Patents by Inventor Shotaro Mochizuki
Shotaro Mochizuki 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: 10362763Abstract: An excrement-treating material includes a water-absorbing core part, and a surface layer. The core part is formed by wet-kneading and compression-granulating a compounding material containing a paper powder and organic or inorganic fine pieces. Dents and/or protrusions are formed on the surface of the core part by deformation by the kneading or compression of the fine pieces or peeling-off of the fine pieces from the paper powder upon release of compression. The surface of the core part is discontinuously colored by utilizing the dents and/or protrusions, and covered with the surface layer. The colored parts of the surface of the core part are exposed through the surface layer during absorption of excreted urine, while the non-colored part of the surface of the core part is stained by the color of the excreted urine, and the color of the excreted urine is exposed through the surface layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: PEPARLET CO., LTD., UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Shotaro Mochizuki
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Patent number: 10130069Abstract: A production method for animal excretion treatment material and a production device therefor, having a step in which a raw material is pulverized and a pulverized material is obtained and a step in which the pulverized material is granulized. In the step in which the pulverized material is obtained, the raw material is pulverized by a pulverizer and the pulverized material is obtained. The pulverizer has: an insertion port for the raw material; a pulverization chamber for the raw material; a pulverization mechanism provided inside the pulverization chamber; a mesh screen through which passes the raw material pulverized by the pulverization mechanism and having a plurality of openings; and a discharge port connected to the openings in the mesh screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Shotaro Mochizuki, Hidekazu Yamada, Takahiro Otomo, Tatsuya Sogo, Chiyo Takagi
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Patent number: 10065356Abstract: A method of producing granular excreta treating material utilizes an extrusion type compressive granulating apparatus configured to produce granular excreta treating material that has an absorbing property and is formed by extruding and granulating a raw material via a granulating hole of the apparatus. The granulating hole includes a small diameter hole and a large diameter hole which are continuous to each other in the axial direction of the hole, in which the small diameter hole forms a compression zone, and the large diameter hole forms a non-compression zone, and in which the raw material is compressed at the compression zone, swells at the non-compression zone, and is cut into granules by a cutting blade rotating along an outlet surface of the non-compression zone.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: PEPARLET CO., LTD.Inventor: Shotaro Mochizuki
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Patent number: 9968912Abstract: A method for manufacturing a granular excretion disposal material having a core portion and a covering layer that covers the core portion. The method includes: a granulating step of granulating the core portion by blending a core portion raw material containing pulp and highly absorbent resin, with water; a covering step of forming the covering layer by spraying a covering layer raw material containing pulp and highly absorbent resin, onto a surface of the core portion granulated in the granulating step; a drying step of drying a granular matter, in which the covering layer is formed in the covering step, with hot air; and a cooling step of cooling the granular matter dried in the drying step.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Shotaro Mochizuki, Hidekazu Yamada, Takahiro Otomo, Tatsuya Sogo, Chiyo Takagi
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Patent number: 9854786Abstract: A production method for animal excrement treatment material and a production device therefor, having: a step in which a raw material is granulized and a granular material is obtained; and a step in which a coating material is coated on the granular material. The step in which the coating material is coated on the granular material has: a step in which the coating material is arranged on the granular material; and a step in which a vibration is applied to the granular material having the coating material arranged thereupon.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Shotaro Mochizuki, Hidekazu Yamada, Takahiro Otomo, Tatsuya Sogo, Chiyo Takagi
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Patent number: 9743637Abstract: An excrement-treating material has a core part, and a surface layer bonded to the core part by utilizing the adhesion ability of a water-absorbable polymer in the surface layer without using an adhesive. The excrement-treating material suitably exerts the water absorbability and water transport ability inherent to the surface layer. The excrement-treating material is constituted by incorporating pulverized water-absorbable polymer particles of 20 ?m to 50 ?m, and adding water to the surface of the core part after granulation to noncontinuously form a highly-wet part; reacting a water content in the highly-wet part and the pulverized water-absorbable polymer to noncontinuously form an adhering part; and bonding the surface layer to the core part through the adhering part. Upon absorption of excreted urine, permeation of the urine into the core part is accelerated in a part other than the adhering part.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignees: PEPARLET CO., LTD., UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Shotaro Mochizuki
