Patents by Inventor Noritomo KURITA

Noritomo KURITA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240050290
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing recycled pulp fibers such that articles using the recycled pulp fibers can easily achieve a uniform whiteness and users are not prone to feel psychological resistance to articles using the recycled pulp fibers. This method is described below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Noritomo Kurita
  • Patent number: 11771604
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing recycled pulp fibers such that articles using the recycled pulp fibers can easily achieve a uniform whiteness and users are not prone to feel psychological resistance to articles using the recycled pulp fibers. This method is described below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Noritomo Kurita
  • Patent number: 11773536
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing pulp fibres for saccharification from the pulp fibres of used sanitary items, said pulp fibres for saccharification having low lignin contents distributed within a narrow range, and enabling the production of pulp fibres for saccharification having superior saccharification properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Yamaki, Takayoshi Konishi, Naoto Ohashi, Toshio Hiraoka, Noritomo Kurita
  • Patent number: 11673172
    Abstract: Provided is a method that, when pulp fibers are recovered from used absorbent articles that have been put into collection bags, makes it possible to safely and sanitarily crush the used absorbent articles while suppressing costs. A method for recovering pulp fibers from used absorbent articles, the method comprising: a crushing step (S12) in which collection bags (A) in which used absorbent articles have been sealed are put into a container (65), the collection bags in the container are transferred to a crushing device (12) that communicates with the container, and, bag by bag, the crushing device crushes the used absorbent articles in the collections bags in a deactivating aqueous solution; and a separation step (S13) in which the pulp fibers, a highly water-absorbent polymer, and the deactivating aqueous solution are separated from the crushed product and deactivating aqueous solution obtained in the crushing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Takashi Kato, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20230160142
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method which is for producing pulp fibers for cellulose nanofiberization from pulp fibers of used sanitary products, and which can produce pulp fibers for cellulose nanofiberization that have low lignin content and a low distribution thereof and that have excellent cellulose nanofiberization properties. This method is described below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Noritomo Kurita
  • Patent number: 11358123
    Abstract: A method of recycling superabsorbent polymers derived from a used absorbent article, the method including: treating the superabsorbent polymers with ozone water after inactivation; reactivating, with an alkaline aqueous solution, the superabsorbent polymers treated with the ozone water; and adding hydrophilic fine particles to the superabsorbent polymers reactivated with the alkaline aqueous solution and then drying the superabsorbent polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Takashi Kato, Kouichi Yamaki, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20220072511
    Abstract: A method of recycling superabsorbent polymers derived from a used absorbent article, the method including: treating the superabsorbent polymers with ozone water after inactivation; reactivating, with an alkaline aqueous solution, the superabsorbent polymers treated with the ozone water; and adding hydrophilic fine particles to the superabsorbent polymers reactivated with the alkaline aqueous solution and then drying the superabsorbent polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Takashi Kato, Kouichi Yamaki, Noritomo Kurita
  • Patent number: 11131061
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method which, in the process of manufacturing recycled pulp fibers from a mixture of pulp fibers and a high water-absorption polymer, enables efficient manufacturing of the recycled pulp fibers while properly removing the high water-absorption polymer from the pulp fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Takashi Kato, Noritomo Kurita
  • Patent number: 11021839
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a recovery method for an organic acid. The recovery method makes it possible to efficiently recover an organic acid that is included in a deactivating aqueous solution that includes excrement. This recovery method has the following features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Takashi Kato, Yoshihide Ishikawa, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20200378066
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method which, in the process of manufacturing recycled pulp fibers from a mixture of pulp fibers and a high water-absorption polymer, enables efficient manufacturing of the recycled pulp fibers while properly removing the high water-absorption polymer from the pulp fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Takashi Kato, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20200346261
    Abstract: Provided is a method that, when pulp fibers are recovered from used absorbent articles that have been put into collection bags, makes it possible to safely and sanitarily crush the used absorbent articles while suppressing costs. A method for recovering pulp fibers from used absorbent articles, the method comprising: a crushing step (S12) in which collection bags (A) in which used absorbent articles have been sealed are put into a container (65), the collection bags in the container are transferred to a crushing device (12) that communicates with the container, and, bag by bag, the crushing device crushes the used absorbent articles in the collections bags in a deactivating aqueous solution; and a separation step (S13) in which the pulp fibers, a highly water-absorbent polymer, and the deactivating aqueous solution are separated from the crushed product and deactivating aqueous solution obtained in the crushing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Takashi Kato, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20200332467
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a recovery method for an organic acid. The recovery method makes it possible to efficiently recover an organic acid that is included in a deactivating aqueous solution that includes excrement. This recovery method has the following features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Takashi Kato, Yoshihide Ishikawa, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20200146903
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing recycled pulp fibers such that articles using the recycled pulp fibers can easily achieve a uniform whiteness and users are not prone to feel psychological resistance to articles using the recycled pulp fibers. This method is described below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20200149220
    Abstract: In this method of producing recycled fibers by removing superabsorbent polymers from fibers containing superabsorbent polymers, recycled fibers are efficiently produced while the superabsorbent polymers are suitably removed from the fibers. This method produces recycled fibers from a mixture of fibers and superabsorbent polymers. This method involves a continuous treatment step (S36) in which, in a treatment tank (31) having a treatment solution that can dissolve superabsorbent polymers, superabsorbent polymers are dissolved while a mixed solution (51) that contains water and fibers containing superabsorbent polymers is continuously supplied at a first flow rate, and the treatment solution (52) containing the removed fibers is continuously discharged to outside of the treatment tank at a second flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20200141055
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing pulp fibres for saccharification from the pulp fibres of used sanitary items, said pulp fibres for saccharification having low lignin contents distributed within a narrow range, and enabling the production of pulp fibres for saccharification having superior saccharification properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Yamaki, Takayoshi Konishi, Naoto Ohashi, Toshio Hiraoka, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20200131702
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method which is for producing pulp fibers for cellulose nanofiberization from pulp fibers of used sanitary products, and which can produce pulp fibers for cellulose nanofiberization that have low lignin content and a low distribution thereof and that have excellent cellulose nanofiberization properties. This method is described below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi Konishi, Toshio Hiraoka, Noritomo Kurita
  • Publication number: 20180177645
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric has: a base section that is spread in a flat manner and that comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite each other; and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from the first surface of the base section in the thickness direction. Each of the protrusions is provided with a peripheral surface section that rises from the first surface of the base section in the thickness direction and a peak surface section comprising a peak surface formed on the vertex of the protrusion. The fiber density of the peripheral surface section is higher than the fiber density of the peak surface section. At least part of a peak surface peripheral edge part of the peak surface section is configured as a thickest section having the thickest thickness of the nonwoven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiro KIMURA, Ko DETANI, Noritomo KURITA