Patents by Inventor Osamu Nagai

Osamu Nagai 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: 11946267
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a curl guide configured to curl the wire fed by the wire feeding unit around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around a predetermined axis, and a gripping part provided at one end side of the twisting shaft, wherein the gripping part is configured to grip the wire curled by the curl guide and the twisting shaft is configured to twist the gripped wire so as to bind the object, a binding machine main body having one end side at which the curl guide is arranged and configured to accommodate therein the wire feeding unit and the binding unit, and a setting unit provided at an opposite end side of the binding machine main body and configured to set a predetermined operation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Akira Kasahara, Norihiro Nagai
  • Publication number: 20220274222
    Abstract: A grinding apparatus includes a chuck table, a grinding unit, a thickness measuring device for measuring a thickness of the workpiece, and a control unit. The thickness measuring device includes a measuring unit for measuring the thickness of the workpiece and a measuring unit moving mechanism for moving the measuring unit back and forth on a measuring track. The control unit controls the measuring unit to measure thicknesses of the workpiece at various points thereon while moving the measuring unit back and forth on the measuring track, calculates a cross-sectional shape of the workpiece from average values of thickness values measured by the measuring unit in a forward stroke on the measuring track and thickness values measured by the measuring unit in a return stroke on the measuring track, and calculates a tilt adjustment variable for a table rotational axis according to the calculated cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei WAKABAYASHI, Osamu NAGAI
  • Patent number: 10888969
    Abstract: A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool, are configured to be disposed in a line, and in which multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order, is provided. The machining system includes: a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagato, Shigefumi Suzuyama, Kenji Mizuta, Toshifumi Suzuki, Tadashi Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Sakai, Kazuya Furukawa, Atsushi Kamiya, Shinya Kumazaki, Jun Yanagisaki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10450784
    Abstract: A vertically sliding manual opening and closing door with good one-handed operability, including: a plate-like door member configured to open and close an opening section by being slid vertically; a support member configured to guide the vertical sliding of the door member by a support section configured to support left and right end sections of the door member; and a lock mechanism configured to position the door member that has been raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yanagisaki, Toshifumi Suzuki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10434616
    Abstract: Provided is a highly practical machining system. The machining system is configured to include a base, and multiple machining modules which are detachably disposed on the base to be aligned with one another in a left-right direction. Machining is sequentially performed by the multiple machining modules with respect to a workpiece. At least one of the multiple machining modules is a vertical lathe module. It is possible to configure a compact system in which machining can be performed by a vertical lathe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Suzuki, Shigefumi Suzuyama, Shuichi Hirata, Kenji Mizuta, Jun Yanagisaki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10279445
    Abstract: A conveyance jig provided for integrally conveying a separate type control panel with a machine tool that are disposed separately, includes a fixing section with respect to a base and a holding section that holds a separate type control panel in a state of being installed on a movable stand with casters at the rear of the base in order to integrally conveys a machine tool including the base and a processing module that is movably installed to be movable in the front-rear direction along a straight line rail provided on the base separately with a gap in a width direction, and the separate type control panel that is installed on the movable stand with casters and disposed separately from the machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yanagisaki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10232482
    Abstract: A work seating detection device including a detection hole formed to discharge air from a work seating face of a chuck, a detection flow path connecting an air supply source supplying compressed air and the detection hole, a pressure switch detecting a secondary-side pressure of a throttle portion formed in the detection flow path, and a pressure regulator adjusting the secondary-side pressure is provided. An adjustment flow path branching on a secondary side of the throttle portion is formed in the detection flow path, an on-off valve is disposed at the adjustment flow path, an adjustment block provided with an adjustment face pressing an adjustment gauge is integrally formed in a tip portion, and an adjustment hole having the same size as the detection hole and communicating with the adjustment flow path is formed in the adjustment block for an opening portion to be positioned in the adjustment face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Suzuki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10221018
    Abstract: A screw conveyor that appropriately discharges chips inside cutting fluid includes: a main body in the form of a container provided with a storage tank; a screw rotatably assembled inside the storage tank; a discharge pipe formed at a rear side of the main body and connected to the storage tank; an inlet section configured to receive the chips and the cutting fluid into the storage tank at a front side; a guide plate configured to guide the chips and the cutting fluid to the screw; a screw cover provided with multiple fine holes configured to cover a space above the screw; and an opening formed in the storage tank at a position higher than the screw cover such that the cutting fluid enters inside the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Hirata, Shigefumi Suzuyama, Jun Yanagisaki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10099334
    Abstract: A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool, are configured to be disposed in a line, and in which multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order, is provided. The machining system includes: a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nagato, Shigefumi Suzuyama, Kenji Mizuta, Toshifumi Suzuki, Tadashi Takeuchi, Kazutoshi Sakai, Kazuya Furukawa, Atsushi Kamiya, Shinya Kumazaki, Jun Yanagisaki, Osamu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20180272492
    Abstract: Provided is a highly practical machining system. The machining system is configured to include a base, and multiple machining modules which are detachably disposed on the base to be aligned with one another in a left-right direction. Machining is sequentially performed by the multiple machining modules with respect to a workpiece. At least one of the multiple machining modules is a vertical lathe module. It is possible to configure a compact system in which machining can be performed by a vertical lathe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun SUZUKI, Shigefumi SUZUYAMA, Shuichi HIRATA, Kenji MIZUTA, Jun YANAGISAKI, Osamu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20180201448
