Patents by Inventor Katsuyuki Wada
Katsuyuki Wada 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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Publication number: 20070173610Abstract: We have found that to improve the heat retention by diapers and other absorbents, a heat retention indicator 1 of a water-absorbing resin which is defined in the present invention needs be 3.0° C./min or less and also that particular requirements need be met to satisfy this condition. If the requirements are met, a water-absorbing resin, absorbent, and absorbent article can be provided which has a heat retention indicator 1 of 0 to 3.0° C./min or less and which exhibits excellent heat retention and absorption.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2004Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Makoto Nagasawa, Kunihiko Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20070141338Abstract: The present invention provides a particulate water absorbing agent for a thin type absorbing substrate suitable for actual use. A particulate water absorbing agent having irregularly pulverized shape, characterized by comprising, a surface crosslinked water-absorbing resin obtained by crosslinking polymerization of an unsaturated monomer with an acid group and/or salts thereof, which absorbing agent contains agglomerated particles therein and further satisfies (i) centrifuge retention capacity (CRC) in a physiological saline solution of not lower than 32 g/g, (ii) mass median particle size (D50) of 200 to 400 ?m, and (iii) particles smaller than 600 ?m and not smaller than 150 ?m of 95 to 100% by weight. By using the particulate water absorbing agent, such absorbing articles can be obtained as have few rugged surface after water absorption, excellent liquid permeation property.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Kunihiko Ishizaki, Takahiro Kitano, Yoshifumi Adachi, Hiroko Ueda, Katsuyuki Wada
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Publication number: 20070106013Abstract: The production method of a water absorbent resin composition including a particulate water absorbent resin, wherein: 95 wt % or more of particles whose particle diameter is less than 850 ?m and not less, than 106 ?m are contained, and a weight average particle diameter of the particles is less than 500 ?m and not less than 300 ?m and a logarithmic standard deviation (??) of a particle size distribution is 0.45 or less, and a water-soluble component of the water absorbent composition is 35 wt % or less, and a multivalent metal component is contained, and an extraction rate of the multivalent metal component is 5.0 wt % or more and less than 100 wt %, thereby providing the water absorbent resin composition, free from any coagulation of particles in high humidity, which has superior absorbent property in terms of an absorbency and a diffusing absorbency under pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2004Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: Yoshifumi Adachi, Takahiro Kitano, Shinichi Fujino, Katsuyuki Wada, Kazushi Torii, Taku Iwamura, Sayaka Machida
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Patent number: 7196139Abstract: A water-absorbent resin composition excelling in an absorption capacity under pressure, a first transition of initial absorption, and the small amount of rewet is provided. It comprises a water-absorbent resin obtained by aqueous solution polymerization and by reversed-phase suspension or reversed-phase emulsion polymerization and shows a CSF of not less than 20 g/g or an AAP of not less than 20 g/g or an SFC of not less than 10 (unit: 10?7×cm3×s×g?1). The gaps among resin particles owing to the difference in shape form optimum gap widths for the sake of capillarity. The resin composition consequently formed, therefore, manifests such excellent properties without the influences of a surfactant or an emulsifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotama Fujimaru, Katsuyuki Wada, Kunihiko Ishizaki, Motohiro Imura, Hiroki Inoue
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Publication number: 20070066167Abstract: The present invention provides a water absorbing agent which maintains excellent water absorbing properties for a long time, even when urine composition of human urine varies depending. A particulate water absorbing agent comprising a water-absorbing resin obtained by crosslinking polymerization of an unsaturated monomer, which exhibits Centrifuge retention capacity in a physiological saline solution of not lower than 32 g/g, mass median particle size (D50) of 200 to 400 ?m, ratio of particles with diameter of smaller than 150 ?m of 0 to 2% by weight, and increased extractables by deterioration of 0 to 15% by weight and extractables for one hour in deterioration test liquid of 0.1 to 30% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Kazuki Kimura, Hiroko Ueda, Teruyuki Kanto, Hirotama Fujimaru
