Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Shimbo

Hitoshi Shimbo 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: 8354359
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-sensitive adhesive agent that mainly comprises a thermoplastic resin and a heat-meltable substance capable of melting upon heating, and further comprises swellable mica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Morita, Takehito Yamaguchi, Takayuki Sasaki, Hitoshi Shimbo, Yutaka Kuga
  • Patent number: 8088712
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including: a support, and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer laid on the support, the recording layer containing a reversible thermosensitive composition, wherein the reversible thermosensitive composition forms a relatively color-developed state and a colorless state depending on a difference in a heating temperature and/or a cooling rate after heating by the use of an electron-donating color-forming compound and an electron-accepting compound; a resin component contained in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is a resin in which a polyol resin having a hydroxyl value within the range of 100 KOHmg/g to 250 KOHmg/g is crosslinked; and as the electron-accepting compound, a urea compound represented by the following General Formula (1) is used, where “n” is an integer of 23 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Kunio Hayakawa, Jun Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20110311809
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive adhesive material according to the present invention includes a support, and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the support, the heat-sensitive adhesive layer comprises a water-dispersible heat-sensitive adhesive containing at least a thermoplastic resin, a solid plasticizer and a tackifier, wherein the thermoplastic resin is obtained by emulsion polymerization using a reactive surfactant and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than ?20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehito Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Shimbo, Tomoyuki Kugo
  • Patent number: 7993732
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive which contains at least a thermoplastic resin and a thermofusible material, wherein the thermoplastic resin has a glass transition temperature of ?70° C. to ?30° C., and the thermofusible material comprises triphenylphosphine, and at least any one of tris(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl)phosphite and tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate]methane, or a heat-sensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive which contains at least a thermoplastic resin, a thermofusible material and a non-thermofusible material, wherein the thermofusible material contains triphenylphosphine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Mitsunobu Morita, Takehito Yamaguchi, Kunio Hayakawa, Hitoshi Shimbo, Yutaka Kuga
  • Patent number: 7585813
    Abstract: The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to the present invention comprises a support, a thermosensitive layer and a protective layer in order, the thermosensitive layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound and reversibly changes the color depending on temperatures, and the protective layer comprises a reactive heterocyclic compound, and inorganic fine particles of which surface is at least partially treated into hydrophobic, alternatively the protective layer comprises inorganic fine particles of which number-average particle size is 100 nm or less and of which surface is at least partially coated with organic silane compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Shin Yamamoto, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20090155569
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sensitive adhesive containing at least a thermoplastic resin, a solid plasticizer, and an adhesion-imparting agent, wherein the adhesion-imparting agent is an adhesion-imparting agent emulsion which is prepared by emulsifying in the presence of a polymeric emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Takehito Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Shimbo, Yutaka Kuga
  • Publication number: 20090130441
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a heat-sensitive adhesive material containing a support;,and an adhesive under layer, an intermediate layer and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed over one surface of the support in this order, wherein the intermediate layer contains at least a thermoplastic resin and hollow particles, the heat-sensitive adhesive layer contains at least a thermoplastic resin, an adhesion imparting agent and a thermofusible material, and the adhesive under layer contains at least a thermoplastic resin, the thermoplastic resin has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of ?70° C. to ?10° C. and a mass average molecular mass of 100,000 to 1,500,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Yutaka KUGA, Takehito Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Publication number: 20090048106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including: a support, and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer laid on the support, the recording layer containing a reversible thermosensitive composition, wherein the reversible thermosensitive composition forms a relatively color-developed state and a colorless state depending on a difference in a heating temperature and/or a cooling rate after heating by the use of an electron-donating color-forming compound and an electron-accepting compound; a resin component contained in the reversible thermosensitive recording layer is a resin in which a polyol resin having a hydroxyl value within the range of 100 KOHmg/g to 250 KOHmg/g is crosslinked; and as the electron-accepting compound, a urea compound represented by the following General Formula (1) is used, where “n” is an integer of 23 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Kunio Hayakawa, Jun Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20090017299
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermosensitive adhesive material which is superior in blocking resistance when not active and which has adequate adhesion in a wide temperature range to a target with little smoothness such as corrugated fiberboard. Specifically, the present invention relates to a thermosensitive adhesive material including a support, and a thermosensitive adhesive layer provided on one surface of the support, the thermosensitive adhesive layer containing as essential components a thermoplastic resin and a hot-melt material that melts when heated, wherein the thermoplastic resin contains as a main component a (meth)acrylic copolymer in which acrylonitrile, a monomer component, occupies 5% by mass to 20% by mass of all monomer components, and wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range of ?70° C. to ?30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Hitoshi SHIMBO, Takehito Yamaguchi, Yutaka Kuga, Mitsunobu Morita, Takayuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7456132
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support and a thermosensitive recording layer thereon, in which the thermosensitive recording layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound, and the thermosensitive recording layer is capable of forming a relatively developed condition and a relatively erased condition depending on at least one of the difference of heating temperatures and the difference of cooling rates following to heating, and in which the electron-accepting compound comprises a phenol compound represented by the General Formula (1): where, in the General Formula (1) “l” represents an integer of 1 to 3, “m” represents an integer of 1 or more, and “n” represents an integer of 7 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Kyoji Tsutsui, Hiromi Furuya, Kyohji Okada, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Patent number: 7432223
