Patents by Inventor Takeshi Bando
Takeshi Bando 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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Publication number: 20180184859Abstract: A first sheet material is easily taken out while sheet materials are prevented from being continuously taken out when a second sheet material and after are taken out. A dispensing container configured to maintain a sealed state has a longitudinal direction (front and back direction) and a lateral direction, and includes a container main body having an upper surface provided with a dispensing opening for taking out sheet materials contained and an upper lid mounted to the upper surface of the container main body via a hinge. The dispensing opening includes a first opening part positioned on the side of the hinge and a second opening part continuing from the first opening part extends toward the opposite side of the hinge in the lateral direction, and enables the sheet material to pass through. The first opening part has a length in the lateral direction longer than a length of the second opening part in the lateral direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Takeshi BANDO, Yusuke NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9676541Abstract: A storage container which allows a user to easily take out sheets from a dispensing opening when the number of sheets is small. A storage container includes: a container body including a top plate where a dispensing opening for taking out the sheets is provided, and an opening formed opposing the top plate; and a bottom lid which is formed of an integrally-molded resin, is detachably mounted to the container body, and closes the opening. The bottom lid includes: a flat plate portion; and an expanding/contracting part transformable from a first state where it protrudes from the flat plate portion up to a first height toward the inside of the container body, to a second state where it protrudes from the flat plate portion up to a second height higher than the first height, toward the inside of the container body.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Wada, Terutaka Iwasaki, Takeshi Bando, Takahiro Ueda
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Patent number: 9340002Abstract: A method of manufacturing wet wipes includes a step of continuously conveying a plurality of sheets by a conveyor, a step of folding each of the sheets toward a conveyor non-contact surface side of the sheets, a step of impregnating each of the folded sheets with the predetermined chemical solution, from a conveyor contact surface side of the sheets a step of laminating each of the sheets impregnated with the predetermined chemical solution, and a step of cutting the laminated sheets.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide Ishikawa, Takeshi Bando
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Patent number: 9242826Abstract: This method for producing wet wipes includes the following steps: a step for vertically folding non-woven cloth sheets; a step for impregnating the sheets with a chemical; a step for stacking the sheets; a step for cutting the sheets at predetermined lengths; a step for pulling the cut sheets away from a transporting conveyer provided with a suction mechanism by means of a pusher, and stacking the cut sheets; a step for pressing a bundle comprising the sheets; and a step for packaging the bundle. The pusher is disposed between the transporting conveyers. The blades of the pusher have a plurality of tooth sections. The pusher drops the sheets suctioned to the transporting conveyer downwards by means of moving vertically downwards.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Bando, Daisuke Miyake, Ikue Hiramatsu, Yoshihide Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9232876Abstract: In order to achieve both ease of removal and an increase in the rate of impregnation by a predetermined chemical, in this packaging structure of a package of wet wipes, a convex region is formed at a position containing a region that faces the opening of a main package body and that is on the upper surface of a stacked body of wet wipes. The convex region is formed protruding towards the main package body. A space is formed between the region (corresponding to the ends) aside from the convex region formed on the wet wipes and the upper surface to which the opening of the main package body is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Bando, Daisuke Miyake, Ikue Hiramatsu, Yoshihide Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20150217931Abstract: A storage container which allows a user to easily take out sheets from a dispensing opening when the number of sheets is small. A storage container includes: a container body including a top plate where a dispensing opening for taking out the sheets is provided, and an opening formed opposing the top plate; and a bottom lid which is formed of an integrally-molded resin, is detachably mounted to the container body, and closes the opening. The bottom lid includes: a flat plate portion; and an expanding/contracting part transformable from a first state where it protrudes from the flat plate portion up to a first height toward the inside of the container body, to a second state where it protrudes from the flat plate portion up to a second height higher than the first height, toward the inside of the container body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Kiyoshi Wada, Terutaka Iwasaki, Takeshi Bando, Takahiro Ueda
