Patents by Inventor Tsuneo Imatani
Tsuneo Imatani 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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Patent number: 8800248Abstract: [Problem] To realize a predetermined “aseptic level of the containers” without introducing a container sterilizing machine and to reduce the burden for adjusting the temperature of the preform. [Means for Solution] A metal mold for molding, wherein a space width (t2) of at least the body portion in the space width for forming a thickness of from the body portion to the bottom portion of the preform is set to lie in a range of 1.18 to 2.11 times as great as a space width (t1) for forming a thickness of an upper end portion of the mouth portion of the preform. At the time of the compression molding, the preform is taken out in the state of a high temperature from a compression-molding machine 31 and is fed to a bottle-producing unit C while maintaining the state of a high temperature. Further, the inner surfaces of a clean box I in which the units are placed and the outer surfaces of the units are sterilized, and the interior of the clean box I maintains a positive-pressure state with the filtered clean air.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneo Imatani, Takeshi Iwashita, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Hideto Monzen, Hotaka Fukabori, Hiroyuki Kondou
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Patent number: 8702415Abstract: The invention also provides for an apparatus for feeding molten resin, wherein the apparatus includes holding units each having a respective holding portion that is opened and closed to hold a molten resin that is discharged from an extrusion port of a die head of an extruder and is cut by a cutter while moving on a track, in which, after the respective holding portion transfers the molten resin from the extrusion port to a female mold, a side of the respective holding portion is opened and the molten resin is fed down to the female mold in a compression-molding machine, wherein a plurality of longitudinal grooves extending up and down are formed in an inner circumferential surface of the respective holding portion that holds the molten resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Hideto Monzen, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Takuya Fujikawa, Hiroshi Hayashi, Tsuneo Imatani
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Patent number: 8435027Abstract: To provide a preform, a bottle and a preform molding apparatus capable of preventing lowering in the mechanical strength of a preform, reducing the amount of a resin material, as well as improving productivity. A preform mold 1e used in the preform molding apparatus has a mouth neck part mold 2, a body part mold 3e and a core mold 163, and the body part mold 3e has, on the outer edge of the upper surface of a cylindrical protrusion part 31e, an annular protrusion 33 which controls the moving direction of a solidified film 118 and a solidified film 117 which have been peeled.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Nemoto, Masayuki Sasaki, Tsuneo Imatani
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Patent number: 8231376Abstract: To provide a metal mold for forming a preform decreasing the hitting of metal molds at a portion where a slide insert metal mold and a cavity metal mold undergo the sliding yet maintaining the pressure. The metal mold (33) for forming the preform includes a slide insert metal mold (36) split into at least two for forming at least a nozzle portion of the preform, wherein a pressure is maintained by using a fitting portion which includes a preform-forming portion of the slide insert metal mold (36) coupled together from the split state and a cavity metal mold (34). Auxiliary fitting portions (40a, 40b) where the slide insert metal mold (36) and the cavity metal mold (34) undergo the sliding is formed at a position of not forming the preform separate from the fitting portion that includes the preform-forming portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Yuuji Iwakiri, Taketoshi Manou, Tsuneo Imatani, Hideto Monzen
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Patent number: 8162654Abstract: Apparatus for feeding molten resin includes a holding unit that moves on a track and at least a pair of holders capable of holding and releasing the molten resin accompanying the opening and closing of the holding unit. A base portion is utilized for supporting the holders so as to be opened and closed and for holding the molten resin together with the holders. The molten resin discharged from an extrusion-forming machine and cut by a cutter is held by the holding unit, and it fed from the holding unit to a female mold of a compression-0molding machine. At the time of cutting the molten resin, a cutter mark is formed by the cutter on a cut surface of the molten resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Hideto Monzen, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Hotaka Fukabori, Takuya Fujikawa, Hiroshi Hayashi, Tsuneo Imatani
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Patent number: 8157555Abstract: An extrusion feed device for a composite resin capable of forming a composite resin extruded material having a variety of layer configurations not necessarily symmetrical. A plurality of cylindrical flow passages (3) and (4) for feeding a molten resin, an opening/closing valve (7) capable of opening/closing a center flow passage (36) and a cylindrical flow passage (4a), and a center opening/closing valve (39) capable of opening/closing the center flow passage are provided at the upstream side end part (2a) of a discharge passage (2) for delivering the composite resin extruded material. A main resin (30a) forming an outside layer is always fed from the cylindrical flow passage (3), and the other molten resin (30b) and/or (30c) as an auxiliary resin is fed, at a proper timing, from the cylindrical flow passage (4) and the center flow passage (36) on the inside into the molten resin (30a) on the outside by controlling the opening/closing valve (7) or the center opening/closing valve (39).Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Hotaka Fukabori, Tsuneo Imatani, Makoto Etoh, Kazunobu Watanabe
