Patents by Inventor Futoshi Makimoto

Futoshi Makimoto 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: 6796334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conduit repairing material, repairing structure, and repairing method thereof, and particularly provides a repairing method for an existing conduit characterized by comprising using a plurality of reinforcing members capable of being carried in the existing conduit, assembling said reinforcing members into a hollow skeleton-like reinforcing body extending substantially along the inner surface of the existing conduit, attaching a plurality of inner face bars to the inside of the reinforcing body to assemble them into a tubular form along the lengthwise direction of the conduit, and injecting a curable infilling into the gap between the inner face bars and the inner surface of the existing conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignees: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd., Ashimori Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishikawa, Hitoshi Saito, Futoshi Makimoto
  • Publication number: 20030116210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conduit repairing material, repairing structure, and repairing method thereof, and particularly provides a repairing method for an existing conduit characterized by comprising using a plurality of reinforcing members capable of being carried in the existing conduit, assembling said reinforcing members into a hollow skeleton-like reinforcing body extending substantially along the inner surface of the existing conduit, attaching a plurality of inner face bars to the inside of the reinforcing body to assemble them into a tubular form along the lengthwise direction of the conduit, and injecting a curable infilling into the gap between the inner face bars and the inner surface of the existing conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishikawa, Hitoshi Saito, Futoshi Makimoto
  • Patent number: 5671778
    Abstract: The present invention provides a repairing tube to be used in pipe lines such as gas conduits, water supply lines and sewer lines, chiefly those buried in the ground, for the purpose of repairing the pipe lines. More particularly, the present invention relates to a repairing tube including a rigid pipe formed of thermoplastic resin and a tubular woven fabric and a method for repairing or reinforcing a pipe line with the repairing tube. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for removing the repairing tube in its collapsed form out of the pipe line, for example when the repairing tube installed in the pipe line has become superannuated or it has been collapsed for some reason or other to impair the function of the pipe line and hence it is desired to reline the pipe line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Ashimori Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sakuragi, Masahiro Seshimo, Futoshi Makimoto, Shinichi Takebe, Takuji Sokawa, Hitoshi Saito
  • Patent number: 5186987
    Abstract: A lining material for pipe lines, especially those buried in the ground and a process for providing pipe lines therewith are disclosed, which includes a flexible tubular film, a sheet covering the outer surface of the tubular film and a film capable of being split off covering the outer surface of the sheet, characterized in that the sheet includes a fabric and a mat of fibers of high tenacity impregnated with a thickened liquid thermohardenable resin to form a fabric-fiber-reinforced composite molding sheet having a sufficient length and a width greater than the inner circumferential length of a pipe line to be treated, and that both lateral end portions of the sheet are slidably overlapped with each other to form a tube around the tubular film, the outer circumferential length of the tube being shorter than the inner circumferential length of the pipe line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Imoto, Masahiro Seshimo, Futoshi Makimoto, Eiji Kitagawa