Patents by Inventor Noriatsu Aoi
Noriatsu Aoi 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: 8480219Abstract: Provided is an ink cartridge for containing a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including a pigment, water, and a nonionic surfactant, the ink cartridge including a remaining ink detecting portion detecting an amount of remaining ink on the basis of whether or not light is transmitted therethrough. The remaining ink detecting portion is formed of a hydrophobic resin containing a water-repellent material in the proportion of 0.14 wt % to 10 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriatsu Aoi, Kazuma Goto
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Patent number: 8328922Abstract: A water-based ink for inkjet recording exhibits a blue color defined as L*<45, 25<C*<28, 255<h<278, and comprises a mixture of dyes and pigments, glycerol and polyethylene glycol #200 as water-soluble organic solvents and a polymeric dispersant. The ink will preferably have a ratio of glycerol to polyethylene glycol 200 within the range of from 2:1 to 3.5 1. The water-based ink preferably includes C.I. Pigment Blue 60 as a colorant and provides good printing stability and good storage stability. Tests show the inks to have good jettability.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Judith D. Auslander, Richard A. Bernard, Shunichi Higashiyama, Akihiko Taniguchi, Noriatsu Aoi
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Publication number: 20110267408Abstract: Provided is an ink cartridge for containing a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including a pigment, water, and a nonionic surfactant, the ink cartridge including a remaining ink detecting portion detecting an amount of remaining ink on the basis of whether or not light is transmitted therethrough. The remaining ink detecting portion is formed of a hydrophobic resin containing a water-repellent material in the proportion of 0.14 wt % to 10 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriatsu AOI, Kazuma GOTO
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Patent number: 7972425Abstract: A water-based ink for inkjet recording exhibits a blue color defined as L*<45, 25<C*<28, 255<h<278, and comprises a mixture of dyes and pigments, specifically including C.I. Pigment Blue 60 and C.I. Acid Blue 90, with water and a water-soluble organic solvent. The blue ink provide an image which has good water resistance and high optical density.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Judith D. Auslander, Richard A. Bernard, Shunichi Higashiyama, Akihiko Taniguchi, Noriatsu Aoi
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Publication number: 20100166960Abstract: A water-based ink for inkjet recording exhibits a blue color defined as L*<45, 25<C*<28, 255<h<278, and comprises a mixture of dyes and pigments, specifically including C.I. Pigment Blue 60 and C.I. Acid Blue 90, with water and a water-soluble organic solvent. The blue ink provide an image which has good water resistance and high optical density.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Judith D. Auslander, Richard A. Bernard, Shunichi Higashiyama, Akihiko Taniguchi, Noriatsu Aoi
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Publication number: 20100166959Abstract: A water-based ink for inkjet recording exhibits a blue color defined as L*<45, 25<C*<28, 255<h<278, and comprises a mixture of dyes and pigments, glycerol and polyethylene glycol #200 as water-soluble organic solvents and a polymeric dispersant. The ink will preferably have a ratio of glycerol to polyethylene glycol 200 within the range of from 2:1 to 3.5 1. The water-based ink preferably includes C.I. Pigment Blue 60 as a colorant and provides good printing stability and good storage stability. Tests show the inks to have good jettability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Judith D. Auslander, Richard A. Bernard, Shunichi Higashiyama, Akihiko Taniguchi, Noriatsu Aoi
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Patent number: 7637993Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains self-dispersible carbon black as a coloring agent. The total content of an organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 and a salt of the organic acid is not more than 400 ppm. The organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 includes monocarboxylic acid, dicarboxylic acid and oxy acid, and the salt of the organic acid includes salts of these acids. When the water base ink is used in an ink-jet recording apparatus, the discharge stability of the ink is improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriatsu Aoi, Akihiko Taniguchi, Ryuji Kato, Hideo Ohira, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 7553361Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains self-dispersible carbon black as a coloring agent. The total content of an organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 and a salt of the organic acid is not more than 400 ppm. The organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 includes monocarboxylic acid, dicarboxylic acid and oxy acid, and the salt of the organic acid includes salts of these acids. When the water base ink is used in an ink-jet recording apparatus, the discharge stability of the ink is improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriatsu Aoi, Akihiko Taniguchi, Ryuji Kato, Hideo Ohira, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20080250968Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains self-dispersible carbon black as a coloring agent. The total content of an organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 and a salt of the organic acid is not more than 400 ppm. The organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 includes monocarboxylic acid, dicarboxylic acid and oxy acid, and the salt of the organic acid includes salts of these acids. When the water base ink is used in an ink-jet recording apparatus, the discharge stability of the ink is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriatsu Aoi, Akihiko Taniguchi, Ryuji Kato, Hideo Ohira, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 7407537Abstract: An ink set for ink-jet recording includes a pigment-based ink containing a negatively chargeable and self-dispersible pigment as a coloring agent and a dye-based ink containing an anionic dye as a coloring agent, and the ink set satisfies the following expression (1): Dci<1.1×Pci+0.0001??(1) wherein “Dci” represents an amount of counter ion (mol/g) of the anionic dye contained in the dye-based ink, and “Pci” represents an amount of counter ion (mol/g) of the self-dispersible pigment contained in the pigment-based ink. The pigment aggregation can be greatly suppressed, and the high quality printing can be stably performed when the ink set for ink-jet recording composed of the pigment-based ink and the dye-based ink is carried on an ink-jet printer provided with a conventional maintenance system that is simple and at low cost.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideo Ohira, Ryuji Kato, Akihiko Taniguchi, Noriatsu Aoi, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 7384461Abstract: The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a cyan ink and a blue ink, or a cyan ink and a green ink. The cyan ink is a light cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or more in the L*a*b* colorimetric system. A normal cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or less in the L*a*b* calorimetric system is not included in the ink set.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Narumi Kawai, Narumi Koga, Masaya Fujioka, Ryuji Kato, Noriatsu Aoi, Tomoyo Hamajima, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 7384460Abstract: A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is provided. According to this ink set, graininess in a low density printed part can be reduced without reducing a color reproduction range in red and magenta directions in a high density printed part. In addition, the color reproduction range in the red direction can be extended to improve the vividness of red color. The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a magenta ink and a red ink. The magenta ink is a light magenta ink having a lightness (L*) of about 50 or more in the L*a*b* colorimetric system. Preferably, the ink set further includes a light cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or more and a blue ink and/or a green ink.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyo Hamajima, Masaya Fujioka, Ryuji Kato, Noriatsu Aoi, Narumi Koga, Narumi Kawai, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Patent number: 7357832Abstract: A water base pigment ink for ink-jet recording contains a pigment, a propylene glycol derivative which has a saturation vapor pressure of 2 to 10 hPa and an octanol-water distribution coefficient log P of 0 to 1.35, and dipropylene glycol-n-propyl ether. The propylene glycol derivative is contained in the ink by 0.25 to 1.5% by weight, and the dipropylene glycol-n-propyl ether is contained in the ink by 0.5 to 1% by weight. The ink is excellent in the paper surface drying performance. Further, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of the feathering and the blank stripes in letters.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Kato, Hideo Ohira, Noriatsu Aoi, Tomoyo Hamajima, Masaya Fujioka
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Patent number: 7244296Abstract: A water based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a yellow ink, a magenta ink, a cyan ink, a black ink, and a red ink and/or a blue ink each including at least a coloring agent, water and a water soluble organic solvent. In the water based ink set, a water soluble dye is employed as the coloring agent of each of the yellow ink, the magenta ink and the cyan ink, and a pigment is employed as the coloring agent of each of the black ink and the red ink and/or the blue ink. In an ink-jet recording method employing the water based ink set for ink-jet recording, the red ink and the magenta ink are employed together for a magenta-ink-recording portion, and the blue ink and the cyan ink are employed together for a cyan-ink-recording portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Kato, Noriatsu Aoi, Narumi Kawai, Tomoyo Hamajima, Masaya Fujioka, Narumi Koga
