Patents by Inventor Takao Igawa

Takao Igawa 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: 5985077
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium having a support, a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon which contains a matrix resin and an organic low-molecular-weight material dispersed in the matrix resin, capable of reversibly assuming a transparent state and a white opaque state depending on the temperature thereof, and a magnetic recording layer formed on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, and optionally, an anchor layer, which is provided on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer. The magnetic recording layer is integrally provided in a part of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer or the anchor layer by a step of fusion-bonding, applying, or transferring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konagaya, Takao Igawa, Fumihito Masubuchi, Akihide Itoh, Tohru Nogiwa
  • Patent number: 5762998
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium having a support, a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon which contains a matrix resin and an organic low-molecular-weight material dispersed in the matrix resin, capable of reversibly assuming a transparent state and a white opaque state depending on the temperature thereof, and a magnetic recording layer formed on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, and optionally, an anchor layer, which is provided on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer. The magnetic recording layer is integrally provided in a part of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer or the anchor layer by a step of fusion-bonding, applying, or transferring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konagaya, Takao Igawa, Fumihito Masubuchi, Akihide Itoh, Tohru Nogiwa
  • Patent number: 5643851
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording label for reversibly forming images and erasing recorded images thereon is composed of a reversible thermosensitive recording member having a temperature-dependent transparency which reversibly changes depending upon the temperature thereof, an adhesive layer provided on the back side of the reversible thermosensitive recording member, and a disposable release sheet applied to the adhesive layer. A reversible thermosensitive recording card is composed of the reversible thermosensitive recording member, the adhesive layer provided on the back side of the reversible thermosensitive recording member, and a label receiving material to which the adhesive layer is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konagaya, Takao Igawa, Akihide Ito, Tohru Nogiwa, Tsutomu Kagawa, Nobuo Yamada
  • Patent number: 5625524
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium having a support, a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon which contains a matrix resin and an organic low-molecular-weight material dispersed in the matrix resin, capable of reversibly assuming a transparent state and a white opaque state depending on the temperature thereof, and a magnetic recording layer formed on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer, and optionally, an anchor layer, which is provided on the reversible thermosensitive recording layer. The magnetic recording layer is integrally provided in a part of the reversible thermosensitive recording layer or the anchor layer by a step of fusion-bonding, applying, or transferring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konagaya, Takao Igawa, Fumihito Masubuchi, Akihide Itoh, Tohru Nogiwa
  • Patent number: 5310718
    Abstract: A method of compensating for the distortion in a recording layer of a reversible thermosensitive recording medium, for which transparency of the recording layer is changeable, depending upon the temperature thereof, and the recording layer is capable of forming images and erasing the images reversibly. The distortion in the recording layer is caused by the repeated image formation by image formation means and/or image erasure by image erasing means. In this method, stress is applied to the recording layer before and/or after image formation by the movement of the recording medium relative to the image formation means, in a direction different from the direction of the application of stress in the course of a previous image formation or image erasure. Instead of the stress, thermal energy can be employed for compensating for the distortion in the recording layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Amano, Makoto Kawaguchi, Yoshihiko Hotta, Atsushi Kutami, Kunichika Morohoshi, Akihide Ito, Fumihito Masubuchi, Takao Igawa, Tsutomu Kagawa, Nobuo Yamada, Katsuyoshi Kodama
  • Patent number: 5158924
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording material is composed of a support and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon, which is capable of recording and erasing images repeatedly by utilizing its property that the transparency can be changed reversibly from a transparent state to an opaque state, and vice versa, depending upon the temperature thereof. The reversible thermosensitive recording layer is composed of a reversible thermosensitive layer and a protective layer formed thereon and has a scratching intensity of 10 g or more and a coefficient of friction of 0.10 or less. Images are reversibly formed and erased on this reversible thermosensitive recording material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Konagaya, Yoshihiko Hotta, Makoto Kawaguchi, Toru Nogiwa, Kunichika Morohoshi, Akira Suzuki, Fumihito Masubuchi, Takao Igawa
  • Patent number: 4728556
    Abstract: An electrostatic recording medium is disclosed, which comprises a substrate, an electroconductive layer, and a recording layer which are successively overlaid on the substrate, with the surface of the recording layer being studded with at least one component selected from the group consisting of a polymeric electrolyte, an inorganic salt and a surface active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Igawa, Susumu Nemoto, Mitsuru Maeda, Akihiko Goto, Taeko Maeda
  • Patent number: 4296190
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive material for use in electrophotography which is superior in durability, resistance to solvents and light sensitivity, which comprises a photoconductive layer consisting essentially of an inorganic or organic photoconductor and an ionizing radiation-curable resin as formed on a conductive support, said photoconductive layer having been cured by applying said radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Hasegawa, Hiroyoshi Taniguchi, Takao Igawa
  • Patent number: 4087584
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate which comprises using in an ink-repellent layer a polymer of a monomer or a copolymer containing said monomer, said monomer being represented by the following general formulas: ##STR1## WHEREIN: R is hydrogen or a methyl radical; R' is hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Rf is a perfluoroalkyl radical having 3 to 21 carbon atoms; and n is an integer of 1 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Taniguchi, Takao Igawa
  • Patent number: 3984378
    Abstract: Photoconductive, film forming nitropyrene-formaldehyde resins characterized by a repeating structural unit of the formula: ##SPC1##And process for preparation, the photoconductive films themselves, and such films on an electrically conductive support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ricoh
    Inventors: Tomio Kubota, Shoji Maruyama, Takao Igawa
  • Patent number: 3966471
    Abstract: A photosensitive material comprising a conductive support provided with a photoconductive layer and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer contains an organic aluminum compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Hasegawa, Hiroyoshi Taniguchi, Shiro Yamane, Takao Igawa, Tomoshi Nagayama