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: 20210339973
    Abstract: Provided is a polyester film roll which has less wrinkles and film surface defects, exhibits no deviation of winding, and is suitable for secondary processing such as coating and vapor deposition. The polyester film roll is obtained by winding a biaxially oriented polyester film around a core, and is characterized by satisfying requirements (1)-(3) below: (1) the average winding hardness of the surface of the polyester film roll is in the range of 500-700; (2) the variation rate of the winding hardness of the surface of the polyester film roll in the film width direction is 1-5%; and (3) the variation rate of the average winding hardness from the surface of the polyester film roll to the core is 3-10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MANABE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20210317299
    Abstract: The invention provides an amorphous copolymerized polyester raw material for a film, wherein the copolymerized polyester raw material (1) contains ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent component, and neopentyl glycol by 15-30 mol % when a total amount of glycol component in a total polyester resin component is taken as 100 mol %, (2) contains a constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol by 7-15 mol % in the total amount of glycol component 100 mol % in the total polyester resin component, (3) has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.60 dl/g or more and less than 0.70 dl/g, and (4) has a glass transition temperature of 60-70° C. The invention also provides a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film containing the amorphous copolymerized polyester raw material, as well as a heat-shrinkable label and a packaging bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20210246301
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film, where the heat-shrinkage ratio in the width direction is high and the irregularity of thickness is small. The heat-shrinkable polyester-based film of the present invention contains 90 mol % or more of ethylene terephthalate unit based on 100 mol % of whole ester unit, wherein, the heat-shrinkable polyester-based film satisfies the requirements: (1) heat-shrinkage ratio in a width direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 90° C. hot water is 50%-75%, (2) heat-shrinkage ratio in a longitudinal direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 90° C. hot water is ?6% or more and 14% or less, (3) heat-shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 70° C. hot water is -6% or more and 6% or less, and (4) irregularity of thickness in the width direction is 1%-20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Patent number: 11084901
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyester resin for heat-shrinkable film which contains terephthalic acid as a main component of a dicarboxylic acid component, contains ethylene glycol as a main component of a diol component, and contains from 18 to 32% by mol of neopentyl glycol and from 8 to 16% by mol of diethylene glycol when a total amount of the whole diol component in total polyester resin components is taken as 100% by mol. The polyester resin has an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of from 0.70 to 0.86 dl/g, a carboxyl end group concentration (AV) of from 8 to 25 eq/t, and a color b value of from 1.0 to 12.0 in an L*a*b color system. The invention also provides a heat-shrinkable film prepared from the aforementioned polyester resin, as well as a heat-shrinkable label and packaged product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Minami, Hideto Ohashi, Masayuki Haruta, Shintaro Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20210229410
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester-based film for keeping freshness, comprising a polyester-based resin layer comprising ethylene terephthalate as a main component, wherein the polyester-based film satisfies the requirements (1) to (4); that can extend the shelf life of the contents such as fruits and vegetables when using as a packaging bag, increase a commodity value, and re-close even after the packaging bag opened. (1) the film has an O2-transmission rate of 50 [cc/(m2·d·atm)] or more and 1000 [cc/(m2·d·atm)] or less when measured at a temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity of 65% RH, (2) the film has a CO2-transmission rate of 200 [cc/(m2·d·atm)] or more and 5000 [cc/(m2·d·atm)] or less when measured at a temperature of 23° C., (3) the film has a water vapor transmission rate of 20 [g/(m2·d)] or more and 400 [g/(m2·d)] or less when measured at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90% RH, and (4) the film has an angle after folding the film of 20° or more and 80° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Hiroko MARUYAMA, Tomoyuki HASHIDA, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20210108027
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyester resin for heat-shrinkable film which contains terephthalic acid as a main component of a dicarboxylic acid component, contains ethylene glycol as a main component of a diol component, and contains from 18 to 32% by mol of neopentyl glycol and from 8 to 16% by mol of diethylene glycol when a total amount of the whole diol component in total polyester resin components is taken as 100% by mol. The polyester resin has an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of from 0.70 to 0.86 dl/g, a carboxyl end group concentration (AV) of from 8 to 25 eq/t, and a color b value of from 1.0 to 12.0 in an L*a*b color system. The invention also provides a heat-shrinkable film prepared from the aforementioned polyester resin, as well as a heat-shrinkable label and packaged product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro MINAMI, Hideto OHASHI, Masayuki HARUTA, Shintaro ISHIMARU
