Patents by Inventor Kiminori MASUDA

Kiminori MASUDA 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: 20240026180
    Abstract: An ink set is provided that includes a pretreatment liquid containing a resin (R1), a color ink containing a resin (R2), and a clear ink containing a resin (R3), in which the resin (R1), the resin (R2), and the resin (R3) have an identical type of bonding structure in a repeating unit of a molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Masuda, Hiroaki Takahashi, Masaki Kudo
  • Publication number: 20220389258
    Abstract: A clear ink includes resin particles and water, wherein a volume average particle diameter of the resin particles is 50 nm or less, and wherein a dried film of the clear ink has glass transition temperatures (Tg) at 50 degrees C. or higher and at lower than 0 degrees C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Akiko Bannai, Kiminori Masuda, Yukiko Takamura
  • Publication number: 20220363063
    Abstract: A discharge apparatus includes an ink accommodating unit that accommodates a clear ink, a discharge head including a nozzle configured to discharge the clear ink to a print target, a heating unit configured to heat the print target, and a wiping member configured to wipe a nozzle-formed surface of the discharge head including the nozzle. The clear ink includes water and resin particles having a volume average particle diameter of 50 nm or less. A dried film of the clear ink has glass transition temperatures (Tg) at 50 degrees Celsius or higher and at lower than 0 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kiminori MASUDA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Mayumi YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220363927
    Abstract: A clear ink includes resin particles, water, and a compound represented by General Formula (1) below. The resin particles have a volume average particle diameter of 50 nm or less. A dried film of the clear ink has glass transition temperatures (Tg) at 50 degrees Celsius or higher and at lower than 0 degrees Celsius. In the General Formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 or more but 4 or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kiminori MASUDA, Mayumi YOSHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11498340
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing device including an ink storage unit configured to store an ink, an ejection head configured to eject the ink to form a print layer, and a heating unit configured to heat a material to be printed, wherein the ink is an aqueous clear ink including a resin and water, the inkjet printing device has a low gloss printing mode that is a printing mode for imparting low gloss, and a high gloss printing mode that is a printing mode for imparting high gloss, and the heating unit is configured to heat to satisfy the following formula Tmatte>Tgloss, where Tmatte (degrees Celsius) is a temperature of a low gloss printing region of the material to be printed where the low gloss printing region is printed with the low gloss printing mode when the aqueous clear ink is deposited on the material to be printed, and Tgloss (degrees Celsius) is a temperature of a high gloss printing region of the material to be printed where the high gloss printing region is printed with the high gloss printing m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Mio Akima, Kiminori Masuda, Hiroki Nakane
  • Patent number: 11472199
    Abstract: Inkjet printing apparatus including: ink accommodating unit storing ink; ejection head configured to eject the ink to form print layer; and heating unit configured to heat print target, wherein the ink is clear ink including resin and water, dry film of the clear ink has glass transition temperature of 50° C. or more, the inkjet printing apparatus has first printing mode and second printing mode, and the heating unit is configured to heat the print target so that expression: Tmatte>Tgloss is satisfied, where the Tmatte is temperature (° C.) of the print target in printing region printed in the first printing mode obtained when the clear ink is deposited on the print target, and the Tgloss is temperature (° C.) of the print target in printing region printed in the second printing mode obtained when the clear ink is deposited on the print target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Akiko Bannai, Kiminori Masuda, Yukiko Takamura
  • Patent number: 11345826
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device includes an ink containing unit to contain a clear aqueous ink containing a resin, a compound represented by the following Chemical formula, and water, where R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a discharging head to discharge the clear aqueous ink to printed matter to form a layer thereon in a low gloss printing mode or high gloss printing mode, and a heating device to heat the printed matter, wherein the heating device heats the printed matter satisfying the following relationship 1: Tlgloss>Thgloss 1, where Tlgloss represents the temperature of the printed matter at a low gloss printing region in the low gloss printing mode and Thgloss represents the temperature of the printed matter in the high gloss printing mode when the clear aqueous ink is attached to the printed matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Kiminori Masuda, Mio Akima
  • Publication number: 20210237468
