Patents by Inventor Makoto Nagase

Makoto Nagase 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: 20160237293
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a glitter pigment, glycol diether represented by the following formula 1 and having a flash point of 70° C. or less, and glycol monoether represented by the following formula 2: R1O—(R2O)m—R3??Formula 1: (In Formula 1, R1 and R3 each independently represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 each independently represents alkylene groups having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of 1 to 4.); and HO—(R4O)n—R5??Formula 2: (In Formula 2, R4 each independently represents alkylene groups having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, R5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Naoki KOIKE, Jun ITO, Kenichiro KUBOTA, Makoto NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20160237291
    Abstract: A solvent-based ink jet ink composition includes a coloring material; and a solvent; in which the composition includes, as the solvent, two or more types of solvent that are compounds represented by the following general formula (1), and R1, R2, and R3 have the same structure as one another and m are consecutive integers, in the solvent. R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1) (in the formula, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkylene group with 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, or an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms. However, both of R1 and R3 are not hydrogen atoms. m is an integer of 1 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Makoto NAGASE, Kenichiro KUBOTA, Jun ITO, Naoki KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20160237292
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a white pigment having an average particle diameter of 200 nm or more and 400 nm or less, glycol diether represented by the following formula 1 and having a flash point of 70° C. or less, and glycol monoether represented by the following formula 2: R1O—(R2O)m—R3??Formula 1: (In Formula 1, R1 and R3 each independently represent alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 each independently represents alkylene groups having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, and m is an integer of 1 to 4.); and HO—(R4O)n—R5??Formula 2: (In Formula 2, R4 each independently represents alkylene groups having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, R5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Naoki KOIKE, Jun ITO, Kenichiro KUBOTA, Makoto NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20160222235
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition contains C.I. Pigment Orange 43 as a pigment and one or more kinds of compounds represented by the following general formula (1) as a solvent and the content of water contained in the ink composition is 0.1% by mass or more and 2% by mass or less, R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1). In general formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group in which the number of carbon atoms is 1 or more and 4 or less. At least one of R1 and R3 is an alkyl group in which the number of carbon atoms is 1 or more and 4 or less. R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms. m represents an integer of 2 or 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Keiji IIDA, Kenichiro KUBOTA, Jun ITO, Naoki KOIKE, Makoto NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20160168405
    Abstract: A nonaqueous ink jet ink composition according to the invention includes a solvent including at least one compound represented by the following formula (1), and a pigment including a pigment orange 43 (PO-43), in which a Na amount included in the ink is 5 ppm to 500 ppm. R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1) (wherein, in formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. However, either R1 or R3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms. m represents an integer of 1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jun ITO, Keiji Iida, Kenichiro KUBOTA, Naoki KOIKE, Makoto NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20160115330
    Abstract: An ink composition includes a solvent containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (1): R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1) wherein R1 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 or 3; and a pigment containing Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) having a volume average particle size of 100 nm or more and 400 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Koike, Keiji Iida, Jun Ito, Kenichiro Kubota, Makoto Nagase
  • Patent number: 9299463
    Abstract: A noble metal injection apparatus is connected to a piping of a nuclear plant at the time of stop of the nuclear plant before start of the nuclear plant. In chemical decontamination, oxidation decontamination agent decomposition, and reduction decontamination on an inner surface of the pipe system are executed. After reduction decontamination, a part of an oxalic acid included in a reduction decontamination solution is decomposed and platinum is injected into the reduction decontamination solution of pH 3.5 or higher. When the platinum concentration becomes a preset concentration, a reduction agent is injected and the reduction decontamination solution including the platinum and reduction agent is brought into contact with the inner surface of the piping. The platinum is deposited on the inner surface of the piping. The injection of the platinum and reduction agent is stopped and the platinum and reduction agent are decomposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ito, Hideyuki Hosokawa, Makoto Nagase, Yoichi Wada, Kazushige Ishida, Motohiro Aizawa
  • Patent number: 9238744
    Abstract: A colorant, lactone having a content in a range of 5% by mass to 40% by mass, a first solvent having a water vapor pressure of 2 hPa or more and a content in a range of 5% by mass to 18% by mass at 20° C., and a second solvent having a water vapor pressure of 0.9 hPa or more and a content in a range of 2% by mass to 80% by mass at 20° C. are contained, a sum of the content of the first solvent and the content of the second solvent is 20% by mass or more, and the second solvent is at least one solvent selected from a group consisting of (poly)alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether and (poly)alkylene glycol dialkyl ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Kubota, Akihito Sao, Makoto Nagase, Jun Ito
  • Patent number: 9199469
