摘要:
An electrothermal color-varying instrument for inducing color change in a color-varying layer includes a heat generating element composed of a sintered barium titanate thermistor in face-to face contact with a heat transmitting member having a heating end portion for transmitting heat to the thermal color-varying layer. The thermistor has:(i) a positive temperature coefficient on the electrical resistance within a temperature range from 25.degree. C. to 70.degree. C.;(ii) a volume resistivity at 25.degree. C. (.rho..sub.25) within a range of 9.8.times.10.sup.-3 to 2.97.times.10.sup.5 .OMEGA..multidot.cm; and(iii) a ratio (.rho..sub.70 /.rho..sub.25) of the volume resistivity at 70.degree. C. to that at 25.degree. C. within a range of 5.ltoreq.(.rho..sub.70 /.rho..sub.25).ltoreq.400.The electrothermal heat generating element generates heat under the application of a voltage in the range of 0.8 to 40 volts and maintains a saturated heating temperature within a range of 30 to 100 degrees C.
摘要:
A color variation inducing device is positioned in contact with or in the proximity of or effects action through air blowing means on a thermally color-varying article provided with a thermally color-varying layer, thereby inducing color variation in the thermally color-varying layer. The device comprises an electrothermal converter device provided with a heat absorbing portion and a heat generating portion based on Peltier effect, a radiator connected to the heat generating side of the electrothermal converter device, and a casing for housing and supporting the electrothermal converter device, wherein the electrothermal converter device is rendered functionable under the application of a DC voltage in such a manner that the heat absorbing side thereof exhibits a temperature reduction of at least 3.degree. C. with respect to the ambient temperature, within an ambient temperature range from 10.degree. to 35.degree. C.
摘要:
There is disclosed an electrothermal color-varying device inducing color change in a thermally color-varying layer by heat generation in an electrothermal heat-generating member, in which the heat-generating member is composed of a non-metallic member having a positive temperature coefficient on the electric resistance at least in a temperature range 25.degree. C. to 65.degree. C. and a particular volume resistivity, is adapted to generate heat by the application of a low voltage and is capable of self-control of the saturated heating temperature at an arbitrary temperature within a range of 25.degree. C. to 65.degree. C., whereby improved safety is achieved without the danger of overheating or current leakage. Also there are disclosed toys utilizing such color-varying device.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a thermochromic color-memory toner containing: a microcapsule pigment encapsulating a thermochromic color-memory composition; and a binder resin, in which the microcapsule pigment shows a hysteresis characteristic that, in a temperature-rise process, decoloration starts when the temperature reaches t3 and the pigment completely reaches a decolored state in a temperature region of t4 or higher, and in a temperature-drop process, coloration starts when the temperature reaches t2 and the pigment completely reaches a colored state in a temperature region of ti or lower, and ti is in a range of from −50 to 0° C. and t4 is in a range of from 50 to 150° C.
摘要:
A maintenance/repair device for reactor internal structure 6 of the present invention includes a device body 6a configured to be fixed on a reactor internal structure 49. Connected to the device body 6a is a welding-part repair mechanism 6b configured to repair a welding part 49a of the reactor internal structure 49. Thus, a welding part 2a of the reactor internal structure 49 can be repaired by the welding-part repair mechanism 6b, while the device body 6a is fixed on the reactor internal structure 49.
摘要:
There is provided an improved laser shock hardening method and apparatus which can eliminate spattering of a liquid and waving of the liquid surface upon laser irradiation, and can stably irradiate a workpiece with a laser beam. Thus, the present invention provides in a laser shock hardening method for carrying out surface processing of a workpiece in contact with a liquid by irradiating through the liquid the surface of the workpiece with a pulsed laser beam intermittently emitted from a laser irradiation device, the improvement comprising: providing a solid transparent to the wavelength of the laser, serving as an entrance window to the surface of the liquid; allowing the liquid to be present in the light path of the laser beam between the solid and the surface of the workpiece; and allowing the laser beam to enter through the solid and irradiating through the liquid the surface of the workpiece with the laser beam, thereby shock-hardening the surface of the workpiece.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a thermochromic color-memory composition comprising a solubilized mixture of (I) an electron donating coloring organic compound, (II) an electron accepting compound and (III) an ester compound represented by the following formula (1) as a reaction medium which controls color reactions of the components (I) and (II): wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 21 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 1 to 21 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 3.
摘要:
A water-based ink composition for ballpoint pen, which comprises at least a colorant, water, a shear-thinning tackifier and a thickening inhibitor, wherein a ratio (x) of a viscosity after evaporation of 40 wt % of water from the total ink amount to an initial ink viscosity (as measured by EMD viscometer at 1 rpm and 20° C.) is 2 or less; and a ballpoint pen comprising the same.
摘要:
A reversible thermochromic composition is formed by blending: (a) an electron donating compound; (b) an electron accepting compound; (c) a metachromatic temperature adjuster; (d) an electron accepting, light-fastness providing agent represented by Formula I based on 1.0 part by weight of the component-(a) electron donating compound: ##STR1## wherein n represents an integer of 5 to 17; X and Y each represent C.sub.1-4 or halogen; and p and m each represent an integer of 0 to 3.
摘要:
A printing apparatus comprises a step motor for feeding paper in a paper feed direction, an interface for inputting printing data including bar code data, an image buffer for storing bit image data representing at least first and second bar codes which correspond to the same bar code data input by the interface, a thermal head having a row of heating elements perpendicular to the paper feed direction for printing the bit image data stored in the image buffer in units of lines on the paper, and a control circuit for driving the step motor to feed the paper in order to print the bit image data, and for driving the thermal head each time the paper is fed by a preset amount. In the printing apparatus, the first and second bar codes represented by the bit image data are constituted by a set of bar code elements parallel to the paper feed direction and a set of bar code elements perpendicular thereto, respectively, and the control circuit drives the step motor to feed the paper at a first speed in order to print a portion of the bit image data corresponding to the first bar code and at a second speed slower than the first speed in order to print a portion of the bit image data corresponding to the second bar code.