Patents by Inventor Yasuo Kurihara
Yasuo Kurihara 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: 8713960Abstract: An ice supplying apparatus, being provided in a refrigerator, includes an ice maker unit, which is configured to supply ice pieces produced therein to an outside of a freezer room door; an ice storage unit, which is configured to store the ice pieces produced by the ice maker unit; an ice discharger unit, which is provided within the ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; and a shrinking portion, which is provided in the ice storage unit and defines an interior space thereof as small as it goes down, through building up a lower surface, among interior surfaces defining that interior space of the ice storage unit, for supporting the ice pieces stored therein from a lower portion thereof, by a surface inclining to a horizontal direction, wherein the ice discharger unit is disposed in a lower portion of the shrinking portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Katsutoshi Shinohara, Kenji Shiono, Shintaro Yamawaki, Taichiro Yamashita, Yasuo Kurihara
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Patent number: 8568791Abstract: The present invention herein provides antibacterial zeolite particles whose ion-exchangeable ions have completely or partially been replaced with silver ions and zinc ions, wherein the ratio (A/B) of the silver ion concentration (A) to the zinc ion concentration (B) in the antibacterial zeolite particles increases in the direction along the depth of each zeolite particle. The antibacterial zeolite particles show excellent discoloration-resistant characteristics, while maintaining their excellent antibacterial activities. Accordingly, the antibacterial zeolite particles can suitably be applied to all sorts of products that are required to have antibacterial properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2007Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Kurihara, Kumiko Miyake, Masashi Uchida
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Publication number: 20130031927Abstract: An ice supplying apparatus, being provided in a refrigerator, includes an ice maker unit, which is configured to supply ice pieces produced therein to an outside of a freezer room door; an ice storage unit, which is configured to store the ice pieces produced by the ice maker unit; an ice discharger unit, which is provided within the ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; and a shrinking portion, which is provided in the ice storage unit and defines an interior space thereof as small as it goes down, through building up a lower surface, among interior surfaces defining that interior space of the ice storage unit, for supporting the ice pieces stored therein from a lower potion thereof, by a surface inclining to a horizontal direction, wherein the ice discharger unit is disposed in a lower portion of the shrinking portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Katsutoshi SHINOHARA, Kenji SHIONO, Shintaro YAMAWAKI, Taichiro YAMASHITA, Yasuo KURIHARA
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Patent number: 8361513Abstract: The present invention herein provides antimicrobial zeolite which hardly causes any color change with the elapse of time even when it is incorporated into a resin to form an antimicrobial resin composition. The present invention thus relates to antimicrobial zeolite which comprises zeolite whose ion-exchangeable ions are partially or wholly replaced with hydrogen ions and silver ions; and an antimicrobial resin composition which comprises the foregoing antimicrobial zeolite in an amount ranging from 0.05 to 80% by mass.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Kumiko Miyake, Yasuo Kurihara
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Patent number: 8261570Abstract: An ice supplying apparatus 100, being provided in a refrigerator 1, comprises: an ice maker unit 22, which is configured to supply ice pieces produced therein to an outside of a freezer room door; an ice storage unit 110, which is configured to store the ice pieces produced by the ice maker unit; an ice discharger unit 112, which is provided within the ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; and a shrinking portion 111, which is provided in the ice storage unit and defines an interior space thereof as small as it goes down, through building up a lower surface 113, among interior surfaces defining that interior space 301 of the ice storage unit 110, for supporting the ice pieces stored therein from a lower potion thereof, by a surface inclining to a horizontal direction, wherein the ice discharger unit 112 is disposed in a lower portion of the shrinking portion 111.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.Inventors: Katsutoshi Shinohara, Kenji Shiono, Shintaro Yamawaki, Taichiro Yamashita, Yasuo Kurihara
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Publication number: 20110200523Abstract: The present invention herein provides antimicrobial zeolite which hardly causes any color change with the elapse of time even when it is incorporated into a resin to form an antimicrobial resin composition. The present invention thus relates to antimicrobial zeolite which comprises zeolite whose ion-exchangeable ions are partially or wholly replaced with hydrogen ions and silver ions; and an antimicrobial resin composition which comprises the foregoing antimicrobial zeolite in an amount ranging from 0.05 to 80% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akio TANIGUCHI, Kumiko MIYAKE, Yasuo KURIHARA
