Abstract: Provided is a small and thin light emitting device which has no connection failure, a high life, high performance and good light extraction efficiency. The light emitting device includes a base body comprising a base material having a pair of connection terminals on at least a first main surface, a light emitting element connected to the connection terminals, and a sealing member that seals the light emitting element, wherein the base material has a linear expansion coefficient within ±10 ppm/° C. of the linear expansion coefficient of the light emitting element.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least one semiconductor light emitting element, and a wavelength conversion layer which is formed on a surface of the semiconductor light emitting element and which includes a resin layer containing a wavelength conversion member for converting a wavelength of light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element. The wavelength conversion layer covers an upper surface or the upper surface and a side surface of the semiconductor light emitting element. A content of an inorganic material including the wavelength conversion member, or a content of an inorganic material including the wavelength conversion member and an inorganic filler, in the resin layer is 30% by mass or more and 99% by mass or less.

Abstract: An absorbent article for pets includes a top sheet, a back surface layer, an absorbent core, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a pair of side portions. Such absorbent articles for pets are stacked and packaged while each absorbent article is folded and the portion of the back surface layer which is near the first end portion forms a first outer surface. The absorbent article for pets also includes: a hook member provided on the portion of the back surface layer which is near the first end portion; an engaging section provided on the portion of the top sheet which is near the second end portion and engageable with the hook member; and a weak engagement section provided at a position at which the weak engagement section is in contact with the hook member of an adjacent absorbent article of the stacked absorbent articles for pets.

Abstract: A method of producing a light emitting device includes providing a light emitting element on a base member, the base member including an insulating member and a pair of connection terminals at least on an upper surface thereof. The connection terminals have an exposed portion exposed to outside, with the light emitting element electrically connected to the connection terminals. A covering member is disposed to cover at least a portion of the upper surface of the light emitting element, and a protective layer is disposed to cover at least a portion of the exposed portions of the connection terminals. The covering member is removed, and material from the upper surface side of the base member is supplied to dispose a light-transmissive member on the upper surface of the light emitting element. At least a portion of the light-transmissive member present on the protective layer is then removed.

Abstract: An absorbent article for pet includes: a liquid permeable top surface layer; a liquid impermeable back surface layer; and an absorbent core disposed between the top and back surface layer, and configured in a rectangular shape with a first end portion and a second end portion facing each other and a pair of side portions facing each other, and in a state in which the absorbent article is wrapped around a waist of a pet, the first end portion is positioned on a pet's body side and the second end portion is detachably attached to an outer face of the first end portion, in which the absorbent article for pet further includes elastic members disposed along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article in an extended state; and a high stiffness portion that is higher in stiffness than the second end portion is formed in the first end portion.

Abstract: A method of producing a light emitting device includes providing a light emitting element on a base member, the base member including an insulating member and a pair of connection terminals at least on an upper surface thereof. The connection terminals have an exposed portion exposed to outside, with the light emitting element electrically connected to the connection terminals. A covering member is disposed to cover at least a portion of the upper surface of the light emitting element, and a protective layer is disposed to cover at least a portion of the exposed portions of the connection terminals. The covering member is removed, and material from the upper surface side of the base member is supplied to dispose a light-transmissive member on the upper surface of the light emitting element. At least a portion of the light-transmissive member present on the protective layer is then removed.

Abstract: An absorbent article for pets which includes: a liquid permeable top surface layer; a liquid impermeable back surface layer; and an absorbent core disposed between the top and back surface layers, the absorbent article for pets being configured in a rectangular shape with a pair of end portions facing each other and a pair of side portions facing each other orthogonal to the pair of end portions, the absorbent article for pets being configured to be worn in a state of being wrapped around a waist of a pet, the absorbent article for pets further including first and second solid gather portions that are respectively disposed on the top surface layer side of the pair of side portions and rises up from the top surface layer, in which the first solid gather portion is configured to be easier to lie outward in the width direction of the absorbent article for pets.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an animal excrement treatment material includes: a granulating step; a sorting step at which granules are sorted by a sieve to form an animal excrement treatment material; and a quality control step that includes an extracting step at which a sample is extracted, a comparison data calculating step at which the surface area per unit weight of the sample is obtained, and a sieve replacement step at which the sieve is replaced on the basis of the comparison data.

Abstract: A pet sheet for pet excrement has a fluid-permeable surface sheet and a fluid-impermeable rear sheet. The pet sheet has a first folded section and a second folded section that are formed by the folding of the surface sheet and the rear sheet so as to protrude on the surface sheet side. The surface sheet and the rear sheet positioned on both sides of the first folded section and the second folded section, respectively, are configured so as to fold out and be used as the pet sheet. Ridge lines formed in the surface sheet in the first folded section and the second folded section extend continuously along a first direction parallel to the surface sheet, from one end of the surface sheet in the first direction to the other end thereof.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method of producing animal litter containing bentonite that minimizes blocking of the path of conveyance by bentonite during production. The method of the present disclosure is as follows. A method of producing animal litter including bentonite, the method comprising a step of forming, from a starting material for animal litter containing bentonite, a starting mixture that contains 10 to 60 mass % of granules that remain on an 8.0 mm-aperture sieve and 40 to 90 mass % of granules that pass through an 8.0 mm-aperture sieve, a step of conveying the starting mixture on a path of conveyance, a step of loading the starting mixture that has been conveyed on the path of conveyance into a granulator capable of pulverizing and granulation, to pulverize at least the granules remaining on the 8.0 mm-aperture sieve while forming a granulated product, and a step of drying the granulated product.

