Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Endo

Toshihiro Endo 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: 11193033
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink can be provided that prevents adhesion of the ink to the nozzle plate, thereby preventing ink misfires and discharge defects from the inkjet nozzles. The oil-based inkjet ink contains a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, and a compound represented by general formula (1) shown below. (In general formula (1), m represents 1 or 2, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a single bond or a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group, and R4 represents a monovalent or divalent saturated hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Shimura, Toshihiro Endo, Kazuyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 10889730
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink set is disclosed that includes: an oil-based inkjet ink A containing a non-aqueous solvent, the non-aqueous solvent of the oil-based inkjet ink A containing at least 15% by mass of a silicone oil relative to the total mass of the non-aqueous solvent of the oil-based inkjet ink A, and an oil-based inkjet ink B containing a non-aqueous solvent, the non-aqueous solvent of the oil-based inkjet ink B containing at least 50% by mass of a petroleum-based hydrocarbon solvent relative to the total mass of the non-aqueous solvent of the oil-based inkjet ink B. A method for producing a printed item is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marie Morinaga, Toshihiro Endo, Shinichiro Shimura, Kazuyuki Ando, Hikaru Sugiura, Shinsuke Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10619531
    Abstract: As a lubricant present between a transfer belt for transferring a print sheet and a platen plate on a rear side thereof and bringing the both into close contact, a lubricant containing 70 weight % or more of a fatty acid ester solvent with carbon number in a molecule of 20 or more and 34 or less is used so as to reduce sliding between the transfer belt and the platen plate and sliding resistance generated between the transfer belt for transferring the print sheet and an auxiliary plate arranged along this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20190100671
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink set is disclosed that includes: an oil-based inkjet ink A containing a non-aqueous solvent, the non-aqueous solvent of the oil-based inkjet ink A containing at least 15% by mass of a silicone oil relative to the total mass of the non-aqueous solvent of the oil-based inkjet ink A, and an oil-based inkjet ink B containing a non-aqueous solvent, the non-aqueous solvent of the oil-based inkjet ink B containing at least 50% by mass of a petroleum-based hydrocarbon solvent relative to the total mass of the non-aqueous solvent of the oil-based inkjet ink B. A method for producing a printed item is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marie MORINAGA, Toshihiro ENDO, Shinichiro SHIMURA, Kazuyuki ANDO, Hikaru SUGIURA, Shinsuke OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180340088
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink can be provided that prevents adhesion of the ink to the nozzle plate, thereby preventing ink misfires and discharge defects from the inkjet nozzles. The oil-based inkjet ink contains a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, and a compound represented by general formula (1) shown below. (In general formula (1), m represents 1 or 2, each of R1 and R2 independently represents a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a single bond or a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group, and R4 represents a monovalent or divalent saturated hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichiro SHIMURA, Toshihiro ENDO, Kazuyuki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20180229510
    Abstract: As a lubricant present between a transfer belt for transferring a print sheet and a platen plate on a rear side thereof and bringing the both into close contact, a lubricant containing 70 weight % or more of a fatty acid ester solvent with carbon number in a molecule of 20 or more and 34 or less is used so as to reduce sliding between the transfer belt and the platen plate and sliding resistance generated between the transfer belt for transferring the print sheet and an auxiliary plate arranged along this.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Toshihiro ENDO
  • Patent number: 9845402
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink set including two or more liquid compositions, for use with an inkjet head having two or more discharge port arrays, wherein at least one of the two or more liquid compositions is an oil-based inkjet ink, the initial boiling point of each of the two or more liquid compositions is, independently, 280° C. or higher, and the difference in the specific gravities of any pair of liquid compositions in the two or more liquid compositions is at least 0.005 but not more than 0.012, is disclosed. A method for producing a printed item is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Shimura, Toshihiro Endo, Akiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170253756
