Abstract: The present invention addresses an object to provide an embedding apparatus capable of removing an embedding material such as paraffin and solids such as debris of a tissue fragment adhered to a tweezers holder hole easily.

Abstract: The present invention addresses an object to provide an embedding apparatus capable of removing an embedding material such as paraffin and solids such as debris of a tissue fragment adhered to a tweezers holder hole easily.

Abstract: A method for producing an artificial leather sheet includes (i) coating a solution including an elastic polymer (B) on a substrate layer for forming a composite layer on a surface of the substrate layer, wherein the substrate layer includes ultra fine fibers and an elastic polymer (A), and the substrate layer has ultra fine fiber naps on one surface, the fineness of the ultra fine fibers is 0.0001 to 0.05 dtex, the composite layer includes ultra fine fiber naps and an elastic polymer (B), the ultra fine fiber naps are connected to the fibers constituting the substrate layer, and the elastic polymer (B) is joined to the ultra fine fibers, (ii) pressing the surface of the sheet with an emboss roll for forming hills, and (iii) then coating the top portions of the hills with a solution consisting mainly of an elastic polymer (C).

Abstract: A leather-like sheet having hills on the surface thereof is characterized by having a composite layer including nap-like ultra fine fibers connected to fibers constituting a substrate layer and an elastic polymer (B) joined to the ultra fine fibers, on one surface of the substrate layer including the ultra fine fibers and an elastic polymer (A), having coating layers consisting mainly of an elastic polymer (C) on the top portions of the hills on the surface of the sheet, and further having through pores reaching the substrate layer through the surface in the side portions between the top portions and the valley bottom portions of the hills. Further, it is preferable that the coating layer has a multi-layered structure having two or more layers, and it is preferable that the surface layer of the coating layer contains a tackifier.

Abstract: A skin material for balls which is a sheet-form material comprising a base layer and formed on one side there of a coating layer made of a polymeric elastomer, characterized in that (1) the coating layer is composed of three layers (C-1), (C-2), and (C-3) disposed in this order from the surface side, (2) the layer (C-3) on the base layer side is made of a porous polymeric elastomer, (3) the layer (C-1) on the surface side is made of a polymeric elastomer containing a pressure-sensitive adhesive, and (4) the coating layer comprises one or more polymeric elastomers which have or do not have fine through-holes extending from the surface side to the base layer; and a ball having the skin material bonded to the surface. The skin material for ball-game balls brings about excellent wet gripping and is excellent also in wearing resistance and impact absorption.

Abstract: A leather-like sheet having hills on the surface thereof is characterized by having a composite layer comprising nap-like ultra fine fibers connected to fibers constituting a substrate layer and an elastic polymer (B) joined to the ultra fine fibers, on one surface of the substrate layer comprising the ultra fine fibers and an elastic polymer (A), having coating layers consisting mainly of an elastic polymer (C) on the top portions of the hills on the surface of the sheet, and further having through pores reaching the substrate layer through the surface in the side portions between the top portions and the valley bottom portions of the hills. Further, it is preferable that the coating layer has a multi-layered structure having two or more layers, and it is preferable that the surface layer of the coating layer contains a tackifier.

Abstract: A surface material for balls, formed of a sheet-shaped material having a coating layer formed from an elastic polymer on one surface of a base material layer, (1) said coating layer being formed of three layers C-1, C-2 and C-3 which are arranged in the order of C-1, C-2 and C-3 from a front surface side, (2) the layer C-3 being present on the base material layer side and formed from a porous elastic polymer, (3) the layer C-1 being present on the front surface side and being formed from an elastic polymer containing a tackifier, and (4) the coating layer being formed from the elastic polymers having fine through holes reaching the base material layer from the front surface side or having no such fine through holes, and a ball having a surface to which the above surface material is bonded. The present invention provides a surface material for balls for ball games, which is excellent in gripping characteristic at a moistened time and is also excellent in abrasion resistance and impact absorption capability.

Abstract: A leather-like sheet material comprising a sheet material composed of a fiber aggregate and a elastic polymer, the sheet material containing a fluorine-containing side-chain-modified urethane compound which satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iii), (i) said urethane compound containing a urethane-bond-containing compound having a molecular weight of 500 to 5,000 and fluorine-containing side chains having a molecular weight of 200 to 1,000 each, 3 to 12 such fluorine-containing side chains bonding to the urethane-bond-containing compound, (ii) said urethane compound having a fluorine content of 20 to 60 by weight as a fluorine atom, and (iii) said urethane compound having 6 to 36 urethane bonds per molecule. The present invention provides a process for the production of the above leather-like sheet material, a modified urethane compound satisfying the above requirements (i) to (iii) for use in the process, and a process for the production of the modified urethane compound.