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Patent number: 8153048Abstract: The present invention relates to manufacture of container product with a constant level of quality, wherein the performance is constant, by resolving problems including transformation of perform performance caused by the temperature variation of the preform; or by the variation in the stretching blow molding due to a thermal difference between the surface and the inner part of the preform, resulting from the thickness thereof, in order to industrialize a new molding method recognized to be an excellent molding method from the point of view of economic efficiency and production efficiency, wherein compression molding and stretch blow molding are performed continuously. By a method or device for manufacturing continuously synthetic resin containers, preforms are molded by compression with a compression molding machine, then stretch blow molding is performed with a stretch blow molding machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneo Imatani, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Makoto Etoh
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Publication number: 20110146202Abstract: [Problem] To realize a predetermined “aseptic level of the containers” without introducing a container sterilizing machine and to reduce the burden for adjusting the temperature of the preform. [Means for Solution] A metal mold for molding, wherein a space width (t2) of at least the body portion in the space width for forming a thickness of from the body portion to the bottom portion of the preform is set to lie in a range of 1.18 to 2.11 times as great as a space width (t1) for forming a thickness of an upper end portion of the mouth portion of the preform. At the time of the compression molding, the preform is taken out in the state of a high temperature from a compression-molding machine 31 and is fed to a bottle-producing unit C while maintaining the state of a high temperature. Further, the inner surfaces of a clean box I in which the units are placed and the outer surfaces of the units are sterilized, and the interior of the clean box I maintains a positive-pressure state with the filtered clean air.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Tsuneo Imatani, Takeshi Iwashita, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Hideto Monzen, Hotaka Fukabori, Hiroyuki Kondou
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Publication number: 20100243597Abstract: To provide a preform, a bottle and a preform molding apparatus capable of preventing lowering in the mechanical strength of a preform, reducing the amount of a resin material, as well as improving productivity. A preform mold 1e used in the preform molding apparatus has a mouth neck part mold 2, a body part mold 3e and a core mold 163, and the body part mold 3e has, on the outer edge of the upper surface of a cylindrical protrusion part 31e, an annular protrusion 33 which controls the moving direction of a solidified film 118 and a solidified film 117 which have been peeled.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Satoru Nemoto, Masayuki Sasaki, Tsuneo Imatani
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Publication number: 20100209727Abstract: [Problems] To provide an apparatus for feeding resin capable of extinguishing angular traces formed at both end portions of the cutter mark or of preventing the angular traces from extending up to the side wall of the body portion of the preform at the time of forming a preform. [Means for Solution] An apparatus for feeding molten resin to a compression-molding machine, including a holding unit 17 that rotates on a track, the holding unit 17 having a pair of holders 22 and 23 capable of holding and releasing the molten resin. When the molten resin is cut by a cutter, a linear cutter mark 29 is formed on the cut surface of the resin in a direction at right angles with the direction in which the molten resin is cut. Protruded portions 32 and 33 are formed on the inner circumferential surfaces of the holders 22 and 23 to deform the end portions of the cutter mark 29 toward the inside of the cutter mark when the molten resin is held by the pair of holders 22 and 23.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Hideto Monzen, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Hotaka Fukabori, Takuya Fujikawa, Hiroshi Hayashi, Tsuneo Imatani
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Publication number: 20100189832Abstract: [Problems] To provide an apparatus for feeding molten resin capable of preventing the adhesion of matters on the holding units for holding the molten resin, and of shortening the cycle for cleaning the holding units. [Means for Solution] The apparatus includes holding units 17 having holders 22, 23 that can be opened and closed to hold a molten resin that is discharged from an extruder and is cut by a cutter, and a base portion 21. The holding unit 17 opens the holders 22 and 23 to throw the molten resin down to a female mold in a compression-molding machine. A plurality of longitudinal grooves 18 extending up and down are formed in the inner circumferential surface of the base portion 21.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Hideto Monzen, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Takuya Fujikawa, Hiroshi Hayashi, Tsuneo Imatani
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Publication number: 20100062092Abstract: [Problem] To provide a metal mold for forming a preform decreasing the hitting of metal molds at a portion where a slide insert metal mold and a cavity metal mold undergo the sliding yet maintaining the pressure. [Means or Solution] The metal mold 33 for forming the preform includes a slide insert metal mold 36 split into at least two for forming at least a nozzle portion of the preform, wherein a pressure is maintained by using a fitting portion which includes a preform-forming portion of the slide insert metal mold 36 coupled together from the split state and a cavity metal mold 34. Auxiliary fitting portions 40a, 40b where the slide insert metal mold 36 and the cavity metal mold 34 undergo the sliding is formed at a position of not forming the preform separate from the fitting portion that includes the preform-forming portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Yuuji Iwakiri, Taketoshi Manou, Tsuneo Imatani, Hideto Monzen
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Publication number: 20090074898Abstract: An extrusion feed device for a composite resin capable of forming a composite resin extruded material having a variety of layer configurations not necessarily symmetrical. A plurality of cylindrical flow passages (3) and (4) for feeding a molten resin, an opening/closing valve (7) capable of opening/closing a center flow passage (36) and a cylindrical flow passage (4a), and a center opening/closing valve (39) capable of opening/closing the center flow passage are provided at the upstream side end part (2a) of a discharge passage (2) for delivering the composite resin extruded material. A main resin (30a) forming an outside layer is always fed from the cylindrical flow passage (3), and the other molten resin (30b) and/or (30c) as an auxiliary resin is fed, at a proper timing, from the cylindrical flow passage (4) and the center flow passage (36) on the inside into the molten resin (30a) on the outside by controlling the opening/closing valve (7) or the center opening/closing valve (39).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2005Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Hotaka Fukabori, Tsuneo Imatani, Makoto Etoh, Kazunobu Watanabe