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Patent number: 7183456Abstract: In a production process for a water-absorbent resin, comprising the steps of: blending a liquid material and a water-absorbent resin; and heating the resultant mixture in order to produce a modified water-absorbent resin, the present invention is to provide: a method for uniformly and efficiently treating a water-absorbent resin favorably in view of industry, and as a result, a good-balanced water-absorbent resin having various excellent properties, such absorption capacity without a load, absorption capacity under a load, and single-layer absorption capacity under a load in contact with an aqueous liquid. The production process comprises the step of spray-blending a water-absorbent resin (A) and a liquid material (B) with a blending apparatus equipped with a spray nozzle (C), wherein the liquid material (B) is sprayed from the spray nozzle (C) and its spray pattern is a circular and hollow cone shape or a double-convex-lens and elliptic cone shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takumi Hatsuda, Yoshio Irie, Masatoshi Nakamura, Katsuyuki Wada, Shinichi Fujino, Kazuki Kimura, Kunihiko Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20060276598Abstract: Objects of the present invention are: to provide a water-absorbent resin which exhibits excellent balances between water absorption performances; and further to provide a process by which a water-absorbent resin having excellent absorption properties can be produced even if no hydrophilic organic solvent is used, or even if its amount is extremely reduced, when carrying out the surface-crosslinking treatment; and further to provide a water-absorbent resin optimum to absorbent articles such as diapers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2004Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Masatoshi Nakamura, Kazuki Kimura, Kunihiko Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20060189738Abstract: A water-absorbent resin composition suffering exfoliation of additives from a water-absorbent resin only insignificantly and excelling in fluidity of powder after absorption of moisture and in deodorizing property and absorbent property as well is provided. The water-absorbent resin composition of this invention comprises water-absorbent resin obtainable by polymerizing an unsaturated monomer having an acid group and/or a salt thereof; and complex oxide hydrate containing zinc and silicon, or zinc and aluminum, wherein the complex oxide hydrate contains zinc as main metal component, the mass ratio of the content of zinc and the content of silicon or aluminum is in the range of 50/50-99/1, and the absorption capacity at 60 minutes toward 0.90 mass % sodium chloride aqueous solution under the pressure of 1.9 kPa is not less than 20 g/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2004Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Hiroko Ueda, Katsuyuki Wada, Yasuhisa Nakashima
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Publication number: 20050272600Abstract: The present invention provides: a water-absorbing agent which has excellent urine resistance; a water-absorbing agent which has not only excellent urine resistance, but also excellent absorption properties that are stable to any composition of urine and show little change with time; and production processes and uses for these water-absorbing agents. The present invention water-absorbing agent exhibits a specific or larger value of absorption capacity under a load in a process in which the absorption capacity under a load is measured in a new manner using a specific liquid to be absorbed, and the present invention provides an absorbent matter and an absorbent article which display a specific or larger value of new absorption index as is, for example, led from the absorption capacity under a load or from the resin concentration using the above water-absorbing agent. The present invention further provides a production process for a water-absorbing agent having the above specific parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Hiroko Ueda, Naoko Takahashi, Kinya Nagasuna, Koji Miyake, Yasuhiro Fujita, Takumi Hatsuda
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Patent number: 6964998Abstract: The present invention provides: a water-absorbing agent which has excellent urine resistance; a water-absorbing agent which has not only excellent urine resistance, but also excellent absorption properties that are stable to any composition of urine and show little change with time; and production processes and uses for these water-absorbing agents. The present invention water-absorbing agent exhibits a specific or larger value of absorption capacity under a load in a process in which the absorption capacity under a load is measured in a new manner using a specific liquid to be absorbed, and the present invention provides an absorbent matter and an absorbent article which display a specific or larger value of new absorption index as is, for example, led from the absorption capacity under a load or from the resin concentration using the above water-absorbing agent. The present invention further provides a production process for a water-absorbing agent having the above specific parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2003Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Hiroko Ueda, Naoko Takahashi, Kinya Nagasuna, Koji Miyake, Yasuhiro Fujita, Takuni Hatsuda
