Patents by Inventor Shigetoshi Hiraishi

Shigetoshi Hiraishi 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).

  • Patent number: 6960553
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material having excellent properties such as high color-forming sensitivity (excellent thermal response), a high formed color density, freedom from ground fogging and excellent retainability of recorded image. The heat-sensitive recording material has a heat-sensitive recording layer containing (1) at least two diphenylsulfone derivatives, (2) a combination of a diphenylsulfone derivative with a hydroxybenzoic acid derivative, (3) a combination of a diphenylsulfone derivative with a diphenyl ether derivative, (4) a combination of a diphenylsulfone derivative with salicylamide or a derivative thereof, or (5) a combination of 4,4?-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, salicylanilide and dibenzyloxalate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahisa Kato, Hidetaka Tsukada, Shoji Hizatate, Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Kiichiro Wakamatsu, Katsuya Shito, Makoto Ida
  • Publication number: 20030186810
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material having excellent properties such as high color-forming sensitivity (excellent thermal response), a high formed color density, freedom from ground fogging and excellent retainability of recorded image. The heat-sensitive recording material has a heat-sensitive recording layer containing (1) at least two diphenylsulfone derivatives, (2) a combination of a diphenylsulfone derivative with a hydroxybenzoic acid derivative, (3) a combination of a diphenylsulfone derivative with a diphenyl ether derivative, (4) a combination of a diphenylsulfone derivative with salicylamide or a derivative thereof, or (5) a combination of 4,4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone, salicylanilide and dibenzyloxalate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahisa Kato, Hidetaka Tsukada, Shoji Hizatate, Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Kiichiro Wakamatsu, Katsuya Shito, Makoto Ida
  • Patent number: 5876898
    Abstract: A heat sensitive recording material is provided which can be simply prevented from falsification and is excellent in contrast between fixed portion and image portion, and a recording method using it is further provided. Moreover, there is provided a heat sensitive recording material capable of carrying out multicolor recording which is excellent in contrast of the image portions, density of the image portions, and image storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Haruhiko Ikeda, Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Koji Suematsu
  • Patent number: 5411798
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic recording sheet which is excellent in its production operability, magnetic recording characteristics and visible information recording characteristics. The magnetic recording sheet comprises a substrate, a magnetic recording layer which comprises a binder having a gel content of 5-75% and ferromagnetic powders and is provided on one side of the substrate, and a visible information recording layer which comprises at least one binder selected from the group consisting of a synthetic binder and a natural binder is and provided on another side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Funae, Shigetoshi Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 5395815
    Abstract: As a reversible heat-sensitive recording material which contains a normally colorless or palely colored electron donating dye precursor and an electron accepting compound capable of causing said dye precursor to change reversibly in color density due to the difference in cooling rate after heating, one in which images can be formed and erased with good contrast and images high in time stability can be maintained under environment of everyday life can be obtained by using a phenolic compound having at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon group of 6 or more carbon atoms as the said electron donating compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Ikeda, Yasuro Yokota, Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Kazuyuki Iida, Hidekazu Sano
  • Patent number: 5155087
    Abstract: A recording material containing as a color forming system (a) a colorless or light-colored dye precursor, and (b) an isocyanate compound having aromaticity, and if necessary (c) a color developer is excellent in image retention rates in terms of light resistance and plasticizer resistance and has a large degree of freedom of hues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Matsushita, Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Sadao Morishita
  • Patent number: 5106814
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material excellent in image stability and heat-responsiveness which contains an aromatic isocyanate compound, an imino compound and at least one compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents an alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Akinori Okada, Mikiya Sekine
  • Patent number: 5098738
    Abstract: A process for producing a heat-sensitive recording material superior in the stability of both base surface and recorded image, characterized by adjusting pH of a heat-sensitive coating suspension of 5 to 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignees: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Nakajima, Shigetoshi Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 5093305
    Abstract: There is disclosed a heat sensitive recording material comprising a color-forming agent consisting of an aromatic isocyanate compound and an imino compound, and a phenol compound; said recoridng material being excellent in storability of image and storability of non-image area as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Susumu Yamanobe, Yutaka Shimura
  • Patent number: 5079211
