image forming unit that forms an electrostatic image on the charged surface of the image carrier; a developing unit that includes a container and a supply member and develops the electrostatic image formed on the surface of the image carrier to form a toner image, the container containing an electrostatic image developer that contains an electrostatic image developing toner and a carrier, the supply member having in a circumferential surface thereof plural grooves extending in a direction intersecting a direction of rotation of the supply member, the electrostatic image being developed with the electrostatic image developer; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier to a recording medium; and a fixing unit that fixes the toner image transferred to the recording medium.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing section that includes a container containing an electrostatic charge image developer including toner and a carrier and also includes a transporter, the transporter having a rotary shaft and helical blades on the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft with a phase shift therebetween, the helical blades having a break zone, a zone in which the helical blades are discontinuous along the axis of the rotary shaft; a transfer section; and a fixing section. The toner satisfies the following relations: (ln ?(T1)?ln ?(T2))/(T1?T2)??0.14; (ln ?(T2)?ln ?(T3))/(T2?T3)??0.15; and (ln ?(T1)?ln ?(T2))/(T1?T2)<(ln ?(T2)?ln ?(T3))/(T2?T3), where ?(T1) represents the viscosity of the toner at 60° C., ?(T2) represents the viscosity of the toner at 90° C., and ?(T3) represents the viscosity of the toner at 130° C.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit that charges the surface of the image holding member, an electrostatic charge image forming unit that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the image holding member, a developing unit that includes a developer containing toner particles containing a release agent having a melting temperature ranging from 60° C. to 100° C.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a charging section that charges the surface of the image carrier; an electrostatic-charge-image-forming section that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the image carrier; a developing section that contains toner for electrostatic charge image development and develops the electrostatic charge image on the surface of the image carrier into a toner image using the toner; a replenishment toner supplying section that supplies the toner to the developing section, the replenishment toner supplying section including a replenishment toner cartridge, the replenishment toner cartridge containing the toner, having a cap and a body, and detachably attached to the image forming apparatus, the cap being at a first axial end of the replenishment toner cartridge and having an outlet for the replenishment toner to be ejected therethrough, whereas the body having a ridged portion by which the toner inside is moved in the direction from a second axi