Patents by Inventor Mikio Totani

Mikio Totani 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: 10603861
    Abstract: An apparatus successively makes plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a protrusion, without specially supplying a web of bottom gusset material. A first web of panel material is folded along a first folded line at a position adjacent to a side edge of the first web, while a second web of panel material is folded along a second folded line at a position adjacent to a corresponding side edge of the second web. A first folded portion is formed in the first web. There exists a distance between the side edge and the first folded line, which is larger than twice a distance between the corresponding side edge and the second folded line by a predetermined distance, after being folded. The end surface is formed by the first folded portion, the protrusion being formed by the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Patent number: 10604321
    Abstract: An apparatus is improved to successively make plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a spout, by employing the general feeding way of panel material, to be simple in structure, low in cost, high in speed and to make it possible to successively make the plastic bags two by two. A first folded portion is formed in a first web of panel material 1. An aperture is formed in a second web of panel material 2. A spout is inserted into the aperture, the spout and the second web of panel material 2 being heat sealed with each other. The second web of panel material 2 is guided by a guide device 18 to be folded after being heat sealed so that a second folded portion should be formed in the second web of panel material. The spout is turned over by the second folded portion. The second folded portion and the first folded portion are heat sealed with each other while the second folded portion and the second web of panel material 2 are heat sealed with each other about the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Fuji Seal International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Ohmae, Mikio Totani, Hiroshi Nagata, Masakazu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10577161
    Abstract: An apparatus is improved to successively make plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a spout, by employing the general feeding way of panel material, to be simple in structure, low in cost, high in speed and to make it possible to successively make the plastic bags two by two. A first folded portion is formed in a first web of panel material 1. An aperture is formed in a second web of panel material 2. A spout is inserted into the aperture, the spout and the second web of panel material 2 being heat sealed with each other. The second web of panel material 2 is guided by a guide device 18 to be folded after being heat sealed so that a second folded portion should be formed in the second web of panel material. The spout is turned over by the second folded portion. The second folded portion and the first folded portion are heat sealed with each other while the second folded portion and the second web of panel material 2 are heat sealed with each other about the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: Fuji Seal International, Inc., Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Ohmae, Mikio Totani, Hiroshi Nagata, Masakazu Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200055270
    Abstract: An apparatus successively makes plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a protrusion, without specially supplying a web of bottom gusset material. A first web of panel material is folded along a first folded line at a position adjacent to a side edge of the first web, while a second web of panel material is folded along a second folded line at a position adjacent to a corresponding side edge of the second web. A first folded portion is formed in the first web. There exists a distance between the side edge and the first folded line, which is larger than twice a distance between the corresponding side edge and the second folded line by a predetermined distance, after being folded. The end surface is formed by the first folded portion, the protrusion being formed by the predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Mikio TOTANI
  • Patent number: 10549940
    Abstract: When sheet products 1 are discharged, the sheet products are collided against shutter bars 5 so as to fall and stack on a feed conveyor 4. Then, each of protrusion bodies 7 and 8 are lowered by a first drive 9 so as to nip the sheet products between the protrusion bodies and the feed conveyor. Then, coming products are successively discharged and stacked on the protrusion bodies. And then, a second drive 12 is operated in conjunction with the feed conveyor so as to feed the sheet products nipped between the protrusion bodies and the feed conveyor 4. The shutter bars 5 are elevated and lowered by a third drive for adjusting the height position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Totani, Hisayuki Ito, Akira Hasuo, Masashi Hagino, Tomohiko Sembo, Soichiro Tanikura
  • Publication number: 20190381754
    Abstract: Punched and incised portions can be formed properly, in which it is not necessary to replace an anvil depending on a type of a sheet material. A punching unit 51 comprises: a punching blade 50 for punching a first panel material 11, a second panel material 12, an open tape and a mounting base portion so as to form a punching portion; a incising portion 51 for incising the second panel material 12 and the mounting base portion disposed on the open tape so as to form a incising portion; and an adjusting portion 54 for adjusting a first gap 56 in a punching direction 5Z between edges 50A and 51A of the punching and incising blades 50 and 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio TOTANI, Tomohiko SEMBO, Takahiro MOTODA
  • Patent number: 10493715
