Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Itou

Tsuyoshi Itou 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).

  • Publication number: 20240071640
    Abstract: Provided is a chemical decontamination method that shortens the decomposition time of a reduction decontamination agent. An oxidization decontamination, a decomposition of an oxidization decontamination agent, and reduction decontamination using an oxalic acid aqueous solution are performed on a target piping of a BWR plant. After that, the oxalic acid is decomposed (S7). That is, a part of the oxalic acid is decomposed by irradiating the oxalic acid aqueous solution with ultraviolet rays upstream of a decomposition device (S8), and Fe3+ in the aqueous solution is converted to Fe2+. Hydrogen peroxide is supplied to the decomposition device (S9). In the decomposition device, the oxalic acid is decomposed by a catalyst and hydrogen peroxide, Fe2+ and hydrogen peroxide react to produce Fe3+ and OH*, and the oxalic acid is decomposed by OH*. A corrosion potential of the aqueous solution flowing out from the decomposition device is measured (S11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITOU, Kazushige ISHIDA, Hideyuki HOSOKAWA, Shintaro YANAGISAWA, Takashi OOHIRA
  • Patent number: 11555099
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a high-definition and decolorable image is formed. A method for producing a colorable material according to an embodiment includes supplying a first solution containing a color developable agent and a first solvent to a color developing agent in the form of a powder which is insoluble in the first solvent so that a first mixture of the first solution and the color developing agent maintains the powder state, and removing the first solvent from the first mixture, thereby obtaining a powder of colorable particles containing the color developable agent and the color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Maiko Miyoshi, Takafumi Hara
  • Patent number: 11427726
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ink which can be decolored upon heating is provided. Colored images can be formed with the ink by various methods, such as ink jetting or the like, then later the images can be decolored with heat. An ink according to an embodiment contains a color developable compound, a color developing agent that causes the color developable compound to develop a color, a nonaqueous solvent, and a decoloring agent that is insoluble in the nonaqueous solvent and decolors the color developable compound upon heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Maiko Miyoshi, Tsuyoshi Itou, Takafumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20220050394
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a colorable material capable of achieving a high image density during coloration is provided. A colorable material according to an embodiment contains: colorable particles including porous particles as a color developing agent composed of an inorganic oxide and a color developable agent carried on the porous particles; and a thermoplastic resin coating the colorable particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Maiko MIYOSHI, Tsuyoshi ITOU, Takafumi HARA
  • Publication number: 20220049067
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a high-definition and decolorable image is formed. A method for producing a colorable material according to an embodiment includes supplying a first solution containing a color developable agent and a first solvent to a color developing agent in the form of a powder which is insoluble in the first solvent so that a first mixture of the first solution and the color developing agent maintains the powder state, and removing the first solvent from the first mixture, thereby obtaining a powder of colorable particles containing the color developable agent and the color developing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITOU, Maiko MIYOSHI, Takafumi HARA
  • Patent number: 11009808
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a toner cartridge used in an image forming apparatus including a processor which forms a toner pattern image on a photoconductive member, transfers the toner pattern image on a medium, and changes an image forming condition based on a detection result obtained by optically detecting the toner pattern image transferred onto the medium, the toner cartridge including: a toner accommodating container accommodating a toner, and a memory. The memory stores reference data which is determined according to toner characteristics in the toner accommodating container, and is used for applying a reference value for an optical detection result of a toner pattern formed by the toner on the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Kazuhisa Takeda, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Hiromichi Mitamura, Shigeru Fujiwara, Hisanobu Ajima
  • Patent number: 10962894
    Abstract: A decolorizable toner allows for easy distinguishing between a sheet which can be reused and a sheet which is hardly able to be reused from each other. The decolorizable toner includes a color developable compound, a color developing agent, a decolorizing agent, a magnetic material, and a binder resin. The color developable compound is a precursor compound of a dye. The color developing agent is an electron accepting compound which donates a proton to the color developable compound. The decolorizing agent is a compound which inhibits a coloring reaction between the color developable compound and the color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Takafumi Hara
  • Patent number: 10962895
