Patents by Inventor Shinobu Tokimi

Shinobu Tokimi 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: 10369530
    Abstract: To provide a hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane which achieves both water permeability and salt rejection ability at high level, so as to conduct, with small membrane area, a water treatment utilizing concentration difference from liquid mixture of high concentration and high osmotic pressure. A hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane comprising cellulose acetate, characterized in that, between an aqueous solution of 25° C. having sodium chloride concentration of 35,000 mg/L and freshwater of 25° C. having sodium chloride concentration of 0 g/L at 0 MPa, the permeation flow rate flown from inner side to the outer side of the hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane is 60 to 180 L/m2/day, the outer diameter of the hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane is 100 to 350 ?m, the inner diameter thereof is 50 to 250 ?m and the hollow ratio thereof is 24 to 51%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiko Shimizu, Toshiyuki Yagi, Shinobu Tokimi
  • Patent number: 10252222
    Abstract: A hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane which achieves both water permeability and selectivity in high level and performs efficient treatment using small membrane area utilizing the concentration difference from high concentration liquid having high osmotic pressure. The hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane is characterized in that, when an aqueous solution of 25° C. having NaCl concentration of 35 g/L and pressure of 1.0 MPa is flown into an outer side of the hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane having length of about 70 cm while freshwater of 25° C. having NaCl concentration of 0 g/L is flown into an inner side of one open end of the hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane and discharged from another open end at 10 kPa or less, the permeation flow rate is 30 to 70 L/m2/day. An inner diameter thereof is 50 to 200 ?m; and the hollow ratio thereof is 24 to 42%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiko Shimizu, Toshiyuki Yagi, Shinobu Tokimi
  • Publication number: 20150265976
    Abstract: To provide a hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane which achieves both water permeability and salt rejection ability at high level, so as to conduct, with small membrane area, a water treatment utilizing concentration difference from liquid mixture of high concentration and high osmotic pressure. A hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane comprising cellulose acetate, characterized in that, between an aqueous solution of 25° C. having sodium chloride concentration of 35,000 mg/L and freshwater of 25° C. having sodium chloride concentration of 0 g/L at 0 MPa, the permeation flow rate flown from inner side to the outer side of the hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane is 60 to 180 L/m2/day, the outer diameter of the hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane is 100 to 350 ?m, the inner diameter thereof is 50 to 250 ?m and the hollow ratio thereof is 24 to 51%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiko Shimizu, Toshiyuki Yagi, Shinobu Tokimi
  • Publication number: 20150008185
    Abstract: A hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane which achieves both water permeability and selectivity in high level and performs efficient treatment using small membrane area utilizing the concentration difference from high concentration liquid having high osmotic pressure. The hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane is characterized in that, when an aqueous solution of 25° C. having NaCl concentration of 35 g/L and pressure of 1.0 MPa is flown into an outer side of the hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane having length of about 70 cm while freshwater of 25° C. having NaCl concentration of 0 g/L is flown into an inner side of one open end of the hollow fiber type semipermeable membrane and discharged from another open end at 10 kPa or less, the permeation flow rate is 30 to 70 L/m2/day. An inner diameter thereof is 50 to 200 ?m; and the hollow ratio thereof is 24 to 42%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiko Shimizu, Toshiyuki Yagi, Shinobu Tokimi
  • Patent number: 8915378
    Abstract: A hollow fiber type reverse osmosis membrane including cellulose acetate, characterized in that the filtration rate and the salt rejection rate when an aqueous solution having sodium chloride concentration of 1,500 mg/L is filtered from outer side to inner side of the hollow fiber type reverse osmosis membrane at 25° C. and 1.5 MPa pressure are 180 to 350 L/m2/day and 90.0 to 99.0%, respectively and the outer diameter, the inner diameter and the hollow rate of the hollow fiber type reverse osmosis membrane are 100 to 280 ?m, 50 to 200 ?m and 24 to 42%, respectively. The hollow fiber type reverse osmosis membrane preferably has a dense layer near the outer surface, and thickness of the dense layer is 0.1 to 7 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Toyobo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinobu Tokimi, Toshiyuki Yagi, Yuji Ito
  • Publication number: 20130140236
    Abstract: A hollow fiber type reverse osmosis membrane including cellulose acetate, characterized in that the filtration rate and the salt rejection rate when an aqueous solution having sodium chloride concentration of 1,500 mg/L is filtered from outer side to inner side of the hollow fiber type reverse osmosis membrane at 25° C. and 1.5 MPa pressure are 180 to 350 L/m2/day and 90.0 to 99.0%, respectively and the outer diameter, the inner diameter and the hollow rate of the hollow fiber type reverse osmosis membrane are 100 to 280 ?m, 50 to 200 ?m and 24 to 42%, respectively. The hollow fiber type reverse osmosis membrane preferably has a dense layer near the outer surface, and thickness of the dense layer is 0.1 to 7 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinobu Tokimi, Toshiyuki Yagi, Yuji Ito