Patents Assigned to Yupo Corporation
  • THERMOSENSITIVE ADHESIVE LABEL AND LABELED CONTAINER WITH THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110159220
    Abstract: A thermosensitive adhesive label comprising a laminate film of a first film layer and a second film layer, and a thermosensitive adhesive layer on the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate, wherein the Bekk smoothness of the surface of the first film layer side of the laminate film is from 2000 to 20000 seconds, the Bekk smoothness of the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate film is from 800 to 20000 seconds, the contact angle with water of the surface of the second film layer side of the laminate film is from 20 to 80°, and the surface strength of the thermosensitive adhesive layer is from 0.6 to 1.8 kg-cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki KIMURA, Hiromitsu TAMAUCHI
  • ELECTROSTATIC ADSORBABLE SHEET
    Publication number: 20110143104
    Abstract: An electrostatic adsorbable sheet (iii), which has a long-lasting adsorbability not easily affected by humidity, secures good ink adhesiveness, and does not generate troubles in a printing process, is provided. The electrostatic adsorbable sheet (iii) comprises a laminate of a label layer (i) containing a resin film layer (A) and a recording layer (D) on one surface of the resin film layer (A), and a peelable sheet layer (ii) containing a peelable layer (B) and a support layer (C), in which the label layer (i) and the peelable sheet layer (ii) are laminated so that the resin film layer (A) and the peelable layer (B) contact with each other. The peeling strength between the label layer (i) and the peelable sheet layer (ii) is from 1 to 50 g/cm, and the label layer (i) peeled from the peelable sheet layer (ii) is electrostatically adsorbable to an object to be attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOIKE, Seiichiro IIDA
  • Forgery-preventing film
    Patent number: 7960022
    Abstract: Disclosed is a forgery-preventing film having, on one side of a first layer (A) comprising a thermoplastic resin, a second layer (B) comprising a thermoplastic resin wherein said film satisfying at least one of the following conditions: Condition 1: one side of said first layer (A) is treated to prevent forgery and said second layer (B) is formed on the surface of the treated side of said first layer (A); Condition 2: said second layer (B) comprises at least two thermoplastic resins of different melt viscosities; Condition 3: porosity of said second layer (B) is greater than porosity of said first layer (A); and Condition 4: a polymer net is formed on one side of said first layer (A) and said second layer (B) is formed on the surface having the polymer net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Tamio Shikano, Takaaki Asakura, Takahiko Ueda
  • Thermoplastic resin film and label paper employing the same
    Patent number: 7914887
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin film (i) which has a degree of dimensional change through heating and cooling (?) in the range of from ?2% to 2% as measured by thermomechanical analysis in the range of from room temperature to 135° C., or which has a degree of thermal shrinkage of 1.8% or lower upon heating at 130° C. for 30 minutes or longer; and a label paper employing the same. The label paper has suitability for heated-roll fixing type electrophotographic printers and is satisfactory in curling after printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Shibuya, Ichiro Ohkawachi
  • Porous resin film and ink jet recording medium
    Patent number: 7910201
    Abstract: A porous resin film which is obtained from a compound prepared by kneading a composition comprising 30 to 100% by weight of a thermoplastic resin comprising a hydrophilic thermoplastic resin and 0 to 70% by weight of an inorganic and/or an organic powder in an intermeshing twin-screw extruder at a screw shear rate of 300 sec?1 or higher and which has a liquid absorbing capacity of 0.5 ml/m2 or more as measured in accordance with the method specified in Japan TAPPI Standard No. 51-87.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Shigekazu Oi
  • SHEET SAG EVALUATION METHOD AND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110011175
    Abstract: A touch roller is pressed to the surface of a sheet being conveyed in a space and the amount of displacement of the touch roller is measured to evaluate the sag of the sheet at the position at which the touch roller is pressed against the sheet. The method enables the sag of a sheet to be accurately evaluated with the use of a device having a relatively simple structure and easily maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicants: MAYSUN CORPORATION, YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Ichikawa, Masahiro Ikeda
  • Thermoplastic resin film comprising a scratch-resistant surface coating formed from polyurethane and olefin resin particles protruding from an outer surface of the coating
