Patents by Inventor Miwa Sugeno

Miwa Sugeno 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: 5462571
    Abstract: The invention provides a nozzle tip for manufacturing a glass fiber having a deformed cross-section which is of a large deformation ratio in the cross-section. A plurality of projected edges are provided to extend downwardly from the distal end of a nozzle tip at its outer periphery. Molten glass coming out of an orifice is separated at an outlet of the orifice into a flow descending from the orifice center and flows descending along inner walls of the projected edges, and the flow descending from the orifice center is attracted toward the flows descending along the inner walls of the projected edges. As a result, a glass fiber having a deformed cross-section is produced which is protruding in its portions corresponding to the projected edges. The cross-section of the glass fiber produced by using the present nozzle tip has a deformation ratio not less than 2.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Taguchi, Kozo Shioura, Miwa Sugeno