Patents by Inventor Go Itou

Go Itou 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).

  • Plant cultivating apparatus
    Patent number: 9345201
    Abstract: There is provided a plant cultivating apparatus for saving space in an early stage of growth of plants, increases an amount of plants cultivated per unit space to achieve higher space efficiency, and which provides an optimum environment corresponding to the growth of the plants. The plant cultivating apparatus comprises a plurality of cultivation tray storage shelves arrayed in a plurality of tiers and a plurality of rows, each of the plurality of cultivation tray storage shelves being able to store a cultivation tray capable of cultivating a plurality of plant stocks, a cultivation tray transferring mechanism for moving the cultivation tray, and a handling mechanism capable of gripping and moving the plurality of plant stocks individually from the cultivation tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.
    Inventors: Syunji Sakura, Tatsuya Hirai, Kouji Kouno, Hitoshi Ohara, Go Itou
  • PLANT CULTIVATING APPARATAS
    Publication number: 20120324788
    Abstract: There is provided a plant cultivating apparatus for saving space in an early stage of growth of plants, increases an amount of plants cultivated per unit space to achieve higher space efficiency, and which provides an optimum environment corresponding to the growth of the plants. The plant cultivating apparatus comprises a plurality of cultivation tray storage shelves arrayed in a plurality of tiers and a plurality of rows, each of the plurality of cultivation tray storage shelves being able to store a cultivation tray capable of cultivating a plurality of plant stocks, a cultivation tray transferring mechanism for moving the cultivation tray, and a handling mechanism capable of gripping and moving the plurality of plant stocks individually from the cultivation tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.
    Inventors: Syunji Sakura, Tatsuya Hirai, Kouji Kouno, Hitoshi Ohara, Go Itou