Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Kumata

Mitsuo Kumata 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: 11981053
    Abstract: A compression molding device, which can obtain a high compression molding force without lowering the efficiency of article production, and whose molding means has a long service life, is provided. In the compression molding device, a one-side mold assembly moving means (58) includes a toggle link mechanism including two links (62) and (64), and a toggle link mechanism operating means (60), while an opposite-side mold assembly moving means (108) includes a hydraulic cylinder mechanism. When a one-side mold assembly (16) and an opposite-side mold assembly (18) are to be brought from an open state into a closed state, the one-side mold assembly (16) is first moved to a nearly closed state by the one-side mold assembly moving means (58), and then the opposite-side mold assembly (18) is moved from the nearly closed state to the closed state by the opposite-side mold assembly moving means (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD., TOYO SEIKAN GROUP ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Sato, Yoshihiro Kaitsuka, Shin Nakamura, Keitaro Hayashi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Mitsuo Kumata, Yukihito Nozaki, Tomoho Kikuchi, Kunihiko Hatazawa
  • Publication number: 20220063141
    Abstract: A compression molding device, which can obtain a high compression molding force without lowering the efficiency of article production, and whose molding means has a long service life, is provided. In the compression molding device, a one-side mold assembly moving means (58) includes a toggle link mechanism including two links (62) and (64), and a toggle link mechanism operating means (60), while an opposite-side mold assembly moving means (108) includes a hydraulic cylinder mechanism. When a one-side mold assembly (16) and an opposite-side mold assembly (18) are to be brought from an open state into a closed state, the one-side mold assembly (16) is first moved to a nearly closed state by the one-side mold assembly moving means (58), and then the opposite-side mold assembly (18) is moved from the nearly closed state to the closed state by the opposite-side mold assembly moving means (108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Akio SATO, Yoshihiro KAITSUKA, Shin NAKAMURA, Keitaro HAYASHI, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Mitsuo KUMATA, Yukihito NOZAKI, Tomoho KIKUCHI, Kunihiko HATAZAWA
  • Patent number: 10800585
    Abstract: A metal cap in which a linear to be held to a cap body and separable from the cap body can be formed by a series of operations for forming the cap body and press molding the liner. The liner of the metal cap has a double-layer structure including a barrier layer on a top panel wall side and a sealing layer on the inner side of the cap body, and the barrier layer is temporarily bonded to the top panel wall with a weak adhesive at the time of molding the barrier layer and separated from the top panel wall by the natural cooling of the barrier layer after molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Tsuchiya, Mitsuo Kumata, Yusuke Okubo
  • Patent number: 10787296
    Abstract: A container lid is configured such that repeated movement of a grip piece and a connecting piece of the lid will not break the connecting piece so that the lid can be removed easily. An extension section extends upwardly from an upper end of the connecting section along an inner peripheral surface of a skirt wall of the lid. When the container lid is on the mouth-neck section of a container, an upper end part of the extension section is sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the lid skirt wall and an outer peripheral surface of a locking projection on the container mouth-neck section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Okubo, Mitsuo Kumata
  • Publication number: 20180305089
    Abstract: There is provided a container lid (2) configured as follows: Even if radially outward or upward movement and radially inward or downward movement of a grip piece (6) and a connecting piece (12) of a shell (4) are repeatedly performed when the container lid mounted on a mouth-neck section (32) of a container is to be removed from the mouth-neck section, the connecting piece is sufficiently reliably prevented from being broken at a boundary between a portion of the connecting piece of the shell surrounded by a connecting section (26) of the grip piece and a portion thereof not surrounded by the connecting section of the grip piece. The grip piece is provided with an extension section (30) extending out upwardly from the upper end of an inner surface of the connecting section along an inner peripheral surface of a skirt wall (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Nippon Closures Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke OKUBO, Mitsuo KUMATA
  • Patent number: 10065233
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cap, which can insert a sheet member easily into a predetermined position of an upper part inside a cap body, without causing deformation to the sheet member or the cap body. The sheet member does not separate when a container is brought to reduced pressure. An annular protruding portion protruding on a lower surface side is formed in an annular flat region of a sheet member of an inside plug. After or at the same time that the sheet member is inserted into and installed at a predetermined position within a cap body, the annular protruding portion is pressed axially toward a top panel wall and deformed so as to become close to a flat shape, to enlarge the outer diameter of the sheet member. The inside plug is thereby held to be inseparable from inside a skirt wall and to be axially movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Mitsuo Kumata
  • Publication number: 20170137188
    Abstract: A metal cap in which a linear to be held to a cap body and separable from the cap body can be formed by a series of operations for forming the cap body and press molding the liner. The liner of the metal cap has a double-layer structure including a barrier layer on a top panel wall side and a sealing layer on the inner side of the cap body, and the barrier layer is temporarily bonded to the top panel wall with a weak adhesive at the time of molding the barrier layer and separated from the top panel wall by the natural cooling of the barrier layer after molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi TSUCHIYA, Mitsuo KUMATA, Yusuke OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20170036825
