Abstract: Provided is a delamination device of delaminating a laminated substrate obtained by bonding a first substrate and a second substrate, the laminated substrate being disposed in an opening of a frame, the opening having a diameter larger than that of the laminated substrate, and the laminated substrate being held by the frame with a non-bonding surface of the first substrate attached to a tape provided in the opening. The delamination device includes: a first holding unit configured to hold the second substrate of the laminated substrate from above; a second holding unit configured to hold the first substrate of the laminated substrate from below through the tape; and a moving mechanism configured to move the first holding unit in a direction away from the second holding unit.

Abstract: A separation apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first holding unit, a cutting unit, a measuring unit and a position adjusting unit. The first holding unit holds a first substrate of a superposed substrate formed by joining the first substrate and a second substrate. The cutting unit cuts a joining portion of the first substrate and the second substrate. The measuring unit measures a distance from a predetermined measurement reference position to a holding surface of the first holding unit or to an object interposed between the measurement reference position and the holding surface. The position adjusting unit adjusts a cutting position of the cutting unit based on a result of the measuring unit and information acquired in advance with respect to a thickness of the superposed substrate.

Abstract: A separation apparatus for separating a superposed substrate in which a processing target substrate and a supporting substrate are joined together with an adhesive, into the processing target substrate and the supporting substrate includes: a first holding unit that includes a heating mechanism heating the processing target substrate and holds the processing target substrate; a second holding unit that includes a heating mechanism heating the supporting substrate and holds the supporting substrate; a moving mechanism that relatively moves at least the first holding unit or the second holding unit in a horizontal direction; and a porous part that is annularly provided along an outer peripheral portion of the first holding unit and formed with a plurality of pores, and supplies an inert gas to the outer peripheral portion of the first holding unit holding the processing target substrate.

Abstract: A method includes: a first step of disposing the superposed substrate at a position where the superposed substrate is not in contact with a first holding unit and a second holding unit in a space between the first holding unit and the second holding unit, and supplying an inert gas into the space; a second step of thereafter relatively moving the first holding unit and the second holding unit in the vertical direction, and holding the processing target substrate by the first holding unit and holding the supporting substrate by the second holding unit; and a third step of thereafter relatively moving the first holding unit and the second holding unit in the horizontal direction while heating the processing target substrate held by the first holding unit and the supporting substrate held by the second holding unit, to separate the processing target substrate and the supporting substrate from each other.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a substrate inverting device for inverting front and rear surfaces of a substrate is provided. The substrate includes a first holding unit configured to hold one surface of the substrate and a second holding unit disposed to face the first holding unit and configured to hold one surface of the substrate. Further, the substrate includes a moving mechanism configured to relatively move at least one of the first holding unit and the second holding unit to approach each other and stay spaced apart from each other, and a transfer mechanism configured to hold the one surface of the substrate. In this case, a support of the substrate in the first holding unit, the second holding unit and the transfer mechanism is performed by a Bernoulli chuck.

Abstract: Provided is a toner binder which combines excellent low-temperature fixing properties and excellent hot-offset resistance (namely which permits a wide fixing-temperature range) and which exhibits excellent storage stability. The toner binder comprises (A) a polyester resin, (B) a specific crystalline resin and, if necessary, (C) a non-crystalline linear polyester resin. The polyester resin (A) comprises a carboxylic acid component (x) and a polyol component (y) as the essential constituent units, said component (x) comprising two or more kinds of dicarboxylic acids (x1) selected from among aromatic dicarboxylic acids and ester-forming derivatives thereof in a total amount of 80 mol % or more and further containing an at least trivalent polycarboxylic acid (x2) as another essential component, and said component (y) comprising a C2-10 aliphatic diol (y1) in an amount of 50 mol % or more. Further, the polyester resin (A) exhibits a storage modulus at 150° C.

Abstract: A peeling device for peeling off a substrate to be processed and a support substrate from an overlapped substrate, the overlapped substrate being formed by bonding the substrate to be processed and the support substrate by an adhesive, which includes: a first holding unit configured to heat the substrate to be processed and configured to hold the substrate to be processed; a second holding unit configured to heat the support substrate and configured to hold the support substrate; a moving mechanism configured to horizontally move at least one of the first holding unit and the second holding unit relative to each other; and an inert gas supply mechanism configured to supply an inert gas onto a bonding surface of the substrate to be processed or a bonding surface of the support substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a toner binder having excellent charging characteristics and blocking resistance, and an increased range of fixing temperatures when used as a toner. The present invention is a toner binder containing a polyester resin (P) comprising one or more types of polyester resins obtained by polycondensation of a carboxylic acid component (x) and an alcohol component (y), wherein at least one type (P1) of (P) contains 50 to 95 mol % of a aliphatic diol (y1) having a carbon number of 2 to 4 in the alcohol component (y), and (P) satisfies expressions (1) and (2). 11.5?SP value[(cal/cm3)1/2] of (P)?13.0??(1) 5.2?HLB value(by Oda method) of (P)?7.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin particle having excellent low-temperature fusibility, having a sufficiently narrow size distribution, and that is obtained using a liquid or supercritical fluid. In the resin particle (C), which comprises a microparticle (A) containing a resin (a) being coated to or adhered to the surface of a resin particle (B) that contains another resin (b), the degree of swelling of the microparticle (A) resulting from liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide (X) at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature or the melting point of the microparticle (A) is no greater than 16%, and with the resin (a) as a constituent unit, the resin particle (C) contains 0.1-50 wt % of a non-crystalline non-halogen vinyl monomer (m1) of which the solubility parameter (SP value: (cal/cm3)1/2) is 7-9.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective film comprising a polymer film having an in-plane phase retardation value of about 30 nm or less and a transflective layer made of an inorganic compound, wherein the transflective layer is coated on the polymer film and a reflectance of the transflective film is from about 10% to about 95%. When an absorption-type polarizer is laminated to the polymer film side of the transflective film, a transflective polarizer is provided. When a reflection-type polarizer is laminated to the transflective layer side of the transflective film, a transflective polarizer used in a system improving luminance is provided. Using these transflective polarizers, a polarizing light source device and a transflective liquid crystal display device are provided.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a laminated polarizing film having an antistatic function, where static electricity occurs less even if the protective film is peeled off to bond the laminated polarizing film to a liquid crystal cell, and where defects such as bright spots are not caused in display. The aim is achieved by a laminated polarizing film, wherein a reflective polarizing film and an absorptive polarizing film are laminated, and an antistatic layer is further laminated at least either on the outside of the reflective polarizing film or between the reflective polarizing film and the absorptive polarizing film.

