Patents Assigned to Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20240131813Abstract: A controller for a pouch-making machine for manufacturing a pouch while feeding a pair of film materials each provided with a reference mark that indicates a reference position for layering the film materials together, includes a driven roller shift unit for independently shifting each shaft of a pair of driven rollers that rotate being driven by the pair of film materials being fed and a control unit for controlling the driven roller shift unit based on a result of an image-shooting unit shooting images of the reference marks, so that positions of the reference marks provided on the pair of film materials coincide.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventor: Shintaro Nobe
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Patent number: 11897669Abstract: The spout cap of the present invention includes: a cap body that tubularly surrounds a mouth portion of a spout body, and is an injection molded article made of resin; and a sealing film that is bonded to one side in a penetration direction of the cap body and can be thermally bonded to a tip surface of the mouth portion. The cap body includes a tubular body portion, and a tab portion disposed outside in a caliber direction with respect to the body portion. The tab portion includes a tab base portion that projects outward in the caliber direction from the other side in the penetration direction of the body portion, and a tab body portion that extends from the tab base portion toward the one side in the penetration direction and faces the body portion on an outside in the caliber direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Tanaka, Ryosuke Miyawaki
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Publication number: 20230382599Abstract: A storage container for storing soft capsules to be orally ingested includes: a storage space for storing the soft capsules; an inner surface facing the storage space and contacting the soft capsules inside the storage space; and a separation unit causing part of a contact region of the soft capsules contacting the inner surface to be separated from the inner surface. The area of the contact portion of the contact region that contacts the inner surface is smaller than the area of the separation portion of the contact region that is separated from the inner surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu HARA, Takamasa MORI, Shota SATO
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Patent number: 11738909Abstract: A sleeve (10) is for being provided in a bag body (20) to come into contact with an inner face of the bag body (20) in a tubular state and imparting a three-dimensional shape to the bag body (20), and comprises polyolefin and a filler. The packaging bag (1) includes a bag body (20) and a sleeve (10) provided in the bag body (20), and is capable of self-standing.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTDInventors: Toru Ichikawa, Kenji Nagata
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Patent number: 11731387Abstract: The present invention is a bag making machine (20, 30). The bag making machine (20, 30) includes: a conveying unit (37) which conveys a multi-layer film (S) in which films (13a, 13b) are overlapped; a side edge sealing device (27) which thermally fuses the films (13a, 13b) to each other; and an ultrasonic device (26) which crushes a part of a zipper member (14) disposed between films (13a, 13b). The side edge sealing device (27) includes: a platform (44); and a heat-generating head (45). The ultrasonic device (26) includes: an anvil (41); and an ultrasonic horn head (42). The heating-generating head (45) and the ultrasonic horn head (42) reciprocate at a same cycle via a link member (51).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Nobe, Kazuhiro Umenaka
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Patent number: 11655089Abstract: The present invention is a self-standing spout-equipped packaging bag (1), including a bag body (10) that stores contents, and a spout (12) that is attached to an upper portion of the bag body (10). The bag body (10) includes a tubular barrel portion (20), and a bottom portion (22) which is attached to block an opening end of a lower part of the barrel portion (20). The spout (12) includes a tubular nozzle portion (14), and a flange portion (16) which projects from an outer surface of the nozzle portion (14). An upper end part (21) of the tubular barrel portion (20) over an entire circumference is liquid-tightly adhered to an upper surface (16e) of the flange portion (16) in a state of following a shape of the flange portion (16) in plan view to be in the same shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Umenaka, Raizo Kuge
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Publication number: 20230002136Abstract: A discharge member used for discharging contents accommodated in a container includes: an attachment part to be attached to the container; and a tubular part that is formed into a tubular shape, through which the contents from the container pass, the tubular part being provided with a tubular member in which a functional resin layer is disposed as an intermediate layer inside in a radial direction. The functional resin layer provided to the tubular member is disposed closer to the outer circumferential surface among the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface of the tubular member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru ICHIKAWA, Takayuki KOTANI, Tomonari SHINOHARA
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Patent number: 11459138Abstract: A method of manufacturing a spouted pouch aseptically filled with contents includes a supplying process, a sterilizing process, a stopper opening process, a filling process, a tightly re-stopping process, and a capping process. The sterilizing process, the stopper opening process, the filling process, and the tightly re-stopping process are performed in an aseptic chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventor: Toru Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11396390Abstract: Provided is a filling apparatus including: a conveyor line configured to intermittently convey spout-equipped bags, which are suspended so that spouts protruding from one side of the spout-equipped bags, the bags being flat, are located on an upper side and the bags are located on a lower side, in a width direction of the suspended spout-equipped bags on a movement straight line; a printing apparatus disposed in the middle of the conveyor line and configured to print manufacturing information on the suspended spout-equipped bags; and nozzles configured to fill the suspended spout-equipped bags with a liquid material through the spouts. The conveyor line is further configured to convey the spout-equipped bags so that fronts of the spout-equipped bags directly face the printing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Hiramoto, Hiroyuki Miyoshi
