Patents by Inventor Keiji Kai

Keiji Kai 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).

  • Publication number: 20150321869
    Abstract: A transfer tool is provided with a grip member which can be gripped so that its axis is perpendicular to a transfer target surface or is inclined toward a direction of movement during transfer, a rotor which is held in the grip member and is able to rotate around the axis, and a transfer head which is held on the rotor with a transfer end deviated from the axis in a direction opposite to the direction of movement during transfer. The transfer tool is configured so that the transfer head can flexibly track the transfer target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: KOKUYO S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji KAI, Takashi MITSUI, Megumi SASAYA, Hideto SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150232297
    Abstract: A transfer tool set is configured such that a plurality of refills, for example, a narrow refill, a medium refill and a wide refill, are prepared and a common transfer tool main body is able to selectively accommodate any of the refills. As transfer tools constituted with the transfer tool set, a first transfer tool in which the narrow refill is installed on the common transfer tool main body, a second transfer tool in which the medium refill is installed on the transfer tool main body and a third transfer tool in which the wide refill is installed on the transfer tool main body can be cited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: KOKUYO S&T CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Megumi Sasaya, Tetsuya Fukui
  • Patent number: 8631849
    Abstract: A transfer tool A in the present preferred embodiment is provided with a refill 3 including a reel section 31 for holding a transfer tape T therein, a transfer head 35 capable of transferring a transferring material attached to the transfer tape T onto a transfer target, and a support plate 34 having the reel section 31 fixed thereto and being integrated with a base end 351 of the transfer head 35, wherein a engaging section 5 capable of prohibiting a relative turn between the base end 351 and each of a first case member 1 and a second case member 2 is provided between the base end 351 and each of the first case member 1 and the second case member 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Takashi Mitsui, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 8360128
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a transfer head which has a folding back guide portion for folding and guiding a transfer tape and a pair of outer walls for supporting side ends of the folding back guide and in which a transfer tape passage is formed between the outer walls, a refill for holding at least the transfer head, a case capable of holding the refill such that the refill can be inserted into and pulled out from the case in one direction, and a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the case through a pivot shaft portion and rotatable between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, wherein the head cap is located outside an inserting and pulling out locus of the transfer head when the head cap is disposed in the close position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Keiji Kai
  • Patent number: 7866362
    Abstract: The invention provides a transfer tool which can preferably maintain a shape while improving a strength at a time of using, and has an improved usability. The transfer tool is provided with a first case (1) holding a replacement part including at least a transferring object, a second case (2) detachably engaged with the first case (1) and holding a non-replacement part constituting at least a part of a feeding mechanism part feeding the transferring object to a transferred object, a holding portion (3) outside fitted detachably to a predetermined region of the first case (1) and the second case (2) and capable of holding the first case (1) and the second case (2), and an engagement portion (X) detachably engaging the first case (1) and the second case (2) in a opposite direction of the holding portion (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Publication number: 20100260979
    Abstract: The adhesive sheet according to the present invention includes a sheet body, and a geometry adhesive portion forming geometry of a letter or a figure by aggregating and arranging adhesive dots different in dot diameter, which are intermittently applied onto the sheet body. Moreover, the adhesive sheet includes a background adhesive portion made of the adhesive dots intermittently arranged around the geometry adhesive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Kazushige Kawashita, Hiroyuki Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20100116440
    Abstract: A transfer tool A in the present preferred embodiment is provided with a refill 3 including a reel section 31 for holding a transfer tape T therein, a transfer head 35 capable of transferring a transferring material attached to the transfer tape T onto a transfer target, and a support plate 34 having the reel section 31 fixed thereto and being integrated with a base end 351 of the transfer head 35, wherein a engaging section 5 capable of prohibiting a relative turn between the base end 351 and each of a first case member 1 and a second case member 2 is provided between the base end 351 and each of the first case member 1 and the second case member 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Takashi Mitsui, Hideto Shima
  • Publication number: 20090025884
    Abstract: A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a transfer head which has a folding back guide portion for folding and guiding a transfer tape and a pair of outer walls for supporting side ends of the folding back guide and in which a transfer tape passage is formed between the outer walls, a refill for holding at least the transfer head, a case capable of holding the refill such that the refill can be inserted into and pulled out from the case in one direction, and a head cap which is pivotally mounted on the case through a pivot shaft portion and rotatable between a close position where the transfer head is covered and an open position where the transfer head is exposed, wherein the head cap is located outside an inserting and pulling out locus of the transfer head when the head cap is disposed in the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Kinugasa, Hideto Shima, Keiji Kai
  • Publication number: 20070009307
    Abstract: The invention provides a transfer tool which can preferably maintain a shape while improving a strength at a time of using, and has an improved usability. The transfer tool is provided with a first case (1) holding a replacement part including at least a transferring object, a second case (2) detachably engaged with the first case (1) and holding a non-replacement part constituting at least a part of a feeding mechanism part feeding the transferring object to a transferred object, a holding portion (3) outside fitted detachably to a predetermined region of the first case (1) and the second case (2) and capable of holding the first case (1) and the second case (2), and an engagement portion (X) detachably engaging the first case (1) and the second case (2) in a opposite direction of the holding portion (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 6238828
    Abstract: A printing method directed to a plurality of pieces of slip paper which have been bound into a book and to the outer surface, of which ink containing an initiator and either one of coloring matter and a precursor of coloring matter is applied are placed. A printing plate has a through portion through which radiation penetrates and whose shape corresponds to a pattern to be printed. The printing plate is placed ont he stacked slip paper and X-rays are irradiated upon the printing plate fro the above direction so as to print the pattern of a character on each pieces of the slip paper at a desired are thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Takaaki Kiyose
  • Patent number: 6159650
    Abstract: A printing method directed to a plurality of pieces of slip paper which have been bound into a book and to the outer surface, of which ink containing an initiator and either one of coloring matter and a precursor of coloring matter is applied are placed. A printing plate has a through portion through which radiation penetrates and whose shape corresponds to a pattern to be printed. The printing plate is placed ont he stacked slip paper and X-rays are irradiated upon the printing plate fro the above direction so as to print the pattern of a character on each pieces of the slip paper at a desired are thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Takaaki Kiyose
  • Patent number: D559911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Kokuyo S & T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D559912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Kokuyo S & T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D571402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Kokuyo S & T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D592702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D594904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D648393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D651650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Kishimoto, Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D661739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Kishimoto, Keiji Kai, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: D705353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Kokuyo S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Megumi Sasaya, Keiji Kai, Tetsuya Fukui