Patents by Inventor Jun Kakizaki

Jun Kakizaki 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: 11697238
    Abstract: An extruder which can be applied to various types of resin and elastomer without having to replace a die is provided. An extruder of the present inventions has: a barrel to which raw material, that is raw elastomer or raw material resin, is supplied; a screw that is driven to rotate in the barrel in order to process the raw material together with the barrel; and die 5 that is provided at a discharge point of the barrel and that discharges the raw material that has been processed. Die 5 includes first flat plate 11 having at least one first hole 13 and second flat plate 12 having at least one second hole 14, wherein first flat plate 11 and second flat plate 12 are arranged adjacent to each other along longitudinal axis X1 of the barrel, and at least either first flat plate 11 or second flat plate 12 is movable relative to the other flat plate such that an overlapping part of first hole 13 and second hole 14 can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Handa, Yohei Shimizu, Makoto Tojo, Jun Kakizaki
  • Patent number: 11007700
    Abstract: According to the present invention, devolatilization of a synthetic resin formed from a polymer or synthetic rubber can be improved and the synthetic resin can be foamed at a low temperature by injecting a devolatilization agent through a devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided in a downstream end segment cylinder of a cylinder assembly. In a vented twin-screw kneading extrusion apparatus and extrusion method according to the present invention, a devolatilization agent, which is injected through a downstream end devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided on a downstream end segment cylinder constituted by a segment cylinder positioned on a downstream end of a cylinder assembly, is dispersed in molten resin in the downstream end segment cylinder and kneaded by a downstream end kneading portion such that the molten resin is foamed by the devolatilization agent and then extruded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Shimizu, Jun Kakizaki, Kiyoshi Handa
  • Publication number: 20200338801
    Abstract: An extruder which can be applied to various types of resin and elastomer without having to replace a die is provided. An extruder of the present inventions has: a barrel to which raw material, that is raw elastomer or raw material resin, is supplied; a screw that is driven to rotate in the barrel in order to process the raw material together with the barrel; and die 5 that is provided at a discharge point of the barrel and that discharges the raw material that has been processed. Die 5 includes first flat plate 11 having at least one first hole 13 and second flat plate 12 having at least one second hole 14, wherein first flat plate 11 and second flat plate 12 are arranged adjacent to each other along longitudinal axis X1 of the barrel, and at least either first flat plate 11 or second flat plate 12 is movable relative to the other flat plate such that an overlapping part of first hole 13 and second hole 14 can be varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi HANDA, Yohei SHIMIZU, Makoto TOJO, Jun KAKIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200215738
    Abstract: According to the present invention, devolatilization of a synthetic resin formed from a polymer or synthetic rubber can be improved and the synthetic resin can be foamed at a low temperature by injecting a devolatilization agent through a devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided in a downstream end segment cylinder of a cylinder assembly. In a vented twin-screw kneading extrusion apparatus and extrusion method according to the present invention, a devolatilization agent, which is injected through a downstream end devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided on a downstream end segment cylinder constituted by a segment cylinder positioned on a downstream end of a cylinder assembly, is dispersed in molten resin in the downstream end segment cylinder and kneaded by a downstream end kneading portion such that the molten resin is foamed by the devolatilization agent and then extruded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yohei SHIMIZU, Jun KAKIZAKI, Kiyoshi HANDA
  • Patent number: 10625459
    Abstract: According to the present invention, devolatilization of a synthetic resin formed from a polymer or synthetic rubber can be improved and the synthetic resin can be foamed at a low temperature by injecting a devolatilization agent through a devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided in a downstream end segment cylinder of a cylinder assembly. In a vented twin-screw kneading extrusion apparatus and extrusion method according to the present invention, a devolatilization agent, which is injected through a downstream end devolatilization agent injection nozzle (7c) provided on a downstream end segment cylinder constituted by a segment cylinder (1g) positioned on a downstream end of a cylinder assembly (1), is dispersed in molten resin in the downstream end segment cylinder (1g) and kneaded by a downstream end kneading portion (6c) such that the molten resin is foamed by the devolatilization agent and then extruded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Shimizu, Jun Kakizaki, Kiyoshi Handa
  • Patent number: 10427325
    Abstract: A twin screw extruder (10) according to the present invention is a twin screw extruder (10), in which a reinforcing fiber is fed through an input port (18) into a molten thermoplastic resin having been formed in a resin feed part (13) and the reinforcing fiber and the molten thermoplastic resin pass through a kneading part (15) so that a fiber-reinforced resin composition is manufactured, wherein the kneading part (15) is provided at the discharge-side end part of the extruder (10); a conveying part (14) is provided between the input port (18) and the kneading part (15), and tip clearance (Sc) of a screw element (12b) configuring the conveying part (14) is larger than screw clearance (Ss).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo Saga, Jun Kakizaki, Toshifumi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 9731448
