Patents by Inventor Yoko Shirai

Yoko Shirai 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: 10434495
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing water absorbent resin powder in which permeability potential (SFC) is improved while a water absorbing rate (FSR) is being kept. The method is a method for producing water absorbent polyacrylic acid (salt) resin powder including the steps of: (i) polymerizing an acrylic acid (salt) monomer aqueous solution; (ii) during or after the step of (i), performing gel grinding of a hydrogel crosslinked polymer obtained by the polymerization, wherein the hydrogel crosslinked polymer has resin solid content of 10 wt % to 80 wt %, and the gel grinding is carried out with gel grinding energy (GGE) of 18 [J/g] to 60 [J/g]; (iii) drying a particulate hydrogel crosslinked polymer obtained by the gel grinding, wherein the drying is performed at 150° C. to 250° C.; and (iv) carrying out a surface treatment to the particulate hydrogel crosslinked polymer thus dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sayaka Machida, Kazushi Torii, Yoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Shigeru Sakamoto, Koji Tachi, Reiko Nakatsuru
  • Publication number: 20160332141
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing water absorbent resin powder in which permeability potential (SFC) is improved while a water absorbing rate (FSR) is being kept. The method is a method for producing water absorbent polyacrylic acid (salt) resin powder including the steps of: (i) polymerizing an acrylic acid (salt) monomer aqueous solution; (ii) during or after the step of (i), performing gel grinding of a hydrogel crosslinked polymer obtained by the polymerization, wherein the hydrogel crosslinked polymer has resin solid content of 10 wt % to 80 wt %, and the gel grinding is carried out with gel grinding energy (GGE) of 18 [J/g] to 60 [J/g]; (iii) drying a particulate hydrogel crosslinked polymer obtained by the gel grinding, wherein the drying is performed at 150° C. to 250° C.; and (iv) carrying out a surface treatment to the particulate hydrogel crosslinked polymer thus dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Sayaka Machida, Kazushi Torii, Yoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Shigeru Sakamoto, Koji Tachi, Reiko Nakatsuru
  • Patent number: 9447203
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing water absorbent resin powder in which permeability potential (SFC) is improved while a water absorbing rate (FSR) is being kept. The method is a method for producing water absorbent polyacrylic acid (salt) resin powder including the steps of: (i) polymerizing an acrylic acid (salt) monomer aqueous solution; (ii) during or after the step of (i), performing gel grinding of a hydrogel crosslinked polymer obtained by the polymerization, wherein the hydrogel crosslinked polymer has resin solid content of 10 wt % to 80 wt %, and the gel grinding is carried out with gel grinding energy (GGE) of 18 [J/g] to 60 [J/g]; (iii) drying a particulate hydrogel crosslinked polymer obtained by the gel grinding, wherein the drying is performed at 150° C. to 250° C.; and (iv) carrying out a surface treatment to the particulate hydrogel crosslinked polymer thus dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPOM SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sayaka Machida, Kazushi Torii, Yoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Shigeru Sakamoto, Koji Tachi, Reiko Nakatsuru
  • Patent number: 9102804
    Abstract: A method for producing a water-absorbing resin comprises circulation of the water-absorbing resin in a predetermined amount in a pulverization step before a surface cross-linking step. At least a part of a classified polymer is supplied again to the same or a different pulverization step before the surface cross-linking step, wherein the circulation pulverization ratio in the pulverization step, represented by the following equation, is 1.10 to 1.50: (Circulation pulverization ratio)=(total supply amount of the water-absorbing resin to the pulverization step)/(total discharge amount of the water-absorbing resin at the drying step) wherein (total supply amount of the water-absorbing resin to the pulverization step)=(total discharge amount of the water-absorbing resin at the drying step)+(amount of the classified polymer supplied again to the same or a different pulverization step).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sayaka Machida, Kazushi Torii, Yoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Kunihiki Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 8513378
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a water-absorbing resin powder. The method includes a polymerization step, a drying step, a pulverization step, a classification step, and a surface cross-linking step. It further includes an additional step, performed before the surface cross-linking step, in which at least part of the classified polymer is supplied again to the same or a different pulverization step. The circulation pulverization ratio in the pulverization step is higher than 1.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sayaka Machida, Kazushi Torii, Yoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Kunihiko Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20130026412
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing water absorbent resin powder in which permeability potential (SFC) is improved while a water absorbing rate (FSR) is being kept. The method is a method for producing water absorbent polyacrylic acid (salt) resin powder including the steps of: (i) polymerizing an acrylic acid (salt) monomer aqueous solution; (ii) during or after the step of (i), performing gel grinding of a hydrogel crosslinked polymer obtained by the polymerization, wherein the hydrogel crosslinked polymer has resin solid content of 10 wt % to 80 wt %, and the gel grinding is carried out with gel grinding energy (GGE) of 18 [J/g] to 60 [J/g]; (iii) drying a particulate hydrogel crosslinked polymer obtained by the gel grinding, wherein the drying is performed at 150° C. to 250° C.; and (iv) carrying out a surface treatment to the particulate hydrogel crosslinked polymer thus dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Sayaka Machida, Kazushi Torii, Yoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Shigeru Sakamoto, Koji Tachi, Reiko Nakatsuru
  • Publication number: 20120220745
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] It is an object of the present invention to enhance and stabilize properties of a water-absorbing resin, for example, damage resistance or water-absorbing speed, by a simple and convenient method without requiring change of raw materials or expensive facility investment, in a large scale production method for the water-absorbing resin. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM] It is solved by circulation of the water-absorbing resin in a predetermined amount or more in the pulverization step before the surface cross-linking step. That is, at least a part of the classified polymer is supplied again to the same or different pulverization step, before the surface cross-linking step, wherein circulation pulverization ratio in the pulverization step, represented by the following equation is larger than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Nippon Shokubal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sayaka Machida, Kazushi Torii, Yoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Kunihiko Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20120220733
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] It is an object of the present invention to enhance and stabilize properties of a water-absorbing resin, for example, damage resistance or water-absorbing speed, by a simple and convenient method without requiring change of raw materials or expensive facility investment, in a large scale production method for the water-absorbing resin. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM] It is solved by circulation of the water-absorbing resin in a predetermined amount or more in the pulverization step before the surface cross-linking step. That is, at least a part of the classified polymer is supplied again to the same or different pulverization step, before the surface cross-linking step, wherein circulation pulverization ratio in the pulverization step, represented by the following equation is 1.10 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Sayaka Machida, Kazushi Torii, Yoko Shirai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Kunihiko Ishizaki