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20080213471 | Method and apparatus for applying coating solution - The present invention provides a method for applying a coating solution by discharging a coating solution from a slit provided at a tip of a slot-die toward a surface of a web fitted onto a backup roller, the method comprising: a stand-by step of staying the slot-die at a stand-by position having a larger clearance between the slot-die and the web than that of a standard coating process; and a two-stage moving operation including a first moving step in which the slot die is moved to a coating initiation position having a smaller clearance than that of the standard coating process to initiate application of a coating solution, and a second moving step in which the slot die is moved away from the coating initiation position to a standard coating position having the clearance of the standard coating process to perform constant application of the coating solution. | 09-04-2008 |
20100062174 | Method for producing resin structure - A method for producing with high productivity a resin structure which can be used in an optical control film is provided. The method for producing a resin structure includes: applying with a coating applicator, a coating liquid in which at least one polyfunctional monomer or polyfunctional oligomer and a polymerization initiator are dissolved to a traveling support; and irradiating the coating liquid with ultraviolet rays, with an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus, to cure the coating liquid by polymerization to form a columnar structure. | 03-11-2010 |
20100075030 | Liquid sending method and system - A liquid sending method comprises the steps of sending a coating solution to a liquid sending pipe, passing the coating solution to an orifice which is provided at a part of the liquid sending pipe to prevent a vibration propagation and passing the coating solution to a pulsation absorb device which is provided at a part of the liquid sending pipe where is located at a downstream of the orifice, wherein the pulsation absorb device includes a first chamber that a liquid can flow in and out, a second chamber which is introduced a gas, and a diaphragm which separates the first chamber and the second chamber. | 03-25-2010 |
20110019131 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZER, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A process for producing an optical compensation film comprises a liquid crystal layer application step ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110171376 | COATING APPARATUS AND FILM PRODUCTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A coating apparatus includes: a slot die configured to apply coating solution on a support by discharging the coating solution from a tip of a slot and forming a coating solution bead in a clearance between the tip of the slot and the support; a pipe through which the coating solution is fed to a pocket of the slot die; an orifice formed in the pipe at a position nearer a circumference of a circular cross section in a radial direction of the pipe in relation to a center of the circular cross section; a forward tapered inlet channel which is formed at an entrance side of the orifice in the pipe and whose aperture narrows to the orifice; a rearward tapered outlet channel which is formed at an exit side of the orifice in the pipe and whose aperture grows toward a downstream. | 07-14-2011 |
20110206837 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LAMINATE FILM - A method of producing a laminate film includes coating a support with coating solutions with at least two monolayer extrusion dies to provide layers. A difference in solubility parameter between the coating solution and a solute in the adjoining layer ≧0.1 for respective coating solutions. Viscosity of the downstream side die coating solution is lower than that of an upstream side die. Each coating solution has a Capillary number Ca<1.7. A difference in surface tension |σ2−σ1| between the adjoining layers satisfies |σ2−σ1|>0.5 [mN/m], where σ1, σ2 are surface tensions of coating solution from upstream and downstream side dies, respectively. A ratio of a coating thickness h | 08-25-2011 |
20110223337 | Extrusion coating apparatus and coating method as well as coating film forming method - The present invention provides an extrusion coating apparatus which can control the coating shape in end portions regardless of the coating thickness and can suppress high edges. The extrusion coating apparatus includes a coating width regulating plate inserted into both end portions of a slit, a slit die discharging the coating solution from a discharge opening of the slit, and a chamber depressurizing in a web running direction on an upstream side. The coating width regulating plate has a protruded portion bent toward the web downstream side and facing the web. The coating solution is applied to the web in a state in which the coating solution is oozed on a web facing surface of the protruded portion of the coating width regulating plate by depressurization of the chamber. | 09-15-2011 |
20120013987 | LIGHT SCATTERING SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A light scattering sheet includes: a transparent support; and a light scattering layer on the transparent support, the light scattering layer having a phase-separated convexo-concave structure formed by spinodal decomposition of a solution containing two or more resin materials capable of phase-separation from each other are dissolved in a solvent. In the light scattering layer, the phase-separated convexo-concave structure is formed into a sea-island structure of two or more resin materials including a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, and a plurality of domains constituting the islands have random shapes mainly having a string shape, and a transmitted image definition measured according to JTS K 7374 using an optical comb having a width of 2.0 mm is 10% or more and less than 25%. | 01-19-2012 |
