Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Sano

Tsuyoshi Sano 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: 20160060473
    Abstract: There is provided an ink composition including: a pigment; a polymer dispersant; water; and a water-soluble organic solvent, in which the pigment includes Pigment Yellow 74, and the integrated value of absorbance of light having a wavelength of 300 nm to 400 nm is 30% or less with respect to 100% of the integrated value of absorbance of light having a wavelength of 300 nm to 600 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi SANO, Tomoyuki OKUYAMA, Yusuke MIZUTAKI, Shiki KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 9260619
    Abstract: A white ink composition contains a white pigment and fixing resins. The fixing resins include a vinyl chloride resin or a urethane resin, a fluorene resin, and a polyolefin wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Shuichi Koganehira, Hironori Sato, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20150299488
    Abstract: An ink set includes a first ink that contains a white material and a first resin; and a second ink that contains a color material other than the white material and a second resin, wherein the first resin includes a component (A) causing cracks when resin of 0.5 g is dropped onto a slide glass and is dried at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 0% RH for 10 minutes, and wherein the second resin includes a component (B) of at least one of polyolefin wax and ethylene vinyl acetate resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20150291820
    Abstract: An ink composition contains hollow resin particles and an anti-clearing agent preventing the clearing phenomenon of the hollow resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAGATA, Tsuyoshi SANO
  • Patent number: 9096771
    Abstract: An ink set includes a first ink that contains a white material and a first resin; and a second ink that contains a color material other than the white material and a second resin, wherein the first resin includes a component (A) causing cracks when resin of 0.5 g is dropped onto a slide glass and is dried at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 0% RH for 10 minutes, and wherein the second resin includes a component (B) of at least one of polyolefin wax and ethylene vinyl acetate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 9090792
    Abstract: An ink composition contains hollow resin particles and an anti-clearing agent preventing the clearing phenomenon of the hollow resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 9034427
    Abstract: A method of forming an opaque layer includes forming a first layer by discharging droplets of an ink composition containing a metallic pigment on a record medium by an ink-jet recording process and forming a second layer by discharging droplets of an ink composition containing a white pigment on the record medium by an ink-jet recording process. The opaque layer is formed on the record medium on the side where the first layer and the second layer are formed in a region where the first layer and the second layer overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Oyanagi, Chiyoshige Nakazawa, Kiyohiko Takemoto, Hiroki Nakane, Tsuyoshi Sano, Shuichi Koganehira
  • Patent number: 9033444
    Abstract: An ink jet printing apparatus includes a head that is provided with nozzle holes for ejecting ink, and a control unit that performs a plurality modes, and the plurality of modes includes a first image printing mode of ejecting white-based ink from the nozzle holes to adhere the white-based ink to a first area of a printing medium and a second area different from the first area to print an image, and a second image printing mode of substantially concurrently ejecting color ink and resin ink from the nozzle holes to contact and adhere the color ink and the resin ink onto the white-based ink of the first area to print an image, and ejecting resin ink from the nozzle holes to adhere the resin ink onto the white-based ink composition of the second area to print an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 9028601
    Abstract: An ink composition of the invention is an ink composition to be ejected by an ink jet system and includes silver particles and water. When a composition A formed of components of the ink composition other than the water is held in an atmosphere at an ambient temperature of 23° C. and a relative humidity (RH) of 50%, the equilibrium moisture content of the component A is in a range of 2 to 7.8 percent by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Denda, Shiki Hirata, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 9004657
    Abstract: A liquid container detachably mounted on a liquid consuming apparatus includes: a liquid including dispersed particles and a solvent in which the dispersed particles are dispersed; and an accommodation bag accommodating the liquid and provided with a discharge portion discharging the liquid, in which a ratio of a volume of the liquid with respect to a capacity of the accommodation bag when the accommodation bag is used from an initial period of filling is 95% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuko Aoki, Tsuyoshi Sano, Yuji Aoki, Ippei Okuda, Shoki Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20150091972
    Abstract: Printed matter, in which an image is recorded on a clear film with a white ink containing a white coloring material and at least one urethane resin as a resin fixative and having a degree of white shielding of 50 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Ippei OKUDA, Takayoshi KAGATA, Tsuyoshi SANO
  • Patent number: 8979252
    Abstract: An agitation kit includes an information-written medium and a liquid container. The liquid container contains a dispersion medium and settleable particles. The information-written medium includes information on a manner of agitating the particles in the dispersion medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 8960882
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes forming a glittering image on a recording medium by ejecting a glittering ink containing silver onto the recording medium by an ink jet method, applying a protective ink containing a resin and substantially no coloring material onto the glittering image, and forming a color image by ejecting a color ink containing a coloring material to the glittering image by an ink jet method. The protective ink is applied between the glittering image and the color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Denda, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20150035898
    Abstract: An ink set includes a first ink that contains a white material and a first resin; and a second ink that contains a color material other than the white material and a second resin, wherein the first resin includes a component (A) causing cracks when resin of 0.5 g is dropped onto a slide glass and is dried at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 0% RH for 10 minutes, and wherein the second resin includes a component (B) of at least one of polyolefin wax and ethylene vinyl acetate resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 8940088
    Abstract: In an advantage of embodiments of the invention, there is provided an aqueous ink composition at least containing water, silver particles, and a humectant, and the humectant is at least one member selected from glycerols, glycols, and saccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiki Hirata, Takayoshi Kagata, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Publication number: 20150024178
    Abstract: An ink composition contains hollow resin particles and an anti-clearing agent preventing the clearing phenomenon of the hollow resin particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAGATA, Tsuyoshi SANO
  • Patent number: 8888265
    Abstract: An ink set includes a first ink that contains a white material and a first resin; and a second ink that contains a color material other than the white material and a second resin, wherein the first resin includes a component (A) causing cracks when resin of 0.5 g is dropped onto a slide glass and is dried at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 0% RH for 10 minutes, and wherein the second resin includes a component (B) of at least one of polyolefin wax and ethylene vinyl acetate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 8888228
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes forming a first image by applying by an ink jet method a glitter ink in which a glitter pigment is dispersed to a first region of a recording medium in which the glitter first image is to be formed, and forming a second image by applying by an ink jet method a color ink containing a coloring material to a second region of the recording medium in which the colored second image is to be formed, the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in an overlapping region in which the first region overlaps the second region being smaller than the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in the first region excluding the overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiki Hirata, Tsuyoshi Sano, Takayoshi Kagata
  • Patent number: 8883292
    Abstract: An ink composition contains hollow resin particles and an anti-clearing agent preventing the clearing phenomenon of the hollow resin particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Tsuyoshi Sano
  • Patent number: 8851651
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes forming a first image by applying by an ink jet method a glitter ink in which a glitter pigment is dispersed to a first region of a recording medium in which the glitter first image is to be formed, and forming a second image by applying by an ink jet method a color ink containing a coloring material to a second region of the recording medium in which the colored second image is to be formed, the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in an overlapping region in which the first region overlaps the second region being larger than the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in the first region excluding the overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiki Hirata, Atsushi Denda, Tsuyoshi Sano