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).
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Patent number: 11981053Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: 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
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Publication number: 20220063141Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Akio SATO, Yoshihiro KAITSUKA, Shin NAKAMURA, Keitaro HAYASHI, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Mitsuo KUMATA, Yukihito NOZAKI, Tomoho KIKUCHI, Kunihiko HATAZAWA
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Patent number: 10800585Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouichi Tsuchiya, Mitsuo Kumata, Yusuke Okubo
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Patent number: 10787296Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Okubo, Mitsuo Kumata
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Publication number: 20180305089Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: Nippon Closures Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke OKUBO, Mitsuo KUMATA
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Patent number: 10065233Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Mitsuo Kumata
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Publication number: 20170137188Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.Inventors: Kouichi TSUCHIYA, Mitsuo KUMATA, Yusuke OKUBO
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Publication number: 20170036825Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Kitano, Haruhiko Kondo, Yuko Fukuoka, Mitsuo Kumata, Katsuhito Ichimura, Yusuke Okubo
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Patent number: 9511905Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.Inventors: Youichi Tsujiguchi, Shinji Ooka, Shinji Oomori, Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka, Manabu Aihara
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Publication number: 20150135508Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Mitsuo Kumata
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Publication number: 20140319093Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Youichi Tsujiguchi, Shinji Ooka, Shinji Oomori, Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka, Manabu Aihara
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Patent number: 8833590Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Kouichi Tsuchiya, Shinya Matsumoto, Hisashi Nakajima, Mitsuo Kumata, Kiyohisa Kaito
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Patent number: 8167161Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 8, 2006Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Kouichi Tsuchiya, Shinya Matsumoto, Hisashi Nakajima, Mitsuo Kumata, Kiyohisa Kaito
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Publication number: 20120074093Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: JAPAN CROWN CORK CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhito ICHIMURA, Kouichi TSUCHIYA, Shinya MATSUMOTO, Hisashi NAKAJIMA, Mitsuo KUMATA, Kiyohisa KAITO
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Patent number: 7607547Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka
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Publication number: 20080087625Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Applicant: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Kumata, Hiroomi Matsutani, Yuji Tomitaka
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Publication number: 20080073309Abstract: 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 portioType: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Nakajima, Hiroshi Sato, Mitsuo Kumata, Kiyohisa Kaito, Katsuhito Ichimura, Shinya Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20070034593Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: Katsuhito Ichimura, Kouichi Tsuchiya, Shinya Matsumoto, Hisashi Nakajima, Mitsuo Kumata, Kiyohisa Kaito
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Patent number: 6390341Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidehiko Ohmi, Tateo Kubo, Mitsuo Kumata, Mituru Shionoya
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Patent number: 6260721Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 8, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidehiko Ohmi, Tateo Kubo, Mitsuo Kumata