Patents Assigned to Toflo Corporation
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Patent number: 11782461Abstract: Provided is a flow rate control device capable of improving accumulated flow rate error. The flow rate control device of the present disclosure includes: a flow rate meter that measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a flow path; a flow rate regulating valve that regulates the flow rate of the fluid flowing through the flow path; and a control part that controls an opening degree of the flow rate regulating valve based on a measurement result of the flow rate meter, includes: a closing function that controls the opening degree of the flow rate regulating valve with an instantaneous flow rate value and closes with a set accumulated flow rate value; and an accumulated value prediction function that monitors the current opening degree of the flow rate regulating valve and the instantaneous flow rate value all the time, and starts a closing operation of the flow rate regulating valve at a time point when the accumulated flow rate value reaches an early closing flow rate value.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Fumikazu Tamura, Shinji Tobimatsu, Masatoshi Nakamura, Kenji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11287837Abstract: The flow rate control unit 1 is comprised with each of the flow rate control devices 11 connected to (juxtaposedly mounted on) the manifold 2 by the joint 91 interposed between each of the flow rate control devices 11 and the manifold 2. Each of the flow rate control devices 11 can be attached to or detached from the manifold 2 by manually operating (attaching/detaching) the clip 93 without using a tool. Because there is no need to secure space to insert a tool between the adjacent flow rate control devices 11, the mounting pitch between the adjacent flow rate control devices 11 (joints 91) can be reduced to the minimum, allowing miniaturization of the flow rate control unit 1.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Shimizu, Yuki Kamizuru, Takahiro Kawamoto, Kouichi Mikumo
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Patent number: 11047492Abstract: A ball valve includes a ball that has a passage hole and is rotatably supported, a ball packing that is made of polyimide and is in contact with an outer circumferential face of the ball, and a ball retainer that holds the ball packing, and a spring-loaded lip seal that is installed between the ball packing and the ball retainer and has a metallic spring fit inside a seal case made of a resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Kawamoto, Takuo Simada, Michihiro Ogawa
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Patent number: 11003197Abstract: An object is to provide a flow rate control device that can suppress a manufacturing cost and greatly reduce burdens of setting and maintenance. A flow rate control device 11 of the invention is comprised with a flow rate adjusting valve 21 that is installed in a flow path 13, a flow rate measurement part 41 that measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the flow path 13, a controller 61 that controls opening degrees of the flow rate adjusting valve 21 based on a measurement result of the flow rate measurement part 41, and a pressure deficiency detecting function that detects pressure deficiency when a limit sensor 246 (an opening detecting sensor) that detects the opening of the flow rate adjusting valve 21 detects the opening degrees are full.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Kawamoto, Takuo Shimada, Shinji Tobimatsu, Tetsuaki Sekine
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Patent number: 10514281Abstract: A flowmeter includes a metallic body that has a flow path therein, an impeller that is rotatably supported in the flow path inside the body, a pickup coil that is configured to detect a number of rotations of the impeller, the pickup coil being disposed outside the body, a coil case that is made of metal, and accommodates the pickup coil, an amplifier circuit board that is configured to amplify a detection signal of the pickup coil, and an amplifier case that is made of resin, and accommodates the amplifier circuit board. The coil case and the amplifier case are connected via a resin case that is made of resin and includes an insulation material therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Kawamoto, Tetsuaki Sekine, Shinji Tobimatsu
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Publication number: 20130049743Abstract: [Problem] To provide a float position sensor with a simple structure in which, even when a float is moved after the power is turned off, adjustment is not particularly necessary when the power is turned on next time. [Means for Resolution] A float position sensor including a float and a magnetic sensor provided in a lateral direction with respect to a movement direction of the float for detecting a change of a magnetic field caused by movement of the float, characterized in that the change of the magnetic field caused by the movement of the float is detected by the magnetic sensor through a movable magnet provided in the vicinity of the magnetic sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventor: Katsutoshi Sawano