    Abstract: A maintenance method of an ink jet recording apparatus that performs recording of images on a recording medium using a non-aqueous ink, in which the ink jet recording apparatus includes a nozzle forming surface in which nozzles that discharge the non-aqueous ink are provided; and a wiping member with liquid absorbency, the method including wiping the nozzle forming surface with the wiping member using an impregnating solution, and in which the impregnating solution contains at least one organic solvent selected from a group consisting of compounds represented by the following General Formula (I), esters, and dibasic acid esters. R1—O—(R2—O)n—R3??(I) (in General Formula (I) shown above, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 represents an aryl group or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Ito, Makoto Nagase, Kenichiro Kubota, Naoki Koike, Shigeki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150328897
    Abstract: A maintenance method of an ink jet recording apparatus that performs recording of images on a recording medium using a non-aqueous ink, in which the ink jet recording apparatus includes a nozzle forming surface in which nozzles that discharge the non-aqueous ink are provided; and a wiping member with liquid absorbency, the method including wiping the nozzle forming surface with the wiping member using an impregnating solution, and in which the impregnating solution contains at least one organic solvent selected from a group consisting of compounds represented by the following General Formula (I), esters, and dibasic acid esters. R1—O—(R2—O)n—R3??(I) (in General Formula (I) shown above, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 represents an aryl group or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Ito, Makoto Nagase, Kenichiro Kubota, Naoki Koike, Shigeki Suzuki
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150231880
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method according to the invention includes: ejecting droplets of non-water-based ink, which contains an organic solvent, a color material, and resin, from nozzles of a recording head and causing the droplets to adhere to a recording medium to form an image; and preliminarily ejecting the droplets of the non-water-based-ink from the nozzles of the recording head not for forming the image. In the preliminary ejecting of the droplets, a time interval at which the preliminary ejecting is performed by a predetermined nozzle is equal to or greater than two seconds and equal to or less than twenty five seconds. The organic solvent contains a first solvent which is at least one kind selected from a hydrocarbon-based solvent, an alcohol-based solvent, and an ester-based solvent. Content of the first solvent is equal to or greater than 40% by mass with respect to entire content of the non-water-based ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Nagase, Akihito Sao, Kenichiro Kubota, Jun Ito, Naoki Koike
  • Patent number: 9102842
    Abstract: Disclosed is ink composition used in a recording apparatus provided with a pressure regulation valve which performs opening and closing operations to adjust a pressure in a recording head and is covered with an elastic member. The ink composition includes a slip agent and a lactone system medium. The slip agent is preferably at least one kind selected from a group consisting of a silicon system compound, a hydrocarbon system compound, a fluorine system compound, an amide system compound, and acrylic compound. In addition, the content of the slip agent is preferably not more than 1% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Shinoda, Akihito Sao, Keiji Iida, Makoto Nagase, Miho Nakamura, Kenichiro Kubota
  • Publication number: 20150217576
    Abstract: Provided is a pretreatment liquid used when a fabric is pretreated before ink is printed on the fabric, the liquid including water, polyvalent metal ions and first fine polymer particles, wherein the first fine polymer particles are crosslinkable polyurethane and/or crosslinkable polyurethane-polyurea and have a glass transition temperature of ?10° C. or lower and a particle diameter as determined by a light scattering method of 30 nm to 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Masahiro YATAKE, Makoto NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20150210878
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink composition for ink jet recording includes a pigment, a compound represented by General formula 1 below, and a phthalocyanine derivative provided with a polar group not having an amine structure, as a pigment dispersant for dispersing the pigment. The pigment is carbon black. The composition further includes an alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether: (wherein R1 indicates an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 each independently indicate a methyl group or an ethyl group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Iida, Makoto Nagase, Kenichiro Kubota, Akihito Sao
  • Patent number: 9028055
    Abstract: The nonaqueous ink composition for ink jet printing contains a compound represented by General Formula (1) below, and a heterocyclic compound selected from lactones and lactams. (In Formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 represent a methyl group or an ethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Kubota, Makoto Nagase, Maki Ito, Keiji Iida, Akihito Sao
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8992678
    Abstract: An ink set for ink jet recording is provided, the ink set containing a first ink which contains a first pigment and a second ink which contains a second pigment, wherein each of the first and second inks contains polyester-modified polydialkylsiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Sao, Makoto Nagase, Kenichiro Kubota
  • Patent number: 8967764
    Abstract: An ink jet textile printing apparatus includes a textile printing head having a nozzle line for discharging a coating solution containing an abrasion resistance-improving resin in a content of A and a textile printing head having a nozzle line for discharging an ink containing the abrasion resistance-improving resin in a content of B, wherein the content A and the content B satisfy a relationship of A>B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Nagase
  • Publication number: 20150035895
    Abstract: A colorant, lactone having a content in a range of 5% by mass to 40% by mass, a first solvent having a water vapor pressure of 2 hPa or more and a content in a range of 5% by mass to 18% by mass at 20° C., and a second solvent having a water vapor pressure of 0.9 hPa or more and a content in a range of 2% by mass to 80% by mass at 20° C. are contained, a sum of the content of the first solvent and the content of the second solvent is 20% by mass or more, and the second solvent is at least one solvent selected from a group consisting of (poly)alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether and (poly)alkylene glycol dialkyl ether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Kubota, Akihito Sao, Makoto Nagase, Jun Ito