Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
  • Patent number: 7754257
    Abstract: A packing package includes a gusseted container formed from laminated films and having opposite side walls and gussets extending between the opposite side walls, and a spout attached to an opening in the gusseted container. The laminated film forming either the two opposite side walls or the gussets is provided with a heat insulating barrier. The laminated film forming the gussets is not provided with any heat insulating barrier when the two opposite side walls are formed from the laminated film provided with a heat insulating barrier. The laminated film forming the two opposite side walls is not provided with any heat insulating barrier when the gussets are formed from the laminated film provided with a heat insulating barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventors: Makoto Matsumoto, Makoto Takahashi, Susumu Niwa, Tadayuki Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 7476030
    Abstract: A fastener bag includes a packaging bag formed by heat-sealing side parts of a packaging sheet in a butt seam, and a fastening device attached to the inner surface of the packaging bag. The fastening device includes a male fastening member and a female fastening member. The male fastening member is disposed on one side of the heat-sealed butt seam of the packaging bag, and the female fastening member is disposed on the other side of the heat-sealed butt seam of the packaging bag so as to be engage with the male fastening member, and a tear-facilitating means is interposed between the male and the female fastening member. The fastener bag is capable of being opened and of being reclosed, and is suitable for use on an automatic filling and packaging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Idemitsu Unitech Co., Ltd., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Raizo Kuge, Sho Obara, Yuichi Oki
  • Patent number: 7048883
    Abstract: A plastic container contains a liquid, such as toilet water or soy sauce, and is suitable for containing a refill. The plastic container (1) has a tube (2) formed by rolling a plastic laminate in a tubular shape, a bottom wall (3) formed so as to be joined to the inner circumference of a lower end part of the tube (2) by an insert injection molding process, a hoop (4) formed on the outer circumference of an upper end part of the tube (2) by an insert injection molding process and a top cover (6) provided with a spout (5) and bonded to the upper end surface of the hoop (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Kamaya Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Tanaka, Toru Ichikawa, Tomio Tahara
  • Patent number: 7005150
    Abstract: A beverage container configured from a front and a rear surface portion, a base portion, and a pair of gusset portions. The gusset portions configure side portions of the container by being sealed to mutually confronting edge portions of the front and rear surface portions and the base portion. The upper portions of the front and rear surface portions configure a neck portion that has a more slender shape than the remainder of the front and rear surface portions and that extends in a single direction. A notch is formed in the edge sealed portion of the neck portion. The front and rear surface portions are sealed directly together at a predetermined region corresponding to the notch without the gusset portions existing therebetween. A straw extends from and is positioned within the neck portion. The neck portion can be opened from the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Flexo Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Raizo Kuge, Toru Ichikawa, Susumu Niwa, Shuzo Adachi
  • Patent number: 6971550
    Abstract: A spouting structure includes a spout attached to the liquid container and having a mouthpiece, a cap screwed on the spout and having a top wall and a cylindrical protrusion protruding from a central part of the top wall having a bottom wall provided with an opening and defining a cylindrical bore, and a round plate axially movably fitted in the cylindrical bore of the cylindrical protrusion. The cylindrical protrusion protrudes downward from the top wall and is fitted in the mouthpiece of the spout. The round plate is provided with at least one opening in its peripheral part, has a plugging part formed in a central area of the lower surface thereof and capable of being plugged closely in the opening formed in the bottom wall of the cylindrical protrusion of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventors: Raizo Kuge, Kenji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040135288
    Abstract: A plastic container contains a liquid, such as toilet water or soy source, and is suitable for containing a refill. The plastic container (1) has a tube (2) formed by rolling a plastic laminate in a tubular shape, a bottom wall (3) formed so as to be joined to the inner circumference of a lower end part of the tube (2) by an insert injection molding process, a hoop (4) formed on the outer circumference of an upper end part of the tube (2) by an insert injection molding process and a top cover (6) provided with a spout (5) and bonded to the upper end surface of the hoop (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Kamaya Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Tanaka, Toru Ichikawa, Tomio Tahara
  • Patent number: 6712232
    Abstract: A plastic container contains a liquid, such as toilet water or soy source, and is suitable for containing a refill. The plastic container (1) has a tube (2) formed by rolling a plastic laminate in a tubular shape, a bottom wall (3) formed so as to be joined to the inner circumference of a lower end part of the tube (2) by an insert injection molding process, a hoop (4) formed on the outer circumference of an upper end part of the tube (2) by an insert injection molding process and a top cover (6) provided with a spout (5) and bonded to the upper end surface of the hoop (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Kamaya Kagaku Kyogo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoji Tanaka, Toru Ichikawa, Tomio Tahara