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Patent number: 9504229Abstract: The present invention provides a floor material for pet animal urination, which has an effect to allow urine to pass through by suppressing speed and amount of urine absorption, as well as an effect of low water absorbency allowing to gradually absorb residual urine sweating the grain surface, which also has good shape retentivity so as not to be collapsed even if urine is absorbed, and thus which is highly suitable as a floor material for pet animal urination. There is provided a floor material for pet animal urination, wherein a surface of each of water-absorbing grains (1?) is coated by a slow water-semipermeable coating (6); and because of the slow water-semipermeable coating (6), urine is prompted to pass between the water-absorbing grains, and residual urine (8) sweating the surface of the water-semipermeable coating (6) is gradually absorbed into the water-absorbing grains (1?) through the water-semipermeable coating (6).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Shingo Shimizu, Takayuki Matsuo, Shotaro Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20160316713Abstract: An excrement-treating material has a core part, and a surface layer bonded to the core part by utilizing the adhesion ability of a water-absorbable polymer in the surface layer without using an adhesive. The excrement-treating material suitably exerts the water absorbability and water transport ability inherent to the surface layer. The excrement-treating material is constituted by incorporating pulverized water-absorbable polymer particles of 20 ?m to 50 ?m, and adding water to the surface of the core part after granulation to noncontinuously form a highly-wet part; reacting a water content in the highly-wet part and the pulverized water-absorbable polymer to noncontinuously form an adhering part; and bonding the surface layer to the core part through the adhering part. Upon absorption of excreted urine, permeation of the urine into the core part is accelerated in a part other than the adhering part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventor: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI
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Patent number: 9475227Abstract: An extrusion type compressive granulating apparatus is configured to produce granular excreta treating material that has an absorbing property and is formed by extruding and granulating a raw material via granulating holes formed in a table of the apparatus. A space rib is provided at a lower surface of the die table so as to form a gap below the granulating holes. A cutting blade is provided below the gap. The granulating holes each form a compression zone for compressing the raw material, and the gap forms a non-compression zone in which the compressed material swells before being cut by the cutting blade at the outlet of the non-compression zone.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: PEPARLET CO., LTD.Inventor: Shotaro Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20160249582Abstract: An excrement-treating material includes a water-absorbing core part, and a surface layer. The core part is formed by wet-kneading and compression-granulating a compounding material containing a paper powder and organic or inorganic fine pieces. Dents and/or protrusions are formed on the surface of the core part by deformation by the kneading or compression of the fine pieces or peeling-off of the fine pieces from the paper powder upon release of compression. The surface of the core part is discontinuously colored by utilizing the dents and/or protrusions, and covered with the surface layer. The colored parts of the surface of the core part are exposed through the surface layer during absorption of excreted urine, while the non-colored part of the surface of the core part is stained by the color of the excreted urine, and the color of the excreted urine is exposed through the surface layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventor: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20160106069Abstract: A production method for animal excrement treatment material and a production device therefor, having: a step in which a raw material is granulized and a granular material is obtained; and a step in which a coating material is coated on the granular material. The step in which the coating material is coated on the granular material has: a step in which the coating material is arranged on the granular material; and a step in which a vibration is applied to the granular material having the coating material arranged thereupon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO, Tatsuya SOGO, Chiyo TAKAGI
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Publication number: 20160082416Abstract: A method for manufacturing a granular excretion disposal material having a core portion and a covering layer that covers the core portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO, Tatsuya SOGO, Chiyo TAKAGI
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Publication number: 20160044890Abstract: A production method for animal excretion treatment material and a production device therefor, having a step in which a raw material is pulverized and a pulverized material is obtained and a step in which the pulverized material is granulized. In the step in which the pulverized material is obtained, the raw material is pulverized by a pulverizer and the pulverized material is obtained. The pulverizer has: an insertion port for the raw material; a pulverization chamber for the raw material; a pulverization mechanism provided inside the pulverization chamber; a mesh screen through which passes the raw material pulverized by the pulverization mechanism and having a plurality of openings; and a discharge port connected to the openings in the mesh screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO, Tatsuya SOGO, Chiyo TAKAGI
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Publication number: 20160044889Abstract: A production method for animal excrement treatment material and a production device therefor, having: a step in which raw material is granulized and a granular material is obtained; and a step in which a coloring agent is applied to the granular material. The step in which the coloring agent is applied to the granular material has: a step in which the granular material is suspended; and a step in which the coloring agent is sprayed on the suspended granular material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI, Hidekazu YAMADA, Takahiro OTOMO, Tatsuya SOGO, Chiyo TAKAGI
