Patents by Inventor Tadakazu Fukuchi

Tadakazu Fukuchi 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: 7232791
    Abstract: In the multi colored thermally sensitive recording medium, at least one kind of dye precursor is contained in complex fine particles which contain dye precursor and polymer of multi valence isocyanate compound, further contain 4,4?-diisocyanate-3,3?-dimethyl-1,1?biphenyl and/or polymethylene.polyphenyl.polyisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nagai, Kaoru Hamada, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Takashi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7081435
    Abstract: The present invention is the thermally sensitive recording medium comprising a thermally sensitive color developing layer containing colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and a color developing agent as a main components on a substrate, wherein said thermally sensitive recording layer contains acrylic emulsion and colloidal silica, further contains at least one kind of diphenylsulfone bridgeable compound represented by general formula A as the color developing agent, wherein, X and Y can be different or same and indicates a saturated or an unsaturated liner or grafted hydrocarbon group of carbon number 1–12 which can possess an ether bond, or indicate, wherein, R indicates a methylene group or an ethylene group, T indicates a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of carbon number 1–4, and R1–R6 independently indicate a halogen-atom, an alkyl group of carbon number 1–6, or an alkenyl group, further, m, n, p, q, r, t indicate an integer number of 0–4 and when are bigger than 2, R1–R6 can be different, an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Otsuhata, Tadakazu Fukuchi
  • Publication number: 20060072429
    Abstract: In the multi colored thermally sensitive recording medium, at least one kind of dye precursor is contained in complex fine particles which contain dye precursor and polymer of multi valence isocyanate compound, further contain 4,4?-diisocyanate-3,3?-dimethyl-1,1?biphenyl and/or polymethylene.polyphenyl.polyisocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Tatsuo Nagai, Kaoru Hamada, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Takashi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20050043175
    Abstract: The present invention is the thermally sensitive recording medium comprising a thermally sensitive color developing layer containing colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and a color developing agent as a main components on a substrate, wherein said thermally sensitive recording layer contains acrylic emulsion and colloidal silica, further contains at least one kind of diphenylsulfone bridgeable compound represented by general formula A as the color developing agent, wherein, X and Y can be different or same and indicates a saturated or an unsaturated liner or grafted hydrocarbon group of carbon number 1-12 which can possess an ether bond, or indicate, wherein, R indicates a methylene group or an ethylene group, T indicates a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of carbon number 1-4, and R1-R6 independently indicate a halogen-atom, an alkyl group of carbon number 1-6, or an alkenyl group, further, m, n, p, q, r, t indicate an integer number of 0-4 and when are bigger than 2, R1-R6 can be different, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Takanori Otsuhata, Tadakazu Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 6579828
    Abstract: A multi chromatic thermally sensitive recording medium comprising, a higher temperature color developing layer containing dye precursor and an organic color developer that reacts with said dye precursor and develops color by heating, and at least one lower temperature color developing layer that develops different color from that of said higher temperature color developing layer and develops color by lower temperature than the color developing temperature of said higher temperature color developing layer laminated in order on a substrate, wherein an organic color developer contained in said higher temperature color developing layer contains said diphenylsulfone bridgeable type compound represented by general formula (1) and/or said 3-{[(phenylamine)carbonyl]amino}benzenesulfoneamide compound represented by general formula (2), wherein, X and Y can be different and indicates a saturate or an unsaturated liner or grafted hydrocarbon group of carbon number 1 to 12 which can
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co. LTD
    Inventors: Kaoru Hamada, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Yoshimi Midorikawa, Yoshihide Kimura
  • Patent number: 6432874
    Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording paper having a recording surface which when a postage stamp or a revenue stamp is adhered to the recording surface requires at least ten cycles of a removal test procedure to remove at least one third of the adhered surface of the stamp from the recording surface of the thermally sensitive recording paper, wherein the removal test procedure comprises adhering the postage stamp or revenue stamp to the recording surface of the thermally sensitive recording paper, hanging the recording paper over an iron bar of about 8 mm diameter with the postage stamp or revenue stamp on an outer surface of the recording paper, adjusting the recording paper such that equal lengths are on either side of the iron bar, attaching to one end of the thermally sensitive recording paper a weight of about 500 g, holding the other end of the thermally sensitive recording paper by hand and carrying out a pull down ant put back cycle motion of the hand to move the postage stamp or revenue stamp over the iro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co, Ltd
