Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Fukuhara

Tomoaki Fukuhara 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: 20170072436
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a film coated on a substrate includes a film removing body including a liquid supply device which discharges removing liquid through a discharge opening to a removal portion of a film coated on a substrate, and a collection device which collects a discharged removing liquid through a collection opening, and an adjustment device that adjusts a distance between a surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the film removing body at a position between the discharge opening and the collection opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji KUBO, Rui Kanbayashi, Tomoaki Fukuhara, Hirotake Ito
  • Patent number: 8231933
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device, including forming an organic light emitting layer by a relief printing method, the method including transferring an organic light emitting material ink from an ink supplier to a printing plate, and subsequently transferring the organic light emitting material ink from the printing plate to a substrate, wherein a solvent of the organic light emitting material ink comprises a solvent having a vapor pressure over 500 Pa at 20-25 degrees Celsius, and wherein the time between the reception of the ink by the printing plate and the transfer of the ink to the substrate is equal to or less than 5 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Takeshita, Takahisa Shimizu, Hironori Kawakami, Nahoko Inokuchi, Tomoaki Fukuhara, Hiroshi Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20090217834
    Abstract: A letterpress printing machine is disclosed including a rotary printing cylinder in which a relief printing plate is installed, a substrate surface plate on which a substrate is placed, an ink supply device supplying ink on the relief printing plate, a relief printing plate washing equipment washing the surface of the relief printing plate, and a wiper for a plate. The relief printing plate washing equipment can include a washing liquid supplying unit, an air blasting unit jetting pressurized gas to the relief printing plate, a suction unit sucking the washing liquid scattered by air blasting unit, and a washing liquid recovery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konaka, Tomoaki Fukuhara, Hiroshi Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 7546803
    Abstract: A letterpress printing machine is disclosed including a rotary printing cylinder in which a relief printing plate is installed, a substrate surface plate on which a substrate is placed, an ink supply device supplying ink on the relief printing plate, a relief printing plate washing equipment washing the surface of the relief printing plate, and a wiper for a plate. The relief printing plate washing equipment can include a washing liquid supplying unit, an air blasting unit jetting pressurized gas to the relief printing plate, a suction unit sucking the washing liquid scattered by air blasting unit, and a washing liquid recovery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konaka, Tomoaki Fukuhara, Hiroshi Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20080311284
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device, including forming an organic light emitting layer by a relief printing method, the method including transferring an organic light emitting material ink from an ink supplier to a printing plate, and subsequently transferring the organic light emitting material ink from the printing plate to a substrate, wherein a solvent of the organic light emitting material ink comprises a solvent having a vapor pressure over 500 Pa at 20-25 degrees Celsius, and wherein the time between the reception of the ink by the printing plate and the transfer of the ink to the substrate is equal to or less than 5 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Takeshita, Takahisa Shimizu, Hironori Kawakami, Nahoko Inokuchi, Tomoaki Fukuhara, Hiroshi Matsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20070175349
    Abstract: A letterpress printing machine is disclosed including a rotary printing cylinder in which a relief printing plate is installed, a substrate surface plate on which a substrate is placed, an ink supply device supplying ink on the relief printing plate, a relief printing plate washing equipment washing the surface of the relief printing plate, and a wiper for a plate. The relief printing plate washing equipment can include a washing liquid supplying unit, an air blasting unit jetting pressurized gas to the relief printing plate, a suction unit sucking the washing liquid scattered by air blasting unit, and a washing liquid recovery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Yukio Konaka, Tomoaki Fukuhara, Hiroshi Matsuzawa