Kao Corporation

Toru Ugajin

Takahiro Maezawa

Ichiro Sakamoto

Yoshiaki Kumamoto

Akira Isogai

Kazutaka Yamashita

Yasumitsu Sakuma

Minoru Goto

Kunio Matsui

Kenta Mukai

Yoshinao Nagashima

Michihito Igaki

Hiroyuki Shiomi

Takeshi Narushima

Shuji Ishikawa

Katsutoshi Hara

Yuki Kondo

Tetsuya Tabata

Kazuhiro Iitaka

Ryota Shiiba

Yoichi Endo

Yoshihiro Nozawa

Naoki Honbo

A method for producing a coated material having an oxidizable metal-containing coating, including the step of applying to a base material () an oxidizable metal-containing coating fluid containing a particulate oxidizable metal, a carbon component, a thickener, and water using a coating apparatus () and a coating fluid preparation step in which a thickener solution prepared by dissolving the thickener in water, the particulate oxidizable metal, and the carbon component or an aqueous dispersion of the carbon component are put and mixed in a preparation tank () to prepare the oxidizable metal-containing coating fluid. In the coating fluid preparation step, the particulate oxidizable metal is added to the thickener solution. The coating apparatus () includes a relay tank () capable of temporarily storing the coating fluid to be fed from the preparation tank () to a coating unit (), so that the oxidizable metal-containing coating fluid in the preparation tank () is fed to the coating unit () through the relay tank ().

Method for producing oxidizable-metal-containing coating material

The invention is a column contact apparatus for contacting gas with liquid in an upflow in a column container, containing two or more stages of honeycomb structural bodies in the column container in a vertical direction, a space portion formed between the respective stages of the honeycomb structural bodies and a flow-aligning portion as back-flow prevention means provided in the space portion between the respective stages such that the flow-aligning portion is not brought into contact with the honeycomb structural bodies, the flow-aligning portion including a plurality of holes with hole diameters of 0.5 mm to 8 mm.

Column contact apparatus and method for operating the same

A physiology enhancing device for improving physiological functions of a human body, etc., which comprises a heat generating element making use of chemical energy and a sheet interposed between the heat generating element and a body surface of a wearer, and which is designed to supply steam generated from the heat generating element while the device is applied to the body surface. The device exhibits steam generating capability for 2 hours or longer and, while applied to the body surface, raises the body surface temperature to a temperature from 38&#xb0; C. to lower than 42&#xb0; C. within one hour from the application. The sheet interposed between the heat generating element and the body surface preferably has a function of regulating air feed to the heat generating element and a function of transferring the heat of the physiology enhancing device to the body surface and preferably has a total thickness of 0.05 to 1.5 mm.

Physiology enhancing device

Provided is a material for gas barrier containing cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter of not more than 200 nm, wherein the content of the carboxyl group in a cellulose composing the cellulose fiber is 0.1 to 2 mmol/g. A molded composite having gas barrier properties such as high oxygen barrier properties can be produced by applying the material for gas barrier on a substrate and drying.

Gas barrier material

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Toru Ugajin