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Patent number: 7244297Abstract: A water based ink set for ink-jet recording has a yellow ink, a magenta ink and a cyan ink each having at least a coloring agent, water and a water soluble organic solvent. The coloring agent of each of the black ink and the red ink is a pigment and the coloring agent of each of the yellow ink, the magenta ink and the cyan ink is a water soluble dye. The black ink and the red ink each have a dynamic surface tension at a lifetime of 100 ms of 40 mN/m or more and 45 mN/m or less as measured by a maximum bubble pressure method at 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Kato, Noriatsu Aoi, Narumi Kawai, Tomoyo Hamajima, Masaya Fujioka
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Publication number: 20060189714Abstract: A water based ink set for ink-jet recording, capable of reducing graininess, is composed of a combination of a diluting ink and one or more coloring inks. The diluting ink contains at least water and a water soluble organic agent and does not substantially contain a coloring agent, and the coloring ink contains at least a coloring agent, water and a water soluble organic solvent. In this ink set, the dynamic surface tension of the diluting ink is set to be higher than that of the coloring ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventors: Ryuji Kato, Noriatsu Aoi, Narumi Kawai, Tomoyo Hamajima, Masaya Fujioka
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Patent number: 7073900Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which makes it possible to perform the discharge operation stably and highly accurately for a long period of time without deteriorating a metal, for example, due to corrosion and/or dissolution even when the ink makes contact with the metal composed of nickel or an alloy containing nickel for a long period of time. The water base ink for ink-jet recording is usable for an ink-jet recording apparatus provided with an ink-jet head having a metal member which is composed of nickel or the alloy containing nickel and which is disposed at least in an ink supply passage for supplying the ink to a discharge section. The water base ink for ink-jet recording contains potassium p-tert-butylbenzoate, a coloring agent which is dispersible or soluble in water, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriatsu Aoi, Akihiko Taniguchi, Masaya Fujioka, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20060132567Abstract: The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a cyan ink and a blue ink, or a cyan ink and a green ink. The cyan ink is a light cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or more in the L*a*b* colorimetric system. A normal cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or less in the L*a*b* calorimetric system is not included in the ink set.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Inventors: Narumi Kawai, Narumi Koga, Masaya Fujioka, Ryuji Kato, Noriatsu Aoi, Tomoyo Hamajima, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20060132810Abstract: A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is provided. According to this ink set, graininess in a low density printed part can be reduced without reducing a color reproduction range in red and magenta directions in a high density printed part. In addition, the color reproduction range in the red direction can be extended to improve the vividness of red color. The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a magenta ink and a red ink. The magenta ink is a light magenta ink having a lightness (L*) of about 50 or more in the L*a*b* colorimetric system. Preferably, the ink set further includes a light cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or more and a blue ink and/or a green ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2005Publication date: June 22, 2006Inventors: Tomoyo Hamajima, Masaya Fujioka, Ryuji Kato, Noriatsu Aoi, Narumi Koga, Narumi Kawai, Shunichi Higashiyama
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Publication number: 20060082630Abstract: A water based ink set for ink-jet recording has a yellow ink, a magenta ink and a cyan ink each having at least a coloring agent, water and a water soluble organic solvent. The coloring agent of each of the black ink and the red ink is a pigment and the coloring agent of each of the yellow ink, the magenta ink and the cyan ink is a water soluble dye. The black ink and the red ink each have a dynamic surface tension at a lifetime of 100 ms of 40 mN/m or more and 45 mN/m or less as measured by a maximum bubble pressure method at 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Ryuji Kato, Noriatsu Aoi, Narumi Kawai, Tomoyo Hamajima, Masaya Fujioka