Patents by Inventor Akiho Ota

Akiho Ota 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: 4884961
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming a hollow blow-molded container utilizes a mold having at least one wall insert for forming a collapse panel in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Iizuka, Akiho Ota
  • Patent number: 4852752
    Abstract: A neck structure for a bottle-shaped container formed of synthetic resin, and associated with a rolled cap member having a top-closed cylindrical shape and constructed of thin aluminum plate at a cylindrical neck portion of the bottle-shaped container. The cylindrical neck portion has threads circumferentially formed on the outer periphery of the upper end of the cylindrical neck portion; at least one thick cylindrical portion of relatively large diameter is formed between the upper end of the cylindrical neck portion and the lower end of the cylindrical neck portion. The connecting portion is formed with a plurality of longitudinal strips on the outer periphery thereof and recesses between the longitudinal strips. The neck structure of the synthetic resin bottle-shaped container is constructed to be adapted to be associated with a tamper-proof-cap such that the lower end of the tamper-proof-cap is relatively increased in height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiho Ota
  • Patent number: 4822543
    Abstract: A method for producing a blow molded, heat set container including at least one large collapse panel in a side wall of the container. The area of the side wall of the container forming a collapse panel is heat set at a different temperature than the area of the side wall of the container adjacent to the collapse panel to prevent distortion of the large collapse panel when the container is removed from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Iizuka, Akiho Ota
  • Patent number: 4717525
    Abstract: A method for producing a blow molded, heat set container including at least one large collapse panel in a side wall of the container. The area of the side wall of the container forming a collapse panel is heat set at a lower temperature than the area of the side wall of the container adjacent to the collapse panel to prevent distortion of the large collapse panel when the container is removed from a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Iizuka, Akiho Ota
  • Patent number: 4591060
    Abstract: A hollow, blow-molded container of a biaxially oriented saturated polyester resin in which the upper part of the neck section is formed thicker than the intermediate section, and the upper half part of the upper part is formed thicker than the lower half part of the upper part. Thus, a cap can be exactly mounted on the neck section of this container, and the quantity of the material of the neck section can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1986
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takami Tsukada, Akiho Ota, Hiroaki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 4590021
    Abstract: Spherulites are grown in such sections as neck, neck end, bottom center and/or bottom periphery of a hollow bottle-shaped container of biaxially oriented-blow molded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin where the resin is not substantially subjected to orientation, thereby to improve the thermal resistance, stiffness and content resistance of such sections to almost the same extent as the biaxially oriented sections of the container such as the shoulder and cylindrical sections thereof. The aforesaid non-oriented sections of the preformed piece before being blow-molded or of the blow-molded container are first heated at or above the glass transition temperature of the resin for about 2-8 minutes and are then annealed at room temperature, with the result that such sections have a spherulite texture of an increased density and are rendered opaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Fumio Negishi
  • Patent number: 4572811
    Abstract: Spherulites are grown in such sections as neck, neck end, bottom center and/or bottom periphery of a hollow bottle-shaped container of biaxially oriented-blow molded polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin where the resin is not substantially subjected to orientation, thereby to improve the thermal resistance, stiffness and content resistance of such sections to almost the same extent as the biaxially oriented sections of the container such as the shoulder and cylindrical sections thereof. The aforesaid non-oriented sections of the preformed piece before being blow-molded or of the blow-molded container are first heated at or above the glass transition temperature of the resin for about 2-8 minutes and are then annealed at room temperature, with the result that such sections have a spherulite texture of an increased density and are rendered opaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Fumio Negishi
  • Patent number: 4564497
    Abstract: A method of producing a saturated polyester resin bottle having a white-patterned wall by bringing at least one heat absorbing member into partial contact with a transparent tubular parison of a saturated polyester resin, when the tubular parison is heated, so that the portions of the saturated parison other than that contacting with the heat absorbing member may be heated to a relatively high temperature and may be locally crystallized to leave a desired white pattern. The bringing operation of the heat absorbing member is accomplished by inserting the heat absorbing member attached to a stem into the tubular parison thereby to prevent the portion of the tubular parison contacting with the heat absorbing member from turning locally white. The aforementioned relatively high temperature is higher than the glass transition temperature and lower than the crystallization temperature of the saturated polyester resin used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Yukio Koshidaka
  • Patent number: 4481163
    Abstract: A bottle-shaped container of saturated polyester having frosted or ground surface is manufactured by the steps of heating the outer layer portion of the injection-molded preformed piece to thereby crystallize the outer layer portion to opacify in white, and blow-molding the preformed piece in a blowing mold having at least part of its inner surface formed with rough surface sandblasted in advance to thereby form the rough surface on the bottle-shaped container on the crystallized outer layer portion surface. Thus, the bottle-shaped container incorporates pearl-like ground surface desired in a shape on the surface instead of the glossy surface peculiar to synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Fumio Negishi
  • Patent number: 4464328
