Patents by Inventor Kikuo Tsuchiya

Kikuo Tsuchiya 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).

  • Patent number: 5518982
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording medium comprising a thermosensitive recording layer containing an electron-donating color forming substance, an electron-accepting substance, and a color developability-improving agent is disclosed, said color developability-improving agent being a solid solution composed of two or more compounds containing at least one color developability-improving compound and having a single intrinsic melting point of not less than room temperature, preferably 60.degree. C. or higher. The recording medium exhibits well-balanced performance among color developing sensitivity, static color developability, image stability, and stability before recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaji Inagaki, Kikuo Tsuchiya, Ayuri Miyake, Shingo Araki
  • Patent number: 4988662
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording sheet comprising a substrate sheet and coated on the substrate, a film comprising a color-forming lactone compound, an acidic substance and a sensitizer, said sensitizer being a substituted or unsubstituted phenacyl ether compound or a substituted or unsubstituted phenacyl sulfide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kikuo Tsuchiya, Masaji Inagaki, Shingo Araki
  • Patent number: 4885270
    Abstract: A novel thermosensitive recording sheet having a coated film containing a color-forming lactone compound, an acidic substance and a sensitizer, said sensitizer being an o-hydroxy aromatic acid ester represented by formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes an alkylene group, a cycloalkylene group, an oxyalkylene group, a thioalkylene group, a phenylene group, a xylylene group or a napthylene group, R.sub.2 denotes ##STR2##R.sub.3 denotes ##STR3## in which X denotes a hydroxy group or a hydrogen atom, provided a benzene ring and a naphthalene ring in R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be substituted by a lower alkyl group, a nitro group or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kikuo Tsuchiya, Shingo Araki, Masaji Inagaki, Yumi Kudoh, Teijiro Kitao
  • Patent number: 4843058
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording sheet having a coated film containing a color-forming lactone compound, an acidic substance and a sensitizer, said sensitizer being a sulfur-containing dibasic acid ester represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 1 to 3, m is an integer of 1 or 2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different and each denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, --C.sub.l H.sub.2l --Ar or --C.sub.l H.sub.2l --CO--AR in which l is an integer of 1 to 8 and Ar denotes an aryl group, provided the alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms may be substituted by a halogen atom, and the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group and Ar of --C.sub.l H.sub.2l --Ar or --C.sub.l H.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Araki, Kikuo Tsuchiya, Masaji Inagaki, Yumi Kudoh, Teijiro Kitao