Sony Corporation

New Oil Paper Co., Ltd.

Masatoshi Fujino

Kunitaka Toyofuku

Yutaka Ogasawara

Kazuhito Sato

Yasushi Itoshiro

Masayoshi Koganei

Akiko Iwasaki

Kyoko Uchida

Kazuhiko Otake

A keyboard includes a plurality of key row holders each supporting a plurality of key elements constituting each of the plurality of key rows, a support shaft placed to be rotatable about an axial center and support the plurality of key row holders arranged to intersect the axial center, an engaging portion formed on a support surface of each of the plurality of key row holders for the support shaft, and an engaged portion formed spirally on a surface of the support shaft in a direction of the axial center so as to be engaged with the engaging portion of each of the plurality of key row holders, the engaged portion causing the plurality of key row holders to shift in the direction of the axial center by an engagement with the engaging portion upon rotation of the support shaft. The keyboard enables easy and accurate key pitch adjustment.

Keyboard and electronic equipment

A thermosensitive recording material for recording thereon clear colored images having an excellent storage persistency over a long time, comprises a thermosensitive colored image-forming layer formed on a substrate and comprising a colorless dye precursor, a binder and a color developing agent comprising at least one compound having at least one group of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R = unsubstituted aromatic group or substituted aromatic group having at least one substituent selected from alkyl, alkoxyl and halogen, and the thermosensitive colored image-forming layer further comprises an additive comprising at least one member selected from the compounds of the formulae (II) and (III): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 = alkyl, alkoxyl, aralkyl, aryl, aryloxy, nitro, acetylamino, acetoacetylamino, halogen or hydrogen; and Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2 = unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl or substituted phenyl or naphthyl with 1 to 3 substituent selected from aryl, alkyl, alkoxyl, nitro, alkylamino, allyloxy, aryloxy and aralkyloxy groups and halogen atoms, one of Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 having a substituent selected from alkoxyl, allyloxy, phenoxy and benzyloxy groups.

Thermosensitive recording material

Growing community of inventors

Tokyo, Japan

Masatoshi Fujino