Abstract:
A developing agent for electrophotography which comprises toner particles containing a resin binder and a colorant. The toner particles include which have diameter of 5 .mu.m or less and which account for less than 10% by number of all particles, and include particles which have diameter of 20 .mu.m or more and which account for less than 0.5% by weight, and the weight average standard deviation in particle diameter of the toner particles is 2.5 .mu.m or less. The developing agent may further contain an external additive comprising small silica particles 6 nm to less than 18 nm in average primary particle diameter and large silica particles 18 nm to less than 46 nm in average primary particle diameter.
Abstract:
A crane having a boom and a jib swingable on the boom between a taken in position and a stretched out position includes a jib holding construction. A jib hold rod is movably mounted on the jib between a first position in which a base end of the jib hold rod is connected to the jib when the jib is in the taken in position, and a second position in which the base end of the jib hold rod is connected to a portion of the boom for supporting the jib in the stretched out position. A rod holding link is mounted to the jib for selectively holding the base end of the jib hold rod at a correct position for connection to the boom when the jib is swung out to the stretched out position. This avoids the need to manually locate the jib hold rod in the second position when the jib is stretched out.
Abstract:
A jib stretching and folding device including an auxiliary connector mounted on a lower surface of a jib in the vicinity of a base end portion ofo the jib in a jib folded condition. The auxiliary connector includes a cylindrical housing fixed to the lower surface of the jib and a connecting rod rotatably supported by the housing and having an axis which is substantially parellel to the lower surface of the jib. The jib is twisted about the axis of the connecting rod to effect a jib stretching or folding operation. A twist guiding groove is formed on one of the housing and the connecting rood of the auxiliary connector, and an engagement projection is provided on the other of the housing and the connecting rod to engage the twist guiding groove. When the jib is raised or lowered by a jib raising/lowering means, the engagement projection is moved in the twist guiding groove to generate a jib twisting force. Thus, the jib is automatically twisted in the jib stretching or folding operation. Accordingly, a burden of labor of an operator in stretching and folding the jib can be reduced. Further, the operation can be made continuous to thereby improve the efficiency of the jib stretching and folding operation.
Abstract:
In a crane capable of folding a strut type jib along a vertical side surface of a boom and also capable of stretching the jib from such a folded condition in a so-called twisting fashion, a jib stretching and folding device includes a twist shaft for jib stretching and folding operation located below a lower member of the jib under the jib folded condition, so as to fold the jib at an upper position aside the boom. Furthermore, the twist shaft is movable toward and away from the forward end of the boom, so as to fold the jib at a position shifted to the base end of the boom. The advance condition of the twist shaft to the forward end of the boom can be fixed so as to prevent movement of the jib to the forward end of the boom.
Abstract:
A jib stretching and folding mechanism for a jib crane having a boom, a jib pivotally supported at the base end thereof on jib support pins provided at the distal end of the boom, and jib cylinders each having one end pivotally joined to the jib support pin and the other end fixed to the corresponding base end of the jib. The jib stretching and folding mechanism includes guide cylinders each having one end fixedly connected to the piston rod of the jib cylinder so as to be able to receive entirely the cylinder tube of the same jib cylinder as the jib cylinder is contracted, and guide members fixed to the cylinder tubes of the jib cylinders so as to engage guide grooves formed in the corresponding guide tubes, respectively. The guide groove formed in one of the guide tubes has a helical section formed in an angular range corresponding to an angle through which the jib suspended from one of the jib support pins is turned in stretching and in folding the same, so that the jib is turned automatically when the jib cylinders are operated for stretching and for folding the jib by the movement of the guide member along the helical section of the guide groove.
Abstract:
A method for stretching and folding an extension jib in a wheeled type crane including a telescopic boom, and a suspension-rod-supported compression column type extension jib to be supported in a flat posture at the fore end of the boom in stretched state through right and left jib foot portions rotatably engaged with horizontal boom point pins extending transversely of the boom at the fore end thereof, the method including the steps of (a) providing on opposite sides of the extension jib right and left jib foot portions disengageably engageable with the boom point pins, one of the jib foot portions being rotatable relative to the boom about an axis extending in the axial direction of the jib; (b) stretching the jib from a folded position in which the top and bottom sides of the jib are disposed in an upright posture along one side of the boom, by engaging the one jib foot portion with the boom point pin on the folding side and turning the boom into an inclined position from a horizontal position, rotating the jib around the axis of the boom point pin into a vertically suspended position; (c) turning the jib in the vertically suspended position through a predetermined angle about the axis extending in the axial direction of the jib to engage the other jib foot portion with the corresponding boom point pin, and stretching the jib in a flat posture; and (d) in the folding operation, folding the jib into the initial folded position by performing steps (a) to (c) in an inverse order.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a laser scan type projector including laser light sources for three colors which alternately emits a laser light relating to an image for left eye and a laser light relating to an image for right eye on the basis of an image signal, a polarization switching unit which makes the laser light relating to the image for left eye and the laser light relating to the image for right eye, a first ¼ wavelength phase difference device which makes the two laser lights in which the polarization directions are switched by the polarization switching unit enter and which converts the polarization directions of the entered two laser lights so that each of the two laser lights be a circularly polarized light in an opposite direction from each other and a scan unit which scans a projection screen with the laser lights which are circularly polarized.
Abstract:
A thermoplastic elastomer composition produced from a thermoplastic resin and rubber and having a dispersion phase formed of a rubber composition at least part of which is dynamically crosslinked in the continuous phase of the thermoplastic resin, insulating glass using the thermoplastic elastomer composition as a sealing material and spacer, a process for producing the insulating glass using a sealing material made from the thermoplastic elastomer composition, comprising the steps of inserting the leading end of a charging nozzle into a space between the peripheral portions of a plurality of glass sheets, discharging the sealing material from the leading end of the nozzle body at a predetermined rate, and moving the glass sheets or the nozzle body relative to each other to charge the sealing material made from the thermoplastic elastomer composition into the space between the peripheral portions of the glass sheets, and a nozzle used in this process.
Abstract:
A jib stretching and folding device is used in a crane having a jib for increasing a lift of the crane, the jib being stretchable from a folded position along a side surface or a lower surface of a boom through a vertically suspended position. The jib stretching and folding device has a jib maneuvering cylinder, an engaging portion formed in a piston rod of the cylinder, an engaging member provided on the jib, and a guide surface formed at at least either of the engaging portion or the engaging member for guiding the engaging member so as to engage with the engaging portion. The jib is made movable between the vertically suspended position and the folded position by way of extension and contraction of the piston rod.
Abstract:
A jib stretching and folding device is used in a crane having a jib for increasing a lift of the crane, the jib being stretchable from a folded position along a side surface or a lower surface of a boom through a vertically suspended position. The jib stretching and folding device has a jib maneuvering cylinder, an engaging portion formed in a piston rod of the cylinder, an engaging member provided on the jib, and a guide surface formed at at least either of the engaging portion or the engaging member for guiding the engaging member so as to engage with the engaging portion. The jib is made movable between the vertically suspended position and the folded position by way of extension and contraction of the piston rod.