Abstract: A polarizer is provided which comprises a reflection type polarizer and a dichroic polarizer, each of which is placed so that polarizing transmission axes of the reflection type polarizer and the dichroic polarizer are coincident with each other on the same optical path, wherein the dichroic polarizer has a transmittance [T(AP)(&lgr;)] of about 44% or more and a polarizing coefficient [P(AP)(&lgr;)] of about 50.0% or more or wherein the dichroic polarizer has a luminous correction transmittance [Y(AP)] of about 44% or more and a luminous correction polarizing coefficient [P(AP, y)] of about 50.0% or more.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a laminated polarizing film having an antistatic function, where static electricity occurs less even if the protective film is peeled off to bond the laminated polarizing film to a liquid crystal cell, and where defects such as bright spots are not caused in display. The aim is achieved by a laminated polarizing film, wherein a reflective polarizing film and an absorptive polarizing film are laminated, and an antistatic layer is further laminated at least either on the outside of the reflective polarizing film or between the reflective polarizing film and the absorptive polarizing film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a scattering sheet obtained by forming a scattering resin into a sheet having a thickness of about 1 &mgr;m to about 100 &mgr;m, and having a total light transmittance of about 85% or more and less than about 100%, and a haze of about 50% or more and less than about 90%, wherein the scattering resin comprising a colorless transparent resin and colorless transparent spherical particles dispersed in the colorless transparent resin, a difference between a refractive index of the colorless transparent resin and a refractive index of the colorless transparent is more than about 0.00 and not more than about 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective film comprising a polymer film having an in-plane phase retardation value of about 30 nm or less and a transflective layer made of an inorganic compound, wherein the transflective layer is coated on the polymer film and a reflectance of the transflective film is from about 10% to about 95%. When an absorption-type polarizer 23 is laminated to the polymer film 22 side of the transflective film, a transflective polarizer 11 is provided. When a reflection-type polarizer 24 is laminated to the transflective layer 21 side of the transflective film, a transflective polarizer used in a system improving luminance is provided. Using these transflective polarizers, a polarizing light source device and a transflective liquid crystal display device are provided.

Abstract: The purposes of the present invention is to provide a method for the production of soybean material having a high germ concentration with a high yield, in which the germ is completely removed from the soybean (cotyledon), crushed cotyledon with a small diameter, which will be inevitably produced in the crudely crushing step of the soybean and can not be removed by the sieve having a square opening, is separated from the germ fraction, and mingling of the crushed cotyledon is prevented in order to maximize the yield of the germ that has scarcity value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a scattering sheet obtained by forming a scattering resin into a sheet having a thickness of about 1 &mgr;m to about 100 &mgr;/m, and having a total light transmittance of about 85% or more and less than about 100%, and a haze of about 50% or more and less than about 90%, wherein the scattering resin comprising a colorless transparent resin and colorless transparent spherical particles dispersed in the colorless transparent resin, a difference between a refractive index of the colorless transparent resin and a refractive index of the colorless transparent is more than about 0.00 and not more than about 0.

Abstract: A polarizer is provided which comprises a reflection type polarizer and a dichroic polarizer, each of which is placed so that polarizing transmission axes of the reflection type polarizer and the dichroic polarizer are coincident with each other on the same optical path, wherein the dichroic polarizer has a transmittance [T(AP)(&lgr;)] of about 44% or more and a polarizing coefficient [P(AP)(&lgr;)] of about 50.0% or more or wherein the dichroic polarizer has a luminous correction transmittance [Y(AP)] of about 44% or more and a luminous correction polarizing coefficient [P(AP, y)] of about 50.0% or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective polarizer comprising a dichroic polarizer, a reflective polarizer and a transflector, wherein a transmission axis of the dichroic polarizer and a transmission axis of the reflective polarizer are directed to the same direction, which can give a transflective liquid crystal display having higher transmission brilliance than a conventional transflective liquid crystal display while having reflection brilliance corresponding to the conventional transflective liquid crystal display.

Abstract: A filter for a liquid crystal display device, having a light diffusing plate which is obtained by forming a composition in the form of a film which contains at least two photopolymerizable oligomers or monomers having refractive indexes which differ from each other by at least 0.01 and irradiating UV light on the composition. When the filter is fitted to a light emitting side of a liquid crystal display device, an angle of view of the liquid crystal display face plane is widened, shadows due to opaque parts of the device are reduced, and a Moire fringe is hardly formed.