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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062567 | Process for manufacturing organic fibers containing inorganic component and nonwoven fabric containing the same A process for manufacturing organic fibers containing an inorganic component comprising the steps of: (1) preparing an inorganic spinnable sol solution; (2) mixing the inorganic spinnable sol solution, a solvent capable of dissolving the inorganic spinnable sol solu... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7923143 | Battery separator and battery comprising same A battery separator comprising a nonwoven fabric, wherein the nonwoven fabric contains (1) superfine fibers having a fiber diameter of 3 μm or less, (2) noncircular fine fibers having a noncircular cross-sectional shape and having a fiber diameter of 3 to 5 μm (ex... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7780883 | Method and apparatus of producing fibrous aggregate A method of producing fibrous aggregate, comprising: a supplying and discharging step in which a fiberizable liquid is supplied from a means for storing a fiberizable liquid to a means for discharging a fiberizable liquid via a supplying pipe, and the fiberizable li... | 08/24/2010 |
| RE41203 | Alkaline battery separator and process for producing the same An alkaline battery separator which enables the preparation of a battery with a good yield and workability is provided. The alkaline battery separator of the present invention comprises a fiber sheet mainly comprising hydrophilicity-imparted polyolefin fibers having... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7616428 | Separator for electric double layer capacitor and electric double layer capacitor containing same A separator for an electric double layer capacitor, characterized in that a thickness of the entire separator is 25 μm or less, a layer of an ultrafine fibrous aggregate prepared by an electrostatic spinning process is contained, an average fiber diameter of ultraf... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7303816 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing fiber and fiber sheet carrying solid particles and fiber and fiber sheet carrying solid particles Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a fiber having at least a surface comprised mainly of a thermoplastic resin and carrying solid particles affixed to the surface, comprising the steps of: heating the solid particles having a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7232776 | Surface material for an automobile internal trim panel and automobile internal trim panel Disclosed is a surface material for an automobile internal trim panel consisting of a fiber sheet, wherein the fiber sheet contains an oil repellent and substantially consists of non-water absorbent fibers; an oil repellency of at least one surface of the surface ma... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6863921 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing fiber and fiber sheet carrying solid particles and fiber and fiber sheet carrying solid particles Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a fiber having at least a surface comprised mainly of a thermoplastic resin and carrying solid particles affixed to the surface, comprising the steps of: heating the solid particles having a melting point or a de... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6840842 | Burnishing pad, burnishing machine equipped with burnishing pad and burnishing method An objective of the present invention is to provide a burnishing pad, capable of removing dirt by burnishing a place (i.e., a dirty point) onto which dirt attaches to impart sufficient luster, and being biodegraded; a burnishing machine equipped with the burnishing ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6783895 | Collector for alkaline secondary battery, method for making the same, and alkaline secondary battery using the same A hydrophilic collector for alkaline secondary batteries is formed of a nonwoven fabric plated with nickel in which the nonwoven fabric is hydrophilized by sulfonation, a gaseous fluorine treatment, or vinyl monomer grafting. A method for making the collector includ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6772489 | Collector for alkaline secondary battery, method for making the same, and alkaline secondary battery using the same A hydrophilic collector for alkaline secondary batteries is formed of a nonwoven fabric plated with nickel in which the nonwoven fabric is hydrophilized by sulfonation, a gaseous fluorine treatment, or vinyl monomer grafting. A method for making the collector includ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761175 | Sheet tobacco Sheet tobacco according to the present invention includes a carrier sheet made of nonwoven plant fibers, and a tobacco powder layer formed on the carrier sheet and containing a powder mixture of tobacco lamina powder and binder powder. In a sheet tobacco manufacturi... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6737372 | Powders-affixed nonwoven fabric, process for manufacturing same, and sheet material containing same Disclosed is a powders-affixed nonwoven fabric prepared from a fiber web comprising powder materials and fine short fibers having a fiber diameter of 4 μm or less and a fiber length of 3 mm or less in a dispersed state in the powders-containing fiber web, the powde... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6616988 | Sulfur containing atomic group introduced porous article, process for introducing a sulfur containing atomic group onto the outer-inner surfaces of a porous article, and a battery separator A porous article wherein a sulfur containing atomic group is introduced onto at least a part of outer-inner surfaces of the article, a ratio (S/C) of the number of sulfur atoms (S) to the number of carbon atoms (C) on the surface onto which the sulfur cont... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6607859 | Alkaline battery separator and process for producing the same An alkaline battery separator which enables the preparation of a battery with a good yield and workability is provided. The alkaline battery separator of the present invention comprises a fiber sheet mainly comprising hydrophilicity-imparted polyolefin fi... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6586137 | Battery separator A battery separator is provided which is hardly broken by tension during the manufacture of batteries, is hardly punctured with a plate flash, and is hardly torn off with a plate edge, thereby hardly causing a short circuit. Accordingly, the separator can... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6537664 | Cleaning sheet for a fuser member, a cleaning sheet supplier, and a cleaning apparatus A cleaning sheet for a fuser member, comprising an ultrafine fibers-containing portion including (a) first ultrafine fibers formed from a resin having a softening point of higher than 230° C., having a non-circular cross-sectional shape, and having a fib... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6468651 | Nonwoven fabric containing fine fiber, and a filter material A nonwoven fabric prepared from fibers which are not substantially fibrillated and have a diameter of less than 20 μm, by fusing a fiber web comprising fine fibers having a diameter of 4 μm or less, and adhesive fibers having a diameter ranging from 8 Î... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6423445 | Alkaline battery separators An alkaline battery separator comprising a gas-permeable sheet which contains a hydrophilic portion carrying a methacrylic/ethylene copolymer component having a crystallinity of 25% or more on at least a part of a surface of said hydrophilic portion.... