Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Tanbo

Hitoshi Tanbo 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: 10059505
    Abstract: A hinge-lid package has a box body (8) and a lid (6) which are formed from a blank. The box body (8) and the lid (6) have rounded edges (16 and 18) as longitudinal edges thereof. The rounded edge (16 and 18) has an arc-like shape created by a groove pattern formed only in the inner surface of the rounded edge. The groove pattern makes the corresponding lattice design (F) appear in the outer surface of the rounded edge (16 and 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Toru Iwano
  • Patent number: 9533820
    Abstract: A cigarette package is provided with a box body and a tongue lid. The tongue lid includes a top wall and a tongue wherein the top wall closes an open end of the box body and the tongue overlies a front wall of the box body at the time the cigarette package is made, and connecting lugs in a pair joined to the opposite side edges of the tongue by side separation lines, respectively, and bonded to the opposite side faces of the box body, respectively. The side separation lines each has slits arranged at specified intervals and portions connecting the adjacent slits. The connecting portions are formed into fatigue joints by applying a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Ryuichi Kashimura, Naoto Bono, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9004273
    Abstract: A tongue-lid package of the present invention has an outer box (2). A separation line (70) demarcating a U-shaped to-be-cut-off portion (72) is formed in a front wall (20) of the outer box (2). The separation line (70) includes right- and left-side perforated lines (80, 82) that form a part of both sides of the to-be-cut-off portion (72). The perforated lines have a plurality of perforations (84) and intermediate portions (86) between the cuts (84). The intermediate portions (86) of the right- and left-side perforated lines are arranged asymmetrically to axis X of the to-be-cut-off portion (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tanbo
  • Patent number: 8579108
    Abstract: A cigarette package includes an inner wrapping body formed by folding an inner wrapper having a film material ply sandwiched between a paper ply and a heat seal material ply into a substantially cuboidal shape, including substantially-parallel two half-cut lines extending from a top face into an upper portion of a front face of an inner boxy body each formed of a cut penetrating through the paper ply into the film material ply, a cut line formed of a cut penetrating through an outer layer constituting an overlap on the front face of the inner box body, at an upper location. A heat-sealed part is formed to surround the cut line by heat-sealing inner and outer layers, wherein an outer side of the outer layer is bonded to an inner side of a front lid, in a section above the cut line within a region surrounded by the heat-sealed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8418846
    Abstract: A hinged-lid package of filter cigarettes has a box (2) with an inner frame (10) and a lid (6) that opens/closes the box (2). Four corner edges of the box (2) which extend in the longitudinal direction of the box (2), are formed into longitudinal edges (16) having an arc-like shape in cross section of the box (2). The arc-like shape of the longitudinal edges (16) is formed with a plurality of longitudinal grooves made only in the inner surface of the box (2). The package has a reinforcement patch (64) arranged in the box (2) across the longitudinal grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tanbo
  • Publication number: 20120111746
    Abstract: A cigarette package includes an inner wrapping body formed by folding an inner wrapper having a film material ply sandwiched between a paper ply and a heat seal material ply into a substantially cuboidal shape, including substantially-parallel two half-cut lines extending from a top face into an upper portion of a front face of an inner boxy body each formed of a cut penetrating through the paper ply into the film material ply, a cut line formed of a cut penetrating through an outer layer constituting an overlap on the front face of the inner box body, at an upper location. A heat-sealed part is formed to surround the cut line by heat-sealing inner and outer layers, wherein an outer side of the outer layer is bonded to an inner side of a front lid, in a section above the cut line within a region surrounded by the heat-sealed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8157087
    Abstract: A hinge-lid package has a box body and a lid, the box body and the lid being formed from a blank (28). The blank (28) has strip-like notch arrays (16a and 18a) for making longitudinal edges of the box body and of the lid into round edges. The notch arrays (16a and 18a) have a large number of notch rows (19) formed only in the inner surface of the blank (28). The notch rows (19) are inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction of the blank (28), and are formed at intervals in a width direction of the notch arrays (16a and 18a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Toru Iwano
  • Patent number: 7870953
    Abstract: A cigarette package having an inner pack of a cigarette bundle, an inner box containing the inner pack in a sealed state, a hinge-lid outer box containing the inner box, a containing space secured between the outer box and the inner box by using an outer blank for the outer box, and a printed article in a folded state, which is disposed in the containing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Sadayoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20100044255
    Abstract: A hinge-lid package has a box body (8) and a lid (6) which are formed from a blank. The box body (8) and the lid (6) have rounded edges (16 and 18) as longitudinal edges thereof. The rounded edge (16 and 18) has an arc-like shape created by a groove pattern formed only in the inner surface of the rounded edge. The groove pattern makes the corresponding lattice design (F) appear in the outer surface of the rounded edge (16 and 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANBO, Toru IWANO
  • Publication number: 20100044256
    Abstract: A hinge-lid package has a box body and a lid, the box body and the lid being formed from a blank (28). The blank (28) has strip-like notch arrays (16a and 18a) for making longitudinal edges of the box body and of the lid into round edges. The notch arrays (16a and 18a) have a large number of notch rows (19) formed only in the inner surface of the blank (28). The notch rows (19) are inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction of the blank (28), and are formed at intervals in a width direction of the notch arrays (16a and 18a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANBO, Toru Iwano
