Unicharm Corporation

Inax Corporation

Shigeo Imai

Migaku Suzuki

Toshio Kobayashi

Satoshi Nozaki

Makoto Ishigami

Toshio Inoue

Makoto Suekane

Sachiyo Suzuki

Satoshi Sasaki

Takamitsu Igaue

Mitsuhiro Wada

Shinichiro Ishida

Toshimitsu Baba

Takeshi Kudo

Hiroshi Tsuboi

Takahiro Morita

Kazuaki Ohnishi

Katsushi Tomida

Haruyuki Mizuno

Toru Sugimura

Shungo Tokushima

Noriyuki Sugiyama

Rui Yamashita

Yuuichirou Aihara

Shinji Itou

Arata Matsumoto

Shozo Yamamoto

Takeshi Nishikawa

Yoshiyuki Tsukada

Hiroyuki Miyamoto

The objective of the present disclosure is to provide a method for easily evaluating the degree of cleanliness of recycled material derived from used sanitary products. The evaluation method according to the present disclosure has the following configuration. This method for evaluating a degree of cleanliness of recycled material derived from used sanitary products includes: a preparation step of preparing a dispersed aqueous solution in which the recycled material is dispersed in water; a separation step of subjecting the dispersed aqueous solution to centrifugal separation to separate the dispersed aqueous solution into a liquid component and a solid component; and a measuring step of measuring the concentration of protein in the liquid component using a protein measuring means.

Method for evaluating degree of cleanliness of recycled material, method for manufacturing recycled material, and method for manufacturing recycled pulp fiber

A product having a glass layer is produced that can be produced at low cost and can exhibit excellent antibacterial function. A base body, a first glazing material capable of forming a first glass layer on a surface of the base body, and a second glazing material capable of forming a second glass layer containing a silver compound on the surface of the base body. A first glazing material layer comprising the first glazing material and, on the surface side, a second glazing material layer comprising the second glazing material are formed on the surface of the base body. The first glazing material layer and the second glazing material layer are melted to form a first glass layer and a second glass layer. The second glazing material layer has a higher viscosity upon melting than the first glazing material layer.

Glass layered ceramic product

There is disclosed an absorbent article including: a liquid-permeable top sheet; a back sheet; and an absorbent core sandwiched between the top sheet and back sheet. The back sheet is formed of a resin film containing an inorganic filler in a resin base material. The back sheet includes: a stretched moisture-permeable region; and a high optical transmittance region having a lower degree of orientation than that of the moisture-permeable region and/or left unstretched.

Absorbent article with back sheet, and method for manufacturing the back sheet

Provided is a water-decomposable absorbent article including an absorbent body that has a water-decomposable top sheet, a water-decomposable back sheet, a water-decomposable adsorbent core sandwiched between the top sheet and the back sheet, and an adhesive layer provided on the back sheet to fit the absorbent article to an external support; and a water-decomposable release sheet for protecting the adhesive layer before use with covering the adhesive layer. The release sheet includes a release layer that faces the adhesive layer, a water-decomposable fibrous layer, and a water-soluble polymer layer sandwiched between the release layer and the fibrous layer. A basis weight of the release layer is at least 0.05 g/m but smaller than 0.3 g/m , and an equilibrium contact angle between a surface of the release layer and a water drop thereon is at least 100 degrees.

Water-decomposable absorbent article and method for producing it

A liquid-impervious backsheet for body fluids disposal article having upper and lower surfaces made of thermoplastic synthetic resin, the sheet includes a plurality of independent concave zones depressed downward from the lower surface and a smooth zone extending around these concave zones, each of the concave zones being formed in its region except its peripheral edge with at least one micropore.

Liquid-impervious backsheet for body fluids disposal article

There is disclosed a sheet coated with a first silicone compound having a certain surface tension and a second silicone compound having a lower surface tension than the first silicone compound so that only the second silicone compound appears on the sheet surface or the second silicone compound appears on the sheet surface more than the first silicone compound. The sheet thus coated with the silicone compounds are highly water-repellent and highly effective in preventing adhesion of protein-containing stains. Moreover, it is highly resistant to friction so that the above effects can be maintained for a long period of time.

