Patents by Inventor Mituru Suwa

Mituru Suwa 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 and method for starting a jet loom
    Patent number: 4838319
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for removing a faulty weft from the shed of a jet loom upon stoppage of the loom and for restarting the loom thereafter. A mechanism generates a detection signal upon detecting the presence of the delivery of weft from a supply source upon removal of a faulty weft from the shed upon activation of a weft removal unit. The loom is allowed to be restarted after complete removal of the faulty weft from the shed and only upon confirming the presence of the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mituru Suwa
  • Faulty weft remover for a fluid jet loom
    Patent number: 4750528
    Abstract: In construction of a faulty weft remover for a fluid jet loom equipped with a rotary take-up drum and a reciprocal cutter assembly, a common drive source is provided for selective, phased and independent driving of the take-up drum and the cutter assembly is configurated to automatically distribute a faulty weft wound on the take-up drum into separate groups so that phased operation of the take-up drum and the cutter assembly should be curried out reliably with high degree of success in faulty weft severance by a simplified construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mituru Suwa