Patents by Inventor Taichi SAKAI

Taichi SAKAI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240117567
    Abstract: A papermaking belt may suppress resin fallings from the resin layer during its use. Such a papermaking belt may be used in a papermaking machine and may include at least one resin layer including a resin, wherein the total number of swellings whose height is equal to or higher than 50 ?m and cracks whose length is equal to or longer than 10 mm on at least one surface of the resin layer is equal to or less than 1.0/m2. Such a papermaking belt may be used in a papermaking machine and may include at least one resin layer including a resin. The resin layer may be formed using a resin composition including an aqueous dispersion of a urethane resin. The resin composition may include an organic solvent whose boiling point at 1 atm is equal to or higher than 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ICHIKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya TAKAMORI, Taichi SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240068165
    Abstract: Provided is a papermaking belt that is used in a papermaking machine and that comprises a first plane on which a wet paper web is placed and a second plane on the opposite side to the first plane, wherein the papermaking belt comprises a reinforcing fibrous substrate layer comprising at least one layer of a woven fabric, at least one layer of said woven fabric comprises a double or more combination weave pattern, said combination weave pattern comprises first yarns and second yarns that are placed in parallel; said first yarns are placed closer to the first plane-side than said second yarns and said second yarns are placed closer to the second plane-side than said first yarns; and said second yarns comprise a polyester yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ICHIKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taichi SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240068167
    Abstract: Provided is a papermaking belt that is used in a papermaking machine and that comprises a first plane on which a wet paper web is placed and a second plane on the opposite side to the first plane, wherein the papermaking belt comprises a reinforcing fibrous substrate layer comprising at least one layer of a woven fabric, at least one layer of said woven fabric comprises a double or more combination weave pattern, said combination weave pattern comprises first yarns and second yarns that are placed in parallel; said first yarns are placed closer to the first plane-side than said second yarns, and said second yarns are placed closer to the second plane-side than said first yarns, and the fineness of said first yarns are greater than the fineness of said second yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ICHIKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taichi SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11885070
    Abstract: A papermaking belt in which changes in surface properties of the resin layer upon use is suppressed, and a method for making the papermaking belt. Provided is a papermaking belt for use in a papermaking machine, including at least one resin layer including a resin, wherein the surface roughness after contacting the surface of the resin layer with a metal plate having a surface roughness equal to or less than 0.10 ?m at a pressure of 100±3 kg/cm2 for 20 hours in warm water bathing at 70±5° C. is equal to or higher than 40% relative to the surface roughness of the surface of the resin layer in a wet state before the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ICHIKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Takamori, Taichi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220341094
    Abstract: A papermaking belt in which changes in surface properties of the resin layer upon use is suppressed, and a method for making the papermaking belt. Provided is a papermaking belt for use in a papermaking machine, including at least one resin layer including a resin, wherein the surface roughness after contacting the surface of the resin layer with a metal plate having a surface roughness equal to or less than 0.10 ?m at a pressure of 100±3 kg/cm2 for 20 hours in warm water bathing at 70±5° C. is equal to or higher than 40% relative to the surface roughness of the surface of the resin layer in a wet state before the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: ICHIKAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya TAKAMORI, Taichi SAKAI
  • Patent number: 10036120
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe press belt for a papermaking machine, comprising one or more resin layers. At least a part of the resin layers comprises a polyurethane resin comprising polymeric MIDI as an ingredient. The polyurethane resin may be a resin obtainable by reacting one or more curing agent(s) having an active hydrogen group, polymeric MDI and one or more urethane prepolymer(s) having a terminal isocyanate group, the urethane prepolymer(s) being obtainable by reacting one or more isocyanate compound(s) with one or more polyol(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Takamori, Nobuharu Suzuki, Mitsuyoshi Matsuno, Chie Umehara, Yuji Mizoguchi, Taichi Sakai
  • Patent number: 9777433
    Abstract: A shoe press belt with excellent mechanical properties, in particular a shoe press belt with excellent crack resistance and excellent resistance to land edge deficiency. The shoe press belt includes a felt-side resin layer containing a resin formed by curing a prepolymer having a terminal isocyanate group (—NCO) with a curing agent, wherein the prepolymer contains, in reacted form, a compound comprising 1,4-bis(isocyanate methyl) cyclohexane and a polycarbonate diol, and wherein the felt-side resin layer has grooves that are configured to receive water squeezed from a felt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Takamori, Nobuharu Suzuki, Mitsuyoshi Matsuno, Chie Umehara, Taichi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20170218568
    Abstract: There is provided a shoe press belt for a papermaking machine, comprising one or more resin layers. At least a part of the resin layers comprises a polyurethane resin comprising polymeric MIDI as an ingredient. The polyurethane resin may be a resin obtainable by reacting one or more curing agent(s) having an active hydrogen group, polymeric MDI and one or more urethane prepolymer(s) having a terminal isocyanate group, the urethane prepolymer(s) being obtainable by reacting one or more isocyanate compound(s) with one or more polyol(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya TAKAMORI, Nobuharu SUZUKI, Mitsuyoshi MATSUNO, Chie UMEHARA, Yuji MIZOGUCHI, Taichi SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20160355978
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a shoe press belt with excellent mechanical properties, in particular a shoe press belt with excellent crack resistance and excellent resistance to land edge deficiency. This is achieved by shoe press belt 1 for use in a papermaking machine, wherein it comprises a felt-side resin layer which is constituted by a resin layer and in which grooves for receiving water squeezed from a felt are formed, and wherein the felt-side resin layer is formed by curing a compound comprising 1,4-bis(isocyanate methyl) cyclohexane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya TAKAMORI, Nobuharu SUZUKI, Mitsuyoshi MATSUNO, Chie UMEHARA, Taichi SAKAI