  • Patent number: 6572268
    Abstract: A liquid container is capable of standing alone and of being used as a water supply container after the same has been emptied. The liquid container (1) includes a container body (4) formed from a laminate film in the shape of a bag, and having a pair of side walls (2) and a pair of gussets (3) extended between opposite side edges of the pair of side walls (2) on the opposite sides of the side walls (2), respectively; and a mouthpiece (8) provided with a flange (7) attached to an open end part of the container body (4), and at least two spouts (5, 6) formed on the flange (7). Each of the gussets (3) is capable of being folded in two along a fold line (3a) inward, the flange (7) has end surfaces (7a) on the side of the gussets (3) and side surfaces (7b) on the side of the side walls (2), the folded gussets (3) are extended from the end surfaces (7a) to the side surfaces (7b) of the flange (7) so that the folds (3a) of the gussets (3) folded in two are positioned on the side surfaces (3b), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventor: Toru Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 6539935
    Abstract: A package enables even aged people and children to warm up foods packaged therein by simply inverting a tank and tearing a sealing member sealing the tank. The package (1) includes an outer vessel (2) having a bottom wall (6b) and projections (7) projecting upward from the bottom wall (6b), an inner vessel (3) placed in the outer vessel (2) so as to form a heat generating block containing space (11) and a tank containing space (12) together with the outer vessel (2), a heat generating block (14) contained in the heat generating block containing space (11), and a tank (4) sealed by a sealing member (18), containing a heat generation promoting agent, having recesses (16) in which the projections (7) engage and placed in the tank containing space (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventors: Toru Ichikawa, Keiichi Toyoda, Masahiro Ito, Satoru Kimura, Yutaka Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6126315
    Abstract: A liquid container having a stable shape that is easy to fill and that enables the user to pour out liquid to the last drop into an intended target using one hand only and without spilling the liquid. An internal space of a container is defined by a front surface portion, a rear surface portion having the shape identical with the front surface portion, and a pair of gussets each connecting together each confronting edges of the front and rear surface portions. The gusset has a folded arrangement. If liquid is filled in the container, V-shape of the gusset expands to provide a three dimensional container. The gussets extend to a neck portion. By the expansion of the gussets, a spout has a sufficient open area capable of controlled pouring of the liquid therethrough. If the liquid amount in the container is reduced, the spout is automatically closed when the container is self-standing on a table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Mitsubishi Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Ichikawa, Taiki Ishikawa, Raizo Kuge, Norikazu Shigeta
  • Patent number: 5993720
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a container having a tubular-shaped intermediate barrel portion that is covered with a flexible film. The tubular-shaped intermediate barrel portion is disposed on a mandrel that functions as a die core. The mandrel is installed with the tubular-shaped intermediate barrel portion to an upper die and a lower die. One end of the intermediate barrel portion covers the mandrel with flexible film. Molten polymer material is injected into the upper and lower dies, forming solid portions at opposite ends of the pipe-shaped barrel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Kabushiki Kaisha Polymer Systems
    Inventors: Ritaro Konuma, Yoji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5857951
    Abstract: A liquid container comprises a flexible bag-shaped container body 1 which is provided with two flat portions 3(3a,3b) as front and back walls and two gusset portions 4(4a,4b) as side walls which are folded inwardly, and a pipe-shaped delivery unit 2 which is provided with a mouth portion 11 at an upper end thereof to be projected out of an upper end portion of the container body, and a flange portion 12 below the mouth portion to be held at a joining portion 5 of the upper end portion of the container body, wherein each gusset portion 4 has a width approximately equal to that of the flat portion 3, inward end portions 15(15a,15b) of the two gusset portions being interposed between the flange portion 12 and the flat portion 3 at the joining portion 5. When the liquid container is manufactured, it is preferable that films for the gusset portions are temporarily bonded to a film for the flat portion before the positioning of the delivery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventor: Tooru Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 5788121
    Abstract: The bag for bag-in-box of this invention comprises: a bag body composed of flat portions and side portions each having a folding line along which the side portion is folded inward; oblique seal portions provided at respective corner portions of the bag body, the oblique seal portion being formed by obliquely cutting-off the respective corner portions; and a triangular fin portion integrally formed with the oblique seal portion; wherein the flat portion and the side portion are composed of several sheets of synthetic resin films that are superposed to each other. The dimensions of the bag shall be set within a predetermined range so as to meet the International Standard of a pallet. The opening portion to be formed on the outer box of the bag-in-box has a size enabling to sufficiently draw out a spout and the bag body portion around the spout to form a funnel-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Mitsuru Ohba, Raizo Kuge, Susumu Niwa
  • Patent number: 5756171