    Abstract: Provided is an airtight container for positive pressure beverage that has a cap which is able to improve airtightness. The airtight container for beverage is provided with a beverage container and a cap. The beverage container has a body portion and a flange. The flange is continuous with an upper portion of the body portion and defines an orifice. The cap is attached to the beverage container so as to seal the orifice. The cap has a liner and an exterior body. The liner has a thin liner portion for sealing a lower side portion of the flange and a thick liner portion for sealing an upper side portion of the flange. The exterior body is fixed to the flange so as to cover the liner from an outer side, in order to seal the orifice together with the liner. The exterior body presses the thin liner portion against the lower side portion of the flange and brings the thin liner portion in close contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kitano, Haruhiko Kondo, Yuko Fukuoka, Mitsuo Kumata, Katsuhito Ichimura, Yusuke Okubo
  • Patent number: 9511905
    Abstract: A synthetic resin container closure does not render required initial torque and required secondary torque for unsealing excessively high, and but can fully reliably prevent slipping-out, a phenomenon where a locking device ascends while elastically climbing over a locking jaw portion, without causing breakage of a circumferential breakable line, at the time of unsealing. Such a synthetic resin container closure and a combination of the synthetic resin container closure and a container are provided. An inverted truncated cone-shaped fitting surface extending upwards at a radially outward incline from the base edge of an upper surface of the locking device is disposed in the inner peripheral surface of a tamper evident bottom section demarcated below the circumferential breakable line formed in a skirt wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi Tsujiguchi, Shinji Ooka, Shinji Oomori, Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka, Manabu Aihara
  • Publication number: 20150135508
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cap, which can insert a sheet member easily into a predetermined position of an upper part inside a cap body, without causing deformation to the sheet member or the cap body. The sheet member does not separate when a container is brought to reduced pressure. An annular protruding portion protruding on a lower surface side is formed in an annular flat region of a sheet member of an inside plug. After or at the same time that the sheet member is inserted into and installed at a predetermined position within a cap body, the annular protruding portion is pressed axially toward a top panel wall and deformed so as to become close to a flat shape, to enlarge the outer diameter of the sheet member. The inside plug is thereby held to be inseparable from inside a skirt wall and to be axially movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Mitsuo Kumata
  • Publication number: 20140319093
    Abstract: A synthetic resin container closure does not render required initial torque and required secondary torque for unsealing excessively high, and but can fully reliably prevent slipping-out, a phenomenon where a locking device ascends while elastically climbing over a locking jaw portion, without causing breakage of a circumferential breakable line, at the time of unsealing. Such a synthetic resin container closure and a combination of the synthetic resin container closure and a container are provided. An inverted truncated cone-shaped fitting surface extending upwards at a radially outward incline from the base edge of an upper surface of the locking device is disposed in the inner peripheral surface of a tamper evident bottom section demarcated below the circumferential breakable line formed in a skirt wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Youichi Tsujiguchi, Shinji Ooka, Shinji Oomori, Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka, Manabu Aihara
  • Patent number: 8833590
    Abstract: A metallic container closure including a shell of a thin metal sheet having a circular top panel wall (7) and a skirt wall (9), and a synthetic resin liner arranged in the shell, the skirt wall (9) having a thread-forming region and an annular groove (17) positioned at an upper end portion of the thread-forming region, wherein an internal pressure release line A extending in the circumferential direction is arranged in the skirt wall (9) at a portion over the annular groove (17), and annular bead (30) is arranged so as to pass through between the internal pressure release line A and the annular groove (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Kouichi Tsuchiya, Shinya Matsumoto, Hisashi Nakajima, Mitsuo Kumata, Kiyohisa Kaito
  • Patent number: 8167161
    Abstract: A metallic container closure comprising a shell of a thin metal sheet having a circular top panel wall 7 and a skirt wall 9, and a synthetic resin liner arranged in the shell, the skirt wall 9 having a thread-forming region and an annular groove 17 positioned at an upper end portion of the thread-forming region, wherein an internal pressure release line A extending in the circumferential direction is arranged in the skirt wall 9 at a portion over the annular groove 17, and annular bead 30 is arranged so as to pass through between the internal pressure release line A and the annular groove 17. The metallic container closure effectively releases the gas when the pressure in the container is elevated and effectively prevents the skirt wall from being deformed at a portion where the internal pressure release line A is formed when it is being wrap-seamed with the mouth-and-neck portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Kouichi Tsuchiya, Shinya Matsumoto, Hisashi Nakajima, Mitsuo Kumata, Kiyohisa Kaito
  • Publication number: 20120074093
