Patents by Inventor Shigehiro Tanaka
Shigehiro Tanaka 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: 9102840Abstract: A polyurethane resin-bonded pigment may exhibit excellent image density, dispersibility, storage stability, and resolubility, and may form an ink film that exhibits marker resistance and rubfastness. The polyurethane resin-bonded pigment is produced by bringing (I) a pigment having a surface acidic group into contact with (II) a basic compound having two or more amino groups selected from a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule in an aqueous medium to obtain a pigment having an unreacted surface amino group, and bringing the pigment having an unreacted surface amino group into contact with (III) a water-dispersible polyurethane resin having an isocyanate end group and (IV) a polyisocyanate compound to bond the pigment having an unreacted surface amino group and the water-dispersible polyurethane resin (III) having an isocyanate end group via a urea bond.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Tanaka, Asami Takenaka, Yukari Ishibashi
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Patent number: 9045583Abstract: A pigment that exhibits excellent image density, dispersibility, storage stability, and resolubility, and forms an ink film that exhibits marker resistance and rubfastness is provided. A polyurethane resin-bonded pigment is produced by bringing (I) a pigment having a surface acidic group into contact with (II) a water-dispersible polyurethane resin having a tertiary amino group and an anionic polar group or a nonionic polar chain in an aqueous medium. The pigment (I) is preferably self-dispersible carbon black having a surface acidic group.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukari Ishibashi, Asami Takenaka, Shigehiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 9018317Abstract: A method for producing a pigment dispersion composition having excellent image density, dispersibility, and storage stability, has high resolubility, and forms an ink film having excellent marker resistance and scratch resistance. The method includes bringing a pigment (I) having a surface acidic group and a basic compound (II) having two or more ammo groups selected from a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule, into contact with each other in an aqueous medium to prepare a pigment having an unreacted surface amino group, bringing the pigment into contact with a polyisocyanate polyurethane resin (III) having two or more isocyanate end groups so that the pigment and the polyisocyanate polyurethane resin are bonded via a urea bond to prepare a dispersion of a polyurethane resin-bonded pigment (A), and heating the dispersion of the polyurethane resin-bonded pigment (A) at 40 to 100° C. for 1 to 30 days.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Asami Takenaka, Shigehiro Tanaka, Yukari Ishibashi
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Publication number: 20130338319Abstract: A method for producing a pigment dispersion composition having excellent image density, dispersibility, and storage stability, has high resolubility, and forms an ink film having excellent marker resistance and scratch resistance. The method includes bringing a pigment (I) having a surface acidic group and a basic compound (II) having two or more amino groups selected from a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule, into contact with each other in an aqueous medium to prepare a pigment having an unreacted surface amino group, bringing the pigment into contact with a polyisocyanate polyurethane resin (III) having two or more isocyanate end groups so that the pigment and the polyisocyanate polyurethane resin are bonded via a urea bond to prepare a dispersion of a polyurethane resin-bonded pigment (A), and heating the dispersion of the polyurethane resin-bonded pigment (A) at 40 to 100° C. for 1 to 30 days.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD.Inventors: Asami Takenaka, Shigehiro Tanaka, Yukari Ishibashi
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Publication number: 20130217826Abstract: A polyurethane resin-bonded pigment may exhibit excellent image density, dispersibility, storage stability, and resolubility, and may form an ink film that exhibits marker resistance and rubfastness. The polyurethane resin-bonded pigment is produced by bringing (I) a pigment having a surface acidic group into contact with (II) a basic compound having two or more amino groups selected from a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule in an aqueous medium to obtain a pigment having an unreacted surface amino group, and bringing the pigment having an unreacted surface amino group into contact with (III) a water-dispersible polyurethane resin having an isocyanate end group and (IV) a polyisocyanate compound to bond the pigment having an unreacted surface amino group and the water-dispersible polyurethane resin (III) having an isocyanate end group via a urea bond.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Tanaka, Asami Takenaka, Yukari Ishibashi
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Patent number: 8497317Abstract: A method of producing a polyurethane resin-bonded pigment aqueous dispersion includes causing (I) a pigment having a surface acidic group to come in contact with (II) a basic compound having two or more amino groups selected from a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule in an aqueous medium so that the pigment has an unreacted surface amino group, and causing the pigment to come in contact and react with (III) a polyurethane resin having an isocyanate end group. A polyurethane resin-bonded pigment aqueous dispersion produced by the method exhibits excellent image density, dispersibility, and storage stability.