Patents by Inventor Shingo Niinobe
Shingo Niinobe 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: 12377029Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide an alcohol composition in which hydroxypropyl methylcellulose or methylcellulose is contained in such a way that its thickening ability is exhibited so that the alcohol composition can have a viscosity that is easy to apply and difficult to spill down, and can be prevented from dripping out and/or can have high transparency, and further can have a good application feeling. The objective can be achieved by an alcohol composition comprising 60.0 parts by mass to 93.0 parts by mass of at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethanol and isopropanol, 3.0 parts by mass to 39.9 parts by mass of water, and 0.1 parts by mass to 4.0 parts by mass of at least one water-soluble cellulose ether selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and methylcellulose, wherein the alcohol composition has a loss tangent (tan ?) of 0.10 to 1.00 when measured at 20° C. under the condition of being a frequency of 1 Hz and a strain of 0.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takane Sudo, Shingo Niinobe
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Patent number: 12114683Abstract: Provided is a gelling composition capable of keeping a gel state in a food even when the food heated at 75° C. is cooled to around 45° C. at which the food can be eaten in a warm state. Specifically provided is a gelling composition comprising methyl cellulose, a 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a storage modulus G? (75° C.) at 75° C. of 3,000 to 5,500 Pa, the 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a return temperature storage modulus G? (75 to 45° C.) of 2,000 to 3,600 Pa when the temperature of the aqueous solution is returned from 75° C. to 45° C., and a 2.0% by weight aqueous solution of which has a viscosity at 20° C. of 3,000 to 10,000 mPa·s; a low temperature gelling agent; and a solvent. A food comprising the gelling composition is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Shingo Niinobe, Akira Kitamura
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Patent number: 10688024Abstract: A cleaning composition having good foamability and being capable of producing fine and stable foams with resilient texture, more specifically, a cleaning composition including a surfactant, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, and a solvent.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Shingo Niinobe, Akira Kitamura
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Publication number: 20170258077Abstract: Provided is a volatile composition having a small difference in volatilization amounts of a volatile substance within a wide temperature range from the normal temperature and enabling the control of the volatilization amount even at a high temperature by suppressing the volatilization amount of the volatile substance and by increasing the gel strength of the volatile composition. Specifically provided is a volatile composition having an alkyl cellulose having such a viscosity that a viscosity at 20° C. of a 1% by weight aqueous solution of the alkyl cellulose is 4,000 to 11,000 mPa·s as determined by a Brookfield viscometer and having such a storage elastic modulus that a storage elastic modulus G?(65° C.) at 65° C. of a 1.5% by weight aqueous solution of the alkyl cellulose is 3,000 to 4,500 Pa; a volatile substance; and a solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Akira Kitamura, Shingo Niinobe
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Patent number: 9611379Abstract: Cellulose ether powder is prepared in a safe and easy way by first adding a surfactant solution to surfaces of water-soluble cellulose ether particles, and then adding a tannin solution thereto. The powder thus prepared is free of bitterness and readily dissolvable in cold water without forming clumps.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe, Hironao Saito
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Patent number: 9222063Abstract: A composition comprising 10-80% by weight of a cellulose ether and a solvent selected from a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol, polyhydric alcohol ether, polyhydric alcohol ester, and ethanolamine is effective for purging extrusion and injection molding machines. The purging composition exerts a satisfactory purging or cleaning effect, but little abrasion effect, thus avoiding any abrasion of machine internal components by purging. Even if part of the purging composition is left within the machine after the composition is discharged out, the residue can be readily removed.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Fumie Kusaki
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Patent number: 8821624Abstract: A non-crosslinked, nonionic, water-soluble cellulose ether having a syneresis value of at least 25% by weight in which the hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group is substituted by a C6-C26 alkyl halide, monoepoxide or monoisocyanate is useful as a binder in ceramic extrusion molding.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
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Patent number: 8728224Abstract: A water-soluble binder comprising a water-soluble hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose having a methoxyl substitution of 28-30 wt % and a hydroxypropyl substitution of 5-7 wt % has a syneresis value of at least 30 wt % and a clay heat gel strength of at least 0.5 kgf. A ceramic molding composition comprising a ceramic material and the water-soluble binder has improved shape retention upon drying and is effectively molded into a ceramic part.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shingo Niinobe
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Publication number: 20140109798Abstract: Cellulose ether powder is prepared in a safe and easy way by first adding a surfactant solution to surfaces of water-soluble cellulose ether particles, and then adding a tannin solution thereto. The powder thus prepared is free of bitterness and readily dissolvable in cold water without forming clumps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe, Hironao Saito
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Publication number: 20120165518Abstract: A non-crosslinked, nonionic, water-soluble cellulose ether having a syneresis value of at least 25% by weight in which the hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group is substituted by a C6-C26 alkyl halide, monoepoxide or monoisocyanate is useful as a binder in ceramic extrusion molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
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Patent number: 8097546Abstract: A composition for ceramic extrusion-molded bodies includes a ceramic material, a water-soluble cellulose ether, a styrenesulfonate and water. A method for manufacturing a ceramic extrusion-molded body using the composition is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20110172079Abstract: A water-soluble binder comprising a water-soluble hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose having a methoxyl substitution of 28-30 wt % and a hydroxypropyl substitution of 5-7 wt % has a syneresis value of at least 30 wt % and a clay heat gel strength of at least 0.5 kgf. A ceramic molding composition comprising a ceramic material and the water-soluble binder has improved shape retention upon drying and is effectively molded into a ceramic part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Shingo Niinobe
