Patents by Inventor Nobuya Yamamoto
Nobuya Yamamoto 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).
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Patent number: 10593571Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus including a liquid processing unit that performs a liquid processing on a substrate; a drying processing unit that performs a drying processing on the substrate in a wet state; a first conveyance unit that conveys the substrate to the liquid processing unit; a second conveyance unit that conveys the substrate in the wet state from the liquid processing unit to the drying processing unit; and a third conveyance unit that conveys the substrate before the liquid processing in the liquid processing unit and to convey the substrate after the drying processing from the drying processing unit. The first and second conveyance units and the drying processing unit are disposed on a side that faces the third conveyance unit, and the liquid processing unit is disposed on a side that faces the first and second conveyance units and is opposite to the third conveyance unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Hiroaki Inadomi, Tooru Nakamura, Kouji Kimoto, Yasuo Kiyohara, Satoshi Okamura, Satoshi Biwa, Nobuya Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Ookawa, Keiichi Yahata, Tetsuro Nakahara
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Patent number: 10046372Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a plurality of liquid processing units, a plurality of individual exhaust paths, a common exhaust path, a first outside air intake section, a first regulation valve, a second outside air intake section, and a second regulation valve. The liquid processing units perform a liquid processing on a processing target object. An exhaust gas from an inside of the liquid processing unit flows in the individual exhaust paths. The exhaust gas from the individual exhaust paths flows in the common exhaust path. The first outside air intake section is formed at the most upstream side to introduce outside air. The first regulation valve is provided in the first outside air intake section. The second outside air intake section is formed at a downstream side of the common exhaust path from the connection. The second regulation valve is provided in the second outside air intake section.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Kazuya Goda, Yoshifumi Amano, Nobuya Yamamoto, Go Ayabe
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Publication number: 20170287742Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus including a liquid processing unit that performs a liquid processing on a substrate; a drying processing unit that performs a drying processing on the substrate in a wet state; a first conveyance unit that conveys the substrate to the liquid processing unit; a second conveyance unit that conveys the substrate in the wet state from the liquid processing unit to the drying processing unit; and a third conveyance unit that conveys the substrate before the liquid processing in the liquid processing unit and to convey the substrate after the drying processing from the drying processing unit. The first and second conveyance units and the drying processing unit are disposed on a side that faces the third conveyance unit, and the liquid processing unit is disposed on a side that faces the first and second conveyance units and is opposite to the third conveyance unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Hiroaki Inadomi, Tooru Nakamura, Kouji Kimoto, Yasuo Kiyohara, Satoshi Okamura, Satoshi Biwa, Nobuya Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Ookawa, Keiichi Yahata, Tetsuro Nakahara
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Publication number: 20170028450Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a plurality of liquid processing units, a plurality of individual exhaust paths, a common exhaust path, a first outside air intake section, a first regulation valve, a second outside air intake section, and a second regulation valve. The liquid processing units perform a liquid processing on a processing target object. An exhaust gas from an inside of the liquid processing unit flows in the individual exhaust paths. The exhaust gas from the individual exhaust paths flows in the common exhaust path. The first outside air intake section is formed at the most upstream side to introduce outside air. The first regulation valve is provided in the first outside air intake section. The second outside air intake section is formed at a downstream side of the common exhaust path from the connection. The second regulation valve is provided in the second outside air intake section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Kazuya Goda, Yoshifumi Amano, Nobuya Yamamoto, Go Ayabe
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Publication number: 20130195712Abstract: There is provided a method for obtaining a pure melt in which the impurities Mn, Al, Ti, Pb, Zn, and B are removed from molten cast iron and depletion of useful C and Si is suppressed, the method wherein an excess oxygen flame having a theoretical combustion ratio of fuel and oxygen (amount of oxygen (volume)×5/amount of fuel (volume)) of 1 to 1.5 is directly exposed to the surface of pre-melted molten cast iron, the temperature of the molten cast iron is held at 1250° C. or more and less than 1500° C. while the melt surface is superheated and an acidic slag is brought into contact with the melt, and an oxygen-containing gas is injected into the interior of the molten cast iron.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicants: KIMURA CHUZOSHO CO., LTD., MIE PREFECTURE, SENSHU CORPORATION, NANIWA ROKI CO., LTD., HITACHI METALS, LTD., KINOSHITA MANUFACTORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshitake Kanno, Ilgoo Kang, Takao Fujikawa, Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Kinoshita, Hirotoshi Murata, Nobuya Yamamoto, Tatsuo Atsumi
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Patent number: 7192110Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: exchangeable first and second ink cartridges; a recording head which jets ink to a recording medium; an intermediate tank which receives the ink from the ink cartridge and supplies the ink to the recording head; a detecting sensor which detects whether ink residual quantity of an ink cartridge is not more than predetermined quantity based on ink quantity in the intermediate tank; a switching section which, if the ink residual quantity is not more than the predetermined quantity, switches the ink cartridge for supplying the ink to the intermediate tank; a first detector which detects the reset of the first ink cartridge; a second detector which detects the reset of the second ink cartridge; and a controller which, if the first ink cartridge is reset, controls the switching section to switch the second ink cartridge to the first ink cartridge, for supplying the ink.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuya Yamamoto, Tetsushi Aoki, Takashi Muramatsu, Minoru Maekawara, Shingo Tsubotani
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Publication number: 20050035985Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes: exchangeable first and second ink cartridges; a recording head which jets ink to a recording medium; an intermediate tank which receives the ink from the ink cartridge and supplies the ink to the recording head; a detecting sensor which detects whether ink residual quantity of an ink cartridge is not more than predetermined quantity based on ink quantity in the intermediate tank; a switching section which, if the ink residual quantity is not more than the predetermined quantity, switches the ink cartridge for supplying the ink to the intermediate tank; a first detector which detects the reset of the first ink cartridge; a second detector which detects the reset of the second ink cartridge; and a controller which, if the first ink cartridge is reset, controls the switching section to switch the second ink cartridge to the first ink cartridge, for supplying the ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2004Publication date: February 17, 2005Inventors: Akihiro Taguchi, Nobuya Yamamoto, Tetsushi Aoki, Takashi Muramatsu, Minoru Maekawara, Shingo Tsubotani
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Patent number: 6634744Abstract: An ink-jet printer comprises: a recording head to eject ink through a nozzle; a conveying element located so as to face the recording head and conveying a recording medium onto which an image is recorded employing the recording head; and a recording medium expansion and contraction-preventing means provided at a contacting portion where the conveying element contacts the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Nobuya Yamamoto, Kenji Negishi, Hiroya Kimoto, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroyuki Honda
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Publication number: 20020154202Abstract: An ink-jet printer comprises: a recording head to eject ink through a nozzle; a conveying means located so as to face the recording head and conveying a recording medium onto which an image is recorded employing the recording head; and a recording medium expansion and contraction-preventing means provided at a contacting portion where the conveying means contacts the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Nobuya Yamamoto, Kenji Negishi, Hiroya Kimoto, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroyuki Honda
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Patent number: 5669035Abstract: A photosensitive material processing apparatus comprises a first processor having a first retaining member in which a solution is stored, a second processor positioned beneath the first processor and having a second retaining member into which the solution is shifted from the first processor, and a conveyor for conveying a photosensitive material upward from the second processor to the first processor so that the photosensitive material is firstly processed by the second processor and thereafter processed by the first processor.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1996Date of Patent: September 16, 1997Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Masayuki Kurematsu, Hiroko Ennyu, Nobuya Yamamoto