Abstract: A processing solution containing solvent and solute is supplied onto a substrate (9). The processing solution transforms into a particle retention layer as a result of at least part of the solvent being volatilized from the processing solution and causing the processing solution to solidify or harden. The particle retention layer is removed from the substrate (9) by supplying a removal liquid onto the substrate (9). A solute component contained in the particle retention layer is insoluble or poorly soluble in the removal liquid, whereas the solvent is soluble. The solute component contained in the particle retention layer has the property of being altered to become soluble in the removal liquid when heated to a temperature higher than or equal to an alteration temperature. The removal liquid is supplied after the formation of the particle retention layer, without undergoing a process of alternating the solute component.

Abstract: A method for producing a fatty acid ester according to the present invention includes mixing a raw fat or oil, a liquid enzyme, and an alcohol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the presence of water and an electrolyte. According to the present invention, a fatty acid ester can be efficiently produced via a transesterification reaction without using any expensive buffer solution or amphipathic substance. Furthermore, in the reaction, it is not necessarily required to agitate reactants at a high speed, which makes the present invention adaptive to various production facilities and conditions.

Abstract: A cartridge comprises a liquid container that is at least partly made of a flexible material and is configured to contain a liquid therein; a recess that is configured to be open toward a mounting direction of the cartridge to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a fluid receiving portion that is placed inside of the recess and is configured to receive supply of a pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A cartridge comprises a liquid container that is at least partly made of a flexible material and is configured to contain a liquid therein; a recess that is configured to be open toward a mounting direction of the cartridge to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a fluid receiving portion that is placed inside of the recess and is configured to receive supply of a pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A cartridge comprises a liquid container that is at least partly made of a flexible material and is configured to contain a liquid therein; a recess that is configured to be open toward a mounting direction of the cartridge to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a fluid receiving portion that is placed inside of the recess and is configured to receive supply of a pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A method for producing a fatty acid ester according to the present invention includes mixing a raw fat or oil, a liquid enzyme, and an alcohol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the presence of water and an electrolyte. According to the present invention, a fatty acid ester can be efficiently produced via a transesterification reaction without using any expensive buffer solution or amphipathic substance. Furthermore, in the reaction, it is not necessarily required to agitate reactants at a high speed, which makes the present invention adaptive to various production facilities and conditions.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an electrode assembly for a rectangular battery, in which positive electrodes and negative electrodes are alternately laminated so that a separator exists between the respective positive and negative electrodes, the manufacturing method includes the steps of: arranging a plurality of guide members in zigzag form in a perpendicular direction; inserting a continuous member of the separator between one and another one rows of the guide members; folding, into zigzag form, the continuous member by intersecting the rows of the guide members in a horizontal direction; inserting alternately the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes in respective valley grooves of the zigzag-folded continuous member; withdrawing the guide members from the respective valley grooves of the continuous member; and pressing, thereafter, the continuous member in the zigzag direction so as to make flat the continuous member.

Abstract: A first flow path through which liquid flows in an intersection direction intersecting a vertical direction and a second flow path which is connected to the first flow path and through which liquid flows downward in the vertical direction are provided. The first flow path includes an intersection portion which has a surface intersecting the intersection direction and which allows a cross-sectional area of the first flow path to be gradually reduced in a plane perpendicular to the intersection direction as the first flow path extends to the second flow path.