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat sensitive recording material which is less in fog in background area and has superior color toning effect with high image storage stability which contain a fluoran compound represented by the following formula in addition to an aromatic isocyanate compound and an imino compound having at least one >C.dbd.NH group which forms color upon application of heat: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a cyclohexyl group or an allyl group and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group, a cyclohexyl group or an aralkyl group. This heat sensitive recording material may further contain a heat fusible substance and/or a phenol compound to further improve heat responsivity or anti-fogging properties of background portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Yutaka Shimura, Toshimitsu Nakajima, Shigetoshi Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 5043315
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer provided on the support, said heat-sensitive recording layer comprising an aromatic or heterocyclic isocyanate compound and an imino compound which reacts with the isocyanate compound to form color upon heating, said isocyanate compound being in the form of particles having an average diameter of 0.7-3.0 .mu.m. With use of the heat-sensitive recording material, images sufficient in optical density for practical use can be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Mikiya Sekine, Shigetoshi Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 5043312
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer provided on the support, said heat-sensitive recording layer comprising an aromatic or heterocyclic isocyanate compound, an imino compound, a binder, a specific alcoholic compound, and preferably, a specific biphenyl derivative. The heat-sensitive recording material have an excellent image preservability and heat responsiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Akinori Okada, Mikiya Sekine
  • Patent number: 5036039
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising an aromatic isocyanate compound, an imino compound which reacts with said aromatic isocyanate compound upon application of heat to form color, and a support, wherein a coating color comprising a dispersion obtained by pulverizing a mixture of said aromatic isocyanate compound and an alcoholic compound has been coated on the support. This heat-sensitive recording material is excellent in image stability and sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Mikiya Sekine, Shigetoshi Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 5013629
    Abstract: A color image recording material which can afford full color images superior in resolution and shelf stability is provided by forming a whitening layer having a specific property and an image receiving layer and, if necessary, a transparent film layer in succession on a photosensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
    Inventors: Mikiya Sekine, Shigetoshi Hiraishi
  • Patent number: 4996183
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording material having a thermosensitive color forming layer containing a specific dispersing agent and binder mixture showing a softening point of at least 70.degree. C. can minimize occurrence of head stain at a thermal head in thermosensitive recording. The combination of sulfonic acid-containing polyvinyl alcohol and polyacrylamide or acrylamide-acrylonitrile copolymer is preferable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Otani, Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Kenji Hyodo
  • Patent number: 4983569
    Abstract: A recording material wherein a color forming system comprising (a) a fluorene compound as a dye precursor, (b) a color developer, (c) an isocyanate compound, and (d) in imido compound, gives a developed color image having an absorption at near infrared portion and excellent image storability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Mitsuru Fuchigami, Masahiro Miyauchi, Kazuo Kabashima
  • Patent number: 4965237
    Abstract: This invention relates to a thermal printing material comprising a substrate and a thermal printing layer formed thereon containing an aromaticity-possessing isocyanate compound, an imino compound having at least one>C.dbd.NH group which reacts with said aromaticity-possessing isocyanate compound on heating to produce color, and one or more aniline derivatives having at least one amino group, said thermal printing layer being intended to improve the image storage properties, in particular, the storage properties of color-undeveloped portion (ground), and it can be utilized in recorders for measurements, facsimiles, printers, terminals of computers, labels, and automatic ticket vending machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd., Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Kazuo Kabashima
  • Patent number: 4963457
    Abstract: The photosensitive, pressure-sensitive recording sheet of plain paper transfer type of the present invention can be obtained by coating on a substrate, microcapsules mainly containing a photocurable resin and a reactant. This photosensitive, pressure-sensitive sheet can conduct multicolor transfer recording on a plain paper and accordingly has a very high industrial value in light of recent request for transfer recording of color manuscripts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd
    Inventors: Toshihiko Matsushita, Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Sadao Morishita
  • Patent number: 4948695
    Abstract: This invention relates to a photosensitive heat-transfer recording sheet and a photosensitive pressure-sensitive recording sheet both using photocurable microcapsules. These sheets enable transfer of multi-color images onto plain papers and accordingly have a very important industrial significance under the present situation where duplicate recording of color images is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Matsushita, Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Sadao Morishita
  • Patent number: 4880767
    Abstract: A recording material wherein a color forming system comprising (a) a fluorene compound as a dye precursor, (b) a color developer, (c) an isocyanate compound, and (d) an imino compound, gives a developed color image having an absorption at near infrared portion and excellent image storability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Hiraishi, Mitsuru Fuchigami, Masahiro Miyauchi, Kazuo Kabashima