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing device including an ink storage unit configured to store an ink, an ejection head configured to eject the ink to form a print layer, and a heating unit configured to heat a material to be printed, wherein the ink is an aqueous clear ink including a resin and water, the inkjet printing device has a low gloss printing mode that is a printing mode for imparting low gloss, and a high gloss printing mode that is a printing mode for imparting high gloss, and the heating unit is configured to heat to satisfy the following formula Tmatte>Tgloss, where Tmatte (degrees Celsius) is a temperature of a low gloss printing region of the material to be printed where the low gloss printing region is printed with the low gloss printing mode when the aqueous clear ink is deposited on the material to be printed, and Tgloss (degrees Celsius) is a temperature of a high gloss printing region of the material to be printed where the high gloss printing region is printed with the high gloss printing m
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Mio AKIMA, Kiminori MASUDA, Hiroki NAKANE
  • Publication number: 20210170778
    Abstract: Inkjet printing apparatus including: ink accommodating unit storing ink; ejection head configured to eject the ink to form print layer; and heating unit configured to heat print target, wherein the ink is clear ink including resin and water, dry film of the clear ink has glass transition temperature of 50° C. or more, the inkjet printing apparatus has first printing mode and second printing mode, and the heating unit is configured to heat the print target so that expression: Tmatte>Tgloss is satisfied, where the Tmatte is temperature (° C.) of the print target in printing region printed in the first printing mode obtained when the clear ink is deposited on the print target, and the Tgloss is temperature (° C.) of the print target in printing region printed in the second printing mode obtained when the clear ink is deposited on the print target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Akiko BANNAI, Kiminori MASUDA, Yukiko TAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10960680
    Abstract: A printing device includes an ink container, an ink in the ink container, the ink containing an aqueous clear ink and an aqueous color ink and a heating device configured to heat a substrate, wherein the relationship is satisfied, |SCL?SC|?5 mN/m, where SCL represents the surface tension of the aqueous clear ink and SC represents the surface tension of the aqueous color ink, wherein the printing device has a low gloss printing and a high gloss printing mode, wherein the heating device heats the substrate while satisfying the relationship: Tlow>Thigh, where Tlow represents the temperature of the substrate in a low gloss printing region in which the aqueous clear ink is printed in the low printing mode and Thigh represents the temperature of the substrate in a high gloss printing region in which the aqueous clear ink is printed in the high printing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Kiminori Masuda, Mio Akima
  • Publication number: 20200354597
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device includes an ink containing unit to contain a clear aqueous ink containing a resin, a compound represented by the following Chemical formula, and water, where R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a discharging head to discharge the clear aqueous ink to printed matter to form a layer thereon in a low gloss printing mode or high gloss printing mode, and a heating device to heat the printed matter, wherein the heating device heats the printed matter satisfying the following relationship 1: Tlgloss>Thgloss 1, where Tlgloss represents the temperature of the printed matter at a low gloss printing region in the low gloss printing mode and Thgloss represents the temperature of the printed matter in the high gloss printing mode when the clear aqueous ink is attached to the printed matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kiminori MASUDA, Mio AKIMA
  • Patent number: 10780719
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device includes an ink container accommodating a non-aqueous clear ink containing a resin and an organic solvent, a discharging head to discharge the non-aqueous clear ink directly or indirectly onto a substrate to form printed matter; and a heating device to heat the substrate, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: Tlow (° C.)>Thigh (° C.), where Tlow represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a low gloss printing mode in which the non-aqueous clear ink is directly or indirectly discharged and attached to the substrate to impart low gloss to the printed matter and Thigh represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a high gloss printing mode in which the non-aqueous clear ink is directly or indirectly discharged and attached to the substrate to impart high gloss to the printed matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Kiminori Masuda, Mio Akima
  • Patent number: 10703114
    Abstract: A printing device includes an ink container accommodating a liquid containing a clear ink containing water and a resin, a discharging head to discharge the clear ink directly or indirectly onto a substrate to form a printing layer, and a heating device to heat the substrate, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: Tlow (degrees C.)>Thigh (degrees C.), where Tlow (degrees C.) represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a low gloss printing mode and Thigh (degrees C.) represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a high gloss printing mode, wherein the following relationships are satisfied: in the high gloss printing mode, Gp?Gm and, in the low gloss printing mode, Gm?Gp, where Gm represents the gloss level of the substrate and Gp represents the gloss level of the printing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Masuda, Hiroaki Takahashi, Mio Akima
  • Patent number: 10689536
