Patents by Inventor Chigusa SATO

Chigusa SATO 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: 11912051
    Abstract: An ink jet method includes a step of adhering ink jet compositions containing colorants and polymerizable compounds to be cured with radioactive rays to a recording medium by one printing operation, and the ink jet compositions includes an orange ink composition and a red ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chigusa Sato, Kyohei Tanaka, Haruya Koyama
  • Publication number: 20230347663
    Abstract: A printing method is used for printing a shrink film with radiation-curable ink. The printing method includes forming an image on the shrink film with a first radiation-curable ink by an ink jet method, and forming a fixing pattern by applying a second radiation-curable ink onto a surface of the shrink film that is to come into contact with an object to be wrapped with the shrink film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi SEGUCHI, Chigusa SATO, Emi TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11787961
    Abstract: An ink jet process includes an ejection step, in which a radiation-curable ink jet composition is ejected from an ink jet head to a recording medium, and a curing step, in which the ejected ink jet composition is irradiated with radiation to give a cured coating of the ink jet composition. The ink jet composition contains at least one polymerizable compound, at least one photopolymerization initiator, and C.I. Pigment Red 57:1. The C.I. Pigment Red 57:1 constitutes 4.0% by mass or more of the total amount of the ink jet composition, and the cured coating has a maximum thickness of 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Chigusa Sato
  • Publication number: 20230242696
    Abstract: There is provided a maintenance liquid, which is used in maintenance of a device equipped with a discharge head for discharging an ultraviolet ray curable-type composition containing the acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator toward an attachment object, including a polymerizable compound in which a saturation solubility of an acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator at 20° C. is equal to or greater than 5.0% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Chigusa Sato, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20230227676
    Abstract: A method for producing a printed material includes an application step of applying a radiation-curable ink composition onto a shrink film, and a curing step of irradiating the radiation-curable ink composition on the shrink film with radiation to form a cured ink coating, thus obtaining a printed material. The radiation-curable ink composition contains one or more polymerizable compounds whose weighted average glass transition temperature is 20° C. to 70° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Chigusa SATO, Emi TAKEUCHI, Toru SAITO
  • Patent number: 11629210
    Abstract: There is provided a maintenance liquid, which is used in maintenance of a device equipped with a discharge head for discharging an ultraviolet ray curable-type composition containing the acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator toward an attachment object, including a polymerizable compound in which a saturation solubility of an acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator at 20° C. is equal to or greater than 5.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Chigusa Sato, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20230080685
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method is a method including a jetting step of jetting a radiation-curable ink jet composition to adhere to a recording medium that shrinks when heated, and a curing step of curing the radiation-curable ink jet composition by irradiating the radiation-curable ink jet composition adhered to the recording medium with radiation, in which the recorded material has a first region and a second region where shrinkage ratios due to the heating in a main surface direction are different when the recorded material is shrunk by being heated and brought into close contact with a packaged object, the shrinkage ratio of the first region in the main surface direction is greater than the shrinkage ratio of the second region in the main surface direction, and the radiation-curable ink jet composition adheres to the recording medium such that a film thickness of a cured film formed in the first region is less than a film thickness of a cured film formed in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Emi TAKEUCHI, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20220410584
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a recorded matter includes: a first ejection step of ejecting a first ink which is a radiation curable ink jet composition; a first emission step of emitting radioactive rays to form a cured coating film of the first ink; a second ejection step of ejecting a second ink which is a radiation curable ink jet composition; a second emission step of emitting radioactive rays to cure the second ink; and a lamination step of laminating the recorded matter such that a recording surface and a non-recording surface face each other. In addition, the first ink contains a polymerizable compound including a monofunctional monomer, a content of the monofunctional monomer with respect to a total mass of the polymerizable compound contained in the first ink is 80 percent by mass or more, the first ink is a non-white ink, and the second ink is a white ink containing a titanium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Chigusa SATO, Midori SEKINE, Kyohei TANAKA, Haruya KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220305834
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method is a method in which a cyan ink, a magenta ink, a black ink, and a yellow ink radiation that are curable inks are ejected from ink jet heads to attach the radiation curable inks to a recording medium. The method includes, in this order, a first step of attaching the cyan ink, the magenta ink, and the black ink onto the recording medium and applying temporary curing radiation to the recording medium and a second step of attaching the yellow ink onto the recording medium and applying full curing radiation to the recording medium without applying the temporary curing radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi NAKAMURA, Yoshinobu YOSHIDA, Chigusa SATO, Asako KUBOTA, Shohei NAMIKOSHI, Tsuyoshi SANO
  • Publication number: 20220220326
    Abstract: A radiation curable ink jet composition includes polymerizable compounds and a colorant, the polymerizable compounds includes a monofunctional polymerizable compound in an amount of 78 percent by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the polymerizable compounds, and the colorant includes at least one selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment Orange 36, C.I. Pigment Orange 38, C.I. Pigment Orange 43, C.I. Pigment Orange 64, C.I. Pigment Orange 71, C.I. Pigment Red 177, C.I. Pigment Red 179, C.I. Pigment Red 224, C.I. Pigment Red 254, C.I. Pigment Red 255, C.I. Pigment Violet 23, C.I. Pigment Violet 32, C.I. Pigment Violet 37, C.I. Pigment Violet 39, C.I. Pigment Green 7, C.I. Pigment Green 36, C.I. Pigment Blue 15:6, C.I. Pigment Blue 25, and C.I. Pigment Blue 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kyohei TANAKA, Midori SEKINE, Chigusa SATO
  • Publication number: 20220203739
