Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Inagawa

Yoshinori Inagawa 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: 20240132253
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori INAGAWA, Mitsugu IWATSUBO, Takahiro OTSUKA, Masahito CHIWAKI, Daisuke KODAMA
  • Patent number: 11878841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki, Daisuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 11738928
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet for container to be used in a flexible container, the sheet for container having a plurality of films layered in the sheet for container, the sheet for container including: a first film including a first base-material layer, which is coated with a first applying-type gas barrier layer and made of a single type of material having a heat-sealing property; and a second film including a second base-material layer, which is coated with a second applying-type gas barrier layer and made of a single type of material that is a same type of material as the first base-material layer, in which: the first film and the second film are attached to each other by heat sealing; and a gas enclosing portion, which is partially non-attached and in which gas is able to be enclosed, is formed between the first film and the second film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kuragano, Yoshinori Inagawa, Daisuke Kodama, Ryo Shibutani
  • Publication number: 20230026514
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated sheet for manufacturing a packaging container. The laminated sheet comprises a pair of plastic sheets, a barrier sheet, a barrier region, an easily peelable region, and a fixing region. The barrier sheet has flexibility and is disposed between the pair of plastic sheets. The barrier region is formed by overlapping the pair of plastic sheets and the barrier sheet with each other. The easily peelable region is provided in the barrier region. The fixing region is located in a circumference of the easily peelable region, in which the pair of plastic sheets are fixed to each other directly and/or via the barrier sheet. A peel strength between the pair of plastic sheets and the barrier sheet in the easily peelable region is smaller than a direct peel strength between the pair of plastic sheets and/or a peel strength between the pair of plastic sheets via the barrier sheet in the fixing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori INAGAWA, Akira NONOMURA, Masayasu SATO
  • Patent number: 11548689
    Abstract: A sheet container has, formed in the bottom face of the container body, a non-attached part where the film layers are left partially unattached to each other. An filled part is formed by enclosing a filler between the film layers at the non-attached part. A side part of the filled part is a side bulging part bulging toward the skirt part. The side bulging part presses a pressed part above the lower edge of the skirt part from the inside toward the sideward. The lower edge of the skirt part is disposed inwardly from the pressed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kodama, Yoshinori Inagawa, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki
  • Patent number: 11351560
    Abstract: Provided is a foam discharger including: a mixing portion for mixing a liquid agent and a gas to foam the liquid agent; a discharge opening for discharging the foamed liquid agent; and a flow path in communication with the discharge opening, and for supplying the foamed liquid agent from the mixing portion to the discharge opening. The discharge opening is provided with a first porous member. On an upstream side of the first porous member, a cross-sectional area of the flow path on a cross section orthogonal to a supply direction in which the foamed liquid agent is to be supplied increases along the supply direction. The cross-sectional area of the flow path at the discharge opening is at least 1.2 times the minimum cross-sectional area of the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Takeuchi, Noboru Yashima, Yoshinori Inagawa, Shinji Oguri
  • Patent number: 11332292
    Abstract: A container has an inner container that accommodates an article, with an opening through which the article can be discharged; and a cover that is composed of a cover-forming sheet member given by lamination of a plurality of film layers, and covers the inner container; the cover-forming sheet member has a film region in which the plurality of film layers are attached to each other, and filler enclosing parts in which a filler is enclosed between the plurality of film layers, and bulges in the thickness direction of the cover-forming sheet member than the film region; and, the inner container has an outer air introducing part through which the outer air is introduced between the outer surface of the inner container and the inner surface of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Otsuka, Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Daisuke Kodama
  • Publication number: 20220144495
    Abstract: A sheet container has, formed in the bottom face of the container body, a non-attached part where the film layers are left partially unattached to each other. An filled part is formed by enclosing a filler between the film layers at the non-attached part. A side part of the filled part is a side bulging part bulging toward the skirt part. The side bulging part presses a pressed part above the lower edge of the skirt part from the inside toward the sideward. The lower edge of the skirt part is disposed inwardly from the pressed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KODAMA, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Takahiro OTSUKA, Masahito CHIWAKI
  • Patent number: 11267617
    Abstract: A container body of the sheet container is composed of a sheet member given by lamination of a plurality of film layers, and has a plurality of surface-like parts; the plurality of surface-like parts include a first surface-like part and a second surface-like part that adjoin and cross each other; the sheet member has a filler enclosing part in which a filler is enclosed between the plurality of film layers; the filler enclosing part includes an intermediate extending part laid across the first surface-like part and the second surface-like part, and a first adjoining part and a second adjoining part that individually adjoin both sides of the intermediate extending part; and the intermediate extending part extending more further from the second surface-like part than the first adjoining part and the second adjoining part extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kodama, Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki
  • Publication number: 20220063890
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet for container to be used in a flexible container, the sheet for container having a plurality of films layered in the sheet for container, the sheet for container including: a first film including a first base-material layer, which is coated with a first applying-type gas barrier layer and made of a single type of material having a heat-sealing property; and a second film including a second base-material layer, which is coated with a second applying-type gas barrier layer and made of a single type of material that is a same type of material as the first base-material layer, in which: the first film and the second film are attached to each other by heat sealing; and a gas enclosing portion, which is partially non-attached and in which gas is able to be enclosed, is formed between the first film and the second film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira KURAGANO, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Daisuke KODAMA, Ryo SHIBUTANI
  • Patent number: 11261008
    Abstract: A sheet container has, formed in the bottom face of the container body, a non-attached part where the film layers are left partially unattached to each other. An filled part is formed by enclosing a filler between the film layers at the non-attached part. A side part of the filled part is a side bulging part bulging toward the skirt part. The side bulging part presses a pressed part above the lower edge of the skirt part from the inside toward the sideward. The lower edge of the skirt part is disposed inwardly from the pressed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kodama, Yoshinori Inagawa, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki