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a bottle of a saturated polyester resin and its method of production. According to the method of the present invention, saturated polyester resin is injection-molded into a parison which is composed of a mouth and a barrel. The mouth of the parison is oriented in the direction of the axis of the parison and in a direction perpendicular to the parison's axis by means of an orienting jig. The barrel of the parison is biaxially oriented by a blow-molding process. The bottle thus produced has been oriented as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yataro Yoshino, Akiho Ota, Hiroaki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 4397808
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a bottle of a saturated polyester resin and its method of production. According to the method of the present invention, saturated polyester resin is injection-molded into a parison which is composed of a mouth and a barrel. The mouth of the parison is oriented in the direction of the axis of the parison and in a direction perpendicular to the parison's axis by means of an orienting jig. The barrel of the parison is biaxially oriented by a blow-molding process. The bottle thus produced has been oriented as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yataro Yoshino, Akiho Ota, Hiroaki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 4397629
    Abstract: Apparatus for drawing a mouth-neck portion of a synthetic resin bottle in the radial direction, by inserting an expanding operation zone of the apparatus into the mouth-neck portion in the heated state and expanding respective drawing pieces of the expanding operation zone in the radial direction. The apparatus includes a cylindrical wall constructed by a great number of drawing pieces, a pressing rod inserted into this cylindrical wall to expand the drawing pieces in the radial direction and an elastic tubular member to be inflated in the radial direction by high pressure compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Akutsu, Akiho Ota, Takuzo Takada
  • Patent number: 4391381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bottle formed of a saturated polyester resin, and to a method of coating the bottle with a decorative paint coating adapted to adhere to the bottle without peeling. The decorative coating is prepared by coating the bottle in sequence with a primer layer, an undercoat layer, a decorative paint layer, and a protective top coat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Fumio Negishi
  • Patent number: 4379099
    Abstract: Spherulites are grown in such sections as neck, neck end, and bottom center or bottom periphery of a hollow bottle-shaped container of biaxially oriented-blow molded polyethylene terephthalate where the resin is not substantially subjected to orientation, thereby to improve the thermal resistance, stiffness and content resistance of such sections to almost the same extent as the biaxially oriented sections of the container such as shoulder and cylindrical sections thereof. The aforesaid sections of the preformed piece before being blow-molded or of the blow-molded container where the resin is not substantially subjected to orientation are first heated at 120.degree.-180.degree. C. for 3-8 minutes and then annealed at room temperature, with a result that such sections have a spherulite texture of an increased density and are opacified to white or milky white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1983
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Fumio Negishi
  • Patent number: 4375442
    Abstract: Spherulites are grown in such sections as neck, neck end, and bottom center or bottom periphery of a hollow bottle-shaped container of biaxially oriented-blow molded polyethylene terephthalate where the resin is not substantially subjected to orientation, thereby to improve the thermal resistance, stiffness and content resistance of such sections to almost the same extent as the biaxially oriented sections of the container such as shoulder and cylindrical sections thereof. The aforesaid sections of the preformed piece before being blow-molded or of the blow-molded container where the resin is not substantially subjected to orientation are first heated at 120.degree.-180.degree. C. for 3-8 minutes and then annealed at room temperatures, with a result that such sections have a spherulite texture of an increased density and are opacified to white or milky white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1983
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Fumio Negishi
  • Patent number: 4372909
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are a bottle of a saturated polyester resin and its method of production. According to the method of the present invention, saturated polyester resin is injection-molded into a parison which is composed of a mouth and a barrel. The mouth of the parison is oriented in the direction of the axis of the parison and in a direction perpendicular to the parison's axis by means of an orienting jig. The barrel of the parison is biaxially oriented by a blow-molding process. The bottle thus produced has been oriented as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yataro Yoshino, Akiho Ota, Hiroaki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 4358491
    Abstract: A process for producing a hollow vessel having a frosted glass-like surface which comprises molding a crystalline thermoplastic polyester copolymer comprising units of ethylene terephthalate as the main component into a transparent parison, crystallizing at least the surface layer portion of the parison and then subjecting it to blow molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1982
    Assignees: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha, Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Masanori Nishikawa, Masao Hattori, Akio Tsuboi, Yoshihisa Hama, Tadashi Okudaira, Shigeharu Sugihara
  • Patent number: 4355728
    Abstract: The synthetic resin thin-walled bottle of this invention is raised up at its bottom to form a small-diameter rise having a lower portion conical and is also provided with a plurality of outwardly swelling bulges at the lower part of its body portion such that the underside of each bulge constitutes a ground-contacting portion. Thus, although a small-diameter rise having aconical lower portion is formed at the bottom, the standing position of the bottle is stabilized by provision of a large-diameter ground-contacting portion at the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Hiroaki Sugiura
  • Patent number: D294462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: D295612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiho Ota