Patents by Inventor Junichi Maruo

Junichi Maruo 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).

  • Publication number: 20150005727
    Abstract: A water-absorbent sheet structure (10) including a structure in which an absorbent layer (13) containing a water-absorbent resin (12) and an adhesive (11) is sandwiched with nonwoven fabrics from an upper side and a lower side of the absorbent layer, the water-absorbent sheet structure (10) comprising (1) an upper nonwoven fabric (14) which is a water-permeable nonwoven fabric having a water permeation rate of 10 s or less; and (2) a lower nonwoven fabric (15) which is a water-retaining nonwoven fabric having an amount of water absorbed of 250 g/m2 or more. The water-absorbent sheet structure (10) of the present invention is thin and is capable of sufficiently exhibiting water-absorbent capacities such as fast liquid permeability, a small amount of liquid re-wet, and a small amount of liquid leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsushita, Junichi Takatori, Junichi Maruo, Kana Kudo
  • Patent number: 8802918
    Abstract: A water-absorbent sheet composition containing a structure in which an absorbent layer containing a water-absorbent resin and an adhesive is sandwiched with two or more sheets of hydrophilic nonwoven fabrics, wherein the water-absorbent sheet composition has a structure in which the absorbent layer is separated in divided parts of a primary absorbent layer and a secondary absorbent layer with a water-permeable substrate having a water permeability index of from 20 to 90, and wherein the water-absorbent resin is contained in the absorbent layer in an amount of from 100 to 1000 g/m2. The water-absorbent sheet composition of the present invention exhibits some excellent effects that the water-absorbent sheet composition is capable of accomplishing thinning and avoidance of gel blocking phenomenon and liquid leakage, while obtaining basic properties as a water-absorbent sheet composition at a high level, even for a water-absorbent sheet composition containing a very small amount of pulps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Fukudome, Junichi Maruo, Masayoshi Handa, Kiyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20130046263
    Abstract: A water-absorbent sheet structure comprising a structure in which an absorbent layer containing a water-absorbent resin and an adhesive is sandwiched with nonwoven fabrics from an upper side and a lower side of the absorbent layer, wherein the water-absorbent sheet structure has a structure in which the absorbent layer is separated in divided parts of a primary absorbent layer and a secondary absorbent layer with a fibrous substrate having a void ratio of from 91 to 99%, and wherein the water-absorbent resin is contained in an amount of from 100 to 1,000 g/m2, and wherein the adhesive is contained in a proportion of 0.05 to 2.0 times the amount of the water-absorbent resin contained (mass basis).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Fukudome, Junichi Takatori, Junichi Maruo, Tetsuhiro Hinayama
  • Publication number: 20120328862
    Abstract: A water-absorbent sheet structure comprises a structure in which an absorbent layer containing a water-absorbent resin and an adhesive is sandwiched with nonwoven fabrics from an upper side and a lower side of the absorbent layer, wherein the water-absorbent resin is contained in an amount of from 100 to 1,000 g/m2, and wherein the water-absorbent resin has a water-retention capacity of saline solution of from 15 to 50 g/g, and wherein the water-absorbent sheet structure has a peeling strength of from 0.05 to 3.0 N/7 cm. The water-absorbent sheet structure of the present invention exhibits some effects that a water-absorbent sheet structure has excellent shape retaining ability even when the structure is thin, so that the water-absorbent sheet structure does not undergo deformation of the form before liquid absorption or after the absorption, and is capable of sufficiently exhibiting absorbent properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Fukudome, Junichi Maruo, Masayoshi Handa, Koji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20120288701
    Abstract: A water-absorbent sheet structure comprises a structure in which an absorbent layer comprising a water-absorbent resin and an adhesive is sandwiched with nonwoven fabrics from an upper side and a lower side of the absorbent layer, wherein the water-absorbent resin is contained in an amount of 10 g/m2 or more and less than 100 g/m2, and wherein the water-absorbent resin has a water-retention capacity of saline solution of from 35 to 80 g/g, and wherein the water-absorbent sheet structure has a peeling strength of from 0.05 to 3.0 N/7 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsushita, Tetsuhiro Hinayama, Junichi Maruo, Masayoshi Handa
  • Publication number: 20120203191
    Abstract: A water-absorbent sheet comprising a structure in which an absorbent layer containing a water-absorbent resin and an adhesive is sandwiched with nonwoven fabrics from an upper side and a lower side of the absorbent layer, wherein the water-absorbent sheet has a laminate structure in which the absorbent layer is fractionated into a primary absorbent layer and a secondary absorbent layer with a breathable fractionating layer, and wherein at least one sheet out of the nonwoven fabrics is a spunbond nonwoven fabric, and at least a nonwoven fabric at a lower side out of the nonwoven fabrics is a hydrophilic nonwoven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Maruo, Syuji Tsuno, Hideki Matsuhita, Masayoshi Handa
  • Publication number: 20110270204
    Abstract: A water-absorbent sheet composition containing a structure in which an absorbent layer containing a water-absorbent resin and an adhesive is sandwiched with two or more sheets of hydrophilic nonwoven fabrics, wherein the water-absorbent sheet composition has a structure in which the absorbent layer is separated in divided parts of a primary absorbent layer and a secondary absorbent layer with a water-permeable substrate having a water permeability index of from 20 to 90, and wherein the water-absorbent resin is contained in the absorbent layer in an amount of from 100 to 1000 g/m2. The water-absorbent sheet composition of the present invention exhibits some excellent effects that the water-absorbent sheet composition is capable of accomplishing thinning and avoidance of gel blocking phenomenon and liquid leakage, while obtaining basic properties as a water-absorbent sheet composition at a high level, even for a water-absorbent sheet composition containing a very small amount of pulps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Fukudome, Junichi Maruo, Masayoshi Handa, Kiyoshi Yamaguchi