Sheet coated with silicone compounds highly effective in preventing adhesion of stains and process for preparing the same

A water-decomposable absorbent article including an absorbent body that has a water-decomposable top sheet, a water-decomposable back sheet, a water-decomposable adsorbent core sandwiched between the top sheet and the back sheet, and an adhesive layer provided on the back sheet to fit the absorbent article to an external support; and a water-decomposable release sheet for protecting the adhesive layer before use with covering the adhesive layer. The release sheet includes a release layer that faces the adhesive layer, a water-decomposable fibrous layer, and a water-soluble polymer layer sandwiched between the release layer and the fibrous layer. A basis weight of the release layer is at least 0.05 g/m but smaller than 0.3 g/m , and an equilibrium contact angle between a surface of the release layer and a water drop thereon is at least 100 degrees.

A disposable undergarment that has a pair of tape fasteners attached to transversely opposite side edge portions of a rear waist region and a non-stretchable target tape strip attached to the outer surface of a front waist region. The front and rear waist regions and a crotch region are elastically stretchable in length and width. The tape strip includes a flexible plastic sheet having transversely opposite side edges extending longitudinally and upper and lower edges extending transversely of the undergarment and a plurality of long fibers extending longitudinally on the outer surface of the sheet between the upper and lower edges. The sheet is formed with a plurality of perforated lines arranged to be transversely spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension and to extend between the vicinity of the upper edge and the vicinity of the lower edge. The target tape strip is attached to the front waist region being substantially in non-stretched state. The long fibers are bonded to the sheet by means of sealing zones transversely extending in the vicinity of the upper and lower sides of the sheet.

Disposable undergarment

An apparatus for producing apertured non-woven fabric which includes a cylindrical support having both a plurality of specially formed projections and a plurality of drainage holes in and around said projections.

Process for producing apertured nonwoven fabric

Process and apparatus for producing apertured or non-apertured nonwoven fabric wherein fibrous web is introduced onto support means and treated with high velocity water streams jetted from above. The non-apertured nonwoven fabric may be produced by fiber entangling treatment on a smooth surfaced plate including a plurality of drainage holes as first support means or by further fiber entangling treatment performed on water impermeable second support means after the fiber entangling treatment performed on the first support means. The apertured nonwoven fabric may be produced by, after the fiber entangling treatment on the first support means, using, instead of the second support means, another second support means consisting of a smooth surfaced plate provided with a plurality of projections and drainage holes so that individual fibers of the fibrous web are deflected by water streams jetted from above the fibrous web aside towards zones of the surface defined by each pair of adjacent projections while entangling these individual fibers with each other.

Process and apparatus for producing nonwoven fabric

A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, first flaps and second flaps. Each of second flaps is connected to the first flap and has a section branching upward and a section extending outward. The branching section is partially elastic. The extending section is so constructed as to be liquid-absorbent on its top surface.

Disposable absorbent articles

Here are disclosed a composite non-woven fabric having a high dimensional stability and a process for preparing such non-woven fabaric. This non-woven fabric is prepared by a cross-stretching starting non-woven fabric obtained by a fiber entanglement treatment of a staple fiber web by fluid jets to form a substrate, then introducing short fibers onto this cross-stretched substrate and filling said cross-stretched substrate with said short fibers by further fiber entanglement treatment also by fluid jets. Such composite non-woven fabric is suitable particularly as cloth for disposable medican garments or the like.

Composite non-woven fabric and process for preparing such non-woven

Backing drum

A nonwoven fabric patterned with apertures comprising nonwoven fabric areas into which individual fibers are gathered and entangled together and continuously from which said fibers are branched, and circular or elliptical apertures defined by said areas in a regular pattern. Such nonwoven fabric is produced by treating a fibrous web on a support having thereon a plurality of projections distributed at predetermined intervals with a high speed water jet.

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Kagawa, Japan

Shigeo Imai