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).
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Patent number: 8197526Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 7, 2004Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Masataka Ishikawa, Takao Orii
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Publication number: 20080302381Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiko Tojo, Takao Orii
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Patent number: 7353820Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: KAO CorporationInventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Masataka Ishikawa, Takao Orii, Christine Hall, Jill Kathleen Lynch
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Publication number: 20060276863Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2004Publication date: December 7, 2006Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Masatake Ishikawa, Takao Orii
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Patent number: 6974470Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Satoshi Tsunakawa, Conni Weaver, Masataka Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Takao Orii, Haruyo Kojima
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Publication number: 20050192653Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2004Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Satoshi Tsunakawa, Conni Weaver, Masataka Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Takao Orii, Haruyo Kojima
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Publication number: 20050028806Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Masataka Ishikawa, Takao Orii, Christine Hall, Jill Lynch
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Patent number: 6500201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 19, 2001Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Masaru Tsuchiya, Takashi Ito, Akira Shiga, Takao Orii, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Masamichi Shigekane, Akira Noda, Koji Mimura