Patents by Inventor Itsuo Fujiwara
Itsuo Fujiwara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11069550Abstract: A load port includes: a port plate; and a placing table on which a container that stores the substrate is placed. The placing table includes: a base portion; a dock plate; a support unit configured to support the dock plate such that the dock plate can move between the first position and a second position; and a cam mechanism configured to move the dock plate between the first position and the second position. The support unit includes a slider configured to move together with the dock plate. The cam mechanism includes: a driving mechanism provided on the base portion; and a cam plate which is connected to the slider and in which a cam groove is formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Itsuo Fujiwara, Yoichi Matsushita
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Publication number: 20200312690Abstract: A load port includes: a port plate; and a placing table on which a container that stores the substrate is placed. The placing table includes: a base portion; a dock plate; a support unit configured to support the dock plate such that the dock plate can move between the first position and a second position; and a cam mechanism configured to move the dock plate between the first position and the second position. The support unit includes a slider configured to move together with the dock plate. The cam mechanism includes: a driving mechanism provided on the base portion; and a cam plate which is connected to the slider and in which a cam groove is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Itsuo FUJIWARA, Yoichi MATSUSHITA
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Patent number: 10684501Abstract: A manufacturing system for manufacturing a laminated body by coating a first panel with an adhesive in a first working region and bonding the first panel coated with the adhesive and a second panel in a second working region includes a first conveying device in the first working region for conveying the first panel and the second panel, a coating device in the first working region for coating, with the adhesive, the first panel, a bonding device in the second working region for bonding the first panel and the second panel, and a second conveying device in the second working region for conveying the first panel and the second panel to the bonding device. The first conveying device and the second conveying device convey the first panel and the second panel to be bonded to each other as a set.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Tashima, Itsuo Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20180275441Abstract: A manufacturing system for manufacturing a laminated body by coating a first panel with an adhesive in a first working region and bonding the first panel coated with the adhesive and a second panel in a second working region includes a first conveying device in the first working region for conveying the first panel and the second panel, a coating device in the first working region for coating, with the adhesive, the first panel, a bonding device in the second working region for bonding the first panel and the second panel, and a second conveying device in the second working region for conveying the first panel and the second panel to the bonding device. The first conveying device and the second conveying device convey the first panel and the second panel to be bonded to each other as a set.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori TASHIMA, Itsuo FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20150360455Abstract: The present invention provides a method of applying a photocurable resin on a surface of a panel. A difference in a surface level is formed on a peripheral portion on the surface of the panel. The method includes a step of moving either one of an application head and the panel so that the application head provided with a slit-type nozzle which discharges a photocurable resin relatively moves on the surface of the panel, and an application step of discharging the resin from the nozzle onto the surface of the panel during the moving step. In the application process, a film thickness of the resin is controlled so that a difference in a surface level is not generated on a liquid film surface of the resin on the difference in a surface level on the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicants: HIRATA CORPORATION, DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Itsuo FUJIWARA, Tokuo TAKAMOTO, Yoshihisa NAGATA, Yushi NAKAGAWA, Kazuomi HAYANO, Koichi OGAWA
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Patent number: 7416838Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer which is disposed on the same side of the support as the image forming layer and farther from the support than the image forming layer, wherein the non-photosensitive layer includes at least a copolymer latex of an acrylate or methacrylate having a fluorine atom and a monomer component having a hydrophobic group, and the surface of the side having the image forming layer includes convex portions having a height of 1.5 ?m or higher in an amount of from 20 to 2000 per 1 mm2. A photothermographic material which exhibits excellent film physical properties and high image quality is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Itsuo Fujiwara
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Patent number: 7410752Abstract: A method of producing an organic silver salt dispersion, the method comprising: mixing a first aqueous solution including a water-soluble silver ion supplier and a second aqueous solution including an alkali metal salt of an organic acid to form an organic silver salt dispersion; wherein, the mixing is conducted in the presence of at least one compound selected from polyacrylamide and derivatives of polyacrylamide, and at least 10 mass % (in terms of silver quantity) of the organic silver salt in the organic silver salt dispersion is formed by simultaneous addition of the first aqueous solution and the second aqueous solution to an aqueous medium followed by mixing.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Itsuo Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20070207417Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent, and a binder, and at least one non-photosensitive layer which is disposed on the same side of the support as the image forming layer and farther from the support than the image forming layer, wherein the non-photosensitive layer includes at least a copolymer latex of an acrylate or methacrylate having a fluorine atom and a monomer component having a hydrophobic group, and the surface of the side having the image forming layer includes convex portions having a height of 1.5 ?m or higher in an amount of from 20 to 2000 per 1 mm2. A photothermographic material which exhibits excellent film physical properties and high image quality is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventor: Itsuo Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20070031767Abstract: The present invention provides a photothermographic material having, on at least one side of a support, an image forming layer including at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a first reducing agent for silver ions, and a first binder, and a non-photosensitive outermost layer which is disposed on the same side of the support as the side having thereon the image forming layer, wherein the photothermographic material further has a non-photosensitive intermediate layer A between the image forming layer and the outermost layer, and the non-photosensitive intermediate layer A includes at least a second reducing agent for silver ions and a second binder. A photothermographic material which gives an image with high image quality and has improved film physical properties is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Takayoshi Oyamada, Kouta Fukui, Itsuo Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20060068343Abstract: A method of producing an organic silver salt dispersion, the method comprising: mixing a first aqueous solution including a water-soluble silver ion supplier and a second aqueous solution including an alkali metal salt of an organic acid to form an organic silver salt dispersion; wherein, the mixing is conducted in the presence of at least one compound selected from polyacrylamide and derivatives of polyacrylamide, and at least 10 mass % (in terms of silver quantity) of the organic silver salt in the organic silver salt dispersion is formed by simultaneous addition of the first aqueous solution and the second aqueous solution to an aqueous medium followed by mixing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventor: Itsuo Fujiwara
