Patents by Inventor Takayoshi Kagata

Takayoshi Kagata 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: 20240140104
    Abstract: An ink jet printing method includes an ejection step of ejecting an ink jet ink composition containing a sublimation dye from a recording head so as to be adhered to an intermediate transfer medium A; and a transfer step of transferring the sublimation dye adhered to the intermediate transfer medium A by sublimation to a cloth B. In the ink jet printing method described above, an affinity parameter Ln (gamma) at 25° C. calculated by a COSMO-RS method between the sublimation dye and a member of a surface of the cloth B to which the sublimation transfer is performed is 5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ryota MIYASA, Takayoshi KAGATA, Toshiaki OGUCHI, Hiromu MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11945248
    Abstract: A recording method includes a colored ink adhering step of adhering a colored ink composition to an intermediate transfer medium by an ink jet method to form a recording region A, a clear ink adhering step of adhering a clear ink composition to at least a portion of a recording medium to form a region B, and a transfer step of transferring an image formed in the recording region A to the region B of the recording medium by heating in a state where the recording region A of the intermediate transfer medium faces the region B of the recording medium. The colored ink composition contains a sublimation dye, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and the intermediate transfer medium has a peeling layer containing a resin having a glass transition point of 100° C. or more and 200° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Katsuko Aoki
  • Publication number: 20240093049
    Abstract: An ink jet composition is an ink jet composition including a compound represented by Formula (1), a dispersant, and water, in which the dispersant contains a compound containing a sulfonic acid group. Further, in Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a cyano group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Takayoshi KAGATA
  • Publication number: 20240067840
    Abstract: A treatment liquid composition for dye printing according to the present disclosure is used in a state of being attached to a fabric and includes resin particles, a crosslinking agent, an organic solvent, and water, in which the organic solvent has an SP value of 13.5 or less, the organic solvent has a standard boiling point of 100° C. or higher, and the content of the organic solvent is 5% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of the treatment liquid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Toshiaki OGUCHI, Takayoshi KAGATA
  • Publication number: 20230257589
    Abstract: A dye printing treatment liquid composition is used to be adhered to a cloth and includes a polyester resin and water, the polyester resin includes a structural unit derived from an aromatic compound and a structural unit derived from a non-aromatic compound, the aromatic compound includes a phthalic acid, the non-aromatic compound includes a (poly)alkylene glycol, a content of a structural unit derived from the phthalic acid with respect to 100 percent by mole of the polyester resin is 15 to 85 percent by mole, and a content of a structural unit derived from the (poly)alkylene glycol with respect to 100 percent by mole of the polyester resin is 15 to 85 percent by mole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAGATA, Ryota MIYASA, Toshiaki OGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230220228
    Abstract: An ink set is an ink set including a cyan ink C1 which has a fluorescent brightening intensity of 3.0 or greater and an SP value of 12 to 18 (cal/cm3)1/2, a magenta ink M1 which has a fluorescent brightening intensity of 3.0 or greater and an SP value of 12 to 18 (cal/cm3)1/2, a yellow ink Y1 which has a fluorescent brightening intensity of 3.0 or greater and an SP value of 12 to 18 (cal/cm3)1/2, a cyan ink C2 which has a fluorescent brightening intensity of less than 3.0 and an SP value of 12 to 18 (cal/cm3)1/2, a magenta ink M2 which has a fluorescent brightening intensity of less than 3.0 and an SP value of 12 to 18 (cal/cm3)1/2, and a yellow ink Y2 which has a fluorescent brightening intensity of less than 3.0 and an SP value of 12 to 18 (cal/cm3)1/2, in which the SP values are values obtained by a turbidity titration method using a mixed solution of water and acetone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: Takayoshi KAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220325471
    Abstract: A fabric processing method of the present disclosure includes an attaching step of attaching a carboxylic anhydride to a fabric containing cellulose, and an esterification step of esterifying a hydroxyl group of the cellulose, in which, in the esterification step, the carboxylic acid is introduced into the cellulose through an ester bond. A molecular weight of the carboxylic anhydride preferably is 1000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Takayoshi KAGATA
  • Publication number: 20220126618
    Abstract: A recording method includes a colored ink adhering step of adhering a colored ink composition to an intermediate transfer medium by an ink jet method to form a recording region A, a clear ink adhering step of adhering a clear ink composition to at least a portion of a recording medium to form a region B, and a transfer step of transferring an image formed in the recording region A to the region B of the recording medium by heating in a state where the recording region A of the intermediate transfer medium faces the region B of the recording medium. The colored ink composition contains a sublimation dye, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and the intermediate transfer medium has a peeling layer containing a resin having a glass transition point of 100° C. or more and 200° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAGATA, Katsuko AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220127479
    Abstract: A recording method includes a colored ink adhering step of adhering a colored ink composition to an intermediate transfer medium by an ink jet method to form a recording region A, and a clear ink adhering step of adhering a clear ink composition to at least a portion of the recording region A. The colored ink composition contains a sublimation dye, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and the intermediate transfer medium has a peeling layer containing a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ryota IMAI, Takayoshi KAGATA
