Abstract: In wet oxidizing process of an aqueous alkali waste which contains absorbed hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, a convenient method for improving the safety in oxidizing operation and the efficiency in oxidation reaction.

Abstract: An embossed sheet which is excellent in embossing properties, whitening resistance and transparency, can be prepared by using a resin composition containing specific ratios of (A) polypropylene having a specific melting point of 125.degree. C. or higher, (B) ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer having specific properties and (C) random copolymer of aromatic vinyl compound and conjugated diene compound having specific properties. Further, the present invention provides the laminates which is made using the above embossed sheet and the method for producing them.

Abstract: A longitudinally stretched nonwoven fabric and a method for producing the same, which nonwoven fabric is a web mainly composed of long fiber filaments of 3 .mu.m to 15 .mu.m in diameter and made by short distance stretching in one direction at a stretching ratio of at least 5, and which production method is characterized in the steps of: maintaining the spun filaments in a draftable state; cooling the filaments with a cooling fluid, then guiding the filaments onto a conveyer with inclining the flow of filaments toward the transferring direction, and sucking by a reduced pressure from the back side of said conveyer, and further subjecting the web of filaments to short distance stretching in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A controlled elastic composite material which is produced by forming a flexible elastomer layer or layers on one or both surfaces of at least one member selected from the group consisting of (a) a longitudinally monoaxially oriented reticular web, (b) a transversally monoaxially oriented reticular web, (c) a woven or non-woven fabric composed of monoaxially oriented tapes, and (d) a stretched long fiber web in which long fibers are aligned almost in one direction.

Abstract: A laminate material and a uniaxially oriented laminate which contains an additive but does not suffer from the trouble caused by the exudation of said additive, and the laminate material comprises an inner layer composed of an orientable resin A containing an additive and coating layers composed of a resin B and being applied onto both surfaces of said inner layer to prevent the additive from exudation and the uniaxially oriented laminate is prepared by uniaxially stretching the above laminate material.

Abstract: A vehicle for lithographic printing ink is prepared by using an improved binder resin of petroleum resin-modified phenol resin, in which the melt viscosity of the binder resin is maintained below a certain level to improve the workability in polymerization process and the misting in printing press is reduced by using the improved binder resin. In the preparation of the binder resin, acid modified hydrocarbon resin (A) is prepared by reacting components (a) mainly comprising five-membered cyclic compounds or their Diels-Alder reaction products with the components (b) comprising unsaturated carboxylic acids or their anhydrides, and said acid modified hydrocarbon resin (A) is then reacted with phenol resin (B) in which portions of the phenol resin are fed one after another, thereby producing said binder resin having the properties of: high weight average molecular weight, low melt viscosity and low ratio of melt viscosity to solution viscosity.

Abstract: A boron trifluoride complex can be recovered without changing its molar coordination ratio, by applying a direct and/or alternating voltage to an electrically-nonconductive fluid in which at least a part of boron trifluoride complex is dispersed and/or dissolved, and separating the boron trifluoride complex by settling from the electrically-nonconductive fluid. By utilizing this method for the preparation of olefin oligomer using a boron trifluoride complex catalyst, it is possible to reuse the recovered catalyst as it stands for the reaction.

Abstract: A wrinkleless plastic film having excellent quality without the reduction of width can be manufactured with high productivity using a rolling apparatus in which a plastic film is rolled stepwise at two rolling deformation points formed by two driving rolls and a follower roll, which rolls are brought into continuous contact with each other along the passage of the plastic film and said follower roll is driven by the rotation of said two driving rolls.

Abstract: A high viscosity fluid composition having a specific gravity of 1 or more, the physical properties of said fluid composition is not impaired for the use of a long period of time, and a vibration energy damping device which is filled with said high viscosity fluid composition. The high viscosity fluid composition comprises a high viscosity hydrocarbon fluid and an inorganic filler.

Abstract: A laminating apparatus (20) for laminating a longitudinal web (19) on a transverse web (28) by maintaining transverse fibrous elements (62) in the transverse direction as much as possible, wherein a skew correction device (39) for correcting the skew of the transverse web in contact with both selvage portions (57, 57) of the transverse web, includes first and second rolls (101, 102) arranged on the side of one selvage portion and the other selvage portion of the transverse web, a common roll (108) arranged on the opposite side of the transverse web with respect to the first and second rolls, and a support means (60) for supporting the first roll, second roll and common roll so as to hold one selvage portion (57) of the transverse web (28) by the first or second roll and an end of the common roll. The travelling speed of at least one selvage portion (57) of the transverse web (28) can be changed.