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Publication number: 20050221980Abstract: A particulate water absorbent contains a water absorbent resin as a main component, the water absorbent resin being a crosslinked polymer of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer. The water absorbent resin is particular in shape and contains particles of a particle size in a range of not less than 106 ?m and less than 850 ?m in an amount of not less than 90 mass percent with respect to the total mass of the water absorbent resin contained in the particulate water absorbent. The particulate water absorbent has a first salt concentration absorption index of not less than 0.60 as measured by a formula below when ion exchange water is used as an aqueous solution of a constant salt concentration: (salt concentration absorption index)=(absorbency against a pressure of 4.83 kPa with respect to the aqueous solution of a constant salt concentration)/(absorbency against no pressure with respect to the aqueous solution of a constant salt concentration).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2004Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Yoshifumi Adachi, Takahiro Kitano, Hirotama Fujimaru, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Katsuyuki Wada
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Publication number: 20050209352Abstract: A particulate water absorbing agent of the present invention includes a water absorbent resin, having a cross-linking structure, whose surface has been cross-linked by adding a surface treatment agent, wherein: (i) a mass average particle diameter (D50) ranges from 200 to 600 ?m and 95 to 100 wt % of a particulate water absorbing agent whose particle diameter ranges from less than 850 ?m to not less than 150 ?m is contained with respect to 100 wt % of whole the particulate water absorbing agent, and (ii) a logarithmic standard deviation (??) of particle size distribution ranges from 0.25 to 0.45, and (iii) a compressibility rate defined by a following equation ranges from 0 to 18%, and (iv) a surface tension of a supernatant liquid obtained in 4 minutes after dispersing 0.5 g of the particulate water absorbing agent in 50 ml of physiological saline whose temperature is 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2005Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Yorimichi Dairoku, Yoshifumi Adachi, Kozo Nogi, Hiroki Inoue, Katsuyuki Wada, Yoshio Irie
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Publication number: 20040254553Abstract: A water-absorbent resin composition excelling in an absorption capacity under pressure, a first transition of initial absorption, and the small amount of rewet is provided. It comprises a water-absorbent resin obtained by aqueous solution polymerization and by reversed-phase suspension or reversed-phase emulsion polymerization and shows a CSF of not less than 20 g/g or an AAP of not less than 20 g/g or an SFC of not less than 10 (unit: 10−7×cm3×s×g−1). The gaps among resin particles owing to the difference in shape form optimum gap widths for the sake of capillarity. The resin composition consequently formed, therefore, manifests such excellent properties without the influences of a surfactant or an emulsifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Hirotama Fujimaru, Katsuyuki Wada, Kunihiko Ishizaki, Motohiro Imura, Hiroki Inoue
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Publication number: 20040186244Abstract: In a production process for a water-absorbent resin, comprising the steps of: blending a liquid material and a water-absorbent resin; and heating the resultant mixture in order to produce a modified water-absorbent resin, the present invention is to provide: a method for uniformly and efficiently treating a water-absorbent resin favorably in view of industry, and as a result, a good-balanced water-absorbent resin having various excellent properties, such absorption capacity without a load, absorption capacity under a load, and single-layer absorption capacity under a load in contact with an aqueous liquid. The production process comprises the step of spray-blending a water-absorbent resin (A) and a liquid material (B) with a blending apparatus equipped with a spray nozzle (C), wherein the liquid material (B) is sprayed from the spray nozzle (C) and its spray pattern is a circular and hollow cone shape or a double-convex-lens and elliptic cone shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Takumi Hatsuda, Yoshio Irie, Masatoshi Nakamura, Katsuyuki Wada, Shinichi Fujino, Kazuki Kimura, Kunihiko Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20040106745Abstract: There is provided: a production process for a water-absorbing agent having stable properties in a short time; and a water-absorbing agent. The production process comprises the step of blending an acid-group-containing water-absorbent resin powder with a noncrosslinkable water-soluble inorganic base and/or an irreducible alkaline-metal-salt pH buffer and further with a dehydratable crosslinking agent reactable with the acid group, thereby subjecting the resin powder to crosslinking treatment, or comprises the step of blending an acid-group-containing water-absorbent resin powder with the above base and/or pH buffer and further with a crosslinking agent reactable with the acid group, thereby subjecting the resin powder to crosslinking treatment, wherein the resin powder has a weight-average particle diameter of 300 to 600 &mgr;m wherein the ratio of fine powders having particle diameters of not larger than 150 &mgr;m in the resin powder is not more than 10 weight %.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventors: Yasuhisa Nakashima, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Yasuhiro Fujita, Makoto Nagasawa, Shigeru Sakamoto, Yorimichi Dairoku, Katsuyuki Wada, Shinichi Fujino, Toshimasa Kitayama, Kazuhisa Hitomi
