Patents by Inventor Masayuki Haruta

Masayuki Haruta 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: 20240149568
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laser-printable laminate display body in which printing is not peeled off even when an external stimulus such as rubbing is applied, and to provide a laminate display body which can afford high-quality laser printing such that characters can be clearly visually recognized by high density and fineness of printing and does not cause defects such as perforation due to laser printing. A laminate display body including at least one printing layer that can undergo printing by laser irradiation, in which the laser printing layer includes a laser-printed portion printed by laser and a non-printed portion, at least one laser non-absorbing layer is laminated on the printing layer, and the absolute value of the difference in color L* value between the laser-printed portion and the non-printed portion is 1.0 or more and 10.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20240132683
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a heat-shrinkable polyester film that contains a PET bottle recycled raw material but that has sufficient shrinkability, a low shrinkage stress, and a high solvent adhesion strength. The present invention provides a heat shrinkable polyester film, wherein a polyester of the polyester film contains recycled raw material from a PET bottle and an acid component of the polyester comprises isophthalic acid, and the film satisfies a shrinkage rate in a main shrinkage direction, a maximum shrinkage stress in the main shrinkage direction, a melting heat amount, a solvent adhesion strength, and a limiting viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20240124705
    Abstract: The invention provides a biaxially oriented polyester film, which exhibits excellent transparency, is easily subjected to secondary processing, is an environmentally friendly polyester film, and has little variations in physical properties in the machine direction, and a production method therefor. The biaxially oriented polyester film is formed of a polyester resin composition containing particles and 50% by weight or more of a polyester resin composed of biomass-derived ethylene glycol and fossil fuel-derived dicarboxylic acid units, wherein at least one surface of the biaxially oriented polyester film meets requirements (1) to (3): (1) a number of fine protrusions each having a height of less than 3 nm per area of 4×10?12 m2 is 250-600; (2) a number of fine protrusions each having a height of 3 nm or more per area of 4×1012 m2 is 300-600; and (3) an arithmetic mean height Sa is 0.010-0.025 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MANABE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20240101770
    Abstract: The invention provides a biaxially oriented polyester film, which exhibits excellent transparency, is easily subjected to secondary processing, and is produced using a polyester resin obtained without using an antimony compound as a polymerization catalyst, and a production method therefor. At least one surface of the biaxially oriented polyester film meets requirements (1) to (4): (1) a number of fine protrusions each having a height of less than 3 nm per area of 4×10?12 m2 is 250 or more and 600 or less; (2) a number of fine protrusions each having a height of 3 nm or more per area of 4×10?12 m2 is 300 or more and 600 or less; (3) an arithmetic mean height Sa is 0.010 ?m or more and 0.025 ?m or less; and (4) an antimony content in the film is 10 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MANABE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20240075719
    Abstract: The present invention provides packaging, which comprises a laminated body including a sealing layer and at least one laser printing layer that can undergo printing by laser irradiation, in which the laser printing layer includes a laser-printed portion printed by laser and a non-printed portion, the sealing layer is at least an innermost layer, and at least a part of the sealing layers of the innermost layers are pasted to each other, and the difference in color L* value between the laser-printed portion and the non-printed portion, the adhesive strength between the sealing layers, and the lamination strength between the laser printing layer and a layer adjacent to at least one side of the laser printing layer are within predetermined ranges; and is laser-printed packaging composed of a laminated body excellent in lamination strength and visual perceptibility of printed portions without using ink containing a laser pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Patent number: 11919216
    Abstract: The invention provides a roll of a white heat-shrinkable polyester-based film containing titanium oxide which can suppress occurrence of a processing trouble of a label or the like cut out from the roll, even when widening the roll. The roll of the white heat-shrinkable polyester-based film satisfies the following requirements: (1) the length of the film is 1,000-20,000 m and the width of the film is 400-10,000 mm, (2) the heat-shrinkage ratio in a main shrinkage direction is 50-85%, (3,4) the difference between the maximum and minimum heat-shrinkage ratio in the main shrinkage direction is 0-3% among samples which are sampled in each of the width and longitudinal directions of the film, and (5,6) the difference between the maximum and minimum apparent specific gravity is 0-0.01 g/cm3 among samples which are sampled in each of the width and longitudinal directions of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: 11919280
    Abstract: A polyester-based film comprising at least one layer permitting printing as a result of laser irradiation; wherein not less than 100 ppm but not greater than 3000 ppm of laser-printable metal is present in all layers of the film. The film is capable of being printed in distinct fashion by a laser, excels with respect to unevenness in thickness, and is of high transparency, while at the same time provide packaging which employs such film and on which printing has been directly carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Ishimaru, Masayuki Haruta
