Patents by Inventor Junji Nemoto
Junji Nemoto 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: 11969695Abstract: A process for manufacturing a porous body, includes preparing a dispersion liquid having a dispersion medium with cellulose-based nanofibers that have an average fiber diameter from 1 to 100 nm and dispersed therein, attaching the dispersion liquid to a porous support having a plurality of pores that connect with one another, removing the dispersion liquid attached to a surface of the porous support excluding an inside of pores of the porous support, and subsequently drying the porous support including the dispersion liquid in the pores of the porous support to remove the dispersion medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: HOKUETSU CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Junji Nemoto, Toshihiko Soyama, Tsuguyuki Saito, Akira Isogai
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Publication number: 20200246758Abstract: A process for manufacturing a porous body, includes preparing a dispersion liquid having a dispersion medium with cellulose-based nanofibers that have an average fiber diameter from 1 to 100 nm and dispersed therein, attaching the dispersion liquid to a porous support having a plurality of pores that connect with one another, removing the dispersion liquid attached to a surface of the porous support excluding an inside of pores of the porous support, and subsequently drying the porous support including the dispersion liquid in the pores of the porous support to remove the dispersion medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Junji Nemoto, Toshihiko Soyama, Tsuguyuki Saito, Akira Isogai
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Patent number: 10556197Abstract: A method for manufacturing a filter medium for an air filter having improved particle collection performance using cellulose nanofibers. The method for manufacturing a filter medium for an air filter comprises: causing a mixed solution containing cellulose nanofibers and a dispersion medium to adhere to an air-permeable support; and subsequently freeze-drying the resulting product, in which a number average fiber diameter of the cellulose nanofibers is 1 to 50 nm, the dispersion medium is a mixed dispersion medium of water and a water-soluble organic solvent, and a solid content concentration of the cellulose nanofibers in the mixed solution is 0.001 to 0.150% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: HOKUETSU CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Nemoto, Akira Isogai, Tsuguyuki Saito
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Patent number: 10443167Abstract: A method for producing a wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a semipermeable membrane supporting body, the method comprising: performing papermaking according to a wet papermaking method by using a fiber slurry containing a synthetic fiber as a main constituent fiber; drying the fiber slurry; subsequently subjecting the dried sheet to hot press processing two times by using a heat calender apparatus, wherein the hot press process temperature in the second treatments is adjusted to be higher by 10° C. or more than the hot press processing temperature in the first treatment, while treating the dried sheet by using a hard nip heat calender apparatus equipped with a combination of a metal roll and a metal roll for at least one time of the hot press processing; and thereby obtaining a wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a semipermeable membrane supporting body.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: HOKUETSU CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Nobuyuki Sakadume, Junji Nemoto
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Publication number: 20180200655Abstract: A method for manufacturing a filter medium for an air filter having improved particle collection performance using cellulose nanofibers. The method for manufacturing a filter medium for an air filter comprises: causing a mixed solution containing cellulose nanofibers and a dispersion medium to adhere to an air-permeable support; and subsequently freeze-drying the resulting product, in which a number average fiber diameter of the cellulose nanofibers is 1 to 50 nm, the dispersion medium is a mixed dispersion medium of water and a water-soluble organic solvent, and a solid content concentration of the cellulose nanofibers in the mixed solution is 0.001 to 0.150% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicants: Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd., The University of TokyoInventors: Junji NEMOTO, Akira ISOGAI, Tsuguyuki SAITO
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Patent number: 9889411Abstract: Provided is a nonwoven fabric for semipermeable membrane support, in which adhesiveness of a semipermeable membrane to a support is satisfactory, the thickness uniformity of the semipermeable membrane is satisfactory, and permeation-through of a coating liquid does not occur.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: HOKUETSU KISHU PAPER CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Junji Nemoto, Hisashi Hamabe
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Patent number: 9656196Abstract: A filter media for an air filter having a PF value higher than ever, and an air filter provided with the same. The filter media for an air filter is composed of wet-laid nonwoven fabric containing a glass fiber having an average fiber diameter of less than 1 and a binder fiber, and wherein the wet-laid nonwoven fabric contains a fluorine resin and a surfactant, and does not contain a resin binder or contains a binder resin in an amount of 50% by mass or less based on the fluorine resin.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: HOKUETSU KISHU PAPER CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Sato, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Eiko Meguro, Junji Nemoto, Toshihiko Soyama
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Publication number: 20160355961Abstract: A method for producing a wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a semipermeable membrane supporting body, the method comprising: performing papermaking according to a wet papermaking method by using a fiber slurry containing a synthetic fiber as a main constituent fiber; drying the fiber slurry; subsequently subjecting the dried sheet to hot press processing two times by using a heat calender apparatus, wherein the hot press process temperature in the second treatments is adjusted to be higher by 10° C. or more than the hot press processing temperature in the first treatment, while treating the dried sheet by using a hard nip heat calender apparatus equipped with a combination of a metal roll and a metal roll for at least one time of the hot press processing; and thereby obtaining a wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a semipermeable membrane supporting body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Nobuyuki Sakadume, Junji Nemoto
