Patents Assigned to Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11958678
    Abstract: A discharge apparatus and a discharge method for a moving vehicle are provided in which a content in an aerosol container can be stirred in a state where the aerosol container is mounted on the moving vehicle, so that the content of a constant quality can be discharged. The discharge apparatus for a moving vehicle, which is provided with an aerosol container mounted on the moving vehicle and discharges the content in the aerosol container, is characterized by including a stirring means that stirs the content by causing the aerosol container to rotate, reciprocate, swing, vibrate, or otherwise move with respect to the moving vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kominami, Souji Araki
  • Publication number: 20240109707
    Abstract: A pressing member including a pressing surface configured to form a strong-pressure seal zone of a packaging bag. The pressing surface includes a flat part configured to press a part adjacent to an inner edge of the strong-pressure seal zone, and an inclination part that is provided consecutively to the flat part and recedes from the flat part as the distance from the flat part increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shie MATSUNAGA, Hayato Asai
  • Publication number: 20240092053
    Abstract: Provided is a packaging bag in which the difficulty of tearing caused by temperature rising is resolved. The easy to open packaging bag for sealing a laminated film by heat sealing, wherein the laminated film includes an inner layer film, an intermediate layer film having an opening induction flaw formed thereon, and an outer layer film including a biaxially oriented film, and wherein a molecular orientation angle of the outer layer film is less than 49°. Also provided are a laminated film and a pouch having easy to open properties while maintaining excellent barrier properties. The laminated film is obtained by laminating (a) an outer layer film, (b) a barrier layer having an opening induction flaw, and (c) an inner layer film, and has a barrier ink covering the opening induction flaw in the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro HONGOU, Shie MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11932029
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a temperature adjustment device for a printing machine with a plurality of inking devices mounted therein, the device being capable of adjusting the temperatures of ink smoothing function rollers in the respective inking devices uniformly and accurately. The temperature adjustment device for a printing machine according to the present invention is a temperature adjustment device for a printing machine that adjusts temperatures of rollers in a plurality of inking devices mounted in a printing machine by supplying temperature-regulated water to shaft parts of the rollers, and is characterized by having a plurality of smoothing function roller temperature regulators, provided respectively corresponding to the inking devices, and each adjusting the temperature of the ink smoothing function roller among a series of rollers in each of the inking devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Iori Takatori, Ryouta Nagatsuka, Osamu Hatano, Tooru Shimomura
  • Patent number: 11897687
    Abstract: A discharge apparatus for a flying object is provided, which discharges liquid material from a nozzle mounted on an airframe and includes a lid that is capable of opening and closing a discharge port of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kominami, Souji Araki
  • Patent number: 11878504
    Abstract: A plate-making method for manufacturing a printing plate includes: manufacturing the printing plate based on a knockout method in which knockouts of halftone dots in one color are formed, and halftone dots in the other color are overprinted onto positions of the knockouts; for each of pixels, when a sum of a halftone dot area ratio of the one color and a halftone dot area ratio of the other color is smaller than 100%, forming a gap from a knockout in the one color around a halftone dot in the other color; and for each of pixels, when the sum of the halftone dot area ratio of the one color and the halftone dot area ratio of the other color is greater than 100%, forming an overmask such that the halftone dot in the other color penetrates a periphery of the halftone dot in the one color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yamamoto, Ryota Nagatsuka, Keisuke Sanuki, Iori Takatori, Yukiko Saito
  • Patent number: 11878853
    Abstract: A packaging bag unsealed from a first side to a second side opposed to the first side, including: an inclination seal part (5) at a corner provided consecutively to the second side, wherein the inclination seal part (5) has a strong-pressure seal zone (7) along an inner edge (50) of the inclination seal part (5), the strong-pressure seal zone (7) being pressed by a higher pressing force than other parts of the inclination seal part (5), and being smaller in thickness than other parts of the inclination seal part (5). Also disclosed is a pressing member and a method for manufacturing the packaging bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shie Matsunaga, Hayato Asai
  • Publication number: 20240017935
    Abstract: A conveyance system including a conveyance device configured to convey, with a plurality of containers having a bottomed cylindrical shape arranged in a conveyance direction and in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, the containers in the conveyance direction, an imaging device configured to capture images of the containers that are being conveyed by the conveyance device, and a detection device configured to detect, by using the images, a container not having a predetermined posture of a plurality of the containers that are being conveyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kikuchi, Junichi Takada, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Taketoshi Manou
  • Publication number: 20230416512
    Abstract: A sealant film (10) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes two virgin polyethylene layers of a first virgin polyethylene layer (1) and a second virgin polyethylene layer (3), as well as an intermediate layer (5) that contains a recycled polyethylene and that is provided between the two virgin polyethylene layers (1) and (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki YAMADA, Takahiro YASUUMI, Ren MATSUSAKI, Yuji UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230391536
    Abstract: Provided is a microwavable pouch including an automatic steam venting mechanism, which includes a steam venting sealing portion, a slit, and a flap piece. The steam venting sealing portion includes a seal peeling start portion. The slit includes a pair of slit end portions and a slit intermediate portion formed toward a region closer to the seal peeling start portion than the pair of slit end portions, and the automatic steam venting mechanism further includes an unsealed portion formed to cover the entire periphery of the slit and a control sealing portion formed by heat-welding a part of the flap piece to a second film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Reina Tokairin, Takashi Miura