  • Publication number: 20240002614
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film characterized by (1) a hot-water heat shrinkage rate in a width direction of the film of 40%-80% by immersing the film in hot-water at 90° C. for 10 seconds; (2) a hot-water heat shrinkage rate in a longitudinal direction of the film of 5%-10% by immersing the film in hot-water at 90° C. for 10 seconds; (3) a maximum peak height Sp on at least one surface of the film of 0.8-3.0 ?m; (4) an arithmetical mean height Sa on at least one surface of the film of 0.03-0.2 ?m; and (5) a degassing time for removing air from between the two identical polyester films is 14 seconds or less, wherein the films are formed by stacking a front surface of the one film on a back surface of the other film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki HARUTA, Norimi TABOTA
  • Publication number: 20240001658
    Abstract: A display body characterized in that there is at least one white printing layer permitting printing by means of laser irradiation; said white printing layer has a nonprinted region and a printed region at which laser printing has been carried out; and (1) through (3) are satisfied. (1) An absolute value of a difference in color L* values between the printed region and the nonprinted region is not less than 1.0 but not greater than 10.0. (2) Total luminous transmittance of the nonprinted region is not less than 8% but not greater than 50%. (3) Fractional decrease in thickness of the printed region in a cross-sectional direction is not less than 1 vol % but not greater than 80 vol % of that of the nonprinted region. A high-quality display body, with high productivity is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230374348
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biaxially oriented polyester film that is excellent in adhesiveness with a metal layer etc. and excellent in deep drawability for an isotropic shape, such as a square shape. A biaxially oriented polyester film having at least a base layer and an adhesive layer each of which contains a polyester as a main component, the film satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) a difference between reversible heat capacity difference (?Cp) at around glass transition temperatures of the adhesive layer and the base layer is not smaller than 0.10 and not larger than 0.45; (2) a molecular orientation ratio measured by using a molecular orientation meter is not lower than 1.0 and not higher than 1.2; and (3) a stress at 10% elongation (F10) in each of a machine and transverse direction is not lower than 90 MPa and not higher than 160 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru TAMARI, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230374349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biaxially oriented polyester film that is excellent in adhesiveness with a metal layer etc., and excellent in deep drawability for an isotropic chape, such as a square shape. A biaxially oriented polyester film having at least a base layer and an adhesive layer each of which contains a polyester as a main component, the film satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) a difference between reversible heat capacity difference (?Cp) at around glass transition temperatures of the adhesive layer and the base layer is not smaller than 0.10 and not larger than 0.45; (2) a molecular orientation ratio measured by using a molecular orientation meter is higher than 1.2; and (3) a stress at 10% elongation (F10) in each of a machine and transverse direction is not lower than 90 MPa and not higher than 160 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru TAMARI, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230365804
    Abstract: The invention provides a biaxially oriented polyester film roll which has excellent transparency and mechanical characteristics, as well as an excellent ability to be wound up into a roll and/or lubricity during film manufacturing operations, which is environmentally friendly, and which exhibits little variation in physical properties in the machine direction thereof even when in the form of a long film roll, i.e., a roll of long wound length, and a production method therefor. In particular, the invention provides a biaxially oriented polyester film roll, wound up at which there is a biaxially oriented polyester film comprising a polyester resin composition comprising particles and polyester resin recycled by the market and/or society and including PET bottles, the biaxially oriented polyester film roll satisfying predetermined ranges of haze, purge time for air, arithmetic mean height Sa, maximum projecting height Sp, and variation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MANABE, Takamichi GOTO, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230365796
    Abstract: Provided are a heat-shrinkable label and a package each having solvent bonded-portion where solvent penetration-through is not caused even when the film is thin. Provided are particularly a heat-shrinkable label and a package each having solvent bonded-portion gaining a high peel strength stability even when the film is passed through a tubing step made high in speed. A heat-shrinkable label has a tubular shape, in which both end portions of a heat-shrinkable polyvinyl chloride-based film or a heat-shrinkable polystyrene-based film are bonded to each other with a solvent composition. The solvent composition contains at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrofuran (THE), methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and ethyl acetate, and at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyester, polypropylene and hydrogenated petroleum resin, and the end portion bonded has a peel strength of 2 N/15 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA, Hisao OKU
  • Publication number: 20230348661
