Abstract: In a disposable diaper in which an absorbent body is provided between a water-repellent outer sheet and a hydrophilic skin-side sheet made of a nonwoven fabric, raisable strips made of a nonwoven fabric are provided at the opposite sides of the skin-side sheet, elastic threads for raisable gathers are provided in inner edge portions of the raisable strips and the outer edge portions of the raisable strips are adhered to the skin-side sheet, an ooze preventing portion for preventing an ooze of urine and other bodily waste is formed at opposite end portions of the skin-side sheet. Therefore, even if urine and other bodily waste permeate into the skin-side sheet, they do not ooze out from the end portion of the skin-side sheet.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus 10 comprising light sources 12a, 12b for emitting light, a plurality of light reflection portions 20 formed on the reflection side for reflecting light incident from the light sources, and a linear photoconductor 14 for causing the light to exit from the exit side opposed to the reflection side, the planes of the plurality of reflection portions being respectively tilted at angles which converge the light to the human eyes watching. Angles of the light reflection portions are set so that exit angles of light exiting from the linear photoconductor are required angles, whereby the lighting apparatus can have a uniform light intensity distribution. The application of the lighting apparatus can provide a liquid crystal display of good display characteristics.

Abstract: Light L1 emitted by a light source unit 2 is non-polarized. The light L1 is transmitted by a phase modulation element 4 to be non-polarized light L2 and enters a polarization separation element 6 which transmits light polarized in a first polarized direction and reflects light polarized in a second polarized direction normal to the first polarized direction. The polarization separation element 6 transmits first linearly polarized light L3 and reflects second linearly polarized light L4 whose polarized direction is normal to the linearly polarized light L3. The linearly polarized light L3 goes to a light guide plate not shown. The linearly polarized light L4 enters a phase modulation element 4 to be transformed to circularly polarized light L5, and circularly polarized light L5 returns to the light source unit 2. The light L5 which has returned to the light source unit 2 repeats reflections, etc. in the light source unit 2 to be again non-polarized light L1 and exits the light source unit 2.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric made of filaments, which comprises filaments formed from a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer and satisfies all of the following conditions (A) to (D). (A) The fiber bundles are present in a range of 5-70 per centimeter in any cross-section parallel to the direction of thickness of the nonwoven fabric. (B) The total area occupied by the fiber bundles is in a range of 5-70% of the cross-sectional area of any cross-section perpendicular to the direction of thickness of the nonwoven fabric. (C) The apparent density is 0.10-0.50 g/cm3. (D) The cut ends of the fibers on the nonwoven fabric surface are present in a range of 5-100 per mm2 of surface area.

Abstract: Elastic threads for raisable gathers and elastic threads for leg gathers are provided in a specified relationship in side sheets provided at the opposite sides of a skin-side sheet, and the respective side sheets are adhered to the skin-side sheet in a specified relationship. In this way, the raisable gathers and leg gathers can be simultaneously formed in the side sheets. Further, a pocket into which an exchangeable and substantially sandglass-shaped second absorbent body can be positioned and inserted is formed between the skin-side sheet enclosed by the respective adhered portions and the respective side sheets.

Abstract: An absorbent article having raisable strips with inner portions of the raisable strips arranged at the opposite side of the absorbent article being folded to have a Z-shaped cross section. Bottom portions of the Z-shaped inner portions are bonded to a top sheet of the absorbent article, and elastic members are mounted in top portions of the Z-shaped inner portions so that the top portions are raised flat together with slanted side portions of the Z-shaped inner portions.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus 10 comprising light sources 12a, 12b for emitting light, a plurality of light reflection portions 20 formed on the reflection side for reflecting light incident from the light sources, and a linear photoconductor 14 for causing the light to exit from the exit side opposed to the reflection side, the planes of the plurality of reflection portions being respectively tilted at angles which converge the light to the human eyes watching. Angles of the light reflection portions are set so that exit angles of light exiting from the linear photoconductor are required angles, whereby the lighting apparatus can have a uniform light intensity distribution. The application of the lighting apparatus can provide a liquid crystal display of good display characteristics.

