Patents by Inventor Saburo Tani

Saburo Tani 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: 4767505
    Abstract: A method for rotationally molding synthetic resin dolls using an automatic control mechanism, a mold holding mechanism, a robot mechanism having a mold cover opening and closing means, a mold releasing means for releasing a molded product from the mold, mold release detecting and cleaning means; a raw material charging means, and a heating and cooling means. The method includes detecting the mold release of the molds opened by the mold holding mechanism and cleaning the molds. Quantitatively charging a raw material of thermoplastic synthetic resin into the mold in a solid state and closing the cover. Inserting the mold into a heating furnace of a heating mechanism and rotating the mold to form a synthetic resin molten skin layer on the inner wall of the mold. Once the layer is formed the mold is moved into a cooling chamber of a cooling mechanism and the skin layer is solidified while continuing to rotate the mold. When the layer is solidified the mold is moved to the mold releasing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuta Satoh, Hiroshi Tsuchihashi, Saburo Tani
  • Patent number: 4629409
    Abstract: A rotational apparatus for molding dolls including an automatic control mechanism, a mold holding mechanism, a robot mechanism having a mold cover opening and closing means for opening and closing the mold, mold releasing means for releasing a molded product from the mold, mold release detecting and cleaning means and a raw material charging means, a heating means and a cooling means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuta Satoh, Hiroshi Tsuchihashi, Saburo Tani
  • Patent number: 4415381
    Abstract: A method for forcedly cooling a heated metal plate, which comprises: moving a heated metal plate horizontally in the longitudinal direction of said metal plate at a prescribed speed through a cooling equipment comprising a plurality of rows of nozzles arranged at prescribed intervals in the width direction of said metal plate above and below said metal plate; and spraying a cooling liquid from said nozzles onto the upper and lower surfaces of said metal plate during moving of said metal plate through said cooling equipment to cool said metal plate to a prescribed temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Saburo Tani, Mitsuru Yamawaki, Yukifumi Ogawa, Kenji Hirabe