Patents Assigned to Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10370139
    Abstract: This invention provides a plastic container characterized in that an expanded layer comprising expanded cells having a flat shape with an average major axis of not more than 400 ?m and an average aspect ratio (L/t) of not less than 6 as viewed in cross section of the container wall along the maximum stretch direction, which are oriented in the stretch direction and are distributed so as to be superimposed on top of each other in the thickness-wise direction, is formed within the container wall. In this container, expanded cells having a flat shape are distributed so as to orient in a given direction and, thus, has light shielding properties and has a pearl-like appearance, that is, has a very high commercial value. Further, since any colorant is not contained, the suitability for recycling is excellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Ichikawa, Nobuhisa Koiso
  • Patent number: 10065756
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for gas replacement capable of reducing the amount of replacement gas, improving a gas replacement rate, and reducing the amount of split liquid. In a replacement nozzle (11) which blows the replacement gas toward a container opening portion symmetrically about a center line in the container radial direction, the space between nozzle port outermost walls is divided with a plurality of wind direction adjustment plates (16a, 16b) to generate a plurality of blowout ports. The replacement gas flow blowing along the outermost walls of the nozzle opening are so blown inward as to form an angle of 100° to 130°. Moreover, the replacement gas is blown from the replacement nozzle to the range between the level lower than the end of the can opening by one third or more the height of the can neck portion and the level equal to or higher than the height of the can cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshirou Washizaki, Tomoho Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9956716
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayered container having an intermediate layer comprising an oxygen-absorbable barrier resin composition showing excellent processability upon molding. Specifically disclosed is a multilayered container which comprises an inner layer and an outer layer each comprising an olefin resin and an intermediate layer provided between the inner layer and the outer layer and comprising an oxygen-absorbable barrier resin composition, wherein the oxygen-absorbable barrier resin composition has a cooling crystallization peak temperature lower than that of a base resin (an oxygen barrier resin) which constitutes the oxygen-absorbable barrier resin composition, the multilayered container is formed by a solid-phase-forming process at a temperature lower by 1 to 15° C. than the cooling crystallization starting temperature (Tc2) of the base resin, and the body of the container shows a calorific value of less than 0.5 J/g by the isothermal crystallization after heating from 30° C. to 130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ishihara, Atsushi Kikuchi, Hiroaki Gotou, Shinji Tanaka, Kengo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9926522
    Abstract: A culture bag for culturing adherent cells is provided without requiring a highly clean production environment and a complex production step such as a masking step. An adherent cell culture vessel that is formed of a polyolefin is configured so that part or the entirety of the inner surface of the culture vessel has a static water contact angle of 95° or more, and has an advancing contact angle and a receding contact angle that satisfy the inequality “advancing contact angle?receding contact angle>25°” when water runs down along the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Totani, Yoichi Ishizaki, Satoshi Tanaka, Ryo Suenaga, Kyohei Ota, Masahiro Kuninori
  • Patent number: 9849619
    Abstract: An apparatus (31) for correcting the bending of the molten resin includes a temperature-adjusting device (32) arranged surrounding an extrusion passage (12) for extruding the molten resin (8) of an extrusion die head (7) along the direction of extruding the molten resin (8), a measuring means (33) for measuring the horizontal position of the molten resin (8) extruded from an extrusion opening (20) of the extrusion passage (12), and a control means (34) for controlling the temperature-adjusting device (32) based on the results measured by the measuring means (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yonesato, Taketoshi Manou
  • Publication number: 20160332768
    Abstract: This invention provides a plastic container characterized in that an expanded layer comprising expanded cells having a flat shape with an average major axis of not more than 400 ?m and an average aspect ratio (L/t) of not less than 6 as viewed in cross section of the container wall along the maximum stretch direction, which are oriented in the stretch direction and are distributed so as to be superimposed on top of each other in the thickness-wise direction, is formed within the container wall. In this container, expanded cells having a flat shape are distributed so as to orient in a given direction and, thus, has light shielding properties and has a pearl-like appearance, that is, has a very high commercial value. Further, since any colorant is not contained, the suitability for recycling is excellent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou ICHIKAWA, Nobuhisa KOISO
