Patents by Inventor Yuichi Tsuji

Yuichi Tsuji 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: 20240391264
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a surface-printing printed material excellent in not only wet-on-wet printability but also density stability. The present invention is a method for producing a printed material, including, in the stated order: an ink (A) transfer step of transferring an ink (A) according to the following definition to a substrate, the ink (A) being colorless or white; a drying step of evaporating water or a solvent contained in the ink (A); an ink (B) transfer step of transferring an ink (B) according to the following definition to the substrate; and an irradiation step of irradiating the transferred inks with an active energy ray: the ink (A) being a volatile active energy ray-curable ink containing water or a solvent, the ink (B) being a nonvolatile active energy ray-curable ink substantially not containing water or a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUJI, Takejiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230151232
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coating agent for a film that can exhibit sufficient adhesion to a film even when the active energy ray-curable ink is used. The present invention provides a coating agent for a film including a compound (a) having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups and an isocyanate group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUJI, Shiro KOBAYASHI, Takejiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230146365
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing printed material on which active energy ray-curable ink is printed, the method being capable of improving print density without impairing gradation expressivity. The present invention is a method for producing printed material, the method including, in order: a transfer process of transferring ink to a transfer target surface of a substrate; and an impression process of bringing each of impression cylinders into contact with the transfer target surface to which the ink has been transferred, and at least one of the impression cylinders has a patterned impression part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUJI, Noboru KOSHIMIZU, Takejiro INOUE
  • Patent number: 11434384
    Abstract: To provide is a manufacturing method for obtaining printed material in which, in lithographic printing, a printed part where multiple colors are superimposed on each other has a high gloss, and also a lithographic printing ink set. The method for manufacturing printed material according to the present invention includes a step of coating at least black ink for lithographic printing, cyan ink for lithographic printing, magenta ink for lithographic printing, and yellow ink for lithographic printing on a substrate, in which a difference in surface tension between the inks to be coated on a substrate is at most equal to 3.5 mN/m. The lithographic printing ink set according to the present invention is a lithographic printing ink set including at least black ink, cyan ink, magenta ink, and yellow ink, in which a difference in surface tension between the inks included in the lithographic printing ink set is at most equal to 3.5 mN/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Noboru Koshimizu, Yuichi Tsuji, Takejiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 11161991
    Abstract: Provided is a lithographic ink having superior surface staining resistance and fluidity. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a printed material using the lithographic ink. The lithographic ink has all of a viscosity (A) at a rotational speed of 0.5 rpm, a viscosity (B) at a rotational speed of 20 rpm, and a viscosity (C) at a rotational speed of 50 rpm of 5 Pa·s or more and 100 Pa·s or less, the viscosities (A), (B), and (C) being measured by using a cone-plate rotating viscometer at 25° C., and has a viscosity ratio (C)/(B) of 0.8 or more and 1.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tsuji, Takejiro Inoue, Seiichiro Murase
  • Publication number: 20210284852
    Abstract: To provide is a manufacturing method for obtaining printed material in which, in lithographic printing, a printed part where multiple colors are superimposed on each other has a high gloss, and also a lithographic printing ink set. The method for manufacturing printed material according to the present invention includes a step of coating at least black ink for lithographic printing, cyan ink for lithographic printing, magenta ink for lithographic printing, and yellow ink for lithographic printing on a substrate, in which a difference in surface tension between the inks to be coated on a substrate is at most equal to 3.5 mN/m. The lithographic printing ink set according to the present invention is a lithographic printing ink set including at least black ink, cyan ink, magenta ink, and yellow ink, in which a difference in surface tension between the inks included in the lithographic printing ink set is at most equal to 3.5 mN/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Noboru KOSHIMIZU, Yuichi TSUJI, Takejiro INOUE
  • Patent number: 10906294
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a printed matter that shows suppressed scumming in planography. A method of producing a printed matter, the method including the steps of: allowing a dampening water to adhere to a hydrophilic layer of a planographic printing plate having at least the hydrophilic layer and a heat sensitive layer; allowing an ink to adhere to the heat sensitive layer; and transferring the ink adhering to the heat sensitive layer to an object to be printed; wherein the pH (A) of the ink and the pH (B) of the dampening water are both from 1 to 6.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tsuji, Takejiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200010701