Abstract: An animal excrement-processing material package having animal excrement-processing material and a container, wherein the container: extends in a first direction and a second direction that is defined by a direction that intersects with the first direction; and has a separating partition, which is formed in the housing region and has a component that extends in the second direction.

Abstract: A pet diaper is equipped with a front surface layer, a back surface layer, and an absorbent layer disposed between the front surface layer and the back surface layer. The pet diaper has a back portion, an abdominal portion, and a crotch portion disposed between the back portion and the abdominal portion. The pet diaper is further equipped with: a first cut portion that is provided on the back portion and that is formed as a convex curve rounding towards the end portion of the back portion; a second cut portion that is provided closer to the crotch portion than the first cut portion and that is formed as a convex curve rounding towards the end portion of the back portion; and a first perforated portion that is formed so as to extend from the second cut portion towards the first cut portion.

Abstract: An absorbent article for pet includes: a top sheet; a back surface layer; an absorbent core, a first end portion and an opposing second end portion; side portions orthogonal to the first and the second end portion, a hook member disposed along a width direction of the absorbent article on a top sheet side in the first end portion; a first engaged portion provided on the back surface layer side in the second end portion, engageable with the hook member; folding lines extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article; and a second engaged portion provided on the top sheet side in the first end portion on outer sides of the folding lines in the width direction of the absorbent article. The second engaged portion is engageable with the hook member with a smaller engagement force than that of the top sheet with the hook member.

Abstract: An absorbent article for pet includes: a liquid permeable top surface layer, a liquid impermeable back surface layer, and an absorbent core disposed between the top surface layer and the back surface layer; the absorbent article for pet being configured to be in a belt-like shape and to be fit wrapped around a waist of a pet, in which the absorbent core includes: a belt-like absorbent core main body that extends from the first end portion side to the second end portion side in the longitudinal direction LD of the absorbent article for pet; and a first extension portion that extends outwards in a width direction from a first side edge in a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent core main body.

Abstract: An absorbent article package, includes: a plurality of absorbent articles each folded to define a first outer face and a second outer face; and a packing bag that stores the plurality of absorbent articles in a layered state such that the first outer face of each of the plurality of the absorbent articles makes contact with the second outer face of an adjacent absorbent article, in which each absorbent article includes an engagement member arranged on the first outer face thereof and engaging with the second outer face of the adjacent absorbent article, and the packing bag includes a first face positioned to face the first or second outer faces of the absorbent articles stored in the packing bag and configured to form therein an opening to allow the absorbent articles to be extracted.

Abstract: A method of producing a light emitting device includes providing a light emitting element on a base member, the base member including an insulating member and a pair of connection terminals at least on an upper surface thereof. The connection terminals have an exposed portion exposed to outside, with the light emitting element electrically connected to the connection terminals. A covering member is disposed to cover at least a portion of the upper surface of the light emitting element, and a protective layer is disposed to cover at least a portion of the exposed portions of the connection terminals. The covering member is removed, and material from the upper surface side of the base member is supplied to dispose a light-transmissive member on the upper surface of the light emitting element. At least a portion of the light-transmissive member present on the protective layer is then removed.

Abstract: A filling method for filling a container with animal litter, whereby large-sized granules and small-sized granules can be easily filled into containers in a predetermined blending ratio, and essentially the same blending ratio can be maintained for different containers. In a supply step in which the animal litter is supplied to a hopper, the animal litter is allowed to freely drop from above the storage space of the hopper, and in the storage space there are formed a first region in which the blending ratio of the small-sized granules with respect to the large-sized granules in a unit mass of the animal litter is equal to or less than the predetermined blending ratio and a second region in which the ratio is greater than the predetermined blending ratio, in an arrangement along the lengthwise direction of the storage space.

Abstract: A pet urine collection device, configured so that, when a dog discharges urine against a wall surface, a first panel laid on a floor surface is not soiled with urine over a wide range in a front-back direction. The pet urine collection device includes a first panel adapted to be laid on a floor surface and a flexible second panel joined with the first panel along a join line and adapted to be attached to a wall surface. The second panel has a high stiffness region extending in parallel to the join line and having a proximal edge and a low stiffness region extending in parallel to the high stiffness region and having a distal edge.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least one semiconductor light emitting element, and a wavelength conversion layer which is formed on a surface of the semiconductor light emitting element and which includes a resin layer containing a wavelength conversion member for converting a wavelength of light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element. The wavelength conversion layer covers an upper surface or the upper surface and a side surface of the semiconductor light emitting element. A content of an inorganic material including the wavelength conversion member, or a content of an inorganic material including the wavelength conversion member and an inorganic filler, in the resin layer is 30% by mass or more and 99% by mass or less.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of producing materials for disposal of animal excrement comprising an aromatic material and granules comprising a water-absorbing base material, whereby the aromatic material can reliably adhere onto the surfaces of the granules with suitable coverage, and the working environment is not potentially impaired by fly-off of the aromatic material. The production method of the invention comprises the steps of: partially adhering an aromatic material (2) onto granules (1), and transferring aromatic material (2) adhered on one granule to another by vibrating the granules partially adhering the aromatic material (2).