Patents Assigned to Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 7470062Abstract: A packaging member (1, 80, 100) is provided with easy-opening means (7, 85, 107, 108) for allowing the packaging member to be opened easily, wherein the easy-opening means is either positionally or structurally improved. As one example, the packaging member is a packaging bag (1, 80), in which the easy-opening means serves as a tearing start point when opened with the use of the easy-opening means. The easy-opening portion is formed at a position slightly shifted inward from a perimeter edge of the packaging bag. As another example, the packaging member is a packaging container (100), in which the easy-opening means is structurally improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiji Moteki, Tooru Ichikawa, Masahiro Ito, Kou Go
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Publication number: 20080127616Abstract: The flexible container relating to the present invention comprises a cylindrical member (10) made from flexible film, a bottom plate member (12) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a first end section of the cylindrical member (10) and fused-bonding airtightly; and a ring member (11) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a second end section of said cylindrical member (10) and fused-bonding airtightly. According to this flexible container (2), it is possible greatly to reduce the volume of the container after discharging the highly viscous material from the flexible container, and it is possible to achieve small and inexpensive moulds having excellent productivity as moulding equipment for forming the bottom plate member (12) and the ring member (11), thereby achieving benefits in that the price of the equipment can be reduced significantly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicants: SUNSTAR ENGINEERING INC., HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD., POLYMER SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Matsumura, Tetsuya Katayori, Eiji Hattori
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Publication number: 20080044115Abstract: There is provided a packaging bag capable of easily taking out an inner content of a desired amount from a packaging bag. The packaging bag provided with a fastener forms a packaging bag 1 by connecting a bag body 2 to a spout unit 3 as an independent member. The spout unit 3 is composed of opposing wall surface portions 11 and a fastener provided on inner surfaces of these wall surface portions 11, which are integrally formed through an injection molding process. The spout unit 3 includes a connection opening 15 for connecting one side end to the bag body 2 with the fastener 13 being boundary thereof and a closed portion 16 forming the other side end as the end edge of the packaging bag. A seal-opening portion 20 to be torn so as to separate the spout unit is formed to a portion between the closed portion 16 and the fastener 13.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2005Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Tooru Ichikawa, Kou Go, Kazuhiro Umenaka
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Patent number: 7322918Abstract: The flexible container relating to the present invention comprises a cylindrical member (10) made from flexible film, a bottom plate member (12) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a first end section of the cylindrical member (10) and fused-bonding airtightly; and a ring member (11) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a second end section of said cylindrical member (10) and fused-bonding airtightly. According to this flexible container (2), it is possible greatly to reduce the volume of the container after discharging the highly viscous material from the flexible container, and it is possible to achieve small and inexpensive moulds having excellent productivity as moulding equipment for forming the bottom plate member (12) and the ring member (11), thereby achieving benefits in that the price of the equipment can be reduced significantly.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2001Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignees: Sunstar Engineering Inc.,, Hosokawa Yoko, Co., Ltd.,, Polymer Systems Co.,Inventors: Masayoshi Matsumura, Tetsuya Katayori, Eiji Hattori
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Publication number: 20070299391Abstract: To provide a medical liquid container which is free from sealing failure in the seal portion at the peripheral edge of the liquid medicament-housing chamber and also free from deterioration of a medicament housed in a small amount; and a preparation-containing medical liquid container. A secondary liquid medicament-housing chamber 12 is connected to one end of a primary liquid medicament-housing chamber 11. This secondary liquid medicament-housing chamber 12 is unseparably fixed to the primary liquid medicament-housing chamber 11 at a connection part 14. The secondary liquid medicament-housing chamber 12 has a bulge part 15 bulged such that the internal medicament-housing space before housing a second medicament is larger than the volume of the housed second medicament.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2005Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuyuki Yoshikawa, Manabu Nakamura
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Patent number: 7306553Abstract: To provide a bag-making method ensuring excellent liquid tightness at the melt-bonded part between the mouth member and the bag unit. A bag-making method for producing a bag by melt-bonding and thereby integrating a mouth member formed of a preliminarily heated synthetic resin and a bag unit formed of a flexible film, the method comprising a preliminary heating step of softening the synthetic resin of the mouth member at the part to be melt-bonded to the bag unit, melt-bonding part of mouth member, while preventing the synthetic resin of the mouth member at the end part in the bag side, end part of mouth member, from being softened at the preliminary heating step, and a step of inserting the preliminarily heated mouth member into the opening of the bag unit and pressing them by a sealing mold to melt-bond the melt-bonding part of the mouth member to the opening; and a medical container produced by the bag-making method.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Mizuo, Teruaki Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20070108154Abstract: A coupling piece coupling a cap body and a band is prevented from being cut off to tampering and the cutting-off thereof due to deformation of the band. An open/close cap a cap body to be screwed to an outer peripheral surface of a mouth portion of a pouring spout and a band extending in the circumferential direction of the cap body and engaged with the pouring spout, the band being formed with at least one portion at which the band 10 circumferentially separated, the end of the band being connected by a connection piece at that portion at which the band is cut off. The band is disposed below the lower surface of the cap body and coupling pieces are attached to the lower portion of the cap body. A band shape maintaining member is disposed to the lower end of the cap body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2005Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Niwa, Kouichi Inoue, Toshikazu Kenmotsu, Hiroaki Takashima, Kazuhiro Umenaka