    Inventors: Tadakazu Fukuchi, Kaoru Hamada, Kunio Takebayashi, Hidenori Ogawa, Yoshimi Midorikawa, Reiko Sato, Yoshihide Kimura
  • Patent number: 6410479
    Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium which has good printability and surface glossness, by forming a glossing layer on a thermally sensitive recording layer on a substrate, and said glossing layer contains an inorganic pigment and a fixing composition which does not cause sticking at higher temperature than 200° C., and the surface glossiness of the glossing layer based on JIS-P-8142 in which angle of incidence and angle of reflect is 75 degree is bigger than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd
    Inventors: Tadakazu Fukuchi, Kaoru Hamada, Daisuke Imai, Hidenori Ogawa, Yuji Tsuzuki, Reiko Sato, Yoshihide Kimura
  • Patent number: 6303540
    Abstract: A thermally sensitive recording medium which has thermally sensitive recording layer containing colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and organic color developer as main components on a substrate, wherein said thermally sensitive recording layer contains diphenylsulfone bridgeable type compound represented by general formula (1) and at least one compound represented by general formula (1). In general formula (2), X and Y can be different and indicates a saturated or an unsaturated liner or grafted hydrocarbon group of carbon number 1-12 which can possess ether bond, or indicates wherein R indicates a methylene group or an ethylene group, T indicates a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of carbon number 1-4, and R1-R6 independently indicate a halogen atom, an alkyl group of carbon number 1-6, or an alkenyl group, further, m, n, p, q, r, t indicate an integer number of 0-4 and when are bigger than 2, R1-R6 can be different, and a is an integer of 0-10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd
    Inventors: Tadakazu Fukuchi, Kaoru Hamada, Yuji Tsuzuki, Yoshihide Kimura, Tomoaki Nagai, Yutaka Wakita
  • Patent number: 6093678
    Abstract: A thermal sensitive recording medium which has a feature to change the color of recorded pattern slowly and spontaneously after development, and the recorded pattern which has several days passed can be easily distinguished from that of just after development. Said thermal sensitive recording medium contains 4-hydroxybenzoic acid ester represented by general formula (I) as a color developer and uses triphenylmethane-based leuco dye and reddish color developing leuco dye whose maximum absorption wave length is 450.about.560 nm as a dye precursor. ##STR1## In this formula, R represents unsubstituted or substituted lower alkyl group of carbon number 1-7 or benzyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hamada, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Tomoaki Nagai, Reiko Sato, Yutaka Wakita
  • Patent number: 5811368
    Abstract: In a thermal sensitive recording medium comprising a thermal sensitive color developing layer which includes a basic leuco dye and an organic color developer on a substrate, characterized by the said thermal color developing layer includes 0.01-0.9 parts of aminobenzenesulfonamide derivatives indicated by general formula (I) based on 1 part of color developer and also includes at least one kind of methylolated fatty acid amide indicated by general formula (II) in proportion of 0.01-2 parts based on 1 part of color developer. ##STR1## (wherein, "X" indicates an oxygen or sulfur atom, "R" indicates non-substituted or substituted phenyl group, naphthyl group, aralkyl group, lower alkyl group of carbon number 1-6, cycloalkyl group of carbon number 3-6 or lower alkenyl group of carbon number 2-6. "Z" indicates lower alkyl group of carbon number 1-6 or electron attractive group. "n" indicates an integer from 0 to 4 and "P" indicates an integer from 1 to 5, wherein satisfies the numerical formula of n+p.ltoreq.5)R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadakazu Fukuchi, Kaoru Hamada, Tomoaki Nagai, Nobuhiro Kudoh, Akio Sekine
  • Patent number: 5446009
    Abstract: In a thermal recording sheet including an intermediate layer, and a thermal color developing layer containing a leuco dye type chromogenic component containing a leuco dye and an organic color developer as main ingredients and a metal chelate type chromogenic component containing an electron acceptor and an electron donor as main ingredients, stacked on a substrate, the intermediate layer contains a pigment having an oil absorption of 100 ml/100 g or less measured according to JIS K 5101, and the thermal color developing layer contains at least one of compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) as an organic color developer, a metal double salt of higher fatty acid having 16 to 35 carbon atoms as an electron acceptor, and a polyhydric hydroxy aromatic compound of Formula (III) as an electron donor, whereby providing a thermal recording sheet which is superior in dynamic sensitivity, background color, image stability such as oil resistance and plasticizer resistance, and print adaptability: ##STR1## wherein R is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 5405821
