Patents Assigned to Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6935567
    Abstract: The present invention provides an incubator which can release pressure applied to a vessel side by upper heating means, and can simplify an opening/closing structure of a reaction chamber. The gist of the present invention resides in an incubator comprising a reaction chamber disposed in an incubator body; a heat conductive reaction block disposed in the reaction chamber to hold one or plural vessels containing reaction samples; a cover for covering an upper part of the reaction chamber in an openable manner; upper heating means positioned on a lower surface of the cover to heat an upper part of the vessel held by the reaction block; and pressure means for pressing the upper heating means to the vessel side; the reaction block being heated/cooled while the upper part of the vessel is heated by the upper heating means, to incubate the reaction sample; wherein the cover is disposed rotatably and movably in a horizontal direction with respect to the incubator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Saga, Takashi Arai, Hidetoshi Shinya, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Publication number: 20050145644
    Abstract: In a medicine supply apparatus having a plurality of tablet cases equipped in a case accommodating portion of a main body, each tablet case containing medicines, chutes into which medicines discharged from the respective table cases fall, a hopper equipped in correspondence with the lower portions of the chutes, and a charging apparatus for charging a medicine accommodating container with medicines caught by the hopper, a plurality of drawers are equipped in the case accommodating portion, the tablet cases are detachably mounted on each drawer, and each drawer is equipped so as to be freely drawn out from the case accommodating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Mori, Hideyuki Takahashi, Toshihiko Ota, Hiroshi Ishiwatari, Shinya Uema, Manabu Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20050138956
    Abstract: An object is to provide a low-temperature storage cooled/maintained in an ultra low temperature range, in which door lowering is automatically modified (corrected) by an opening/closing operation of a thermal insulating door, and a concave/convex portion which is a contact portion with respect to a door switch disposed on the door can be secured, and there is provided a low-temperature storage comprising: a thermal insulation box main body having an opening in a front surface thereof; a thermal insulating door openably/closably attached to the thermal insulation box main body by a plurality of hinges to close the opening; and a cooling device which cools a storage chamber formed by the door and the main body, wherein a spacer having a guide surface to forcibly correct door lowering by a closing operation of the thermal insulating door is disposed on a side on which any hinge is not disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Satoshi Okuda, Yasuhide Watanabe, Yasushi Sakata
  • Publication number: 20050138955
    Abstract: An object is to provide a low-temperature storage capable of further dividing a medium storage chamber divided by a medium partition into upper/lower small sections (small storage chambers) by adding of an optional component and changing of an inner door, and the storage comprising; a thermal insulation box main body having an opening in a front surface thereof; a thermal insulating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Okuda, Yasuhide Watanabe, Yasushi Sakata
  • Publication number: 20050122010
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a medicine feeding apparatus in which a usability is improved by automatically executing a fine adjustment of a horizontal position and a vertical position of a door panel in correspondence to an operating of taking a drawer in and out without necessity of executing a troublesome mount fine adjusting work of a door panel. In a medicine feeding apparatus provided with a main body, drawers attached to the main body so as to be freely drawn, and a plurality of tablet cases detachably attached to the drawers and receiving medicines, a door panel of the drawer is rotatably held and is finely adjusted to a proper position in correspondence to an operation of taking the drawer in and out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Takashi Mori, Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20050115634
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a medicine feeding apparatus in which it is possible to prevent a medicine from being broken by well absorbing and reducing a kinetic energy at a time of discharging the medicine even in the case that a downsizing and a densification are promoted for making a discharge speed of the medicine higher, and it is possible to efficiently guide the medicine to an outlet portion of a hopper. Further, the medicine feeding apparatus is provided with a main body, a plurality of tablet cases receiving medicines, a chute received in the main body and through which the medicine discharged from the tablet case comes down, a hopper received in the main body, provided in correspondence to a lower side of the chute and collecting the medicines, and a filling apparatus received in the main body and filling the medicines collected by the hopper in a drug packing paper or a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Takashi Mori