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Patent number: 7963390Abstract: A contact lens storage case comprising a case body including a pair of chambers for containing contact lenses therein, and a pair of lids for closing and opening the chambers, wherein inner faces of the chambers of the case body are formed by a synthetic resin including a silver based inorganic antimicrobic agent comprising a silver based compound carried on an inorganic carrier selected from the group consisting of a zeolite, a water soluble glass, zirconium phosphate, silica gel and activated charcoal. The contact lens storage case inhibits acanthamoeba.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignees: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd., K.K. Suntech, Daisho Sangyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Yamamoto, Yasuo Kurihara, Mutsumi Nakano, Takayoshi Kaizuka
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Publication number: 20110048973Abstract: A contact lens storage case comprising a case body including a pair of chambers for containing contact lenses therein, and a pair of lids for closing and opening the chambers, wherein inner faces of the chambers of the case body are formed by a synthetic resin including a silver based inorganic antimicrobic agent comprising a silver based compound carried on an inorganic carrier selected from the group consisting of a zeolite, a water soluble glass, zirconium phosphate, silica gel and activated charcoal. The contact lens storage case inhibits acanthamoeba.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicants: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd., K.K. Suntech, Daisho Sangyo Co., Ltd., Tatsuo YamamotoInventors: Tatsuo YAMAMOTO, Yasuo Kurihara, Mutsumi Nakano, Takayoshi Kaizuka
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Publication number: 20110027386Abstract: The present invention relates to antimicrobial zeolite which comprises zeolite wherein a hardly soluble zinc salt is formed within fine pores present therein and an antimicrobial composition which comprises the foregoing antimicrobial zeolite in an amount ranging from 0.05 to 80% by mass. The antimicrobial zeolite according to the present invention can widely be applied, without causing any color change, even to the goods which undergo color changes with the elapse of time when the conventional antimicrobial zeolite is added.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Kurihara, Kumiko Miyake, Masashi Uchida
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Publication number: 20100189810Abstract: An anti-amoebatic ophthalmologic compound which includes an inorganic carrier in which silver ions and hydrogen ions are added. The carrier includes silver ions and hydrogen ions in an amount of more than 1 ppm. The compound can be suspended in an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution may be controlled in a pH value of 5 to 8. The compound may be formed as a molded resinous piece containing an inorganic carrier including silver ions and hydrogen ions in an amount more than 0.01 wt %. The compound is stable, while sustaining a high anti-amoebatic property.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicants: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd., Daisho Sangyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Yamamoto, Yasuo Kurihara, Mutsumi Nakano, Takayoshi Kaizuka
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Publication number: 20090293529Abstract: An ice supplying apparatus 100, being provided in a refrigerator 1, comprises: an ice maker unit 22, which is configured to supply ice pieces produced therein to an outside of a freezer room door; an ice storage unit 110, which is configured to store the ice pieces produced by the ice maker unit; an ice discharger unit 112, which is provided within the ice storage unit to discharge the ice pieces below; and a shrinking portion 111, which is provided in the ice storage unit and defines an interior space thereof as small as it goes down, through building up a lower surface 113, among interior surfaces defining that interior space 301 of the ice storage unit 110, for supporting the ice pieces stored therein from a lower potion thereof, by a surface inclining to a horizontal direction, wherein the ice discharger unit 112 is disposed in a lower portion of the shrinking portion 111.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Katsutoshi Shinohara, Kenji Shiono, Shintaro Yamawaki, Taichiro Yamashita, Yasuo Kurihara
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Publication number: 20090283050Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed composition which contains silver-carrying zeolite and an animal-breeding method comprising the step of administering, to an animal, the foregoing silver-carrying zeolite-containing feed composition. The feed composition has almost no influence on the useful lactobacillus, but exerts an antimicrobial effect on various kinds of harmful microorganisms, in particular, bacteria belonging to the genus Salmonella or the like. Accordingly, the feed composition would permit the improvement of the healthiness of enteric canal of domestic animals, domestic fowls and cultivated fishes and the composition would in thus permit the acceleration of their growth, while maintaining their good healthiness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicants: KENKO CORPORATION, SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Satomi Tsuchibe, Toshiyasu Takada, Masashi Uchida, Yasuo Kurihara
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Publication number: 20080199368Abstract: Foreign objects such as carbide and so forth are prevented from being adhered, solidified, accumulated in the interior of a drying cauldron every time drying treatment of night soil is completed, and heat transfer by a cauldron bottom heater caused by the accumulation of foreign objects is not prevented, thereby smoothly implementing treatment of next cycle and succeeding treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Masahiro Kanno, Yasuo Kurihara
