Patents by Inventor Tomoji Abe

Tomoji Abe 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: 7363686
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonmetallic twist tie in which the function inherent to the twist tie is of course available and the twist tie is easily made into a shape of being wound in a bundle with no slipping down of the tie into gap, no torsion of the tie itself, no curl, no twining and tangling of ties and no loosening or disjoining from a reel whereby its drawing-out from the wound shape is able to be carried out smoothly. The nonmetallic twist tie having a core part and a wing part constituted from a non-halogenous material is characterized in that (1) a shape having a total width is 1.5 to 20.0 mm, the average thickness of the wing part is 0.02 to 0.20 mm and the maximum thickness of the core part is 0.04- to 0.30-fold of the total width, (2) a binding property where a torsion strength is 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Kyowa Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Fukuyasu, Yoshinori Kotera, Norio Kashihara, Tomoji Abe
  • Publication number: 20070006426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonmetallic twist tie in which the function inherent to the twist tie is of course available and the twist tie is easily made into a shape of being wound in a bundle with no slipping down of the tie into gap, no torsion of the tie itself, no curl, no twining and tangling of ties and no loosening or disjoining from a reel whereby its drawing-out from the wound shape is able to be carried out smoothly. The nonmetallic twist tie having a core part and a wing part constituted from a non-halogenous material is characterized in that (1) a shape having a total width is 1.5 to 20.0 mm, the average thickness of the wing part is 0.02 to 0.20 mm and the maximum thickness of the core part is 0.04- to 0.30-fold of the total width, (2) a binding property where a torsion strength is 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Masaaki Fukuyasu, Yoshinori Kotera, Norio Kashihara, Tomoji Abe
  • Patent number: 5342687
    Abstract: A non-metallic coreless twist-tie is formed by melting polymeric material, extruding the material in an elongated form, cooling the material, then drawing the material at a rate of more than about 2.5 times. The tie can include glass beads. The polymer is preferably formed from polymeric resin having a degree of crystallization of about 10% to 60% at a crystallized temperature range of about 100.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. and can also include a quantity of fine glass beads. The resulting tie can be twisted and untwisted many times without breakage, is suitable for use in microwave ovens and is simpler to construct than multicomponent ties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignees: Kyowa Limited, Clements Industries
    Inventors: Yoshio Iwai, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Takeshi Hirota, Tomoji Abe, Isao Imanishi
  • Patent number: 5154964
    Abstract: A non-metallic coreless twist-tie is formed by melting polymeric material, extruding the material in an elongated form, cooling the material, than drawing the material at a rate of more than about 2.5 times. The tie can include glass beads. The polymer is preferably formed from polymeric resin having a degree of crystallization of about 10% to 60% at a crystallized temperature range of about 100.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. and can also include a quantity of fine glass beads. The resulting tie can be twisted and untwisted many times without breakage, is suitable for use in microwave ovens and is simpler to construct than multicomponent ties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignees: Kyowa Limited, Clements Industries
    Inventors: Yoshio Iwai, Kazuyuki Takahashi, Takeshi Hirota, Tomoji Abe, Isao Imanishi