    Abstract: A decolorizable toner allows for easy distinguishing between a sheet which can be reused and a sheet which is hardly able to be reused from each other. The decolorizable toner includes a color developable compound, a color developing agent, a decolorizing agent, a magnetic material, and a binder resin. The color developable compound is a precursor compound of a dye. The color developing agent is an electron accepting compound which donates a proton to the color developable compound. The decolorizing agent is a compound which inhibits a coloring reaction between the color developable compound and the color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Takafumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20210003939
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a toner cartridge used in an image forming apparatus including a processor which forms a toner pattern image on a photoconductive member, transfers the toner pattern image on a medium, and changes an image forming condition based on a detection result obtained by optically detecting the toner pattern image transferred onto the medium, the toner cartridge including: a toner accommodating container accommodating a toner, and a memory. The memory stores reference data which is determined according to toner characteristics in the toner accommodating container, and is used for applying a reference value for an optical detection result of a toner pattern formed by the toner on the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Kazuhisa Takeda, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Hiromichi Mitamura, Shigeru Fujiwara, Hisanobu Ajima
  • Patent number: 10816912
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a toner cartridge used in an image forming apparatus including a processor which forms a toner pattern image on a photoconductive member, transfers the toner pattern image on a medium, and changes an image forming condition based on a detection result obtained by optically detecting the toner pattern transferred onto the medium, the toner cartridge including: a toner accommodating container accommodating a toner, and a memory. The memory stores a plurality of reference data which are determined according to toner characteristics in the toner accommodating container and a value indicating an image forming execution amount, and are used for applying reference values for an optical detection result of a toner pattern formed by the toner on the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Kazuhisa Takeda, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Hiromichi Mitamura, Shigeru Fujiwara, Hisanobu Ajima
  • Patent number: 10809646
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a toner cartridge used in an image forming apparatus including a processor which forms a toner pattern image on a photoconductive member, transfers the toner pattern image on a medium, and changes an image forming condition based on a detection result obtained by optically detecting the toner pattern image transferred onto the medium, the toner cartridge including: a toner accommodating container accommodating a toner, and a memory. The memory stores reference data which is determined according to toner characteristics in the toner accommodating container, and is used for applying a reference value for an optical detection result of a toner pattern formed by the toner on the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Kazuhisa Takeda, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Hiromichi Mitamura, Shigeru Fujiwara, Hisanobu Ajima
  • Publication number: 20200310285
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a toner cartridge used in an image forming apparatus including a processor which forms a toner pattern image on a photoconductive member, transfers the toner pattern image on a medium, and changes an image forming condition based on a detection result obtained by optically detecting the toner pattern transferred onto the medium, the toner cartridge including: a toner accommodating container accommodating a toner, and a memory. The memory stores a plurality of reference data which are determined according to toner characteristics in the toner accommodating container and a value indicating an image forming execution amount, and are used for applying reference values for an optical detection result of a toner pattern formed by the toner on the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Kazuhisa Takeda, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Hiromichi Mitamura, Shigeru Fujiwara, Hisanobu Ajima
  • Publication number: 20200248317
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus is connected to a carbon steel purification system piping of a BWR plant (S1). Formic acid (surface purification agent) is injected into a circulation piping of the film forming apparatus (S4). A surface purification agent aqueous solution containing 30000 ppm of formic acid is contacted with the inner surface of the purification system piping, and a large amount of Fe2+ is dissolved from the purification system piping, and a large amount of electrons are generated by this dissolution. Thereafter, a formic acid Ni aqueous solution is injected into the surface purification agent aqueous solution to produce a film forming aqueous solution (S5). The film forming aqueous solution storing the electrons is contacted with the inner surface of the purification system piping, and Ni ions incorporated into the inner surface are reduced by the electrons, and a Ni metal film is formed on the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITOU, Mayu SASAKI, Nobuyuki OTA, Hideyuki HOSOKAWA
  • Patent number: 10684568