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Patent number: 9328211Abstract: A porous body that contains cellulose nanofibers having very thin fiber diameters and high hydrophilicity, and has a large specific surface area, and to provide a method of producing the porous body simply with low cost. A method of producing a porous cellulose comprises a process of lyophilizing a mixed liquid containing cellulose nanofibers and a dispersion medium, wherein the dispersion medium is a mixed dispersion medium of water and an organic solvent dissolving in water, a concentration of the organic solvent in the mixed dispersion medium is 2 to 40 mass %, and a solid content concentration of the cellulose nanofibers in the mixed liquid is 0.001 to 5 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignees: HOKUETSU KISHU PAPER CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Junji Nemoto, Toshihiko Soyama, Akira Isogai, Tsuguyuki Saito
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Publication number: 20160051920Abstract: A filter media for an air filter having a PF value higher than ever, and an air filter provided with the same. The filter media for an air filter is composed of wet-laid nonwoven fabric containing a glass fiber having an average fiber diameter of less than 1 ?m, and a binder fiber, and wherein the wet-laid nonwoven fabric contains a fluorine resin and a surfactant, and does not contain a resin binder or contains a binder resin in an amount of 50% by mass or less based on the fluorine resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Masashi SATO, Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Eiko MEGURO, Junji NEMOTO, Toshihiko SOYAMA
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Publication number: 20150174535Abstract: Provided is a nonwoven fabric for semipermeable membrane support, in which adhesiveness of a semipermeable membrane to a support is satisfactory, the thickness uniformity of the semipermeable membrane is satisfactory, and permeation-through of a coating liquid does not occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Junji Nemoto, Hisashi Hamabe
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Publication number: 20150093560Abstract: A porous body that contains cellulose nanofibers having very thin fiber diameters and high hydrophilicity, and has a large specific surface area, and to provide a method of producing the porous body simply with low cost. A method of producing a porous cellulose comprises a process of lyophilizing a mixed liquid containing cellulose nanofibers and a dispersion medium, wherein the dispersion medium is a mixed dispersion medium of water and an organic solvent dissolving in water, a concentration of the organic solvent in the mixed dispersion medium is 2 to 40 mass %, and a solid content concentration of the cellulose nanofibers in the mixed liquid is 0.001 to 5 mass %.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, HOKUETSU KISHU PAPER CO., LTD.Inventors: Junji Nemoto, Toshihiko Soyama, Akira Isogai, Tsuguyuki Saito
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Publication number: 20150075406Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a porous body having fluid permeance, which contains cellulose-based nanofibers having an extremely thin fiber diameter and high hydrophilicity, and to manufacture a porous body at low cost. The porous body according to the present invention is a porous body in which nanofibers are entangled to form net-like structural bodies in pores of a porous support having many pores that are connecting with one another, wherein the nanofibers are cellulose-based nanofibers, and have a number average fiber diameter of from 1 to 100 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Junji Nemoto, Toshihiko Soyama, Tsuguyuki Saito, Akira Isogai
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Publication number: 20150004865Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a nonwoven fabric for semipermeable membrane supporting body, which gives fine MD curl when a semipermeable membrane coating liquid is coated on the supporting body (nonwoven fabric) and cured, and a method for producing the nonwoven fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Junji Nemoto, Hisashi Hamabe
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Publication number: 20140342626Abstract: Provided is a non-woven fabric for semipermeable membrane support, in which adhesiveness of a semipermeable membrane to a support is satisfactory, the thickness uniformity of the semipermeable membrane is satisfactory, and permeation-through of a coating liquid does not occur. Disclosed is a non-woven fabric for semipermeable membrane support containing organic synthetic fibers as a primary component, wherein a semipermeable membrane is to be supported by one surface of the non-woven fabric, wherein the coated surface to be coated with the semipermeable membrane and the non-coated surface that is opposite to the coated surface of the non-woven fabric both have a Bekk smoothness of 5 seconds or more, and the non-woven fabric has an internal bond strength in the sheet transverse direction in the range from 0.4 to 0.8 N·m.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Junji Nemoto, Hisashi Hamabe
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Publication number: 20130267142Abstract: A uniform semipermeable membrane supporting body which does not cause any defect in the semipermeable membrane coating layer when a semipermeable membrane coating liquid is applied, and is free of low density defects. The wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a semipermeable membrane supporting body according to the present disclosure contains a synthetic fiber as a main constituent fiber, has been subjected to hot press processing, has a pressure loss at a face velocity of 5.3 cm/second of from 50 Pa to 3000 Pa and a sheet density of 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Nobuyuki Sakadume, Junji Nemoto