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Publication number: 20100251770Abstract: A process for producing a transparent or opaque silica glass product including mixing a silica fine powder and a cellulose derivative and injection molding the mixture, followed by degreasing treatment and baking treatment, which is characterized in that the cellulose derivative is a cellulose derivative which causes reversible thermal gelation in an aqueous solution of at least one member selected from methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and hydroxyethylmethyl cellulose; in producing a transparent silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in water heated at a gelation temperature thereof or higher, and after cooling, the formed aqueous solution is kneaded with the silica fine powder; and in producing an opaque silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in a silica slurry containing a silica powder and heated at a gelation temperature of the cellulose derivative or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicants: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akira Fujinoki, Takayuki Imaizumi, Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe
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Patent number: 7790078Abstract: A process for producing a transparent or opaque silica glass product including mixing a silica fine powder and a cellulose derivative and injection molding the mixture, followed by degreasing treatment and baking treatment, which is characterized in that the cellulose derivative is a cellulose derivative which causes reversible thermal gelation in an aqueous solution of at least one member selected from methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and hydroxyethylmethyl cellulose; in producing a transparent silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in water heated at a gelation temperature thereof or higher, and after cooling, the formed aqueous solution is kneaded with the silica fine powder; and in producing an opaque silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in a silica slurry containing a silica powder and heated at a gelation temperature of the cellulose derivative or higher.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignees: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akira Fujinoki, Takayuki Imaizumi, Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe
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Publication number: 20100025897Abstract: A composition for ceramic extrusion-molded bodies includes a ceramic material, a water-soluble cellulose ether, a styrenesulfonate and water. A method for manufacturing a ceramic extrusion-molded body using the composition is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20080176995Abstract: Provided is a dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization that contains a hydroxypropylmethylcellulose with a degree of methoxy group substitution of 27 to 30% by mass and a degree of hydroxypropoxy group substitution of 5 to 12% by mass, in which the viscosity at 20° C. of a 2% by mass aqueous solution of the hydroxypropylmethylcellulose is within a range from 5 to 1,600 mPa·s, and in 2 ml of a 0.2% by mass solution of the hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, the number of undissolved fibers with a particle size within a range from 8 to 200 ?m, as measured by a Coulter counter method, is not more than 1,000, and the number of undissolved fibers with a particle size of 50 ?m or greater measured using the same method is not more than 20. By employing a method of producing a vinyl chloride-based polymer that uses this dispersion stabilizer, a vinyl chloride-based polymer with extremely low levels of fish eyes and defects derived from foreign objects can be produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto OOURA, Tadashi Amano, Minoru Shigemitsu, Shingo Niinobe
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Publication number: 20080164631Abstract: A process for producing a transparent or opaque silica glass product including mixing a silica fine powder and a cellulose derivative and injection molding the mixture, followed by degreasing treatment and baking treatment, which is characterized in that the cellulose derivative is a cellulose derivative which causes reversible thermal gelation in an aqueous solution of at least one member selected from methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and hydroxyethylmethyl cellulose; in producing a transparent silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in water heated at a gelation temperature thereof or higher, and after cooling, the formed aqueous solution is kneaded with the silica fine powder; and in producing an opaque silica glass product, the cellulose derivative is added in a silica slurry containing a silica powder and heated at a gelation temperature of the cellulose derivative or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2006Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., LtdInventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Akira Fujinoki, Takayuki Imaizumi, Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe
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Publication number: 20070293387Abstract: In an extrusion or injection molding composition comprising water-insoluble particles, a water-soluble binder, and water, true spherical particles having an average particle size of 0.2-20 ?m are used as the water-insoluble particles. The addition of a small amount of a binder to water-insoluble particles as the substrate facilitates molding operation and enables to produce a molded part featuring a shape stability after molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhisa Hayakawa, Shingo Niinobe
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Patent number: 6960660Abstract: A water-soluble cellulose ether is selected by judging whether the number of undissolved fibers having a size of 16–200 ?m is up to 350 fibers/2 ml in a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of the cellulose ether at 25° C. This water-soluble cellulose ether forms an aqueous solution which can be filtered without clogging and can form a very thin film without defectives.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2003Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20030236398Abstract: A water-soluble cellulose ether is selected by judging whether the number of undissolved fibers having a size of 16-200 &mgr;m is up to 350 fibers/2 ml in a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of the cellulose ether at 25° C. This water-soluble cellulose ether forms an aqueous solution which can be filtered without clogging and can form a very thin film without defectives.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2003Publication date: December 25, 2003Inventors: Shingo Niinobe, Kazuhisa Hayakawa