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).

  • Patent number: 8673414
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film with very good perforation-tear property and also very high productivity. A heat-shrinkable polyester film made of a polyester resin including ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent and containing 15% by mole or more of at least one monomer capable of forming an amorphous component in the whole components of the polyester resin, which exhibits specific heat shrinkage properties and specific mechanical properties after the heat shrinkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Norimi Tabota, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20130034673
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat shrinkable polyester film which does not suffer (namely natural shrinkage), is suppressed in decrease of the shrinkage in the main shrinkage direction, and is able to be beautifully and efficiently fitted to a container or the like without changing the temperature conditions for heat shrinkage when the heat shrinkable polyester film is fitted, as a label, to the container or the like by means of heat shrinkage even after high-temperature summer storage in an out door warehouse which has no temperature control system. Specifically disclosed is a heat shrinkable polyester film which is formed from a polyester resin that is mainly composed of ethylene terephthalate and contains 3-12% by mole (inclusive) of one or more monomer components, which can be amorphous components, relative to all the polyester resin components. The heat shrinkable polyester film is characterized in that the shrinkage in 80° C. glycerin, the shrinkage in 130° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Katsuya Ito
  • Publication number: 20130008821
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-shrinkable polyester film which, even when stored in an outside warehouse which is not temperature-controlled during a hot summer, does not result in the film shrinking (so-called natural shrinkage); which further has a low decrease in shrinkage rate in the main shrinkage direction, and which can be attached aesthetically and efficiently without changing the temperature conditions for causing heat shrinkage when attaching as a label by heat-shrinking the same to a container (e.g., a plastic bottle). The disclosed heat-shrinkable polyester film comprises a polyester resin having ethylene terephthalate as a main component and containing at least 7 mol % of at least one monomer capable of forming an amorphous component in the whole component of polyester resin. In the heat-shrinkable polyester film, the 80° C.-120° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Yukinobu Mukoyama
  • Patent number: 8232351
    Abstract: The inventive heat-shrinkable polystyrene film is high in shrinkability in the longitudinal direction that is its main shrinkage direction, is excellent in perforated line openability, and has high toughness. The heat-shrinkable polystyrene film is characterized by particular values with respect to hot-water heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal and width directions, right angle tear strength in the width direction, and breaking energies in the longitudinal and width directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukinobu Mukoyama, Shota Hayakawa, Naonobu Oda, Masayuki Haruta, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Patent number: 8206797
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester film is obtained which is extremely satisfactory in openability along a perforation, has exceedingly high productivity, and is less apt to split in the lengthwise direction in processing, e.g., printing. Provided is a label which is formed from the heat-shrinkable film and is satisfactorily tearable. The label is one formed from a tubular material which comprises as a base a heat-shrinkable film thermally shrinking mainly in the film width direction and which has been cut according to an object to be packaged, both edges in the film width direction having been bonded to each other. The tubular material has been thermally shrunk to constitute the label, with which at least part of the periphery of the object to be packaged is covered. The label has an angle tear strength in the direction perpendicular to the main shrinkage direction (i.e., in the film length direction) of 100-310 N/mm and a tensile break strength in the direction perpendicular to the main shrinkage direction (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masakazu Iwasaki, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20120100363
    Abstract: Disclosed is a void-containing heat-shrinkable polyester film which is composed of at least two layers, wherein at least one of the layers is a polyester resin layer comprising a cyclic polyolefin resin and containing voids. The film has an apparent specific gravity of less than 1.00 and has specified heat shrinking properties and mechanical properties. Also disclosed is a void-containing heat-shrinkable polyester film as mentioned above, which exhibits specified cuttability along a perforation. Further disclosed is a process for producing a void-containing heat-shrinkable polyester film as mentioned above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigetomo Yamamoto, Masayuki Haruta, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Masakazu Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20120043248
    Abstract: There is provided a thermally shrinkable polyester film where the opening ability along the perforation is very good. A thermally shrinkable polyester film comprising polyester resin in which ethylene terephthalate is a main constituting component and not less than 13 molar % of one or more monomer component (s) which can become non-crystalline component is/are contained in the total polyester resin components, wherein the film has specific thermally shrinking characteristics and specific mechanical characteristics after thermal shrinking treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20110008607
