Abstract:
An image-forming method includes: exposing a negative type image-forming material including a support and an image-recording layer containing a binder polymer containing at least one group capable of being converted to a sulfonate upon a reaction with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a sulfite and a bisulfite, a sensitizing dye, a polymerization initiator, and a compound having an ethylenically unsubstituted bond; and removing an unexposed area of the image-recording layer with an aqueous solution containing at least one of a sulfite and a bisulfite.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor in a positive-type with an infrared-sensitivity, having a support and an image recording layer provided on the support, the support having a hydrophilic surface, the recording layer having a particular resin, an amphoteric surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant, and an infrared absorbing agent, wherein the particular resin being at least one of resins selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane resin, a poly (vinyl acetal) resin, and maleimide resin A.
Abstract:
A system is provided that prevents inhibition of adsorption of Hg and other heavy metals by activated carbon or other heavy metal adsorbent due to prior adsorption of sulfur trioxide (SO3) in an exhaust gas containing SO3. As it has been found that while SO3 is adsorbed, the adsorption of SO3 precedes the adsorption of Hg and other heavy metals onto activated carbon, a basic substance injection system is disposed along an exhaust gas flow channel at an upstream side of an activated carbon injection system, thereby attaining effective removal of Hg and other heavy metals from the exhaust gas by adsorption thereof onto surface pores of the activated carbon. The SO3 concentration after removal by basic substance conversion is computed from the SO3 concentration before removal, and the activated carbon injection rate can be controlled based on the concentration after removal.
Abstract:
In an automotive floor panel assembly (1) comprising a floor panel (1M) stamp-formed of sheet metal and including a longitudinal floor tunnel (2) extending longitudinally in a laterally central part of the floor panel and a lateral floor tunnel (3) extending laterally across the longitudinal floor tunnel, a first reinforcement member (7), which may have a stepped cross section, attached to and extending along a front surface of a front wall (1fw) of the lateral floor tunnel so as to define a closed cross section jointly with the front wall of the lateral floor tunnel. Thereby, a closed cross section is defined jointly by the first reinforcement member and the front wall of the lateral floor tunnel immediately under the front end of the front seats (4) so that the floor panel can be favorably reinforced without limiting the leg rooms of the vehicle occupants of the front seats and without interfering with the space for receiving the fuel tank (10).
Abstract:
A dielectric line switch is provided which is capable of easily controlling the propagation of an electromagnetic wave. Also provided is an antenna device employing said dielectric line switch. As an embodiment of the invention, a plurality of dielectric lines and a plurality of primary radiators are provided on a rotary unit. With the rotation of the rotary unit, the dielectric lines are switched ON and OFF by virtue of mechanical means, so that a desired change-over may be effected among the plurality of primary radiators in a time sharing manner, and the positions of the primary radiators may be shifted within a plane of the focal point of a dielectric lens, thereby enabling the transmission wave beam and/or reception wave beam to scan in a desired manner.
Abstract:
The present throttle controller may generate the exact driving force to hold the target position between the fully closed and the fully opened positions of the throttle valve since a position holding factor is calculated based on the target position. Accordingly, the throttle valve may hold at the target position without any help of reduction mechanism between the motor and the throttle valve. Further, the position holding factor takes a larger value than that of the actual position while the target position is more opened than the actual positron. Such larger position holding factor boosts the throttle valve to promptly reach the target position. On the contrary, the position holding factor takes a smaller value than that of the actual position while the target position is more closed than that of the actual position. Such smaller position holding factor also boosts the throttle valve to reach the target position promptly. Accordingly, in the present invention, the throttle valve may settle at the target position promptly.
Abstract:
A coordinate input device with display includes a tablet having a plurality of parallel X-direction magnetostrictive transmission mediums, a plurality of parallel Y-direction magnetostrictive transmission mediums superposed on, and substantially orthogonal to the X-direction mediums thereto, and first and second coils wound around the magnetostrictive transmission mediums. The device further includes a plurality of biasing magnetic means for applying a biasing magnetic field to portions of the magnetostrictive transmission mediums surrounded by the first and second coils, and a tabular display superposed on the tablet and having a display area substantially equal to the position detection area on the tablet. A magnetic pen is used to cause a local increase of electro-mechanical coupling coefficient in the magnetostrictive transmission mediums in the tablet. The device further has an apparatus for recording in hard copy form the data corresponding to the appointed coordinate values, made by the magnetic pin on the display and can be visually checked.
Abstract:
A position detecting apparatus has a matrix-like arrangement constituted by a plurality of substantially parallel X-direction magnetrostrictive line bundles, each of the bundles having at least one magnetostrictive transmission medium element, and a plurality of substantially parallel Y-direction magnetostrictive line bundles, each of the bundles having at least one magnetostrictive transmission medium element, the Y-direction magnetostrictive line bundles crossing the X-direction magnetrostrictive line bundles substantially at a right angle. First coils are wound commonly around one end of the X-direction magnetostrictive line bundles and Y-direction magnetostrictive line bundles, respectively. Second coils have portions wound around the X-direction magnetostrictive line bundles over a large length thereof and the portions wound around the Y-direction magnetostrictive line bundles over a large length thereof. The first and second coils in respective directions make signal exchange therebetween through the magnetostrictive transmission medium. The electro-mechanical coupling coefficient of the magnetostrictive transmission medium is changed only a portion thereof by means of the position appointing magnetism generator, and this position is detected through the detection of a change in the signal receiving timing caused by the change of the electromagnetic coupling coefficient. The magnetism generator is not connected to any stationary part. The detection can be made within the position detection region with a high resolution even when the position appointing magnetism generator is spaced considerably from the apparatus in the vertical direction. The apparatus, therefore, can be applied to a system for automatically detecting the position of a moving body, by attaching the position appointing magnetism generator to such a moving body.
Abstract:
A coordinate input device with a display has a tablet having two orthogonal position detecting sections each having elongated magnetic bodies and a plurality of exciting lines and a plurality of detecting lines which are arranged alternately such as to cross the magnetic bodies orthogonally thereto. These position detecting sections are superposed such that their magnetic bodies, exciting lines and detecting lines cross orthogonally. A tabular display is superposed on the tablet. The device further has a position appointing magnetism generator adapted for imparting local biases to the exciting lines of the position detecting sections. The exciting lines of the tablet are supplied with A.C. current of a predetermined frequency by a driving current source. A position detecting circuit is designed for detecting the corrdinate values of a position appointed by the position appointing magnetism generator through detection of voltage induced in the detecting lines in the tablet. The display is driven by a display control circuit. The operation of the above-mentioned constituents is controlled by a processor. With this arrangement, it is possible to input corrdinate data to the tablet by the position appointing magnetism generator with a high precision and by a simple operation from a remote position above the tablet, and the coordinate data or image information formed by these coordinate data can be visually checked directly on the display.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a lithographic printing plate includes treating a lithographic printing plate precursor including a hydrophilic support and an image-forming layer containing the following (i) to (iii) with an aqueous solution having a buffering ability: (i) a binder polymer comprising a repeating unit having a structure represented by the following formula (1); (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated compound; and (iii) a polymerization initiator, P-L-(CO2H)n (1) wherein P represents a part constituting a main chain skeleton of the polymer, L represents an (n+1) valent connecting group, and n represents an integer of 1 or more.