    Abstract: A screw conveyor that appropriately discharges chips inside cutting fluid includes: a main body in the form of a container provided with a storage tank; a screw rotatably assembled inside the storage tank; a discharge pipe formed at a rear side of the main body and connected to the storage tank; an inlet section configured to receive the chips and the cutting fluid into the storage tank at a front side; a guide plate configured to guide the chips and the cutting fluid to the screw; a screw cover provided with multiple fine holes configured to cover a space above the screw; and an opening formed in the storage tank at a position higher than the screw cover such that the cutting fluid enters inside the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi HIRATA, Shigefumi SUZUYAMA, Jun YANAGISAKI, Osamu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20180056462
    Abstract: A conveyance jig provided for integrally conveying a separate type control panel with a machine tool that are disposed separately, includes a fixing section with respect to a base and a holding section that holds a separate type control panel in a state of being installed on a movable stand with casters at the rear of the base in order to integrally conveys a machine tool including the base and a processing module that is movably installed to be movable in the front-rear direction along a straight line rail provided on the base separately with a gap in a width direction, and the separate type control panel that is installed on the movable stand with casters and disposed separately from the machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun YANAGISAKI, Osamu NAGAI
  • Patent number: 9815121
    Abstract: A machining head is provided with a turret on which multiple rotating tools are mounted, and this head is configured such that rotation of each of the multiple rotating tools during machining and rotation of the turret are performed by a single motor. A switchable turret rotation transmission mechanism is disposed to be capable of transmitting the rotation of the motor shaft to the turret as the rotation of the turret and releasing the transmission. The rotation of each of the multiple rotating tools during the machining and the rotation of the turret can be performed by the single motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigefumi Suzuyama, Osamu Nagai
  • Publication number: 20170252883
    Abstract: A vertically sliding manual opening and closing door with good one-handed operability, including: a plate-like door member configured to open and close an opening section by being slid vertically; a support member configured to guide the vertical sliding of the door member by a support section configured to support left and right end sections of the door member; and a lock mechanism configured to position the door member that has been raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Fuji Machine MFG. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun YANAGISAKI, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Osamu NAGAI
  • Patent number: 9522429
    Abstract: A workpiece machining apparatus including a headstock to which a workpiece having a through-hole extending in a Z-axis direction is attached; a tool rest which is movable in the Z-axis direction and in an X-axis direction; and a rotary tool unit which is attached to the tool rest, is provided. The headstock has a support member which is movable in the Z-axis direction and which has a spindle side contact portion in an end portion in the Z-axis direction. The rotary tool unit has a tool body having a tool side contact portion with which the spindle side contact portion can come into contact in the Z-axis direction, and a rotatable tool which protrudes from the tool body. The rotating tool machines the workpiece by moving the tool body in the Z-axis direction in a state where the spindle side contact portion and the tool side contact portion are brought into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigefumi Suzuyama, Jun Yanagisaki, Yasusi Suenami, Kenji Mizuta, Osamu Nagai, Shinichi Yamamoto, Naohisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20160250692
    Abstract: A machining head is provided with a turret on which multiple rotating tools are mounted, and this head is configured such that rotation of each of the multiple rotating tools during machining and rotation of the turret are performed by a single motor. A switchable turret rotation transmission mechanism is disposed to be capable of transmitting the rotation of the motor shaft to the turret as the rotation of the turret and releasing the transmission. The rotation of each of the multiple rotating tools during the machining and the rotation of the turret can be performed by the single motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigefumi SUZUYAMA, Osamu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20160243662
    Abstract: A work seating detection device including a detection hole formed to discharge air from a work seating face of a chuck, a detection flow path connecting an air supply source supplying compressed air and the detection hole, a pressure switch detecting a secondary-side pressure of a throttle portion formed in the detection flow path, and a pressure regulator adjusting the secondary-side pressure is provided. An adjustment flow path branching on a secondary side of the throttle portion is formed in the detection flow path, an on-off valve is disposed at the adjustment flow path, an adjustment block provided with an adjustment face pressing an adjustment gauge is integrally formed in a tip portion, and an adjustment hole having the same size as the detection hole and communicating with the adjustment flow path is formed in the adjustment block for an opening portion to be positioned in the adjustment face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG.CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi SUZUKI, Osamu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20160214227
    Abstract: A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool, are configured to be disposed in a line, and in which multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order, is provided. The machining system includes: a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi NAGATO, Shigefumi SUZUYAMA, Kenji MIZUTA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Tadashi TAKEUCHI, Kazutoshi SAKAI, Kazuya FURUKAWA, Atsushi KAMIYA, Shinya KUMAZAKI, Jun YANAGISAKI, Osamu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20160214226
    Abstract: A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool, are configured to be disposed in a line, and in which multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order, is provided. The machining system includes: a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi NAGATO, Shigefumi SUZUYAMA, Kenji MIZUTA, Toshifumi SUZUKI, Tadashi TAKEUCHI, Kazutoshi SAKAI, Kazuya FURUKAWA, Atsushi KAMIYA, Shinya KUMAZAKI, Jun YANAGISAKI, Osamu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20150258615
    Abstract: A workpiece machining apparatus including a headstock to which a workpiece having a through-hole extending in a Z-axis direction is attached; a tool rest which is movable in the Z-axis direction and in an X-axis direction; and a rotary tool unit which is attached to the tool rest, is provided. The headstock has a support member which is movable in the Z-axis direction and which has a spindle side contact portion in an end portion in the Z-axis direction. The rotary tool unit has a tool body having a tool side contact portion with which the spindle side contact portion can come into contact in the Z-axis direction, and a rotatable tool which protrudes from the tool body. The rotating tool machines the workpiece by moving the tool body in the Z-axis direction in a state where the spindle side contact portion and the tool side contact portion are brought into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigefumi Suzuyama, Jun Yanagisaki, Yasusi Suenami, Kenji Mizuta, Osamu Nagai, Shinichi Yamamoto, Naohisa Ito