Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Mitsuo

Hirofumi Mitsuo 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).

  • Publication number: 20100009182
    Abstract: A peelable adhesive sheet is provided. The peelable adhesive sheet includes a base material and an adhesive composition layer that is provided to at least one side of the base material and that contains an acrylic resin and hollow particles. The adhesive composition layer is configured to removably adhere to another adhesive layer when at least two adhesive composition layers at least contact each other and at least pressure is applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi KATO, Hirofumi MITSUO
  • Patent number: 7192904
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer provided thereon, the layer comprising a color forming system that combines an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound, in which the electron-accepting compound is a compound represented by the formula R1-Ph-SO2R2 (wherein R1 represents a hydroxyl group or an alkyl group, R2 represents -Ph, —NH-Ph, -Ph-OR3 or —NH—CO—NH-Ph, R3 represents an alkyl group, and Ph represents a phenyl group), and at least the heat-sensitive recording layer is formed by curtain-coating a coating solution for the heat-sensitive recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo, Hirokazu Kitou
  • Patent number: 7160840
    Abstract: A thermal recording material having a support and, formed thereon, a thermal coloring layer containing an electron donating colorless dye and an electron accepting compound, wherein the electron accepting compound comprises 4-hydroxybenzenesulfoneanilide and the support comprises a used paper pulp as a primary component; the thermal recording material which further comprises at least one of calcium carbonate of calcite type, amorphous silica and aluminum hydroxide as an inorganic pigment; and the thermal recording material wherein the electron donating colorless dye comprises a specific colorless dye and the recording material is formed through the use of a liquid pigment dispersion having a pH of 7 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Patent number: 7135431
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material of the present invention has a thermosensitive color developing layer on a support, and the thermosensitive color developing layer contains at least an electron-donating colorless dye and 4-hydroxybenzenesulfone anilide as an electron-accepting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Patent number: 7098168
    Abstract: (B) A thermosensitive recording material comprises a thermosensitive recording layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye, an electron-accepting compound which develops color upon a reaction with the electron-donating colorless dye and a sensitizer, wherein the thermosensitive recording material satisfies at least one of the following conditions (1) to (3). (1) An image density when thermal printing is performed with a printing energy is 1.20 or more, and the thermosensitive recording material is used for a recording device having a printing speed of 10 cm/sec or more. (2) An image density after the thermosensitive recording material is brought into contact with a heat source of 70° C. for 5 seconds is 0.15 or less, and the sensitizer is 2-benzyloxynaphthalene or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Publication number: 20060046933
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material having a support, and a heat-sensitive recording layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound for coloring by reacting with the electron-donating colorless dye on the support. The above-mentioned electron-accepting compound is preferably a compound represented by R1-Ph-SO2R2. The maximum value of the curl height of the material is preferably 5.0 mm or less. The image density formed by thermal printing by energy application at 15.2 mJ/mm2 from the heat-sensitive recording layer side of the support is preferably 1.20 or more. The static friction coefficient and the dynamic friction coefficient of the material are preferably in the range of 0.2 to 0.5 in the case where the outermost surface of the front side having at least one heat-sensitive recording layer and the outermost surface of the rear side are rubbed against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Patent number: 6972272
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material includes a support having successively disposed thereon: a heat-sensitive color-forming layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound; and a protective layer; wherein the heat-sensitive color-forming layer contains a water-soluble polymer and 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonanilide as the electron-accepting compound, and the protective layer contains at least one inorganic pigment selected from aluminum hydroxide, kaolin and amorphous silica. The electron-donating colorless dye is preferably at least one selected from 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-butylaminofluoran, 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-di-n-amylaminofluoran and 2-anilino-3-methyl-6-(N-ethyl-N-p-benzyl)aminofluoran.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Publication number: 20050170959
    Abstract: The heat-sensitive recording material of the present invention has a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer provided thereon, the layer including an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound. The electron-accepting compound is a compound represented by R1-Ph-SO2R2, wherein R1 represents a hydroxyl group or an alkyl group, R2 represents -Ph, —NH-Ph, -Ph-OR3 or —NH—CO—NH-Ph, R3 represents an alkyl group, and Ph represents a (substituted) phenyl group. The recording material satisfies one of the following conditions: the density of an image portion that has been irradiated with a fluorescent lamp at 500,000 Lux.h is retained at a rate of not less than 80% relative to that of the image portion before irradiation; the volume mean diameter of the electron-accepting compound is not more than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Publication number: 20050088508
    Abstract: (A) The invention discloses a thermosensitive recording material comprising: a support; and a thermosensitive recording layer formed on the support, the thermosensitive recording layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound which develops color upon a reaction with the electron-donating colorless dye, wherein the thermosensitive recording material satisfies at least one of the following conditions (1) to (3). (1) an image density when thermal printing is performed from a side, of the support, having the thermosensitive recording layer with printing energy of 15.2 mJ/mm2 is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Publication number: 20050054527
