Patents by Inventor Akihiko Kawanaka

Akihiko Kawanaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8911753
    Abstract: A skin-covering sheet for impregnation with a cosmetic preparation according to the present invention includes a non-woven fabric in which a splittable conjugate fiber containing at least two components as viewed in fiber cross-section, namely a polyethylene component and another polymer component, and a hydrophilic fiber are blended, and hydroentangled. The conjugate fiber is partially split and includes a polyethylene ultrafine fiber having a fineness of 0.6 dtex or less. A face mask according to the present invention includes the skin-covering sheet for impregnation with a cosmetic preparation impregnated with 500 to 2000 mass % of a liquid containing a cosmetic preparation. It is therefore possible to obtain a skin-covering sheet for impregnation with a cosmetic preparation and a face mask that have good impregnating ability of a cosmetic liquid into the sheet layer, cause very little irritation to the skin, and are soft in texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Daiwabo Holdings Co., Ltd., Daiwabo Polytec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiko Kawanaka
  • Publication number: 20110081391
    Abstract: A skin-covering sheet for impregnation with a cosmetic preparation according to the present invention includes a non-woven fabric in which a splittable conjugate fiber containing at least two components as viewed in fiber cross-section, namely a polyethylene component and another polymer component, and a hydrophilic fiber are blended, and hydroentangled. The conjugate fiber is partially split and includes a polyethylene ultrafine fiber having a fineness of 0.6 dtex or less. A face mask according to the present invention includes the skin-covering sheet for impregnation with a cosmetic preparation impregnated with 500 to 2000 mass % of a liquid containing a cosmetic preparation. It is therefore possible to obtain a skin-covering sheet for impregnation with a cosmetic preparation and a face mask that have good impregnating ability of a cosmetic liquid into the sheet layer, cause very little irritation to the skin, and are soft in texture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicants: DAIWABO HOLDINGS CO., LTD., DAIWABO POLYTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiko Kawanaka
  • Publication number: 20100190406
    Abstract: A POM/POM thermoadhesive conjugate fiber is produced by providing two kinds of POM-based polymers A and B which satisfy 30<MIA wherein MIA is a before-spinning melt index (g/10 min) of the POM-based polymer A (conditions: 190° C., load: 21.18N (2.16 kg)), and TB>TA+10 wherein TA and TB are before-spinning fusion peak temperatures of the POM-based polymers A and B respectively, compositely spinning a first component containing the POM-based polymer A and a second component containing the POM-based polymer B such that the first component is exposed with an exposed length of not less than 20% relative to a peripheral length of the fiber, subjecting the spun fiber to a drawing treatment, and subjecting the drawn fiber to an annealing treatment at a temperature of from 60° C. to 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshiji Usui, Koji Nagai, Akihiko Kawanaka