  • Patent number: 11827049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ornamental laminate film made from at least an inside film and an outside film, provided with a letter and/or a pattern by printing and as a raised part protruding toward the outside film. At least apart of the letter and/or the pattern has a metallic luster and differs in at least one of hue, brightness, chroma and glossiness from a region other than the letter and/or the pattern, and the raised part is formed along at least a part of the letter and/or the pattern. As a result of that, an ornamental laminate film with excellent design is provided without impairing its function as a packaging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yasuumi, Yasushi Hatano, Kazumi Ozawa, Kouji Kuriyama, Yoshihiro Ootani, Yousuke Morita
  • Patent number: 11827416
    Abstract: A metallic bottle can including a metallic base material of the bottle shape that has a mouth portion having a threaded portion, a shoulder portion, a body portion and a bottom portion, wherein, on the outer surface of said mouth portion, a finishing varnish layer is provided directly on said metallic base material, and said finishing varnish layer has an MEK extractability of 2 to 8% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusaku Shimizu, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Kouji Yamada
  • Patent number: 11820553
    Abstract: A method of producing a directly blow-formed container. The method includes subjecting a multilayered parison having an inner surface formed of an olefin resin to direct blow forming, the olefin resin containing (i) an organic bleeding lubricant having a melting point of not higher than 50° C. in an amount of 5 to 10% by mass, and (ii) a high silica zeolite having a silica/alumina mole ratio of not less than 80 in an amount of 0.2 to 3.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuo Komatsu, Yosuke Akutsu, Keisuke Nyuu, Satomi Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20230351578
    Abstract: An abnormality detection method includes: acquiring a determination target image that is an image of a determination target object to be regularly aligned while standing, which is a cylindrical container; creating a difference image emphasizing a difference between an image of a normal determination target object regularly aligned and the determination target image; calculating a multi-segmentation error of the difference image to determine a maximum value of the multi-segmentation error; and determining whether the determination target object is normal or abnormal in accordance with the maximum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kikuchi, Junichi Takada, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Taketoshi Manou
  • Publication number: 20230312211
    Abstract: Provided is a microwavable pouch having a rectangular outer shape in plan view. The microwavable punch includes an automatic steam release mechanism. The automatic steam release mechanism includes a steam release portion and a steam release seal portion surrounding the steam release portion, and assuming that there is an inscribed ellipse in contact with centers of inner edges of sides of a peripheral seal portion of the pouch, the steam release seal portion is formed so that a circumference of the inscribed ellipse is positioned in a width region of a seal separation start portion of the steam release seal portion closest to a center point of an accommodation portion or in a vicinity of the seal separation start portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Miura, Shie Matsunaga, Reina Tokairin
  • Patent number: 11772868
    Abstract: To provide a pouch for achieving a reduced storage space with a simple configuration and a method for manufacturing the pouch. A pouch (10) including a gusset portion (22) includes a pouch main body (20) and an inner supporting member (70) disposed inside the pouch main body (20). The pouch main body (20) includes a content containing portion (21) and a first fixture portion (24) and a second fixture portion (25) that face each other across the content containing portion (21). The inner supporting member (70) includes a first fixing portion (71) fixed to the first fixture portion (24) and a second fixing portion (72) fixed to the second fixture portion (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Takahiro Yasuumi, Takahiro Kurosawa, Masahiro Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11769157
    Abstract: A container production management system including: an adding device (1) which adds object identification code (D) indicating an object identifier (ID); a processing process reader (2a,2b) which reads the object identifier indicated by the object identification code (D) added to the objects to be processed; an inspection process reader (3) which reads the object code (D) added to the object to be inspected in an inspection process; and a computing unit (4) which creates a database (5) in which the object identifier (ID), information on at least one processing process, and inspection results in the inspection process are linked with each other, wherein the adding device (1) adds the object identification code (D) to the material member for each container, or to a portion to be the material member among raw materials (S) before the individual material member is separated therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakayama, Takayuki Tochigi, Shinobu Miura
  • Patent number: 11731821
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a film and a pouch having basic characteristics such as a strength and barrier properties and achieving good openability. A film (10) according to the present invention includes at least a sealant layer (11), the film is formed with a cut guide line (G), and the cut guide line includes an impression (11A) formed in a surface of the sealant layer. In a pouch (30), the films are superimposed in a state where the sealant layers face each other, and peripheral edge parts are heat-sealed. The cut guide line is placed extending across at least a position where heat seal is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hongo, Shie Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11718116
    Abstract: Easy reading of a read code is enabled without matching a read range with a specific print section, and without impairing designability of a cylindrical container and clarity of a display print. A cylindrical container has, on the outer surface thereof, a print layer. The print layer has an electronic watermark layer including an electronic watermark image printed thereon, and a blindfold layer that renders the electronic watermark image difficult to be visually recognized. The print area of the blindfold layer matches a part or entirety of the print area of the electronic watermark layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., TOYO SEIHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Yamada, Zen Kanayama, Kenichirou Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Okamura
  • Publication number: 20230226586
    Abstract: A manufacturing a container makes it possible to easily manufacture a container including a body portion with a shape that expands outward toward an upper face side. A method for manufacturing a container according to the disclosure is a method for manufacturing a container made of metal, including a bottom portion and a body portion, open on the upper face side, and having a shape in which the body portion expands outward toward the upper face side. The method includes a bottom drawing step of reducing a diameter of a cup body made of metal and having a bottomed cylindrical shape by operating a diameter reducing die having a hole portion with a smaller diameter than an outer diameter of the cup body along a cylindrical axis direction from a bottom side, in which the bottom drawing step is repeated a plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Murase, Shouta Tanaka, Nobuhiro Sasajima, Erika Sato