Abstract: A cartridge comprises a liquid container that is at least partly made of a flexible material and is configured to contain a liquid therein; a recess that is configured to be open toward a mounting direction of the cartridge to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a fluid receiving portion that is placed inside of the recess and is configured to receive supply of a pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A cartridge comprises a liquid container that is at least partly made of a flexible material and is configured to contain a liquid therein; a recess that is configured to be open toward a mounting direction of the cartridge to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a fluid receiving portion that is placed inside of the recess and is configured to receive supply of a pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A cartridge comprises a liquid container that is at least partly made of a flexible material and is configured to contain a liquid therein; a recess that is configured to be open toward a mounting direction of the cartridge to a liquid ejection apparatus; and a fluid receiving portion that is placed inside of the recess and is configured to receive supply of a pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A flow-path member has a flow path to supply liquid to each head main body having nozzle openings through which liquid is ejected. The flow path of the flow-path member includes a mainstream portion and a plurality of tributary portions which branch off from the mainstream portion. Each of the plurality of tributary portions includes a vertical flow path which is connected, on an outlet port side, to a manifold portion of the head main body. Furthermore, in the vertical flow path, the cross-sectional area changes in the middle thereof. In addition, in the respective vertical flow paths, positions at which the cross-sectional areas change are different from each other.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid which is supplied from a liquid accommodation body that accommodates the liquid; a liquid supply passage that connects between the liquid accommodation body, and the liquid ejecting head; multiple sub-tanks, each of which stores the liquid within the ink supply passage and changes spatial capacity for storing the liquid by a displacement of a flexible member; and a pressurization mechanism that applies a different pressure to each of flexible members of the multiple sub-tanks.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid which is supplied from a liquid accommodation body that accommodates the liquid; a liquid supply passage that connects between the liquid accommodation body, and the liquid ejecting head; multiple sub-tanks, each of which stores the liquid within the ink supply passage and changes spatial capacity for storing the liquid by a displacement of a flexible member; and a pressurization mechanism that applies a different pressure to each of flexible members of the multiple sub-tanks.

Abstract: A flow-path member has a flow path to supply liquid to each head main body having nozzle openings through which liquid is ejected. The flow path of the flow-path member includes a mainstream portion and a plurality of tributary portions which branch off from the mainstream portion. Each of the plurality of tributary portions includes a vertical flow path which is connected, on an outlet port side, to a manifold portion of the head main body. Furthermore, in the vertical flow path, the cross-sectional area changes in the middle thereof. In addition, in the respective vertical flow paths, positions at which the cross-sectional areas change are different from each other.

Abstract: A flow-path member has a flow path to supply liquid to each head main body having nozzle openings through which liquid is ejected. The flow path of the flow-path member includes a mainstream portion and a plurality of tributary portions which branch off from the mainstream portion. Each of the plurality of tributary portions includes a vertical flow path which is connected, on an outlet port side, to a manifold portion of the head main body. Furthermore, in the vertical flow path, the cross-sectional area changes in the middle thereof. In addition, in the respective vertical flow paths, positions at which the cross-sectional areas change are different from each other.

Abstract: A first flow path through which liquid flows in an intersection direction intersecting a vertical direction and a second flow path which is connected to the first flow path and through which liquid flows downward in the vertical direction are provided. The first flow path includes an intersection portion which has a surface intersecting the intersection direction and which allows a cross-sectional area of the first flow path to be gradually reduced in a plane perpendicular to the intersection direction as the first flow path extends to the second flow path.

Abstract: A flow-path member has a flow path to supply liquid to each head main body having nozzle openings through which liquid is ejected. The flow path of the flow-path member includes a mainstream portion and a plurality of tributary portions which branch off from the mainstream portion. Each of the plurality of tributary portions includes a vertical flow path which is connected, on an outlet port side, to a manifold portion of the head main body. Furthermore, in the vertical flow path, the cross-sectional area changes in the middle thereof. In addition, in the respective vertical flow paths, positions at which the cross-sectional areas change are different from each other.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an electrode assembly for a rectangular battery, in which positive electrodes and negative electrodes are alternately laminated so that a separator exists between the respective positive and negative electrodes, the manufacturing method includes the steps of: arranging a plurality of guide members in zigzag form in a perpendicular direction; inserting a continuous member of the separator between one and another one rows of the guide members; folding, into zigzag form, the continuous member by intersecting the rows of the guide members in a horizontal direction; inserting alternately the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes in respective valley grooves of the zigzag-folded continuous member; withdrawing the guide members from the respective valley grooves of the continuous member; and pressing, thereafter, the continuous member in the zigzag direction so as to make flat the continuous member.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an electrode assembly for a rectangular battery, in which positive electrodes and negative electrodes are alternately laminated so that a separator exists between the respective positive and negative electrodes, the manufacturing method includes the steps of: arranging a plurality of guide members in zigzag form in a perpendicular direction; inserting a continuous member of the separator between one and another one rows of the guide members; folding, into zigzag form, the continuous member by intersecting the rows of the guide members in a horizontal direction; inserting alternately the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes in respective valley grooves of the zigzag-folded continuous member; withdrawing the guide members from the respective valley grooves of the continuous member; and pressing, thereafter, the continuous member in the zigzag direction so as to make flat the continuous member.