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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181790 | Flotation apparatus A flotation apparatus F includes a tank 1 for receiving a liquid raw material, and introduces air into the tank 1 to generate bubbles for adsorbing print ink in the liquid raw material to the bubbles, thereby floating and separating the print ink. The ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8129307 | Thermosensitive recording medium The present invention provides a thermosensitive recording medium, which is excellent in stamping ability, anti-scratching ability, and water and plasticizer resistance of image area as well as in recording sensitivity, image quality and storage stability. The prese... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123909 | Apparatus for treating papermaking feedstock A papermaking raw material processor capable of reforming pulp in papermaking a process using cavitation includes a first pump 5 jets jet liquid and second pump 6 jets suspension containing; e.g., pulp fibers into a processing unit inside which cavitat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8088254 | Methods for producing recycled pulp, methods for modifying pulp fiber surfaces and dirts, as well as pulp processing equipments Pulp processing equipment used to produce high-quality recycled pulp with little damage to fibers, high brightness and low residual ink by means of a force selectively acting on fiber surfaces during the process of recycling waste paper is disclosed. Moreover, fiber... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8062993 | Developer mixture for thermal recording materials and thermal recording materials The present invention relates to a developer mixture for a thermal recording material, which comprises a mixture of the first organic developer comprising a condensate or a condensed composition represented by the formula (I): | 11/22/2011 |
| 8043473 | Method of deinking recovered paper The object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing deinked pulp from recovered paper containing stickies while preventing excessive reduction in the size of stickies, lowering the COD of effluents, and producing deinked pulp with a smaller res... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8025924 | Cast-coated papers and processes for preparing thereof The present invention aims to provide a cast-coated paper having good sheet gloss, printability and productivity and a process for preparing it. Herein disclosed is a cast-coated paper obtained by applying a cast coating layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive on... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8012312 | Cellulose-based fibrous materials The present invention aims to provide cellulose-based fibrous materials for obtaining papers and sheets having low density, high surface quality, good size stability despite of high strength, and high opacity. Cellulose-based fibrous materials having external fibril... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7967947 | Methods for beating pulp, methods for treating process waters, and methods for producing pulp and paper The first invention aims to provide a method for preparing stiffer bulky pulp at a freeness level comparable to that obtained by mechanical treatments to improve the bulkiness of product paper by searching for a method capable of adjusting freeness while suppressing... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7947876 | Plant and plant storage organ having GLP-1 derivative accumulated therein and method of producing the same The present invention is regarding plants and plant storage organs thereof in which GLP-1 derivatives are accumulated, and methods of producing them. The transgenic plants and plant storage organs thereof accumulate tandem repeated GLP-1 derivatives cleavable with i... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7901542 | Coated papers for newsprint inks and processes for preparing them The present invention aims to provide coated papers for newsprint inks having fast ink drying properties comparable to those of conventional newsprint papers, without stickiness, and having good reproduction and sharpness of printed images comparable to those of coa... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7828933 | Coated sheet for rotary offset printing A coated sheet for web offset printing which includes a pigment coating layer containing a pigment and an adhesive formed on a base paper, and a surface layer containing a surface-sizing agent and a plastic pigment formed on the pigment coating layer. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7776435 | Electrophotographic transfer paper The present invention is an electrophotographic transfer paper where at least one side of the base paper is given a coating layer with a pigment and an adhesive agent to form coated paper and where the aforementioned adhesive contains a branched poly(meth)acrylamide... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7749591 | Laminated sheet The present invention relates a laminated sheet having improved toner-fixing property and toner blocking resistance, that comprises a base material made of paper, one or more thermoplastic resin layer(s) provided on one side or both sides of said base material, a to... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7727355 | Methods for producing recycled pulp and methods for modifying pulp fiber surfaces using liquid jet cavitation The present invention aims to produce high-quality recycled pulp with little damage to fibers, high brightness and low residual ink by means of a force selectively acting on fiber surfaces during the process of recycling waste paper. Moreover, fiber surfaces are mod... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7699960 | Processes and apparatus for producing cast coated papers Methods for producing cast-coated papers showing a reduced level of curling and reduced curling or wavy deformation caused by moisture absorption or other reasons as well as showing a high surface quality in the cast-coated surface. The steps for producing cast-coat... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7691231 | Newsprint paper treated with cationic surface sizing agent Newsprint for offset printing having sufficient water absorption resistance to provide a clear printing image with less color registration problems upon offset printing is manufactured by coating base paper, to which aluminum sulfate (a 50% by weight Al2O... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7670458 | Method of manufacturing gravure paper A method of manufacturing a gravure printing paper includes: providing a substance having an effect of inhibiting a binding between pulp fibers; preparing a mixture of pulp fibers and fillers; and adding the substance to the mixture; making a gravure printing paper ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7655287 | Inkjet recording medium An inkjet recording medium obtained by forming a coating layer containing a pigment and a binder on the surface of a base material and coating layer is subsequently pressed onto a heated mirror finished surface to dry to form an ink absorbing layer through a cast co... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651975 | Heat-sensitive recording material The present invention is a thermally sensitive recording medium containing a thermally sensitive color developing layer containing a colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and a color-developing agent as the main components on a substrate, wherein the thermally s... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645489 | Process for producing inkjet recording medium A method for manufacturing an inkjet recording medium comprising the steps of: applying a coating color containing a pigment and a binder as major components to at least one side of a base material using a transfer roll coater, subsequently drying coating layer to f... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7628886 | Process for producing cast coated paper for ink jet recording A method of manufacturing an inkjet recording cast-coated paper wherein a coating solution containing a pigment and a binder resin is supplied to a base paper, a treatment solution having the function of solidifying the binder resin is supplied to the coating layer ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7624939 | Kneader A kneader includes a casing with a papermaking material supply opening and a papermaking material outlet located below the papermaking material supply opening; at least first, second, third and fourth rotational shafts provided inside the casing; first blades attach... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7618922 | Thermally-sensitive recording medium A thermally-sensitive recording medium having a protecting layer formed on a thermally-sensitive recording layer containing a colorless or pale-colored electron-donating leuco dye and electron-accepting color-developing agent. The thermally-sensitive recording layer... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7611606 | Low-density neutral paper The present invention provides a low-density neutral paper offering excellent opacity, opacity after printing and other advantageous printability properties despite high bulk, by containing, as a filler, precipitated calcium carbonate-silica composite having an aver... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7575802 | Coated printing papers The present invention aims to provide coated printing papers having fast ink drying properties comparable to those of conventional newsprint, without stickiness, having good printability such as sharpness of printed images comparable to those of coated papers, as we... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7476642 | Thermally sensitive recording medium Provision of a thermally sensitive recording medium made up of an undercoating layer containing a pigment and a binder as main components and a thermally sensitive color-developing layer containing a colorless or pale-colored basic leuco dye and a color-developing a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476448 | Coating paper which can be removed by water and a method for preparation thereof A coating paper which can be removed by water comprising a substrate paper of single layer or lamellar structure having two or more layers which has at least one water decaying layer containing 5-100 wt % of water insoluble fibrous carboxy alkyl cellulose and a wate... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7465694 | Thermally sensitive recording medium A thermally sensitive recording medium has at least one layer on a substrate which is a thermally sensitive recording layer that contains a colorless or pale colored electron-donating leuco dye and an electron-accepting color-developing agent. At least one layer on ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7404876 | High-bulk, wood containing printing paper Coat a starch-based surface-paper-strengthening agent on a base paper made from a paper material that contains at least chemically processed hardwood mechanical pulp and bulk-increasing agent; where it is desirable that the hardwood mechanical pulp with a single fib... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7387984 | Thermally sensitive recording medium A thermally sensitive recording medium whose luster of printed part is excellent can be provided by a thermally sensitive recording medium of single layer or multi layers having at least a thermally sensitive recording layer that contains a colorless or pale colored... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384502 | Process for impregnating, refining, and bleaching wood chips having low bleachability to prepare mechanical pulps having high brightness Wood chips having low bleachability are impregnated with a chemical liquor at a pH range of 7-12 in aqueous solution and the chemical liquor from the impregnated chips is drained, whereby extractives contained in the chips and consuming bleaching agents can be remov... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7348065 | Slipping property imparting agent for clear coating and clear coating paper having the agent applied thereon Produce a slipping property imparting agent for clear coat that reduces scum production: wherein, (1) the agent comprises a copolymer whose constituents are unsaturated olefin (constituent (a)) and unsaturated carboxylic acid (carboxylate) (constituent (b)); (2) con... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7312176 | Thermally sensitive recording medium A thermally sensitive recording medium including on a support a thermally sensitive color development layer containing: a compound represented by the following general formula (1) as an organic color developing agent; and an oxalate compound represented by the follo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311801 | Newsprint papers The object of the present invention provides a newsprint paper having a friction coefficient in an appropriate range, a sufficient sizing quality, a low “neppari” strength and excellent printability. A newsprint paper having a static friction coefficient in an a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294761 | Method for efficiently producing transgenic plant using auxin precursor A method for producing a transgenic plant, which comprises: (A) introducing a vector into a plant cell, wherein the vector is a vector for gene introduction into a plant and comprises: a desired gene, and a selectable marker gene comprising a gene encoding an enzyme... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7235610 | Aqueous dispersion, process for producing the same, and use The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel aqueous dispersion that allows high solidification and that has good adherence and gasohol resistance to polyolefin substrates even on low-temperature baking. An aqueous dispersion characterized by dispersedl... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232791 | Multicolored thermally recording medium In the multi colored thermally sensitive recording medium, at least one kind of dye precursor is contained in complex fine particles which contain dye precursor and polymer of multi valence isocyanate compound, further contain 4,4′-diisocyanate-3,3′-dimethyl-1,1... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7208552 | Binder resin compositions, production process and use thereof The invention provides a novel binder resin composition with good adherence onto prime materials of polyolefin, poly (vinyl chloride), polycarbonate, PET, ABS and nylon, and also with excellent solvent solubility. A binder resin composition characterized by b... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208068 | Dullish coated paper for printing A dull coated printing paper that is bulky (low in density) having a density of 0.90 to 1.15 g/cm3 and yet offers excellent pliability, superior surface smoothness, high degree of print gloss and minimal small-scale gloss variations in the image area are ... | 04/24/2007 |