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Patent number: 7211035Abstract: A reclosable packaging bag comprises a main bag body having an opening portion and at least one heat-sealed portion; and a linear fastener provided on the opening portion of the main bag body. The linear fastener is provided along the opening portion of the main bag body by an insert injection molding so as not to extend to the heat-sealed portions. A method for manufacturing the bag comprises the three steps. First, the first and second linear fastening members are formed on a prescribed position of a sheet of film material by an insert injection molding so as to be spaced from each other. These fastening members are engageable with each other to form a linear fastener. Second, the sheet of film material is folded in two so that the fastening members can engage with each other. Third, each of opposite portions of the sheet of film material thus folded is heat-sealed to form side heat-sealed portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignees: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd, Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Tooru Ichikawa, Kazunori Fujino, Raizo Kuge, Masahiro Ito, Graham Houlder, Hirokazu Suzuki, John S. K. Cheah
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Publication number: 20070036473Abstract: A packaging bag has a bag body. A body shaping member is disposed inside the bag body to maintain the packaging bag so as to provide a hexahedron shape. The bottom surface portion of the packaging bag is formed from a film material which is overlapped several times for applying strength and rigidity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Nagata, Toru Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20060188182Abstract: A packaging member (1, 80, 100) is provided with easy-opening means (7, 85, 107, 108) for allowing the packaging member to be opened easily, wherein the easy-opening means is either positionally or structurally improved. As one example, the packaging member is a packaging bag (1, 80), in which the easy-opening means serves as a tearing start point when opened with the use of the easy-opening means. The easy-opening portion is formed at a position slightly shifted inward from a perimeter edge of the packaging bag. As another example, the packaging member is a packaging container (100), in which the easy-opening means is structurally improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiji Moteki, Tooru Ichikawa, Masahiro Ito, Kou Go
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Publication number: 20060182909Abstract: A package has a package body formed by mating film materials and sealing peripheral edge portions of the mated film materials so as to form a content accommodation compartment inside the sealed peripheral edge portions, the sealed peripheral edge portions being subjected to an easily peel-off treatment so that the sealed peripheral edge portions are separated and peeled off from each other when the package is opened. A seal opening starting portion is formed outside of one of the sealed peripheral edge portions so that the film materials are separated from each other at the seal opening starting portion, and at least one projection is provided on at least one of inner and outer side surfaces of the film materials forming the seal opening starting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Ichikawa, Kenji Nagata
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Publication number: 20060176762Abstract: In order to achieve a container which is convenient for carrying, delivery, transportation and storage of a viscous liquid, which can be disposed by being crushed to a small volume size when it has become empty, and which prevents twisting or rising up of the lower half of the container during a mixing of a viscous liquid, a container A holding liquid is used, wherein a ring-shaped rim frame 2 is provided on the upper end of a flexible tubular main body 1, a bottom plate 3 is fitted onto an opening at the lower end thereof, and at least one ring-shaped trunk section frame 4 is provided on the outer circumferential surface of said tubular main body 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2004Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicants: SUNSTAR ENGINEERING INC.,, HOSOKAWA YOKO CO.,LTDInventors: Eiji Hattori, Masayoshi Matsumura, Kazuhito Shimizu, Toshiharu Osaka, Tooru Ichikawa, Masahiro Ito, Yoji Yanaka
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Publication number: 20060154793Abstract: A packaging bag comprises a main bag body and a framework member. The main bag body is made of plastic film material through a main bag body formation process. The main bag body has an opening and a plurality of heat sealed portions. The framework member is disposed in the main bag body. The framework member is joined to the main bag body prior to completion of the main bag body formation process. The framework member is foldable/unfoldable together with the main bag body, to enable the framework member and the main bag body to be shifted between a generally flat collapsed state and an expanded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2006Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tooru Ichikawa
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Patent number: 7040483Abstract: A packaging material capable of having a desired sealing strength with ease and a packaging bag using such material are provided. A packaging material, which serves as either one of a first and a second packaging materials to be heat-sealed to each other, includes a sealing portion. This sealing portion is relatively weaker in sealing strength and composed of an applied area of a coating agent preventing the heat sealing and a non-applied area of the coating agent. The applied area and the non-applied area are changed in an area size from each other depending on the sealing strength required for the sealing portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Inuzuka, Susumu Niwa, Takayuki Kotani