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Sekiyama, Shigehiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20130165584Abstract: A pigment that exhibits excellent image density, dispersibility, storage stability, and resolubility, and forms an ink film that exhibits marker resistance and rubfastness is provided. A polyurethane resin-bonded pigment is produced by bringing (I) a pigment having a surface acidic group into contact with (II) a water-dispersible polyurethane resin having a tertiary amino group and an anionic polar group or a nonionic polar chain in an aqueous medium. The pigment (I) is preferably self-dispersible carbon black having a surface acidic group.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukari Ishibashi, Asami Takenaka, Shigehiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 8383743Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition for jet printer, comprising a pigment, a film forming resin and an organic solvent, the film forming resin being an acrylic copolymer containing, as a monomer unit, at least one of compounds represented by the general formulas (1) and (2): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms which may be linear or branched; and R3 and R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, and the sum of the number of carbon atoms of R3 and R4 is from 4 to 12, or R3 and R4 form a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group which is a five-membered ring formed by combination of the R3 and R4; and wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms which may be linear or branched; and X represents a group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the general formulas (3) to (9).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Akio Kumagai, Hiromichi Arakawa, Shigehiro Tanaka, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Yoshinosuke Shimamura
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Publication number: 20120190789Abstract: A method of producing a polyurethane resin-bonded pigment aqueous dispersion includes causing (I) a pigment having a surface acidic group to come in contact with (II) a basic compound having two or more amino groups selected from a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule in an aqueous medium so that the pigment has an unreacted surface amino group, and causing the pigment to come in contact and react with (III) a polyurethane resin having an isocyanate end group. A polyurethane resin-bonded pigment aqueous dispersion produced by the method exhibits excellent image density, dispersibility, and storage stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Sekiyama, Shigehiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 7705066Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent radiation curable aqueous coating composition, which is highly safe and can make the adhesion to a metal surface and the corrosion resistance compatible which have been considered to conflict with each other, particularly adhesion after severe working and solvent resistance, and particularly durability to alcohols having high polarity. The composition of the present invention contains (1) a phosphoric acid ester compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, (2) an aqueous polyurethane resin having both an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and a group capable of forming a salt, and (3) colloidal silica.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: DIC CorporationInventors: Shigehiro Tanaka, Masanori Takase, Hiroshi Matsuo, Hiroshi Kanai, Ikuro Yamaoka, Yoichiro Mori, Shin-ichi Ohara, Tadashi Fujii
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Patent number: 7608804Abstract: The present invention relates to a tilting heating apparatus in which a heating container is not lowered below the level of a tilting base when the heating container is tilted with its opening faced upward and an on-the-spot heat treatment system for a heating object.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2003Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Astencook CorporationInventor: Shigehiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20090246484Abstract: An ink for a jet printer that includes a pigment, a film-forming resin, and an organic solvent, wherein the film-forming resin includes, as the main component, an oil-modified alkyd resin or fatty acid-modified alkyd resin with an oil length of 20 to 70%, that has been modified with a modifier containing one or more oils or fatty acids selected from the group consisting of castor oil, castor oil fatty acids, hydrogenated castor oil, hydrogenated castor oil fatty acids, ricinoleic acid, and 12-hydroxystearic acid, as well as an exterior wall siding material with a picture formed by the ink and a method of producing such a material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: DAINIPPON INK AND CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Akio Kumagai, Yoshinosuke Shimamura, Shigehiro Tanaka, Ryouichi Obayashi
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Publication number: 20090130405Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition for jet printer, comprising a pigment, a film forming resin and an organic solvent, the film forming resin being an acrylic copolymer containing, as a monomer unit, at least one of compounds represented by the general formulas (1) and (2): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms which may be linear or branched; and R3 and R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, and the sum of the number of carbon atoms of R3 and R4 is from 4 to 12, or R3 and R4 form a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group which is a five-membered ring formed by combination of the R3 and R4; and wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms which may be linear or branched; and X represents a group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the general formulas (3) to (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: DAINIPPON INK AND CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Akio Kumagai, Hiromichi Arakawa, Shigehiro Tanaka, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Yoshinosuke Shimamura