    Abstract: An oil-based inkjet ink set including two or more liquid compositions, for use with an inkjet head having two or more discharge port arrays, wherein at least one of the two or more liquid compositions is an oil-based inkjet ink, the initial boiling point of each of the two or more liquid compositions is, independently, 280° C. or higher, and the difference in the specific gravities of any pair of liquid compositions in the two or more liquid compositions is at least 0.005 but not more than 0.012, is disclosed. A method for producing a printed item is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichiro SHIMURA, Toshihiro ENDO, Akiko YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9624394
    Abstract: An inkjet printing process including forming an image by superposing two or more kinds of inks, wherein the two or more kinds of inks contain (A) an ink containing at least a first coloring material, a non-aqueous solvent, a non-aqueous resin, and a water-soluble resin having an amino group, and (B) an ink containing at least a second coloring material, a non-aqueous solvent, and a nitrogen-containing graft copolymer having a polyester side chain, and a non-aqueous ink set containing the ink (A) and the ink (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Endo, Shinichiro Shimura, Naoyuki Torita
  • Patent number: 9624402
    Abstract: The method is a non-aqueous inkjet printing method including the steps of: ejecting droplets of a non-aqueous pigment ink containing at least a pigment and a non-aqueous solvent onto a surface of a printing medium to form dots composed of the non-aqueous pigment ink, and then ejecting droplets of a non-aqueous post-treatment liquid containing at least silica and an organic solvent toward the printing medium so that the droplets overlap with the dots composed of the non-aqueous pigment ink, wherein either of the non-aqueous pigment ink and the post-treatment liquid contains a water-soluble resin having an amino group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Shimura, Teruaki Okawa, Toshihiro Endo, Tetsuo Hosoya, Naoyuki Torita, Hikaru Sugiura, Hiroshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9593251
    Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink includes a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, a non-water-soluble resin and a water-soluble resin, wherein the non-water-soluble resin is an acrylic polymer formed by a copolymer of a monomer mixture containing at least an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A) having a C8 to C18 alkyl group and a monomer (B) having a ?-diketone group or ?-keto acid ester group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hosoya, Toshihiro Endo, Naofumi Ezaki, Shinichiro Shimura, Naoyuki Torita, Marie Morinaga
  • Publication number: 20160264806
    Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink includes a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, a non-water-soluble resin and a water-soluble resin, wherein the non-water-soluble resin is an acrylic polymer formed by a copolymer of a monomer mixture containing at least an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A) having a C8 to C18 alkyl group and a monomer (B) having a ?-diketone group or ?-keto acid ester group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo HOSOYA, Toshihiro ENDO, Naofumi EZAKI, Shinichiro SHIMURA, Naoyuki TORITA, Marie MORINAGA
  • Patent number: 9365736
    Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink includes a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, a non-water-soluble resin and a water-soluble resin, wherein the non-water-soluble resin is an acrylic polymer formed by a copolymer of a monomer mixture containing at least an alkyl(meth)acrylate (A) having a C8 to C18 alkyl group and a monomer (B) having a ?-diketone group or ?-keto acid ester group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hosoya, Toshihiro Endo, Naofumi Ezaki, Shinichiro Shimura, Naoyuki Torita, Marie Morinaga
  • Patent number: 9365735
    Abstract: In a non-aqueous pigment ink that includes pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, and a non-aqueous resin that functions to disperse pigment dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, the non-aqueous solvent includes a hydrocarbon based non polar solvent at 50% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of solvent. The non-aqueous resin is an acrylic polymer having a comb shaped structure, in which alkyl groups having carbon numbers from 8 to 18 and urethane groups form side chains on a (meth)acrylate main chain. The acrylic polymer is a copolymer of an alkyl(meth)acrylate (A) having alkyl groups with a carbon number from 8 to 18, a reactive (meth)acrylate (B) having functional groups that react with amino groups, and a monomer (C) having ?-diketone groups or ?-keto acid ester groups, into which the urethane groups are introduced by reactions between the functional groups that react with amino groups, amino alcohol, and a multivalent isocyanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hosoya, Toshihiro Endo, Syotaro Kon