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6396212 | Apparatus and method for discharge treatment An apparatus for a discharge treatment, comprising a pair of electrodes located opposite to each other; an element for applying an alternating current-high voltage between the electrodes; and an element for passing a gas mainly composed of air at a rate of 10 m/sec... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6355375 | Alkaline battery separator and process for producing the same An alkaline battery separator comprising a nonwoven fabric containing one or more mixture layers of entangled short fibers and entangled long fibers, wherein a fiber length of the short fibers is from 1 mm to less than 25 mm, a fiber length of the long fi... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6284680 | Nonwoven fabric containing fine fibers, and a filter material A nonwoven fabric prepared from fibers which are not substantially fibrillated and have a diameter of less than 20 μm, by fusing a fiber web comprising fine fibers having a diameter of 4 μm or less, and adhesive fibers having a diameter ranging from 8 Î... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6192556 | Female component for touch and close fastener and method of manufacturing the same A simple and less expensive nonwoven female component for a mechanical refastenable fastening device ("touch and close fastener") can be conveniently used in mostly disposable applications such as disposable diapers, disposable operating gowns, disposable... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6183913 | Alkaline battery separator and process for producing the same An alkaline battery separator comprising a hydrophilic nonwoven fabric obtainable by heat-fusing and hydro-entangling (1) polyolefin dividable composite fibers having an average fiber length of 20 to 60 mm, (2) high-strength fibers having an average fiber... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6177069 | Laminated deodorant filter medium and method of making the same A laminated deodorant filter medium is constituted by a plurality of laminate units laminated together; each of which includes a fiber web constituted by a connecting portion and a resin-aggregating portion, both of which are made of a hotmelt resin, and ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6171708 | Sulfur containing atomic group introduced porous article A porous article wherein a sulfur containing atomic group is introduced onto at least a part of outer-inner surfaces of the article, a ratio (S/C) of the number of sulfur atoms (S) to the number of carbon atoms (C) on the surface onto which the sulfur con... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6157868 | Method of correcting cutting pattern, cutting pattern correction system, and storage medium for cutting pattern correction In a method of correcting a cutting pattern according to a characteristic of a fabric, a shrinkage ratio of the sponged fabric is measured, and the cutting pattern is corrected according to thus obtained shrinkage ratio data. Since the fabric is sponged, ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6114014 | Floor mat and process for producing the same A floor mat having an upper face layer and a base layer, which comprises a plane section and a marginal peripheral section surrounding the plane section, wherein at least a part of the marginal peripheral section contains a belt-like portion which is rais... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6037079 | Alkaline battery separator and process for producing the same An alkaline battery separator comprising a nonwoven fabric containing one or more mixture layers of entangled short fibers and entangled long fibers, wherein a fiber length of the short fibers is from 1 mm to less than 25 mm, a fiber length of the long fi... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6030727 | Alkaline battery separator and process for producing the same An alkaline battery separator comprising a hydrophilic nonwoven fabric obtainable from a fiber web prepared by a wet-laid method from (1) dividable composite fibers capable of producing polyolefin fine fibers, (2) high-strength fibers having a single-fibe... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6001299 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing an electret article A process for electret treatment is described, involving (1) placing the dielectric article between a combination of a first ion-repulsive electrode and a first ion-attractive electrode and between a combination of a second ion-repulsive electrode and a second... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5965250 | Modified porous non-conductor A modified porous non-conductor is provided wherein its outer and inner, surfaces have been treated by placing the porous non-conductor between a pair of electrodes which are located opposite to each other and carry a dielectric layer on a surface facing ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5877098 | Abrasive sheet made of very fine and ultrafine fibers An abrasive sheet containing, on at least one surface thereof, a layer of a nonwoven fabric comprising not less than 80% of fibers having a fiber diameter of 10 μm or less, the nonwoven fabric being selected from a group consisting of an entangled nonwov... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5792517 | Process for treating the outer-inner surfaces of a porous non-conductor A process for treating outer-inner surfaces of a porous non-conductor, comprising steps of: placing said porous non-conductor between a pair of electrodes which are located opposite to each other and carry a dielectric layer on a surface facing the other ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5786060 | Female member for face fastener and method of producing the same The invention provides a female member for a face fastener. The female member has loops formed on a first surface of a web. The web has a heat-melt-adhering composite fiber body and is densely heat-melt-adhered together on a second surface. A female membe... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5738788 | Filter material A filter material comprising a base material carrying thereon polyvinyl alcohols formed by cross-linking photosensitive polyvinyl alcohols having a quaternized nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic group is disclosed.... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5733625 | Non-woven fabric A non-woven fabric in which large fiber bundles of the fabric intersect one another, small fiber bundles thereof intersect one another among said large fiber bundles, and the fibers of the fiber bundles are being entangled with one another among the large... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5728407 | Die for melt-blowing apparatus A die for melt-blowing apparatus, which has a die body, a nozzle piece, and a lip plate. The nozzle piece is divided into plural temperature-controlling regions in a direction crosswise to a spinning direction. A temperature sensor is used to measure the ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5692940 | Sheet material for laminate of printed circuit and laminate for printed circuit using the same A substrate for a laminate which comprises a nonwoven fabric which is composed mainly of a liquid crystal polyester fiber, and which is subjected to (1) an entangling treatment, (2) a heating treatment to impart adhesivity to a thermosetting resin, and (3... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5649130 | Cleaning sheet, a cleaning member and a cleaning apparatus for a fuser roll A cleaning sheet for a fuser roll, wherein an average diameter of fibers constituting said cleaning sheet is not more than 14 μm; a layer containing not less than 30% by weight of softening fibers which soften at a temperature higher than an ambient temp... | 07/15/1997 |
