Abstract: In an electrically conductive sheath-core conjugate fiber including an electrically conductive layer made of a thermoplastic polymer (A) containing electrically conductive carbon black fine particles which constitutes a sheath component and a protective layer made of a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer (B) which constitutes a core component, the ratio of the (A) to the total weight of the (A) and the (B) is 10 to 35% by weight, the L1/L0 ratio is 1.04 to 10.0 where L1 represents the length of a boundary between the core component and the sheath component in a cross section of the conjugate fiber and L0 represents the length of the circumference of a circle having an area equal to a cross sectional area of the core component, the fineness, the strength at break and the elongation at break are each adjusted within specified ranges, the shrinkage in hot water at 100° C. is within a specified range, and the fiber surface coverage of the sheath component is 85% or more.

Abstract: An electrically conductive composite fiber comprising an electrically conductive layer formed of a polyester-based polymer (A) having a melting point of 200° C. or higher and containing from 23 to 33% by weight of electrically conductive carbon black, and a protective layer formed of a polyester-based polymer (B) having a melting point of 210° C. or higher, wherein the difference between the SP value of the (A) and the SP value of the (B) is adjusted to not greater than a predetermined value and the fiber strength and the elongation at break are adjusted within certain ranges. This can make it possible to obtain an electrically conductive composite fiber that has a superior antistatic performance, which is not degraded very much over a practical wearing for a long term, though it contains only a relatively small amount of electrically conductive carbon black, and that is suitable for the field of clothing such as clean room wears and working wears.

Abstract: In an electrically conductive sheath-core conjugate fiber including an electrically conductive layer made of a thermoplastic polymer (A) containing electrically conductive carbon black fine particles which constitutes a sheath component and a protective layer made of a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer (B) which constitutes a core component, the ratio of the (A) to the total weight of the (A) and the (B) is 10 to 35% by weight, the L1/L0 ratio is 1.04 to 10.0 where L1 represents the length of a boundary between the core component and the sheath component in a cross section of the conjugate fiber and L0 represents the length of the circumference of a core component, the fineness, the strength at break and the elongation at break are each adjusted within specified ranges, the shrinkage in hot water at 100° C. is within a specified range, and the fiber surface coverage of the sheath component is 85% or more.

Abstract: An electrically conductive composite fiber comprising an electrically conductive layer formed of a polyester-based polymer (A) having a melting point of 200° C. or higher and containing from 23 to 33% by weight of electrically conductive carbon black, and a protective layer formed of a polyester-based polymer (B) having a melting point of 210° C. or higher, wherein the difference between the SP value of the (A) and the SP value of the (B) is adjusted to not greater than a predetermined value and the fiber strength and the elongation at break are adjusted within certain ranges. This can make it possible to obtain an electrically conductive composite fiber that has a superior antistatic performance, which is not degraded very much over a practical wearing for a long term, though it contains only a relatively small amount of electrically conductive carbon black, and that is suitable for the field of clothing such as clean room wears and working wears.

Abstract: Provided is an electrically conductive conjugate fiber formed by conjugating an electrically conductive layer (A) including 60 to 80% by weight of a thermoplastic resin and 20 to 40% by weight of electrically conductive particles and a protective layer (B) including 50 to 95% by weight of polyethylene terephthalate and 5 to 50% by weight of polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate, wherein the fiber has a degree of elongation (DE) of 100 to 350%. This provides an electrically conductive conjugate fiber which exhibits a small change with time in physical properties such as a degree of elongation or boiling water shrinkage during its transportation or storage, while having a certain degree of elongation.

Abstract: The technical problem to be solved by this invention is to eliminate the release layer from the transfer film. The object of this invention is to provide a transfer film that can be applied stably to the transfer process without any trouble. The transfer film of this invention comprises a substrate to be peeled off during the transfer process and a transferred layer to be transferred to an article to be decorated, both of which are laminated directly to each other in a peelable manner by an extrusion laminating process without requiring any release layer.

Abstract: The invention is to provide an electrode structure of an iontophoresis device and a method of producing the same, excellent in an economical property, an operational property, stability and safety. The electrode structure for the iontophoresis device comprises a backing having a substrate film (1) having a molding portion, an anode side and a cathode side electrode layers (14), (15) formed passing the outer circumferential portion from the inner bottom of the molding portion, and an insulating layer 3 formed in the outer circumferential portion of the molding portion. The molding portion of the backing has a dent portion and an anode side and a cathode side conductive layers (12), (13) are separately installed therein. A cover member (8) is installed to seal between these conductive layers (12), (13) and the insulating layer (3). An adhesive sheet (10) for attachment to the skin is provided to the rear face of the substrate film (1) and a liner (16) for the adhesive sheet is provided on the cover member (8).

