Patents by Inventor Shuji Kida

Shuji Kida 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: 8439480
    Abstract: This aims to provide an inkjet recording apparatus which prevents a beading or a color bleeding in a recording system using a line head, and an inkjet recording method. The inkjet recording apparatus comprises an ink line head equipped with nozzle rows having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch for discharging inks containing coloring materials, and a fixing liquid line head equipped with nozzle rows having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch for discharging fixing liquids to enhance the fixtures of the inks to a recording medium. The inkjet recording apparatus performs the records by discharging the inks and the fixing liquids from the individual line heads to the recording medium while moving the recording medium and the individual line heads relatively in predetermined directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Shuji Kida
  • Publication number: 20110001779
    Abstract: This aims to provide an inkjet recording apparatus which prevents a beading or a color bleeding in a recording system using a line head, and an inkjet recording method. The inkjet recording apparatus comprises an ink line head equipped with nozzle rows having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch for discharging inks containing coloring materials, and a fixing liquid line head equipped with nozzle rows having a plurality of nozzles arranged at a predetermined pitch for discharging fixing liquids to enhance the fixtures of the inks to a recording medium. The inkjet recording apparatus performs the records by discharging the inks and the fixing liquids from the individual line heads to the recording medium while moving the recording medium and the individual line heads relatively in predetermined directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Shuji Kida
  • Patent number: 7654661
    Abstract: An image forming method in which after recording by ejecting ink on an ink-jet recording medium containing a thermoplastic resin in the surface layer, a fixing process to fuse said thermoplastic resin or make it into a film is provided, wherein a colorless or white liquid is supplied on said ink-jet recording medium before the fixing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya, Makoto Kaga, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20080002009
    Abstract: An image forming method in which after recording by ejecting ink on an ink-jet recording medium containing a thermoplastic resin in the surface layer, a fixing process to fuse said thermoplastic resin or make it into a film is provided, wherein a colorless or white liquid is supplied on said ink-jet recording medium before the fixing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya, Makoto Kaga, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7273276
    Abstract: An image forming method in which after recording by ejecting ink on an ink-jet recording medium containing a thermoplastic resin in the surface layer, a fixing process to fuse said thermoplastic resin or make it into a film is provided, wherein a colorless or white liquid is supplied on said ink-jet recording medium before the fixing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya, Makoto Kaga, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7238399
    Abstract: An ink jet recording medium and its manufacturing method are disclosed, the medium comprising a substrate and provided thereon, plural ink absorption layers including an upper layer containing inorganic pigment and thermoplastic particles, wherein the content by weight of the inorganic pigment is greater than that of the thermoplastic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Ohya, Shuji Kida, Atsushi Tomotake, Shinichi Suzuki, Makoto Kaga
  • Patent number: 7229167
    Abstract: A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Fujio Miyamoto, Shuji Kida, Toyoaki Sugaya, Hidenobu Ohya, Kenichiro Hiramoto, Shinichi Suzuki, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7131721
    Abstract: A method for printing an ink-jet image, including the step of: ejecting droplets of an ink on an ink-jet recording media, wherein the ink contains nonionic resinous micro-particles, a water-soluble dye, water and an organic solvent; and the ink-jet recording media contains a support having thereon at least one ink absorbing layer and the outermost layer of the ink-jet recording media contains a porous structure containing a cationic polymer and inorganic pigment micro-particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Suzuki, Shuji Kida, Hidenobu Ohya, Makoto Kaga, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7073899
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method including a step of: jetting a dye ink onto a surface of a recording medium, wherein said dye ink includes a latex capable of absorbing ultraviolet light, and said recording medium includes a substrate having thereon at least one ink absorbing layer, the outermost ink absorbing layer being a porous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Kida, Tomomi Yoshizawa, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya
  • Patent number: 6935733
    Abstract: A fixing belt for fixing an ink-jet image recorded on an ink-jet recording material, the fixing belt including a base material having thereon a base-surface modifying layer and a releasing layer in the order, wherein the base-surface modifying layer has a pencil hardness of HB or a higher hardness and the releasing layer includes a silicone resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Teruyuki Fukuda, Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya, Makoto Kaga
  • Patent number: 6926399
    Abstract: An inkjet recording method having the steps of: ejecting ink containing pigment, water and an organic solvent onto an image receiving medium, wherein the image receiving medium has a support member having a non-solvent-permeable resin layer, and an ink image receiving layer having a solvent absorbing layer containing inorganic fine particles and a binder, and a surface portion layer containing resin fine particles, an inorganic pigment and a binder; and conducting a heating and pressing treatment onto the image receiving medium. The heating and pressing treatment satisfies conditions of following expressions: (T?TG)xt>2 (T?TM)xt<3 wherein, T represents a surface temperature (° C.) of the heating and pressing treatment; TG represents a glass transition temperature of the resin fine particles (° C.); t represents a time (second) of the treatment; and TM represents a melting temperature (° C.) of the non-solvent-permeable resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Yoshizawa, Shuji Kida, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Toyoaki Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20050140767