  • Patent number: 10907065
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes applying a reaction solution containing a coagulant for coagulating components of an ink composition onto a recording medium and applying an ink composition onto the recording medium by discharging the ink composition from an ink jet head. The ink composition is an aqueous ink jet composition which contains a first wax having a melting point of 100° C. or higher, a second wax having a melting point of 70° C. or lower, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Kenichi Seguchi
  • Patent number: 10894412
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a discharge head including a nozzle discharging ink to a recording medium and a cap capable of covering the nozzle of the discharge head. The ink contains water, a colorant, and an organic compound which is solid at 25.0° C. and which has an octanol/water distribution coefficient of 0.0 or less. The cap includes no ink absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Takeshi Yano
  • Publication number: 20200270808
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a textile printing ink jet ink composition includes a thioindigo-skeleton-containing dye and elemental sulfur. A content of the elemental sulfur in the textile printing ink jet ink composition is 0.01 ppm or greater and 500 ppm or less relative to the total mass of the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shugo HATTORI, Takayoshi KAGATA, Katsuko AOKI
  • Patent number: 10752796
    Abstract: A water-based inkjet ink composition comprising composite resin fine particles composed of a first resin and a second resin, and having an SP value of from 9.0 to 12.0 (cal/cm3)1/2, wherein the SP value of the second resin is higher than the SP value of the first resin, and the first resin has a higher mass than the second resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Seguchi, Tsuyoshi Sano, Miharu Kanaya, Takayoshi Kagata, Akira Mizutani, Toshihiro Yoshimura, Yasuyuki Kagawa
  • Patent number: 10730302
    Abstract: An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a pigment dispersed with a dispersant resin, resin fine particles, water, and an organic solvent. The aqueous ink jet ink composition does not contain more than 5% by mass of an organic solvent having a normal boiling point of 280° C. or more. Further, a viscosity increase rate of the aqueous ink jet ink composition is within 200% at 20° C. when 20% by mass of the water evaporates, and a difference in the SP values between the dispersant resin and a resin of the resin fine particles is within 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takayoshi Kagata
  • Publication number: 20200061997
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a discharge head including a nozzle discharging ink to a recording medium and a cap capable of covering the nozzle of the discharge head. The ink contains water, a colorant, and an organic compound which is solid at 25.0° C. and which has an octanol/water distribution coefficient of 0.0 or less. The cap includes no ink absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAGATA, Hiroshi FUKUMOTO, Takeshi YANO
  • Patent number: 10557052
    Abstract: An ink set includes two ink compositions containing resin and wax separately, with the resin in one and the wax in the other, or an ink composition containing resin and wax together as well as a coagulant solution containing a coagulant for a component of the ink composition(s). The resin and the wax include a resin and a wax wherein the resin has higher aggregability than the wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Matsuzaki, Takayoshi Kagata
  • Patent number: 10543683
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method according to the present embodiment includes ejecting a water-based ink composition where a content of an organic solvent having a standard boiling point of 280° C. or more is 0.5% by mass or less from a head nozzle and attaching the water-based ink composition to a recording medium, in which a contact angle between at least a part of the surface of the member in contact with the water-based ink composition in the members in the head and the water-based ink composition is 30° or less, and the surface of the member in contact with the water-based ink composition is formed of a material having an SP value of 9 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Akira Mizutani, Tadashi Watanabe, Kenichi Seguchi, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 10487227
    Abstract: An ink set which is used for sublimation transfer includes a first ink, and a second ink. The first ink has a color after transfer of |a*|?10 and |b*|?10 in a CIELAB color space, and contains a first disperse dye dispersed by a first dispersion resin. The second ink has a color after transfer of |a*|>10 or |b*|>10 in the CIELAB color space, and contains a second disperse dye dispersed by a second dispersion resin. A glass transition temperature of the first dispersion resin and is different than that of the second dispersion resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Takeshi Yano, Miho Nakamura, Shugo Hattori, Katsuko Aoki, Shigeki Kawada
  • Patent number: 10385226
    Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes a sublimation dye, a dispersant for the sublimation dye, and polyether siloxane having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or more and having 5 or more siloxane repeating units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Yasunari Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10384469
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes attaching a treating liquid, in which a content of a nitrogen-containing solvent is greater than that of an ink composition, to a recording medium having low or non-absorbability in which a step of surface unevenness is equal to or greater than 10 ?m, and attaching the ink composition containing the nitrogen-containing solvent by discharging the ink composition from an ink jet head to the recording medium to which the treating liquid is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Hitoshi Ohta, Akiko Matsuzaki