Patents by Inventor Mitsugu Iwatsubo

Mitsugu Iwatsubo 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: 20240132253
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori INAGAWA, Mitsugu IWATSUBO, Takahiro OTSUKA, Masahito CHIWAKI, Daisuke KODAMA
  • Patent number: 11878841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki, Daisuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 11332292
    Abstract: A container has an inner container that accommodates an article, with an opening through which the article can be discharged; and a cover that is composed of a cover-forming sheet member given by lamination of a plurality of film layers, and covers the inner container; the cover-forming sheet member has a film region in which the plurality of film layers are attached to each other, and filler enclosing parts in which a filler is enclosed between the plurality of film layers, and bulges in the thickness direction of the cover-forming sheet member than the film region; and, the inner container has an outer air introducing part through which the outer air is introduced between the outer surface of the inner container and the inner surface of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Otsuka, Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Daisuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 11267617
    Abstract: A container body of the sheet container is composed of a sheet member given by lamination of a plurality of film layers, and has a plurality of surface-like parts; the plurality of surface-like parts include a first surface-like part and a second surface-like part that adjoin and cross each other; the sheet member has a filler enclosing part in which a filler is enclosed between the plurality of film layers; the filler enclosing part includes an intermediate extending part laid across the first surface-like part and the second surface-like part, and a first adjoining part and a second adjoining part that individually adjoin both sides of the intermediate extending part; and the intermediate extending part extending more further from the second surface-like part than the first adjoining part and the second adjoining part extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kodama, Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki
  • Publication number: 20210339915
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki, Daisuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 11059626
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki, Daisuke Kodama
  • Publication number: 20210163181
    Abstract: A container body of the sheet container is composed of a sheet member given by lamination of a plurality of film layers, and has a plurality of surface-like parts; the plurality of surface-like parts include a first surface-like part and a second surface-like part that adjoin and cross each other; the sheet member has a filler enclosing part in which a filler is enclosed between the plurality of film layers; the filler enclosing part includes an intermediate extending part laid across the first surface-like part and the second surface-like part, and a first adjoining part and a second adjoining part that individually adjoin both sides of the intermediate extending part; and the intermediate extending part extending more further from the second surface-like part than the first adjoining part and the second adjoining part extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KODAMA, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Mitsugu IWATSUBO, Takahiro OTSUKA, Masahito CHIWAKI
  • Publication number: 20190248546
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container (90) being made of a sheet material (20) and including a body portion (12) and a bottom portion (25) that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material (20) including a plurality of film layers (20a,20b, and 20c). A body portion sheet (93a) that constitutes the body portion (12) includes a bonding portion (94) where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials (20) are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet (93b) that constitutes the bottom portion (25), a non-adhesive region (99) is provided in the plurality of film layers (20a, 20b, and 20c). The non-adhesive region (99) forms a bottom filler-filled portion (96b). The bottom filler-filled portion (96b) extends annularly around a non-filled portion (96j), and includes at least three protruding leg portions (96m) that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container (90) to stand by itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori INAGAWA, Mitsugu IWATSUBO, Takahiro OTSUKA, Masahito CHIWAKI, Daisuke KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20190168941
    Abstract: A container has an inner container that accommodates an article, with an opening through which the article can be discharged; and a cover that is composed of a cover-forming sheet member given by lamination of a plurality of film layers, and covers the inner container; the cover-forming sheet member has a film region in which the plurality of film layers are attached to each other, and filler enclosing parts in which a filler is enclosed between the plurality of film layers, and bulges in the thickness direction of the cover-forming sheet member than the film region; and, the inner container has an outer air introducing part through which the outer air is introduced between the outer surface of the inner container and the inner surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro OTSUKA, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Mitsugu IWATSUBO, Daisuke KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20180208337
    Abstract: A spout-equipped container (100) that is used to refill a refillable container with a content material includes a refill container spout (1) and a flexible container body portion (2). The container body portion (2) contains the content material. The refill container spout (1) includes a tubular nozzle portion (11) that brings the inside and outside of the container body portion (2) into communication with each other, and a fixing portion (19) that is fixedly attached to the container body portion (2). The nozzle portion (11) includes a throttle projection (14) that protrudes toward a center of the nozzle portion (11) on an inner surface (11c) side in a lower portion (C) that is one of three equal parts obtained by dividing the nozzle portion in a height direction of the nozzle portion. The throttle projection (14) forms, on a leading end side in a protrusion direction of the throttle projection (14), a flow path through which the content material passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicants: KAO CORPORATION, FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Shinji WATANABE, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Fumihito SUZUKI, Mitsugu IWATSUBO
  • Patent number: 9114903
    Abstract: A squeeze container includes a container body having flexibility, and a press restriction member that is provided inside the container body and that restricts, from inside the container body, deformation of the container body due to pressing of a side surface of the container body from outside thereof. A content liquid of the container is discharged by pressing the side surface of the container body from outside thereof. The squeeze container has, on the side surface of the container body, measurement scale markings arrayed in the vertical direction. The inner diameter of the container body within an arrayed range in which the measurement scale markings are arrayed in the vertical direction is formed to have a smaller diameter than an upper portion and/or a lower portion of the container body. Further, there is a corresponding relationship between a position, in the vertical direction, on the array of the measurement scale markings and a discharge amount when that position is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Michiaki Fujita