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Patent number: 7225685Abstract: Cost is reduced by simplifying piping work and reducing the number of parts. At the same time, the degree of freedom in the arrangement of piping is raised by making the mounting posture of the piping variable. A pipe assembly unit with built-in sensors is fabricated by integrating a main pipe and multiple branch pipes, which branch from the main pipe and by building, in the multiple branch pipes a flow sensor which detects the flow rate of a fluid flowing through a conduit of each of the branch pipes, and the use of a conventional seal construction using a nipple in connections between the main pipe and the branch pipes is abolished. A pipe adapter having legs is detachably attached to opening ends of the main pipe and the legs are fixed to an installation surface A by changing the orientation of the pipe adapter, whereby the mounting posture of the pipe assembly unit is made variable.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: TOFLO CorporationInventors: Takahiro Kawamoto, Takayuki Tajima
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Publication number: 20070044574Abstract: Cost is reduced by simplifying piping work and reducing the number of parts. At the same time, the degree of freedom in the arrangement of piping is raised by making the mounting posture of the piping variable. A pipe assembly unit with built-in sensors 1 is fabricated by integrating a main pipe 2 and multiple branch pipes 3, 3, . . . which branch from the main pipe 2 and by building, in the multiple branch pipes 3, 3, . . . , a flow sensor 4 which detects the flow rate of a fluid flowing through a conduit 31 of each of the branch pipes 3, and the use of a conventional seal construction using a nipple in connections between the main pipe 2 and the branch pipes 3 is abolished. A pipe adapter 73 having legs 734 is detachably attached to opening ends of the main pipe 2 and the legs 734 are fixed to an installation surface A by changing the orientation of the pipe adapter 73, whereby the mounting posture of the pipe assembly unit 1 is made variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicant: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Kawamoto, Takayuki Tajima
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Patent number: 7163024Abstract: There are provided a flow control valve and a flow control device suitable for allowing flow control of a fluid with high accuracy. Diaphragms 8 and 9 are mounted to upper and lower openings, respectively, of an air chamber 6. The upper diaphragm 8 and the lower diaphragm 9 are connected by a connecting shaft 10 and have pressurized surfaces with different areas that receive pressure of the air chamber 6. This causes a difference between forces applied to the two diaphragms 8 and 9, and the difference causes the connecting shaft 10 and a valve body 2 mounted to an outer surface of the lower diaphragm 9 to slide and be separated from a valve seat 23.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2004Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Toflo CorporationInventors: Akinori Igawa, Shoji Takemoto
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Publication number: 20070000827Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a dissolved ozone decomposing apparatus which efficiently decomposes dissolved ozone in ozone water. The dissolved ozone decomposing apparatus comprises a case 2 and a first decomposing column 30 and a second decomposing column 40 in the case. The first decomposing column 30 comprises a flow pipe 31 in communication with a supply port 21, an adjustment plate 35 fixed in the flow pipe 31, a protection pipe 32 provided in the flow pipe 31 and made of a material transparent to ultraviolet rays, and a ultraviolet lamp 33 housed in the protection pipe 32, and when ozone water flows in the flow pipe 31, it strikes the adjustment plate 35 and stays in the pipe, so that the ozone water can be irradiated by light energy from the ultraviolet lamp 33 for decomposition of dissolved ozone in the ozone water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Satoru SHIMOMURA, Kenshi NAKASHIMA, Akira MATSUSAKO
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Publication number: 20060257203Abstract: There are provided a joint connecting clip which can be removed easily with access from one direction only, thereby having excellent removing workability, is provided with rotation preventive means to prevent a joint from turning and also can be provided with a locking mechanism to prevent the clip from being removed easily, and is suitable for obtaining a compact piping configuration, and a joint connecting structure having the said joint connecting clip. The construction of a joint connecting clip 1 is such that a pair of handling portions 11 are provided above gripping portions 10, and the gripping portions 10 are opened and closed with access of only one direction by an operation of pinching the handling portions 11 from upper both sides of the gripping portions 10. The operation of pinching the paired handling portions 11 can be performed satisfactorily, for example, with the thumb and the forefinger of one hand, so that the joint connecting clip 1 can be removed easily with one hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2005Publication date: November 16, 2006Applicant: Toflo CorporationInventor: Shuhei Iida
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Publication number: 20050145278Abstract: There are provided a flow control valve and a flow control device suitable for allowing flow control of a fluid with high accuracy. Diaphragms 8 and 9 are mounted to upper and lower openings, respectively, of an air chamber 6. The upper diaphragm 8 and the lower diaphragm 9 are connected by a connecting shaft 10 and have pressurized surfaces with different areas that receive pressure of the air chamber 6. This causes a difference between forces applied to the two diaphragms 8 and 9, and the difference causes the connecting shaft 10 and a valve body 2 mounted to an outer surface of the lower diaphragm 9 to slide and be separated from a valve seat 23.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2004Publication date: July 7, 2005Applicant: TOFLO CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Igawa, Shoji Takemoto