Patents Assigned to Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11433205
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a breathing apparatus, wherein current for keeping internal pressure of the face piece at a predetermined positive target value at the time of inhale is not applied to the motor fan in a large amount at the start of current application to the motor fan, and the internal pressure of the face piece is prevented from becoming far below the predetermined positive target value immediately after start of current application to the motor fan so as to keep the internal pressure of the face piece at the predetermined positive target value at the time of inhale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Saitou, Kenichi Ono, Hiroyuki Ide
  • Publication number: 20210213309
    Abstract: There is provided a facepiece that does not hinder the movement of a wearer. A facepiece that covers a face of a wearer, the facepiece including: a front surface plate that is a transparent plate-like member having a size that can cover the face of the wearer; and a rotation mechanism passing through the front surface plate on either a right or left side of the wearer and being rotatable with respect to the front surface plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD., AIR WATER SAFETY SERVICE INC.
    Inventors: Nobuo SHIGEMATSU, Kenichi ONO, Hiroyuki IDE, Masaru FUKUDA, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Takushi DOI, Masashi YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210205641
    Abstract: There is provided a back carrier that does not hinder the movement of a wearer. A back carrier having a gas cylinder attached thereto, and carried on wearer's back, the back carrier including: a main body to which the gas cylinder is attached; and an adjuster including a regulator and a pressure demand valve attached to the main body and integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: AIR WATER SAFETY SERVICE INC., SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji YAMAMOTO, Takushi DOI, Masashi YOKOYAMA, Nobuo SHIGEMATSU, Kenichi ONO, Hiroyuki IDE, Masaru FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 10576313
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a detachable connector between a face piece and a filter of a breathing apparatus comprising a bayonet connection mechanism for connecting a pair of members by pushing and twisting operation, wherein detaching of the filter from the face piece by accident or user error is effectively prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Shigematsu, Kenichi Ono, Osamu Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 9107463
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a method for integrating multi-layer sheet fabric pieces for use in a chemical protective suit, wherein fewer fabrication man-hours are required than in the conventional method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ozawa, Kazutaka Tanino, Seiko Nitta
  • Patent number: 8905018
    Abstract: Breathing apparatus comprising a face piece for covering the whole face of a user and a fan unit for operating synchronously with the breath timing of the user. The breathing apparatus comprises a breath monitoring apparatus provided with a diaphragm and a sensor for detecting movement of the diaphragm. The location of the diaphragm and the sensor and a transmission path of inhale pressure and exhale pressure to the diaphragm are optimized. The breath monitoring apparatus is disposed in a fan unit, a space for accommodating the diaphragm and the sensor is disposed independently of an air passage in the fan unit, and the internal space of a nose cup is communicated with the space in the fan unit through holes formed in the nose cup and the face piece when the fan unit and the nose cup are connected to the face piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Genta Santou, Hiroyuki Ide, Osamu Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 8671943
    Abstract: A breathing apparatus including a face piece for covering the whole face or part of the face, an inhale valve and an exhale valve provided on the face piece, a motor fan for supplying external air into the face piece through the inhale valve, a filter for cleaning the external air sucked into the motor fan, a breath monitoring apparatus provided on the face piece and not comprising the inhale valve and the exhale valve, and a controller for controlling the operation of the motor fan synchronously with the breath based on the detection signal from the breath monitoring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Shigematsu, Hiroyuki Ide
  • Publication number: 20130318694
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a chemical protective airtight suit for accommodating a self-contained breathing apparatus that is more comfortable to use than a conventional chemical protective airtight suit for accommodating a self-contained breathing apparatus, wherein the rear side of the head portion and the lower end of the portion accommodating the high pressure air vessel are not stretched, so that the user wearing the suit does not feel uncomfortable when the user crouches down, and the high pressure air vessel is not caught by the chemical protective airtight suit when the user takes off the suit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Shigematsu, Akira Kamahori
  • Publication number: 20130239307
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention]An object of the present invention is to provide a chemical protective suit easier to produce and more comfortable to wear than a conventional chemical protective suit. [Disclosure of the Invention]A chemical protective suit comprises a head portion for covering the part of a human body extending from the top of the head to the neck, a body portion for covering the part of a human body extending from the chest to the abdomen, a pair of arm portions for covering the parts of a human body extending from the shoulders to the wrists, a pair of leg portions for covering the parts of a human body extending from the abdomen to the calves, and a pair of foot portions for covering the parts of a human body extending from the calves to the toes. The aforementioned portions are integrated into a unitary body by integrating a plurality of sheet fabric pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ozawa, Kazutaka Tanino, Seiko Nitta