    Abstract: An ink is provided. The ink includes a colorant, an organic solvent, a resin particle including an anionic urethane resin, and an organic amine compound having a boiling point in the range of from 120° C. to 200° C. and a molecular weight of 100 or less, and water, and the mass ratio of the organic amine compound to the resin particle is in the range of from 0.01 to 1.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Amika Sagara, Hidetoshi Fujii, Michihiko Namba, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kiminori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20200171839
    Abstract: A printing device includes an ink container, an ink in the ink container, the ink containing an aqueous clear ink and an aqueous color ink and a heating device configured to heat a substrate, wherein the relationship is satisfied, |SCL?SC?5 mN/m, where SCL represents the surface tension of the aqueous clear ink and SC represents the surface tension of the aqueous color ink, wherein the printing device has a low gloss printing and a high gloss printing mode, wherein the heating device heats the substrate while satisfying the relationship: Tlow>Thigh, where Tlow represents the temperature of the substrate in a low gloss printing region in which the aqueous clear ink is printed in the low printing mode and Thigh represents the temperature of the substrate in a high gloss printing region in which the aqueous clear ink is printed in the high printing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kiminori MASUDA, Mio AKIMA
  • Publication number: 20190381811
    Abstract: A printing device includes an ink container accommodating a liquid containing a clear ink containing water and a resin, a discharging head to discharge the clear ink directly or indirectly onto a substrate to form a printing layer, and a heating device to heat the substrate, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: Tlow (degrees C.)>Thigh (degrees C.), where Tlow (degrees C.) represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a low gloss printing mode and Thigh (degrees C.) represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a high gloss printing mode, wherein the following relationships are satisfied: in the high gloss printing mode, Gp?Gm and, in the low gloss printing mode, Gm?Gp, where Gm represents the gloss level of the substrate and Gp represents the gloss level of the printing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kiminori Masuda, Hiroaki Takahashi, Mio Akima
  • Publication number: 20190381810
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device includes an ink container accommodating a non-aqueous clear ink containing a resin and an organic solvent, a discharging head to discharge the non-aqueous clear ink directly or indirectly onto a substrate to form printed matter; and a heating device to heat the substrate, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: Tlow (° C.)>Thigh (° C.), where Tlow represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a low gloss printing mode in which the non-aqueous clear ink is directly or indirectly discharged and attached to the substrate to impart low gloss to the printed matter and Thigh represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a high gloss printing mode in which the non-aqueous clear ink is directly or indirectly discharged and attached to the substrate to impart high gloss to the printed matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kiminori MASUDA, Mio AKIMA
  • Patent number: 10508211
    Abstract: An ink includes water, a coloring material, an organic solvent having a solubility parameter of from 8.0 to 13.0, an urethane resin particle and a metal ion, wherein the organic solvent having the solubility parameter of from 8.0 to 13.0 has a proportion of from 10.0% by mass to 30.0% by mass to the ink, where the metal ion is at least one selected from an alkali metal ion and an alkaline earth metal ion, where the metal ion has a proportion of from 4000 mg/L to 8000 mg/L to the ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Azumi Miyaake, Kaori Miyahara, Masayuki Koyano, Mio Kumai, Ayano Momose, Satoshi Kojima, Kiminori Masuda, Amika Sagara, Hiroki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 10428232
    Abstract: An ink set includes an ink A including water, an organic solvent A, a self-dispersible pigment, an anionic resin particle, and an amine compound having a boiling point of 120 degrees C.-200 degrees C. and an ink B including water, an organic solvent B, and a resin-coated pigment, wherein when the mass content of the amine compound is determined as 1, the mass content of the anionic resin particle is 1-100 and the mass content of the resin-coated pigment is 10-200, while the mass content of the anionic resin particle and the mass content of the resin-coated pigment are respectively based on the content per unit of mass of the ink A and the content per unit of mass of the ink B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Amika Sagara, Michihiko Namba, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kiminori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20190100667
    Abstract: An ink includes water, a coloring material, an organic solvent having a solubility parameter of from 8.0 to 13.0, an urethane resin particle and a metal ion, wherein the organic solvent having the solubility parameter of from 8.0 to 13.0 has a proportion of from 10.0% by mass to 30.0% by mass to the ink, where the metal ion is at least one selected from an alkali metal ion and an alkaline earth metal ion, where the metal ion has a proportion of from 4000 mg/L to 8000 mg/L to the ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Azumi Miyaake, Kaori Miyahara, Masayuki Koyano, Mio Kumai, Ayano Momose, Satoshi Kojima, Kiminori Masuda, Amika Sagara, Hiroki Hagiwara