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Patent number: 6986729Abstract: A zippered bag comprises a main bag body having first and second opposing face members, a top, a bottom, and first and second opposing sides; and a zipper disposed on the main bag body. The zipper extends from the top to one of the first and second opposing sides so as to be oblique relative to the top. The zipper may comprise a male track and a female track engageable therewith. The male track and the female track may be formed by an injection molding. Each of the male track and the female track may comprise a main portion and end portions provided on opposite ends of the main portion, each of the end portions having a smaller height than that of the main portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., LtdInventors: Tooru Ichikawa, Kou Go
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Patent number: 6976608Abstract: A cartridge-loading device is provided, to which a cartridge charged with a fluid material is loaded. The device comprises a cylindrical device body, piston, and nozzle. Both ends of the device body are opened to provide a bore therethrough. The cartridge is inserted into the bore. A notch is formed at an end portion of the device body. The piston, which is slidably arranged in the bore, is used for pushing the cartridge for ejecting the fluid material. The nozzle is detachably fitted into the opening of one end of the device body. The one end is located oppositely to the piston and have the notch formed thereat. Further, the cartridge has a cartridge body covered tightly by a cover member having one end protrude from an end of the cartridge body on an ejecting side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignees: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Polymer SystemsInventors: Tooru Ichikawa, Youji Tanaka
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Publication number: 20050173053Abstract: A reclosable packaging bag comprises a main bag body having an opening portion and at least one heat-sealed portion; and a linear fastener provided on the opening portion of the main bag body. The linear fastener is provided along the opening portion of the main bag body by an insert injection molding so as not to extend to the heat-sealed portions. A method for manufacturing the bag comprises the three steps. First, the first and second linear fastening members are formed on a prescribed position of a sheet of film material by an insert injection molding so as to be spaced from each other. These fastening members are engageable with each other to form a linear fastener. Second, the sheet of film material is folded in two so that the fastening members can engage with each other. Third, each of opposite portions of the sheet of film material thus folded is heat-sealed to form side heat-sealed portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2005Publication date: August 11, 2005Applicants: HOSOKAWA YOKO, CO., LTD., LIPTON, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC.Inventors: Tooru Ichikawa, Kazunori Fujino, Raizo Kuge, Masahiro Ito, Graham Houlder, Hirokazu Suzuki, John Cheah
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Publication number: 20050139616Abstract: A cartridge-loading device is provided, to which a cartridge charged with a fluid material is loaded. The device comprises a cylindrical device body, piston, and nozzle. Both ends of the device body are opened to provide a bore therethrough. The cartridge is inserted into the bore. A notch is formed at an end portion of the device body. The piston, which is slidably arranged in the bore, is used for pushing the cartridge for ejecting the fluid material. The nozzle is detachably fitted into the opening of one end of the device body. The one end is located oppositely to the piston and have the notch formed thereat. Further, the cartridge has a cartridge body covered tightly by a cover member having one end protrude from an end of the cartridge body on an ejecting side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2005Publication date: June 30, 2005Applicants: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Polymer SystemsInventors: Tooru Ichikawa, Youji Tanaka
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Patent number: 6908422Abstract: A reclosable packaging bag comprises a main bag body having an opening portion and at least one heat-sealed portion; and a linear fastener provided on the opening portion of the main bag body. The linear fastener is provided along the opening portion of the main bag body by an insert injection molding so as not to extend to the heat-sealed portions. A method for manufacturing the bag comprises the three steps. First, the first and second linear fastening members are formed on a prescribed position of a sheet of film material by an insert injection molding so as to be spaced from each other. These fastening members are engageable with each other to form a linear fastener. Second, the sheet of film material is folded in two so that the fastening members can engage with each other. Third, each of opposite portions of the sheet of film material thus folded is heat-sealed to form side heat-sealed portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2001Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignees: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd., Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Tooru Ichikawa, Kazunori Fujino, Raizo Kuge, Masahiro Ito, Graham Houlder, Hirokazu Suzuki, John S. K. Cheah
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Patent number: 6892908Abstract: A cartridge-loading device is provided, to which a cartridge charged with a fluid material is loaded. The device comprises a cylindrical device body, piston, and nozzle. Both ends of the device body are opened to provide a bore therethrough. The cartridge is inserted into the bore. A notch is formed at an end portion of the device body. The piston, which is slidably arranged in the bore, is used for pushing the cartridge for ejecting the fluid material. The nozzle is detachably fitted into the opening of one end of the device body. The one end is located oppositely to the piston and have the notch formed thereat. Further, the cartridge has a cartridge body covered tightly by a cover member having one end protrude from an end of the cartridge body on an ejecting side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2002Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignees: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Polymer SystemsInventors: Tooru Ichikawa, Youji Tanaka