Abstract: A film dispenser for applying an adhesive film to an elongated structure has a mounting frame, guide members on the bottom portions of the mounting frame sides to engage the shoulder portions of the elongated structure to allow movement of the apparatus in relation to the elongated structure while the guide members remains engaged with the shoulder portions, and roll mounting assembly for securely receiving a film roll near the top leading end of the apparatus. When the guide members are engaged to the shoulder portions of the elongated structure, an end of the adhesive film is applied onto the surface of the elongated structure, the apparatus is then slid to dispatch more adhesive film with controlled and consistent lateral positioning in relation to the surface of the elongated structure.

Abstract: An adhesive composition having pressure sensitivity includes an adhesive polymer and a nonadhesive polymer. The adhesive polymer has a glass transition point by a dynamic viscoelasticity measuring method of −60° C. to −5° C., and the nonadhesive polymer has a glass transition point by a differential scanning calorimeter of −5° C. or less, and a fusing point of higher than 25° C. by a differential scanning calorimeter, and also has compatibility with the adhesive polymer in uncrystallized state. The adhesive composition can effectively enhance pressure sensitive adhesivity at low temperatures and tack suppression effect at the same time, which makes easy an accurate positioning of the site for sticking, and which can be easily stuck by press fitting even in an environment of low temperature of lower than 0° C.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates. One of the pair of substrates includes a plurality of scanning electrodes, a plurality of signal electrodes, a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in the vicinity of crossing points of the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes, and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged between each of the common electrodes. The other of the pair of substrates has color filters, an insulating film for flattening the color filters directly arranged on the color filters, and an orientation control film arranged on the insulating film.

Abstract: To provide an adhesive composition useful as an adhesive precursor for forming a thermally peelable adhesive which can facilitate the peeling of an article from an adherent on site even when an article adhered has a relatively large adherent surface. An adhesive composition with a thermal peeling property comprising a crystalline polymer and a self-adherent polymer compatible with said crystalline polymer at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of said crystalline polymer, in which the self-adherent polymer has a photo-crosslinkable functional group in the molecule.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates. One of the pair of substrates includes a plurality of scanning electrodes, a plurality of signal electrodes arranged so as to cross the plurality of scanning electrodes, a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in the vicinity of crossing points of the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes, and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged between each of the common electrodes. An electric field is formed in the liquid crystal layer by applying a voltage to the pixel electrodes and the plurality of common electrodes. The other substrate of the pair of substrates includes color filters, an insulating film for flattening the color filters arranged on the color filters, and an orientation control film arranged on the insulating film.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet comprises a film substrate layer, a channel breathing layer and a breathing adhesive layer. The channel breathing layer has a plurality of convex parts and a concave part interposed between the convex parts that forms a channel communicating with the outside. When the adhesive sheet is applied to an adherend, gas generated from the adherend passes through the channel and swelling of the adhesive sheet is avoided.

Abstract: With an image-displaying sheet comprising an imaging layer having a plurality of through holes, and a transparent adhesive film, the surface of which is fixed to said imaging layer, and the back surface of which is used to bond said imaging layer to a transparent adherent, in which the imaging layer comprises a shielding film having the first dark shielding layer and the second white shielding layer, and an image-forming Layer the surface of which is fixed to the back surface of said second shielding layer, the shielding effects of a shielding film are increased by the increase of the thickness of the first and second shielding layer, and at the same time, the whiteness of the second shielding layer is increased.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet containing a flexible substrate film; an adhesive layer in contact with a main surface of the substrate film; and a liner is disclosed. The adhesive layer has an uneven surface structure with a plurality of projections extending from the surface and grooves surrounding the projections. The liner has a corresponding, mating surface in contact with the uneven surface of the adhesive layer. A method of making the adhesive sheet is also disclosed.

Abstract: To provide a marking film, which has good resistance to petroleum and moisture and is suitable as a marking film of a vehicle that moves using a petroleum fuel.

Abstract: An electroluminescent (EL) device is disclosed and includes an electroluminescent element (9) having a light-emitting surface (91), and a prismatic film (1) having a surface (11) on which a plurality of prisms are provided and a back surface (12) opposed to said surface (11) and being placed on said light-emitting surface (91), wherein the back surface (12) of the prismatic film (1) and said light-emitting-surface (91) of the electroluminescent element (9) are closely bonded optically. The EL device can effectively intensify the light which is emitted in the normal line direction and also in the direction deviating from the normal line, and increase the luminance in the wide observation angle range.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electroluminescent device comprising a transparent conductive layer, a binder layer placed on the back surface of the transparent conductive layer, a luminescent-particle layer comprising a substantially single layer of particles containing luminescent particles, which layer is applied on the back surface of the transparent conductive layer through the binder layer, an insulating layer comprising insulating particles, which is placed on the back surface of the luminescent-particle layer, and a rear electrode placed on the back surface of the insulating layer, in which the luminescent particles are embedded in the binder layer, or the luminescent particles are substantially not embedded in the insulating layer.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device having a transparent substrate extending in the lengthwise direction of the device, a transparent conductive layer placed on the back surface of the transparent substrate, a luminescent layer having a width smaller than the width of the transparent conductive layer and being placed on the back surface of the transparent conductive layer, a rear electrode placed on the back surface of the luminescent layer, and at least one buss which is placed on the part of the back surface of the transparent conductive layer having no luminescent layer, has a width smaller than the width of the transparent conductive layer, and is electrically in contact with neither the luminescent layer nor the rear electrode in which the transparent conductive layer, the luminescent layer, the rear electrode and the buss continuously extend in the lengthwise direction of the transparent substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides the EL device and apparatus each of which has a white appearance in the non-light-emitting state, and can emit white light with high luminance in the light-emitting state. When such an EL device or apparatus is used, the light-emitting surface provides a background with high whiteness both in the light-emitting and non-light-emitting state, and can highlight a light-transmitting printed layer formed on the light-emitting surface.