Abstract: Inventive disposable underpants are provided with an underpants member formed of a first sheet as an outermost layer and a second sheet located inside the first sheet; an absorbent member provided on the second sheet at the inner side of the underpants member; and a trunk fittable elastic member for fitting the trunk tightly held between the first and second sheets, wherein absorbent member fixing sheets each folded to form an upper and a lower portions are transversely arranged below the absorbent member, and the upper portions of the absorbent member fixing sheets are joined with a lower surface of the absorbent member, whereas the lower portions thereof are joined with an upper surface of the second sheet. Thus, even if the disposable underpants were formed using a thin absorbent member, the absorbent member could suppress a lateral leak of urine without being twisted while the disposable underpants were worn.

Abstract: Elastic threads 9 for raisable gathers and elastic threads 10 for leg gathers are provided in a specified relationship in side sheets 4 provided at the opposite sides of a skin-side sheet 3, and the respective side sheets 4 are adhered to the skin-side sheet 3 in a specified relationship. In this way, the raisable gathers and leg gathers can be simultaneously formed at side sheets 4. Further, a pocket into which an exchangeable and substantially sandglass-shaped second absorbent body 11 can be positioned and inserted is formed between the skin-side sheet 3 enclosed by the respective adhered portions and the respective side sheets 4.

Abstract: In a disposable diaper in which an absorbent body is provided between a water-repellent outer sheet and a hydrophilic skin-side sheet made of a nonwoven fabric, raisable strips made of a nonwoven fabric are provided at the opposite sides of the skin-side sheet, elastic threads for raisable gathers are provided in inner edge portions of the raisable strips and the outer edge portions of the raisable strips are adhered to the skin-side sheet, an ooze preventing portion 10 (or 11a or 11c) for preventing an ooze of urine and other bodily waste is formed at opposite end portions of the skin-side sheet 3. Therefore, even if urine and other bodily waste permeate into the skin-side sheet 3, they do not ooze out from the end portion of the skin-side sheet 3.

Abstract: A storage program for smoothly conveying an information transmission destination and information, which are required at the time of an information exchange between an enterprise side and a consumer side, is converted into pattern information, and distributed to consumers. The storage program renders assistance for information conveyance that suits an environment surrounding the consumer side, for example, depending on whether or not to make a connection to a network, etc. Additionally, a prize by which winning/losing is determined on the spot can be implemented by storing an ID number of a prize draw winner in pattern information. According to the present invention, a bidirectional information exchange between an enterprise side and a consumer side can be smoothly made. At that time, troublesomeness of the operations of both the enterprise and the consumer sides can be reduced.

Abstract: In an ultra-thin absorbent sheet member 1a in which an absorbent polymer powder 3 is adhered to one surface of a first nonwoven fabric 2 by a hotmelt adhesive such that absorbent polymer powder present areas 2c and absorbent polymer powder absent areas 2a, 2b exist; the absorbent polymer powder absent areas are present at opposite widthwise ends (2a) of the ultra-thin absorbent sheet member and at least one position (2b) between the opposite ends; the absorbent polymer powder 3 is bonded to the first nonwoven fabric 2 by first hotmelt adhesive layers S1 formed on an upper side of the first nonwoven fabric 2 and on a lower side of the absorbent polymer powder 3 and a second hotmelt adhesive layer S2 formed to cover upper sides of the absorbent polymer powder present areas 2c and the absorbent polymer powder absent areas 2a, 2b; and the first hotmelt adhesive layer S1 and the second hotmelt adhesive layer S2 are both made of an aggregate of linear hotmelt adhesive pieces.

Abstract: When data including video and/or audio data is dispersed into data each having a predetermined unit and recorded in a non-linear accessible recording medium, or reproducing data dispersed and recorded, in case that the status information is not output in a predetermined period, it is decided that an error occurred to perform an error processing. Also, when data including video and/or audio data is dispersed into data each having a predetermined unit and recorded in a non-linear accessible recording medium with a redundancy, in case that an error occurred, which can be corrected within the redundancy, the fault information is recorded and the data is restored immediately by using the redundancy when the data of which an error occurred is reproduced based on the fault information.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric made of filaments, which comprises filaments formed from a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer and satisfies all of the following conditions (A) to (D).