    Abstract: An ink jet method includes a step of adhering ink jet compositions containing colorants and polymerizable compounds to be cured with radioactive rays to a recording medium by one printing operation, and the ink jet compositions includes an orange ink composition and a red ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Chigusa SATO, Kyohei TANAKA, Haruya KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220098422
    Abstract: A radiation-curable ink jet composition includes titanium oxide, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, in which the titanium oxide has an average particle diameter of equal to or more than 250 nm and equal to or less than 400 nm, and the polymerizable compound contains a vinyl group-containing (meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (I). H2C?CR1—CO—OR2—O—CH?CH—R3??(I) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Chigusa SATO
  • Patent number: 11225069
    Abstract: An ink jet method includes an ejecting step of ejecting a radiation-curable ink jet composition from an ink jet head and an irradiating step of irradiating the ejected radiation-curable ink jet composition with an ultraviolet ray at an irradiation intensity of 3 to 10 W/cm2 by using a light emitting diode. The radiation-curable ink jet composition contains monofunctional monomers including a nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer. The amount of the nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer relative to the total amount of the radiation-curable ink jet composition is 5 to 40 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Kyohei Tanaka, Midori Sekine, Chigusa Sato
  • Publication number: 20210371685
    Abstract: An ink jet process includes an ejection step, in which a radiation-curable ink jet composition is ejected from an ink jet head to a recording medium, and a curing step, in which the ejected ink jet composition is irradiated with radiation to give a cured coating of the ink jet composition. The ink jet composition contains at least one polymerizable compound, at least one photopolymerization initiator, and C.I. Pigment Red 57:1. The C.I. Pigment Red 57:1 constitutes 4.0% by mass or more of the total amount of the ink jet composition, and the cured coating has a maximum thickness of 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Chigusa SATO
  • Patent number: 11034165
    Abstract: An ink jet method includes: a discharging step of discharging a radiation-curable ink jet composition onto a recording medium at an ink weight per dot of 22 ng/dot or less by using an ink jet head having a nozzle density of 600 npi or more and configured to discharge the radiation-curable ink jet composition; and an irradiating step of irradiating, with radiation, the radiation-curable ink jet composition attached to the recording medium. The radiation-curable ink jet composition contains polymerizable compounds containing a monofunctional monomer and a multifunctional monomer. The monofunctional monomer includes a nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer. The amount of the monofunctional monomer is 90 mass % or more relative to the total amount of the polymerizable compound. The amount of the nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer is from 1 to 15 mass % relative to the total amount of the polymerizable compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Chigusa Sato, Midori Sekine, Kyohei Tanaka, Keitaro Nakano
  • Patent number: 11027544
    Abstract: An ink jet method includes: a discharging step of discharging a radiation-curable ink jet composition onto a recording medium at an ink weight per dot of 22 ng/dot or less by using an ink jet head configured to discharge the radiation-curable ink jet composition and having a nozzle density of 600 npi or more; and an irradiating step of irradiating, with radiation, the radiation-curable ink jet composition attached to the recording medium. The radiation-curable ink jet composition contains polymerizable compounds including a monofunctional monomer and a multifunctional monomer. The monofunctional monomer includes a nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer. The amount of the monofunctional monomer is 90 mass % or more relative to the total amount of the polymerizable compounds. The amount of the nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer is from 1 to 15 mass % relative to the total amount of the polymerizable compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Kyohei Tanaka, Midori Sekine, Chigusa Sato
  • Publication number: 20210047592
    Abstract: There is provided a maintenance liquid, which is used in maintenance of a device equipped with a discharge head for discharging an ultraviolet ray curable-type composition containing the acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator toward an attachment object, including a polymerizable compound in which a saturation solubility of an acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator at 20° C. is equal to or greater than 5.0% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Chigusa Sato, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20210002499
    Abstract: A radiation curing ink jet printing method for forming a cured coating having a thickness of 0.5 ?m to 5 ?m includes an ejection step of ejecting a radiation-curable ink composition onto a printing medium, and an irradiation step of irradiating the radiation-curable ink composition on the printing medium with an active radiation having an emission peak wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 420 nm from an active radiation source. The radiation-curable ink composition contains one or more monofunctional monomers and one or more multifunctional monomers in such a proportion that the ratio of the total mass of the monofunctional monomers to the total mass of the multifunctional monomers is 0.45 or more. In the irradiation step, the radiation-curable ink composition is irradiated with the active radiation in an atmosphere having an oxygen concentration lower than the atmospheric oxygen concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Chigusa SATO, Toru SAITO, Keitaro NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10858614
    Abstract: There is provided a maintenance liquid, which is used in maintenance of a device equipped with a discharge head for discharging an ultraviolet ray curable-type composition containing the acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator toward an attachment object, including a polymerizable compound in which a saturation solubility of an acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator at 20° C. is equal to or greater than 5.0% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keitaro Nakano, Chigusa Sato, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 10780500
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional shaped article with relatively high strength and relatively high accuracy. A sintering and shaping method includes: a shaping layer forming process of forming a shaping layer by using a sintering and shaping material in which inorganic particles are included; a process of applying a liquid binding agent, in which a thermoplastic resin and inorganic particles are included, to a desired region of the shaping layer; a process of curing the liquid binding agent, which is applied, to form a shaping cross-sectional layer (shaping portion); a process of removing a region (non-shaping portion) of the shaping layer to which the liquid binding agent is not applied; and a process of heating the shaping cross-sectional layer that is laminated for a sintering treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koki Hirata, Shinichi Kato, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Chigusa Sato