Patents by Inventor Masahiko Saikawa
Masahiko Saikawa 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: 6869743Abstract: There is disclosed a method of processing a light-sensitive material which comprises exposing a light-sensitive material having at least one light-sensitive layer on a support, and subjecting to development by a dipping system or a coating system, and then, peeling at least the light-sensitive layer off by bringing a peeling material into close contact with the light-sensitive material, wherein the peeling material is a material having a liquid-absorbing rate in which a liquid-absorption amount within 0.1 second after getting in contact with a liquid is 60% or more based on a liquid-absorption amount within 0.2 second after the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2000Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills LimitedInventors: Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Yasuo Tsubai, Sadao Kuriu, Toshihito Maruyama, Kenji Hirata, Masato Asano, Masahiko Saikawa, Akira Furukawa
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Patent number: 5834156Abstract: A method for processing a photosensitive material characterized in that an exposed photosensitive material is subjected to dip coating with a processing solution, according to which there are no problems encountered in plate making by the conventional dip developing method and coating developing method, rapid processing can be attained, maintenance is easy, less waste processing solution is produced, and lithographic printing plates on which uniform print images can be formed from the top end portion thereof by silver complex diffusion transfer process, and an apparatus used for the processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1997Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Mitsubishi Papers Mills LimitedInventors: Jun Urasaki, Toshiyuki Morito, Masahiko Saikawa, Yoshikazu Takano, Eiji Kanada
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Patent number: 5427889Abstract: The present invention provides a lithographic printing plate material which comprises a grained and anodized aluminum support and a silver halide emulsion layer between which physical development nuclei are provided wherein said aluminum support have 500 or more pits having a diameter of 0.03-0.30 .mu.m and an average diameter of 0.05-0.20 .mu.m per 100 .mu.m.sup.2.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1994Date of Patent: June 27, 1995Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Saikawa, Akira Kaneko, Keisuke Iguchi, Akio Yoshida, Yutaka Araki, Takenobu Yoshiki
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Patent number: 5398092Abstract: A developing apparatus for a lithographic offset printing plate, including: a developer applying device including a pair of rod-shape members which are not rotated; and a developer supply device disposed above said developer applying means and a method adapted to the apparatus and including a step of supplying a developer to either of said rod-shape members that face the surface of said lithographic offset printing plate on which a silver halide emulsion layer has been formed by application.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1993Date of Patent: March 14, 1995Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills LimitedInventors: Yoshiyuki Tanno, Masakazu Ando, Hidemi Hanada, Masahiko Saikawa
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Patent number: 4873170Abstract: There is provided a method for making a lithographic printing plate having high sensitivity, resolving power and printing endurance and free from scumming utilizing silver complex diffusion transfer process which comprises subjecting to scanning exposure of high-intensity short-time a light sensitive material comprising a support and, provided thereon, at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a physical development nuclei layer as a surface layer and then developing it with a silver complex diffusion transfer developer, the improvement which comprises subjecting the light sensitive material to imagewise exposure with scanning light of at least 700 nm, said emulsion layer containing silver halide grains mainly composed of silver chloride and a sensitizing dye having a sensitivity maximum in the long wavelength region of at least 700 nm in an amount of 3.times.10.sup.-5 -3.times.10.sup.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1987Date of Patent: October 10, 1989Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Nishinoiri, Masahiko Saikawa, Yoshikazu Takaya, Euji Kanada
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Patent number: 4824760Abstract: A lithographic printing plate made by silver complex diffusion transfer process from a lithographic printing plate material which contains a compound represented by the general formula [I] in photographic constituting layer is markedly improved in its printing endurance: ##STR1## wherein M represents hydrogen, an alkali metal or ammonium ion and R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 each represents hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkenyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group, halogen atom, alkoxy group, hydroxyl group, amino group, carboxyl group, sulfone group, alkoxycarbonyl group, acylamide group or sulfonamide group and two of R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 may jointly form a ring.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1987Date of Patent: April 25, 1989Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiko Saikawa, Eiji Kanada
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Patent number: 4784933Abstract: Lithographic printing plates which have such a high sensitivity as permitting use of semiconductor laser beam of low output, a high resolving power and a high printing endurance and are free from occurrence of scumming are made by a method which comprises imagewise exposing a light sensitive material which comprises a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a surface physical development nuclei layer provided on the support, said emulsion layer comprising silver halide grains which contain at least silver bromide and containing at least one sensitizing dye having a maximum spectral sensitivity in the region of longer than 700 .mu.m and then developing the exposed light sensitive material with a silver complex diffusion transfer developer containing at least a thiocyanate. Further improvement can be obtained by providing an antihalation means to keep the reflectance of a light of longer than 700 .mu.m at 13-40%.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1986Date of Patent: November 15, 1988Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Kanada, Yasuo Tsubai, Akira Tanaka, Toshiro Kondo, Yoshikazu Takaya, Masahiko Saikawa, Hiroshi Nishinoiri
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Patent number: 4770961Abstract: Disclosed is a light sensitive material for lithographic printing plate which comprises a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer and a surface physical development nuclei layer provided on said support wherein said silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by the following general formulas (I), (II), (III), (IV) and (V):General formula (I) ##STR1## General formula (II) ##STR2## General formula (III) ##STR3## General formula (IV) ##STR4##Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1986Date of Patent: September 13, 1988Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Eiji Kanada, Yoshikazu Takaya, Masahiko Saikawa, Hidetoshi Miura
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Patent number: 4621041Abstract: Disclosed is a method for plate-making which comprises imagewise exposing by scanning type flash exposure a lithographic printing plate comprising a support and at least a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least 70 mol % of silver chloride and prepared with addition of a water soluble iridium compound during emulsification or physical ripening of silver halide and a water soluble gold compound at any time before coating of the emulsion and thereafter subjecting the exposed emulsion to diffusion transfer development.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1984Date of Patent: November 4, 1986Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Saikawa, Eiji Kanada, Kazunaka Endo
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Patent number: 4501811Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a lithographic printing plate by utilizing the silver complex diffusion transfer process and using a neon-helium laser or an LED which comprises imagewise exposing to the radiation a photosensitive element including an emulsion layer which is spectrally sensitized with an anion- or betaine-type meso-substituted trimethine cyanine dye having at least one .beta.-naphthothiazole nucleus and developing the element by the silver complex diffusion transfer process.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1983Date of Patent: February 26, 1985Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Saikawa, Eiji Kanada, Akira Tanaka, Kazunaka Endo