Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Dsm N.v.

Koa Glass Co., Ltd

Michiko Takahashi

Yukuo Nishimura

Toshitami Hara

Yasushi Takatori

Yoshiaki Shirato

Satoshi Mori

Hiromi Nakanishi

Takashi Ukachi

Hiroyuki Imataki

Tokuya Ohta

Masatsune Kobayashi

Yoshikazu Yamaguchi

Yuichi Eriyama

Naoko Nishizawa

Takao Yashiro

Isao Nishiwaki

Yoshiaki Kamiya

The present invention provides a white glass container which does not contain a fluorine compound in a significant amount, which has a multi-layer structure derived from a phase separation phenomenon of a glass composition in part or the whole of the white glass container without depending on melting conditions or molding conditions of the glass composition, and which is excellent in mechanical strength or whiteness, and a method of efficiently manufacturing the white glass container.

White glass container and method of producing white glass container

A protein having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4 or an amino acid sequence having said amino acid sequence with a single or plural amino acids deleted, replaced or added, and having the nicotianamine aminotransferase activity, a gene encoding said protein as well as utilization thereof for enhancement of ability of absorbing insoluble iron in soil and for improvement of resistance to iron deficiency are provided.

Nicotianamine aminotransferase and gene therefor

A method for producing transgenic gramineae plants having tolerance to iron deficiency by transforming the plants with a barley gene encoding nicotianamine aminotransferase (NAAT) and transgenic gramineae plants are provided. The present invention also provides transgenic gramineae plants having resistance to iron deficiency which can grow in iron deficiency and calcareous alkaline soils.

Methods of producing transgenic gramineae plants having resistance to iron deficiency

A curable resin composition comprising (A) reactive particles prepared by bonding (A1) at least one of oxide particles of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium, titanium, zinc, germanium, indium, tin, antimony, ruthenium, rhenium, silver, nickel, cupper and cerium, and (A2) an organic compound which comprises a polymerizable unsaturated group, (B) a compound having two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups in the molecule, and optionally (C) a terminal reactive polysiloxane compound having at least one polymerizable group, other than organic compound (A2).

Curable resin composition, cured film, and composite product

A protein having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 or an amino acid sequence having said amino acid sequence with a single or plural amino acids deleted, replaced or added, and having the nicotianamine aminotransferase activity, a gene encoding said protein as well as utilization thereof for enhancement of ability of absorbing insoluble iron in soil and for improvement of resistance to iron deficiency are provided.

An ink jet recording head comprising a plurality of discharge openings for discharging ink, a plurality of liquid passageways for holding ink and a plurality of heat generating members. Each of the heat generating members corresponds to a liquid passageway for providing thermal energy to the ink in the liquid passageway for abruptly forming a bubble for discharging ink from the discharge opening. Each heat generating member has a pair of electrodes for driving the heat generating member individually and the electrodes and corresponding heat generating member form a U-shaped wiring portion. The recording head may be manufactured using a cutting process.

Ink jet recording head formed by cutting process

An ink jet recording apparatus comprises actuating portions and lead electrodes for conducting current. The lead electrodes are wired in such a manner that a conductive member is disposed on a surface which is at a side where the ink droplets are ejected and said conductive member is a part of said lead electrode, or one actuating portion is provided with a plurality of lead electrodes, and these lead electrodes are led, substantially in parallel, to terminals which are located at a side opposite to the ejection port with respect to the actuating portion, or one chamber is provided with a plurality of actuating portions which are separated from one another, and lead electrodes connected to the actuating portions are led, substantially in parallel, to terminals which are located at a side opposite to the ejection port with respect to the actuating portion, or the actuating portion is disposed on a conductive member intervened with an insulating layer and the conductive member is a part of the lead electrode.

Ink jet recording apparatus

A method for producing a recording head for ejecting a recording liquid in an action chamber from an orifice connected with said action chamber in a state of small droplets and depositing at least a part of said droplets onto a recording surface to achieve recording, said method comprising a step X of forming a member a provided with a perforation for constituting said action chamber, a step Y of adjoining an end aperture of said perforation to another member b constituting an intermediate supply chamber of said liquid, and a step Z of attaching to said member c another member c for forming a slit in the vicinity of the other end aperture of said perforation.

Method for producing recording head

An ink jet recording method which comprises contacting or bringing closer an electro-thermal transducer with or to a recording liquid in an operating chamber having a discharge orifice, introducing into the electrothermal transducer an input pulse signal with its pulse width being in a range of from 0.1 .mu.sec. to 500 .mu.sec., said input pulse signal being introduced in such a manner that its input cycle becomes at least three times as large as said pulse width, discharging and sputtering said recording liquid from said discharge orifice in the form of fine droplet in accordance with operating force developed within said operating chamber, and effecting image recording on the surface of a recording medium with the liquid droplets.

Ink jet recording method

A liquid jet recording method capable of recording gradation comprises (a) filling with a liquid a conduit having, at the end, an orifice for ejecting and projecting a liquid droplet to a predetermined direction, said conduit being provided with a heat actuating portion generating a force for ejecting the liquid droplet by applying heat energy to the liquid to cause an abrupt state change, the heat actuating portion including an electrothermal transducer having a heat generating portion which has such a structure that the degree of heat supply is different from position to position on the heating surface, and (b) controlling the strength of an input electric signal corresponding to the gradation of an image to be recorded, thereby controlling the distribution of degree of heat supplying at the heating surface.

Liquid jet recording method

A liquid droplet ejecting recording head comprises liquid ejecting portion including an orifice for ejecting liquid droplets and a heat actuating portion communicated with the orifice, and an electrothermal transducer as a means for generating heat energy, the heat energy acting on the liquid at the heat actuating portion for ejecting liquid droplets, characterized in that the part contacting the liquid of the heat actuating portion is made of a material whose .DELTA.W is not more than one-tenth of 1 mg/cm.sup.2 where .DELTA.W is a decrement weight of the material per unit area in mg/cm.sup.2 at a time 't', when subjected to a weight decreasing test, the 't' being a time at which .DELTA.W(Al) is 1 mg/cm.sup.2 where .DELTA.W(Al) is a decrement weight of an aluminum plate of 99.9% in purity per unit area of the tested surface when subjected to the weight decreasing test.

Liquid droplet ejecting recording head

A liquid droplet forming apparatus is improved by selecting particular conditions concerning total opening area of communicating ports, an area of the region having the communicating ports; various lengths in the direction along the axis of the actuating chamber; and volumes of various portions in the actuating chambers and the common liquid chamber.

Liquid droplet forming apparatus

An ink jet recording apparatus for ejecting a recording liquid in the form of droplets from an orifice connecting to a chamber containing said liquid and depositing at least of said droplets onto a recording material to perform recording, comprising a liquid intake means in the vicinity of said orifice.

An image display device comprises a cell container, at least a pair of electrodes, an electrically responsive electrochromic medium accommodated in said cell container, said electrochromic medium comprising a complexon, Fe.sup.2+ ion and at least one metal ion other than Fe.sup.2+ ion.

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Tokyo, Japan

Michiko Takahashi