Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiko Shinohara

Mitsuhiko Shinohara 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).

  • Patent number: 10011376
    Abstract: It is to provide a packaging container comprising: a synthetic resin container body having a flange part at a periphery of an opening at an upper end thereof; and a container cap having a top board part and a skirt part provided such that it is suspended from a-periphery of the top board part, and wherein the top board part is heat-sealed onto an upper surface of the flange part of the container body; wherein the packaging container has a first cutout part at an upper end of an outer edge of the flange part. By providing a first cutout part, a packaging container possible to achieve sealing with the container cap stably, and to open the sealing easily and surely as well can be provided, by suppressing the effect of a molten resin on a folded corner part of the skirt of the container cap when the container body is heat-sealed with the container cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Takafumi Kawano, Motokazu Kawano, Masahar Kanai, Toshiro Watanabe, Mikio Ishimoto, Shin-Ichi Hoshi, Shin-Ichiro No
  • Publication number: 20090212060
    Abstract: It is to provide a packaging container comprising: a synthetic resin container body having a flange part at a periphery of an opening at an upper end thereof; and a container cap having a top board part and a skirt part provided such that it is suspended from a-periphery of the top board part, and wherein the top board part is heat-sealed onto an upper surface of the flange part of the container body; wherein the packaging container has a first cutout part at an upper end of an outer edge of the flange part. By providing a first cutout part, a packaging container possible to achieve sealing with the container cap stably, and to open the sealing easily and surely as well can be provided, by suppressing the effect of a molten resin on a folded corner part of the skirt of the container cap when the container body is heat-sealed with the container cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Takafumi Kawano, Motokazu Kawano, Masaharu Kanai, Toshiro Watanabe, Mikio Ishimoto, Shin-ichi Hoshi, Shin-ichiro No
  • Patent number: 7178316
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sealing apparatus is provided for transversely ultrasonically sealing a packing material comprised of a laminated body including at least a thermoplastic resin layer having a tubular form and containing a fluid. The apparatus includes a horn having an elongated and flat sealing face and an opposing jaw with an action face including a pressing portion for pressing the packing material in cooperation with the sealing face of the horn to a define at least one transverse sealing zone of the tubular packing material. At least one groove is disposed on the action face of the opposing jaw for forming a molten thermoplastic resin bulge in a vicinal area of the at least one sealing zone on a side in contact with the fluid in the tubular packing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kume, Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Takeshi Iseki, Michio Ueda
  • Patent number: 6986232
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sealing apparatus prevents a sealing failure by preventing a tunnel (through passage) to form in the step portions in the vicinity of both end portions of longitudinally sealed portions, when the tubular laminated packaging material is transversely ultrasonically sealed. An ultrasonic sealing apparatus, in which a laminated packaging material containing a thermoplastic resin layer and a paper layer is formed into a tubular form and the tubular laminated packaging material is transversely ultrasonic sealed, includes a horn having an elongated and flat sealing face and an opposing jaw having an elongated pressing face which presses the laminated packaging material in cooperation with the sealing face of the horn, wherein the center portion in longitudinal direction of the pressing face of the opposing jaw is narrower than both end portions of the pressing face. Further, at a center portion in longitudinal direction of a pressing face of the opposing jaw, a recess having an arc shape, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kume, Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Takeshi Iseki, Michio Ueda
  • Patent number: 6802920
    Abstract: An ultrasonic container sealing method of sealing a closure 12 to a container main body 11 with use of an ultrasonic horn 54 having a sealing action face 53 comprises applying pressure to a lap of an outer peripheral portion of the closure 12 and a flange 24 of the container main body 11 as lapped over each other by the sealing action face 53, and causing ultrasonic rotational vibration in a rotating direction about an axis parallel to the direction of application of the pressure to act on the sealing action face 53.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Michio Ueda
  • Publication number: 20040094255
    Abstract: An ultrasonic container sealing method of sealing a closure 12 to a container main body 11 with use of an ultrasonic horn 54 having a sealing action face 53 comprises applying pressure to a lap of an outer peripheral portion of the closure 12 and a flange 24 of the container main body 11 as lapped over each other by the sealing action face 53, and causing ultrasonic rotational vibration in a rotating direction about an axis parallel to the direction of application of the pressure to act on the sealing action face 53.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Michio Ueda
  • Patent number: 6605178
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sealing apparatus comprises at least one horn having an elongated sealing face for sealing a packing material. Plural converters are erected on a side of the horn opposite to the sealing face for resonating the horn with a vibrating frequency. The ultrasonic sealing apparatus has a length that is one wavelength of the vibrating frequency and is fixed in position to a sealing jaw at a nodal plane of the vibrating frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Takeshi Iseki, Michio Ueda, Satoshi Kume, Osamu Tamamoto, Tadayoshi Hamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20030046906
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sealing apparatus is provided for transversely ultrasonically sealing a packing material comprised of a laminated body including at least a thermoplastic resin layer having a tubular form and containing a fluid. The apparatus includes a horn having an elongated and flat sealing face and an opposing jaw with an action face including a pressing portion for pressing the packing material in cooperation with the sealing face of the horn to a define at least one transverse sealing zone of the tubular packing material. At least one groove is disposed on the action face of the opposing jaw for forming a molten thermoplastic resin bulge in a vicinal area of the at least one sealing zone on a side in contact with the fluid in the tubular packing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Applicant: SHIKOKU KAKOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kume, Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Takeshi Iseki, Michio Ueda
  • Publication number: 20020033395
    Abstract: A container having a spout of thermoplastic synthetic resin fixed to an outlet edge portion defining a liquid outlet formed in a top portion of the container. The outlet edge portion of the container is covered with a thermoplastic synthetic resin layer at least over inner and outer surfaces thereof. The spout comprises a tubular body, and inner and outer two outward flanges formed at one end of the tubular body integrally therewith and holding the outlet edge portion of the container therebetween from inside and outside. The inner and outer flanges of the spout are fixed respectively to the inner and outer surfaces of the outlet edge portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: SHIKOKU KAKOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Iwano, Yasuji Fujikawa, Mitsuhiko Shinohara, Michio Ueda