Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator film transfer device is provided which realizes a foreign object removing technique that is less likely to cause defects in a separator. The device includes a magnet bar which is arranged in a transfer path and generates a magnetic field for removing, from a separator film being transferred, a magnetic substance adhering to a first surface of the separator film; and an air cylinder which allows a distance to the magnet bar from the first surface of the separator film to be variable.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator film transfer device is provided which realizes a foreign object removing technique that is less likely to cause defects in a separator. The device includes a magnet bar which is arranged in a transfer path and generates a magnetic field for removing, from a separator film being transferred, a magnetic substance adhering to a first surface of the separator film; and an air cylinder which allows a distance to the magnet bar from the first surface of the separator film to be variable.

Abstract: In order to provide a film roll that includes a core having improved rigidity without increasing a cost, the present invention provides a film roll including: a cylindrical core; and a film wound around an outer peripheral surface of the core, the core satisfying the following inequality: D×0.0017+0.50<T1/T2<D×0.0017+0.95, wherein D (mm) denotes a difference between an outer diameter of the core and an inner diameter of the core, T1 (mm) denotes a thickness of an outer peripheral part, and T2 (mm) denotes a thickness of an inner peripheral part.

Abstract: Provided is a separator roll in which deformation is reduced and an external quality is improved. In the separator roll, a separator is wound around a core, and an absolute value of radial stress ?r applied to the core is not more than a critical stress ?cr. The critical stress ?cr is a value obtained by multiplying A by B, where: A is an absolute value, of radial stress ?r applied to the core, as observed in a case where a maximum value of Von Mises stress ?m in the core is equal to a yield stress ?y of a material of the core; and B is a safety factor of 0.5.

Abstract: A method accurately determines internal stress in a film roll and prevents defects in the film roll. A film winding device includes a take-up roller and a winding tension adjustment device. A calculation device uses a winding equation in which a winding tension function is explicitly expressed, the winding tension function expressing a winding tension as a function of a radius of a core. The winding tension adjustment device controls winding tension in accordance with a winding tension distribution function calculated by the calculation device.

Abstract: A cervical orthosis comprises a main body supporting member having an occipital region supporting part; and a plurality of belt-like members for fixing the main body supporting member to a human body. An occipital region receiving member is fixed inside the occipital region supporting part at the positions near a temporal part at a predetermined interval from a curved surface of the occipital region supporting part, whereby the occipital region receiving member is deformed according to the shape of an occipital region and a pressure is distributed when the patient is in the supine posture.

Abstract: A method accurately determines internal stress in a film roll and prevents defects in the film roll. A film winding device includes a take-up roller and a winding tension adjustment device. A calculation device uses a winding equation in which a winding tension function is explicitly expressed, the winding tension function expressing a winding tension as a function of a radius of a core. The winding tension adjustment device controls winding tension in accordance with a winding tension distribution function calculated by the calculation device.

Abstract: Provided is a separator roll in which deformation is reduced and an external quality is improved. In the separator roll, a separator is wound around a core, and an absolute value of radial stress ?r applied to the core is not more than a critical stress ?cr. The critical stress ?cr is a value obtained by multiplying A by B, where: A is an absolute value, of radial stress ?r applied to the core, as observed in a case where a maximum value of Von Mises stress ?m in the core is equal to a yield stress ?y of a material of the core; and B is a safety factor of 0.5.

Abstract: In order to provide a film roll that includes a core having improved rigidity without increasing a cost, the present invention provides a film roll including: a cylindrical core; and a film wound around an outer peripheral surface of the core, the core satisfying the following inequality: D×0.0017+0.50<T1/T2<D×0.0017+0.95, wherein D (mm) denotes a difference between an outer diameter of the core and an inner diameter of the core, T1 (mm) denotes a thickness of an outer peripheral part, and T2 (mm) denotes a thickness of an inner peripheral part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator that achieves an excellent rate characteristic by having a tensile creep compliance J satisfying at least one of the following three conditions in a case where stress of 30 MPa is applied for t seconds: (i) when t=300 seconds, J=4.5 GPa?1 to 14.0 GPa?1, (ii) when t=1800 seconds, J=9.0 GPa?1 to 25.0 GPa?1, (iii) when t=600 seconds, J=12.0 GPa?5 to 32.0 GPa?1.