Abstract: A web lamination device for laminating a transverse web, having longitudinal fibrous elements extending generally transverse to the longitudinal conveying direction and opposite selvages, with a longitudinal web having longitudinal fibrous elements extending generally parallel to the longitudinal conveying direction at a laminating roll. The web lamination device includes skew correction means capable of contacting at least one of selvages of the transverse web running to the laminating roll of the web lamination device at a predetermined speed, for correcting the skew of the transverse web. The skew correction means includes a drive roll capable of selectively contacting one of the selvages of the transverse web, to drive one of selvages faster or slower than the conveying speed, when skew occurs in the transverse web.

Abstract: An embossed sheet which is excellent in embossing properties, whitening resistance and transparency, can be prepared by using a resin composition containing specific ratios of (A) polypropylene having a specific melting point of 125.degree. C. or higher, (B) ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer having specific properties and (C) random copolymer of aromatic vinyl compound and conjugated diene compound having specific properties. Further, the present invention provides the laminates which is made using the above embossed sheet and the method for producing them.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rotary cutting tool for fabricating a sheet having transverse slits. The rotary cutting tool has a cylindrical body having generally longitudinally extending grooves, and cutting blades. The cutting blades are first fitted in the grooves with the cutting edges seated on the bottom surfaces of the grooves, and the base surfaces of the cutting blades projecting from the grooves are machined with a rotary grinding wheel while the cylindrical body is rotated. The cutting blades are then removed from the grooves and are finally fitted in the same grooves. The cutting edges of the cutting blades can be accurately arranged about an axis of the cylindrical body, and the rotary cutting tool can be easily manufactured.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for continuously extracting a wax component contained in a solid residue with a solvent, in which method, the solid residue obtained from the juice of sugar cane is used as a raw material. To make the extraction time uniform and to obtain the wax at a high efficiency of extraction, the solid residue and an organic solvent for extraction are mixed under shear force and agitated in directions perpendicular to the flow direction. The mixing is conducted under an agitated flow condition so as to form a substantially plug flow in the flow direction.

Abstract: A method for producing diphenylmethane from 1,1-diphenylethane with a high yield and selectivity, wherein the 1,1-diphenylethane is reacted with hydrogen and/or water.

Abstract: A pesticidal composition to noxious organisms which comprises a diarylalkane and an active component effective for killing or repelling noxious organisms and the diarylalkane is at least one member selected from the group consisting of butyl diphenylmethane, butyl-1,1-diphenylethane and butyl-1,2-diphenylethane. The used diarylalkane has a high dissolving power to the effective component, a high boiling point and a high flash point with low unpleasant smell and does not deteriorate the effective component in the pesticidal composition.

Abstract: A method for effectively separating and removing or recovering BF.sub.3 existing in a liquid hydrocarbon which is characterized in that an organic liquid mixture containing suspended or dissolved BF.sub.3 is brought into liquid phase contact with a synthetic polymer fiber containing nitrile groups at a temperature of 50.degree. C. or lower, so that the BF.sub.3 is adsorbed by the synthetic polymer fiber and it is then heated to 80.degree. C. or higher to recover the BF.sub.3.

Abstract: A device for transversely stretching a web includes a pair of pulleys arranged in the substantially same plane and rotating in the opposite directions to each other and a pair of belts running around the pulleys, respectively. The web is widthwise stretched, by gripping opposite side edges thereof by the pulleys and the belts and conveying the web in a divergent manner. At least one pair of pressing rolls are provided at an inclination relative to the belts for pressing the opposite side edges of the web onto the belts prior to being gripped between the pulleys and the belts. According to this structure, a device for transversely stretching a web is realized which is capable of effectively preventing the web from being dropped from the grip.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a nonwoven fabric which is excellent in bulkiness and touch feeling as well as strength and dimensional stability and to provide a method for producing the above nonwoven fabric through a simple and convenient manner without employing any particular spinning device. The invention relates to a bulky nonwoven fabric composed of a stretched filament web which is prepared from either at least one layer of a stretched unidirectionally arranged filament web which is composed of almost unidirectionally arranged long fibers being stretched and shrunk or a stretched crosswise laminated filament web made of two or more layers of the stretched unidirectionally arranged filament webs and a short fiber web which is entangled with said stretched filament web and is crimped as a result of shrinkage of the long fibers, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: A wet oxidizing process for waste soda to attain stable cooling and complete gas-liquid separation of waste soda which is discharged from a wet oxidation reactor for alkali waste liquid, and which process comprises the steps of (1) and (2) and optionally any one of steps (3) to (5), wherein (1) a wet oxidation step in which the alkali waste liquid is brought into contact with excess molecular oxygen, said alkali waste liquid being obtained by bringing an aqueous alkali into contact with a hydrocarbon fluid containing acidic substances of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, (2) a reducing step to reduce the pressure of a mixture of the oxidized alkali waste liquid from said wet oxidation step and a surplus gas, (3) a separation step to separate said mixture into a gas phase and a liquid phase in a gas-liquid separation tank, (4) a cooling step to cool the separated liquid phase and (5) another cooling step to cool the separated gas phase.