Patents by Inventor Masanori Sugii

Masanori Sugii 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 installing and withdrawing road sign
    Patent number: 5244334
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing and retrieving road signs has a conveyor for conveying a group of road signs, a pair of group of signs-conveying members for conveying the group of road signs while supporting both sides of a bottom portion of the group of road signs, a driving device for changing over the road sign to a support-releasing condition, a pair of sign-receiving elements arranged at sign-separating positions, a moving device for causing the pair of sign-receiving elements to approach and separate, a sign-ascending and descending device for supporting and causing the road sign to ascend and descend, a device for correcting the posture of the road sign, a sign-holding device for releasably holding the road sign, a position-changing device for shifting the sign-holding device from a position where the sign is separated to a position where the sign is installed and retrieved, and a holding device-ascending and descending mechanism for causing the sign-holding device to ascend and descend at the position whe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Shinmei Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Akita, Toshiya Yonemori, Masanori Sugii