Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a plasma display panel of the type which includes a discharge space defined between a pair of substrates and sealed by a sealant, the method comprising a first step of forming the sealant on at least one of the substrates and stacking one substrate on the other through the intermediation of the sealant, a second step of reducing the pressure in the space existing between the pair of substrates due to the presence of the sealant and melting the sealant by heating, a third step of curing the sealant to thereby firmly attach the pair of substrates to each other and define a predetermined discharge space, a fourth step of removing impurities in the discharge space, and a fifth step of filling the discharge space with discharge gas.

Abstract: A sheet-like composite material which is obtained by coating or impregnating a fibrous base material with an elastic polymeric substance, in which the fibers constituting the fibrous base material and the elastic polymeric substance are prevented from bonding with each other, and which is extremely flexible and has excellent wear resistance and an extremely high peel strength, which material may be produced for example by applying a hydrophobicizing treatment to the fibrous base material, then impregnating or coating a solution of the elastic polymeric substance to which a hydrophilic silicone has been added, and wet solidifying.

Abstract: A composite nonwoven fabric comprising a staple fiber nonwoven fabric A constituted with a staple fiber of 0.3 denier or less and a staple fiber of 0.5 denier or more, the content of which is determined to a specific value, and a filament nonwoven fabric B. With regard to the fiber arrangement of the staple fiber in the staple fiber nonwoven fabric A, the proportion of a parallel component thereof against a surface of the nonwoven fabric is high, and the staple fiber nonwoven fabric A and the filament nonwoven fabric B are interlaced with each other near the boundary area therebetween, and the staple fiber of the staple fiber nonwoven fabric A is not deeply inserted. The composite nonwoven fabric has superior air permeability and water resistance and when deformation caused by bending or compression occurs, a leakage of liquid is not likely to occur.

Abstract: A moisture and dew-detection sensor comprises a fabric and a moisture sensing resistive substance adhered in a substantially continued and dispersed state to the fabric, and a plurality of fine voids are formed in the moisture and dew-detection sensor. A response time and an accuracy of the sensor in accordance with the present invention are superior due to the existence of the plurality of voids.

Abstract: The deformation sensitive electroconductive knitted or woven fabric of the present invention is a knitted or woven fabric, which can be changed in electroconductivity at the deformed portion when the deformation of stretch or compression is applied thereon by maintaining in the certain ratio of the number of electrically insulating portions to the number of electroconductive portions at the intertwined portions of the fibers and/or the portions between the intertwined portions of the fibers. By using this knitted or woven fabric directly or a deformation sensitive electroconductive sheet having an elastomer laminated on at least one surface of the knitted or woven fabric, it can be utilized as an stretch sensitive electroconductive device or pressure sensitive electroconductive device provided electrodes capable of detecting the changes in electroconductivity corresponding to deformations as electrical characteristics such as electrical resistance.