Patents by Inventor Masaki Kataoka

Masaki Kataoka 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: 20080264843
    Abstract: The application device for liquid containing micro-nano bubbles generates micro-nano bubbles in a wide size distribution with use of a submerged pump-type micro-nano bubble generator and a spiral flow-type micro-nano bubble generator. A micro-nano bubble generating aid metering pump is controlled by a bubble level meter and a level controller, so that the supply amount of a micro-nano bubble generating aid is controlled in response to the level of bubbles from a fluid level. The supply amount of a micro-nano bubble generating aid is also controlled by a turbidimeter and a controller in response to the turbidity of the liquid in a micro-nano bubble generation tank, while the amount of air supplied to the submerged pump-type micro-nano bubble generator is controlled in response to the turbidity of the liquid. Therefore, the device can produce a large amount of various micro-nano bubbles in a wide size distribution more economically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamasaki, Kazuyuki Sakata, Kazumi Chuhjoh, Masaki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20080243094
    Abstract: A bathtub apparatus is provided, including a nanobubble and/or nanosized medical component generating section to combine at least either of nanobubbles or a nanosized medical component with bath water from a bathtub and to circulate the bath water to the bathtub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuyuki YAMASAKI, Takahide Miyamoto, Kazumi Chuhjoh, Masaki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20080206362
    Abstract: In order to provide a device and a method for increasing blood flow and an insulin-like growth factor with use of a large amount of carbonic gas nano bubbles, the device of the present invention includes: a bathtub 1; and a nano bubble-producing section 41 for producing carbonic gas nano bubbles in bath water in the bathtub 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuyuki YAMASAKI, Takahide Miyamoto, Kazumi Chuhjoh, Masaki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20080189847
    Abstract: In the upper part and the lower part of a micro-nano bubble generation section 34 in a micro-nano bubble bathtub 1, two kinds of micro-nano bubbles different in a size distribution are generated by first and second micro-nano bubble generators (submerged pump-type micro-nano bubble generator 2 and spiral flow-type micro-nano bubble generator 10) of two kinds, so that bathtub water containing micro-nano bubbles in a wide size distribution can be produced in a large amount. Some of the water containing micro-nano bubbles generated in the lower part is thrown into the first micro-nano bubble generator (spiral flow-type micro-nano bubble generator 10) in the upper part, so that the spiral flow-type micro-nano bubble generator 10 can generate micro-nano bubbles in a smaller size. Therefore, in this bathtub, micro-nano bubbles abundant in size and large in amount can be produced economically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamasaki, Kazuyuki Sakata, Kazumi Chuhjoh, Masaki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20080049085
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection head includes: a nozzle plate that has a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid droplet; a flow path member that includes pressure generating chambers that communicate with the nozzles; and liquid supply paths through which liquid is supplied to the pressure generating chambers; and a damper portion that is disposed in at least one part of a region, the region being on the nozzle plate, corresponding to the liquid supply paths, the damper portion reducing a fluctuation of an ejection amount of the liquid droplets to enable stable ejection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Hideki Fukunaga, Hiroshi Inoue, Yuji Nishimura, Susumu Hirakata, Atsumichi Imazeki
  • Publication number: 20080029459
    Abstract: A water treatment equipment has a raw water tank as a mixing section, a micronanobubble generation tank, a floatation tank, and a treated water tank. Waste water as treatment water is introduced into the raw water tank and mixed with the water containing micronanobubbles produced by the micronanobubble generation tank. Thereafter, the waste water, as treatment water, is introduced into a lower mixing section of the floatation tank from the raw tank by a raw water tank pump. Also, treatment water containing fine bubbles is introduced into the lower mixing section from a pressure tank. Therefore, the micronanobubbles is mixed with the fine bubbles in the lower mixing section of the floatation tank, thereby almost all the suspended matter in the treatment water is surfaced. Thus, the water treatment equipment enhances separatability of suspended matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamasaki, Kazuyuki Sakata, Kazumi Chuhjoh, Masaki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20070284316