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable white polyester film is provided which has extremely satisfactory cuttability along a perforation and has light-shielding properties. Also provided are: a label; and a process for producing the film with high productivity. The heat-shrinkable white polyester film comprises a polyester resin constituted of ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent component and containing at least 13 mol % one or more monomer ingredients capable of serving as an amorphous component among all components of the polyester resin. This film has specific heat shrinkability, specific light-shielding properties, and specific mechanical properties. The process is excellent in the productivity of the film. The label is obtained from the heat-shrinkable white polyester film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Yukinobu Mukoyama, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Patent number: 7829655
    Abstract: In the heat-shrinkable polyester film of the present invention, the main shrinkage direction is the longitudinal direction. In addition, the hot-water heat shrinkage ratios in the longitudinal direction and the width direction when the film is treated in hot water at 90° C. for 10 seconds, the refractive indexes in the longitudinal direction and the width direction and the natural shrinkage ratio after aging at 40° C. and 65% RH for 700 hours or more are each controlled in predetermined ranges. The heat-shrinkable polyester film of the present invention is manufactured by stretching an unstretched film at a ratio of 2.5 times or more and 6.0 times or less in the width direction at a temperature of Tg+5° C. or more and Tg+40° C. or less, passing the film in an intermediate zone that does not execute an active heating operation, heat-treating the film at a temperature of 100° C. or more and 170° C. or less over a period of 1.0 second or more and 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takurou Endo, Masayuki Haruta, Norimi Tabota, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20100260951
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable polyester film is obtained which is extremely satisfactory in openability along a perforation, has exceedingly high productivity, and is less apt to split in the lengthwise direction in processing, e.g., printing. Provided is a label which is formed from the heat-shrinkable film and is satisfactorily tearable. The label is one formed from a tubular material which comprises as a base a heat-shrinkable film thermally shrinking mainly in the film width direction and which has been cut according to an object to be packaged, both edges in the film width direction having been bonded to each other. The tubular material has been thermally shrunk to constitute the label, with which at least part of the periphery of the object to be packaged is covered. The label has an angle tear strength in the direction perpendicular to the main shrinkage direction (i.e., in the film length direction) of 100-310 N/mm and a tensile break strength in the direction perpendicular to the main shrinkage direction (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masakazu Iwasaki, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20100247845
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a heat-shrinkable polyester film which is excellent in tearability along perforations and in break resistance after storage when used as labels of beverage bottles. The invention relates to a heat-shrinkable polyester film which is made of a polyester resin comprising ethylene terephthalate as the main constituent and containing at least 13 mol % of at least one monomer capable of forming an amorphous component in the whole polyester resin component and which has specific heat shrinkage characteristics and exhibits specific mechanical characteristics after heat shrinking treatment. The film can be produced by a sequential biaxial orientation process comprising longitudinal orientation step, intermediate heat treatment step, positive cooling step, transverse orientation step, and final heat treatment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Masakazu Iwasaki, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20100093938
    Abstract: The inventive heat-shrinkable polystyrene film is high in shrinkability in the longitudinal direction that is its main shrinkage direction, is excellent in perforated line openability, and has high toughness. The heat-shrinkable polystyrene film is characterized by particular values with respect to hot-water heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal and width directions, right angle tear strength in the width direction, and breaking energies in the longitudinal and width directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinobu Mukoyama, Shota Hayakawa, Naonobu Oda, Masayuki Haruta, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20090304997
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film with very good perforation-tear property and also very high productivity. A heat-shrinkable polyester film made of a polyester resin including ethylene terephthalate as a main constituent and containing 15% by mole or more of at least one monomer capable of forming an amorphous component in the whole components of the polyester resin, which exhibits specific heat shrinkage properties and specific mechanical properties after the heat shrinkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Haruta, Norimi Tabota, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Publication number: 20090270584
    Abstract: In the heat-shrinkable polyester film of the present invention, the main shrinkage direction is the longitudinal direction. In addition, the hot-water heat shrinkage ratios in the longitudinal direction and the width direction when the film is treated in hot water at 90° C. for 10 seconds, the refractive indexes in the longitudinal direction and the width direction and the natural shrinkage ratio after aging at 40° C. and 65% RH for 700 hours or more are each controlled in predetermined ranges. The heat-shrinkable polyester film of the present invention is manufactured by stretching an unstretched film at a ratio of 2.5 times or more and 6.0 times or less in the width direction at a temperature of Tg+5° C. or more and Tg+40° C. or less, passing the film in an intermediate zone that does not execute an active heating operation, heat-treating the film at a temperature of 100° C. or more and 170° C. or less over a period of 1.0 second or more and 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takurou Endo, Masayuki Haruta, Norimi Tabota, Katsuhiko Nose
  • Patent number: D576601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yasuda, Hiromitsu Kimura, Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: D497358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Yoshihito Takeuchi, Katsuhiko Taira, Masayuki Haruta