Patents by Inventor Satoshi Fukuzawa
Satoshi Fukuzawa 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: 8998786Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non-uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press-fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Uematsu
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Publication number: 20130330109Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non-uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press-fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
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Patent number: 8533953Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non-uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press-fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Canon Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
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Publication number: 20120008992Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non-uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press-fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
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Patent number: 8037607Abstract: A process for producing a conductive rubber roller having a conductive core material and a rubber layer provided thereon. The rubber layer contains at least acrylonitrile rubber, epichlorohydrin rubber and a blowing agent, and has a gas generation rate of from 2 ml/g·min to 4 ml/g·min at 170° C. to 230° C. The process has a vulcanizing and foaming step of vulcanizing and foaming the rubber layer by using a microwave vulcanizing furnace which provides hot air and irradiation with microwaves. A temperature of a heating atmosphere in the microwave vulcanizing furnace in the vulcanizing and foaming step is so controlled that a ratio of initial vulcanizing time T10 to initial foaming time Tp10, T10/Tp10, of the rubber layer is from 1 or more to less than 3 and the T10 is within 90 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Canon Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
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Publication number: 20090182065Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non-uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press-fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
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Publication number: 20090162109Abstract: A conductive rubber roller and transfer roller whose resistance value is easily controlled and which lowers contamination of a charged member and has excellent electric variability and compressive permanent set is provided at low cost. There is provided a conductive rubber roller for use in an electrophotographic process, wherein a rubber component of the conductive rubber roller has at least acrylonitrile butadiene rubber whose acrylonitrile content is 15% by mass to 25% by mass (both inclusive) and weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 500,000 to 1,000,000 (both inclusive), and epichlorohydrin type rubber whose ethylene oxide content is not less than 70% by mole to less than 90% by mole; and the acrylonitrile butadiene rubber is contained in an amount of 5 parts by mass to 80 parts by mass (both inclusive) in 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Koyama, Erika Umeki, Satoshi Fukuzawa
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Patent number: 7520057Abstract: A process produces a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2006Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Canon Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
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Publication number: 20060280928Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing a conductive rubber roller having small aspect ratios of inner and outer diameters, having a stable measure of its inner diameter, having uniform cell distribution and being free from non-uniformity of hardness and electrical resistance in the peripheral direction. The process has a step of continuously extruding a tube composed of a specific unvulcanized rubber composition from a rubber extruder in a microwave vulcanizing unit, and a step of foaming and vulcanizing the tube by using a microwave irradiator having a microwave irradiation zone 4 m or less in length while being transported at given speed. The foamed rubber tube has an inner diameter 20 to 35% smaller than the outer diameter of the conductive core material over the whole region in the lengthwise direction, and the conductive core material is press-fitted into the foamed rubber tube without using any adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicant: CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Imasaka, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Mitsuru Okuda, Erika Umeki
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Publication number: 20060202376Abstract: A blade member manufacturing process using no mold and a developer quantity control blade manufacturing process using this blade member are disclosed in which a material for the blade member is extruded onto a charge control face face-transferring sheet in a uniform thickness, and solidified to form a layer, and the layer is cut into the shape of a blade member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Canon Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Ishigaki, Mitsuru Honda, Kazuaki Iwata, Naohiko Nakano, Manabu Takashima, Satoshi Fukuzawa
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Patent number: 7074292Abstract: A blade member manufacturing process using no mold and a developer quantity control blade manufacturing process using this blade member are disclosed in which a material for the blade member is extruded onto a charge control face face-transferring sheet in a uniform thickness, and solidified to form a layer, and the layer is cut into the shape of a blade member.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2002Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Canon Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Ishigaki, Mitsuru Honda, Kazuaki Iwata, Naohiko Nakano, Manabu Takashima, Satoshi Fukuzawa
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Publication number: 20030070748Abstract: A blade member manufacturing process using no mold and a developer quantity control blade manufacturing process using this blade member are disclosed in which a material for the blade member is extruded onto a charge control face face-transferring sheet in a uniform thickness, and solidified to form a layer, and the layer is cut into the shape of a blade member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: Canon Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Ishigaki, Mitsuru Honda, Kazuaki Iwata, Naohiko Nakano, Manabu Takashima, Satoshi Fukuzawa