Patents by Inventor Hiromitsu Sago
Hiromitsu Sago 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).
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Patent number: 7247192Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which makes it possible to secure a high recording quality with a sharp image area edge by avoiding any blurring even when recording is performed on regular paper and which has satisfactory purge restoration performance. Therefore, no bubble remains in an ink flow passage, and no discharge failure is caused. Further, the discharge operation never becomes unstable. In the water base ink for ink-jet recording, the surface tension is not less than 40 mN/m, and the amount of dissolved oxygen is not more than 4 mg/L.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideo Ohira, Hiromitsu Sago, Kazuma Goto, Narumi Koga, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 7192476Abstract: A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a fluorescent dye having a xanthene skeleton, and a glycol. In the fluorescent dye, the difference in hydrophilic index log P is not less than 2.6 between a substituent bonded to C-9 carbon atom of the xanthene skeleton and other portion of the fluorescent dye than the substituent bonded to the C-9 carbon atom. The glycol has a distance between hydroxyl groups substantially equivalent to or longer than an interatomic distance between atoms directly bonded to C-3 and C-6 carbon atoms of the xanthene skeleton of the fluorescent dye, respectively. It is assumed that the glycol is coordinated with the xanthene skeleton in a bridge form to increase the fluorescence intensity by increasing the electron density of the xanthene skeleton. The ink having high fluorescence intensity and in which the fluorescence intensity is not lowered in a time-dependent manner is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mayuko Umemura, Masashi Tsuda, Hideto Yamazaki, Hiromitsu Sago, Michiko Aoyama, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 7147696Abstract: A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording to be used for an ink-jet printer contains water, a pigment, a compound having primary or secondary amide group, and a fluorescent dye represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents OH or N(R3)R4, R2 represents hydrogen atom or halogen atom, and each of R3 and R4 represents hydrogen atom or alkyl group. A sufficient OD value and a fluorescence value are obtained while securing the vivid color development and the excellent water resistance principally in accordance with the interaction of the fluorescent dye and the compound having the amide group.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Michiko Aoyama, Masashi Tsuda, Hideto Yamazaki, Hiromitsu Sago, Mayuko Umemura, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20060192828Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which makes it possible to secure a high recording quality with a sharp image area edge by avoiding any blurring even when recording is performed on regular paper and which has satisfactory purge restoration performance. Therefore, no bubble remains in an ink flow passage, and no discharge failure is caused. Further, the discharge operation never becomes unstable. In the water base ink for ink-jet recording, the surface tension is not less than 40 mN/m, and the amount of dissolved oxygen is not more than 4 mg/L.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventors: Hideo Ohira, Hiromitsu Sago, Kazuma Goto, Narumi Koga, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 7014695Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a surfactant represented by the following formula (1) or (2), dipropylene glycol, a coloring agent, and water: CH3—(CH2)11—O—(CH2CH2O)z—H(2) In the formula (1), R represents alkyl group, and x and y represent integers which satisfy x+y=5 to 15. In the formula (2), z represents an integer of not more than 9. The performance of initial introduction into a recording head is satisfactory, and it is possible to simultaneously reduce the feathering and the color bleed even when the recording is performed on regular paper.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Narumi Koga, Masaya Fujioka, Hideo Ohira, Kazuma Goto, Hiromitsu Sago, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20050284331Abstract: A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording includes water, a first fluorescent dye, and a second fluorescent dye. The first fluorescent dye absorbs light in a first absorption wavelength region in an ultraviolet region to emit fluorescence, and the first fluorescent dye absorbs light in a second absorption wavelength region to emit no fluorescence. The second fluorescent dye absorbs light in an absorption wavelength region in the ultraviolet region, which is different from the first absorption wavelength region of the first fluorescent dye, to emit fluorescence. A wavelength region of the fluorescence of the second fluorescent dye is not overlapped with the first absorption wavelength region of the first fluorescent dye, but at least a part of the wavelength region of the fluorescence of the second fluorescent dye is overlapped with the second absorption wavelength region. The fluorescence intensity of the ink is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michiko Aoyama, Masashi Tsuda, Hiromitsu Sago, Mayuko Umemura, Hideto Yamazaki, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 6921429Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains an amine compound selected from the group consisting of N-n-butylethanolamine, 1,4-bis(3-aminopropyl)piperazine, benzylamine, and an amine compound