    Abstract: Provided is active energy ray-curable ink for offset printing which has marked curability and toning resistance during printing, exhibits good transferability and adhesiveness to plastic films having low wettability, and imparts high hiding power to printed matter. The active energy ray-curable ink for offset printing includes a pigment, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having a hydroxyl group, and a resin having an ethylenic unsaturated group and a hydrophilic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUJI, Hironobu SADAKUNI, Noboru KOSHIMIZU, Koichi FUJIMARU, Takejiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190105894
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a printed matter that shows suppressed scumming in planography. A method of producing a printed matter, the method including the steps of: allowing a dampening water to adhere to a hydrophilic layer of a planographic printing plate having at least the hydrophilic layer and a heat sensitive layer; allowing an ink to adhere to the heat sensitive layer; and transferring the ink adhering to the heat sensitive layer to an object to be printed; wherein the pH (A) of the ink and the pH (B) of the dampening water are both from 1 to 6.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUJI, Takejiro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180371269
    Abstract: Provided is a lithographic ink having superior surface staining resistance and fluidity. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a printed material using the lithographic ink. The lithographic ink has all of a viscosity (A) at a rotational speed of 0.5 rpm, a viscosity (B) at a rotational speed of 20 rpm, and a viscosity (C) at a rotational speed of 50 rpm of 5 Pa·s or more and 100 Pa·s or less, the viscosities (A), (B), and (C) being measured by using a cone-plate rotating viscometer at 25° C., and has a viscosity ratio (C)/(B) of 0.8 or more and 1.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi TSUJI, Takejiro INOUE, Seiichiro MURASE
  • Publication number: 20180327617
    Abstract: A lithographic ink which has a highly sensitive curability for active energy beam simultaneously with a high washability with water, and which also has excellent resistance to surface staining in the printing and high water resistance of the cured film is provided. Also provided are a varnish for such lithographic ink and a method for producing printed material. The lithographic ink comprises (a) a pigment and (b) a resin having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a hydrophilic group, and it has a highly sensitive curability for active energy beam simultaneously with a high washability with water, and also, excellent resistance to surface staining in the printing and high water resistance of the cured film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takejiro INOUE, Yuichi TSUJI, Seiichiro MURASE, Hironobu SADAKUNI
  • Publication number: 20170320312
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a water-based lithographic printing method that is excellent in printing quality and environmental aspects. The invention concerns a method of producing a printed material, including the steps of: allowing a water-based ink to adhere to a surface of a heat sensitive layer of a lithographic printing plate having a surface on which an ink repelling layer and the heat sensitive layer exist; and transferring the adhering water-based ink directly or via a blanket to a printing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takejiro INOUE, Seiichiro MURASE, Yuichi TSUJI, Akihiro IIHARA
  • Publication number: 20160339863
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition for reducing friction and/or blocking at a surface, said composition comprising a solid lubricant and a modified or synthetic clay mineral having thickening properties such that a 2% by weight aqueous dispersion of the modified or synthetic clay mineral thickener has a viscosity of at least 1000 mPa·s. Preferred clay minerals used as thickeners are preferably smectite clays such as saponite, hectorite, stevensite, sauconite, bentonite, beidellite, nontronite, or montmorillonite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: William BLACKWOOD, Seiji HORI, Kazuhiko KOJIMA, Tsugio NOZOE, Masaru OZAKI, Yuichi TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20150259585
    Abstract: A two-part curable liquid silicone rubber composition is composed of a first liquid composition and a second liquid composition, which are stored separately and yield upon mixing a silicone rubber-forming composition. The silicone rubber-forming composition comprises: (A) a diorganopolysiloxane having an average of at least 2 alkenyl groups in a molecule; (B) a silicon-bonded hydrogen atom-containing organopolysiloxane composed of (B-1) an organopolysiloxane having an average of not more than 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule only in side molecular chains and (B-2) an organopolysiloxane having 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms only at both molecular terminals; (C) a calcium carbonate powder; and (D) a platinum-based catalyst. The two-part curable liquid silicone rubber composition provides a cured product with suppressed fluctuations of properties even if the mixing ratio of a first composition and a second composition is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoko Tasaki, Yuichi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 9062411