Abstract: A cervical orthosis comprises a main body supporting member having an occipital region supporting part; and a plurality of belt-like members for fixing the main body supporting member to a human body. An occipital region receiving member is fixed inside the occipital region supporting part at the positions near a temporal part at a predetermined interval from a curved surface of the occipital region supporting part, whereby the occipital region receiving member is deformed according to the shape of an occipital region and a pressure is distributed when the patient is in the supine posture.

Abstract: A polypropylene is disclosed which is a linear polypropylene having a ratio of a Z-average molecular weight Mz to a weight-average molecular weight Mw, Mz/Mw, determined by gel permeation chromatography of 4.1 or more, a swell ratio of from 1.4 to 1.8, and an activation energy of flow of from 48 to 105 kJ/(mol·K).

Abstract: The invention provides, as a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet whose scale-like appearance has been improved by means of a multi-layer circular die coextrusion method, a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet having foam layers and non-foam layers by a multi-layer circular die coextrusion method which is a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet wherein the shear stress at the interface of each layer is 5000 Pa or higher and not higher than 50000 Pa, a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet wherein the resin of said non-foam layer is a linear propylenic resin having a melt flow rate of 5 to 30 g/10 minutes, and a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet wherein the resin of said foam layer is a propylenic resin whose melt tension (MT) at 190° C. and melt flow rate (MFR) at 230° C. satisfy the following equation A: MT?7.52×MFR (?0.

Abstract: There are disclosed: (1) a container comprising a foamed olefin resin, wherein weight W (g) and content volume V (ml) of the container satisfy the following expression (1): W(g)/V(ml)≦0.055  (1), and (2) a process for producing the container by a blow molding method.

Abstract: The invention provides, as a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet whose scale-like appearance has been improved by means of a multi-layer circular die coextrusion method, a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet having foam layers and non-foam layers by a multi-layer circular die coextrusion method which is a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet wherein the shear stress at the interface of each layer is 5000 Pa or higher and not higher than 50000 Pa, a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet wherein the resin of said non-foam layer is a linear propylenic resin having a melt flow rate of 5 to 30 g/10 minutes, and a method for producing a multi-layer foamed sheet wherein the resin of said foam layer is a propylenic resin whose melt tension (MT) at 190° C. and melt flow rate (MFR) at 230° C.

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Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing uncrosslinked polypropylene-based resin foam sheets which is characterized by using an extrusion foaming apparatus having a gear pump which is interposed between the extruder and the die and which is linked by means of adapters, wherein the pressure (Pg) at the inlet of the gear pump is within the range specified by the following formula (Formula 1) and the extruder is controlled so that the value of Pg is constant. Formula 1 Pc≦Pg(atm)≦Pc+90 Pc=(&khgr;−1)/H &khgr;: theoretical expansion ratio when the foaming agent added is 100% held H: coefficient of solubility of the foaming gas in the resin at the resin temperature in the gear pump inlet (cm3(STP)/cm3·atm) and the like.

Abstract: There is provided a laminated sheet comprising: (i) a foamed sheet containing a polypropylene resin; and (ii) a non-woven fabric, wherein the foamed sheet has an expansion ratio, &khgr;, of from about 2 to 10, a cell diameter of not more than about 300 &mgr;m, and a thickness, h (cm), satisfying the following formula (1), (100/E(1−(1−1/&khgr;)⅔))⅓≦h≦2  (1) wherein E (kgf/cm2) is a modulus of elasticity in bending of the resin which is to be a constituent of the foamed sheet and is not yet foamed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene resin composition containing about 90 to 60 parts by weight of a polypropylene block copolymer (A); and about 10 to 40 parts by weight of a polyethylene resin (B), wherein the polypropylene block copolymer is a polypropylene block copolymer which contains about 99 to 90% by weight of a crystalline polypropylene (a) and about 1 to 10% by weight of an amorphous ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer (b) and has a melt flow rate (MFR) of about 2 to 15 g/10 minutes, and a die swell ratio, measured by a capillary rheometer, of at least 1.7. Foamed materials containing a fine and uniform foam are obtainable from this composition.