  • Publication number: 20050084420
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a multigas incubator capable of shortening humidity-returning time after closing its door. The incubator comprises an adiabatic box main body having an opening on a front face thereof, an adiabatic door mounted on the adiabatic box main body in an openable and closable manner, a transparent inner door for openably closing the opening, and an incubation room surrounded by the inner door and the adiabatic box main body for incubating samples such as cells, microbes and the like. The adiabatic box main body comprises an outer box made of a metal, an inner box made of a metal, a heat insulating material arranged inside the outer box between the outer and inner boxes, and an air layer arranged more inside than the heat insulating material. Gases supplied for controlling concentrations of gases in the incubation room are jetted into humidification water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Osawa, Yasuhiro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20050084956
    Abstract: An entry of air from the outside of an incubator into an incubation room is prevented. The incubator comprises an adiabatic box main body having an opening on a front face thereof, an adiabatic door mounted to the adiabatic box main body to be opened/closed, a transparent inner door which closes the opening to be opened, and a storeroom surrounded with the inner door and the adiabatic box main body to incubate samples such as cells or microbes. The adiabatic box main body comprises a metal outer box, a metal inner box, a heat insulating material arranged in the outer box between the outer box and the inner box, and an air layer arranged more inside than the heat insulating material. Pressure of the storeroom is set higher than that of an outside space of the incubator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Tamaoki, Yasushi Sakata, Hidetoshi Shinya, Hiroki Busujima
  • Patent number: 6881568
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an organic waste processing method and apparatus capable of making a formalin nontoxic and decreasing an amount and/or a volume of a formalin-fixed organic waste easily in a shorter time without retaining an original form. A formalin-fixed organic waste processing method comprising the steps of formalin neutralizing a formalin-fixed organic waste, decomposing the waste using an enzyme, and subsequently, carrying out a drying process, and an organic waste processing apparatus comprising a processing chamber 2 for processing the waste, a stirring paddle provided in the processing chamber 2, a driving motor of the paddle, a heater 5 for the processing chamber 2, air supply means 6, exhaust means 14, and control means 7 for controlling the operations of the driving motor, the heater 5, the air supply means 6 and the exhaust means 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Kobayashi, Kohei Nozawa, Susumu Kato
  • Publication number: 20040209347
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an organic waste processing method and apparatus capable of making a formalin nontoxic and decreasing an amount and/or a volume of a formalin-fixed organic waste easily in a shorter time without retaining an original form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadao Kobayashi, Kohei Nozawa, Susumu Kato
  • Publication number: 20040188456
    Abstract: There is disclosed a medicine supply apparatus that can effectively prevent the quality of medicines contained in a tablet case from changing due to moisture. The medicine supply apparatus includes a tablet case having an opening, a discharge mechanism for dropping a medicine in the tablet case through the opening so as to be discharged, a drive mechanism for driving the discharge mechanism, and a filling member for receiving the medicine discharged by the discharge mechanism, wherein the opening of the tablet case is closed by a detachable cover member to enable sealing the inside of the tablet case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Yuichi Tamaoki, Manabu Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20040134043
    Abstract: In a medicine supply apparatus for filling medicines into containers using a plurality of reception compartments into which medicines can be voluntarily fed, an object is to improve usability of the apparatus and prevent supply of wrong medicines. The medicine supply apparatus includes a plurality of reception compartments into which medicines can be respectively put arbitrarily, discharge means for discharging the medicines in the reception compartments, respectively, and filling means for filling the medicines discharged from the reception compartments into containers such as bags or vials. The medicine supply apparatus is provided with LED lamps for identifiably showing the plurality of reception compartments, respectively, and control means for controlling the discharge means, the LED lamps, and the filling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Uema, Manabu Haraguchi
  • Publication number: 20040134925