    Abstract: A silicone-rubber composition for coating textile fabrics characterized in that the silicone-rubber composition comprises the following components: an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane (A) that comprises a mixture of an organopolysiloxane (A-1) that contains in one molecule at least two alkenyl groups in the amount not exceeding 2 mass % and an organopolysiloxane (A-2) that contains in one molecule at least two alkenyl groups in amount of 5 mass % or more; an organohydrogenpolysiloxane (B) that comprises a mixture of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane (B-1) that has in one molecule on average three silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and an organohydrogenpolysiloxane (B-2) that has in one molecule on average two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms; a hydrosilylation catalyst (C); and a reinforcement fine silica powder (D); and elongation according to JIS K6251 of the cured product of the composition is equal to or greater than 800%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: DOW CORNING TORAY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsugio Nozoe, Yuichi Tsuji, Shinichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9051445
    Abstract: A multipackage sponge-forming liquid silicone rubber composition that characteristically comprises at least (A) an alkenyl-containing polydiorganosiloxane comprising (A1) a polydiorganosiloxane that has alkenyl groups on both molecular chain terminals and that does not contain alkenyl groups in the side chains on the molecular chain, and (A2) a polydiorganosiloxane that has at least two alkenyl groups in the side chains on the molecular chain; (B) an organopolysiloxane that has at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecule; (C) a mixture comprising water and an inorganic thickener; (D) an emulsifying agent; (E) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; and (F) a cure retarder; and is stored as a plurality of separate compositions wherein none of this plurality of separately stored compositions contain both component (A) and component (C), none of this plurality of separately stored compositions contain both component (B) and component (C), and none of this plurality of separately stored compositions
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: DOW CORNING TORAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsugio Nozoe, Fumitaka Suto, Hiroaki Yoshida, Atsushi Sakuma, Yuichi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 8962498
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid curable silicone rubber composition containing the following components of (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having one or more silicon atom-bonded alkenyl groups on average in one molecule, (B) (B-1) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms in one molecule, wherein at least one of the hydrogen atoms is present as a siloxane unit represented by the formula of R1HSi02/2 (wherein R1 represents a non-substituted or substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group containing no aliphatic unsaturated bond) in the molecule and (B-2) a linear organohydrogenpolysiloxane having one silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atom only at each of both terminals of the molecular chain and having no aliphatic unsaturated bond(s) in a molecule, [provided that the blending amount of component (B-1) and component (B-2) is an amount such that the molar ratio of silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms contained in component (B-1) and component (B-2):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd., Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamamoto, Yuichi Tsuji, William R. Blackwood
  • Patent number: 8877860
    Abstract: A two-part curable liquid silicone rubber composition comprises a first liquid composition and a second liquid composition. The first and second liquid compositions are stored separately and yield, upon mixing, a silicone rubber forming composition. The silicone rubber composition comprises: (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane comprising (A-1) an organopolysiloxane having only a silicon-bonded alkenyl group at each molecular terminal and (A-2) an organopolysiloxane having from 1 to 4 silicon-bonded alkenyl groups in side molecular chains and containing not greater than 2.0 wt. % of alkenyl groups; (B) a calcium carbonate powder; (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; and (D) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Tasaki, Yuichi Tsuji
  • Patent number: 8691921
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyurethane which is non-sticky, exhibits superior handling properties and superior moldability, and has superior adhesive properties with silicones even if a surface activation treatment is not carried out beforehand. The polyurethane of the present invention contains polyol units and organic polyisocyanate units. The polyol units contain an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane structure in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 20% by weight with respect to the weight of the aforementioned polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Otomo, Yuichi Tsuji, Katsumi Kihara, Hidekazu Saito, Yoshihiro Yamana, Kazumasa Hattori
  • Publication number: 20140039106
    Abstract: A two-part curable liquid silicone rubber composition comprises a first liquid composition and a second liquid composition. The first and second liquid compositions are stored separately and yield, upon mixing, a silicone rubber forming composition. The silicone rubber composition comprises: (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane comprising (A-1) an organopolysiloxane having only a silicon-bonded alkenyl group at each molecular terminal and (A-2) an organopolysiloxane having from 1 to 4 silicon-bonded alkenyl groups in side molecular chains and containing not greater than 2.0 wt. % of alkenyl groups; (B) a calcium carbonate powder; (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; and (D) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoko Tasaki, Yuichi Tsuji