  • Publication number: 20130152948
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a mask filter, wherein wet nonwoven fabric comprised of synthetic fiber is folded up into a concentric circular pleat form, and the synthetic fiber comprises 10 to 50 mass percent of short fiber A having a fiber length ranging from 0.1 to 1 mm and a fiber diameter ranging from 100 to 1,000 nm, and further comprises binder fiber B having a fiber length ranging from 5 to 10 mm and a fiber diameter ranging from 6 to 15 ?m, and fiber C of greater fiber length and fiber diameter than short fiber A and smaller fiber length and fiber diameter than binder fiber B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: TEIJIN FIBERS LIMITED, SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Inagaki, Meguru Inai, Miho Honda, Norikazu Kurano, Masahiro Oohira, Ryoichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20130153131
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a method for integrating multi-layer sheet fabric pieces for use in a chemical protective suit, wherein fewer fabrication man-hours are required than in the conventional method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ozawa, Kazutaka Tanino, Seiko Nitta
  • Publication number: 20120222674
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a breathing apparatus comprising a face piece for covering the whole face of a user, and a fan unit for operating synchronously with the breath timing of the user, wherein the breathing apparatus comprises a breath monitoring apparatus provided with a diaphragm and a sensor for detecting movement of the diaphragm, and wherein the location of the diaphragm and the sensor is optimized and a transmission path of inhale pressure and exhale pressure to the diaphragm is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Genta Santou, Hiroyuki Ide, Osamu Zaitsu
  • Publication number: 20100313892
    Abstract: A breathing apparatus including a face piece for covering the whole face or part of the face, an inhale valve and an exhale valve provided on the face piece, a motor fan for supplying external air into the face piece through the inhale valve, a filter for cleaning the external air sucked into the motor fan, a breath monitoring apparatus provided on the face piece and not comprising the inhale valve and the exhale valve, and a controller for controlling the operation of the motor fan synchronously with the breath based on the detection signal from the breath monitoring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Shigematsu, Hiroyuki Ide
  • Patent number: 7464705
    Abstract: A powered respiration comprising, an air supplying unit and a filter equipped to a face piece part of said powered respiration, wherein an electric fan, a motor and a battery are installed in said air supplying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Naoto Tanizawa, Hiroyuki Ide, Hidetoshi Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 7086400
    Abstract: A mask comprising a mask main body and a face seal, wherein the outer periphery part of the main body and the outer periphery part of the face seal are adhered, said face seal is composed of a sheet prepared by laminating soft resin such as polyurethane resin on one surface of elastic fabric made of nylon or polyester fibers, and said laminated sheet is cut off to have a modified ring shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Shigematsu, Kenichi Ono, Shuichiro Shimada
  • Publication number: 20030205231
    Abstract: A mask comprising a mask main body and a face seal, wherein the outer periphery part of the main body and the outer periphery part of the face seal are adhered, said face seal is composed of a sheet prepared by laminating soft resin such as polyurethane resin on one surface of elastic fabric made of nylon or polyester fibers, and said laminated sheet is cut off to have a modified ring shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: SHIGEMATSU WORKS, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Shigematsu, Kenichi Ono, Shuichiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 4991577
    Abstract: An exhalation valve means of a positive pressure type respiration mask which can be easily converted to a non-positive pressure type (atmospheric pressure type) mask when necessary.The exhalation valve means includes a valve body unit, which comprises an exhalation value seat, a valve body supporting member which is detachably mounted within an exhalation valve chamber, and a valve body which is supported by said valve body supporting member and energized against said exhalation valve seat. Said valve seat has a means for mounting a rubber membrane valve body which is used for the valve body unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuo Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 4892094
    Abstract: A pressure responsive diaphragm valve, particularly suitable for a respiration responsive valve for a respirator mask. The whole of the valve assembly body is constituted by the mutually laminated layer members and assembled by simply tightening the layer members together. All of the layer members can be made by molding, without machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuo Shigematsu
  • Patent number: 4752974
    Abstract: An air-feed type protective helmet includes a cap body to which a face shield is rotatably mounted for movement between a lower use position and an upper non-use position. In order to feed clean air to a space provided between the wearer's face and the face shield, a front visor portion is provided which extends from one lateral side to the other lateral side. This front visor portion includes an inner wall and an outer wall which are integrally formed with the cap body and which have an opening therebetween at lower edges thereof. A bottom wall closes the opening between the inner wall and outer wall to define an air passage. An air outlet is provided in the bottom wall. An air pipe connector is located on one of the lateral sides and is in fluid communication with the air passage. The air pipe connector includes an air pipe connection to which a source of clean air is connectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Haino
  • Patent number: D602154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Shuichiro Shimada