Patents by Inventor Takao Orii

Takao Orii 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: 8197526
    Abstract: A warming article having a heat generating main body (4). The heat generating main body (4) is composed of a heat generating element (2) having water vapor generating capability and an air permeable holder (3) for holding the heat generating element (2). The heat generating main body (4) is configured to expand with heat generation of the heat generating element (2). The amount of water vapor generated from the warming article is preferably 1.0 to 100 mg/(cm2·10 min). The holder (3) preferably has a water vapor permeability of 1.5 to 10 kg/(m2·24 hr). The heat generating element (2) is preferably a sheet molded by papermaking and containing an oxidizable metal, a moisture-retaining agent, and a fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Masataka Ishikawa, Takao Orii
  • Publication number: 20080302381
    Abstract: A hair holder 1 including a tube 2 configured to have a strand of hair inserted from its opening (21) at one end toward its opening (22) at the opposite end. The tube 2 is formed of a first side sheet 23A that is to be an inner side when rolled up and a second side sheet 23B that is to be an outer side when rolled up. The first side sheet 23A and/or the second side sheet 23B has a Taber stiffness of 0.4 mN·m or more. The tube 2 is provided, in or on its portion forming the opening 21, with a stress relaxing means that relaxes the stress applied to a hair strand having been inserted through the opening 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiko Tojo, Takao Orii
  • Patent number: 7353820
    Abstract: A warming device consisting essentially of a heat generating main body comprising a heat generating element and an air-permeable holding member having the heat generating element enclosed therein. The warming device has a receiving part for receiving a part of a body being inserted. The heat generating element comprises a sheet which contains an oxidizable metal, a moisture-retaining agent, and a fibrous material and is prepared by papermaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: KAO Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Masataka Ishikawa, Takao Orii, Christine Hall, Jill Kathleen Lynch
  • Publication number: 20060276863
    Abstract: A warming article having a heat generating main body (4). The heat generating main body (4) is composed of a heat generating element (2) having water vapor generating capability and an air permeable holder (3) for holding the heat generating element (2). The heat generating main body (4) is configured to expand with heat generation of the heat generating element (2). The amount of water vapor generated from the warming article is preferably 1.0 to 100 mg/(cm2·10 min). The holder (3) preferably has a water vapor permeability of 1.5 to 10 kg/(m2·24 hr). The heat generating element (2) is preferably a sheet molded by papermaking and containing an oxidizable metal, a moisture-retaining agent, and a fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Masatake Ishikawa, Takao Orii
  • Patent number: 6974470
    Abstract: A heat-generative, steam generation facial sheet that is planar and is adapted to cover a part or the whole of a wearer's face in intimate contact. It has a planar heat generator capable of generating steam upon contact with oxygen in such a manner that the skin surface temperature reaches 34° C. or higher within 120 seconds from the contact with air and the skin surface temperature is maintained at 34° C. or higher for at least 5 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsunakawa, Conni Weaver, Masataka Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Takao Orii, Haruyo Kojima
  • Publication number: 20050192653
    Abstract: A heat-generative, steam generation facial sheet that is planar and is adapted to cover a part or the whole of a wearer's face in intimate contact. It has a planar heat generator capable of generating steam upon contact with oxygen in such a manner that the skin surface temperature reaches 34° C. or higher within 120 seconds from the contact with air and the skin surface temperature is maintained at 34° C. or higher for at least 5 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsunakawa, Conni Weaver, Masataka Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Takao Orii, Haruyo Kojima
  • Publication number: 20050028806
    Abstract: A warming device consisting essentially of a heat generating main body comprising a heat generating element and an air-permeable holding member having the heat generating element enclosed therein. The warming device has a receiving part for receiving a part of a body being inserted. The heat generating element comprises a sheet which contains an oxidizable metal, a moisture-retaining agent, and a fibrous material and is prepared by papermaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Masataka Ishikawa, Takao Orii, Christine Hall, Jill Lynch
  • Patent number: 6500201
    Abstract: A heater comprises a cap 20 formed by joining and fixing together curved peripheries 10a as peripheries of two semi-elliptical heat-generator-containing sheets 10 of generally the same shape. The heat-generator-containing sheet 10 comprises a waterproof inner layer sheet 2, an air-permeable sheet 5 disposed so as to cover the entire surface of the inner layer sheet 2, and a plurality of heat generators 3 interposed between and held by the inner layer sheet 2 and the air-permeable sheet 5, which generate heat when in contact with an air. The heat generators 3 are disposed substantially over the entire surface of the cap 20. The heat-generator-containing sheets 10 are joined and fixed together with the respective inner layer sheets 2 being the inner surface. The heater realizes a simple handling when in use, a small temperature variation, and simple fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Tsuchiya, Takashi Ito, Akira Shiga, Takao Orii, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Masamichi Shigekane, Akira Noda, Koji Mimura