Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Morii

Hirokazu Morii 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: 7575802
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide coated printing papers having fast ink drying properties comparable to those of conventional newsprint, without stickiness, having good printability such as sharpness of printed images comparable to those of coated papers, as well as having the effect of decomposing harmful substances by exposure to light, especially when using penetration drying type news inks. A coated printing paper is provided, comprising a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper, characterized in that a fine titanium oxide powder having a photocatalytic effect is contained in the coating layer and that the coated paper has an oil absorbency of 20 g/m2 or more under pressure and a Bekk smoothness of 75 seconds or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinobu Chatani, Koji Okomori, Hiroshi Koyamoto, Hitoshi Nagao, Hirokazu Morii
  • Publication number: 20070240838
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide coated papers for newsprint inks having fast ink drying properties comparable to those of conventional newsprint papers, without stickiness, and having good reproduction and sharpness of printed images comparable to those of coated papers printed using penetration drying type inks; as well as processes for preparing them. Herein disclosed is a coated printing paper for newsprint inks comprising a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper, characterized in that the coating layer on the base paper has a coat weight of 4.0 g/m2 or more per side and that the coated paper has an oil absorbency under pressure of 20 g/m2 or more and a Bekk smoothness of 75 seconds or less; as well as a process for preparing the paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyamoto, Koji Okomori, Masahito Suzuki, Hirokazu Morii
  • Publication number: 20070221349
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a cast-coated paper having good sheet gloss, printability and productivity and a process for preparing it. Herein disclosed is a cast-coated paper obtained by applying a cast coating layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper, and pressing and drying the cast coating layer in the wet state against a heated mirror finishing surface to finish it, characterized in that the cast coating layer contains 50 parts by weight or more of a kaolin having a particle size distribution containing 65% by volume or more of particles in the range of 0.4-4.2 ?m per 100 parts by weight of inorganic pigments and further contains a plastic pigment; as well as a process for preparing it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Yukiko Ohira, Hidehiko Kai, Kiyoshi Hatakeyama, Hideaki Nisogi, Hirokazu Morii
  • Patent number: 7208068
    Abstract: A dull coated printing paper that is bulky (low in density) having a density of 0.90 to 1.15 g/cm3 and yet offers excellent pliability, superior surface smoothness, high degree of print gloss and minimal small-scale gloss variations in the image area are obtained by forming a coating layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper which contains an organic compound having an action to inhibit binding between pulp fibers and then carrying out calender treatment at a line pressure for the treatment of 50 to 150 kg/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nisogi, Jun Makihara, Yukiko Ohira, Hirokazu Morii
  • Patent number: 7160419
    Abstract: A coated paper for printing comprising a base paper and a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive, wherein the coating layer has a volume distribution of 65% or more of pigment particles ranging from 0.4 ?m to 4.2 ?m in size, and wherein the coated paper has a basis weight of 50 ?g/m2 or less and tensile stiffness ranging between 200 kN/m and 400 kN/m, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Suzuki, Koji Okomori, Masato Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Morii
  • Patent number: 7101459
    Abstract: A coated printing paper the product of whose basis weight, density, Young's modulus in the machine direction and breaking length in the machine direction is within the range of no less than 1.0×1021g2·N/m6 but not greater than 4.0×1021g2·N/m6, and which offers excellent pliability, superior print gloss in the image area regardless of lower white-paper gloss, minimal small-scale gloss variations in the image area, and excellent workability with the printing machinery, more particularly a matte coated paper, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nisogi, Jun Makihara, Takehide Kasahara, Takashi Ochi, Hirokazu Morii, Hideki Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20060137841
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide coated printing papers having fast ink drying properties comparable to those of conventional newsprint, without stickiness, having good printability such as sharpness of printed images comparable to those of coated papers, as well as having the effect of decomposing harmful substances by exposure to light, especially when using penetration drying type news inks. A coated printing paper is provided, comprising a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper, characterized in that a fine titanium oxide powder having a photocatalytic effect is contained in the coating layer and that the coated paper has an oil absorbency of 20 g/m2 or more under pressure and a Bekk smoothness of 75 seconds or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Akinobu Chatani, Koji Okomori, Hiroshi Koyamoto, Hitoshi Nagao, Hirokazu Morii
  • Publication number: 20060099400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rotogravure coated papers and provides rotogravure coated papers having good operability, low density, high gloss and good printability. Disclosed are rotogravure coated papers comprising a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper, wherein the coating layer contains an inorganic pigment having a volume-based distribution in which 65% or more of particles are in the particle diameter range of 0.4-4.2 ?m and a hollow sphere synthetic pigment having a mean particle diameter of 0.1-0.6 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Koji Okomori, Masato Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Minehata, Hirokazu Morii
