Patents by Inventor Makoto Kajiwara
Makoto Kajiwara 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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Patent number: 5759478Abstract: The tubular extrusion of a thermoplastic nonderivatized cellulose solution about a mandrel and through a long air gap in excess of 304 mm is facilitated by use of a mandrel which is extensible from the extrusion die. On extrusion start-up, the mandrel extends a short length from the die. For steady-state operation, the mandrel is extended its full length from the die. Also disclosed is a mandrel structure to facilitate the introduction of a nonsolvent liquid into the interior of the extruded tube at a high location on start-up of extrusion and at a lower location during steady-state operation. The mandrel also includes a sizing portion having circumferential grooves which gather gas bubbles that may evolve at the interface between the extruded tube and the sizing portion. Vertical channels in the sizing portion connect these grooves and provide the passage of gas bubbles into a volume below the mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1997Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Viskase CorporationInventors: Edward Makoto Kajiwara, Brant Anton Loichinger
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Patent number: 5702783Abstract: A cellulose food casing comprising a nonderivatized cellulose film precipitated in tubular form from an extruded thermoplastic solution of cellulose, an amine oxide cellulose solvent and water.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Viskase CorporationInventors: Myron Donald Nicholson, Edward Makoto Kajiwara, Paul Edmund DuCharme, Jr.
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Patent number: 5658524Abstract: In a method for forming a cellulose tube suitable for use as a food casing or as cellophane film, in which a solution of nonderivatized cellulose, tertiary amine N-oxide and water is extruded through an air gap of at least five inches, and into a water bath, such that a wet cellulose tube is formed. The wet tube is inflated from about 55% to 140% or more and dried thereby substantially retaining its work-to-rupture characteristics, especially when compared to viscose-derived tubes.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Viskase CorporationInventors: Norman Abbye Portnoy, Edward Makoto Kajiwara, Paul Edmund Ducharme, Jr.
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Patent number: 5658525Abstract: In a method for forming a cellulose tube suitable for use as a food casing, in which a solution of nonderivatized cellulose, tertiary amine N-oxide and water is extruded through a die gap and the extruded tube is downwardly drawn through an air gap while being internally cooled and then is passed into a water bath, the tube transverse direction tensile strength being increased by drawing the extruded tube through an air length of at least about five inches and exposing the exterior surface of the extruded tube to cooling air in the air gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Viskase CorporationInventors: Edward Makoto Kajiwara, Norman Abbye Portnoy, Paul Edmund Ducharme, Jr.
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Patent number: 5342748Abstract: A color photographic light-sensitive material for printing use comprising a reflection type support bearing thereon a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer; wherein a silver halide emulsion contained in said green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is a monodispersed silver halide emulsion and a coupler combined with said monodispersed silver halide emulsion is a magneta coupler represented by the following formula I ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of non-metal atoms necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, and the ring formed by the Z is allowed to have substituents; X represents a substituent capable of splitting off through the reaction thereof on the oxidation products of a color developing agent; and R represents hydrogen or a substituent.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1993Date of Patent: August 30, 1994Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Makoto Onodera
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Patent number: 5338655Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silver halide emulsion wherein spectral sensitizing dyes are added after the formation of silver halide grains, and chemically ripening is then carried out at a temperature higher than the addition temperature of the spectral sensitizing dyes at 25.degree. C. to 55.degree. C., is disclosed. A material produced by this method has a high linearity in gradation between the medium density part and the shoulder part, and having a high Dmax value.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1992Date of Patent: August 16, 1994Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Mitsuhiro Kubotera, Makoto Kajiwara
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Patent number: 5314796Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material excellent in both sharpness and whiteness of background while being capable of satisfactorily displaying the yellow coupler characteristics including an excellent color reproduction is provided, wherein the silver halide color photographic light sensitive material contains a compound represented by the following Formula [I] in at least one of the photographic component layers thereof, a compound represented by the following Formula [II] in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers thereof, and a compound represented by the following Formula [III] in at least one of the photographic component layers; and ##STR1##Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1993Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Murai, Makoto Kajiwara, Hirokazu Sato, Shinri Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Okumura
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Patent number: 5278038Abstract: Light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one of said emulsion layer contains light-sensitive silver halide grains having outer surfaces principally comprised of {100} face, and a magenta dye image forming coupler represented by Formula (I) shown below: ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of nonmetal atom necessary for formation of a nitrogen-containing hetero ring; said ring formed by Z may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent eliminable by the reaction with an oxidant in a color developing agent; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.which can porovide a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having high sensitivity, being low in fogs, and having improved color reproducibility.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1991Date of Patent: January 11, 1994Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera
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Patent number: 5238788Abstract: There is disclosed a method for forming a dye image which comprises a step of processing, with a color developing solution, a photo-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer. The method is characterized in that said silver halide emulsion layer comprises silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol. %; said photosensitive silver halide photographic material comprises a white pigment in an amount of not less than 3.5 g per m.sup.2 of said photographic material; and said photosensitive silver halide photographic material is, after being processed with the color developing solution, processed with a bleaching solution (BL-1) and subsequently with a fixing solution.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1992Date of Patent: August 24, 1993Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Takashi Kadowaki
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Patent number: 5192652Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material comprising a support and provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a pyrazolo azole magenta dye-forming coupler represented by general formula M-I; ##STR1## (wherein Z represents a group of non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent capable of being split off upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent), to said silver halide emulsion layer an elementary sulfur having been added at an arbitrary timing before the formation of said silver halide emulsion layer on said support.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1991Date of Patent: March 9, 1993Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi
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Patent number: 5134060Abstract: A silver halide photographic emulsion containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol % and a method for preparing thereof are disclosed, wherein the silver halide grains are obtained by forming said silver halide grains in the presence of a water-soluble iridium compound and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound capable of forming sparingly-soluble silver salt; and by controlling the addition of said iridium compound, whereby the photographic emulsion is improved in the dependence of gradation on exposure intensity.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1990Date of Patent: July 28, 1992Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Hideaki Maekawa, Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi, Mitsuhiro Okumura
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Patent number: 5116723Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material suitable for rapid processing is disclosed which is prevented in fogging and improved in raw stock storage stability. The photographic material comprises photographic component layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, and the silver halide emulsion layer contains silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mol %, and at least one of the photographic component layers contain a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound capable of forming a compound with silver ion having a solubility product of not more than 1.times.10.sup.-10 and a sulfur- containing compound selected from the group consisting of organic compounds having a polysulfer linkage comprised of three or more sulfer atoms, and organic compounds having a heterocyclic ring having at least two thioether linkages or at least one disulfer linkage.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1991Date of Patent: May 26, 1992Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Hideki Ono
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Patent number: 5085978Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a reflective support, characterized in that at least one layer of the silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound represented by the formula (I) shown below, and the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material with a total amount of a hydrophilic binder contained of 7.5 g/m.sup.2 or less is processed with a color developer with an amount of the color developer replenished of 25 to 100 ml per 1 m.sup.2 of the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material: ##STR1## wherein A, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are as described in the description.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1990Date of Patent: February 4, 1992Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Toyoki Nishijima, Shigeo Chino
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Patent number: 5023170Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material, having at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on a support, wherein at least one of said emulsion layer contains light-sensitive silver halide grains having outer surfaces principally comprised of {100} face, and a magenta dye image forming coupler represented by Formula (I) shown below: ##STR1## wherein Z represents a group of nonmetal atom necessary for formation of a nitrogen-containing hetero ring; said ring formed by Z may have a substituent; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent eliminable by the reaction with an oxidant in a color developing agent; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent,which can provide a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material having high sensitivity, being low in fogs, and having improved color reproducibility.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1990Date of Patent: June 11, 1991Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera
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Patent number: 4963466Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support bearing thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler and a compound represented by Formula [I] as defined in the specification. The light-sensitive material further comprises at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of not less than 90 mole percent and a compound represented by Formula [S] as defined in the specification.The presence of the compounds of Formula [I] and Formula [S] provide a material having a suitable contrast and having additional advantages such as excellent BF contamination resistance and pH variation resistance.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1990Date of Patent: October 16, 1990Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kaoru Onodera, Eiichi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 4942121Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer having spectrally sensitized silver halide grains. There are particular sensitizers which are used and the colloidal layer contains gelatin which has a saturated solubility of not more than ten in an amount of at least 35% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1985Date of Patent: July 17, 1990Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera, Toshio Kimura, Kazuo Komorita
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Patent number: 4914016Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing inorganic sulfur or elemental sulfur, and a processing method comprising a step for developing such photographic material with a color developer which contains an aromatic primary amine compound for not more than 60 seconds. Photographic image improved in contrast of the without degradation in sensitivity and fogging can be obtained by the photographic material and the processing method.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1988Date of Patent: April 3, 1990Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Shigeo Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Okumura
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Patent number: 4912026Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide photographic material having a support with at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler, where the light-sensitive silver halide photographic material is characterized in that at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains (i) the dye-forming coupler dispersed with the use of a high boiling organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 6.0 or less, (ii) silver halide grains containing a gold compound and having silver chloride content of 90 mole % or more, and (iii) a compound represented by General Formula (S) shown below. General Formula (S): ##STR1## where Q is a group of atoms necessary to complete a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring or a 5- or 6-membered ring fused with a benzene ring and M is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or an ammonium group.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1989Date of Patent: March 27, 1990Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera, Eiichi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 4897342Abstract: In a method of preparing a light-sensitive silver halide photographic emulsion, silver salt and halide are mixed in the presence of an iridium compound. The emulsion is then chemically ripened by an instable sulfur compound and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound capable of forming a complex with silver.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1989Date of Patent: January 30, 1990Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi, Kaoru Onodera
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Patent number: 4863846Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed which is decreased in variation of light-sensitivity caused by a change in environmental humidity and a prolonged storage of the photographic material.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1988Date of Patent: September 5, 1989Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Shigeo Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Okumura, Makoto Kajiwara, Masanobu Miyoshi