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Publication number: 20080170986Abstract: Provided are zeolite comprising a metal and an oxygen-activated metal complex, wherein the above oxygen-activated metal complex is included within a unit cell comprised in the above zeolite as well as a gas decomposition agent comprised of the above zeolite. Examples of the above oxygen-activated metal complex are phthalocyanine metal complex, a bis(salicylidene)-o-phenylenediamidinato metal complex and a metal complex comprising a cyclic tetrapyrrole compound as a ligand. Examples of metal of the above oxygen-activated metal complex are silver, copper, zinc, platinum, palladium, cobalt, iron, manganese, ruthenium and the like. The above gas decomposition agent has an effect capable of continuously decomposing gases that are harmful to the health or felt unpleasant by human.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2005Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventors: Hideki Kitamura, Hideki Masuda, Nayumi Ohata, Yurie Ito, Masashi Uchida, Yasuo Kurihara
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Publication number: 20070298128Abstract: The present invention herein provides antibacterial zeolite particles whose ion-exchangeable ions have completely or partially been replaced with silver ions and zinc ions, wherein the ratio (A/B) of the silver ion concentration (A) to the zinc ion concentration (B) in the antibacterial zeolite particles increases in the direction along the depth of each zeolite particle. The antibacterial zeolite particles show excellent discoloration-resistant characteristics, while maintaining their excellent antibacterial activities. Accordingly, the antibacterial zeolite particles can suitably be applied to all sorts of products that are required to have antibacterial properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuo Kurihara, Kumiko Miyake, Masashi Uchida
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Publication number: 20070197372Abstract: The present invention relates to antimicrobial zeolite which comprises zeolite wherein a hardly soluble zinc salt is formed within fine pores present therein and an antimicrobial composition which comprises the foregoing antimicrobial zeolite in an amount ranging from 0.05 to 80% by mass. The antimicrobial zeolite according to the present invention can widely be applied, without causing any color change, even to the goods which undergo color changes with the elapse of time when the conventional antimicrobial zeolite is added.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.,Inventors: Yasuo Kurihara, Kumiko Miyake, Masashi Uchida
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Publication number: 20070110825Abstract: The present invention herein provides antimicrobial zeolite which hardly causes any color change with the elapse of time even when it is incorporated into a resin to form an antimicrobial resin composition. The present invention thus relates to antimicrobial zeolite which comprises zeolite whose ion-exchangeable ions are partially or wholly replaced with hydrogen ions and silver ions; and an antimicrobial resin composition which comprises the foregoing antimicrobial zeolite in an amount ranging from 0.05 to 80% by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Kumiko Miyake, Yasuo Kurihara
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Patent number: 7125570Abstract: An antibacterial composition is provided which comprises a base, an antibacterial agent consisting of a silver-supporting inorganic compound and a water-soluble salt of a nitrogen atom-containing 6-membered heterocyclic compound. In the antibacterial composition, the silver component susceptible to discoloration is effectively stabilized by the use of the water-soluble salt of a nitrogen atom-containing 6-membered heterocyclic compound and therefore, the antibacterial composition never or hardly undergoes any discoloration with the lapse of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Sinanen Zeomic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Yasuo Kurihara, Masashi Uchida
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Publication number: 20060216322Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed composition which contains silver-carrying zeolite and an animal-breeding method comprising the step of administering, to an animal, the foregoing silver-carrying zeolite-containing feed composition. The feed composition has almost no influence on the useful lactobacillus, but exerts an antimicrobial effect on various kinds of harmful microorganisms, in particular, bacteria belonging to the genus Salmonella or the like. Accordingly, the feed composition would permit the improvement of the healthiness of enteric canal of domestic animals, domestic fowls and cultivated fishes and the composition would in thus permit the acceleration of their growth, while maintaining their good healthiness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2005Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicants: KENKO CORPORATION, SHINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Satomi Tsuchibe, Toshiyasu Takada, Masashi Uchida, Yasuo Kurihara
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Publication number: 20040146567Abstract: An antibacterial composition is provided which comprises a base, an antibacterial agent consisting of a silver-supporting inorganic compound and a water-soluble salt of a nitrogen atom-containing 6-membered heterocyclic compound. In the antibacterial composition, the silver component susceptible to discoloration is effectively stabilized by the use of the water-soluble salt of a nitrogen atom-containing 6-membered heterocyclic compound and therefore, the antibacterial composition never or hardly undergoes any discoloration with the lapse of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Applicant: SINANEN ZEOMIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Akio Taniguchi, Yasuo Kurihara, Masashi Uchida