Abstract: A nozzle arrangement has nozzle arrays arranged in a first direction. Liquid passages are interconnected via a communication path and arranged in the first direction. Nozzles in each one of the nozzle arrays are connected to a corresponding one of the liquid passages. Each of the liquid passages has a first end connected to a supply port and a second end connected to the communication path, in a second direction. The controller controls a flushing operation ejecting liquid from the nozzles as waste liquid. The controller controls the head portion to perform a selective flushing operation. The selective flushing operation is an operation of ejecting the liquid from the nozzles corresponding to a part, being at least one of the liquid passages, of a set of liquid passages while stopping ejection of the liquid from the nozzles corresponding to a remaining part of the set of liquid passages.

Abstract: A composite porous membrane is a composite porous membrane, wherein a porous membrane B including a heat-resistant resin is laminated on the surface of a polypropylene resin of an outermost layer of a porous membrane A composed of at least one layer, wherein at least one of the outermost layers comprises the polypropylene resin. The composite porous membrane satisfies a particular range of peeling strength at the interface between the porous membrane A and the porous membrane B and a particular range of difference between air resistance of the whole composite porous membrane and air resistance of the porous membrane A, provided that the porous membrane A satisfies a particular range of average pore size and porosity.

Abstract: A battery separator which is a laminated polyolefin microporous membrane, comprising a polyolefin microporous membrane, and a modifying porous layer comprising a water-soluble resin or water-dispersible resin, and fine particles, the modifying porous layer being laminated on at least one surface of the polyolefin microporous membrane, wherein the polyolefin microporous membrane comprises a polyethylene resin and has (a) a shutdown temperature (a temperature at which an air resistance measured while heating the polyolefin microporous membrane at a temperature rise rate of 5° C./min reaches 1×105 sec/100 cc) of 135° C. or lower, (b) a rate of air resistance change (a gradient of a curve representing dependency of the air resistance on temperature at an air resistance of 1×104 sec/100 cc) of 1×104 sec/100 cc/° C. or more, (c) a transverse shrinkage rate at 130° C. (measured by thermomechanical analysis under a load of 2 gf at a temperature rise rate of 5° C.

Abstract: A battery separator includes a porous membrane A including a polyethylene resin, and a porous membrane B laminated thereon including a heat resistant resin and inorganic particles or cross-linked polymer particles, wherein the porous membrane A satisfies expressions (a) to (c), and the entire battery separator satisfies expressions (d) to (f).

Abstract: A ladder program device includes circuitry which stores a register value to be used in a ladder program, displays the register value in a register value display area, and receives a selection for one of a first rewrite input and a second rewrite input for the register value displayed in the registered value display area, the circuitry receives the selection by accepting the first rewrite input if a value to modify the register value is entered and accepting the second rewrite input if at least one portion of the register value display area is selected to modify the register value.

Abstract: A polyolefin porous membrane disclosed. The membrane includes a plurality of protrusions of polyolefin having a size (W) of 5 ?m?W?50 ?m and a height (H) of 0.5 ?m?H. The protrusions are disposed on one side of the polyolefin porous membrane with a density of at least 3/cm2 and at most 200/cm2, and the polyolefin porous membrane has a thickness of at most 20 ?m. A battery separator including the membrane is also disclosed.

Abstract: A battery separator includes a microporous polyolefin membrane having a thickness of 16 ?m or less, and a modifying porous layer comprising a fluorine resin and an inorganic particle or cross-linked polymer particle, the modifying porous layer being laminated on one side of the microporous polyolefin membrane, wherein the microporous polyolefin membrane has (a) a shutdown temperature of 135° C. or lower, and (b) a rate of air resistance change of 1×104 sec/100 cc/° C. or more. The separator is suitable for high-capacity batteries, and has adhesion to electrodes and is excellent in shutdown properties and electrolyte permeability.

Abstract: A battery separator includes a porous membrane A including a polyethylene resin, and a porous membrane B laminated thereon including a heat resistant resin and inorganic particles or cross-linked polymer particles, wherein the porous membrane A satisfies expressions (a) to (c), and the entire battery separator satisfies expressions (d) to (f).

Abstract: A device for supporting development of a control program includes circuitry which accesses a database including control command information which executes operational control or computational processing of a control target, variable name information which is used in the operational control or the computational processing, and variable register information which stores a current value of a variable corresponding to a variable name such that the control command, variable name and variable register information are associated with each other in the database, acquires one or more selected information selected from the control command, variable name and variable register information, analyzes each selected information based on type of the information in the database such that the current value of the variable is acquired according to the variable name information or the register information, and displays the selected information analyzed separately by the type, and the current value of the variable acquired by anal

Abstract: A method produces a composite porous membrane including a porous membrane A formed of a polyolefin-based resin; and a porous membrane B containing a heat-resistant resin and laminated on the porous membrane A, including: (i) applying a heat-resistant resin solution onto a base film, followed by passing the coated film through a low-humidity zone, and then through a high-humidity zone to form a heat-resistant resin membrane on the base film; and (ii) bonding together the heat-resistant resin membrane formed in step (i) and a porous membrane A formed of a polyolefin-based resin, followed by converting the heat-resistant resin membrane into a porous membrane B by immersion in a solidification bath, and washing and drying the same to obtain the composite porous membrane.