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Patent number: 8960439Abstract: A wet tissue package that is easily to manufacture with a used wet tissue storage receptacle disposed on a package body. Configured is a wet tissue package equipped with a package body and a used wet tissue storage receptacle, wherein the package body is equipped with a first seal portion formed by joining a pair of first side edges of a sheet member, and a pair of second seal portions formed by joining a pair of second side edges, and a wet tissue housing. The used wet tissue storage receptacle is composed of a first seal extension portion formed by extending in a direction that intersects a direction that the first side edges extend from the first seal, and a sheet member that composes the package body.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Takeshi Bando, Takahiro Ueda, Ikue Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20140158690Abstract: A sealing label that includes a first base material, and a second base material which is bonded to one surface of the first base material, and is repeatedly and removably bonded to an opening of a packing container so that the base material seals the opening; the label includes a sealing part which seals the opening; and a support part which is connected with at least one part of the sealing part and bonded to the packing container; wherein the sealing part and the support part has a boundary part, the boundary part has a cut line, wherein the cut line extends in a direction intersecting with a peeling direction to which the sealing part is peeled, the second base material is cut and divided into a proximal area, which is on the proximal side in the peeling direction, and a distal area, which is on the distal side in the peeling direction, by the cut line; and a peeling layer, which releases the first base material from the second base material, is provided between the first base material and the second baseType: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daishiro Sumiyoshi, Yukito Manno, Ikuya Nishiyama, Makoto Tobita, Takeshi Bando, Takahiro Ueda
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Publication number: 20140075892Abstract: A method for producing a wet tissue package by which a storage portion for wet tissues which have been used can be easily produced, and wet tissues stored in a package main body can be prevented from drying. A method for producing a wet tissue package provided with a package main body having an opening portion, a lid member to cover the opening portion, and a used wet tissue storage portion, wherein the method is provided with an opening portion formation step, an attachment step for attaching the lid member and an adhesive material, a folding back step for wrapping a plurality of wet tissues, a first sealing portion formation step for forming a first sealing portion and a first sealing extension portion, and a second sealing portion formation step for forming a second sealing portion and also forming the used wet tissue storage portion by joining the second sealing portion and the first sealing extension portion by the adhesive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Uni-Charm CorporationInventor: Takeshi Bando
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Patent number: 8657152Abstract: To provide a wet tissue package that allows for easy taking out of a wet tissue accommodated in a package body. A wet tissue package includes: a package body having an opening; and a plurality of wet tissues accommodated in the package body in a state of being individually folded and stacked without being interfolded, in which each of the plurality of wet tissues includes: a first folding line parallel to the first side edge; a second folding line parallel to the first folding line; and a turn-back portion formed by folding the wet tissue on the first folding line and the second folding line, in which the turn-back portion is directed toward the opening and a part of the turn-back portion is disposed so as to be exposable through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Takeshi Bando, Takahiro Ueda, Ikue Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20130298738Abstract: This method for producing wet wipes includes the following steps: a step for vertically folding non-woven cloth sheets; a step for impregnating the sheets with a chemical; a step for stacking the sheets; a step for cutting the sheets at predetermined lengths; a step for pulling the cut sheets away from a transporting conveyer provided with a suction mechanism by means of a pusher, and stacking the cut sheets; a step for pressing a bundle comprising the sheets; and a step for packaging the bundle. The pusher is disposed between the transporting conveyers. The blades of the pusher have a plurality of tooth sections. The pusher drops the sheets suctioned to the transporting conveyer downwards by means of moving vertically downwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Takeshi Bando, Daisuke Miyake, Ikue Hiramatsu, Yoshihide Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20130267401Abstract: The present invention prevents unevenness in the amount of impregnation by a predetermined chemical and prevents a decrease in ease of removal resulting from increasing the rate of impregnation by the predetermined chemical. A press device (15) has: a plurality of rollers (201, 202, 203); press belts (204a, 204b) wound around the plurality of rollers (201, 202, 203); and conveyor belts (205, 206) that convey a stacked body (800). At least one roller from among the plurality of rollers (201, 202, 203) drives the press belts (204a, 204b) at a predetermined speed of conveyance and in a predetermined direction of conveyance. The press belts (204a, 204b) are disposed with a gap in an intersecting direction (CD) perpendicular to the conveyance direction (MD) that is such that the press belts (204a, 204b) can contact both end portions (800A, 800B) of the stacked body (800) in the intersecting direction (CD).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Takeshi Bando, Daisuke Miyake, Ikue Hiramatsu, Yoshihide Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20130256169Abstract: In order to achieve both ease of removal and an increase in the rate of impregnation by a predetermined chemical, in this packaging structure of a package of wet wipes, a convex region is formed at a position containing a region that faces the opening of a main package body and that is on the upper surface of a stacked body of wet wipes. The convex region is formed protruding towards the main package body. A space is formed between the region (corresponding to the ends) aside from the convex region formed on the wet wipes and the upper surface to which the opening of the main package body is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Bando, Daisuke Miyake, Ikue Hiramatsu, Yoshihide Ishikawa