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20080283582 | Secret Postcard and Method of Fabricating the Same - A secret postcard in accordance with the present invention is comprised of a single sheet, and a released paper. The sheet is foldable about a return line, and has a first area and a second area. A first perforation, and a second perforation are formed at a front surface of the second area. A first adhesive layer is formed at a rear surface of the second area in an area sandwiched between the return line and the first perforation. A second adhesive layer is formed at the rear surface of the second area in an area sandwiched between the second perforation and an edge of the second area extending in parallel with the return line. The second adhesive layer has such an adhesive force that the rear surfaces of the first and second areas cannot be released from each other after they were adhered to each other. | 11-20-2008 |
20090286005 | Anisotropic liquid surface forming agent and anisotropic liquid surface forming method - An agent comprising a substituted aromatic azo compound is capable of making a liquid surface express anisotropy in a simplified manner. | 11-19-2009 |
20100315715 | MULTILAYER FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to a manufacturing method of a multilayer film according to one aspect of the present invention, at the step of applying a coating liquid prepared by dissolving a plurality of monomers or polymers in at least one solvent onto a substrate and subsequently drying the coating liquid, the solvent is allowed to penetrate into the substrate at a specified speed. This causes concentration distribution of the solvent within the coated layer in the thickness direction thereof, and thus a multilayer film separated into an upper layer and a lower layer can be formed by one coating. Accordingly, a multilayer film having a different function in each layer can be formed by one coating. | 12-16-2010 |
20110014382 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FUNCTIONAL FILM - A process for production of a functional film comprises a coating liquid preparation step ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110020565 | DRYING METHOD AND DEVICE - According to one aspect of the present invention, a drying device which dries a coating film formed on a substrate with hot air, including an infrared radiator which heats the coating film at a temperature equal to or lower than the temperature of the hot air is provided. The hot air drying device includes the infrared radiator which heats the coating film. Accordingly, the temperature of the coating film in the initial drying stage can be quickly raised by the infrared radiator in comparison with a case in which the coating film is dried only with the hot air. Also, since the infrared radiator heats the coating film at a temperature equal to or lower than the hot air temperature, there is no risk of reducing the quality of the coating film by overheating the coating film. Accordingly, energy consumption can be reduced, and the drying speed can be increased. Any member may be used as the infrared radiator as long as the member can radiate infrared rays to heat the coating film at a low temperature equal to or lower than the hot air temperature. For example, a panel infrared heater may be employed. | 01-27-2011 |
20110177240 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTIGLARE FILM - A method for producing an antiglare film includes: a step of preparing coating liquids comprising components capable of being unevenly distributed in an antiglare layer-forming coating liquid and a low-refractive index layer-forming coating liquid, respectively; a coating step of applying the low-refractive index layer-forming coating liquid as an upper layer and the antiglare layer-forming coating liquid as a lower layer on a support to form a coating layer; and a drying step of drying the coating layer and making the coating layer cause phase-separation so as to unevenly distribute the components and form an antiglare layer and a low-refractive index layer. By the production method, an antiglare film which suppresses reflection and glaring of external light in a display and whitening due to irregular reflection can be produced at a low cost. | 07-21-2011 |
20120002125 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING LIGHT-REFLECTIVE FILM AND LIGHT-REFLECTIVE FILM - A process for producing a light-reflective film is disclosed. The process comprises (a) applying a curable liquid crystal composition to a first film having a thickness of d | 01-05-2012 |
20120019765 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM, AND LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM - A light reflective film is produced by (a) forming an antistatic layer having a surface energy of at least 30 mN/m on a resin film, (b) applying a curable liquid crystal composition onto the surface of the opposite side, (c) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to be in a state of a cholesteric liquid crystal phase, (d) promoting the curing reaction to form a light reflective layer, and (e) repeating at least once the process of from (b) to (d). | 01-26-2012 |
20120019766 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM, AND LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM - A light reflective film is produced by (a) forming a hard coat layer having a surface energy of less than 30 mN/m and a pencil hardness of at least 2H on a resin film, (b) applying a curable liquid crystal composition onto the surface of the opposite side, (c) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to be in a state of a cholesteric liquid crystal phase, (d) promoting the curing reaction to form a light reflective layer, and (e) repeating at least once the process of from (b) to (d). | 01-26-2012 |
20120057239 | LIGHT SCATTERING SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A process for producing a light scattering sheet includes: a coating step of coating a transparent support with a coating solution prepared by dissolving a resin material including at least two kinds selected from polymers and monomers phase-separable with each other in a solvent to form a coating layer; and a drying step of drying the coating layer to form a phase separated concavity and convexity structure on the coating layer by spinodal decomposition, wherein, in the drying step, high speed drying is carried out at a drying speed of 3.0 g/m | 03-08-2012 |
20120081653 | LIGHT-REFLECTING FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A method of producing a light-reflecting film having a light-reflecting layer on a resin film and reflecting 30% or more of incident light of a wavelength in the range of 800 to 2000 nm, includes a step of curing a cholesteric liquid crystal phase to form the light-reflecting layer, the cholesteric liquid crystal phase is obtained by mixing a chiral agent having an HTP of 30 μm | 04-05-2012 |