Abstract: Tracks of respective discs of plural disc drives are divided into plural blocks and spare sectors are disposed (assigned) at predetermined intervals between blocks. Moreover, blocks including defect sector is replaced so that sectors are continuously disposed (assigned) on the disc except for the defect sector in alternative area designated on the basis of defect list where address of detected defect sector is registered and correspondence relationship set in advance. At the time of reproduction of replaced data, all data within the read-designated range are continuously read out to store those data into a memory. In reading out data from the memory, data of defect sector is deleted. Further, at the time of recording, data are continuously written into the write-designated range. At this time, dummy data is written into the defect sector.

Abstract: A high-resolution light-beam scanning apparatus utilizing only mass-producible holograms instead of utilizing auxiliary optical systems such as optical lenses or a mirror having curvature, and capable of compensating for disadvantages including scanning beam thickening and variation, failure of a rotatable hologram to rotate at a constant velocity, displacement of a scanning beam position in the scanning direction and the cross scanning direction due to a mode hop of a wavelength of a semiconductor laser, and deviation of a base of rotatable hologram from a parallel state. These disadvantages are detrimental to efforts for increasing the resolution of a hologram scanner and lowering the cost thereof.

Abstract: Images of an object are taken from a plurality of angles so as to generate two-dimensional images obtained from the plurality of angles. The two-dimensional images are sequentially displayed in the form of stripes by a displaying device. The two-dimensional images displayed by the displaying device are deflected by a parallel scanning part by a deflection angle dependent on the individual two-dimensional images and supplied to respective virtual apertures.

Abstract: A high-resolution light-beam scanning apparatus utilizing only mass-producible holograms instead of utilizing auxiliary optical systems such as optical lenses or a mirror having curvature, and capable of compensating for disadvantages including scanning beam thickening and variation, failure of a rotatable hologram to rotate at a constant velocity, displacement of a scanning beam position in the scanning direction and the cross scanning direction due to a mode hop of a wavelength of a semiconductor laser, and deviation of a base of rotatable hologram from a parallel state. These disadvantages are detrimental to efforts for increasing the resolution of a hologram scanner and lowering the cost thereof. The light beam scanning apparatus includes at least two holograms, one rotatable and one fixed, wherein the fixed hologram plate has a phase distribution .PHI..sub.H represented as a difference obtained when subtracting a reference wave phase .PHI..sub.0 from an object wave phase .PHI..sub.

Abstract: A high-resolution light-beam scanning apparatus utilizing only mass-producible holograms instead of utilizing auxiliary optical systems such as an optical lens or a mirror having curvature, and capable of compensating for disadvantages including scanning beam thickening and variation, failure of a rotatable hologram to rotate at a constant velocity, displacement of a scanning beam position in the scanning direction and the cross scanning direction due to a mode hop of a wavelength of a semiconductor laser, and deviation of a base of a rotatable hologram from a parallel state, which disadvantages are detrimental to efforts for increasing the resolution of a hologram scanner and lowering the cost thereof, the light-beam scanning apparatus being characterized in that provided in the rotatable hologram (1) and the fixed plate (2) arediffraction gratings for minimizing:either a sum total of values obtained by weighting:a square of an optical path length difference between a) an optical path of a light flux measure

Abstract: A high-resolution light-beam scanning apparatus utilizing only mass-producable holograms instead of utilizing auxiliary optical systems such as optical lenses or a mirror having curvature. The light beam scanning apparatus is capable of compensating for disadvantages including scanning beam thickening and variation, failure of a rotatable hologram to rotate at a constant velocity, displacement of a scanning beam position in the scanning direction and the cross scanning direction due to a mode hop of a wavelength of a semiconductor laser, and deviation of a base of a rotatable hologram from a parallel state, which disadvantages are detrimental to efforts for increasing the resolution of a hologram scanner and lowering the cost thereof. The light beam scanning apparatus incudes at least two holograms with an optical path length difference .DELTA..PHI.<(.lambda..sup.2 /D.lambda.) where < is a constant less than 0.5. The path length is related per the above equation to a wavelength, .lambda.