Patents by Inventor Yozo Maeda

Yozo Maeda 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).

  • Patent number: 6124426
    Abstract: A method for removing volatile materials, comprises adding a blowing aid to a polymer composition containing volatile materials, mixing them in a static mixing apparatus, and extruding the resultant mixture by an extruding apparatus into a devolatilizing tank, thereby the mixture is made to be blown, to cause removal of the volatile materials. First, the blowing aid (6) is discharged with an addition nozzle apparatus (2), in a direction opposite to the direction of the flow of the polymer composition (1), to be added, and the polymer composition is introduced into the static mixing apparatus (3), at a pressure at which the blowing does not take place, thereby mixing them. Then, using the extruding apparatus (11), the resultant mixture is extruded into the devolatilizing tank (4), so that the polymer is made into a blown product at such a temperature and a pressure that the blowing coefficient B is 1.4 or more, thereby causing the removal of volatile materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignees: Toyo Engineering Corporation, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Sugimoto, Koji Kawano, Hiroya Honda, Mune Iwamoto, Shiro Otsuzuki, Kenichiro Matsuba, Tetsuo Maeda, Yozo Maeda