    Abstract: A metallic container closure including a shell of a thin metal sheet having a circular top panel wall (7) and a skirt wall (9), and a synthetic resin liner arranged in the shell, the skirt wall (9) having a thread-forming region and an annular groove (17) positioned at an upper end portion of the thread-forming region, wherein an internal pressure release line A extending in the circumferential direction is arranged in the skirt wall (9) at a portion over the annular groove (17), and annular bead (30) is arranged so as to pass through between the internal pressure release line A and the annular groove (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: JAPAN CROWN CORK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito ICHIMURA, Kouichi TSUCHIYA, Shinya MATSUMOTO, Hisashi NAKAJIMA, Mitsuo KUMATA, Kiyohisa KAITO
  • Patent number: 7607547
    Abstract: A container cap which offers improved opening/closing performance and improved touch feeling. Linear protuberances are formed on the circumferential wall of the main portion of the skirt of the container cap of the container. The protuberances include large protuberances having a large height and small protuberances having heights of protrusion from the outer surface of the circumferential wall portion smaller than that of the large protuberances. The main portion has large protuberance regions forming a plurality of large protuberances and small protuberance regions forming a plurality of small protuberances, the large protuberance regions and the small protuberance regions being alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka
  • Publication number: 20080087625
    Abstract: A container cap which offers improved opening/closing performance and improved touch feeling. Linear protuberances are formed on the circumferential wall of the main portion of the skirt of the container cap of the container. The protuberances include large protuberances having a large height and small protuberances having heights of protrusion from the outer surface of the circumferential wall portion smaller than that of the large protuberances. The main portion has large protuberance regions forming a plurality of large protuberances and small protuberance regions forming a plurality of small protuberances, the large protuberance regions and the small protuberance regions being alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the main portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka
  • Publication number: 20080073309
    Abstract: A package comprising a metallic container having a mouth portion and a metallic cap with a liner fitted to the mouth portion, wherein the liner 17 of the cap includes an outer ring 20 hanging down from an outer circumferential end thereof and an inner ring 21 hanging down on the inside of the outer ring 20; the inner surface of the outer ring 20 extends straight in the vertical direction; and a corner portion from the top panel to the skirt is draw-formed while pushing the cap from the upper direction in a state where the open end of the container mouth portion is inserted, so that the inner surface of the outer ring is brought into close contact with the outer surface of the side wall portion formed at the open end of the container mouth portion, an inner protruded portion is formed at the lower end of the inner surface of the outer ring so as to protrude inward, and the inner protruded portion is brought into close contact with the outer side portion of the lower curled portion of the container mouth portio
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Nakajima, Hiroshi Sato, Mitsuo Kumata, Kiyohisa Kaito, Katsuhito Ichimura, Shinya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20070034593
    Abstract: A metallic container closure comprising a shell of a thin metal sheet having a circular top panel wall 7 and a skirt wall 9, and a synthetic resin liner arranged in the shell, the skirt wall 9 having a thread-forming region and an annular groove 17 positioned at an upper end portion of the thread-forming region, wherein an internal pressure release line A extending in the circumferential direction is arranged in the skirt wall 9 at a portion over the annular groove 17, and annular bead 30 is arranged so as to pass through between the internal pressure release line A and the annular groove 17. The metallic container closure effectively releases the gas when the pressure in the container is elevated and effectively prevents the skirt wall from being deformed at a portion where the internal pressure release line A is formed when it is being wrap-seamed with the mouth-and-neck portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Kouichi Tsuchiya, Shinya Matsumoto, Hisashi Nakajima, Mitsuo Kumata, Kiyohisa Kaito
  • Patent number: 6390341
    Abstract: A container closure is composed of a closure body, an outflow tube, and an outer cap. The outflow tube is pivotably mounted on the closure body. The outer cap is mounted on the closure body pivotably between a closed position and an open position. When the outer cap is pivoted from the closed position toward the open position, the outer cap contacts the outflow tube located at the closed position to erect the outflow tube from the closed position to the outflow position. The outer cap is then separated from the outflow tube and brought to the open position. When the outer cap is pivoted from the open position toward the closed position, the outer cap contacts the outflow tube located at the outflow position to tilt the outflow tube from the outflow position to the closed position, and the outer cap is also brought to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Ohmi, Tateo Kubo, Mitsuo Kumata, Mituru Shionoya
  • Patent number: 6260721
    Abstract: A plastic cap of this invention is opened by tearing-off and is comprising a top plate provided with a sealing portion to be engaged with the mouth of a container, a skirt extending perpendicularly from the top plate, and a tear-off portion arranged around the skirt and defining an upper closure portion for resealing and a lower opening band, wherein in the inner surface of the skirt, at an upper position than the tear-off portion, a diametrically inwardly-directed protrusion which is engaged with a jaw of the container is formed peripherally intermittently, simultaneously, at a lower position than the tear-off portion, a flap piece whose tip portion is engaged with the jaw of the bottle is formed peripherally intermittently, and the engaged protrusion and the flap piece are formed at least alternately in most of the peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Ohmi, Tateo Kubo, Mitsuo Kumata