Patents by Inventor Hiromichi Ban

Hiromichi Ban 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).

  • Apparatus for cooling sheet steel by water spraying
    Patent number: 4371149
    Abstract: Cooling water is sprayed under a predetermined pressure range and at a predetermined discharge rate over the both surfaces of a sheet to be treated which is reciprocated lengthwise at such a velocity that the product of the reciprocating velocity and thickness of the sheet may be maintained within a predetermined range. The spraying direction of each spray nozzle is individually controlled so that any water remaining over the surface of the sheet may be expelled out. The method and apparatus is especially adapted for use in the normalizing process and in the process for cooling hot-rolled sheet steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignees: Ishikawajima-Harima Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Takeuchi, Haruo Kokubun, Hisashi Yoshinaga, Shuichi Hara, Hiromichi Ban