    Abstract: A reversibly allochroic toner contains a binder resin and a colorant. The colorant reversibly switches between first and second color states in response to temperature changes. The colorant exhibits a hysteresis in a temperature-color state curve thereof in which the following relationships are satisfied. Tr<TL2<TL1<TH1<TH2<Tg TH2?50° C. 20° C.?Tr?30° C. where, TH1 is a temperature at which the colorant starts to change from the first color state to the second color state, TH2 is a temperature at which the colorant completely changes to the second color state, TL1 is a temperature at which the colorant starts to change from the second color state to the first color state, TL2 is a temperature at which the colorant completely changes to the first color state, and Tg is a glass transition temperature of the binder resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takafumi Hara, Masahiro Ikuta, Tsuyoshi Itou, Yasuhito Noda, Kazuhisa Takeda, Takayasu Aoki
  • Publication number: 20200159138
    Abstract: A decolorizable toner allows for easy distinguishing between a sheet which can be reused and a sheet which is hardly able to be reused from each other. The decolorizable toner includes a color developable compound, a color developing agent, a decolorizing agent, a magnetic material, and a binder resin. The color developable compound is a precursor compound of a dye. The color developing agent is an electron accepting compound which donates a proton to the color developable compound. The decolorizing agent is a compound which inhibits a coloring reaction between the color developable compound and the color developing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Takafumi Hara
  • Publication number: 20200159139
    Abstract: A decolorizable toner allows for easy distinguishing between a sheet which can be reused and a sheet which is hardly able to be reused from each other. The decolorizable toner includes a color developable compound, a color developing agent, a decolorizing agent, a magnetic material, and a binder resin. The color developable compound is a precursor compound of a dye. The color developing agent is an electron accepting compound which donates a proton to the color developable compound. The decolorizing agent is a compound which inhibits a coloring reaction between the color developable compound and the color developing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITOU, Takafumi HARA
  • Publication number: 20200117109
    Abstract: A decolorizable toner allows for easy distinguishing between a sheet which can be reused and a sheet which is hardly able to be reused from each other. The decolorizable toner includes a color developable compound, a color developing agent, a decolorizing agent, a magnetic material, and a binder resin. The color developable compound is a precursor compound of a dye. The color developing agent is an electron accepting compound which donates a proton to the color developable compound. The decolorizing agent is a compound which inhibits a coloring reaction between the color developable compound and the color developing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi ITOU, Takafumi HARA
  • Publication number: 20200071556
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an ink which can be decolored upon heating is provided. Colored images can be formed with the ink by various methods, such as ink jetting or the like, then later the images can be decolored with heat. An ink according to an embodiment contains a color developable compound, a color developing agent that causes the color developable compound to develop a color, a nonaqueous solvent, and a decoloring agent that is insoluble in the nonaqueous solvent and decolors the color developable compound upon heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Maiko MIYOSHI, Tsuyoshi ITOU, Takafumi HARA
  • Publication number: 20190377281
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a toner cartridge used in an image forming apparatus including a processor which forms a toner pattern image on a photoconductive member, transfers the toner pattern image on a medium, and changes an image forming condition based on a detection result obtained by optically detecting the toner pattern image transferred onto the medium, the toner cartridge including: a toner accommodating container accommodating a toner, and a memory. The memory stores reference data which is determined according to toner characteristics in the toner accommodating container, and is used for applying a reference value for an optical detection result of a toner pattern formed by the toner on the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Itou, Kazuhisa Takeda, Masahiro Ikuta, Takafumi Hara, Hiromichi Mitamura, Shigeru Fujiwara, Hisanobu Ajima
  • Publication number: 20190187578
    Abstract: A reversibly allochroic toner contains a binder resin and a colorant. The colorant reversibly switches between first and second color states in response to temperature changes. The colorant exhibits a hysteresis in a temperature-color state curve thereof in which the following relationships are satisfied. Tr<TL2<TL1<TH1<TH2<Tg TH2?50° C. 20° C.?Tr?30° C. where, TH1 is a temperature at which the colorant starts to change from the first color state to the second color state, TH2 is a temperature at which the colorant completely changes to the second color state, TL1 is a temperature at which the colorant starts to change from the second color state to the first color state, TL2 is a temperature at which the colorant completely changes to the first color state, and Tg is a glass transition temperature of the binder resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takafumi HARA, Masahiro IKUTA, Tsuyoshi ITOU, Yasuhito NODA, Kazuhisa TAKEDA, Takayasu AOKI