  • Patent number: 9410251
    Abstract: A resin-coated aluminum alloy sheet which has a chromium-free surface treatment layer and has a coating film formed by applying an organic resin, and which exhibits excellent adhesiveness and excellent corrosion resistance even after being subject to severe forming such as drawing is provided. A resin-coated aluminum alloy sheet includes: an aluminum substrate having a surface treatment film on at least one surface thereof; and an organic resin film layer formed on the surface of the aluminum substrate. The surface treatment film includes 2 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 of zirconium in terms of metal atoms and at least any one of a polyitaconic acid, monosaccharide alcohol and disaccharide alcohol as an aluminum-ion-trapping agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Tadaki, Syozo Ichinose
  • Patent number: 9388376
    Abstract: A method for counting counted targets disposed in a liquid enclosed in a container, includes adjusting a thickness of at least a part of the container; setting at least a part of the adjusted part as a measurement target region; and counting a number of counted targets in the measurement target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Suenaga, Yoichi Ishizaki, Satoshi Tanaka, Takahiko Totani, Kyohei Ota
  • Patent number: 9321198
    Abstract: A foamed plastic container in which the cell diameters vary along a gradient so as not to decrease the content protection performance, in a manner quite different from the foamed cells distributed in the conventional foamed containers. The foamed plastic container has a container wall formed by using a plastic material and in which foamed cells are distributed, the lengths of the foamed cells in the surface direction of the container wall decreasing from the outer surface of the container toward the inner surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Ichikawa, Nobuhisa Koiso, Norio Akuzawa
  • Publication number: 20160090345
    Abstract: A method of producing a powder of fatty acid metal salt for forming ultrafine metal particles includes washing the fatty acid metal salt so that the amount of unreacted substance or by-product is 4.0 mol % or less when the fatty acid metal salt is formed; preparing a pressed cake by pressing the fatty acid metal salt; and drying the pressed cake so that the water content is 200 ppm or less. The powder has a property for deodorizing mercaptan smelling components and/or a property for inactivating microproteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki OHASHI, Kazuhiro SATO, Anzu KASAI, Daisuke HIRATSUKA, Shigeru SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9284432
    Abstract: A method for degrading a readily degradable resin composition comprising an aliphatic polyester (A) which is biodegradable, and an aliphatic polyester (B?) which releases an acid upon hydrolysis and which is biodegradable at a higher degradation rate than that of the aliphatic polyester (A), the method comprising degrading the readily degradable resin composition in an enzyme reaction liquid containing a degradation enzyme, and an acid neutralizing agent incompatible with the enzyme reaction liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Seishi Yoshikawa, Tsutaki Katayama, Masahito Kogure
  • Patent number: 9283498
    Abstract: Provided are a deforming method and device that use laser-induced breakdown. The provided method and device make it possible to shorten the focal distance, thereby improving laser beam convergence, and increase the utilization efficiency of sound waves that contribute to defoaming. Pulsed laser light is focused and irradiated into a space inside an acoustic waveguide (4), thereby generating pulsed sound waves from the illumination point (7). The pulsed sound waves propagate down the acoustic waveguide as plane waves, then propagate beyond an open end (16) as spherical waves, and break up a foam outside the open end of the acoustic wave guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventor: Ken Takenouchi
  • Patent number: 9283697
    Abstract: A foamed plastic container in which the cell diameters vary along a gradient so as not to decrease the content protection performance, in a manner quite different from the foamed cells distributed in the conventional foamed containers. The foamed plastic container has a container wall formed by using a plastic material and in which foamed cells are distributed, the lengths of the foamed cells in the surface direction of the container wall decreasing from the outer surface of the container toward the inner surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Ichikawa, Nobuhisa Koiso, Norio Akuzawa
  • Patent number: 9266309
    Abstract: A method of producing a gas-barrier laminated member having a gas-barrier layer formed by crosslinking the carboxyl groups of a polycarboxylic acid polymer with multivalent metal ions. The method comprises forming a layer (A) containing an alkaline compound of a multivalent metal on at least one surface of a plastic base material, applying a solution (b) obtained by dissolving a polycarboxylic acid polymer in a solvent containing at least water onto the layer (A) that contains the alkaline compound of the multivalent metal, and removing the solvent by a heat treatment so that a metal-ionically crosslinked structure is formed with the multivalent metal ions among the carboxyl groups in the solution (b). The gas-barrier laminated member has excellent adhesion to the base material, gas-barrier property, retort resistance and flexibility, and is efficiently produced by only being heated at a low temperature for a short period of time through a decreased number of simplified steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD., KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Obu, Kashiko Kawai, Tomohiro Miyai, Takahiro Hidaka, Hideki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20160039572