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer provided thereon, the layer comprising a color forming system that combines an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound, in which the electron-accepting compound is a compound represented by the formula R1-Ph-SO2R2 (wherein R1 represents a hydroxyl group or an alkyl group, R2 represents -Ph, —NH-Ph, -Ph-OR3 or —NH—CO—NH-Ph, R3 represents an alkyl group, and Ph represents a phenyl group), and at least the heat-sensitive recording layer is formed by curtain-coating a coating solution for the heat-sensitive recording layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo, Hirokazu Kitou
  • Patent number: 6852671
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material including, on a support, a heat-sensitive color-developable layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound, wherein the electron-accepting compound contains a compound represented by R1—Ph—SO2R2, and an adhesive strength when an adhesive sheet such as a revenue stamp is affixed to a recording face of a heat-sensitive recording paper made of the heat-sensitive recording material is larger than a given value, and a center line average roughness Ra75 of the heat-sensitive recording face is 2.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Publication number: 20040235660
    Abstract: A thermal recording material having a support and, formed thereon, a thermal coloring layer containing an electron donating colorless dye and an electron accepting compound, wherein the electron accepting compound comprises 4-hydroxybenzenesulfoneanilide and the support comprises a used paper pulp as a primary component; the thermal recording material which further comprises at least one of calcium carbonate of calcite type, amorphous silica and aluminum hydroxide as an inorganic pigment; and the thermal recording material wherein the electron donating colorless dye comprises a specific colorless dye and the recording material is formed through the use of a liquid pigment dispersion having a pH of 7 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Patent number: 6818592
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material includes a support having disposed thereon a heat-sensitive color-forming layer that includes an electron-donating leuco-dye, an electron-receiving compound and an UV absorbent, wherein the layer contains 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonanilide as the electron-receiving compound. Because the layer includes 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonanilide, the heat-sensitive recording material has high sensitivity and improved image preservability, chemical resistance and sticking resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Watanabe, Masayuki Iwasaki, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Patent number: 6800588
    Abstract: A thermal recording material having a thermal color-forming layer which contains an electron-donating leuco-dye and an electron-receiving compound, and a protective layer formed in that order on a support. The protective layer of the material contains an inorganic dye and at least one of an amide-denatured polyvinyl alcohol and a diacetone-denatured polyvinyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tetsuo Takeuchi, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Publication number: 20040176247
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material of the present invention has a thermosensitive color developing layer on a support, and the thermosensitive color developing layer contains at least an electron-donating colorless dye and 4-hydroxybenzenesulfone anilide as an electron-accepting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Patent number: 6750174
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat sensitive recording material which has high sensitivity and high degree of color formation, excellent storage stability in image portions and non-image portions (i.e., background portions), high whiteness in background portions, and can stably maintain a high contrast image for a long period of time. The heat sensitive recording material has, on a support, a heat sensitive color-forming layer having an electron donating colorless dye and an electron accepting compound. At least one type of the electron accepting compound is 2,4-bis(phenylsulfonyl) phenol, and the heat sensitive color-forming layer further has 2-naphthylbenzyl ether and an amide compound as thermally fusible substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Patent number: 6730632
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material which includes, on a substrate, at least one heat-sensitive color developing layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye, 2,4-bis(phenylsulfonyl)phenol as an electron-accepting compound, and a sulfonic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol and at least one modified polyvinyl alcohol other than the sulfonic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol as binders, an outermost layer of the heat-sensitive recording material containing a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Watanabe, Masayuki Iwasaki, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Patent number: 6720286
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive coloring layer containing a colorless electron-donating dye, an electron-accepting compound including at least 4,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, and a sensitizer comprising 2-benzyloxynaphthalene and aliphatic monoamide in the mass ratio in a range of 30/70 to 70/30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mitsuo, Masayuki Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 6699816
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material in which a heat-sensitive color-developing layer containing at least an electron-donating colorless dye, an electron-accepting compound, a sensitizer and preferably an image stabilizer is disposed on a support, the heat-sensitive color-developing layer containing (1) 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonanilide as the electron-accepting compound and (2) 2-benzyloxynaphthalene and ethylenebisstearic acid amide or methylolstearic acid amide as the sensitizer, and (3) the 2-benzyloxynaphthalene (x) to ethylenebisstearic acid amide or methylolstearic acid amide (y) mass ratio (x/y) being within 95/5 to 40/60 range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Iwasaki, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hirofumi Mitsuo
  • Publication number: 20030224935
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material which includes, on a substrate, at least one heat-sensitive color developing layer containing an electron-donating colorless dye, 2,4-bis(phenylsulfonyl)phenol as an electron-accepting compound, and a sulfonic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol and at least one modified polyvinyl alcohol other than the sulfonic acid-modified polyvinyl alcohol as binders, an outermost layer of the heat-sensitive recording material containing a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Watanabe, Masayuki Iwasaki, Hirofumi Mitsuo