Patents by Inventor Masahiko Kon

Masahiko Kon 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: 5032494
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising; subjecting to exposure a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a support; a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one of a core/shell silver halide grain containing 3.0 mole % or more of silver iodide and a tabular silver halide grain containing 3.0 mole % or more of silver iodide; and a compound capable of releasing at a developing processing a restrainer or restrainer precursor which forms silver salt having the solubility product with a silver ion, of 1.times.10.sup.-9 or less, and thereafter; carrying out a color developing processing by using a color developing solution containing an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent, for a period of 120 seconds or less and so as to have a value of (developed silver amount at the maximum density portion)/(total silver amount), of 0.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kurematsu, Shigeharu Koboshi, Syozo Aoki, Masahiko Kon
  • Patent number: 4814260
    Abstract: A method of storing a liquid color developer and a liquid bleach-fixer in a container made of plastic material having an oxygen permeation coefficient of 0 to 50 m/(m.sup.2 atm day) at temperatures of 20.degree. C. and relative humidity of 60%. The developer contains an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; a hydroxylamine of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is an unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be combined with each other to form a ring; and an alkaline ingredient for adjusting the pH of the developer to not less than 9.5. The bleach-fixer contains a ferric aminopolycarboxylate, 0 to 1.times.10.sup.-3 mols per liter of an aminopolycarboxylic acid based on the total bleach-fixer, a thiosulfate, and 1.times.10.sup.-3 to 2.times.10.sup.-1 mol per liter of said liquid bleach-fixer of a sulfite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Koboshi, Kazuyoshi Miyaoka, Masahiko Kon
  • Patent number: 4774169
    Abstract: A processing solution for developing a silver halide color photographic material. The material has a color developing agent and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an aminocarboxylic acid and an aminophosphonic acid. The processing development solution has a surface tension ranging from 20 to 60 dynes/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kuse, Shigeharu Koboshi, Masahiko Kon
  • Patent number: 4769661
    Abstract: The main object of the invention is to provide a disk film developing apparatus which has a developing process section of non-light shielding construction having substantially no darkroom section and in which one or more disk films are developed while being accomodated in a cartridge.The photographic processing apparatus for the disk film according to the invention comprises a means for holding the cartridge containing the disk film therein, a means for supplying a processing solution into the cartridge, and a means for releasing the disk film from the cartridge. And, during the photographic processing, the disk film being contained in the cartridge can be rotated by a rotating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syozo Aoki, Shigeharu Koboshi, Masayuki Kurematsu, Masahiko Kon
  • Patent number: 4601975
    Abstract: A method for processing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material by developing a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material after imagewise exposure with a color developing solution containing a p-phenylenediamine type color developing agent containing at least one water-soluble group on its amino group and then subjecting the developed material to direct processing with a bleach-fixing solution kept in a state of being oxidized, which comprises using a diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid iron (III) complex as the bleaching agent for said bleach-fixing processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Koboshi, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Masao Ishikawa, Masahiko Kon, Satoru Kuse