    Abstract: A laminate film having two olefin type films, a heat resistant film with a vapor deposition coat of aluminum oxide on each surface thereof and a heat adhesion resin layer for joining the olefin type films to the heat resistant film. Instead of the heat resistant film and the heat adhesion resin layer, an oriented film of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin layer and a co-extrusion resin layer including a heat adhesion resin layer and an olefin type resin layer may be used. The heat adhesion resin layer is maintained in a heating state for a predetermined time when the laminate film is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventors: Yoshiji Moteki, Takayuki Kotani
  • Patent number: 5660477
    Abstract: A liquid container comprises a flexible bag-shaped container body 1 which is provided with two flat portions 3(3a,3b) as front and back walls and two gusset portions 4(4a,4b) as side walls which are folded inwardly, and a pipe-shaped delivery unit 2 which is provided with a mouth portion 11 at an upper end thereof to be projected out of an upper end portion of the container body, and a flange portion 12 below the mouth portion to be held at a joining portion 5 of the upper end portion of the container body, wherein each gusset portion 4 has a width approximately equal to that of the flat portion 3, inward end portions 15(15a,15b) of the two gusset portions being interposed between the flange portion 12 and the flat portion 3 at the joining portion 5. When the liquid container is manufactured, it is preferable that films for the gusset portions are temporarily bonded to a film for the flat portion before the positioning of the delivery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventor: Tooru Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 5613779
    Abstract: A pouch adapted to accommodate medicine or the like comprising first and second compound films forming front and back surfaces of a pouch. Each of these compound films is composed of a resin film having a predetermined tear strength and a resin film having a good heat adhesive property and the first mentioned resin film is provided with a linear slit on one side thereof having un-cut portions. These compound films are overlapped with each other with the resin films having the heat adhesive property being disposed inside so as to oppose each other and with the slits formed to the resin films of the compound films forming the front and back surfaces of the pouch being coincident with each other in positions. The compound films are then heat fused. When a pouch is formed by these compound films, the pouch has an orientation capable of being torn in a direction corresponding to an extending direction of said slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventor: Susumu Niwa
  • Patent number: 5593066
    Abstract: A container including a cylindrical main body having front and rear end portions opposite each other and being axially collapsible along the longitudinal axis thereof to discharge contents therein through the first end portion. The rear end portion is sealed, and a reinforcing member having a discharge aperture extending therethrough is secured to the front end portion of the cylindrical main body. Additionally, a lid is disposed on the reinforcing member to cover the discharge aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Kabushiki Kaisha Polymer Systems
    Inventors: Ritaro Konuma, Yoji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5364189
    Abstract: A gusset bag for packing a content comprises a bag body having a tubular structure and composed of a pair of opposing flat portions constituting front and back surface portions and two side surface portions connecting the front and back surface portions at both side edges thereof and having lines folded inward which extend along longitudinal direction of the side surface portions and along which the side surface portions are folded inward. A zipper element is mounted on inner surfaces of the flat portions at portions near the end opening of the bag body. A fused seal portion formed to and near the end opening portion of the bag body to seal the end opening portion, the fused seal portion including an end seal portion extending along an entire length of the end opening and side seal portions extending from both ends of the end seal portion along the side edges of the flat portions. The side seal portions extend beyond the portions on which the zipper element is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventors: Raizo Kuge, Yoshiji Moteki
  • Patent number: 5316826
    Abstract: A barrier packaging material for an infusion solution including a base material, a polyethylene layer and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer disposed on one surface side of the base material which have successively been extrusion-laminated on the base material, and a polyethylene layer and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer disposed on the other surface side of the base material which have successively been extrusion-laminated on the base material, wherein the base material includes a co-extrusion film including an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer layer, and a pair of polyethylene layers disposed on both surface sides of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventors: Takayuki Kotani, Takeshi Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 5275491
    Abstract: A bag such as gusset bag or flat bag comprises a tubular bag body having a pair of opposing flat portions constituting front and back side portions of the bag body and side portions, a zipper element mounted on inner surfaces of the exposed inner surface portions of the flat portions and the side portions, and a fused seal portion formed at an end opening portion of the bag body. The exposed inner surface portions are formed by folding outwardly portions of the flat portions and the side portions near the end opening of the bag body, for example, by cutting the bag body along the lines connecting the flat portions and the side portions of the bag body and bending the cut open portions outwardly along the predetermined base line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko
    Inventors: Raizo Kuge, Yoshiji Moteki