Abstract: The artificial leather sheet substrates of the invention comprise a united laminate structure of a nonwoven fabric layer A and a knitted or woven fabric layer B and an elastic polymer C impregnated into the united laminate structure. The nonwoven fabric layer A and the knitted or woven fabric layer B are strongly bonded to each other by entanglement. A portion of the microfine fibers constituting the knitted or woven fabric layer B are exposed to the outer surface of the nonwoven fabric layer A. Therefore, the artificial leather sheet substrates exhibit excellent mechanical properties such as resistance to tear stress. Having a high density as compared with conventional artificial leathers, the artificial leather sheet substrates have feel and densified feel similar to those of natural leathers.

Abstract: A core/sheath conjugate fiber comprises a sheath component B of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a core component A of a different thermoplastic polymer. In its cross section, the core component A has at least 10 projections or exists as an aligned group of at least 10 flattened cross-section core components, the distance (I) between the neighboring projections or between the neighboring flattened cross-section core components is at most 1.

Abstract: A core/sheath conjugate fiber comprises a sheath component B of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a core component A of a different thermoplastic polymer. In its cross section, the core component A has at least 10 projections or exists as an aligned group of at least 10 flattened cross-section core components, the distance (I) between the neighboring projections or between the neighboring flattened cross-section core components is at most 1.

Abstract: An iontophoresis device, which can ensure the long-term stability of drugs and which can be easily assembled when used, is provided. A donor electrode-printed portion (6) is placed on one side of a backing layer (4), and a reference electrode-printed portion (7) is placed on the other side. Both printed parts are connected to a current generating part (Ia) through a connector (Id). A drug support film (14) is joined to a drug-dissolving portion (11), and a cup-like shaped protective cover (12), which covers the drug support film (14), is removed before the device is used. The exposed drug support film (14) is attached to the skin of a user, and the device is driven by turning on a power supply of the current-generating portion (Ia).

Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow fiber, which includes: at least one thermoplastic polymer with an equilibrium water content of 2% or less; wherein the number of hollow portions (&agr;1) and a hollow ratio (&agr;2) in said fiber satisfy the following equations: &agr;1≧7 2≦&agr;2≦65 0.14≦(&agr;1×&agr;2)/100≦250.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is an iontophoresis device suitable for effective use of a drug supported on a drug support. A donor electrode-printed portion (6) and a reference electrode-printed portion (7) are arranged on a backing layer (4). The backing layer is provided with, at the periphery, an adhesive film (3) for fixing a pharmaceutical preparation to an application site. The both electrode-printed portions (6), (7) are electrically connected to a current-generating portion (Ia) through a conductive snap connector (Id). The drug support (14) is removably joined with a conductive layer (11) formed on the electrode on the side of the donor electrode-printed portion (6). The drug support (14) is subjected to a drug diffusion-inhibitory treatment (30).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an iontophoresis device, which can ensure the long-term stability of a drug and makes the operations for assemblage upon application easy as well as a method of assembling the device. A backing layer (4) is provided with a drug-dissolving portion (11) on a donor electrode-printed portion (6) thereof and a drug support (14) removably contacts with the drug-dissolving portion. A liner (12) is disposed on the backing layer on the skin (40) side and this is peeled off upon practical use. An opening (15) is formed on the liner (12) and an opening (5) is formed on an electrode portion (Ib). When assembling the device, these openings coincide with each other to thus easily and precisely dispose the drug support (14) on the drug-dissolving portion (11).

Abstract: Provided are melt-spun fibers comprising, as at least one component, a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol, and a method for producing fibrous structures comprising the fibers. The thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol fibers comprise, as at least one component, a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol containing from 0.1 to 25 mol % of C1-4 &agr;-olefin units and/or vinyl ether units, having a molar fraction, based on vinyl alcohol units, of a hydroxyl group of vinyl alcohol unit located at the center of 3 successive vinyl alcohol unit chain in terms of triad expression of being from 70 to 99.9 mol %, having a carboxylic acid and lactone ring content of from 0.02 to 0.15 mol %, and having a melting point falling between 160° C. and 230° C., and contain from 0.0003 to 1 part by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol therein and in terms of sodium ion, of an alkali metal ion.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is an iontophoresis device suitable for effective use of a drug supported on a drug support. A donor electrode-printed portion (6) and a reference electrode-printed portion (7) are arranged on a backing layer (4). The backing layer is provided with, at the periphery, an adhesive film (3) for fixing a pharmaceutical preparation to an application site. The both electrode-printed portions (6), (7) are electrically connected to a current-generating portion (Ia) through a conductive snap connector (Id). The drug support (14) is removably joined with a conductive layer (11) formed on the electrode on the side of the donor electrode-printed portion (6). The drug support (14) is subjected to a drug diffusion-inhibitory treatment (30).

Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow fiber, which includes:

Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow fiber, which includes: at least one thermoplastic polymer with an equilibrium water content of 2% or less; wherein the number of hollow portions (&agr;1) and a hollow ratio (&agr;2) in said fiber satisfy the following equations: &agr;1≧7 2≦&agr;2≦65 0.14≦(&agr;1×&agr;2)/100≦250.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow fiber, which includes: