Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Tokura

Hiroaki Tokura 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: 10843839
    Abstract: A label-affixing machine affixes a label, which is conveyed by a label conveying body, to the back surface of a product being conveyed. The label-affixing machine includes a label holding unit configured to hold a label so that an adhesive surface of the label faces outward, a pressing mechanism configured to press a label conveying body, which is disposed on a side facing the label holding unit, against the adhesive surface of the held label by moving the label conveying body toward the label holding unit, and a controller that controls the drive of the label conveying body and the pressing mechanism to affix the label to the back surface of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromu Nishimura, Susumu Kimoto, Hiroaki Tokura, Mitsunobu Hayashi, Yuuki Tai
  • Publication number: 20190047738
    Abstract: A label-affixing machine affixes a label, which is conveyed by a label conveying body, to the back surface of a product being conveyed. The label-affixing machine includes a label holding unit configured to hold a label so that an adhesive surface of the label faces outward, a pressing mechanism configured to press a label conveying body, which is disposed on a side facing the label holding unit, against the adhesive surface of the held label by moving the label conveying body toward the label holding unit, and a controller that controls the drive of the label conveying body and the pressing mechanism to affix the label to the back surface of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromu NISHIMURA, Susumu KIMOTO, Hiroaki TOKURA, Mitsunobu HAYASHI, Yuuki TAI
  • Patent number: 9908652
    Abstract: A box packing system includes a frame, a cardboard sheet feeder, a box making section and a box packing device. The cardboard sheet feeder is configured to lift one of a plurality of cardboard sheets from a cardboard sheet stacking area of the frame. The cardboard sheets are in an upright state within the cardboard sheet stacking area and are folded or collapsed. The box making section re-shapes the cardboard sheet unfolding the cardboard sheet and transforms the cardboard sheet into a cardboard box where a bottom lid is closed and a top lid is opened defining an opening of the cardboard box. The box packing device has a dropping part that moves the cardboard box in a laterally opened state downwardly to s located filling position and a pushing part that pushes an article into the opening of the cardboard box while within the filling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yokota, Atsushi Takahashi, Hiroaki Tokura, Takeshi Noguchi, Seisaku Iwasa
  • Patent number: 9428293
    Abstract: A box packing device includes a dropping part configured to drops a laterally opened cardboard box in the state in which the lateral flaps of the cardboard box are open before and after dropping. The dropping part has an upper guide mechanism and a lower guide mechanism. The upper guide mechanism includes first upper guide portions that oppose front faces of the flaps and second upper guide portions that oppose rear faces of the flaps. The lower guide mechanism includes a first lower movable guide portion and a first lower fixed guide portion that oppose the front faces of the flaps, second lower guide portions that oppose the rear faces of the flaps, and a first drive unit for driving the second lower guide portions towards the first lower guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Yokota, Atsushi Takahashi, Hiroaki Tokura, Takeshi Noguchi, Seisaku Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20150298842
    Abstract: A box packing system includes a frame, a cardboard sheet feeder, a box making section and a box packing device. The cardboard sheet feeder is configured to lift one of a plurality of cardboard sheets from a cardboard sheet stacking area of the frame. The cardboard sheets are in an upright state within the cardboard sheet stacking area and are folded or collapsed. The box making section re-shapes the cardboard sheet unfolding the cardboard sheet and transforms the cardboard sheet into a cardboard box where a bottom lid is closed and a top lid is opened defining an opening of the cardboard box. The box packing device has a dropping part that moves the cardboard box in a laterally opened state downwardly to s located filling position and a pushing part that pushes an article into the opening of the cardboard box while within the filling position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji YOKOTA, Atsushi TAKAHASHI, Hiroaki TOKURA, Takeshi NOGUCHI, Seisaku IWASA
  • Publication number: 20150232217
    Abstract: A box packing device includes a dropping part configured to drops a laterally opened cardboard box in the state in which the lateral flaps of the cardboard box are open before and after dropping. The dropping part has an upper guide mechanism and a lower guide mechanism. The upper guide mechanism includes first upper guide portions that oppose front faces of the flaps and second upper guide portions that oppose rear faces of the flaps. The lower guide mechanism includes a first lower movable guide portion and a first lower fixed guide portion that oppose the front faces of the flaps, second lower guide portions that oppose the rear faces of the flaps, and a first drive unit for driving the second lower guide portions towards the first lower guide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Yokota, Atsushi Takahashi, Hiroaki Tokura, Takeshi Noguchi, Seisaku Iwasa