    Abstract: A vent assembly device for a twin-screw extruder includes a vent assembly (7) that has a vent opening (6) and that is provided in a cylinder (1) of a twin-screw extruder (11) having a left axis-side screw (2) and a right axis-side screw (3). The size of at least the vent opening (6) of the vent assembly (7) can be freely modified by forming the vent assembly (7) from a plurality of vent assembly units (7a) and by providing the plurality of vent assembly units (7a) for one vent opening (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Tojo, Yoshihiko Iwamoto, Jun Kakizaki
  • Patent number: 9498899
    Abstract: A screw pair includes first and second screws having an outer circumferential surface on which a groove is spirally formed, and transports a raw material in a first direction along each of axis centers. An inner surface of the groove of each of the screws includes a first surface, which faces in the first direction, and in which the outer circumferential surfaces of the screws are formed to coincide with each other without a gap therebetween in the state where the screws mesh with each other, and a second surface, which faces in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and which forms a gap between the outer circumferential surfaces of the screws in the state where the screws mesh with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Shimizu, Kiyoshi Handa, Jun Kakizaki
  • Patent number: 9463611
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head where first and second members with different sizes which are formed of silicon are laminated with an adhesive agent. The method includes measuring a distance between a reference point which is positionally aligned in the laminating direction with respect to an imaging unit and a surface which extends from the bonding surface of the second member, and imaging the bonding surface by calculating a focal point distance of the imaging unit based on the distance which is measured and a distance between the imaging unit and the reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Inaoka, Jun Kakizaki, Yuma Fukuzawa, Shunsuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160214277
    Abstract: A twin screw extruder (10) according to the present invention is a twin screw extruder (10), in which a reinforcing fiber is fed through an input port (18) into a molten thermoplastic resin having been formed in a resin feed part (13) and the reinforcing fiber and the molten thermoplastic resin pass through a kneading part (15) so that a fiber-reinforced resin composition is manufactured, wherein the kneading part (14) is provided at the discharge-side end part of the extruder (10); a conveying part (14) is provided between the input port (18) and the kneading part (15), and tip clearance (Sc) of a screw element (12b) configuring the conveying part (14) is larger than screw clearance (Ss).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo SAGA, Jun KAKIZAKI, Toshifumi OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160151954
    Abstract: According to the present invention, devolatilization of a synthetic resin formed from a polymer or synthetic rubber can be improved and the synthetic resin can be foamed at a low temperature by injecting a devolatilization agent through a devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided in a downstream end segment cylinder of a cylinder assembly. In a vented twin-screw kneading extrusion apparatus and extrusion method according to the present invention, a devolatilization agent, which is injected through a downstream end devolatilization agent injection nozzle (7c) provided on a downstream end segment cylinder constituted by a segment cylinder (1g) positioned on a downstream end of a cylinder assembly (1), is dispersed in molten resin in the downstream end segment cylinder (1g) and kneaded by a downstream end kneading portion (6c) such that the molten resin is foamed by the devolatilization agent and then extruded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Yohei SHIMIZU, Jun KAKIZAKI, Kiyoshi HANDA
  • Publication number: 20150314513
    Abstract: The present invention performs, by using a pair of filters, continuous operation of a twin screw extruder even during replacement of a filter. The continuous extrusion device based on a twin screw extruder of the present invention has a pair of filters (6, 6a) provided in a degassing device (5), and a partition valve (24) having a valve (34) for setting the filters (6, 6a) and a screw hole (16) of a cylinder (1) to a communicating or non-communicating state, degassing being performed by using the second filter (6a) during replacement of the first filter (6), and the twin screw extruder being operated continuously even during replacement of the filters (6, 6a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji TAKAMOTO, Makoto ISHIKAWA, Jun KAKIZAKI, Reo FUJITA, Kyohei YATA
  • Publication number: 20150314512
    Abstract: The vent assembly device for a twin-screw extruder according to the present invention includes a vent assembly (7) that has a vent opening (6) and that is provided in a cylinder (1) of a twin-screw extruder (11) having a left axis-side screw (2) and a right axis-side screw (3). The size of at least the vent opening (6) of the vent assembly (7) can be freely modified by forming the vent assembly (7) from a plurality of vent assembly units (7a) and by providing the plurality of vent assembly units (7a) for one vent opening (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto TOJO, Yoshihiko IWAMOTO, Jun KAKIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150165648
