Patents by Inventor Atuo Inamura

Atuo Inamura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5219095
    Abstract: A drug dispenser, having a drug case storing drugs and a dispensing mechanism mounted to a lower portion of the drug case. The dispensing mechanism includes an arrange body. The arrange body has a drug passageway for arranged vertically said drugs and a surface guiding the drug to the drug passageway. The dispensing mechanism includes a fixed plate provided under the arrange body. The fixed plate has a drug drop opening connected to the drug passageway. The fixed plate has a separator free to pass into an intermediate of the drug passageway. The dispensing mechanism includes a swing mechanism swinging said arrange body between a first position in which the separator closes the drug passageway and a second position in which the separator opens the drug passageway. The dispensing mechanism includes a drive means for the swing mechanism. The drug storing in the drug case is aligned in the drug passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Shimizu, Atuo Inamura
  • Patent number: 5097652
    Abstract: The drug packing apparatus, provided with: a drug storing section in the upper portion of its casing; a packing machine in its lower portion, for making drug packs; a multiplicity of elongate tablet cases which extend upwardly and are in planar arrangement to one another; a transfer mechanism for collectively transferring into a pack a predetermined number of drugs extracted from a selected drug cases and sealing the pack; and a transport means for delivering the packs out of the drug packing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atuo Inamura, Hiroyasu Shimizu, Manabu Haraguchi, Hitoshi Ishiwatari