Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki SAKURAYAMA

Hiroyuki SAKURAYAMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20150004892
    Abstract: Two hooking members of a hooking unit used in a device for conveying bone-in meat respectively have belt-like main body parts, blade-like pointed ends provided at ends on one side of the main body parts, and barbs provided on first sides of the main body parts to be continuous with the points. The hooking members are supported so as to be in parallel with each other with an elastically changeable interval therebetween and to be rotatable about rotation axes along longitudinal axes of the main body parts. Further, the hooking unit has an actuator which rotates the hooking members about the rotation axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Akira TANIGUCHI, Hiroyuki SAKURAYAMA, Osamu GOTO, Masaru TOKUMOTO, Hiroaki MURANAMI
  • Publication number: 20140376693
    Abstract: An X-ray image capturing device of bone-in meat for capturing an X-ray image of the bone-in meat that is from an arm part or a thigh part of a livestock carcass in a state where the bone-in meat is suspended, comprises: an X-ray source for irradiating the bone-in meat with an X-ray; a shielding box for covering the bone-in meat while the X-ray image is captured; a sensor which is disposed in the shielding box and which detects the X-ray which passes through the bone-in meat; and a filter which is disposed between the bone-in meat and the X-ray source and which adjusts an intensity distribution of the X-ray with which the bone-in meat is irradiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Akira TANIGUCHI, Hiroyuki SAKURAYAMA, Osamu GOTO, Masaru TOKUMOTO, Hiroaki MURANAMI
  • Publication number: 20140378041
    Abstract: A deboning system for an arm part of bone-in meat includes: a clamp; at least one forearm-bone incision making device; an olecranon incision making device; and a forearm-bone separation device, wherein the at least one forearm-bone incision making device includes a robot arm and a forearm cutter attached to the robot arm, and the olecranon incision making device includes a pair of olecranon cutters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Akira TANIGUCHI, Hiroyuki SAKURAYAMA, Osamu GOTO, Masaru TOKUMOTO, Hiroaki MURANAMI
  • Publication number: 20140378040
    Abstract: A shoulder blade removal device of bone-in meat includes: a bottom holder which is configured to be in contact with a lower side of the bone-in meat such that the lower side of the bone-in meat is lifted upward and moved in a horizontal direction; a support member for bending the bone-in meat in cooperation with the bottom holder such that an end of the shoulder blade; and a chuck unit attached to a robot arm and gripping the tip part of the shoulder blade in cooperation with the robot arm. The chuck unit includes: a base member fixed to the robot arm; a grip member; and a lock member supported by the base member such that the lock member can be advanced or retracted toward or away from the lateral plate part, the lock member pinching the shoulder blade in cooperation with the lateral plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Akira TANIGUCHI, Hiroyuki SAKURAYAMA, Osamu GOTO, Masaru TOKUMOTO, Hiroaki MURANAMI