represented by a specified structural formula, a surfactant having a specified structural formula, a coloring agent, and water. It is possible to obtain a satisfactory rub resistance and a high printing quality with a sharp outline without causing any feathering on a recorded image. Further, it is possible to obtain a long term nozzle discharge stability by suppressing any corrosion on a metal member of a discharge head unit of an ink-jet recording apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromitsu Sago, Narumi Koga, Kazuma Goto, Hideo Ohira, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20050150422Abstract: A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a fluorescent dye having a xanthene skeleton, and a glycol. In the fluorescent dye, the difference in hydrophilic index log P is not less than 2.6 between a substituent bonded to C-9 carbon atom of the xanthene skeleton and other portion of the fluorescent dye than the substituent bonded to the C-9 carbon atom. The glycol has a distance between hydroxyl groups substantially equivalent to or longer than an interatomic distance between atoms directly bonded to C-3 and C-6 carbon atoms of the xanthene skeleton of the fluorescent dye, respectively. It is assumed that the glycol is coordinated with the xanthene skeleton in a bridge form to increase the fluorescence intensity by increasing the electron density of the xanthene skeleton. The ink having high fluorescence intensity and in which the fluorescence intensity is not lowered in a time-dependent manner is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mayuko Umemura, Masashi Tsuda, Hideto Yamazaki, Hiromitsu Sago, Michiko Aoyama, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20050120907Abstract: A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a first fluorescent dye and a second fluorescent dye. The first fluorescent dye has a first ultraviolet absorption wavelength region in an absorption spectrum and a first fluorescence emission wavelength region in a fluorescence spectrum. The second fluorescent dye has a second ultraviolet absorption wavelength region which is different from the first ultraviolet absorption wavelength region in an absorption spectrum and a second fluorescence emission wavelength region in a fluorescence spectrum. The first fluorescent dye further has an absorption wavelength region which is different from the first ultraviolet absorption wavelength region and which overlaps at least a part of the second fluorescence emission wavelength region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Michiko Aoyama, Masashi Tsuda, Hiromitsu Sago, Mayuko Umemura, Hideto Yamazaki, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20050061199Abstract: Fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording contains water, a fluorescent dye having a skeleton for emitting fluorescence, and a polyol having not less than two hydroxyl groups. A distance between oxygen and oxygen of the two hydroxyl groups in the polyol is substantially equal to or longer than a length of the skeleton of the fluorescent dye. When the fluorescent dye has a xanthene skeleton, 1,5-pentanediol can be used as the polyol. The ink has the high fluorescence intensity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masashi Tsuda, Hiromitsu Sago, Michiko Aoyama, Mayuko Umemura
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Publication number: 20050039633Abstract: A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording to be used for an ink-jet printer contains water, a pigment, a compound having primary or secondary amide group, and a fluorescent dye represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents OH or N(R3)R4, R2 represents hydrogen atom or halogen atom, and each of R3 and R4 represents hydrogen atom or alkyl group. A sufficient OD value and a fluorescence value are obtained while securing the vivid color development and the excellent water resistance principally in accordance with the interaction of the fluorescent dye and the compound having the amide group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: Michiko Aoyama, Masashi Tsuda, Hideto Yamazaki, Hiromitsu Sago, Mayuko Umemura, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 6852155Abstract: A water base ink set for ink-jet recording comprises a black ink which contains a black pigment, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, and a color ink which contains a dye, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and at least one compound represented by the following formulas (1) to (3), wherein the nozzle clog-up at an ink-jet head and the malfunction of a purging pump, which would be otherwise caused by the aggregation of the black ink, can be avoided: R1—O—(CH2CH2O)x—SO3.Na??(1) wherein R1 represents a straight chain alkyl group having a number of carbon atoms of 16 to 22, and x=20 to 30 is satisfied in the formula (1); wherein l+m+n+o+p+q=20 to 100 is satisfied in the formula (2); and wherein R2 represents a straight chain alkyl group having a number of carbon atoms of 16 to 22, and y=100 to 300 is satisfied in the formula (3).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Narumi Koga, Kazuma Goto, Hiromitsu Sago, Hideo Ohira, Shunichi Higashiyama, Masaya Fujioka