Abstract: An abrasive ground fabric which is a composite ground fabric comprising a fiber substrate and a elastic polymer filled in the fiber substrate, wherein (1) the fiber substrate is composed of bundles, each consisting of 20 to 3,000 fine fibers, and (2) the average diameter (D1) of fine fibers existent in a center portion from the center of the cross section perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of each bundle to ½ of the radius of each bundle is 0.3 to 10 &mgr;m, the average diameter (D2) of fine fibers existent in a peripheral portion from ½ of the radius to the end of each bundle is 0.05 to 1 &mgr;m, and the D1/D2 ratio is 1.5 or more. According to the present invention, the abrasive ground fabric is suitably used for the texturing of a substrate in the production of a magnetic recording medium, particularly a hard disk, enables high-accuracy surface finish and has excellent strength.

Abstract: A non-woven fabric having such a structure that fine fibers having a small fineness are entangled with one another and a sheet obtained by impregnating the non-woven fabric with an elastic polymer satisfy the following requirements: the fine fibers should be obtained by splitting a strippable and splittable composite short fiber comprising at least two components; the fine fibers should have a monofilament size of 0.01 to 0.5 denier; the fine fibers should form a fine non-woven fabric structure that they are entangled with one another at random; the apparent density should be 0.18 to 0.

Abstract: A leather-like sheet product comprising (a) a sheet layer (1) composed of a fiber assembly (1) of fine fibers and an elastic polymer (A) existent in a space between fibers of the fiber assembly (1), (b) a sheet layer (2) essentially composed of a fiber assembly (2) or composed of a fiber assembly (2) and an elastic polymer (C) existent in a space between fibers of the fiber assembly (2), and (c) an adhesive layer composed of an elastic polymer (B) for bonding together the sheet layer (1) and the sheet layer (2), wherein

Abstract: An abrasive ground fabric which is a composite ground fabric comprising a fiber substrate and a elastic polymer filled in the fiber substrate, wherein

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric exhibiting dense, delicate, high quality appearance, and also relates to man made leathers exhibiting dense, delicate, high quality appearance, and bearing a resemblance to high quality natural leathers.

Abstract: A leathery sheet material which comprises a fibrous mat and a polyurethane composition applied all over the mat in an amount of 10 to 80% by weight based on the total weight of the mat and the polyurethane composition. The polyurethane composition contains 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of a surface active agent having a molecular weight of 2,500 to 30,000 which comprises a hydrophilic component and a hydrophobic component being combined by a urethane bond and/or an amide bond. The hydrophilic component is polyethylene oxides comprising 30 to 80% by weight of the surface active agent and the hydrophobic component is a member selected from the group consisting of a polyalkylene oxides excepting polyethylene oxides, aliphatic polyesters and mixtures thereof. The leathery sheet material has excellent flexibility, excellent antistatic properties and excellent soil resistance.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane comprising the polymerization product of a long-chain diol, a low molecular weight chain-extender, an organic diisocyanate and a specific diol compound. The specific diol compound is represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydrogen or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are an alkylene radical having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, Y is a bivalent radical selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## wherein x is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or a methyl radical, m and n are positive integers satisfying the formula 2.ltoreq.m+n.ltoreq.10when Y is ##STR3## or m and n are zero or positive intergers satisfying the formula 0.ltoreq.m+n.ltoreq.10when Y is ##STR4## The thermoplastic polyurethanes are suitable for producing artificial leathers having improved properties such as moderate elasticity, resistance to microorganisms, cold, stickiness and nitrogen oxide gas.

Abstract: A process for producing microporous sheet materials which comprises the step of:(1) preparing a suspension in an organic solvent of a polyurethane elastomer containing polyoxyethylene segments with or without a polyurethane elastomer not containing these segments;(2) mixing the resulting organic solvent suspension with water in an amount of not less than 50% by weight based on the polyurethane elastomer in the organic solvent suspension to form a water-in-oil dispersion;(3) coating or impregnating a substrate with the resulting dispersion;(4) if desired, partially evaporating the organic solvent from the product so treated;(5) contacting the coated or impregnated substrate for a short period of time with a coagulant having a coagulation value of not more than 25%, and(6) drying the product obtained in step (5).