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Patent number: 6762016Abstract: A photothermographic material is described, which comprises a support having provided on at least one side thereof a photosensitive silver halide, a photo-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ion and a binder, wherein at least one layer constituting the photothermographic material comprises an oxazoline compound, by which sufficiently high image density is developed within practically feasible reaction time and temperature, and sufficiently suppressed background coloration is exhibited when stored for a prolonged period after development processing.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Itsuo Fujiwara, Yoshihisa Tsukada, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Hajime Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20030190565Abstract: A heat developable image recording material including a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent for silver ions, a binder and non-photosensitive organic acid silver salt particles on one side of the surface of a substrate. A content of silver behenate in the non-photosensitive organic acid silver salt particles is 90 mol % to 100 mol %, and at least one kind of mercapto compound is contained in a surface of the substrate at the same side as a layer having the photosensitive silver halide. The heat developable image recording material includes a compound represented by following the general formula (1) wherein, R21, R22 and R23 each independently represent a substituted or non-substituted alkyl group. When R21, R22 or R23 have a substituent, the substituent is a halogen atom etc. The non-photosensitive organic particles are prepared from organic acids including at least behenic acid and erucic acid, and a content of the erucic acid is 0.000001 mol % to 0.4 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2002Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Itsuo Fujiwara, Seiichi Yamamoto, Takayoshi Oyamada
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Publication number: 20030162140Abstract: A heat-developable image recording material comprises a support; a photosensitive silver halide; a reducing agent for a silver ion; a hinder; and a non-photosensitive organic silver salt grain, wherein the non-photosensitive organic silver salt grain has: 1) a silver stearate content of 1 mol % or less; 2) a length/width ratio of 1 to 9; 3) an aspect ratio of 1.1 to 30; and 4) an equivalent-sphere diameter of 0.05 to 1 &mgr;m.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2001Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventors: Takayoshi Oyamada, Itsuo Fujiwara
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Patent number: 6465163Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprises a support, a light-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and a reducing agent. The non-light-sensitive layer contains a cyanine dye represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof and a base precursor: in which R1 is hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, —NR21R24, —OR21 or —SR21, each of R21 and R24 independently is hydrogen, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, or R21 and R24 are combined to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; R2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R3 is an aliphatic group; L1 is a methine chain consisting of an odd number of methines; and each of Z1 and Z2 independently is an atomic group forming a five-membered or six-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2001Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Sakurada, Masaki Noro, Itsuo Fujiwara, Yoshiharu Yabuki
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Patent number: 6399292Abstract: A photothermographic material which contains on one side of a support (a) a catalytically active amount of a photocatalyst, (b) a reducing agent, (c) a reducible silver salt, and (d) a binder, wherein a matting agent having a softening temperature of from 100 to 500° C. is contained at least on one side of the support.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1999Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Itsuo Fujiwara, Ichizo Toya
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Publication number: 20020064737Abstract: A photothermographic material is described, which comprises a support having provided on at least one side thereof a photosensitive silver halide, a photo-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent for silver ion and a binder, wherein at least one layer constituting the photothermographic material comprises an oxazoline compound, by which sufficiently high image density is developed within practically feasible reaction time and temperature, and sufficiently suppressed background coloration is exhibited when stored for a prolonged period after development processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Inventors: Itsuo Fujiwara, Yoshihisa Tsukada, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Hajime Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20020025488Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprises a support, a light-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and a reducing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.Inventors: Masami Sakurada, Masaki Noro, Itsuo Fujiwara, Yoshiharu Yabuki
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Publication number: 20020015924Abstract: A photothermographic material which contains on one side of a support (a) a catalytically active amount of a photocatalyst, (b) a reducing agent, (c) a reducible silver salt, and (d) a binder, wherein a matting agent having a softening temperature of from 100 to 500° C. is contained at least on one side of the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 1999Publication date: February 7, 2002Inventor: ITSUO FUJIWARA
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Patent number: 6306566Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprises a support, a light-sensitive layer and a non-light-sensitive layer. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide and a reducing agent. The non-light-sensitive layer contains a cyanine dye represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof and a base precursor: in which R1 is hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, —NR21R24, —OR21 or —SR21, each of R21 and R24 independently is hydrogen, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group, or R21 and R24 are combined to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; R2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; R3 is an aliphatic group; L1 is a methine chain consisting of an odd number of methines; and each of Z1 and Z2 independently is an atomic group forming a five-membered or six-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1998Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Sakurada, Masaki Noro, Itsuo Fujiwara, Yoshiharu Yabuki
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Patent number: 6300053Abstract: A photothermographic element has on a support a photo-sensitive layer, and a first non-photosensitive layer containing (1) a base-bleachable dye or a salt thereof and (2) a binder. The first non-photosensitive layer or a second non-photosensitive layer disposed adjacent thereto contains (3) a base precursor and (4) a melting point depressant. The dye (1) becomes more bleachable and the processed image becomes more water resistant.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Itsuo Fujiwara, Ichizo Toya, Masaki Noro