  • Publication number: 20220033161
    Abstract: A sheet material container includes a container body that surrounds a containing portion for accommodating a content. The container body is formed of a container body-forming sheet member formed by layering a plurality of base material films. The container body-forming sheet member includes the plurality of base material films, an attaching layer by which the base material films are attached to each other, and a filler enclosed portion that is formed between the plurality of base material films and into which a filler is to be filled. The plurality of base material films are made from the same type of resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo SHIBUTANI, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Daisuke KODAMA, Takahiro OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20220008943
    Abstract: A discharge container comprises a discharge head including a discharge port from which bubbles are to be discharged; and a discharge head attachment attached to the discharge head, wherein the discharge head attachment includes a cylindrical portion connected to the discharge port on one side and including a first opening on another side, and a porous portion provided on the one side of the cylindrical portion, a side portion of the cylindrical portion includes a second opening, and a peripheral edge of the first opening extends at least partially along a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma KIMURA, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Noboru YASHIMA
  • Patent number: 11198549
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet for container to be used in a flexible container, the sheet for container having a plurality of films layered in the sheet for container, the sheet for container including: a first film including a first base-material layer, which is coated with a first applying-type gas barrier layer and made of a single type of material having a heat-sealing property; and a second film including a second base-material layer, which is coated with a second applying-type gas barrier layer and made of a single type of material that is a same type of material as the first base-material layer, in which: the first film and the second film are attached to each other by heat sealing; and a gas enclosing portion, which is partially non-attached and in which gas is able to be enclosed, is formed between the first film and the second film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kuragano, Yoshinori Inagawa, Daisuke Kodama, Ryo Shibutani
  • Publication number: 20210339915
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki, Daisuke Kodama
  • Patent number: 11148387
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an intermediate material for a soft packaging container according to the present invention includes: a first overlaying step P1 of laying a second raw film sheet 120 over a first raw film sheet 110; a confining portion forming step P2 of forming a filler confining portion 50 for confining a filler 59, the filler confining portion 50 being constituted by a non-joined region between the first raw film sheet 110 and the second raw sheet 12, by joining a portion of the first raw film sheet 110 and a portion of the second sheet 12 to each other; a folding step P4 of folding the first raw film sheet 110 and the second sheet 12 with the first raw film sheet 110 on an outer side, such that the filler confining portion 50 is present in a state where an inner portion thereof is continuous on two sides that are connected via at least one folding position; an accommodating portion forming step P5 of forming an accommodating portion 60 by joining a plurality of portions including at least one of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL, INC., KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Takano, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yoshinori Inagawa, Daisuke Kodama
  • Publication number: 20210268525
    Abstract: Provided is a foam discharger including: a mixing portion for mixing a liquid agent and a gas to foam the liquid agent; a discharge opening for discharging the foamed liquid agent; and a flow path in communication with the discharge opening, and for supplying the foamed liquid agent from the mixing portion to the discharge opening. The discharge opening is provided with a first porous member. On an upstream side of the first porous member, a cross-sectional area of the flow path on a cross section orthogonal to a supply direction in which the foamed liquid agent is to be supplied increases along the supply direction. The cross-sectional area of the flow path at the discharge opening is at least 1.2 times the minimum cross-sectional area of the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki TAKEUCHI, Noboru YASHIMA, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Shinji OGURI
  • Patent number: 11059626
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet material container being made of a sheet material and including a body portion and a bottom portion that is to be disposed on a placement surface, and the sheet material including a plurality of film layers. A body portion sheet that constitutes the body portion includes a bonding portion where peripheral edge portions of the sheet materials are bonded. In a bottom surface sheet that constitutes the bottom portion, a non-adhesive region is provided in the plurality of film layers. The non-adhesive region forms a bottom filler-filled portion. The bottom filler-filled portion extends annularly around a non-filled portion, and includes at least three protruding leg portions that are to be placed on the placement surface so as to allow the container to stand by itself. The protruding leg portions protrude toward the placement surface past other portions in the bottom filler-filled portion due a leg forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Inagawa, Mitsugu Iwatsubo, Takahiro Otsuka, Masahito Chiwaki, Daisuke Kodama
  • Publication number: 20210163181
    Abstract: A container body of the sheet container is composed of a sheet member given by lamination of a plurality of film layers, and has a plurality of surface-like parts; the plurality of surface-like parts include a first surface-like part and a second surface-like part that adjoin and cross each other; the sheet member has a filler enclosing part in which a filler is enclosed between the plurality of film layers; the filler enclosing part includes an intermediate extending part laid across the first surface-like part and the second surface-like part, and a first adjoining part and a second adjoining part that individually adjoin both sides of the intermediate extending part; and the intermediate extending part extending more further from the second surface-like part than the first adjoining part and the second adjoining part extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KODAMA, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Mitsugu IWATSUBO, Takahiro OTSUKA, Masahito CHIWAKI
  • Patent number: 11014728
    Abstract: A sheet material container (C) includes a containing portion (10a) that contains contents (96) and is formed of a layer sheet (120). The layer sheet (120) includes an inner sheet (123), an intermediate sheet (122) covering an outer side of the inner sheet (123), and an outer sheet (121) covering an outer side of the intermediate sheet (122), and is arranged on opposite sides with the containing portion (10a) between the opposite sides. At least parts of the outer sheet (121) and the intermediate sheet (122) include light transmitting portions (34a, 34b, 34c) that can transmit visible light. The inner sheet (123) or the contents (96) can be visually recognized through the light transmitting portions (34a, 34b, 34c) from outside the sheet material container (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Kodama, Yoshinori Inagawa