Patents by Inventor Kanji Hosokawa

Kanji Hosokawa 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).

  • Bulk recoverable nonwoven fabric, process for producing the same and method for recovering the bulk thereof
    Patent number: 5368925
    Abstract: A bulk-recoverable nonwoven fabric comprising a nonwoven fabric of which constituting fiber is bonded to each other by an adhesive agent to bond fibers and which is fixed in a compressed state by a temporary adhesive agent having a melting temperature lower than the melting temperatures of the constituting fiber and the adhesive agent to bond fibers, a process for producing the bulk-recoverable nonwoven fabric and a method for recovering the bulk of the nonwoven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanji Hosokawa, Hisaya Okamura, Zenji Yoshida, Noboru Matsui
  • Method of producing stretchable wadding
    Patent number: 4600605
    Abstract: A stretchable wadding with an apparent density of 0.005 to 0.05 g/cm.sup.3 formed from a web of crimp potential fibers bonded together and shrunk by drying is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, crimp potential fibers are bonded to each other by spraying an adhesive onto both sides of the web, drying the adhesive, and shrinking the web by means of additional heat treatment to crimp the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Japan Vilene Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoto Nakai, Kanji Hosokawa