Patents by Inventor Tohru Matsutomi

Tohru Matsutomi 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: 7732646
    Abstract: An allyl type crosslinking agent for use in production of a super water-absorbent polymer comprising a polymerizable compound having a carbon-carbon double bond or a salt thereof. The crosslinking agent comprises a linear hydroxypolyallyl ether having at least one hydroxyl group and at least two allyl groups obtained by allyletherification of hydroxyl groups in a linear polyol compound selected from the group consisting of erythritol, xylitol and sorbitol. This allyl type crosslinking agent is highly soluble in an aqueous solvent, and can give an excellent super water-absorbent polymer, which cannot be obtained in the prior arts, having high levels of both of water absorptivity under atmospheric pressure and water absorptivity under pressurized conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Daiso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Nakamura, Yasumi Shimizu, Tohru Matsutomi, Thomas Daniel
  • Patent number: 7157608
    Abstract: In the production of allyl ethers of polyol by reacting a straight-chain polyol compound with an allyl halide in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide, wherein the straight-chain polyol compound has carbon atoms each having one hydroxyl group, the reaction between the straight-chain polyol compound and the allyl halide is proceeded in the presence of water having the amount dissolving the straight-chain polyol compound at a reaction temperature, then 14% by mol, based on total molar amount of a hydroxyl group contained in the straight-chain polyol compound, of the allyl halide is added to a reaction system before at least part of water is released out of the reaction system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Daiso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumi Shimizu, Kaoru Nakao, Tohru Matsutomi
  • Publication number: 20050215830
    Abstract: In the production of allyl ethers of polyol by reacting a straight-chain polyol compound with an allyl halide in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide, wherein the straight-chain polyol compound has carbon atoms each having one hydroxyl group, the reaction between the straight-chain polyol compound and the allyl halide is proceeded in the presence of water having the amount dissolving the straight-chain polyol compound at a reaction temperature, then 14% by mol, based on total molar amount of a hydroxyl group contained in the straight-chain polyol compound, of the allyl halide is added to a reaction system before at least part of water is released out of the reaction system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Yasumi Shimizu, Kaoru Nakao, Tohru Matsutomi
  • Publication number: 20050113526
    Abstract: An allyl type crosslinking agent for use in production of a super water-absorbent polymer comprising a polymerizable compound having a carbon-carbon double bond or a salt thereof. The crosslinking agent comprises a linear hydroxypolyallyl ether having at least one hydroxyl group and at least two allyl groups obtained by allyletherification of hydroxyl groups in a linear polyol compound selected from the group consisting of erythritol, xylitol and sorbitol. This allyl type crosslinking agent is highly soluble in an aqueous solvent, and can give an excellent super water-absorbent polymer, which cannot be obtained in the prior arts, having high levels of both of water absorptivity under atmospheric pressure and water absorptivity under pressurized conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Nakamura, Yasumi Shimizu, Tohru Matsutomi, Thomas Daniel
  • Patent number: 6835325
    Abstract: A crosslinking agent containing a polyallyl ether compound having at least one hydroxyl group derived from a glycidyl group and at least two allyl groups can be used for the production of a highly water-absorbing polymer comprising a polymerizable compound having a carbon-carbon double bond or a salt thereof, has a high solubility in aqueous solution of the monomer and gives a highly water-absorbing polymer having water absorptivity required at practical levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Daiso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ichiro Nakamura, Yasumi Shimizu, Tohru Matsutomi
  • Publication number: 20030208022
    Abstract: An allyl type crosslinking agent for use in production of a super water-absorbent polymer comprising a polymerizable compound having a carbon-carbon double bond or a salt thereof, comprising a linear hydroxypolyallyl ether having at least one hydroxyl groups and at least two allyl groups obtained by allyletherification of hydroxyl groups in a linear polyol compound selected from the group consisting of erythritol, xylitol and sorbitol, is provided. This allyl type crosslinking agent is highly soluble in an aqueous solvent, and can give an excellent super water-absorbent polymer, which cannot be obtained in the prior arts, having high levels of both of water absorptivity under atmospheric pressure and water absorptivity under pressurized conditions are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Shin-Ichiro Nakamura, Yasumi Shimizu, Tohru Matsutomi, Thomas Daniel
  • Publication number: 20030208020
    Abstract: Highly water absorbing polymer comprising a polymerizable compound having carbon-carbon double bonds or a salt thereof, obtainable by using a crosslinking agent comprising a hydroxy polyallyl ether having one or more hydroxy groups and two or more allyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel, Ulrich Riegel, Shin-Ichiro Nakamura, Yasumi Shimizu, Tohru Matsutomi