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Publication number: 20130199710Abstract: In a method for manufacturing wet wipes, ridge regions raised along the conveyance direction are formed in sheets by causing each of the sheets to pass through between upper folding plates and a lower folding plate and folding the sheet multiple times on itself; each of the sheets having the ridge regions formed therein is impregnated with a predetermined chemical solution; and each of the sheets having been impregnated with the predetermined chemical solution is stacked on each other. After passing through between the upper folding plates and the lower folding plate, each of the sheets makes contact at a surface thereof with a conveyance roller, the surface being located opposite an extended plane across the surface having the ridge region formed therein, the extended plane being a plane obtained by extending the surface of the lower folding plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide Ishikawa, Takeshi Bando
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Publication number: 20130061410Abstract: A method of manufacturing wet wipes includes a step of continuously conveying a plurality of sheets by a conveyor, a step of folding each of the sheets toward a conveyor non-contact surface side of the sheets, a step of impregnating each of the folded sheets with the predetermined chemical solution, from a conveyor contact surface side of the sheets a step of laminating each of the sheets impregnated with the predetermined chemical solution, and a step of cutting the laminated sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihide Ishikawa, Takeshi Bando
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Publication number: 20120312713Abstract: A wet tissue package that is easily to manufacture with a used wet tissue storage receptacle disposed on a package body. Configured is a wet tissue package equipped with a package body and a used wet tissue storage receptacle, wherein the package body is equipped with a first seal portion formed by joining a pair of first side edges of a sheet member, and a pair of second seal portions formed by joining a pair of second side edges, and a wet tissue housing. The used wet tissue storage receptacle is composed of a first seal extension portion formed by extending in a direction that intersects a direction that the first side edges extend from the first seal, and a sheet member that composes the package body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Bando, Takahiro Ueda, Ikue Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20120175280Abstract: To provide a wet tissue package that allows for easy taking out of a wet tissue accommodated in a package body. A wet tissue package includes: a package body having an opening; and a plurality of wet tissues accommodated in the package body in a state of being individually folded and stacked without being interfolded, in which each of the plurality of wet tissues includes: a first folding line parallel to the first side edge; a second folding line parallel to the first folding line; and a turn-back portion formed by folding the wet tissue on the first folding line and the second folding line, in which the turn-back portion is directed toward the opening and a part of the turn-back portion is disposed so as to be exposable through the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Bando, Takahiro Ueda, Ikue Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20120048857Abstract: The invention can increase a freedom of decorative design on a package. A base sheet forms a body having a wet-tissue storage space and has a cut formed along an outer edge of a first lid element. An intermediate sheet has a cut formed along an outer edge of a second lid element. An internal sheet has a cut formed along an opening edge of an opening. One side of the intermediate sheet is bonded to a back of the base sheet where the second lid element is opposed to the first lid element. The other side of the intermediate sheet is bonded to one side of the internal sheet where the opening is opposed to the second lid element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Takeshi Bando
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Publication number: 20110005676Abstract: Disclosed is a wiper which is which is highly retentive of water, soft to the touch, and improved in sheet strength and a method for manufacturing the same. An interlining layer contains pulp fibers, first and second surfacing layers contain non-fusible fibers, and a reinforcing layer contains fusible fibers and rayon fibers. The fusible fibers are fusion-bonded but the non-fusible fibers remain unfused. Sheet surfaces are free from the fusible fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Bando, Daisuke Miyake, Katsushi Tomita, Hideyuki Ishikawa
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Patent number: 7820277Abstract: Disclosed is a wiper which is which is highly retentive of water, soft to the touch, and improved in sheet strength and a method for manufacturing the same. An interlining layer contains pulp fibers, first and second surfacing layers contain non-fusible fibers, and a reinforcing layer contains fusible fibers and rayon fibers. The fusible fibers are fusion-bonded but the non-fusible fibers remain unfused. Sheet surfaces are free from the fusible fibers.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Takeshi Bando, Daisuke Miyake, Katsushi Tomita, Hideyuki Ishikawa