Abstract: A battery separator includes a porous membrane A with a thickness of less than 10 ?m including a polypropylene resin, and a porous membrane B laminated thereon including a heat resistant resin and inorganic particles or cross-linked polymer particles, wherein the porous membrane A satisfies a specific range of thickness, average pore size, and porosity, and the entire battery separator satisfies a specific range of thickness, peeling strength at the interface between the porous membrane A and the porous membrane B, and difference in air resistance between the entire battery separator and the porous membrane A.

Abstract: A laminated porous membrane includes a polyolefin porous membrane A, and a porous layer B provided on at least one surface of the polyolefin porous membrane A, the porous layer B containing a filler (a) and a binder resin (b) as essential components, the filler (a) having a true specific gravity of less than 2.0 g/cm3.

Abstract: A battery separator includes a porous membrane A and a porous membrane B laminated on the porous membrane A, the porous membrane A including a polyolefin resin, the porous membrane B including a polyamide-imide resin and inorganic particles or cross-linked polymer particles, wherein the particles are contained in an amount of 80% by weight to 97% by weight of the porous membrane B and have an average diameter that is not less than 1.5 times and less than 50 times the average pore size of the porous membrane A. The battery separator has excellent heat resistance and processability (electrolyte permeability, low curling property) and is characterized in that the air resistance increase due to lamination of a heat resistant resin is extremely small.

Abstract: Each of a plurality of connection devices in a machine control system includes: a motion program storage unit for storing a motion program to be executed by a motion controller to control the connection device; and a motion program transmission unit for transmitting the motion program stored in the motion program storage unit to the motion controller. The motion controller includes: a motion program acquisition unit for acquiring the motion program for controlling each of the plurality of connection devices connected for communication to the motion controller from the connection devices; and a control unit for controlling each of the connection devices by executing the motion program acquired by the motion program acquisition unit.

Abstract: A battery separator includes a porous membrane A including a polyolefin resin, and a porous membrane B laminated thereon including a fluororesin and inorganic particles or cross-linked polymer particles, wherein the particles are contained in an amount of 80 wt % to 97 wt % of the porous membrane B and have an average diameter being not less than 1.5 times and less than 50 times the average pore size of the porous membrane A, and a specific expression 1 and a specific expression 2 are satisfied.

Abstract: The invention provides a polyester film suitable for a back sheet for solar cells, which requires a high reflectance not only in the visible light region but also in the near-infrared region, and also requires a low reflection directivity. The polyester film is a cavity-containing polyester film having an average reflectance of 70-95% in a wavelength range of 400-1200 nm and an average transmittance of 5-30% in a wavelength range of 700-1200 nm.

Abstract: A battery separator includes a porous membrane A with a thickness of less than 10 ?m including a polypropylene resin, and a porous membrane B laminated thereon including a heat resistant resin and inorganic particles or cross-linked polymer particles, wherein the porous membrane A satisfies a specific range of thickness, average pore size, and porosity, and the entire battery separator satisfies a specific range of thickness, peeling strength at the interface between the porous membrane A and the porous membrane B, and difference in air resistance between the entire battery separator and the porous membrane A.

Abstract: The invention provides a polyester film suitable for a back sheet for solar cells, which requires a high reflectance not only in the visible light region but also in the near-infrared region, and also requires a low reflection directivity. The polyester film is a cavity-containing polyester film having an average reflectance of 70-95% in a wavelength range of 400-1200 nm and an average transmittance of 5-30% in a wavelength range of 700-1200 nm.

Abstract: An ink cartridge includes a bag-shaped ink bag storing ink inside and having a spout through which the ink can be drawn out, a substantially box-shaped case housing the ink bag and having at least a first wall portion and a second wall portion arranged to oppose each other, a first leg portion protruding from an outer surface of the first wall portion and being disposed on a first end of the first wall portion positioned in a longitudinal direction and separated from both ends positioned in a first direction of the first wall portion, and a second leg portion protruding from the outer surface of the first wall portion and being disposed in a position separated from the first leg portion on the first end of the first wall portion and separated from the both ends in the first direction.

Abstract: A battery separator includes a microporous polyolefin membrane and a modifying porous layer laminated on at least one surface of the microporous polyolefin membrane, wherein the microporous polyolefin membrane comprises a polyethylene resin, and the modifying porous layer is laminated on at least one surface of the microporous polyolefin membrane having (a) a shutdown temperature of 135° C. or lower, (b) a rate of air resistance change of 1×104 sec/100 cc/° C. or more, and (c) a transverse shrinkage rate at 130° C. of 20% or less.