Patents by Inventor Minoru Nakashima

Minoru Nakashima 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: 8420703
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for collecting effective components from polyester fiber waste containing polyalkylene telephthalate as the main component, more specifically to provide a method for separating and removing foreign matters (mainly cotton) contained in polyester fiber waste. The purpose of the invention can be achieved by a method for separating and removing foreign matters from polyester waste, which includes throwing polyester fiber waste that contains polyalkylene telephthalate as the main component and foreign matters other than the polyalkylene telephthalate into a depolymerization reaction tank, subjecting a part or all of the polyester fiber to a depolymerization reaction with alkylene glycol to give a depolymerization reaction liquid, and then continuously or intermittently feeding the liquid to a foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus having specified characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Teijin Fibers Limited
    Inventors: Kouji Mukai, Minoru Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8113354
    Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide a method which targets on polyethylene terephthalate-made bottle scraps composed mainly of polyethylene and/or polypropylene, polystyrene and a polyester and which is able to treat continuously a large amount of the polyester component with a high purity and sort and recover it in a high recovery. The problem of the invention can be solved by a separation method of waste plastics, which is characterized by forming previously a crushed plastic into a water slurry, feeding the water slurry in a fixed rate range such that a swirling flow is generated within a cylindrical tank and that water rises in a fixed rate range and recovering a polyester with a high specific gravity as a precipitated component within the cylindrical tank and a plastic with a low specific gravity as an overflow component from the top of the cylindrical tank, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Teijin Fibers Limited
    Inventors: Kozo Toida, Kazumasa Mizuno, Minoru Nakashima, Hitoshi Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 7959807
    Abstract: To establish an efficient and economical useful component recovery method capable of recovering high purity useful components from a dyed polyester fiber. A method for recovering useful components from a dyed polyester fiber, includes a dye extraction step, a solid liquid separation step, a depolymerization reaction step, an ester interchange reaction step, and a useful component separation step, for recovering useful components from the dyed polyester fiber, wherein the dye extraction step includes a step of extracting and removing a dye at the glass transition temperature of the polyester or higher and at 220° C. or less with a xylene extracting solvent and an alkylene glycol extracting solvent in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Teijin Fibers Limited
    Inventors: Kouji Mukai, Minoru Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20100298524
    Abstract: A liquid mixture of terephthalic acid with an alkylene glycol suitable as a starting material mixture for a polyester polycondensation reaction is produced by preparing a liquid mixture of terephthalic acid particles prepared by the hydrolysis of a dialkyl terephthalate with at least one type of alkylene glycol and having a temperature of 100 to 130° C., and then stirring the liquid mixture for 15 minutes to 3 hours while the temperature of the liquid mixture is maintained in the above-mentioned range, to control the slurry properties of the liquid mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: TEIJIN FIBERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kozo Toida, Minoru Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20100032618
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for collecting effective components from polyester fiber waste containing polyalkylene telephthalate as the main component, more specifically to provide a method for separating and removing foreign matters (mainly cotton) contained in polyester fiber waste. The purpose of the invention can be achieved by a method for separating and removing foreign matters from polyester waste, which includes throwing polyester fiber waste that contains polyalkylene telephthalate as the main component and foreign matters other than the polyalkylene telephthalate into a depolymerization reaction tank, subjecting a part or all of the polyester fiber to a depolymerization reaction with alkylene glycol to give a depolymerization reaction liquid, and then continuously or intermittently feeding the liquid to a foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus having specified characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: TEIJIN FIBERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouji Mukai, Minoru Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20090194465
    Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide a method which targets on polyethylene terephthalate-made bottle scraps composed mainly of polyethylene and/or polypropylene, polystyrene and a polyester and which is able to treat continuously a large amount of the polyester component with a high purity and sort and recover it in a high recovery. The problem of the invention can be solved by a separation method of waste plastics, which is characterized by forming previously a crushed plastic into a water slurry, feeding the water slurry in a fixed rate range such that a swirling flow is generated within a cylindrical tank and that water rises in a fixed rate range and recovering a polyester with a high specific gravity as a precipitated component within the cylindrical tank and a plastic with a low specific gravity as an overflow component from the top of the cylindrical tank, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Kozo Toida, Kazumasa Mizuno, Minoru Nakashima, Hitoshi Nagasawa