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Patent number: 11254475Abstract: A structure of a mouth plug portion includes a nozzle and a cap, the nozzle includes a first outer protrusion and a second outer protrusion, the first outer protrusion includes a locking surface that locks the cap and a first guide surface spirally extending, the cap includes a cap body and a tamper band provided with a weak portion that can be broken by an external force received from the second outer protrusion during rotation of the cap body, the cap body includes a first inner protrusion and a second inner protrusion, an outer peripheral surface of the nozzle is provided with a second guide surface along which the first inner protrusion and the second inner protrusion can move in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Umenaka, Hideki Tanaka, Hiroaki Takashima
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Patent number: 11203453Abstract: A method of manufacturing a spouted pouch aseptically filled with contents includes a supplying process, a sterilizing process, a stopper opening process, a filling process, a tightly re-stopping process, and a capping process. The sterilizing process, the stopper opening process, the filling process, and the tightly re-stopping process are performed in an aseptic chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventor: Toru Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11167893Abstract: A spout cap is a spout cap for closing a mouth portion of a spout main body, and includes a cylindrical body portion made of resin, and a sealing film joined to the body portion, in which the sealing film has a thermal bonding layer which is configured to join to a distal end surface of the mouth portion when the mouth portion is closed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryosuke Miyawaki
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Patent number: 10968020Abstract: A self-standing bag (1) is provided, including: a body portion (10) formed of a body member (10A) in a tubular shape; and a bottom portion (12) formed of a half-folded bottom member (12A), in which each of side ends of the bottom member (12A) is bonded to an inner surface of a rear surface portion (20) of the body portion (10), a lower end of the bottom member (12A) is bonded to a lower end of the body portion (10) on an entire circumference of the body portion (10), on the body portion (10) side of the bottom member (12A), an adhesive film (22) for bonding a side end of the bottom member (12A) to the body portion (10) is laminated to cover the entire bottom member (12A), both side ends of the adhesive film (22) respectively protrude from both the side ends of the bottom member (12A) in a width direction, and bonding of the side end of the bottom member (12A) to the inner surface of the body portion (10) is achieved by the adhesive film (22).Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuhiro Umenaka
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Patent number: 10934073Abstract: A gusset bag of the present invention includes a pair of flat surface portions, a pair of side surface portions, a content storing portion which is formed of the pair of flat surface portions and the pair of side surface portions and stores contents therein, an upper content non-storing portion which is provided above the content storing portion and stores no contents therein, a mouth portion provided on one of the pair of flat surface portions, a storing portion upper seal portion which is provided above the mouth portion and partitions the content storing portion and the upper content non-storing portion, an upper cut that has a shape in which at least one portion of a periphery of a predetermined region of the upper content non-storing portion on the storing portion upper seal portion side is not cut and another portion of the periphery is cut, and is formed to penetrate the pair of flat surface portions, and a penetrating portion provided in the predetermined region.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Abe, Tomonari Shinohara, Raizo Kuge
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Patent number: 10894649Abstract: A barrier plug having a spout body to be attached to a container, and a cylindrical molded article inserted into the spout body, wherein the cylindrical molded article has a resin layer having a barrier resin, an oxygen transmission rate of the resin layer is 10000 mL·?m/m2·24 hrs·MPa (23° C. and 65% RH) or less, a water vapor transmission rate of the resin layer is 1000 g·?m/m2·24 hrs (38° C. and 90% RH) or less, and the cylindrical molded article forms a discharge flow path for discharging contents in the container to an outside.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Takagi, Kaoru Takasu, Toru Ichikawa, Takayuki Kotani, Tomonari Shinohara
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Patent number: 10791248Abstract: A color separation processing method includes: preparing one or a plurality of tables including a first color and one or a plurality of second colors obtained by mixing the first color with one or a plurality of added colors; selecting the table including the first color in accordance with a color sample and selecting the second color corresponding to the color sample from the selected table; and obtaining color separation values of the first color and the added color constituting the selected second color.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoyuki Yamada
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Laminate, packaging bag, packaging bag with plug, and packaging bag with plug with hydrogenous-water
Patent number: 10773491Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate (10A) having a first gas barrier layer (11) formed of a gas barrier transparent resin film and a second gas barrier layer (12) formed of a metal foil, in which at least one adhesive layer (X) (21) formed of an adhesive (x) including a polyepoxy resin as a main ingredient and a polyamine resin as a curing agent is provided between the first gas barrier layer (11) and the second gas barrier layer (12).Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Syota Sato, Hiroyuki Arai, Tomoya Kagawa -
Patent number: 10633158Abstract: The invention provides a laminate for retort packaging that can be applied to a retort packaging container having excellent bag drop strength at low temperature, and a container that uses this laminate for retort packaging. A laminate for retort packaging (10), wherein a sealant layer (21) is formed of a resin that is composed mainly of a polyethylene resin composition composed of at least 30% by mass but not more than 50% by mass of a high-density polyethylene, at least 40% by mass but not more than 50% by mass of a linear low-density polyethylene, and at least 10% by mass but not more than 20% by mass of a high-pressure low-density polyethylene.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Saburo Unai, Toshiharu Iwasaki
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Patent number: D960714Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Umenaka, Raizo Kuge
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Patent number: D960716Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Umenaka, Raizo Kuge