    Abstract: A cooling water reforming method of the invention includes making ozone micro/nanobubbles contained in cooling water in a cooling tower. A cooling apparatus of the invention includes an ozone micro/nanobubble generation section for generating ozone micro/nanobubbles in cooling water in a cooling tower so as to make ozone micro/nanobubbles contained in the cooling water. The ozone micro/nanobubble generation section includes an ozone generator for generating ozone, and a micro/nanobubble generator for generating ozone micro/nanobubbles in the cooling water by using the ozone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamasaki, Masaki Kataoka, Kazumi Chuhjoh, Shiroh Imazu
  • Publication number: 20070275452
    Abstract: In a bioreactor, a culture solution derived from a cultivation tank is separated into bacteria cells and filtrate by a bacteria cell filter. The filtrate is introduced from the bacteria cell filter into a micro-nano bubble generation tank where micro-nano-bubbles are mixed with the filtrate. The filtrate containing micro-nano-bubbles is returned to the cultivation tank to activate the microorganisms therein, so that a biological reaction time is reduced by the activated microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamasaki, Kazuyuki Sakata, Kazumi Chuhjoh, Masaki Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20070236524
    Abstract: The present invention provides a droplet ejection head having a liquid ejection energy driving device to eject a liquid from a nozzle, the droplet ejection head including: a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle to eject liquid droplets; a tetrahedral amorphous carbon film provided on the nozzle plate; and a water-repellent film provided on the tetrahedral amorphous carbon film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Masaki Kataoka, Hiroki Murakami
  • Publication number: 20070165069
    Abstract: A droplet ejection head includes a nozzle plate that has nozzles and includes a polymer material. The polymer material forming the nozzle plate includes a lubricant having an average particle size of not smaller than 0.01 ?m and not larger than 8% of a hole diameter of each of the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Notsu, Masaki Kataoka, Hideki Fukunaga, Hiroshi Inoue, Shigeru Umehara, Takaharu Kondo
  • Publication number: 20070040866
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a droplet ejecting nozzle plate comprising: providing a nozzle plate layered body which includes a metal film positioned on a sheet material, a water-repellant layer positioned on the metal film; forming a nozzle hole at a present position in the nozzle plate layered body by laser processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Norikuni Funatsu, Hiroshi Inoue, Hideki Fukunaga, Masaki Kataoka, Hiroyuki Usami
  • Patent number: 7047642
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head and a process for producing the same, and an ink jet recording apparatus are provided that improve the printing performance and also improve the production efficiency. A conjugated body 73 formed by conjugating silicon wafers 50 and 58 is cut, whereby nozzles 22 are opened, and cutting into head chip units is carried out. At this time, deep grooves 84 are formed on the surface of the silicon wafer 58 by anisotropic etching, and they are penetrated by etching on the opposite side. Grooves 90 are formed on the silicon wafer 50 by using the thus penetrated deep grooves 84 as a mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Michiaki Murata, Kenji Yamazaki, Yoshihisa Ueda, Norikuni Funatsu, Kumiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6659600
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inkjet recording head cartridge and an inkjet recording apparatus that have a simple structure and high reliability. Since individual flow passages in which ink emission orifices are formed are communicated directly with a rectangular ink supply chamber, it is prevented that a bubble of such a size as to cause printing defects rises through an ink supply chamber and blocks the individual flow passages. Also, since ink heated within the ink supply chamber is moved upward to the ink tank chamber by convection and grows an air lump sealed beforehand, it is prevented that a bubble will grow in the ink supply chamber. Furthermore, by allocating a large cross-sectional area to the ink supply chamber, it is prevented that meniscus oscillation of the ink emission orifices is amplified by pressure oscillation caused by ink emission and causes a printing defect. Therefore, reliable printing can be performed with a simple construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Oda, Koji Ikegami, Tomoki Umezawa, Ichiro Tomikawa, Masaki Kataoka, Kenji Yamazaki, Norikuni Funatsu, Yoshihisa Ueda, Kohzo Hara, Takayuki Takeuchi, Kunihito Satou, Toshinobu Hamazaki, Koichi Saitoh
  • Patent number: 6634741
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet recording head that enables stable high-speed continuous printing, its manufacturing method and an ink jet recording device. A bubble generated in a common liquid chamber is moved to the side of an ink tank via a communicating port formed in a sufficient size and a supply passage. That is, a bubble generated inside a common liquid chamber is exhausted satisfactorily from the common liquid chamber by forming the communicating port in a shape which the bubble can pass, resulting in the supply of ink to the common liquid chamber and an individual passage (nozzle) prevented from being blocked by the bubble. As a result, even if high-speed continuous jetting (printing) is performed, stable printing is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Kazuyuki Oda, Michiaki Murata, Yoshihisa Ueda, Toshimichi Iwamori
