Patents by Inventor Masaru MASUTANI

Masaru MASUTANI 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).

  • Multi-color printing method on plastic film and multi-color printing apparatus
    Patent number: 10207520
    Abstract: The invention was made in order to provide a multi-color printing method of a plastic film wherein multi-color print can be made fast without requiring complex operations, while functions of the anchor-coating layer and the shielding are ensured sufficiently, and provides a method of multi-color printing on a plastic film, which comprises an anchor-coating process wherein an anchoring agent is applied to the plastic film by a gravure roll to form an anchor-coating layer which acts as receptive layer to multi-color inks, a multi-color printing process wherein multi-color print is provided on said anchor-coating layer by continuous ink jet printers, a shielding layer-coating process wherein a titanium white ink is applied to said multi-color print by a gravure roll to form a shielding layer, and drying processes being provided after said anchor-coating process, multi-color printing process and shielding layer-coating process, respectively, and an apparatus therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NAKAMOTO PACKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichiro Nakamoto, Masaru Masutani
  • MULTI-COLOR PRINTING METHOD ON PLASTIC FILM AND MULTI-COLOR PRINTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180370254
    Abstract: The invention was made in order to provide a multi-color printing method of a plastic film wherein multi-color print can be made fast without requiring complex operations, while functions of the anchor-coating layer and the shielding are ensured sufficiently, and provides a method of multi-color printing on a plastic film, which comprises an anchor-coating process wherein an anchoring agent is applied to the plastic film by a gravure roll to form an anchor-coating layer which acts as receptive layer to multi-color inks, a multi-color printing process wherein multi-color print is provided on said anchor-coating layer by continuous ink jet printers, a shielding layer-coating process wherein a titanium white ink is applied to said multi-color print by a gravure roll to form a shielding layer, and drying processes being provided after said anchor-coating process, multi-color printing process and shielding layer-coating process, respectively, and an apparatus therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: NAKAMOTO PACKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunichiro NAKAMOTO, Masaru MASUTANI