Patents by Inventor Junjiro Iwamoto
Junjiro Iwamoto 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: 6334941Abstract: An apparatus for producing deionized water, which has an ion exchanger accommodated in demineralizing compartments of an electrodialyzer having cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes alternately arranged between an anode and a cathode, wherein the ion exchanger is a composite ion exchanger comprising a first porous ion exchanger having a mixture of 60 to 95 wt % of cation exchange resin particles and 5 to 40 wt % of anion exchange resin particles bonded to each other and a second porous ion exchanger having a mixture of 60 to 95 wt % of anion exchange resin particles and 5 to 40 wt % of cation exchange resin particles bonded to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1998Date of Patent: January 1, 2002Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventor: Junjiro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 6228240Abstract: An apparatus for producing deionized water consisting essentially of an electrodialyzer having cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes alternately arranged between a cathode and an anode to form demineralizing compartments and concentrating compartments, and ion exchangers accommodated in the demineralizing compartments, wherein a pressure of from 0.1 to 20 kg/cm2 is exerted between the ion exchangers accommodated in the demineralizing compartments and the cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes defining the demineralizing compartments.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Glegg Water Conditioning, IncorporatedInventors: Ichiro Terada, Hiroshi Toda, Junjiro Iwamoto, Kazuo Umemura, Ken Komatsu, Tohru Hoshi, Mark Philip Huehnergard, David Florian Tessier, Ian Glenn Towe
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Patent number: 6071397Abstract: An apparatus for producing deionized water comprising an electrodialyzer having cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes alternately arranged between a cathode and an anode to form demineralizing compartments and concentrating compartments, and ion exchange resin particles packed in the demineralizing compartments, wherein the ion exchange resin particles are a mixture of at least two groups of ion exchange resin particles having a particle size distribution such that particles having particle sizes of from 75 to 125% of the average particle size, are at least 85 wt % of the total amount, and the average particle size of a group of ion exchange resin particles having the maximum average particle size, is at least 1.5 times the average particle size of a group of ion exchange resin particles having the minimum average particle size.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Glegg Water Conditioning, IncorporatedInventors: Ichiro Terada, Kazuo Umemura, Junjiro Iwamoto, Ken Komatsu, Mark Philip Huehnergard
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Patent number: 5961805Abstract: An apparatus for producing deionized water consisting essentially of an electrodialyzer having cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes alternately arranged between a cathode and an anode to form demineralizing compartments and concentrating compartments, and ion exchangers accommodated in the demineralizing compartments, wherein a pressure of from 0.1 to 20 kg/cm.sup.2 is exerted between the ion exchangers accommodated in the demineralizing compartments and the cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes defining the demineralizing compartments.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignees: Ashai Glass Company Ltd., Glegg Water Conditioning, IncorporatedInventors: Ichiro Terada, Hiroshi Toda, Junjiro Iwamoto, Kazuo Umemura, Ken Komatsu, Tohru Hoshi, Mark Philip Huehnergard, David Florian Tessier, Ian Glenn Towe
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Patent number: 5759373Abstract: A porous ion exchanger which has a porous structure having ion exchange resin particles bound by a binder polymer, and which has a water permeability of at least 30 kg.multidot.cm.sup.-1 .multidot.hr.sup.-1 under a pressure of 0.35 kg/cm.sup.2.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1996Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Ichiro Terada, Iku Saito, Haruhisa Miyake, Ken Komatsu, Kazuo Umemura, Junjiro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 5738808Abstract: A humidifier for an inhalant gas, which humidifies an inhalant gas having a controlled composition without invasion of bacteria by bringing a stream of the inhalant gas into contact with one side of a water vapor-permeable membrane which is in contact with liquid water on the other side.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1997Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignees: Asahi Glass Company Ltd., Asahi Glass Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventor: Junjiro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 5620500Abstract: A dehumidifying method which comprises contacting a gas containing water vapor to one side of a vapor permselective membrane, while contacting a dry gas to the other side of the membrane, to let the water vapor selectively permeate through the membrane, wherein the membrane is made of an ion exchange membrane having ion exchange groups, of which counter ions are partly or entirely substituted by metal ions.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1995Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Motoo Fukui, Junjiro Iwamoto, Kei Nishii
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Patent number: 4617101Abstract: An alkali metal chloride-electrolyzing cell comprises a cation-exchange membrane disposed between an anode and a cathode, characterized in that said cation-exchange membrane has on at least one side thereof a gas- and liquid-permeable, porous layer with no electrode activity, and at least one of an anode and a cathode is a voided flexible electrode having a more rigidity than that of said cation-exchange membrane, and said flexible electrode is designed to be forcibly deformed thereby closely contacting said cation-exchange membrane with the surface of each of said electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1981Date of Patent: October 14, 1986Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Kimihiko Sato, Yasuo Sajima, Makoto Nakao, Junjiro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 4605482Abstract: A filter press type ion exchange membrane electrolytic cell which comprises an anode compartment and a cathode compartment partitioned by a cation exchange membrane and which is useful for obtaining a halogen, hydrogen and an alkali metal hydroxide from an alkali metal halide aqueous solution, or oxygen and hydrogen from an aqueous alkaline solution.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1982Date of Patent: August 12, 1986Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Shiragami, Toshihiko Kuno, Yasuo Sajima, Kohji Saito, Takahiro Uchibori, Junjiro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 4537673Abstract: An electrolytic cell comprises intercalated finger-shaped electrodes each disposed through a cation exchange membrane, in which said cation exchange membrane constitutes a cylinder or envelope enclosing a finger-shaped anode or cathode A flare is formed at one end or each end of the cylinder or at the open end of the envelope. The flare is joined with a flange to form a unitary cation exchange membrane-flange structure which liquid-tightly divides an anode compartment and a cathode compartment.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1982Date of Patent: August 27, 1985Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuro Asawa, Yasuo Sajima, Junjiro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 4367126Abstract: An alkali metal hydroxide is produced by electrolyzing an aqueous solution of an alkali metal chloride fed into an anode compartment in a cell having an anode compartment and a cathode compartment formed by partitioning with a cation exchange membrane. A cation exchange membrane of a fluorinated polymer having carboxylic acid groups at a content of 0.9 to 2.0 meq./g. dry resin is used as said cation exchange membrane and a metal or a metal ion is incorporated in said aqueous solution of an alkali metal chloride to form a thin layer made of a metal hydroxide or oxide on the surface of said membrane in the anode compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1981Date of Patent: January 4, 1983Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kimihiko Sato, Yasuo Sajima, Junjiro Iwamoto, Makoto Nakao, Manabu Suhara, Makoto Noshiro