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Publication number: 20150217498Abstract: A method of producing granular excreta treating material utilizes an extrusion type compressive granulating apparatus configured to produce granular excreta treating material that has an absorbing property and is formed by extruding and granulating a raw material via a granulating hole of the apparatus. The granulating hole includes a small diameter hole and a large diameter hole which are continuous to each other in the axial direction of the hole, in which the small diameter hole forms a compression zone, and the large diameter hole forms a non-compression zone, and in which the raw material is compressed at the compression zone, swells at the non-compression zone, and is cut into granules by a cutting blade rotating along an outlet surface of the non-compression zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventor: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20140287082Abstract: An extrusion type compressive granulating apparatus is configured to produce granular excreta treating material that has an absorbing property and is formed by extruding and granulating a raw material via granulating holes formed in a table of the apparatus. A space rib is provided at a lower surface of the die table so as to form a gap below the granulating holes. A cutting blade is provided below the gap. The granulating holes each form a compression zone for compressing the raw material, and the gap forms a non-compression zone in which the compressed material swells before being cut by the cutting blade at the outlet of the non-compression zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventor: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20110204166Abstract: Provided are a granular excreta treating material which has high absorbing property and is expected to exhibit disintegrability and aggregativeness, a production method thereof, and an extrusion type compressive granulating apparatus thereof. The granular excreta treating material has absorbing property and is formed by extruding and granulating a raw material via a granulating hole, wherein the granulating hole includes a small diameter hole and a large diameter hole which are continuous to each other in the axial direction of the hole, in which the small diameter hole forms a compression zone, and the large diameter hole forms a non-compression zone, and in which the raw material is compressed at the compression zone, swells at the non-compression zone, and is cut into granules by a cutting blade rotating along an outlet surface of the non-compression zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventor: Shotaro MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20090308322Abstract: The present invention provides a floor material for pet animal urination, which has an effect to allow urine to pass through by suppressing speed and amount of urine absorption, as well as an effect of low water absorbency allowing to gradually absorb residual urine sweating the grain surface, which also has good shape retentivity so as not to be collapsed even if urine is absorbed, and thus which is highly suitable as a floor material for pet animal urination. There is provided a floor material for pet animal urination, wherein a surface of each of water-absorbing grains (1?) is coated by a slow water-semipermeable coating (6); and because of the slow water-semipermeable coating (6), urine is prompted to pass between the water-absorbing grains, and residual urine (8) sweating the surface of the water-semipermeable coating (6) is gradually absorbed into the water-absorbing grains (1?) through the water-semipermeable coating (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Shingo Shimizu, Takayuki Matsuo, Shotaro Mochizuki
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Patent number: 7066110Abstract: Moisture absorbing efficiency of excrement is enhanced by providing a high degree of porosity and a high porosity ratio to a hydraulic granulated body and a non-hydraulic granulated body in a method of manufacturing a granulated body for absorbing excrement of animals. There is provided a method of manufacturing a granulated body for absorbing excrement of animals, characterized in that dry bamboo fibers and wood fibers are used as a chief material. The dry bamboo fibers and wood fibers are mixed with each other while adding moisture thereto and the dry bamboo fibers are allowed to absorb the moisture. The resultant is granulated to form a wet granulated body, hot air is blown to the wet granulated body, and the moisture absorbed in the dry bamboo fiber is transpired outward through the wet granulated body by the hot air. A porous structure in the dry bamboo fibers in the wet granulated body is produced by the transpiration due to formation of transpiring paths in the wet granulated body.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Peparlet Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shotaro Mochizuki
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Patent number: 7028637Abstract: A discharged-waste processing material for pet animals is formed from a waste material of double sided water resistant paper as a raw material. A chief material of the discharged-waste processing material is crushed paper pieces obtained by finely crushing the double sided water resistant paper having laminate layers on both sides. A granular body is formed of an aggregate of the crushed paper pieces and has voids formed between the laminate layers of adjacent crushed paper pieces for guiding discharged urine into a core part of the granular body. The granular body has a water retaining structure in which the discharged urine is absorbed into a paper layer between the laminate layers through a sheared surface of each crushed paper piece, and the absorbed urine is cut off by the laminate layers so that the urine is retained in the paper layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Inventor: Shotaro Mochizuki