  • Publication number: 20060005933
    Abstract: A coated sheet for web offset printing comprising a base paper with a pigment coating layer formed on it, and a surface layer—preferably containing surface-sizing agents and plastic pigments—formed on the pigment coating layer; wherein the air permeability of the sheet before printing is less than 80,000 seconds and the air permeability in a non-image area after printing decreases by 8,000 seconds or more from the level before printing. The coated sheet for web offset printing obtained by the present invention suppresses wrinkling during web offset printing or in the subsequent drying process and also offers excellent blister resistance and other properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Okomori, Chizuru Wakai, Hirokazu Morii
  • Patent number: 6929845
    Abstract: A coated paper for gravure printing that offers good gravure printability resulting from reduced missing dots while at the same time achieving high sheet gloss, wherein the paper comprises a base paper and a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive. This paper also contains a compound having an effect of inhibiting the binding between pulp fibers, wherein the compound, when added to 0.3 weight-part per 100 parts of bone-dry pulp, will reduce the tensile strength of the paper by five % to 40% (as measured in accordance with JIS P 8133).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kai, Koji Okomori, Chizuru Wakai, Hirokazu Morii, Hideki Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20050170110
    Abstract: A coated printing paper offering high gloss, no mottled impression, sufficiently practical levels of printability in terms of ink-drying property and surface peel strength, and good productivity achieved by elimination of deposits on the calender rolls, wherein the coated printing paper comprises a base paper and a coating layer comprising pigment and adhesive formed on the base paper, and wherein a surface layer comprising 100 weight-parts of thermoplastic copolymer with a glass-transition temperature of 80° C. or above and 3 to 100 weight-parts of surface sizing agent of styrene-acrylic, olefin or styrene-maleic acid copolymer type is formed on the coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Chizuru Wakai, Hidehiko Kai, Seiki Yoneshige, Hirokazu Morii
  • Publication number: 20050089651
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing coated papers for printing having good coating ruunability during film transfer coating, good print gloss and ink density and excellent printability, and also provides the resulting coated papers. Disclosed is a method for producing a coated paper for offset printing or gravure printing by applying a coating color containing a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper, wherein the coating color containing 0.1 parts by weight or more and less than 2.0 parts by weight of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) per 100 parts by weight of the pigment is applied by the film transfer method and preferably the coating weight per side is 7 g/m2 or more. For coated papers for web offset printing, the coating color contains less than 2.0 parts by weight of a starch as an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Koji Okomori, Masato Yamaguchi, Masahito Suzuki, Hirokazu Morii
  • Publication number: 20050016701
    Abstract: A dull coated printing paper that is bulky (low in density) having a density of 0.90 to 1.15 g/cm3 and yet offers excellent pliability, superior surface smoothness, high degree of print gloss and minimal small-scale gloss variations in the image area are obtained by forming a coating layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive on a base paper which contains an organic compound having an action to inhibit binding between pulp fibers and then carrying out calender treatment at a line pressure for the treatment of 50 to 150 kg/cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Hideaki Nisogi, Jun Makihara, Yukiko Ohira, Hirokazu Morii
  • Publication number: 20040261963
    Abstract: A coated paper for printing comprising a base paper and a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive, wherein the coating layer has a volume distribution of 65% or more of pigment particles ranging from 0.4 &mgr;m to 4.2 &mgr;m in size, and wherein the coated paper has a basis weight of 50 g/m2 or less and tensile strength ranging between 200 kN/m and 400 kN/m, inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Masahito Suzuki, Koji Okomori, Masato Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Morii
  • Publication number: 20040048087
    Abstract: A coated paper for gravure printing that offers good gravure printability resulting from reduced missing dots while at the same time achieving high sheet gloss, wherein the paper comprises a base paper and a coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive. This paper also contains a compound having an effect of inhibiting the binding between pulp fibers, wherein the compound, when added to 0.3 weight-part per 100 parts of bone-dry pulp, will reduce the tensile strength of the paper by five % to 40% (as measured in accordance with JIS P 8133).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Hidehiko Kai, Koji Okomori, Chizuru Wakai, Hirokazu Morii, Hideki Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20040045686
    Abstract: A coated printing paper the product of whose basis weight, density, Young's modulus in the machine direction and breaking length in the machine direction is within the range of no less than 1.0×1021g2·N/m6 but not greater than 4.0×1021g2·N/m6, and which offers excellent pliability, superior print gloss in the image area regardless of lower white-paper gloss, minimal small-scale gloss variations in the image area, and excellent workability with the printing machinery, more particularly a matte coated paper, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Hideaki Nisogi, Jun Makihara, Takehide Kasahara, Takashi Ochi, Hirokazu Morii, Hideki Fujiwara