    Patent number: 7871690
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin film capable of ensuring ink adhesion in a printed matter having an oxidative polymerization-type ink or ultraviolet-curable ink, and imparting scratch resistance to the printed matter, contains on at least one surface thereof a coating layer containing (A) a curable resin having a pencil hardness according to JIS-K-5600-5-4 of HB or more and (B) an olefin-based resin, the coating layer having a protrusion originated in the olefin-based resin (B) on the outer surface of the thermoplastic resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Ashikaga
  • Electrophotographic film and recorded material using the same
    Patent number: 7862884
    Abstract: An electrophotographic film with excellent water resistance, which is more reduced in heat curling than before when used as a recording paper for thermal fixing-type electrophotographic printers or a copying machines and prevents stains of the toner-fixing unit if it jams in the printer or copying machine and which can provide continuous printing of a large number of sheets, is provided by an electrophotographic film comprising a resin film (A) formed of a resin composition containing an inorganic fine powder and/or an organic filler, the resin composition having a melt tension of 5 g or more at 210° C., a crystallization temperature of 120° C. or more and a crystallization heat of 60 J/cm3 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Masaaki Yamanaka
  • Label for in-mold formation
    Patent number: 7862881
    Abstract: A label for in-mold formation is provided which can be readily delaminated from the container by any one because of its excellent delamination initiation property and delamination transmission property as well as its low interlaminar strength, and which can be recorded with information such as pictures and letters on the inner side concealed by the label, and therefore, enabling effective utilization of the display area, or utilization of the delaminated label portion as a request form or a discount ticket, so called coupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Takatoshi Nishizawa, Hiroshi Koike
  • ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING SHEET AND RECORDED MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100291363
    Abstract: An electrophotographic recording sheet having, on a water-resistant support, a toner-receiving layer containing a liphophilic polymer antistatic agent with a specific surface resistivity of from 1×107 to 9×1012?. This electrophotographic recording sheet is excellent in recording quality, fixability, water resistance, durability, color printability and continuous printability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koike, Seiichiro Iida, Koichi Ishida
  • Label for in-mold forming having excellent delabeling property, and container with the label
    Patent number: 7807243
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a label for in-mold forming having excellent suitability for delabeling which comprises a thermoplastic resin film base layer (I) and a heat-sealable resin layer (II) and in which the heat-sealable resin layer (II) has an adhesion strength as measured at 23° C. of 300 gf/15 mm or higher and an adhesion strength as measured at 90° C. of 290 gf/15 mm or lower; and a labeled resin container having the label bonded thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Masaki Shiina, Takatoshi Nishizawa
  • STRETCHED FILM OF VOID-CONTAINING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100233462
    Abstract: To provide a stretched film of void-containing thermoplastic resin having an attractive force between sheets is 50 g or less. The stretched film of void-containing thermoplastic resin has no charge therein and can be processed secondarily with lesser electrostatic disturbance even in a low-humidity environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi NISHIZAWA, Minoru Kato, Hidenori Okuyama
  • Melt thermal transfer recording paper
    Patent number: 7776413
    Abstract: A melt thermal transfer recording paper suitable for melt thermal transfer recording comprising a stretched resin film, wherein stretched resin film contains from 30 to 75% by weight of an inorganic fine powder and/or an organic filler and from 25 to 70% by weight in total of a thermoplastic resin having a Vicat softening point of not higher than 140° C. and a polyolefin-based resin having a Vicat softening point of higher than 140° C.; the stretched resin film contains more than 75 parts by weight and at most 900 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin relative to 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin-based resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Ochiai, Takatoshi Nishizawa
  • MELT THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING PAPER
    Publication number: 20100203267