  • Patent number: 6598402
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation type gas turbine apparatus includes a compressor for compressing air, a combustion chamber for burning fuel and compression air exhausted from the compressor, a gas turbine driven by exhaust gas from the combustion chamber, a recirculation path for recirculating a part of the exhaust gas to an intake of the compressor, a recirculation amount control unit for adjusting the amount of exhaust gas to be returned to the intake of the compressor corresponding to a change in load of the gas turbine, and a spray unit for introducing liquid droplets into the interior of the compressor in which mixing gas, consisting of gas turbine exhaust gas passing through the recirculation path and air, flows so as to vaporize the introduced liquid droplets appearing to flow in the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 6527371
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet recording head in which the degree of freedom in the design of the arranged position of an electric signal input-output terminal is enhanced, its manufacturing method and an ink jet recording device, the invention is characterized as follows. The ink jet recording head is formed by laminating a heater element substrate in which a heater element and others are arranged and a passage substrate in which nozzles and others are formed. When the nozzles and others are formed by etching in the passage substrate, a cut-out portion for exposing an electric signal input-output terminal of the heater element substrate is also formed. Therefore, the degree of freedom in the design of the shape and the position of the cut-out portion in the head chip is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamazaki, Masaki Kataoka, Yoshihisa Ueda, Michiaki Murata
  • Patent number: 6527903
    Abstract: A satisfactory bonding is implemented at low cost. In a step, a resin layer is formed on a bonding surface side of a silicon wafer on which portion are formed electro-thermal transducers. In a later step, the silicon wafer and another silicon wafer are aligned and fixed temporarily, then the atmosphere is set at a pressure of 10−3 mbar or lower and the temperature is set at 300° C. or higher, and voltage is applied across the both wafers while pressure is applied to the wafers. When the value of an electric current flowing across the wafers has reached a level of a certain current value or lower, the application of the voltage is stopped and the atmosphere is opened to the atmospheric pressure while reducing the temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Michiaki Murata, Norikuni Funatsu, Kumiko Tanaka, Toshimichi Iwamori
  • Publication number: 20020145647
    Abstract: An ink jet recording head and a process for producing the same, and an ink jet recording apparatus are provided that improve the printing performance and also improve the production efficiency. A conjugated body 73 formed by conjugating silicon wafers 50 and 58 is cut, whereby nozzles 22 are opened, and cutting into head chip units is carried out. At this time, deep grooves 84 are formed on the surface of the silicon wafer 58 by anisotropic etching, and they are penetrated by etching on the opposite side. Grooves 90 are formed on the silicon wafer 50 by using the thus penetrated deep grooves 84 as a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Michiaki Murata, Kenji Yamazaki, Yoshihisa Ueda, Norikuni Funatsu, Kumiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6378994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid jet printing head, a method of manufacturing the same, and a liquid jet printing apparatus, which allow stable, high speed, and continuous printing. A liquid jet printing head provides an inflow of liquid from an inlet to a common chamber, then along with the surface of heating elements of a heating element substrate and with a wall of a housing to separate channels. Liquid drops will be ejected by heating the heating elements. Since liquid may flow linearly from the inlet to the separate channels in accordance with the present invention, smooth flow promotes evacuation of bubbles through a nozzle, while cooling the heating element substrate with liquid flowing along with the substrate. The present invention provides thereby stable printing with high speed, continuous ejection (printing) of liquid drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ueda, Koji Ikegami, Masaki Kataoka, Kazuyuki Oda, Toshinobu Hamazaki, Koichi Saitoh, Kohzo Hara, Kenji Yamazaki, Norikuni Funatsu, Takayuki Takeuchi, Kunihito Satou, Ichiro Tomikawa, Tomoki Umezawa, Michiaki Murata
  • Publication number: 20020043063
    Abstract: Widening a partial load operation range of an exhaust gas recovery type combined cycle plant in which a gas turbine and steam turbine are combined and further improving heat efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Motoaki Utamura, Takaaki Kuwahara