Patents by Inventor Minoru Hisada

Minoru Hisada 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: 8057205
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics that can reduce the diameter of a filament without decreasing productivity and can stably produce nonwoven fabrics, comprising: quenching a multiple number of continuous melt-spun filaments through spinning nozzles with quench air fed to a quenching chamber, drawing the filaments, and depositing the filaments on a moving collector surface, wherein the quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in vertical direction, and an air velocity of the quench air in the lowermost stream is set higher than that of the 50 quench air in the uppermost stream. The invention also provides an apparatus for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics, wherein quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in the vertical direction, wherein the velocities of the quench air are independently controllable in the respective streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Hisada, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7780904
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics that can reduce the diameter of a filament without decreasing productivity and can stably produce nonwoven fabrics, comprising: quenching a multiple number of continuous melt-spun filaments through spinning nozzles with quench air fed to a quenching chamber, drawing the filaments, and depositing the filaments on a moving collector surface, wherein the quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in vertical direction, and an air velocity of the quench air in the lowermost stream is set higher than that of the 50 quench air in the uppermost stream. The invention also provides an apparatus for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics, wherein quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in the vertical direction, wherein the velocities of the quench air are independently controllable in the respective streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Hisada, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100196525
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics that can reduce the diameter of a filament without decreasing productivity and can stably produce nonwoven fabrics, comprising: quenching a multiple number of continuous melt-spun filaments through spinning nozzles with quench air fed to a quenching chamber, drawing the filaments, and depositing the filaments on a moving collector surface, wherein the quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in vertical direction, and an air velocity of the quench air in the lowermost stream is set higher than that of the 50 quench air in the uppermost stream. The invention also provides an apparatus for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics, wherein quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in the vertical direction, wherein the velocities of the quench air are independently controllable in the respective streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Minoru HISADA, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7384583
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics that can reduce the diameter of a filament without decreasing productivity and can stably produce nonwoven fabrics, which comprises quenching a multiple number of continuous melt-spun filaments through spinning nozzles with quench air fed to a quenching chamber, drawing the filaments with drawing air, and depositing the filaments on a moving collector surface, characterized in that the quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in vertical direction, wherein an air velocity of the quench air in the lowermost stream is set higher than that of the quench air in the uppermost stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Hisada, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070284776
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics that can reduce the diameter of a filament without decreasing productivity and can stably produce nonwoven fabrics, comprising: quenching a multiple number of continuous melt-spun filaments through spinning nozzles with quench air fed to a quenching chamber, drawing the filaments, and depositing the filaments on a moving collector surface, wherein the quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in vertical direction, and an air velocity of the quench air in the lowermost stream is set higher than that of the 50 quench air in the uppermost stream. The invention also provides an apparatus for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics, wherein quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in the vertical direction, wherein the velocities of the quench air are independently controllable in the respective streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Minoru Hisada, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20030178741
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics that can reduce the diameter of a filament without decreasing productivity and can stably produce nonwoven fabrics, which comprises quenching a multiple number of continuous melt-spun filaments through spinning nozzles with quench air fed to a quenching chamber, drawing the filaments with drawing air, and depositing the filaments on a moving collector suraface, characterized in that the quench air fed to the quenching chamber is divided into at least 2 streams in vertical direction, wherein an air velocity of the quench air in the lowermost stream is set higher than that of the quench air in the uppermost stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Minoru Hisada, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6548432
    Abstract: A polyethylene nonwoven fabric is produced by the meltblowing process using a resin composition comprising a polyethylene (A) and a polyethylene wax (B). The fabric is made up with fine fibers having a small fiber diameter and good formation. A nonwoven fabric laminate containing at least one layer comprising the polyethylene nonwoven fabric is excellent in softness, water impermeability and interlaminar bond properties. In particular, the laminate of a meltblown nonwoven fabric comprising the polyethylene nonwoven fabric and a spunbonded nonwoven fabric made up with a conjugate fiber comprising a propylene-based polymer (a) and an ethylene-based polymer (b) provides good uniformity and excellent softness, gas permeability, water impermeability and interlaminar bond strength. The laminate is advantageously used as substrate materials for sanitary goods such as disposable diapers and for packaging materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Hisada, Shigeyuki Motomura