20120086904 | INFRARED-LIGHT REFLECTIVE PLATE AND INFRARED-LIGHT REFLECTIVE LAMINATED GLASS - An infrared-light reflective plate reflects an infrared-light ≧700 nm including a substrate of which fluctuation of retardation in plane at a wavelength of 1000 nm, Re(1000), ≧20 nm, on a surface of the substrate, at least two light-reflective layers, X1 and X2, formed of a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase, and, on another surface of the substrate, at least two light-reflective layers, Y1 and Y2, formed of a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase. The reflection center wavelengths of X1 and X2 are both λ | 04-12-2012 |
20120088037 | PROCESS OF PREPARING LIGHT REFLECTIVE FILM - A process stably produces a light reflective film with plural light reflective layers formed of a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase, having high transparency and excellent light-reflective characteristics. The process of preparing a light reflective film having at least two light reflective layers formed of a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase includes first allowing a curable liquid crystal composition to form a cholesteric liquid crystal phase on a first light reflective layer formed of a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase, then carrying out a curing reaction of the curable liquid crystal composition under an irradiation of an ultraviolet light to fix the cholesteric liquid-crystal phase, thereby to form a second light reflective layer. In the second step, the ultraviolet light is irradiated to the curable liquid crystal composition through a member capable of lowering at least the intensity of the ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 340 nm or shorter. | 04-12-2012 |
20120094118 | INFRARED LIGHT REFLECTOR, INFRARED LIGHT REFLECTING LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATE HAVE CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYERS - To provide an infrared-light reflective plate having improved selective reflectivity characteristics, there is provided an infrared-light reflective plate reflects an infrared-light of equal to or longer than 700 nm including a substrate, and, on at least one of surfaces of the substrate, at least four light-reflective layers, X | 04-19-2012 |
20120223272 | INFRARED LIGHT-REFLECTING FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A method of producing an infrared light-reflecting film includes a coating step of coating a polymerizable liquid crystal composition including a polymerizable cholesteric liquid crystal compound (A), a chiral agent having an HTP of 50 μm | 09-06-2012 |
20120225214 | ANTI-GLARE FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD - The method includes: forming a coating film including particles and an ultraviolet curable resin on a film substrate; and curing the ultraviolet curable resin by ultraviolet irradiation to form an anti-glare layer constituted by the particles and the ultraviolet curable resin. A ratio of a thickness A of the anti-glare layer to a diameter B of the particles is in the range of 1.5 to 2.4. The ultraviolet irradiation is performed with two or more ultraviolet irradiation units, the first unit irradiation amount is 49 mJ/cm | 09-06-2012 |
20120242948 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LIGHT-REFLECTIVE FILM - Provided is a method of producing a light-reflective film that can prevent the blocking of a liquid crystal layer and a support without lowering transparency of the film. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245247 | ANISOTROPIC LIQUID SURFACE FORMING AGENT AND ANISOTROPIC LIQUID SURFACE FORMING METHOD - An agent comprising a substituted aromatic azo compound is capable of making a liquid surface express anisotropy in a simplified manner. | 09-27-2012 |
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20110187973 | HEAT SHIELD AND LAMINATED GLASS - A heat shield comprising a first light-reflective layer, having a reflectance peak both in a wavelength range of from 400 nm to less than 850 nm and in a wavelength range of from more than 850 nm to 1300 nm and satisfying C>A>B, is disclosed. “A” means the maximum reflectance in the wavelength range of from 400 nm to less than 850 nm; “B” means the reflectance at a wavelength of 850 nm; “C” means the maximum reflectance in the wavelength range of from more than 850 nm to 1300 nm; and “B” is equal to or less than 50%. | 08-04-2011 |
20110229725 | PROCESS OF PREPARING LAMINATION FILM, LAMINATION FILM AND HEAT SHIELD - A process of preparing a lamination film comprising two or more layers of a fixed cholesteric liquid-crystal phase is disclosed. The process comprises (a) applying a coating liquid of a curable liquid crystal composition comprising a rod-like liquid crystal compound, an alignment-control agent capable of controlling an alignment of the rod-like liquid crystal compound and a solvent to a surface; (b) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to form a cholesteric liquid-crystal phase; (c) carrying out a curing reaction of the composition and fixing the cholesteric liquid-crystal phase, thereby to form a lower layer; and (d) repeating the steps (a) to (c) on the lower layer, thereby to form an upper layer; wherein at least a part of the alignment-control agent in the lower layer diffuses into the upper layer. | 09-22-2011 |
20110236675 | METHOD OF FORMING FILM - A novel method of forming a thin film is disclosed. The method comprises spraying a spray liquid prepared by dissolving and/or dispersing a solute in a solvent to form liquid droplets; concentrating the liquid droplets by vaporizing the solvent contained therein; and depositing the concentrated liquid droplets on a substrate or a layer formed on the substrate. In the method, liquid droplets having solid content concentration C | 09-29-2011 |
20140253860 | FILM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a method of producing a film including: a coating step of coating, on a substrate, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, an alignment controlling agent capable of controlling alignment of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a polymerization initiator and coated film a solvent; and a drying step of drying, wherein the alignment controlling agent is a compound represented by formula (1) below, and the alignment controlling agent is added in 0.005 to 0.2 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound: | 09-11-2014 |