Kao Corporation

Hidenori Shirai

Kouichi Hatano

Junichi Ishikawa

Akio Kimura

Tetsuya Masuki

Akihiko Gunji

Hiroshi Inada

Masaaki Suzuki

Heihachiro Kawaguchi

Katsuo Takahashi

Masatoshi Yokota

Kenji Nakagawa

An article conveying devicein which a floor surfaceof each of a plurality of fixed floorsis arranged so as to form a descending slope towards a downstream side in a conveying direction with respect to each other, each of a plurality of moving floorsis adjacently arranged on a side in the conveying direction with respect to each fixed floor, and a raising/lowering operation of simultaneously positioning the respective floor surfaceof each moving floorat a high position and a low position with respect to the floor surfaceof the adjacent fixed flooris repeated to arrange the floor surfaceof each moving floorpositioned at the high position so as to form a descending slope towards the downstream side in the conveying direction with respect to each other.

Article conveying device

There is provided an article alignment apparatusincluding an article alignment device for aligning orientations of articles by arranging two alignershaving cylindrical surfaces, rotating each of the alignerswhile keeping it at a predetermined inclination with respect to a horizontal direction, placing the articles on cylindrical outer surfaces of the two aligners, and carrying the articles from one side to the other side, in which protrusionsare provided on the surfaces of the aligners

Article alignment apparatus

An article holder for holding an article including a main body configured to receive the article, and at least one deformable article receiving member disposed on a bottom plate of the main body. The deformable article receiving member is configured to deform so as to change a receiving height of the article inserted in the main body.

Article holder

A material holding implement including a material holding member adapted for holding a material. The material holding member is made of a thermoplastic resin. The thermoplastic resin is deformable to a material holding configuration at a temperature greater than a constant temperature, and fixable to form a material holding region adapted to apply holding forces on a circumference of the material in a using temperature range lower than the constant temperature. Furthermore, a method of changing a form of the material holding member is provided. The method includes softening the resin by increasing a temperature above the constant temperature, molding the resin into a flat plate by pinching together upper and lower dies having flat surfaces opposing each other, pinching the resin using the upper and lower dies to form a material holding configuration, and fixing the resin by decreasing the temperature below a softening point of the resin.

Material holding implement

A process for making a film including forming a composite material of a thermoplastic film into an annular original film having at least two thick portions according to the inflation process, making the annular original film into a flat shape such that the thick portions are located at substantially opposite ends thereof, and stretching the flat annular original film by clamping the thick portions.

Process for making film

A porous film comprises a polyolefin resin, a filler and a polyester obtained from a polybasic acid, a polyhydric alcohol and a monobasic acid having 14 to 22 carbon atoms and/or a monohydric alcohol having 12 to 22 carbon atoms or a polyester obtained from a polybasic acid and a monohydric alcohol, the film being obtained by melting and moulding and then stretching. It has a good permeability to moisture and impermeability to liquid, and is useful for a sanitary napkin.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Hidenori Shirai