    Abstract: There is disclosed a medicine supply apparatus that can effectively solve medicine lodgment or blocking within a nozzle that discharges a medicine into packing paper. The medicine supply apparatus includes a nozzle for discharging a medicine discharged from a tablet case and a shutter rotatably provided in the nozzle for opening/closing a medicine drop path in the nozzle. The shutter includes a first shutter plate that has a size capable of closing the inside of the nozzle and is rotated, a second shutter plate swingably connected to the tip of the first shutter plate, and a guide for swinging the second shutter plate in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the first shutter plate in a final stage where the first shutter plate is opened. The tip of the second shutter plate is located in a position to narrow an outlet of the medicine drop path when the first shutter plate is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsuo Inamura
  • Publication number: 20040124115
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a medicine wrapping machine which wraps each administered amount of a medicine in a medicine wrapping sheet, and enables easy opening even by an aged person or a child. The medicine wrapping machine uses a belt-shaped medicine wrapping sheet, and forms a plurality of divided wrapping bags continuous in a state of containing medicines therein and separated at the time of taking the medicines to wrap the medicines. A raw material of the medicine wrapping sheet is a belt-shaped transparent composite plastic sheet which includes a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet or a biaxially oriented polypropylene sheet, and a minute flaw is formed on the polyethylene terephthalate sheet or the biaxially oriented polypropylene sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd., Nishimura Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Nishimura, Kouichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20040123622
    Abstract: There are provided a compact and portable refrigerant recovery device which can easily recover a refrigerant present in a refrigeration circuit of a used-up household refrigerator or an extra-low temperature freezer which uses a low boiling point refrigerant at low costs, and a method for recovering a refrigerant by using the refrigerant recovery device. In the refrigerant recovery device comprising a refrigerant recovery tank which stores an activated carbon for adsorbing the refrigerant, the recovery tank is equipped with a detachable cap, and the activated carbon is wrapped in unwoven cloth finer than a grain diameter of the activated carbon, and stored in the recovery tank. The refrigerant recovery device is connected to the refrigeration circuit, a gas in the refrigerant recovery tank is vacuumed to be discharged before the refrigerant of the refrigeration circuit is recovered, and then the refrigerant is adsorbed on the activated carbon to be recovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Yuzawa, Fukuji Yoshida, Katsuhiko Inoue, Minoru Suto, Ryuzo Tobe, Katsuzi Takasugi
  • Publication number: 20040118145
    Abstract: With the intention of reducing power consumption and noise, there is provided a binary refrigeration unit which can be started even by a compressor equipped with a small-torque and compact motor. The binary refrigeration unit is constructed in such a manner that an evaporator 4 of a high-temperature side refrigerant circuit H and a condenser 12 of a low-temperature side refrigerant circuit L are disposed side by side, a refrigerant of the low-temperature side refrigerant circuit L is cooled to be condensed at the condenser 12 by vaporization heat of a refrigerant of the high-temperature side refrigerant circuit H evaporated by the evaporator 4, the condensed refrigerant of the low-temperature side refrigerant circuit L is evaporated at an evaporator 14, and accordingly a low temperature much lower than a low temperature obtained by the evaporator 4 is obtained by the evaporator 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuzi Takasugi, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Publication number: 20040112969
    Abstract: The present invention provides an incubator which can release pressure applied to a vessel side by upper heating means, and can simplify an opening/closing structure of a reaction chamber. The gist of the present invention resides in an incubator comprising a reaction chamber disposed in an incubator body; a heat conductive reaction block disposed in the reaction chamber to hold one or plural vessels containing reaction samples; a cover for covering an upper part of the reaction chamber in an openable manner; upper heating means positioned on a lower surface of the cover to heat an upper part of the vessel held by the reaction block; and pressure means for pressing the upper heating means to the vessel side; the reaction block being heated/cooled while the upper part of the vessel is heated by the upper heating means, to incubate the reaction sample; wherein the cover is disposed rotatably and movably in a horizontal direction with respect to the incubator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicants: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahisa Saga, Takashi Arai, Hidetoshi Shinya, Yuichi Tamaoki
  • Patent number: D501488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Sato, Akihiro Mochizuki, Ken Wakiya
  • Patent number: D501856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Okamoto, Akihiro Mochizuki
  • Patent number: D496372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Sato, Akihiro Mochizuki, Ken Wakiya