Patents by Inventor Kenichi NUMAKURA

Kenichi NUMAKURA 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: 20180155562
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink is used for an inkjet recording device that includes a silicone rubber having a solubility parameter at 25° C. of 6 to 8 as a member with which an ink comes in contact, the inkjet recording ink including water, a disperse dye, and an anionic surfactant, the content X (mass %) of the disperse dye and the content Y (mass %) of the anionic surfactant in the inkjet recording ink satisfying the relationship “Y/X?0.7”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Numakura, Keiji Iida, Yasunari Ikeda, Hiroshi Takahashi, Shinichi Naito
  • Publication number: 20150353752
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink is used for an inkjet recording device that includes a silicone rubber having a solubility parameter at 25° C. of 6 to 8 as a member with which an ink comes in contact, the inkjet recording ink including water, a disperse dye, and an anionic surfactant, the content X (mass %) of the disperse dye and the content Y (mass %) of the anionic surfactant in the inkjet recording ink satisfying the relationship “Y/X?0.7”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Numakura, Keiji Iida, Yasunari Ikeda, Hiroshi Takahashi, Shinichi Naito
  • Publication number: 20150247046
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition according to the invention contains a coloring material; a glycol ether-based solvent; and 10% by mass to 40% by mass of a carbonate-based solvent. It is preferable that the carbonate-based solvent is a compound represented by the general formula (2). (In the general formula (2), R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted and has 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Numakura, Akihito Sao, Makoto Nagase, Kenichiro Kubota
  • Patent number: 8991996
    Abstract: The ink composition for ink jet recording according to the invention includes a coloring material, a cyclic ester, a first organic solvent having a flash point of 70° C. or less and represented by Formula (I): R1—O—(R2—O)2—R3??(I) (wherein, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), and a second organic solvent having a flash point of 90° C. or more. The cyclic ester has a content “a” (% by mass) of 6% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less. The content “a” (% by mass) of the cyclic ester, the content “b” (% by mass) of the first organic solvent, and the content “c” (% by mass) of the second organic solvent satisfy a relationship represented by Expressions (1) and (2): a<b??(1) c<(a+b)/2??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Nagase, Akihito Sao, Kenichiro Kubota, Kenichi Numakura, Jun Ito
  • Publication number: 20140333696
    Abstract: The ink composition for ink jet recording according to the invention includes a coloring material, a cyclic ester, a first organic solvent having a flash point of 70° C. or less and represented by Formula (I): R1—O—(R2—O)2—R3??(I) (wherein, R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), and a second organic solvent having a flash point of 90° C. or more. The cyclic ester has a content “a” (% by mass) of 6% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less. The content “a” (% by mass) of the cyclic ester, the content “b” (% by mass) of the first organic solvent, and the content “c” (% by mass) of the second organic solvent satisfy a relationship represented by Expressions (1) and (2): a<b??(1) c<(a+b)/2??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Nagase, Akihito Sao, Kenichiro Kubota, Kenichi Numakura, Jun Ito
  • Patent number: 8614045
    Abstract: A liquid developer is provided. The liquid developer includes a liquid insulator and toner particles. The liquid insulator toner particles include a resin material, a colorant, a substance A, a substance B, and a substance C. The substance A is an acrylic-modified silicone. The substance B is at least one selected from the group consisting a quaternary cationic silicone, an aminophenyl-modified silicone, and a phenyl-modified silicone. The substance C is at least one of a silanol-containing polysiloxane and a fluorine-modified silicone. The average degree of roundness R1 of the toner particles is 0.890 or greater, if the degree of roundness is expressed as L0/L1, where L1 (?m) is a circumference of a profile view of a measured particle and L0 (?m) is the circumference of a perfect circle of a circumference of a profile view corresponding to the profile view of the measured particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Numakura, Yoshihiro Ueno, Masahiro Oki, Tsutomu Teraoka
  • Publication number: 20120301820
    Abstract: A liquid developer is provided. The liquid developer includes a liquid insulator and toner particles. The liquid insulator toner particles include a resin material, a colorant, a substance A, a substance B, and a substance C. The substance A is an acrylic-modified silicone. The substance B is at least one selected from the group consisting a quaternary cationic silicone, an aminophenyl-modified silicone, and a phenyl-modified silicone. The substance C is at least one of a silanol-containing polysiloxane and a fluorine-modified silicone. The average degree of roundness R1 of the toner particles is 0.890 or greater, if the degree of roundness is expressed as L0/L1, where L1 (?m) is a circumference of a profile view of a measured particle and L0 (?m) is the circumference of a perfect circle of a circumference of a profile view corresponding to the profile view of the measured particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi NUMAKURA, Yoshihiro UENO, Masahiro OKI, Tsutomu TERAOKA