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a substrate, a reversible thermosensitive recording layer and an intermediate layer. The reversible thermosensitive recording layer is configured to reversibly record and erase an image therein and disposed overlying the substrate and includes a binder resin and a reversible thermosensitive coloring composition. The reversible thermosensitive coloring composition includes an electron donating coloring compound and an electron accepting compound. The intermediate layer includes another binder resin and a content of hollow particles having a hollow ratio not less than 70% and a ratio of a maximum particle diameter thereof to a 50% cumulative particle diameter of from 2.0 to 3.0. The reversible thermosensitive recording layer achieves a colored state when heated to a temperature not lower than a melting point thereof, and achieves a discolorization state when heated to a temperature lower than the melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Patent number: 7422996
    Abstract: There is provided a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support, an intermediate layer, and a thermosensitive recording layer which reversibly changes a color thereof depending on a temperature, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains an electron-donating coloring compound, and an electron-accepting compound represented by the following general formula 1: where, n is an integer of 23 or more, and wherein the intermediate layer is disposed between the support and the thermosensitive recording layer, and contains hollow particles having a void ratio of 70% or more, a maximum diameter D100 of 5.0 ?m to 10.0 ?m, and a ratio D100/D50 of 2.0 to 3.0 where the ratio D100/D50 is a ratio of the maximum diameter D100 to a 50% cumulative particle diameter D50 of the hollow particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20080176012
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-sensitive adhesive agent that mainly comprises a thermoplastic resin and a heat-meltable substance capable of melting upon heating, and further comprises swellable mica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Morita, Takehito Yamaguchi, Takayuki Sasaki, Hitoshi Shimbo, Yutaka Kuga
  • Patent number: 7338919
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a substrate; and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer located on the substrate and reversibly achieving a relatively colored state and a relatively discolored state depending on the temperature to which the recording layer is heated or the cooling speed at which the recording layer is cooled after heating, wherein the reversible thermosensitive recording layer comprises a polyalkylene glycol compound having a number average molecular weight not less than 2,000 exclusive of polypropylene glycol having a number average molecular weight not greater than 5,000. A reversible thermosensitive recording device, and an image processing method and apparatus using the reversible thermosensitive recording medium are also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Kawahara, Kunio Hayakawa, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Publication number: 20080026205
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive which contains at least a thermoplastic resin and a thermofusible material, wherein the thermoplastic resin has a glass transition temperature of ?70° C. to ?30° C., and the thermofusible material comprises triphenylphosphine, and at least any one of tris(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl)phosphite and tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate]methane, or a heat-sensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive which contains at least a thermoplastic resin, a thermofusible material and a non-thermofusible material, wherein the thermofusible material contains triphenylphosphine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Mitsunobu Morita, Takehito Yamaguchi, Kunio Hayakawa, Hitoshi Shimbo, Yutaka Kuga
  • Publication number: 20070225161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support and a thermosensitive recording layer thereon, in which the thermosensitive recording layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound, and the thermosensitive recording layer is capable of forming a relatively developed condition and a relatively erased condition depending on at least one of the difference of heating temperatures and the difference of cooling rates following to heating, and in which the electron-accepting compound comprises a phenol compound represented by the General Formula (1): where, in the General Formula (1) “l” represents an integer of 1 to 3, m represents an integer of 1 or more, and n represents an integer of 7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Kyoji Tsutsui, Hiromi Furuya, Kyohji Okada, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara, Hitoshi Shimbo
  • Publication number: 20070225163
    Abstract: The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to the present invention comprises a support, a thermosensitive layer and a protective layer in order, the thermosensitive layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound and reversibly changes the color depending on temperatures, and the protective layer comprises a reactive heterocyclic compound, and inorganic fine particles of which surface is at least partially treated into hydrophobic, alternatively the protective layer comprises inorganic fine particles of which number-average particle size is 100 nm or less and of which surface is at least partially coated with organic silane compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Shin Yamamoto, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20070219093
    Abstract: There is provided a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a support, an intermediate layer, and a thermosensitive recording layer which reversibly changes a color thereof depending on a temperature, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains an electron-donating coloring compound, and an electron-accepting compound represented by the following general formula 1: where, n is an integer of 23 or more, and wherein the intermediate layer is disposed between the support and the thermosensitive recording layer, and contains hollow particles having a void ratio of 70% or more, a maximum diameter D100 of 5.0 ?m to 10.0 ?m, and a ratio D100/D50 of 2.0 to 3.0 where the ratio D100/D50 is a ratio of the maximum diameter D100 to a 50% cumulative particle diameter D50 of the hollow particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Patent number: 7238642
    Abstract: The reversible thermosensitive recording medium according to the present invention comprises a support, a thermosensitive layer and a protective layer in order, the thermosensitive layer comprises an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound and reversibly changes the color depending on temperatures, and the protective layer comprises a reactive heterocyclic compound, and inorganic fine particles of which surface is at least partially treated into hydrophobic, alternatively the protective layer comprises inorganic fine particles of which number-average particle size is 100 nm or less and of which surface is at least partially coated with organic silane compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Shimbo, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Shin Yamamoto, Kunio Hayakawa, Shinya Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20050197250
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including a substrate; and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer located on the substrate and reversibly achieving a relatively colored state and a relatively discolored state depending on the temperature to which the recording layer is heated or the cooling speed at which the recording layer is cooled after heating, wherein the reversible thermosensitive recording layer comprises a polyalkylene glycol compound having a number average molecular weight not less than 2,000 exclusive of polypropylene glycol having a number average molecular weight not greater than 5,000. A reversible thermosensitive recording device, and an image processing method and apparatus using the reversible thermosensitive recording medium are also be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Shinya Kawahara, Kunio Hayakawa, Hitoshi Shimbo