Minolta Company, Ltd.

Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Other

Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited

Pentax Corporation

Makoto Kobayashi

Masahiro Anno

Hideaki Yasunaga

Tomoharu Nishikawa

Koichi Takenaka

Minoru Nakamura

Junji Machida

Eiichi Sano

Hiroyuki Fukuda

Kazuo Ota

Teruo Ouchi

Yoshitsugu Morita

Haruhiko Furukawa

Naoki Yoshie

Hiroshi Ueki

Toshitaro Kohri

Junji Ohtani

Seiichiro Honjo

Kenjiro Kishimoto

Yukio Tanigami

Osamu Maeda

Norihiro Fujioka

Shigeyuki Hakumoto

Tsuyoshi Kameda

Masaaki Sasaki

Toshio Kitami

A treatment instrument for an endoscope includes: a front end hood that is provided to a distal end of an inserting portion of the endoscope; a supporting member that is provided inside the front end hood; a treatment member that is rotatably supported by the supporting member; and an operating wire that is coupled to the treatment member and extended rearwardly from the front end hood. The treatment member is rotated about the supporting member by operating to extract and retract the operating wire at a base side of the endoscope.

Treatment instrument for endoscope

A separator for sealed cells is provided which attains a high degree of intimate contact with electrode plates, enables the cell to have reduced internal resistance, is less apt to suffer a fatigue phenomenon even upon repetitions of charge/discharge, and improves the life of the cell. Fine rubber particles are adhered to the surface of fibers of a non-woven fabric constituting the separator so that the fine rubber particles are present among the fibers. These fine rubber particles function as elastic bodies to absorb relative positional changes of the fibers and improve the compressive repulsion of the separator.

Non-woven fabric separator for sealed electrolytic cells

A carrier having a BET specific surface area of 0.50 to 2.00 m,and a dynamic current value of 15 to 170 nA and a two-component developer comprising such a carrier and toner.

Carrier having specified bet specific surface area and dynamic current value and two-component developer thereof

A two-component developing agent which is made from at least a carrier and a toner, characterized in that bulk specific density (AD.sub.1) of the carrier is set at 1.07 to 1.43 g/cc, bulk specific density (AD.sub.2) of the developing agent is set at 0.83 to 1.16 g/cc and AD.sub.2 /AD.sub.1 is set at 0.69 to 0.91. The present invention includes an image-forming method and an image-forming system, in which the above two-component developing agent is used.

Two-component developing agent and image forming method using such a

The present invention relates to a binder carrier comprising at least magnetic particles and a binder resin. The binder resin contains a thermoplastic silicone-modified acrylic resin which is a copolymer of a polydiorgano-siloxane macromer having an acrylic functional group and a radical-polymerizable organic monomer. The binder carrier of the present invention a long-life binder carrier which eliminates the possibility of carrier deterioration due to toner components, such as a charge-controlling agent and an after-treatment agent, and which is less liable to deteriorate in its chargeability.

Binder carrier

The present invention relates to a binder carrier, comprising at least magnetic particles and a binder resin, characterized in that the binder resin comprises a thermoplastic silicone-modified acrylic resin and an amino-group-containing resin. The binder carrier is capable of preventing carrier degradation caused by toner ingredients such as a charge-control agent and a post-processing agent for the toner. The binder carrier of the present invention has a long life with less susceptibility to degradation in charging performance, and makes it possible to quickly charge the toner sufficiently.

Binder carrier comprising magnetic particles and specific resin

The present invention provides a binder carrier containing at least a magnetic particle and a binder resin, in which the binder resin comprises at least a copolymer containing an ethylenic unsaturated nitrile and preferably an optional silicone-modified acrylic resin.

Binder carrier containing ethylenic unsaturated nitrile copolymer as

The present invention relates to a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, comprising a calix arene compound expressed by the following general formula �I!: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 5, or --(CH.sub.2).sub.m COOR.sub.3 (in which R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; and m represents an integer of 1 to 3); n represents an integer of 0 to 7. The present invention further relates to a charge-giving member comprising a calix arene compound expressed by the foregoing general formula �I!.

Charge-giving member comprising calix arene compound

Toner for use in a non-contact heat fusing apparatus. Toner includes a binder resin, a colorant and acicular particles of wax. In a preferred embodiment, the toner includes a carbon black graft polymer obtained by reacting carbon black and a polymer which is reactive with the carbon black.

Non-contact hot fusing toner

A developing method for developing electrostatic latent images comprising:

developing method using an oscillated electric field and including a

A toner for electrophotography including toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and a fluidizing agent added externally to the toner particles for mixture therewith, wherein the aerated apparent density A (g/cm.sup.3) of the toner, the volume mean particle size D (.mu.m) of the toner particles, and the aspect ratio B of the toner particles satisfy the following relations:

Toner for developing electrostatic latent image

A development method comprising the steps of forming a layer of a developer comprising a toner and a magnetic carrier on a developer transporting member containing a magnet therein by means of a developer regulating member, transporting the developer layer on the developer transporting member to a development region where the developer transporting member opposes an image bearing member, and applying an oscillating electric field to the development region for supplying the toner from the developer layer to the image bearing member, thereby developing an image. The magnetic carrier comprises a magnetic powder dispersed in a binder resin having an acid value of 0 to 20 KOHmg/g and has 5 to 30 wt % of magnetic powder present on the surface thereof.

Development method

The present invention relates to a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, comprising a calix arene compound expressed by the following general formula �I!: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 5, or --(CH.sub.2)mCOOR.sub.3 (in which R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; and m represents an integer of 1 to 3); n represents an integer of 0 to 7. The present invention further relates to a charge-giving member comprising a calix arene compound expressed by the foregoing general formula �I!.

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Settsu, Japan

Makoto Kobayashi