  • Publication number: 20090078599
    Abstract: A hinged-lid package of filter cigarettes has a box (2) with an inner frame (10) and a lid (6) that opens/closes the box (2). Four corner edges of the box (2) which extend in the longitudinal direction of the box (2), are formed into longitudinal edges (16) having an arc-like shape in cross section of the box (2). The arc-like shape of the longitudinal edges (16) is formed with a plurality of longitudinal grooves made only in the inner surface of the box (2). The package has a reinforcement patch (64) arranged in the box (2) across the longitudinal grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Hitoshi TANBO
  • Patent number: 7500558
    Abstract: A soft package of filter cigarettes comprises an inner pack 10 of an almost rectangular parallelepiped and containing a cigarette bundle CB, and an envelope 12 of an almost rectangular parallelepiped and covering the inner pack 10 except for a top face 28 of the inner pack 10. The envelope 12 has slant edges 20 at the four corner edges extending along the longitudinal direction of the inner pack 10, and the slant edges 20 impart an octagonal cross section to the envelope 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tanbo
  • Publication number: 20090038965
    Abstract: A cigarette package is provided with a box body (8) and a tongue lid (10). The tongue lid (10) includes a top wall (12) and a tongue (14) adapted such that the top wall closes an open end of the box body (8) and the tongue overlies a front wall (30) of the box body (8) at the time the cigarette package is made, and connecting lugs (20) in a pair joined to the opposite side edges of the tongue (14) by side separation lines (26), respectively, and bonded to the opposite side faces of the box body (8), respectively. The side separation lines (26) each has slits (59) arranged at specified intervals and portions connecting the adjacent slits (59). The connecting portions are formed into fatigue joins (60) by applying a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Ryuichi Kashimura, Naoto Bono, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20080017531
    Abstract: A cigarette parcel has a sheet-like wrapping material (12) that wraps a group of cigarette packs. The wrapping material (12) includes a perforated line (22). The perforated line (22) extends to a lateral face of the cigarette parcel along a longitudinal direction of the parcel and has a central area C in the center. The central area C is formed as a fragile portion that can be ripped more easily than other areas of the perforated line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Akihide Izawa, Tomohiro Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20080011627
    Abstract: A tongue-lid package of the present invention has an outer box (2). A separation line (70) demarcating a U-shaped to-be-cut-off portion (72) is formed in a front wall (20) of the outer box (2). The separation line (70) includes right- and left-side perforated lines (80, 82) that form a part of both sides of the to-be-cut-off portion (72). The perforated lines have a plurality of perforations (84) and intermediate portions (86) between the cuts (84). The intermediate portions (86) of the right- and left-side perforated lines are arranged asymmetrically to axis X of the to-be-cut-off portion (72).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tanbo
  • Publication number: 20070284268
    Abstract: A soft package of filter cigarettes comprises an inner pack 10 of an almost rectangular parallelepiped and containing a cigarette bundle CB, and an envelope 12 of an almost rectangular parallelepiped and covering the inner pack 10 except for a top face 28 of the inner pack 10. The envelope 12 has slant edges 20 at the four corner edges extending along the longitudinal direction of the inner pack 10, and the slant edges 20 impart an octagonal cross section to the envelope 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tanbo
  • Publication number: 20070261704
    Abstract: A cigarette package is provided with an outer box (44) and an inner pack (56) contained within the outer box (44), and the inner pack (56) includes a cigarette bundle and an inner wrapper (58) covering the cigarette bundle. The inner wrapper (58) has first and second paper layers (4, 6) forming the opposite surfaces of the inner wrapper (58), and a moisture-proof layer (8) interposed between the first and second paper layers (4, 6), the moisture-proof layer (8) is made of only paraffin wax and functions also as an adhesive agent for bonding the first and second paper layers (4, 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Kanji Yukifune, Kinya Onimaru
  • Publication number: 20070193892
    Abstract: A cigarette package has an inner pack (10) of a cigarette bundle, an inner box (8) containing the inner pack (10) in a sealed state, a hinge-lid outer box (2) containing the inner casing (8), a containing space (34) secured between the outer box (2) and the inner box (8) by using an outer blank for the outer box (2), and a printed article (36) in a folded state, which is placed in the containing space (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Sadayoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20070193896
    Abstract: A cigarette package has an inner pack 12 obtained by wrapping a cigarette bundle in aluminum-evaporated paper (inner wrapper), a tongue-lid inner box 10 that sealedly contains the inner pack 12, and a hinged-lid outer box 2 that contains the inner box 10, the package in which the inner box 10 is formed by folding an inner blank around the inner pack 12, and the inner blank has a layer structure in which a polypropylene resin layer is formed on each side of an aluminum layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Ryuichi Kashimura
  • Patent number: 6117698
    Abstract: A laminated, multi-substrate ink jet head and methods creating the same, wherein the ink jet head includes nozzle holes, emitting chambers respectively led to the nozzle holes, diaphragms formed on a wall of the emitting chambers, a common ink cavity for supplying ink to the emitting chambers through orifices and electrodes placed so as to face to the diaphragms so as to drive the diaphragms by static electricity. The lower substrate which forms the electrodes may include a plurality of indentations for mounting the electrode therein to serve as a gap spacing element for respective diaphragm/electrode pairs when the head is assembled. Alternatively, areas immediately beneath the diaphragm may be etched away to expand the vibrating chamber to a predetermined gap distance, or a membrane of a predetermined thickness may interpose the respective diaphragm and electrode substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuro Atobe, Shinichi Kamisuki, Shinichi Yotsuya, Hiroshi Koeda, Yoshihiro Ohno, Hitoshi Tanbo