    Abstract: In an apparatus and method for successively making plastic bags, webs of first and second panel materials are superposed and fed longitudinally. A plastic film is slit to form longitudinal slit lines so as to be divided into the web of the first panel material and a plurality of webs of a bottom gusset material before the webs of the first and second panel materials are superposed. Then, the webs of the bottom gusset material are guided and supplied to the webs of the first or second panel material by bottom gusset material guide devices. The bottom gusset material is not supplied from another supply roll, and a pattern discrepancy is not caused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Publication number: 20190308384
    Abstract: A web of first or second material is provided with the spout, and a plastic bag is made from side gusset materials in addition to webs of the first and second materials. An aperture is formed in the web of the first or second panel material, and the spout is inserted into and positioned with the aperture, whenever the webs of the first and second panel materials are fed intermittently. After the webs of the first and second panel materials are superposed on each other, whenever the webs of the first and second panel materials are fed intermittently, the webs of the first and second panel materials are heat sealed with each other in a longitudinal direction thereof by a longitudinal seal device, and the webs of the first and second panel materials are heat sealed with the side gusset materials in a width direction thereof by a cross seal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio TOTANI
  • Patent number: 10369759
    Abstract: In order to successively make plastic bags each of which includes panel portions, side gusset portions and a zipper portion, a web of panel material 9 is folded and folded back along longitudinal folded lines 14, 15 and 16 and longitudinal folded back lines 17 and 18 into superposed two layers having opposite side edges at each of which a folded portion is formed. The web of panel material 9 is slit along the longitudinal folded line 16 into two divided parts after being folded and folded back. The divided parts are separated and spaced from each other. In addition, the folded portions are split at positions into sprit portions and removed at the positions partially, a body of zipper material being disposed between the sprit portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Publication number: 20190233190
    Abstract: A spout is mounted on a plastic film being longitudinally and intermittently fed. The plastic film is punched by a punch blade to form an aperture. A carriage is moved for a distance corresponding to a space between the punch blade and a seal head and between a punch receiver and a seal receiver. The spout is inserted into the aperture. The spout and the plastic film are heat sealed with each other by the seal head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Mikio TOTANI
  • Publication number: 20190062001
    Abstract: In a plastic bag including a triangular flap which has a folded hypotenuse and an open hypotenuse, a flow path is formed by the folded hypotenuse or the open hypotenuse to discharge air or gas through the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Mikio TOTANI
  • Patent number: 10189608
    Abstract: In a plastic bag including a triangular flap which has a folded hypotenuse and an open hypotenuse, a flow path is formed by the folded hypotenuse or the open hypotenuse to discharge air or gas through the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Publication number: 20180237250
    Abstract: When sheet products 1 are discharged, the sheet products are collided against shutter bars 5 so as to fall and stack on a feed conveyor 4. Then, each of protrusion bodies 7 and 8 are lowered by a first drive 9 so as to nip the sheet products between the protrusion bodies and the feed conveyor. Then, coming products are successively discharged and stacked on the protrusion bodies. And then, a second drive 12 is operated in conjunction with the feed conveyor so as to feed the sheet products nipped between the protrusion bodies and the feed conveyor 4. The shutter bars 5 are elevated and lowered by a third drive for adjusting the height position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Mikio TOTANI, Hisayuki ITO, Akira HASUO, Masashi HAGINO, Tomohiko SEMBO, Soichiro TANIKURA
  • Publication number: 20180222141
    Abstract: In an apparatus for successively making plastic bags, a laser beam irradiator irradiates laser beam onto webs of panel material and a body of zipper material to heat and melt the webs of panel material and the body of zipper material with the laser beam. The webs of panel material and the body of zipper material are fed intermittently at a speed predetermined to be changed by time. The irradiator is controlled on a feedforward control basis for the laser beam to be regulated in amount, the amount being calculated from the speed predetermined, to obtain a calculated value of amount. The laser beam is regulated in accordance with the calculated value to heat and melt the webs of panel material and the body of zipper material uniformly irrespective of the speed being changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Mikio TOTANI
  • Patent number: D825350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TOTANI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Patent number: D826067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: TOTANI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Patent number: D828762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOTANI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Patent number: D828764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOTANI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Patent number: D828765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOTANI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Patent number: D832114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: TOTANI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mikio Totani