Patents by Inventor Minoru Ooshita

Minoru Ooshita 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).

  • Film supplying apparatus and lift mechanism for a packaging machine
    Patent number: 5855106
    Abstract: A packaging machine has belts for clamping both side edges of a film pulled out selectably from either of two film rolls and transporting it accordingly in either direction to a packaging station. Its film supplying apparatus includes a plurality of sensors capable of detecting both presence and absence of a film. They are disposed at both ends of the belts and each sensor is adapted to output a warning signal when either the presence or absence of a film is detected thereby, depending whether it is at the downstream or upstream end of the belt with respect to the direction of film being transported thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Ishida Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Koyama, Minoru Ooshita, Toshiyuki Sakata