  • Publication number: 20210101379
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyester sealant film having at least one of a heat sealing layer and a heat resistant layer, wherein each layer consists of a polyester component containing ethylene terephthalate. The polyester sealant film has (1) a heat sealing strength of the heat sealing layers of 8-20 N/15 mm; (2) a difference in reversible heat capacity (?Cp) for the heat sealing layer of 0.5-1.1 J/g/K; (3) a ?Cp for the heat resistant layer of 0.1 to less than 0.6 J/g/K; (4) a fold holding angle of 20-60 degrees; (5) a smaller curvature radius of 50-300 mm in a longitudinal or widthwise direction; and (6) a heat shrinkage ratio of ?5% to 5% in both longitudinal and widthwise directions. The invention also provides a laminate comprising at least one layer of the polyester sealant and a packaging bag comprising the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20210061605
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film roll containing a paper tube and a heat-shrinkable polyester film wound around the paper tube to form the heat-shrinkable polyester film roll, wherein (1) the film winding length is 2000-20000 m, (2) the film width is 400-2500 mm, (3) the film thickness is 5-30 ?m, (4) unevenness in thickness in the film widthwise direction in a film roll surface layer part is 12% or less, (5) the paper tube has an inner diameter of 3 inches, a difference in clearance of the paper tube in a widthwise direction after removal of the film from the film roll is 0.5 mm or less, and a flat compressive strength of the paper tube after removal of the film is 1700 N/100 mm or more, and (6) the average value of winding hardness in the widthwise direction in the film roll surface layer part is 500-850.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki HARUTA, Norimi TABOTA
  • Patent number: 10934403
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film, which has a main shrinkage direction in a longer direction, exhibits a higher shrinkage ratio in the main shrinkage direction, has small difference in shrinkage ratio at a high temperature and a low temperature so as not likely to generate wrinkles or the like when being used as a label, and exhibits small over-time decrease in shrinkage ratio at a low temperature. The heat-shrinkable polyester film has, as a main component, ethyleneterephthalate, and an amount of a diethyleneglycol (DEG) component is 10-25 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of a polyhydric alcohol component in all of polyester resin that composes the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: 10919668
    Abstract: The inventive label is prepared from a polyester with an intrinsic viscosity of 0.58 dl/g or more. The label has a base film with a thickness of 8-30 ?m and a difference in specific heat capacity ?Cp between temperatures lower and higher than Tg of 0.2 J/(g·° C.) or more. The label has a tensile elongation at break of 5% or more in both a main shrinkage direction and an orthogonal direction. A difference between the absorbancy ratio (absorbancy at 1340 cm?1/absorbancy at 1410 cm?1) in the main shrinkage direction of the label and the absorbancy ratio in the direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction of the label is 0.2 or more. The label has a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a length in a vertical direction of the label of 3 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Norimi Tabota
  • Publication number: 20210024708
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film containing 90 mol % or more of ethylene terephthalate unit based on 100 mol % of whole ester unit, wherein at least a part of ethylene glycol and/or terephthalic acid constituting the ethylene terephthalate unit is derived from biomass resource or the heat-shrinkable polyester-based film contains polyester resin recycled from PET bottles, and the heat-shrinkable polyester-based film satisfies the requirements: (1) heat-shrinkage ratio in a width direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 90° C. hot water is 50%-75%, (2) heat-shrinkage ratio in a longitudinal direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 90° C. hot water is ?6% or more and 14% or less, (3) heat-shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 70° C. hot water is ?6% or more and 6% or less, and (4) irregularity of thickness in the width direction is 1%-20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20210016913
    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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20210016945
    Abstract: A laminated body having at least two or more different layers, wherein the laminate body is characterized by satisfying the following requirements (1) to (5): (1) the laminate body has a heat-sealing layer as at least one of the outermost layers, wherein the heat-sealing layer includes a polyester based component containing ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent component, and a sealing strength of 8 N/15 mm to 30 N/15 mm; (2) at least one layer other than the heat-sealing layer is an inorganic thin film layer; (3) a water vapor permeation rate of 0.1 g/m2·d to 6 g/m2·d; (4) an oxygen permeation rate of 5 ml/m2·d·MPa to 30 ml/m2·d·MPa; and (5) a heat shrinkage rate of ?5% to 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Patent number: 10766237
