Patents by Inventor Michihiko Namba

Michihiko Namba 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: 9783700
    Abstract: An overcoating liquid contains a hydrodispersible polyurethane; a compound represented by Chemical formula 1: C6F13—CH2CH2O(CH2CH2O)nH, where n represents an integer of from 1 to 40; a compound represented by Chemical formula 2: HOR1R3C—(CH2)n—CR2R4OH, where R1 and R2 each, independently represent alkyl groups having three to six carbon atoms, R3 and R4 each, independently represent methyl groups or ethyl groups, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 6; and water, wherein the overcoating liquid is applied to the surface of a recording medium onto which inkjet ink is already discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tamai, Michihiko Namba, Akihiko Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20170174919
    Abstract: An ink including: water; at least one organic solvent; a polysiloxane surfactant; and acryl-silicone resin particles, where the polysiloxane surfactant has an HLB value of 8 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro KIDO, Juichi FURUKAWA, Hidefumi NAGASHIMA, Yuta NAKAMURA, Masaaki TSUDA, Hikaru KOBAYASHI, Yukihiro IMANAGA, Michihiko NAMBA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Takahiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170158892
    Abstract: Provided is an ink including: a coloring material; an organic solvent; resin particles; an amine compound; and water, wherein the resin particles include urethane resin particles, and urethane-modified acrylic resin particles including a core portion containing an acrylic resin and a shell portion formed on a surface of the core portion and containing at least a urethane resin, and wherein the amine compound has a boiling point of 120 degrees C. or higher but 200 degrees C. or lower and a molecular weight of 100 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Michihiko NAMBA, Kiminori MASUDA, Amika SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20170151780
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes applying one or more drive pulses to a pressure generating device of a recording head including a nozzle plate, a liquid chamber, and discharging droplets of ink from the nozzle. Also, the following conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied. 1. The ink has a dynamic surface tension 10 mN/m or more greater than the static surface tension of the ink when the surface life length is 15 ms and 3 mN/m or more greater than the static surface tension of the ink when the surface life length is 1,500 ms, as measured by maximum bubble pressure technique at 25 degrees C. 2. At least one of the drive pulses has a voltage changing portion to draw in the ink, the voltage changing portion having a changing time of one third or more of the resonance period of the liquid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Kiminori MASUDA, Satomi ARAKI, Michihiko NAMBA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Amika SAGARA
  • Publication number: 20170114236
    Abstract: An ink set includes an ink A including water, an organic solvent A, a self-dispersible pigment, an anionic resin particle, and an amine compound having a boiling point of 120 degrees C.-200 degrees C. and an ink B including water, an organic solvent B, and a resin-coated pigment, wherein when the mass content of the amine compound is determined as 1, the mass content of the anionic resin particle is 1-100 and the mass content of the resin-coated pigment is 10-200, while the mass content of the anionic resin particle and the mass content of the resin-coated pigment are respectively based on the content per unit of mass of the ink A and the content per unit of mass of the ink B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Amika SAGARA, Michihiko NAMBA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Kiminori MASUDA
  • Patent number: 9518190
    Abstract: To provide an inkjet ink, which contains: water; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and a colorant, wherein the wetting agent contains at least an amide compound represented by the following structural formula (I):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Gotou, Kiyofumi Nagai, Michihiko Namba, Hidetoshi Fujii, Yuuki Yokohama
  • Patent number: 9505234
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes forming an image on a coated layer provided at least one side of the substrate of a recording medium with ink containing a colorant; and then applying a post-processing fluid comprising a resin to the image; wherein the application amount per unit area of the post-processing fluid to the image is controlled to be less than the application amount per unit area of the ink to form the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Bannai, Hidefumi Nagashima, Mariko Kojima, Michihiko Namba
  • Patent number: 9487666
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a colorant; a compound containing a group expressed by the following Structural Formula (1), and a defoamer, C6F13—CH2CH2— Structural Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tamai, Michihiko Namba, Akihiko Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20160264807
    Abstract: An ink is provided. The ink includes a colorant, an organic solvent, a resin particle including an anionic urethane resin, and an organic amine compound having a boiling point in the range of from 120° C. to 200° C. and a molecular weight of 100 or less, and water, and the mass ratio of the organic amine compound to the resin particle is in the range of from 0.01 to 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Amika SAGARA, Hidetoshi Fujii, Michihiko Namba, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kiminori Masuda