  • Publication number: 20090133200
    Abstract: To establish an efficient and economical useful component recovery method capable of recovering high purity useful components from a dyed polyester fiber. A method for recovering useful components from a dyed polyester fiber, includes a dye extraction step, a solid liquid separation step, a depolymerization reaction step, an ester interchange reaction step, and a useful component separation step, for recovering useful components from the dyed polyester fiber, wherein the dye extraction step includes a step of extracting and removing a dye at the glass transition temperature of the polyester or higher and at 220° C. or less with a xylene extracting solvent and an alkylene glycol extracting solvent in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Teijin Fibers Limited
    Inventors: Kouji Mukai, Minoru Nakashima
  • Patent number: 7462649
    Abstract: A through process comprising depolymerization reaction of used PET bottles with EG, recovering DMT by ester interchange reaction with MeOH, obtaining terephthalic acid by hydrolysis of the recovered DMT, and manufacturing a PET polymer which can be used for manufacturing PET bottles again by using the terephthalic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takuo Nakao, Tetsuya Chikatsune, Minoru Nakashima, Minoru Suzuki, Hiroki Nagano
  • Publication number: 20070299150
    Abstract: A through process comprising depolymerization reaction of used PET bottles with EG, recovering DMT by ester interchange reaction with MeOH, obtaining terephthalic acid by hydrolysis of the recovered DMT, and manufacturing a PET polymer which can be used for manufacturing PET bottles again by using the terephthalic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Takuo Nakao, Tetsuya Chikatsune, Minoru Nakashima, Minoru Suzuki, Hiroki Nagano
  • Publication number: 20070235009
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a direct injection type spark ignition internal combustion engine can prevent the deterioration of combustion resulting from fuel adhesion according to the deterioration of performance of an injector. The apparatus includes a variety of kinds of sensors that detect an operating condition of an internal combustion engine, a target fuel injection amount calculation section that calculates a target amount of fuel to be injected based on the engine operating state, a fuel injection pressure control section that controls the injection pressure of fuel to be injected into a combustion chamber, a fuel injection timing control section, and a combustion state detection section that detects the deterioration of combustion of the internal combustion engine. The fuel injection timing control section includes a fuel pressure correction section that corrects the fuel injection pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Nakashima, Akira Huruta
  • Patent number: 7078440
    Abstract: A dimethyl terephthalate composition includes 0.001 to 200 ppm of methyl 4-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)benzoate and 0 to 1 ppm of dimethyl hydroxyterephthalate contained in dimethyl terephthalate, and exhibits improved properties as a material for producing polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishihara, Kazumasa Mizuno, Minoru Nakashima, Kazuhiro Sato, Masanori Miyamoto, Taizo Mori
  • Publication number: 20050004390
    Abstract: A through process comprising depolymerization reaction of used PET bottles with EG, recovering DMT by ester interchange reaction with MeOH, obtaining terephthalic acid by hydrolysis of the recovered DMT, and manufacturing a PET polymer which can be used for manufacturing PET bottles again by using the terephthalic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Takuo Nakao, Tetsuya Chikatsune, Minoru Nakashima, Minoru Suzuki, Hiroki Nagano
  • Publication number: 20040054019
    Abstract: A dimethyl terephthalate composition includes 0.001 to 200 ppm of methyl 4-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)benzoate and 0 to 1 ppm of dimethyl hydroxyterephthalate contained in dimethyl terephthalate, and exhibits improved properties as a material for producing polyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishihara, Kazumasa Mizuno, Minoru Nakashima, Kazuhiro Sato, Masanori Miyamoto, Taizo Mori
  • Patent number: 6706843
    Abstract: For separation and recovery of dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and ethyiene glycol (EG) from polyester waste containing foreign materials, the polyester waste is treated in EG containing a polyester depolymerization catalyst, a solid foreign material fraction floated on the surface of the resultant reaction solution is removed and the residual solid foreign material fraction is removed from the remaining solution fraction. The remaining solution fraction is distilled and concentrated and the distilled EG is recovered. A transesterification reaction catalyst and methanol are mixed into the distillation residue. The resultant reaction mixture is recrystallized and subjected to centrifugal separation to separate the reaction mixture into the DMT cake and a mixture solution, and then the cake is distilled whereby high-purity DMT is recovered. The residual mixture solution is subjected to distillation treatment for recovery of the methanol, and the distillation residue is distilled to recover EG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Ishihara, Kenji Ishida, Masanori Miyamoto, Minoru Nakashima, Kazuhiro Sato, Hideo Hasegawa