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Patent number: 6720389Abstract: In a production process for a water-absorbent resin, comprising the steps of: blending a liquid material and a water-absorbent resin; and heating the resultant mixture in order to produce a modified water-absorbent resin, the present invention is to provide: a method for uniformly and efficiently treating a water-absorbent resin favorably in view of industry, and as a result, a good-balanced water-absorbent resin having various excellent properties, such absorption capacity without a load, absorption capacity under a load, and single-layer absorption capacity under a load in contact with an aqueous liquid. The production process comprises the step of spray-blending a water-absorbent resin (A) and a liquid material (B) with a blending apparatus equipped with a spray nozzle (C), wherein the liquid material (B) is sprayed from the spray nozzle (C) and its spray pattern is a circular and hollow cone shape or a double-convex-lens and elliptic cone shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2001Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takumi Hatsuda, Yoshio Irie, Masatoshi Nakamura, Katsuyuki Wada, Shinichi Fujino, Kazuki Kimura, Kunihiko Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20040048955Abstract: A water-absorbent composition includes: a specific plant extract; a water-absorbent resin whose surface portion and/or periphery thereof is treated; and/or a water-absorbent resin having a specific property. Specifically, it is preferable to use a water-absorbent resin having three characteristics: (1) a specific neutralization rate, (2) a specific particle diameter, and (3) a specific plant extract. The water-absorbent composition has a superior deodorant performance and an absorbent characteristic when the water-absorbent composition is used (provided) in an absorbing product such as a paper diaper, thereby providing a superior deodorant performance and a superior absorbent characteristic to the foregoing absorbing product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Hiroko Ueda, Kunihiko Ishizaki, Yoshio Irie, Yasuhisa Nakashima
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Publication number: 20030176589Abstract: The present invention provides: a water-absorbing agent which has excellent urine resistance; a water-absorbing agent which has not only excellent urine resistance, but also excellent absorption properties that are stable to any composition of urine and show little change with time; and production processes and uses for these water-absorbing agents. The present invention water-absorbing agent exhibits a specific or larger value of absorption capacity under a load in a process in which the absorption capacity under a load is measured in a new manner using a specific liquid to be absorbed, and the present invention provides an absorbent matter and an absorbent article which display a specific or larger value of new absorption index as is, for example, led from the absorption capacity under a load or from the resin concentration using the above water-absorbing agent. The present invention further provides a production process for a water-absorbing agent having the above specific parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2003Publication date: September 18, 2003Applicant: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Hiroko Ueda, Naoko Takahashi, Kinya Nagasuna, Koji Miyake, Yasuhiro Fujita, Takumi Hatsuda
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Patent number: 6617489Abstract: The absorbent in accordance with the present invention is limited in at least two of the following requirements: ventilation resistance, absorbency under no load and/or under load, weight mean particle diameter, and water-soluble components. The absorbent exhibits a 24 g/g or more absorbency under a 2.0 kPa load and a 50 kPa·sec/m or less ventilation resistance under a 4.9 kPa load in a wet state. The absorbing product in accordance with the present invention is based on this absorbent and therefore exhibits improved ventilating properties when worn and relatively little wet back of water-based liquids, providing a further improved sense of comfort to users wearing the absorbing product.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2001Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Naoko Takahashi, Kunihiko Ishizaki
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Patent number: RE38444Abstract: An absorbing agent has a diffusing absorbency under pressure of not less than 25 g/g when 60 minutes elapsed after absorption is started, and a water-soluble content is above 0 percent by weight and not more than 7 percent by weight. The absorbing agent is prepared by surface-crosslinking a precursor of the absorbing agent obtained by performing an aqueous solution polymerization of a hydrophilic unsaturated monomer having not less than 50 mole percent neutralized acrylic acid as a main component using a specific crosslinking agent having a main component composed of an ester compound of a specific polyhydroxy alcohol and an unsaturated carboxylic acid, and a high-boiling component having at least two alcohol structures in a molecule as a specific ratio.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2000Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyuki Wada, Kinya Nagasuna, Shin-ichi Fujino, Yoshihiko Masuda