  • Publication number: 20160222234
    Abstract: An ink includes a pigment, a wax, a water soluble solvent including a solvent having an SP value of from 9.0 to 11.0, and water, wherein the mass ratio of the content of the wax in the ink to the content of the solvent having an SP value of from 9.0 to 11.0 is in a range of from 1.0:2.5 to 1.0:25.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Hiroshi GOTOU, Michihiko NAMBA, Hidetoshi FUJII, Amika SAGARA, Kazukiyo NAGAI, Tomoyuki SHIMADA, Shigeyuki HARADA, Yoshiki YANAGAWA, Akiyoshi SABU, Yuusuke KOIZUKA, Masayuki FUKUOKA, Takuya YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160160161
    Abstract: A cleaning filling liquid for inkjet device comprising: Water; 10.0% by mass to 45% by mass per whole amount of the cleaning filling liquid of an amide compound having following structural formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi TAMAI, Tomohiro INOUE, Hiroshi GOTOU, Michihiko NAMBA, Akihiko GOTOH, Kiyofumi NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20160137862
    Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a colorant; a compound containing a group expressed by the following Structural Formula (1), and a defoamer, C6F13—CH2CH2— Structural Formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi TAMAI, Michihiko NAMBA, Akihiko GOTOH
  • Patent number: 9321921
    Abstract: A post-treatment liquid for inkjet recording including a urethane resin, a fluorosurfactant, a water-soluble organic solvent and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Michihiko Namba
  • Patent number: 9321931
    Abstract: A pre-processing fluid contains water, a water soluble organic solvent, a water soluble flocculant, a compound represented by C6F13—CH2CH2O(CH2CH2O)nH Chemical formula 1, where n represents an integer of from 1 to 40, and a compound represented by HOR1R3C—(CH2)m—CR2R4OH Chemical formula 2, where R1 and R2 each, independently represent alkyl groups having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 each, independently represent methyl groups or ethyl groups, and m represents an integer of from 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Tamai, Michihiko Namba, Shosuke Aoai
  • Patent number: 9259935
    Abstract: A cleaning liquid used for cleaning an ink flow channel in an inkjet recorder includes water; a hydrosoluble organic solvent; a compound having the following formula (1): wherein n represents an integer of from 1 to 40; and a compound having the following formula (2): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent an alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms; R3 and R4 independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tamai, Michihiko Namba, Akihiko Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20160024323
    Abstract: A pre-processing fluid contains water, a water soluble organic solvent, a water soluble flocculant, a compound represented by C6F13—CH2CH2O(CH2CH2O)nH Chemical formula 1, where n represents an integer of from 1 to 40, and a compound represented by HOR1R3C—(CH2)m—CR2R4OH Chemical formula 2, where R1 and R2 each, independently represent alkyl groups having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 each, independently represent methyl groups or ethyl groups, and m represents an integer of from 1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi TAMAI, Michihiko Namba, Shosuke AOAI
  • Publication number: 20150367667
    Abstract: A processing fluid contains a water soluble cation polymer having a quaternary ammonium cation in the main chain, either of one of phosphoric acid-based inorganic salt and p-tert-butyl benzoate, and water, wherein the phosphoric acid-based inorganic salt is either of one of disodium monohydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium polyphosphate, dipotassium monohydrogen phosphate, and potassium dihydrogen phosphate, wherein the water soluble cation polymer accounts for 40% by weight to 60% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Shosuke AOAI, Michihiko NAMBA
  • Patent number: 9206329
    Abstract: A pre-treatment liquid includes a flocculant formed of a water-soluble cationic polymer obtained by copolymerizing an amine monomer and an epihalohydrin monomer; a surface conditioner; a surfactant; a water-soluble organic solvent; and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiko Namba, Shohsuke Aoai, Tsutomu Maekawa, Shinya Seno
  • Patent number: 9205677
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes imparting a pre-processing fluid to a coated layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate of a recording medium, drying the pre-processing fluid, and forming an image on the recording medium by ejecting an aqueous ink thereon. The pre-processing fluid contains a hydrosoluble organic solvent, a flocculating agent formed of a quaternary salt of an adduct of alkyl amine.epichlorohydrine represented by the following chemical formula 1, and a nonion-based surfactant represented by the following chemical formula 2, wherein the aqueous ink comprises a colorant, a hydrosoluble organic solvent, and a fluorine-containing surfactant represented by the following chemical formula 3 or 4: C6F13—CH2CH2O(CH2CH2O)nH??(3) Chemical formula 3 CnF2n+1—CH2CH(OH)CH2—O—(CH2CH2O)a—Y??(4) Chemical formula 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiko Namba, Shosuke Aoai, Tsutomu Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20150307729
    Abstract: To provide an inkjet ink, which contains: water; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and a colorant, wherein the wetting agent contains at least an amide compound represented by the following structural formula (I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi GOTOU, Kiyofumi Nagai, Michihiko Namba, Hidetoshi Fujii, Yuuki Yokohama