    Abstract: The polyester film is formed with a polyester resin whose main constituent component is ethylene terephthalate. The polyester film has two or more layers that include at least one fold holding layer, which is present on at least one of the film surfaces and has a total of at least one monomer component that can form an amorphous component of 12-30% by mol in all monomer components of the fold holding layer and a difference in amount of an amorphous component of 4-30% by mol obtained by deducting an amount of an amorphous component in a layer other than the fold holding layer from the amount of the amorphous component in the fold holding layer. The polyester film has a fold holding angle of 20-70 degrees and a heat shrinkage rate of 0-15% in the longitudinal and width directions when treated in 80° C. hot water for 10 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Ishimaru, Masayuki Haruta
  • Publication number: 20200207934
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film which has heat shrinkage properties in a main shrinkage direction that is the longitudinal direction, in which a variation in shrinkage in the width direction is small in the width direction, and wrinkles and strains are less likely to be generated at the time of shrinkage finishing due to a small molecular orientation angle. The heat-shrinkable polyester film is characterized by (1) a hot-water shrinkage of 50% or more in a main shrinkage direction when treated for 10 seconds in water at 98° C.; (2) a variation of hot-water shrinkages in a direction orthogonal to the main shrinkage direction for samples treated for 10 seconds in water at 98° C. of 5% or less; (3) an absolute value of a molecular orientation angle of 15 degrees or less; and (4) a refractive index difference between the main shrinking and orthogonal directions of 0.06 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20200087500
    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 (THF), 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: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi INOUE, Masayuki HARUTA, Hisao OKU
  • Publication number: 20200074888
    Abstract: Provided are a heat-shrinkable polyester-based label, and a package which each have a solvent-bonded portion where no solvent permeation-through is caused even when a film of the label is small in thickness. Provided are, in particular, a heat-shrinkable polyester-based label and a package which each have a solvent-bonded portion giving a high peel strength stably even through a high-speed tubing step, or even when the film is a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film in which a PET-bottle-recycled material is used in a large proportion. The label is a heat-shrinkable polyester-based label that is a tubular label in which both end portions of a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film are bonded to each other with a solvent composition. In this label, the solvent composition is a solvent composition containing at least 1,3-dioxolane and/or tetrahydrofuran (THF), and a polyester, and the end portion bonded has a peel strength of 2 N/15 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroko MARUYAMA, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20200023626
    Abstract: The invention provides a white polyester film formed with a polyester resin whose main constituent is ethylene terephthalate, and (1) the film has at least two or more layers, and has at least one white layer and at least one heat sealing layer, wherein at least one of the film surfaces is the heat sealing layer, and the film satisfies the prescribed requirements of (2) the peeling strength of the heat sealing layers, (3) the difference in reversing heat capacity between at a lower and a higher temperature than a glass transition temperature of the heat sealing layer, (4) the heat shrinkage in both a longitudinal and width direction when treated in hot water at 80° C. for 10 seconds, (5) the total light transmittance, and (6) the apparent specific gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro ISHIMARU, Masayuki HARUTA
  • Publication number: 20190375552
    Abstract: The invention provides an amorphous copolymerized polyester raw material for a film. The raw material contains ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent component, and contains from 18% by mol to 30% by mol of neopentyl glycol when a total amount of a glycol component in a total polyester resin component is taken as 100% by mol. The raw material contains from 8% by mol to 16% by mol of a constituent unit derived from diethylene glycol in the total amount (100% by mol) of the glycol component in the total polyester resin component. The raw material has an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.70 dl/g to 0.86 dl/g. The raw material has a melt viscosity of 200 Pa·S or less, when measured at a shear rate of 6080/S at 250° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki HARUTA, Shintaro ISHIMARU, Hideto OHASHI, Soichiro MINAMI
  • Patent number: D895354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITA METAL MFG.CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosaku Aoki, Masayuki Haruta