Abstract:
A process for the production of lithographic printing plates, and a light-sensitive material for use in the process are described. The light-sensitive material comprises an electrically conductive support having a hydrophilic surface, and a positive type light-sensitive layer and a photoconductive insulative layer on the support, wherein the positive type light-sensitive layer and the photoconductive insulative layer are provided on the support as a unit layer or individually in that order, and the photoconductive insulative layer can be charged either positively or negatively. The desired lithographic printing plate can be prepared by treating the light-sensitive material by the simple process of the invention.
Abstract:
A flux separating unit is maintained in a stable state with a high positioning accuracy relative to a physical deformation when the light flux separating unit is attached or a great temperature change after the light flux separating unit is attached, in an optical pickup device including in a casing a projection optical system, a light receiving optical system and the parallel flat plate shaped light flux separating unit that separates a light flux advancing in the light receiving optical system from a light flux advancing in the projection optical system.
Abstract:
An electric recording process comprising applying electricity to an anode of a solid electrolyte, said electrolyte being a Group IB metal compound having an ionic conductivity of at least 1 .times. 10.sup..sup.-4 .OMEGA..sup..sup.-1 cm.sup..sup.-1 under application conditions. Said anode is contacted with a recording layer containing color forming agent capable of reacting with ions of said metal of Group IB of the Periodic Table to form a visible image.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, in which toner electrically charged in a prescribed polarity is fed from a toner feed device into a toner passage of a toner control device. A predetermined voltage is applied to an electrode of the toner control device in accordance with image signals given by an image information generating device, thereby forming an electric field for directing the toner through the toner passage from the toner-feed side to the toner ejection side of the toner control device. After passing through the toner passage, the toner falls down onto the recording paper placed on a base electrode, thereby forming a desired toner image thereon. Ultrasonic vibration with a variable frequency is applied to the toner control device to allow the toner to uniformly fall down therefrom. A prescribed voltage is applied to the base electrode to form an electric field for accelerating the falling of the toner from the toner control device toward the recording sheet.
Abstract:
A solid conducting agent comprising a finely divided inorganic solid acid and at least 0.5% by weight of a protonically conductive solid adsorbed and supported on the finely divided inorganic solid acid.This solid conducting agent is characterized by much reduced humidity dependency of the electric conductivity, and it has a sufficient electric conductivity even under low humidity conditions. An electro-responsive recording material including a layer of this solid conducting agent does not show a tacking phenomenon even under high humidity conditions.
Abstract:
An optical unit for focusing light on an optical disk in which laser light from a semiconductor laser is passed through a parallelpiped having a diffracting grating on its incident side before being focused on the optical disk. The angle, contained in the plane of the semiconductor laser's junction, between the grating's normal and the optical axis of the laser light is adjusted to a predetermined value.
Abstract:
An optical data reproducing device including an illuminating system for respectively, simultaneously illuminating at least two separate tracks of an optical disk with at least two light beams; a photo-electric conversion device for respectively converting the at least two light beams reflected from the tracks into at least two electrical signals; and processing circuitry for processing the at least two electrical signals. The processing circuitry may include a switch for switching from one track to another to execute a trick jump play. This circuitry may also simultaneously read the track outputs. One or more diffraction gratings which may be perpendicularly oriented with respect to each other establish the beams projected on the tracks.
Abstract:
A multilayer image-forming material which comprises an organic sulfur compound and a metal capable of interreacting upon irradiation with electromagnetic radiation to form an interreaction product or products (hereinafter product and products will simply termed "product"). When the image-forming material is imagewise irradiated with electromagnetic radiation, an interreaction product of the organic sulfur compound and the metal is formed in the irradiated portions of the material, and the physical, chemical and pysico-chemical properties of the thus formed interreaction product are different from those of the respective organic sulfur compound and metal in the non-irradiated portions. Utilizing this difference in properties, the present image-forming material is useful for various applications.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a laminated photosensitive material for the electrophotography, which comprises an electroconductive substrate, a charge-generating layer composed of a vacuum deposition film of metal-free phthalocyanine formed on the substrate and a charge-transporting layer formed on the charge-generating layer, wherein the metal-free phthalocyanine film is a metal-free phthalocyanine particle layer composed mainly of .alpha.-type fine crystals having a crystal particle size of 100 to 2000 .ANG. and the vacuum deposition film has a thickness of 500 to 3000 .ANG. and a dark electroconductivity lower than 10.sup.-10 (.OMEGA.-cm).sup.-1.In this laminated photosensitive material, the initial charge quantity is improved, and the electrophotographic characteristics are stabilized when the photosensitive materials is used repeatedly or continuously.
Abstract:
A photographic process comprising exposing imagewise a photosensitive layer containing a divalent tin basic salt to actinic rays to form a pattern consisting of non-reducing exposed areas and reducing non-exposed areas and contacting the exposed photo-sensitive layer with a developer capable of forming or erasing color by reduction to thereby form a visible image corresponding to said non-exposed areas or said exposed areas.