Abstract: An electroluminescent device and a method for making it are disclosed. The device has a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive layer, a luminescent layer comprising luminescent particles and a matrix resin, and a rear electrode, wherein the luminescent layer has a transparent support layer comprising a matrix resin and the insulating layer comprising an insulating material, and a luminescent particle layer consisting essentially of particles which comprise luminescent particle and are embedded in both the support layer and the insulating layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates. One of the pair of substrates includes a plurality of scanning electrodes, a plurality of signal electrodes arranged so as to cross the plurality of scanning electrodes, a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in the vicinity of crossing points of the scanning electrodes and the signal electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes, and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged between each of the common electrodes. An electric field is formed in the liquid crystal layer by applying a voltage to the pixel electrodes and the plurality of common electrodes. The other substrate of the pair of substrates includes color filters, an insulating film for flattening the color filters arranged on the color filters, and an orientation control film arranged on the insulating film.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, a plurality of first common electrodes extending in a direction and being formed on one substrate of the pair of substrates, and a second common electrode connected to one of the first common electrodes. The second common electrode has a first edge adjacent the one of the first common electrodes and a second edge opposite to the one of the first common electrode. A first pixel electrode is formed between two of the first common electrodes and extends in the same direction as the first common electrodes. A second pixel electrode overlaps the second common electrode, is connected to the first pixel electrode, and covers at least a portion of the first edge of the second common electrode.

Abstract: An adhesive film is disclosed which can achieve, at the same time, bubble escapability during adhering, permanent and high peel resistance, and good appearance of the film surface after being adhered. The adhesive film comprises a substrate film, a primer layer formed on said substrate film, and an upper layer which is formed on said primer layer and contains elastic microspheres and a first adhesive polymer, wherein said primer layer comprises a second adhesive polymer and has a compressive modulus of 1×106 to 1×107 dyn/cm2, and said elastic microspheres comprises a third adhesive polymer and has a volume average diameter of 10 to 300 &mgr;m.

Abstract: There is provided a method of producing an active material of a positive electrode used for an alkaline secondary battery which is difficult to be oxidized, and high in its reactivity with an alkaline electrolyte to form a cobalt electric conductive matrix improved in electric conductivity. The method of producing thereof is characterized in that nickel hydroxide powder is dispersed in an aqueous solution of a strongly acidic cobalt salt and the dispersed solution thereof is, while being stirred, added gradually with an aqueous alkali solution to made to react one with another to precipitate a cobalt hydroxide while maintaining the reaction solution in the region of acidity to neutrality, and a solid part in which the cobalt hydroxide is mixed in the nickel hydroxide is separated from the reaction solution which is in the region of acidity to neutrality after the completion of the reaction, and is then washed with water.

Abstract: An automatic assembling method and apparatus for a differential gear, for simplifying the structure of the apparatus and achieving positive assembling without damage to gear teeth of gears, wherein while positioning a pair of side gears R, R at predetermined positions in a differential case C, a pinion gear P and a spherical washer Q are fitted to coincide with each other at shaft insertion bores thereof so as to be inserted with an internal chuck 14 from inside of the pinion gear P (i.e., center side of the differential case), thereby the pinion gear P and the spherical washer Q are held together at respective internal surfaces. Thereafter, the pinion gear P is meshed with the side gear R at gear teeth portions thereof at an opening H of the differential case C, and the pinion gear P is moved to an assembling position while holding the side gear rotatable. A shaft S is then inserted from a shaft hole e of the differential case C, thereby assembling the differential gear.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet is disclosed including a flexible substrate (4), and an adhesive layer (20) formed on at least one of the main surfaces of the flexible substrate and containing elastic microspheres (3), in which the adhesive layer has a) an elastic microsphere layer which is in contact with the main surface of the flexible substrate, comprising elastic microspheres (3) and a tacky polymer (2) and has projections containing said elastic microspheres on a surface which is not in contact with said substrate, and b) a layer of tacky polymer (1) which covers the projections containing the elastic microspheres so that raised portions are formed on an adhesion surface (11). Bubbles of air can then escape during application and use because the adhesion surface has a contact area percentage in the range between 20 and 90%. A method of making the adhesive sheet is also disclosed.