    Abstract: A multilayered container with excellent heat resistance which is obtained by melt molding and has an interlayer made of an oxygen-absorbing barrier resin composition. The multilayered container comprises inner and outer layers comprising an olefin resin and, sandwiched between the inner and outer layers, an interlayer made of an oxygen-absorbing barrier resin composition. The multilayered container is one formed by melt molding. In thermal analysis of a container barrel part, it has a quantity of heat of isothermal crystallization after heating from 30° C. to 130° C. at 100° C./min of 0.5 J/g or larger. In the analysis, the barrel part, after cooling from 200° C. to 130° C. at 100° C./min, gives an isothermal crystallization profile in which the time period to a peak top is shorter than that in a multilayered container including an interlayer consisting only of the base resin (oxygen-barrier resin) constituting the oxygen-absorbing barrier resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ishihara, Atsushi Kikuchi, Hiroaki Gotou, Shinji Tanaka, Kengo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9233522
    Abstract: A polyester resin for metal plate coating which contains a dimer acid in an amount of 2 to 10 mol %, as a dicarboxylic acid component and has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 70,000 to 160,000. Thus, there can be provided a polyester resin for metal plate coating that has not only excellent film forming capability and corrosion resistance but also excellent impact resistance. Further, there can be provided a resin-coated metal plate excelling in properties, such as corrosion resistance, impact resistance (dent resistance), workability and flavor, and provided, fabricated from the resin-coated metal plate, a metal can and can lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ohashi, Kazuhiro Sato, Tomoko Yoshii
  • Patent number: 9139328
    Abstract: A synthetic resin container, in which the bottom part 4 having a bottom plate part 41 which is present at the center of the bottom part and a peripheral part 42 which is positioned at the periphery of the bottom plate part 41, in the peripheral part 42, a grounding part 422 having an inside slope 422a which rises outwardly of the container with the outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate part 41 being the start point and an outside slope 422b which continues to the side surface of the bottom part 4 is formed, and when a load is applied in the axial direction in the state where the container stands upright on the grounding surface G, the shape of the bottom part 4 changes reversibly such that the bottom plate part 41 is depressed inwardly to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Miura, Kazushi Matsukiyo
  • Patent number: 9102191
    Abstract: In a method for decorating a plastic package, on at least a part of a surface of the plastic package, portions which are different in optical characteristics from the surface are periodically arranged to decorate the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yamada, Ken Takenouchi, Atsushi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9095997
    Abstract: A multi-layer polyester container comprising inner and outer layers of a polyester resin and at least one intermediate layer of a functional resin or a functional resin composition, wherein a difference of tan ? of the inner polyester layer at 80° C. and 60° C. is 0.035 or less in the measurement of the dynamic viscoelasticity (DMS) thereof at 0.5 Hz. Even when the functional resin or the functional resin composition having a large draw stress is used as an intermediate layer, therefore, excellent transparency is obtained while effectively exhibiting the function such as barrier property possessed by the functional resin or the functional resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Misa Sasai, Atsushi Kikuchi, Toshiki Yamada
  • Patent number: 9050381
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for sterilizing the surface of a space-to-be-sterilized which are safe to the human body, which are effective even for sterilizing spore-forming bacteria, which do not require the space-to-be-sterilized to be highly shielded, and which can sterilize the surface of the space efficiently with inexpensive equipment. The disclosed method involves: spraying a low-concentration sterilizing agent in the form of fine particles into the space-to-be-sterilized and making the sterilizing agent adhere to the surface thereof, the low-concentration sterilizing agent being any one of a 1-10 wt % aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide, a 0.1-1 wt % aqueous solution of peracetic acid, or a 0.01-0.1 wt % aqueous solution of hypochlorous acid; adjusting the humidity in the space-to-be-sterilized; and air-drying the sterilizing agent. Thus, a high level of sterilization can be achieved in a short time and at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Iwashita, Miki Hirabayashi