Patents by Inventor Motokazu Watanabe

Motokazu Watanabe 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: 5385991
    Abstract: A process for producing polyolefin with a vapor-phase fluidized-bed reactor, wherein the reaction is started after filling the reactor with particles which contain moisture and/or molecular oxygen and can form a fluidized bed in order to prevent the formation of molten resin which is liable to occur at the start of the reaction and to attain a smooth operation of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yamaguchi, Shinjiro Suga, Masatoshi Morikawa, Kunimichi Kubo, Motokazu Watanabe, Yasuhiko Sano
  • Patent number: 5310833
    Abstract: A process for feeding a powder catalyst with a gas intermittently to a high-pressure fluidized bed reactor for the vapor phase polymerization of olefin, wherein the cross section of a catalyst feed pipe is reduced midway through the pipe to thereby make continual catalyst feeding possible and prevent the formation of a lump polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunimichi Kubo, Motokazu Watanabe, Mamoru Yoshikawa, Masatoshi Morikawa, Yoshihisa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 5202396
    Abstract: A process for feeding a powder catalyst with a gas intermittently to a high-pressure fluidized bed reactor for the vapor phase polymerization of olefin, wherein the cross section of a catalyst feed pipe is reduced midway through the pipe to thereby make continual catalyst feeding possible and prevent the formation of a lump polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kunimichi Kubo, Motokazu Watanabe, Mamoru Yoshikawa, Masatoshi Morikawa, Yoshihisa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 4525548
    Abstract: Provided is a method for vapor phase polymerization of olefins. An olefin gas is fed into a horizontal cylindrical vessel having a lower curved surface corresponding to 30 to 180 degrees of the circumference of the vessel and extending substantially the length of the vessel formed by a perforated plate having a multiplicity of holes spaced at intervals in the range of from 0.5 to 50 mm, through said plate from an olefin feed chamber mounted below and covering the plate. A polymer catalyst is fed into the horizontal cylindrical vessel through a polymerization catalyst inlet port located in a portion of the vessel other than the lower curved surface formed by the perforated plate. The olefin is reacted in the presence of a catalyst with agitation to form polymer. Unreacted olefin is removed through a discharge port located in a portion of the vessel other than the lower curved surface formed by the perforated plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company Limited
    Inventors: Kunimichi Kubo, Mamoru Yoshikawa, Motokazu Watanabe, Yasunosuke Miyazaki, Mituji Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 4372919
    Abstract: A horizontal agitation bed type vapor phase polymerization apparatus for olefins, having a lower curved surface constructed by a perforated plate so as to allow a olefin gas to be fed uniformly throughout the reaction system through the said perforated plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kunimichi Kubo, Mamoru Yoshikawa, Motokazu Watanabe, Yasunosuke Miyazaki, Mituji Miyoshi