  • Patent number: 9260620
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] A non-aqueous ink, which has excellent pigment dispersion stability and can achieve reduction or elimination of print-through, thereby achieving high print density, is disclosed. [Solution] The non-aqueous ink contains at least a pigment and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent contains a five-membered heterocyclic compound having a C?O bond in an amount of 50 mass % or more of the organic solvent, and the content of a polymer component in the ink is 20 mass % or less relative to the pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Endo, Tetsuo Hosoya
  • Publication number: 20150184012
    Abstract: An inkjet printing process including forming an image by superposing two or more kinds of inks, wherein the two or more kinds of inks contain (A) an ink containing at least a first coloring material, a non-aqueous solvent, a non-aqueous resin, and a water-soluble resin having an amino group, and (B) an ink containing at least a second coloring material, a non-aqueous solvent, and a nitrogen-containing graft copolymer having a polyester side chain, and a non-aqueous ink set containing the ink (A) and the ink (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro ENDO, Shinichiro SHIMURA, Naoyuki TORITA
  • Publication number: 20150184011
    Abstract: The method is a non-aqueous inkjet printing method including the steps of: ejecting droplets of a non-aqueous pigment ink containing at least a pigment and a non-aqueous solvent onto a surface of a printing medium to form dots composed of the non-aqueous pigment ink, and then ejecting droplets of a non-aqueous post-treatment liquid containing at least silica and an organic solvent toward the printing medium so that the droplets overlap with the dots composed of the non-aqueous pigment ink, wherein either of the non-aqueous pigment ink and the post-treatment liquid contains a water-soluble resin having an amino group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro SHIMURA, Teruaki OKAWA, Toshihiro ENDO, Tetsuo HOSOYA, Naoyuki TORITA, Hikaru SUGIURA, Hiroshi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150005412
    Abstract: In a non-aqueous pigment ink that includes pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, and a non-aqueous resin that functions to disperse pigment dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, the non-aqueous solvent includes a hydrocarbon based non polar solvent at 50% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of solvent. The non-aqueous resin is an acrylic polymer having a comb shaped structure, in which alkyl groups having carbon numbers from 8 to 18 and urethane groups form side chains on a (meth)acrylate main chain. The acrylic polymer is a copolymer of an alkyl(meth)acrylate (A) having alkyl groups with a carbon number from 8 to 18, a reactive (meth)acrylate (B) having functional groups that react with amino groups, and a monomer (C) having ?-diketone groups or ?-keto acid ester groups, into which the urethane groups are introduced by reactions between the functional groups that react with amino groups, amino alcohol, and a multivalent isocyanate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hosoya, Toshihiro Endo, Syotaro Kon
  • Patent number: 8915994
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] A non-aqueous ink, which has excellent pigment dispersion stability and can achieve reduction or elimination of print-through, thereby achieving high print density, is disclosed. [Solution] The non-aqueous ink contains at least a pigment and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent contains a five-membered heterocyclic compound having a C?O bond in an amount of 50 mass % or more of the organic solvent, and the content of a polymer component in the ink is 20 mass % or less relative to the pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Endo, Tetsuo Hosoya
  • Patent number: 8765838
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink composition for inkjet printing, comprising 5 to 15% by mass of pigment relative to a mass of the non-aqueous ink composition, a pigment dispersant in such an amount that a mass ratio of the pigment dispersant to the pigment ranges from 0.2 to 2.0, and an organic solvent, the pigment dispersant comprising (A) a polyamide having a polyester side chain and/or a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and a C10-40 alkene, and (B) an alkyl(alkyl)acrylate copolymer having a C12-25 alkyl group and a nitrogen-containing group in such an amount that a mass ratio of the dispersant (B) to a total of the dispersant (A) and the dispersant (B), (B)/[(A)+(B)], ranges from 0.75 to 0.99. The ink composition has good storage stability and causes no satellite even printed in an environment of a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hosoya, Toshihiro Endo