  • Patent number: 8833612
    Abstract: A container body (11) is provided with a squeeze operating portion (13a) between a shoulder portion (15) and a bottom portion (14), the squeeze operating portion including a squeeze face portion (16) opposed to a squeeze direction X, a pair of lateral support wall portions (17) arranged along the squeeze direction X at both side sections of the squeeze face portion (16), and inclined linking face portions (18) arranged as being inclined therebetween. When the squeeze face portion (16) is compressed to the squeeze direction x, the inclined linking face portions (18) expand distance between the pair of lateral support wall portions (17) at both sides as deforming along the squeeze face portion (16) from an inclined state against the squeeze face portion (16). The inclined linking face portions (18) are restricted so as not to be flipped in the squeeze direction (x) side after deformation completes as expansion force vanishes, so that constant quantity of content liquid is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Inaba, Hiroshi Goto, Michiaki Fujita, Mitsugu Iwatsubo
  • Publication number: 20120267397
    Abstract: A container body (11) is provided with a squeeze operating portion (13a) between a shoulder portion (15) and a bottom portion (14), the squeeze operating portion including a squeeze face portion (16) opposed to a squeeze direction X, a pair of lateral support wall portions (17) arranged along the squeeze direction X at both side sections of the squeeze face portion (16), and inclined linking face portions (18) arranged as being inclined therebetween. When the squeeze face portion (16) is compressed to the squeeze direction x, the inclined linking face portions (18) expand distance between the pair of lateral support wall portions (17) at both sides as deforming along the squeeze face portion (16) from an inclined state against the squeeze face portion (16). The inclined linking face portions (18) are restricted so as not to be flipped in the squeeze direction (x) side after deformation completes as expansion force vanishes, so that constant quantity of content liquid is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Inaba, Hiroshi Goto, Michiaki Fujita, Mitsugu Iwatsubo
  • Publication number: 20120234868
    Abstract: In a cap (10) for a squeeze container to discharge content liquid from a top discharge opening (13) with squeeze deformation of a barrel section (12b) of a container body (12) to be used as being attached to a mouth neck section (12a) of the container body (12) made of plastic as being squeeze-deformable, at least a part of a liquid flow path from the mouth neck section (12a) of the container body (12) to the discharge opening (13) is formed as a helical flow path (15). The helical flow path (15) includes a bottom face section (15a) which is formed to have declination toward the barrel section (12b) of the container body (12) in an erected state of the squeeze container (11). The helical flow path (15) is formed by a helical tube (14) which is arranged inside the cap (10) for a squeeze container, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Inaba, Hiroshi Goto, Michiaki Fujita, Mitsugu Iwatsubo
  • Publication number: 20110204095
    Abstract: A squeeze container includes a container body having flexibility, and a press restriction member that is provided inside the container body and that restricts, from inside the container body, deformation of the container body due to pressing of a side surface of the container body from outside thereof. A content liquid of the container is discharged by pressing the side surface of the container body from outside thereof. The squeeze container has, on the side surface of the container body, measurement scale markings arrayed in the vertical direction. The inner diameter of the container body within an arrayed range in which the measurement scale markings are arrayed in the vertical direction is formed to have a smaller diameter than an upper portion and/or a lower portion of the container body. Further, there is a corresponding relationship between a position, in the vertical direction, on the array of the measurement scale markings and a discharge amount when that position is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Michiaki Fujita
  • Patent number: 7052752
    Abstract: A blow molding multilayered resin container used for holding contents containing an oxidation dye which comprises a moisture barrier layer having a water vapor transmission rate of 0.4 g·mm/(m2·d) or lower and an oxygen barrier layer having an oxygen transmission rate of 10 cm3·mm/(m2·d·MPa) or lower, the oxygen barrier layer being closer to the outside of the container than the moisture barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Yuuji Yamaguchi, Takurou Ito
  • Patent number: 7044334
    Abstract: A double container including an outer container having flexibility and communicating with the outside air, and an inner bag holding contents, with a space defined between the outer container and inner bag. The contents include a component which generates gas by decomposition and a volatile component and the inner bag has permeability to decomposition gases evolved by the decomposing component of the contents. The decomposition gases evolved permeate through the inner bag without difficulty for easy discharge into the outside while the volatile gases evolved from the volatile components are allowed to stay in the space on the outer side of the inner bag, making it difficult for the newly evolved volatile gases to permeate through the inner bag, thereby limiting dispersion of the volatile gases and effectively suppressing deterioration of hairdye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mita, Mitsugu Iwatsubo
  • Patent number: 6959840
    Abstract: A cap to be fitted on a double container including a flexible outer container and an inner bag, being composed of a main cap which has a flow opening for discharging the contents and is fixedly fitted on the neck of the double container and a nozzle cap which has an outlet for discharging the contents and is slidably fitted on the main cap. The cap makes a switch between a state with a flow passage shut and a ventilation passage open and a state with the flow passage open and the ventilation passage shut by vertical sliding movement of the nozzle cap on the main cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsugu Iwatsubo
  • Publication number: 20050058792
    Abstract: A blow molding multilayered resin container used for holding contents containing an oxidation dye which comprises a moisture barrier layer having a water vapor transmission rate of 0.4 g·mm/(m2·d) or lower and an oxygen barrier layer having an oxygen transmission rate of 10 cm3·mm/(m2·d·MPa) or lower, the oxygen barrier layer being closer to the outside of the container than the moisture barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsugu Iwatsubo
  • Publication number: 20040011810
    Abstract: A double container (11) comprising an outer container (13) having flexibility and communicating with the outside air, and an inner bag (14) holding contents, with a space (20) defined between the outer container (13) and inner bag (14), wherein the contents include a component which generates gas by decomposition and a volatile component and the inner bag (14) has permeability to decomposition gases evolved by the decomposing component of the contents. The decomposition gases evolved permeate through the inner bag (14) without difficulty for easy discharge into the outside while the volatile gases evolved from the volatile components are allowed to stay in the space (20) on the outer side of the inner bag (14), making it difficult for the newly evolved volatile gases to permeate through the inner bag (14), thereby limiting dispersion of the volatile gases and effectively suppressing deterioration of hairdye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mita, Mitsugu Iwatsubo