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Patent number: 7268171Abstract: A radiation curable aqueous coating composition comprises an aqueous resin having a chemically bonded phosphate group and an ethylenic unsaturated double bond, and/or a phosphate compound having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond and an aqueous resin having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond, which has high solvent resistance and adhesion to the surface of the metal material.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2001Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Shigehiro Tanaka, Masanori Takase, Hiroshi Matsuo
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Publication number: 20070092848Abstract: The present invention relates to a tilting heating apparatus in which a heating container is not lowered below the level of a tilting base when the heating container is tilted with its opening faced upward and an on-the-spot heat treatment system for a heating object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2003Publication date: April 26, 2007Inventor: Shigehiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20040249012Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent radiation curable aqueous coating composition, which is highly safe and can make the adhesion to a metal surface and the corrosion resistance compatible which have been considered to conflict with each other, particularly adhesion after severe working and solvent resistance, and particularly durability to alcohols having high polarity. The composition of the present invention contains (1) a phosphoric acid ester compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, (2) an aqueous polyurethane resin having both an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and a group capable of forming a salt, and (3) colloidal silica.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Shigehiro Tanaka, Masanori Takase, Hiroshi Matsuo, Hiroshi Kanai, Ikuro Yamaoka, Yoichiro Mori, Shin-ichi Ohara, Tadashi Fujii
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Publication number: 20030130371Abstract: A radiation curable aqueous coating composition comprises an aqueous resin having a chemically bonded phosphate group and an ethylenic unsaturated double bond, and/or a phosphate compound having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond and an aqueous resin having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond, which has high solvent resistance and adhesion to the surface of the metal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: Shigehiro Tanaka, Masanori Takase, Hiroshi Matsuo
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Patent number: 5785516Abstract: A conveyable heating apparatus which is operable in a working place of repairing a paved road and can be carried on a vehicle. An asphalt-reclaiming apparatus 1 embodying one example of the heating apparatus comprises a combustion chamber 2 having an open top, a holding frame 3 supporting the combustion chamber 2, an oil pressure motor for rotating the combustion chamber 2, a stand 5 pivotally supporting through the holding frame 3 the combustion chamber 2, and an oil pressure cylinder 6 for effecting the inclination of the combustion chamber 2. The holding frame 3 is composed of a rear frame 3a disposed behind the combustion chamber 2, a lower frame 3b extending downward from the both ends of the rear frame 3a, and a pair of lateral frames 3c horizontally extending respectively from the rear frame 3a toward both sides of the combustion chamber 2. The combustion chamber 2 can be rotated by the oil pressure motor 4 and inclined by the action of the oil pressure cylinder 6.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1996Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: Tanaka Giken Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigehiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 5607298Abstract: A conveyable heating apparatus which is operable in a working place of repairing a paved road and can be carried on a vehicle. An asphalt-reclaiming apparatus 1 embodying one example of the heating apparatus comprises a combustion chamber 2 having an open top, a holding frame 3 supporting the combustion chamber 2, an oil pressure motor for rotating the combustion chamber 2, a stand S pivotally supporting through the holding frame 3 the combustion chamber 2, and an oil pressure cylinder 6 for effecting the inclination of the combustion chamber 2. The holding frame 3 is composed of a rear frame 3a disposed behind the combustion chamber 2, a lower frame 3b extending downward from the both ends of the rear frame 3a, and a pair of lateral frames 3c horizontally extending respectively from the rear frame 3a toward both sides of the combustion chamber 2. The combustion chamber 2 can be rotated by the oil pressure motor 4 and inclined by the action of the oil pressure cylinder 6.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1995Date of Patent: March 4, 1997Assignee: Tanaka Giken Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigehiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 5335989Abstract: An asphalt recycling apparatus includes a combustion drum which is rotatably mounted in an enclosure; the outer surface of the drum is covered with an insulating material and the enclosure includes a storage member for a gas fueled burner for treating waste asphalt pieces in the combustion drum; the enclosure is provided with a pair of doors disposed on the front side of the casing and the combustion drum is mounted for tilting movement substantially about a horizontal axis; the pair of doors are provided with a support for the combustion burner so as to direct the flame of the burner to an opening in the combustion drum; a chute door is disposed below the front opening of the casing and hinged to the casing.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1992Date of Patent: August 9, 1994Assignee: Tanaka Giken Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigehiro Tanaka