Patents by Inventor Ryoji Yumito

Ryoji Yumito 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).

  • Press apparatus
    Patent number: 7802597
    Abstract: A press apparatus includes upper and lower heating plates arranged in a vertical direction to hot-press the product therebetween, a fixed platen to which the upper heating plate is fixed, a movable platen to which the lower heating plate is fixed, a movable platen driving unit configured to move the movable platen along the vertical direction with respect to the fixed platen, an upper cooling plate, a lower cooling plate, the upper and lower cooling plates being arranged in the vertical direction to cold-press the product therebetween, and a cooling plate driving unit moving the upper and lower cooling plates in a horizontal direction between a first position for cold pressing that is located between the upper and lower heating plates and a second position for hot pressing that is located apart from the upper and lower heating plates in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kitagawa Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shizuaki Okazaki, Hideki Kondo, Ryoji Yumito
  • Press apparatus
    Publication number: 20080083503
    Abstract: A press apparatus includes upper and lower heating plates arranged in a vertical direction to hot-press the product therebetween, a fixed platen to which the upper heating plate is fixed, a movable platen to which the lower heating plate is fixed, a movable platen driving unit configured to move the movable platen along the vertical direction with respect to the fixed platen, an upper cooling plate, a lower cooling plate, the upper and lower cooling plates being arranged in the vertical direction to cold-press the product therebetween, and a cooling plate driving unit moving the upper and lower cooling plates in a horizontal direction between a first position for cold pressing that is located between the upper and lower heating plates and a second position for hot pressing that is located apart from the upper and lower heating plates in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Shizuaki Okazaki, Hideki Kondo, Ryoji Yumito