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film which has a high heat shrinkage ratio in the main shrinkage direction, as well as a high film puncture strength, bag breakage resistance upon bottle dropping, and excellent stiffness because of the high density of the film. The heat-shrinkable polyester-based film contains 60-95 mol % ethylene terephthalate units in 100 mol % of all ester units, 5-40 mol % diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of the polyhydric alcohol component, and 0-5 mol % constituent units derived from a monomer component that can be an amorphous component in all polyester resin components, in which the hot water heat shrinkage ratio, the puncture strength of the film, the density of the film, and the refractive index in the longitudinal direction of the film are within predetermined ranges when the film is immersed in hot water at 90° C. for 10 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230323021
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film with high heat shrinkage ratio in a main shrinkage direction and is also satisfactorily recyclable with used beverage PET bottles to produce a recycled PET resin. The heat-shrinkable polyester film comprises 95-100 mol % of dicarboxylic acid and 0-5 mol % of isophthalic acid in 100 mol % of whole dicarboxylic acid component, 85-98 mol % of ethylene terephthalate unit in 100 mol % of whole ester unit, and 2-15 mol % of diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of whole polyol component, wherein the film has the predetermined hot-water heat shrinkage ratio, as well as the melting peak temperature, the amount of exothermic heat in crystallizing, and the amount of endothermic heat in melting within the predetermined range which are determined through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in heating the film to be melted, quenching the film, and re-heating the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230257533
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film roll which can reduce defects caused during a heat shrinking step due to the variation of a heat shrinkage rate in the heat-shrinkable polyester-based film roll having the longitudinal direction as the main shrinkage direction, specifically, defects of the film when covering an object by a wrap-around method and heat-shrunk. [SOLUTIONS] A heat-shrinkable polyester-based film roll, comprising a core; and a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film having a longitudinal direction as a main shrinkage direction that is wound around the core; wherein the film (roll) satisfy predetermined polyester composition, and all samples cutout every about 100 m have a heat shrinkage rate measured by immersion in hot water of 90° C. for 10 seconds of 30% or more and 80% or less and ±3% or less of an average in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Patent number: 11707925
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester film suitable for use as a sealant, which not only has high heat sealing strength, but also is less liable to adsorb various organic compounds, and has a less shrinkage in heating and high tensile strength. Further, the present invention provides a laminate comprising at least one layer of the polyester film, and a packaging bag including the same. The polyester film which is formed with a polyester resin whose main constituent is ethylene terephthalate. The film has at least one heat sealing layer. The film has a predetermined heat sealing strength, a predetermined difference in reversing heat capacity measured with a temperature modulated DSC, and a predetermined heat shrinkage. Further, the laminate comprises at least one layer of the polyester film, and the packaging bag includes the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Ishimaru, Masayuki Haruta
  • Publication number: 20230191820
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide a packaging and a display material which permit printing in distinct fashion by a laser, and which are of high transparency. [SOLUTION MEANS] A display material having at least one layer permitting printing as a result of laser irradiation, the display material being such that the printing occurs due to change in color caused by the laser irradiation in at least one region of said layer; when a digital microscope is used to carry out cross-sectional observation of said printed region and a nonprinted region, a significant difference in at least any one of RGB values indicating color elements is observed; and thickness of said printed region is not less than 5?m but not greater than 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20230151146
    Abstract: The invention provides a copolymerized polyester raw material for film, wherein (1) the copolymerized polyester raw material comprises 5-40 mol % of constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of total glycol component amount in whole polyester resin component; (2) the copolymerized polyester raw material comprises 0-5 mol % of constituent unit derived from a monomer component which can become an amorphous component in whole polyester resin component; (3) the copolymerized polyester raw material has a glass transition temperature of 73° C. or lower; (4) the copolymerized polyester raw material has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.60-0.85 dl/g; and (5) the copolymerized polyester raw material has a melt viscosity of 200 Pa·S or less in a measurement at 255° C. and shear rate of 6080/S, as well as a heat-shrinkable polyester film which is produced by the raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki HARUTA
  • Patent number: 11608204
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable film that has (1) a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 90-140° C.; (2) shrinkage of 12% or less in a main shrinkage direction when treated in glycerin at 80° C. for 10 seconds; (3) shrinkage of 12% or less in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction when treated in glycerin at 140° C. for 10 seconds; (4) shrinkage of 30%-80% in the main shrinkage direction when treated in glycerin at 140° C. for 10 seconds; (5) a tensile elongation at break of 10% or more both in the main shrinkage direction and the orthogonal direction after aging of 672 hours at 50° C. and 70% RH; and (6) a difference of 5% or less between shrinkage at 140° C. in the main shrinkage direction after aging of 672 hours at 50° C. and 70% RH, and shrinkage at 140° C. in the main shrinkage direction before the aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Haruta