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Patent number: 6783223Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording, which is usable for an ink-jet recording apparatus having an ink-jet head provided therein with an ink flow passage formed of nickel or nickel alloy, includes a coloring agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The ink is blended so that a current density, which is obtained within an electric potential range of −600 to +300 mV, is not more than 100 &mgr;A/cm2 when anodic polarization measurement is performed by using a reference electrode of silver/silver chloride, a counter electrode of platinum, and a working electrode of nickel or nickel alloy. The ink does not corrode any part for constituting the flow passage in the ink-jet head.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mayuko Okada, Narumi Koga, Kazuma Goto, Hiromitsu Sago, Hideto Yamazaki, Kazuo Kobayashi, Tatsunosuke Hoshi, Michiko Aoyama, Hideo Ohira, Shunichi Higashiyama, Masaya Fujioka, Yoshito Toyoda
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Publication number: 20040080594Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which makes it possible to secure a high recording quality with a sharp image area edge by avoiding any blurring even when recording is performed on regular paper and which has satisfactory purge restoration performance. Therefore, no bubble remains in an ink flow passage, and no discharge failure is caused. Further, the discharge operation never becomes unstable. In the water base ink for ink-jet recording, the surface tension is not less than 40 mN/m, and the amount of dissolved oxygen is not more than 4 mg/L.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Hideo Ohira, Hiromitsu Sago, Kazuma Goto, Narumi Koga, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 6709095Abstract: An ink for ink-jet recording of the present invention includes water and a pigment. A total amount of free monovalent metal is not more than 300 ppm in the ink, and a total amount of free divalent or polyvalent metal is not more than 5 ppm in the ink. The ink may further comprise an antiseptic/fungicidal agent. The ink is excellent in dispersion stability of the pigment. The ink is stably discharged from a head over a long period without causing any clog-up at an ink flow passage and a nozzle of the head of a recording apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromitsu Sago, Hideto Yamazaki, Masashi Tsuda
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Publication number: 20030218661Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording, which is usable for an ink-jet recording apparatus having an ink-jet head provided therein with an ink flow passage formed of nickel or nickel alloy, comprises a coloring agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The ink is blended so that a current density, which is obtained within an electric potential range of −600 to +300 mV, is not more than 100 &mgr;A/cm2 when anodic polarization measurement is performed by using a reference electrode of silver/silver chloride, a counter electrode of platinum, and a working electrode of nickel or nickel alloy. The ink does not corrode any part for constituting the flow passage in the ink-jet head.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mayuko Okada, Narumi Koga, Kazuma Goto, Hiromitsu Sago, Hideto Yamazaki, Kazuo Kobayashi, Tatsunosuke Hoshi, Michiko Aoyama, Hideo Ohira, Shunichi Higashiyama, Masaya Fujioka, Yoshito Toyoda
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Publication number: 20030193555Abstract: A water base ink set for ink-jet recording comprises a black ink which contains a black pigment, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, and a color ink which contains a dye, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and at least one compound represented by the following formulas (1) to (3), wherein the nozzle clog-up at an ink-jet head and the malfunction of a purging pump, which would be otherwise caused by the aggregation of the black ink, can be avoided:Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Narumi Koga, Kazuma Goto, Hiromitsu Sago, Hideo Ohira, Shunichi Higashiyama, Masaya Fujioka
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Publication number: 20030179268Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a surfactant represented by the following formula (1) or (2), dipropylene glycol, a coloring agent, and water: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Narumi Koga, Masaya Fujioka, Hideo Ohira, Kazuma Goto, Hiromitsu Sago, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20030174193Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains an amine compound selected from the group consisting of N-n-butylethanolamine, 1,4-bis(3-aminopropyl)piperazine, benzylamine, and an amine compound represented by a specified structural formula, a surfactant having a specified structural formula, a coloring agent, and water. It is possible to obtain a satisfactory rub resistance and a high printing quality with a sharp outline without causing any feathering on a recorded image. Further, it is possible to obtain a long term nozzle discharge stability by suppressing any corrosion on a metal member of a discharge head unit of an ink-jet recording apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiromitsu Sago, Narumi Koga, Kazuma Goto, Hideo Ohira, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20030058318Abstract: An ink for ink-jet recording of the present invention comprises water and a pigment. A total amount of free monovalent metal is not more than 300 ppm in the ink, and a total amount of free divalent or polyvalent metal is not more than 5 ppm in the ink. The ink may further comprise an antiseptic/fungicidal agent. The ink is excellent in dispersion stability of the pigment. The ink is stably discharged from a head over a long period without causing any clog-up at an ink flow passage and a nozzle of the head of a recording apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Hiromitsu Sago, Hideto Yamazaki, Masashi Tsuda