    Abstract: A fixing belt or a fixing roller for fixing an ink jet image recorded on an ink jet recording material by heat, the fixing belt comprising a base material having thereon a surface layer contacting the ink jet recording material during fixing, the fixing roller comprising a heating roller and a pressure roller having base materials A and B, respectively, at least one of the heating roller and the pressure roller having a. surface layer contacting the ink jet recording material during fixing, wherein the surface layer has a peel strength of not less than 30 g/5 cm or a pencil hardness of HB or more, and the surface layer is produced by a method comprising the steps of: coating a hardenable silicone on the base material by a dip coating; and hardening the coated hardenable silicone by heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Makoto Kaga, Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya, Teruyuki Fukuda, Fujio Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 6908189
    Abstract: A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Fujio Miyamoto, Shuji Kida, Toyoaki Sugaya, Hidenobu Ohya, Kenichiro Hiramoto, Shinichi Suzuki, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6908187
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording method providing an ink containing a fine resin particle, a water-soluble dye, water and an organic solvent to an ink receiving sheet comprising a support and a porous ink receiving layer coated on the support is disclosed. In the method the difference of DL10 in the particle diameter distribution of the fine resin particle in the ink and DM50 in the pore diameter distribution of the porous layer measured using a mercury porosimeter (DL10?DM50) is not more than 170 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Yoshizawa, Shuji Kida
  • Patent number: 6902267
    Abstract: A method of forming an ink-jet image, comprising the steps of: ejecting droplets of an ink onto an ink-jet recording media which includes a support having thereon an outermost layer containing a thermoplastic resin; and then applying pressure onto the outermost layer with a pressing apparatus so that a thickness of the outermost layer after applying pressure is 50 to 80% of the outermost layer before being applied pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidenobu Ohya, Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Keiichiro Suzuki, Makoto Kaga, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6902266
    Abstract: A fixing belt or a fixing roller for fixing an ink jet image recorded on an ink jet recording material by heat, the fixing belt comprising a base material having thereon a surface layer contacting the ink jet recording material during fixing, the fixing roller comprising a heating roller and a pressure roller having base materials A and B, respectively, at least one of the heating roller and the pressure roller having a surface layer contacting the ink jet recording material during fixing, wherein the surface layer has a peel strength of not less than 30 g/5 cm or a pencil hardness of HB or more, and the surface layer is produced by a method comprising the steps of: coating a hardenable silicone on the base material by a dip coating; and hardening the coated hardenable silicone by heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kaga, Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya, Teruyuki Fukuda, Fujio Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 6890070
    Abstract: An ink-jet recording method comprising the steps of: forming a pigment image on a recording medium by jetting pigment ink; and adjustment thew C value of the pigment image to 60 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenobu Ohya, Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Makoto Kaga, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6820975
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus is provided with a recording head to conduct recording by jetting an ink onto a recording medium having an ink receiving layer containing thermoplastic in particles on a surface thereof and a pigment ink solvent absorbing layer adjoining to an inner side of the ink receiving layer; a heating and pressing device to heat and press the recording medium so as to make the ink receiving layer of the recording medium to be transparent; a conveyor to convey the recording medium to the recording head and further to the heating and pressing device; and a temperature controller to control a heating temperature by the heating and pressing device within a range of T0±&Dgr;T° C., where T0 is 50 to 150° C. and &Dgr;T is not larger than 10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoaki Sugaya, Fujio Miyamoto, Makoto Kaga, Shuji Kida, Takashi Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 6808258
    Abstract: An ink-jet image recording method is disclosed. In the method and image is formed by jetting ink on an ink-jet recording medium having an ink absorption layer and optionally a layer provided the ink absorption layer on resin coated paper, in which the outermost layer comprises an aqueous emulsion of thermoplastic resin particles synthesized in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol as a protective colloid for emulsion polymerization, and the recording medium is treated by heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kaga, Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya, Teruyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20040196351
    Abstract: An image forming method in which after recording by ejecting ink on an ink-jet recording medium containing a thermoplastic resin in the surface layer, a fixing process to fuse said thermoplastic resin or make it into a film is provided, wherein a colorless or white liquid is supplied on said ink-jet recording medium before the fixing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Shuji Kida, Shinichi Suzuki, Hidenobu Ohya, Makoto Kaga, Teruyuki Fukuda