Patents Assigned to Tokai Corporation
  • Patent number: 5743724
    Abstract: A flame reaction member for gas combustion appliances comprises a flame reaction material, which is to be heated by a gas flame having been produced by a gas combustion appliance and which undergoes a flame reaction and colors the gas flame by the flame reaction. The flame reaction material comprises a glass compound, which is formed by mixing a flame reaction agent and a fused material with each other and fusing them together. The flame reaction agent is constituted of an oxide or a salt of a metal capable of undergoing the flame reaction. The fused material is capable of being mixed and fused together with the flame reaction agent and vitrified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Mifune, Masato Seki, Jun Kashiwagi, Satosi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 5738507
    Abstract: A gas igniter comprising a main body provided with a gas tank for storing liquified gas to be used as a fuel, a front pipe in the form of a hollow bar extending from the main body, a jetting nozzle for jetting out a gas, and a gas pipe connected between the main body and the jetting nozzle. The nozzle is disposed at a front part of the front pipeAt least a part of the front pipe, excluding the front part thereof where the jetting nozzle is disposed, is formed by a flexible member having a restoring force whereby it is bent so that the direction in which the front part is pointed is changed, when an external force is applied, and is restored to the original state in which it is at the time when the external force is not applied, after the external force is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Mifune, Noriyuki Serizawa, Takayuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5716204
    Abstract: A combustion device in a lighter, such as a gas lighter, comprises a base portion, which is associated with a nozzle for jetting a fuel gas and is provided with a primary air hole for introducing primary air into the fuel gas having been jetted from the nozzle, and a combustion cylinder, in which the fuel gas containing the primary air mixed in is burned. The combustion cylinder has a multiple pipe structure comprising a combustion inner pipe, in which the fuel gas containing the primary air mixed in flows, and a combustion outer pipe, which is located around the outer periphery of the combustion inner pipe and at a predetermined spacing from the combustion inner pipe. The space, which is defined between the combustion inner pipe and the combustion outer pipe, is formed as a secondary air flow path, through which secondary air is supplied to a combustion flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Mifune, Noriyuki Serizawa, Masato Seki, Shinichi Okawa
  • Patent number: 5697775
    Abstract: A safety device in a lighting rod comprises a locking member having an engagement section, which interferes with a portion of an operation member and thereby locks the lighting operation of the operation member. The locking member can move in a direction, that intersects with the direction along which the operation member moves. An urging member urges the locking member to a locking direction. The locking member is provided with a lock releasing section, which can be operated in order to move the locking member in a direction, that acts against the urging force of the urging member. The lock releasing section is projected to a position, which stands facing the operating section of the operation member. The lock of the lighting operation is released by operating the lock releasing section of the locking member, and the locking operation is carried out in this state by operating the operating section of the operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Saito, Toshihiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 5640948
    Abstract: A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank 12 for storing fuel gas to be supplied to the burner, and an ignition means 8 having an ignition lever 21 which causes the ignition of the burner. For use with such a portable heater, a safety device for preventing the container from being heated while it is sealed, a safety device which prevents the emission of gas when flames are unexpectedly extinguished, and an overturn safety device for automatically extinguishing flames when the heater is overturned are obtained in a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Tomio Nitta, Hideo Mifune, Masato Seki, Yosimitu Kaga, Noriyuki Serizawa
  • Patent number: 5598833
    Abstract: A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank 12 for storing fuel gas to be supplied to the burner, and an ignition means 8 having an ignition lever 21 which causes the ignition of the burner. For use with such a portable heater, a safety device for preventing the container from being heated while it is sealed, a safety device which prevents the emission of gas when flames are unexpectedly extinguished, and an overturn safety device for automatically extinguishing flames when the heater is overturned are obtained in a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Tomio Nitta, Hideo Mifune, Masato Seki, Yosimitu Kaga, Noriyuki Serizawa
  • Patent number: 5568805
    Abstract: A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank 12 for storing fuel gas to be supplied to the burner, and an ignition means 8 having an ignition lever 21 which causes the ignition of the burner. For use with such a portable heater, a safety device for preventing the container from being heated while it is sealed, a safety device which prevents the emission of gas when flames are unexpectedly extinguished, and an overturn safety device for automatically extinguishing flames when the heater is overturned are obtained in a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Tomio Nitta, Hideo Mifune, Masato Seki, Yosimitu Kaga, Noriyuki Serizawa