    Abstract: A melt thermal transfer recording paper suitable for melt thermal transfer recording comprising a stretched resin film, wherein stretched resin film contains from 30 to 75% by weight of an inorganic fine powder and/or an organic filler and from 25 to 70% by weight in total of a thermoplastic resin having a Vicat softening point of not higher than 140° C. and a polyolefin-based resin having a Vicat softening point of higher than 140° C.; the stretched resin film contains more than 75 parts by weight and at most 900 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin relative to 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin-based resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisao Ochiai, Takatoshi Nishizawa
  • Labeled resin container
    Patent number: 7740924
    Abstract: Disclosed is an in-mold labeled thermoplastic resin container specifically so designed that the ratio of the product A of the Gurley stiffness (m·kgf) and the 3% elongation load (kgf) of the label-edge part of the labeled area thereof to the product B of the Gurley stiffness and the 3% elongation load of the label-surrounding part of the non-labeled area thereof, A/B, is at most 0.6. The container has good drop impact fracture resistance and has good producibility, and it is lightweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwasa, Takatoshi Nishizawa
  • PAPER SEAL, SEALING METHOD, AND SEALED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20100126991
    Abstract: A paper seal comprising a stretched thermoplastic resin film that comprises (a) a surface layer, (b) a substrate layer, and (c) a water-based adhesive-receiving layer having a water absorption level of from 2 to 25 ml/m2, wherein the stretched thermoplastic resin film has a porosity of from 20 to 50% and a 120°-opening time by bending repulsion of from 20 to 70 seconds. The paper seal can be stuck in a flat state without being curled by the environmental influence during labeling or by the influence of seasonal variation, and can be peeled off completely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kimura, Hiromitsu Tamauchi, Ryouichi Uchino
  • Electrophotographic recording sheet and label paper
    Patent number: 7687127
    Abstract: A label paper including a thermoplastic resin sheet (A) formed by stretching along at least one axis and heat treating at 50 to 250° C., an adhesive layer (B), and a release paper (C). Under a thermomechanical analysis with heating from a room temperature to 150° C., ? is in a range of from ?2.5 to 2.5 percent, and ?-? is in a range of from ?1.5 to 1.5 percent, where ? is a ratio of a dimension of the thermoplastic resin sheet (A) after the heating to a dimension of the thermoplastic resin sheet (A) before the heating, and ? is a ratio of a dimension of the release paper (C) after the heating to a dimension of the release paper (C) before the heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventors: Tamio Shikano, Ichiro Ohkawachi, Hiroshi Koike, Tomotsugu Takahashi
  • Forgery-preventing film
    Patent number: 7682687
    Abstract: Disclosed is a forgery-preventing film having a structure in which a thermoplastic resin film is attached to both faces of a light-shielding layer processed for forgery prevention. It is impossible to recognize the letter information to be protected in the forgery-preventing film without peeling the information-concealing layer therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: YUPO Corporation
    Inventors: Katsukuni Nitta, Kazuyo Senga
  • Paper for card, method for producing same and playing cards
    Patent number: 7632566
    Abstract: Paper for card, characterized in that it has a laminate structure of a porous white film (A) symmetrically put on both faces of a masking layer (B) and the surface and the back thereof have a pencil hardness of from 4H to 9H. The card paper has good flexibility and stability, curls little and has good scratch resistance, maskability and printability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Yupo Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Koike
  • IN-MOLD MOLDING LABEL AND MOLDED PRODUCT USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090291257
    Abstract: The invention provides a label for in-mold forming which tenaciously adheres to molded articles regardless of the materials of the molded articles, is usable under a wide range of molded-article molding conditions, and has an excellent print finish. The invention relates to: a label for in-mold forming, which comprises a resin film comprising a heat-sealable layer and a printing layer, wherein the heat-sealable layer has a rate of surface aperture of 6-30%, the printing layer has a dot skipping of 5% or lower, and the printing layer has a Bekk's surface smoothness (JIS-P-8119) of 650-20,000 seconds; and a molded article using the label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: YUPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Shiina, Kazuyuki Kimura, Takatoshi Nishizawa