    Abstract: First screw (11) and second screw (12) each have small diameter portion (17a) having a diameter smaller than that of flight tip (11a, 12a), an axial position of small diameter portion (17a) of first screw (11) being the same as that of second screw (12), the present invention including first screw supporting portion (15a) having first supporting surface (25a) and second supporting surface (25b) that rotatably support small diameter portions (17a) of first screw (11) and second screw (12), and flow path (25c) through which resin material, which is transported by first screw (11) and second screw (12), passes. In the radial direction of first screw (11) and second screw (12), clearance ?, which is formed between small diameter portion (17a) and each of first supporting surface (25a) and second supporting surface (25b), is equal to or less than the clearance, which is formed between flight tip (11a, 12a) and an inner surface of cylinder (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Seiji Takamoto, Makoto Ishikawa, Reo Fujita, Jun Kakizaki
  • Publication number: 20150101732
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head where first and second members with different sizes which are formed of silicon are laminated with an adhesive agent. The method includes measuring a distance between a reference point which is positionally aligned in the laminating direction with respect to an imaging unit and a surface which extends from the bonding surface of the second member, and imaging the bonding surface by calculating a focal point distance of the imaging unit based on the distance which is measured and a distance between the imaging unit and the reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuo Inaoka, Jun Kakizaki, Yuma Fukuzawa, Shunsuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150029812
    Abstract: A screw pair includes first and second screws having an outer circumferential surface on which a groove is spirally formed, and transports a raw material in a first direction along each of axis centers. An inner surface of the groove of each of the screws includes a first surface, which faces in the first direction, and in which the outer circumferential surfaces of the screws are formed to coincide with each other without a gap therebetween in the state where the screws mesh with each other, and a second surface, which faces in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and which forms a gap between the outer circumferential surfaces of the screws in the state where the screws mesh with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Shimizu, Kiyoshi Handa, Jun Kakizaki
  • Publication number: 20150001045
    Abstract: A screw-type fine powder raw material feeding device includes a screen (5) wound on the outer periphery of a tubular receiving member (21) and a plurality of annular metal fixtures (23) for bringing the screen (5) into close contact with the tubular receiving member (21) side. A gap (D) between the screen (5) and an outer diameter of a screw (2) is set to 1 mm to 10 mm, only a gas separated from the fine powder raw material is discharged to the outside from the gas vent ports (20), and the fine powder raw material is fed into a cylinder (1a), with no fine powder raw material being leaked to the outside from the screen (5). The invention also relates to a method of using the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS,LTD
    Inventors: Yohei Shimizu, Jun Kakizaki, Yoshihiko Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 8105540
    Abstract: A method of treating a polymer compound has the steps of: mixing and agitating the polymer compound and a chemical agent in an extruder while controlling the inside of the extruder to be kept at a high temperature and a high pressure to have a reaction mixture containing a polymer treated product; supplying the reaction mixture continuously into a high-pressure container disposed following the extruder and retaining the reaction mixture at the high temperature and high pressure for a predetermined time; then supplying the reaction mixture continuously to a chemical agent separator to separate the polymer treated product; and supplying the separated polymer treated product continuously to a molding means to form it into a molded material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Cable, Ltd., The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Goto, Takanori Yamazaki, Yoshihiko Iwamoto, Jun Kakizaki
  • Patent number: 7850904
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to continuously feed an object to be treated to a high-pressure reactor which treats the object to be treated containing 10 mass % or more of water under high pressure, while preventing backflow of a high-pressure atmosphere from the high-pressure reactor. This is embodied by making a configuration such that the object to be treated is fed to the high-pressure reactor connected to a discharge port of a screw feeder which is provided with a feed unit for the object to be treated and the discharge port on one end side and the other end side respectively and forms a high-pressure atmosphere pressurized to, for example, 2 MPa or higher, while air-tightness between the high-pressure atmosphere and the one end side of the screw feeder is maintained by a sealing action of an accumulation compressed on the other end side of the screw feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Osato, Muneo Omura, Yoshinori Suto, Koji Tamura, Masao Tsurui, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Jin Ogawa, Yoshihiko Iwamoto, Jun Kakizaki
  • Publication number: 20100260881
    Abstract: A method of treating a polymer compound has the steps of: mixing and agitating the polymer compound and a chemical agent in an extruder while controlling the inside of the extruder to be kept at a high temperature and a high pressure to have a reaction mixture containing a polymer treated product; supplying the reaction mixture continuously into a high-pressure container disposed following the extruder and retaining the reaction mixture at the high temperature and high pressure for a predetermined time; then supplying the reaction mixture continuously to a chemical agent separator to separate the polymer treated product; and supplying the separated polymer treated product continuously to a molding means to form it into a molded material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Toshiharu Goto, Takanori Yamazaki, Yoshihiko Iwamoto, Jun Kakizaki