  • Patent number: 5555905
    Abstract: A cassette type gas cylinder, containing liquefied fuel gas, for giving an alarm when the volume of remaining fuel is reduced to a predetermined level or less in order to provide an advanced notice of replacement of the gas cylinder with a simple structure using burst energy of discharged gas. A valve 12 for opening and closing the discharge of liquefied gas is arranged at the center on one end of a container body 11a. A gas flow channel 17, with one end thereof opened into a gas space formed above the level of the fuel when the gas cylinder is laid horizontally, is connected to the valve 12. A vibrating member 27, for producing a sound when vibrated and caused to collide with a body by the burst of the fuel gas, is disposed in the gas flow channel 17. This vibrating member 27 is connected to a damping member 38 by means of a coupling member 29. The damping member 38 is located below a predetermined level of the liquefied fuel gas, and is subjected to resistance while moving in the liquefied fuel gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Mifune, Yasuaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5531591
    Abstract: A safety device for use in a gas lighter. An actuating member provided on top of a lighter body is supported in a pivotal fashion by a leg downwardly extending therefrom. The leg is also provided with a lock member. A circular-arc-shaped guide groove and a recessed groove at the center-side end of the guide groove are formed along the upper end of one of the tank side surfaces. The lock member has a base portion which travels along a regulation groove (24) in a restricted manner, a stopper which is connected to an upper part of the base portion and is engageable with the recessed groove, a finger grip which permits a lock release operation and causes the stopper fitted into the recessed groove to be engaged with the guide groove, and a spring member for urging the base portion toward the center of the lighter body and holding the lock member in a locked position and an unlocked position. These elements of the lock member are formed into one assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuo Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 5462044
    Abstract: A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank 12 for storing fuel gas to be supplied to the burner, and an ignition means 8 having an ignition lever 21 which causes the ignition of the burner. For use with such a portable heater, a safety device for preventing the container from being heated while it is sealed, a safety device which prevents the emission of gas when flames are unexpectedly extinguished, and an overturn safety device for automatically extinguishing flames when the heater is overturned are obtained in a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Tomio Nitta, Hideo Mifune, Masato Seki, Yosimitu Kaga, Noriyuki Serizawa
  • Patent number: 5458482
    Abstract: A gas lighter with a safety device is provided with a resilient leaf which can be deformed between a locked state in which the depression of a pressing means is prevented and a lock-released state in which the operation of the pressing means is allowed, and a slide member which is fitted around the resilient leaf and is movable between a first position where ignition operation is impracticable when the resilient leaf is in a locked state and a second position where the ignition operation is practicable. The slide member deforms the resilient leaf and renders it in a lock-released state at a third position which is reached during movement from the second position to the first position in response to ignition operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Saito, Toshihiro Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 5456929
    Abstract: Liquid contents such as water are stored in a heat-resisting can body having an openable section formed on an upper part thereof. Other material is stored within the can body while being separated from the liquid contents and, when the can body is heated above a predetermined temperature with the openable section opened, the separation between the stored material and the liquid is removed and the liquid can come in contact with the stored material. When the openable section is closed while the can body is heated, the stored material is kept separate from the liquid even during a sterilizing process but, when the can body is heated with the openable section opened, the separation between the stored material and the liquid is removed, and consequently the contents are mixed together. This permits the stored material to be preserved from the liquid until the contents of the can body are ready for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Mifune, Tomio Nitta, Tsutomu Shike
  • Patent number: D369509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Yosimitu Kaga, Katsuyoshi Okuda
  • Patent number: D375814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Inoue, Minoru Kanno
  • Patent number: D377235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Inoue, Minoru Kanno
  • Patent number: D377736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Scripto-Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Iwagaki, William Haffner
  • Patent number: D391013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Inoue, Takayuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: D393328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Inoue, Minoru Kanno
  • Patent number: D397497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventor: Yosimitu Kaga
  • Patent number: D397499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Tokai Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Saito, Toshihiro Ichikawa