Patents by Inventor Minoru Kurakake

Minoru Kurakake 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: 20120326355
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing material in a melt state is stored in material hopper heated to a temperature within a preset temperature range of which a lower limit is equal to or above a melting point of sulfur. The stored sulfur-containing material is sucked by pressure generators and pulled out into cylinders heated to a temperature within the preset temperature range. The pulled out sulfur-containing material is pushed out from the cylinders under pressure applied by the pressure generator, and thereafter, the resultant material is injected into mold heated to a temperature within the preset temperature range. An injection port of the mold after the sulfur-containing material is fully injected is closed. By stopping heating of the mold, the sulfur-containing material is slowly cooled. After that, a modified sulfur concrete substance formed by cooling and solidifying the sulfur-containing material is taken out from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: FUJI CONCRETE INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NIPPON OIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Kurakake, Masaaki Chatani, Yoshifumi Tominaga, Yasunori Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8235705
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing material in a melt state is stored in material hopper 1 heated to a temperature within a preset temperature range of which a lower limit is equal to or above a melting point of sulfur. The stored sulfur-containing material is sucked by pressure generators 2a, 2b and pulled out into cylinders 11a, 11b heated to a temperature within the preset temperature range. The pulled out sulfur-containing material is pushed out from the cylinders under predetermined pressure applied by the pressure generator, and thereafter, the resultant material is injected from injection port 24 into mold 5 having therein a cavity which can be hermetically sealed and the mold being heated to a temperature within the preset temperature range. The injection port of the mold after the sulfur-containing material is fully injected in the cavity is closed. By stopping heating of the mold, the sulfur-containing material injected in the cavity is slowly cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Fuji Concrete Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Kurakake, Masaaki Chatani, Yoshifumi Tominaga, Yasunori Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110064841
    Abstract: In the present invention, as a sulfur-containing material fully filled into a cavity of a mold body in which the inside of an outer mold having the cavity which can be hermetically sealed is heated to a temperature within a preset temperature range of which a lower limit is equal to or above a melting point of sulfur is cooled and contracted in the cavity, the sulfur-containing material stored in a filling tank in which a cover is attached to an upper end opening of filling tank, so that the inside of filling tank can be hermetically sealed, and also, the inside of filling tank is pressurized to a predetermined pressure, and the inside of filling tank is heated to a temperature within the preset temperature range, is replenished into the cavity by a pressure in filling tank to mold a modified sulfur concrete substance product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicants: NIPPON OIL CORPORATION, FUJI CONCRETE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Kurakake, Hideyuki Horii, Yoshifumi Tominaga, Yasunori Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110012289
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing material in a melt state is stored in material hopper 1 heated to a temperature within a preset temperature range of which a lower limit is equal to or above a melting point of sulfur. The stored sulfur-containing material is sucked by pressure generators 2a, 2b and pulled out into cylinders 11a, 11b heated to a temperature within the preset temperature range. The pulled out sulfur-containing material is pushed out from the cylinders under predetermined pressure applied by the pressure generator, and thereafter, the resultant material is injected from injection port 24 into mold 5 having therein a cavity which can be hermetically sealed and the mold being heated to a temperature within the preset temperature range. The injection port of the mold after the sulfur-containing material is fully injected in the cavity is closed. By stopping heating of the mold, the sulfur-containing material injected in the cavity is slowly cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicants: NIPPON OIL CORPORATION, FUJI CONCRETE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Kurakake, Masaaki Chatani, Yoshifumi Tominaga, Yasunori Yamaguchi