Abstract: A liquid replenishing system includes a liquid tank and a liquid storage bottle for storing liquid to be replenished to the liquid tank. The liquid tank includes a tank body, a cylindrical adapter, and a needle penetrating into the tank body inside the cylindrical adapter. One end of the needle is located outside the tank body and another end of the needle is located inside the tank body. The liquid storage bottle includes a bottle body, a nozzle having an ejection port for ejecting a liquid stored in the bottle body, and includes a slit valve provided at the ejection port. In a case where the nozzle of the liquid storage bottle and the cylindrical adapter of the liquid tank are fitted to each other, one end of the needle is inserted into the slit valve so that the liquid storage bottle is secured to the liquid tank.

Abstract: The nonwoven fabric production process of the invention comprises a laminating step in which composite yarn, obtained by bundling a plurality of resin single filaments each having a core-sheath structure with a filamentous core resin surrounded by a sheath resin with a melting point of at least 20° C. lower than the core resin and fusing the sheath resin together, is laminated in at least the three directions of warp direction, slant direction and reverse slant direction, and a bonding step of heating the laminated filament bundles at a temperature lower than the melting point of the core resin and higher than the melting point of the sheath resin for bonding. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a nonwoven fabric production process and nonwoven fabrics with excellent plasticity and shape following property, as well as adjustable strength for adaptation to different purposes and required properties.

Abstract: Crystalline polymers are drawn using pressurized saturated steam having an absolute pressure of at least 2.0 kg/cm2 as a drawing medium. The steam is charged into an airtight container having a drawable material inlet for feeding a drawable material and a drawn product outlet for withdrawing a drawn product. Pressurized water is utilized to prevent leakage of the pressurized saturated steam through the inlet and outlet and to cool the drawn product, so that the product formed of a crystalline polymer has improved physical properties.

Abstract: A drawing device for handling a wide range of drawable thermoplastic resin materials including a first pressurizing tank and first buffer tank on an upstream side, and a second pressurizing tank and second buffer tank on a downstream side are disposed along a drawing tank having pressurized steam and a discharge unit connected to it. A medium supply and discharge may be connected to each of the first and second pressurizing tanks, and the first and second buffer tanks. Opening members may be disposed on respective upstream and downstream ports along the drawing tank. Small amounts of pressurizing medium may then be allowed to flow into the drawing tank through upstream and downstream ports. Next, material may be supplied from the upstream port into the drawing tank where pressurized steam may be introduced in airtight conditions, and then drawn to the downstream port, thereby producing a drawable thermoplastic resin material.

Abstract: When a drawable material is forcibly drawn for obtaining a drawn product formed of a crystalline polymer, there is caused a failure such as draw breaking, and the drawn product formed of a crystalline polymer that can be industrially produced by a conventional drawing method has upper limits of physical property values depending upon the material of said drawn product formed of a crystalline polymer. In the present invention, pressurized saturated steam having an absolute pressure of at least 2.