    Abstract: A thermal recording sheet superior in dynamic sensitivity, dot reproducibility, image quality and image storage stability, and having no trouble of turning yellow of the sheet caused by NOx gas.A thermal recording sheet comprising an intermediate layer and a thermal color developing layer provided in turn on a substrate, wherein the intermediate layer contains a pigment having an oil absorption (according to JIS K5101) of less than 80 ml/100 g, and a compound of the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R denotes propyl, isopropyl, or n-butyl, and calcium carbonate are contained in the thermal color developing layer as an organic color developer and a pigment, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi
  • Patent number: 5206209
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording sheet of this invention comprises in a heat-sensitive color-developing layer both bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)butylacetate as an organic color-developing agent and a particular fluorane-leuco dye. This sheet provides an intense clear image less discoloration and superior heat-resistant preservability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Jujo Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Toshio Kaneko
  • Patent number: 5120702
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material has a support and a color-developing layer which comprises as an organic color-developing agent 4-hydroxy-4'-n-propoxydiphenylsulfone and as a stabilizer a particular stabilizer.This heat-sensitive recording material is suitable for a high density-and speed-recording and is superior in the thermal preservability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Jujo Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Toshio Kaneko
  • Patent number: 5118656
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording sheet has on a support a color-developing layer which comprises a colorless or pale colored basic chromogenic dye and an organic color-developing agent, wherein the organic color-developing agent comprises both 4-hydroxy-4'-n-propoxydiphenylsulfone and a particular phenolic substance. The sheet of this invention provides excellent writing quality and superior thermal responsibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Jujo Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Reiji Ohashi, Toshio Kaneko
  • Patent number: 5096873
    Abstract: A thermosensitive recording sheet comprising a support and a thermosensitive color developer layer thereon containing a basic leuco dye and an organic color developer, said layer containing a bis-phenyl sulfone compound selected from bis-(3-phenyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfone and bis-(2-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-cyclohexylphenyl)sulfone as the organic color developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignees: Jujo Paper Co., Ltd., Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Toshio Kaneko, Fumio Fujimura, Kazuto Tsukinuki, Kazumi Saeki, Akira Shimada
  • Patent number: 5066634
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording sheet of this invention comprises in a heat-sensitive color-developing layer both 4-hydroxy-4'-n-propoxydiphenylsulfone as an organic color-developing agent and a particular fluorane-leuco dye. This sheet provides an intense, clear image, less discoloration, and stable brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Jujo Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Reiji Ohashi, Toshio Kaneko
  • Patent number: 4971942
    Abstract: A heat sensitive recording material having a support and a color-developing layer which comprises both as a colorless basic chromogenic dye at least one of a particular fluorane-type leuco dye and a particular divinyl compound, the heat-sensitive recording material of this invention having superior thermal responsibility, light resistance, weather resistance, oil resistance and optical readability in the near infrared region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Jujo Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Kaneko, Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Fumio Fujimura
  • Patent number: 4853362
    Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material has a support and a color-developing layer which comprises both as a colorless basic chromogenic dye at least one of a particular fluorane-type leuco dye and a particular divinyl compound and as a stabilizer a particular halogen-substituted zinc benzoate derivative.This heat-sensitive recording material is superior in light resistance, weather resistance, oil resistance and optical readability in the near infrared region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Jujo Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimi Satake, Tadakazu Fukuchi, Toshiaki Minami, Tomoaki Nagai, Toshio Kaneko, Fumio Fujimura
  • Patent number: 4590499
    Abstract: Heat-sensitive recording sheet comprising a heat-sensitive color developing layer having particular chemicals on the support sheet and an overcoat layer laminated thereon and a backcoat layer on the back of the support sheet, wherein the sheet provides excellent coloring characteristics and high stability in storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: Jujo Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Fujimura, Toshimi Satake, Manabu Mori, Toshiaki Minami, Tadakazu Fukuchi