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Patent number: 7341684Abstract: A composite synthetic resin material forming apparatus comprises an outer channel having an outer outlet, an inner channel having an inner outlet opening into the outer channel, outer synthetic resin supply means for flowing an outer synthetic resin through the outer channel, and inner synthetic resin supply means for flowing an inner synthetic resin through the inner channel. Opening and closing means for selectively opening and closing the inner outlet is disposed. The outer synthetic resin supply means intermittently supplies the outer synthetic resin to the outer channel in accordance with opening and closing of the inner outlet by the opening and closing means.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2004Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuneo Imatani, Makoto Etoh, Kazunobu Watanabe, Hotaka Fukabori, Ikuo Komatsu
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Publication number: 20080042325Abstract: The present invention relates to manufacture of container product with a constant level of quality, wherein the performance is constant, by resolving problems including transformation of perform performance caused by the temperature variation of the preform; or by the variation in the stretching blow molding due to a thermal difference between the surface and the inner part of the preform, resulting from the thickness thereof, in order to industrialize a new molding method recognized to be an excellent molding method from the point of view of economic efficiency and production efficiency, wherein compression molding and stretch blow molding are performed continuously. By a method or device for manufacturing continuously synthetic resin containers, preforms are molded by compression with a compression molding machine, then stretch blow molding is performed with a stretch blow molding machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2004Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Tsuneo Imatani, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Makoto Etoh
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Publication number: 20070122578Abstract: It is an object of the invention to obtain a multilayered molten resin mass capable of providing a multilayered compression-molded product in which the layers of the multilayered compression-molded product are distributed uniformly in the circumferential direction with the intermediate resin layer positioned entirely within the inner and outer resin layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2004Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Kazunobu Watanabe, Makoto Etoh, Hotaka Fukabori, Norihisa Hirota, Satoshi Shibata, Tsuneo Imatani
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Publication number: 20060051444Abstract: A composite synthetic resin material forming apparatus comprises an outer channel having an outer outlet, an inner channel having an inner outlet opening into the outer channel, outer synthetic resin supply means for flowing an outer synthetic resin through the outer channel, and inner synthetic resin supply means for flowing an inner synthetic resin through the inner channel. Opening and closing means for selectively opening and closing the inner outlet is disposed. The outer synthetic resin supply means intermittently supplies the outer synthetic resin to the outer channel in accordance with opening and closing of the inner outlet by the opening and closing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2004Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Tsuneo Imatani, Makoto Etoh, Kazunobu Watanabe, Hotaka Fukabori, Ikuo Komatsu
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Patent number: 6722531Abstract: A pouring mouth member for a container includes an intermediate resin layer having barrier property and a fold-back portion is formed on at least one end portion of the intermediate resin layer having barrier property. Further, due to an inner layer resin and/or an outer layer resin provided to an outer periphery of this fold-back portion, the exposure of the resin having barrier property can be surely prevented and, at the same time, a cut edge of the intermediate resin layer having barrier property is effectively sealed between the inner and outer layer resins since the cut edge is also in a fold-back state.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Naoshi Matsuo, Tsuneo Imatani, Kimio Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20020079241Abstract: A pouring mouth member for a container includes an intermediate resin layer having barrier property and a fold-back portion is formed on at least one end portion of the intermediate resin layer having barrier property. Further, due to an inner layer resin and/or an outer layer resin provided to an outer periphery of this fold-back portion, the exposure of the resin having barrier property can be surely prevented and, at the same time, a cut edge of the intermediate resin layer having barrier property is effectively sealed between the inner and outer layer resins since the cut edge is also in a fold-back state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2001Publication date: June 27, 2002Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Naoshi Matsuo, Tsuneo Imatani, Kimio Takeuchi
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Patent number: 5721028Abstract: The present invention provides a strong heat seal to a thermoplastic polyester container which can withstand hot water treatment such as retorting, and to a heat sealed container. A heat-sealable closure is also provided. It is composed of a laminate consisting of a heat-seal layer comprising as a main component a copolymerized polyester resin having a softening temperature of 120.degree. C. and a glass-transition temperature of 30.degree. to 85.degree. C., a metal substrate, and an epoxy-phenol resin primer layer interposed between them.Preferably, the container has a heat seal portion composed of a thermoplastic polyester having a fusion temperature in the crystalline state of at least 200.degree. C. This polyester portion is oriented and crystallized or heat-crystallized.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1993Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Suzuki, Tsuneo Imatani, Hideo Kurashima, Kazuo Taira