Patents by Inventor Sadayoshi Matsuura

Sadayoshi Matsuura 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: 7870953
    Abstract: A cigarette package having an inner pack of a cigarette bundle, an inner box containing the inner pack in a sealed state, a hinge-lid outer box containing the inner box, a containing space secured between the outer box and the inner box by using an outer blank for the outer box, and a printed article in a folded state, which is disposed in the containing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Sadayoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7665468
    Abstract: A cigarette making machine includes a web roll (8) from which a web W having bands previously formed is drawn, and a suction brake (14) arranged between the web roll (8) and a garniture tape (2) of a wrapping section (6). When a band (B) for a cigarette (C) is out of a proper region (CR), the suction brake increases the tension to be applied to the web W to elongate the web to thereby bring the location of each band (b) back to within the proper region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Matsuura, Keisuke Minami, Tsuyoshi Futamura
  • Publication number: 20070193892
    Abstract: A cigarette package has an inner pack (10) of a cigarette bundle, an inner box (8) containing the inner pack (10) in a sealed state, a hinge-lid outer box (2) containing the inner casing (8), a containing space (34) secured between the outer box (2) and the inner box (8) by using an outer blank for the outer box (2), and a printed article (36) in a folded state, which is placed in the containing space (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Sadayoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20060076026
    Abstract: A cigarette making machine includes a web roll (8) from which a web W having bands previously formed is drawn, and a suction brake (14) arranged between the web roll (8) and a garniture tape (2) of a wrapping section (6). When a band (B) for a cigarette (C) is out of a proper region (CR), the suction brake increases the tension to be applied to the web W to elongate the web to thereby bring the location of each band (b) back to within the proper region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Matsuura, Keisuke Minami, Tsuyoshi Futamura
  • Patent number: 6904917
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a unit which forms burn control agent coated regions on a web of a wrapping paper transferred by a wrapping paper transfer unit at a plurality of positions separated from each other in the longitudinal or in the width direction of the web, a unit which supplies chopped tobacco leaves to the wrapping paper after formation of the coated regions, a roll-up unit which rolls up the wrapping paper on which the chopped tobacco leaves are supplied, and a cigarette cutting unit which cuts the rolled-up wrapping paper together with the chopped tobacco leaves in a predetermined length of the cigarette in the longitudinal direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitao, Keigo Miura, Sadayoshi Matsuura, Fumio Sashide, Tsuyoshi Futamura
  • Patent number: 6848449
    Abstract: A smoking article is manufactured through supplying a tobacco filler material onto a tobacco wrapping paper sheet that is transferred, wrapping the tobacco filler material supplied onto the tobacco wrapping paper sheet with the tobacco wrapping paper sheet so as to prepare a rod body, and cutting the rod body into a plurality of tobacco rods each having a prescribed length. The tobacco filler material contains at least 20% by weight of expanded tobacco material. The tobacco wrapping paper sheet is coated with the burn adjusting agent during transfer of the tobacco wrapping paper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitao, Keigo Miura, Takaaki Matsufuji, Takeo Tsutsumi, Fumio Sashide, Sadayoshi Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20030150466
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a unit which forms burn control agent coated regions on a web of a wrapping paper transferred by a wrapping paper transfer unit at a plurality of positions separated from each other in the longitudinal or in the width direction of the web, a unit which supplies chopped tobacco leaves to the wrapping paper after formation of the coated regions, a roll-up unit which rolls up the wrapping paper on which the chopped tobacco leaves are supplied, and a cigarette cutting unit which cuts the rolled-up wrapping paper together with the chopped tobacco leaves in a predetermined length of the cigarette in the longitudinal direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitao, Keigo Miura, Sadayoshi Matsuura, Fumio Sashide, Tsuyoshi Futamura
  • Publication number: 20030145869
    Abstract: A smoking article is manufactured through supplying a tobacco filler material onto a tobacco wrapping paper sheet that is transferred, wrapping the tobacco filler material supplied onto the tobacco wrapping paper sheet with the tobacco wrapping paper sheet so as to prepare a rod body, and cutting the rod body into a plurality of tobacco rods each having a prescribed length. The tobacco filler material contains at least 20% by weight of expanded tobacco material. The tobacco wrapping paper sheet is coated with the burn adjusting agent during transfer of the tobacco wrapping paper sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitao, Keigo Miura, Takaaki Matsufuji, Takeo Tsutsumi, Fumio Sashide, Sadayoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 6089857
    Abstract: A flavor generation piece (12) incorporates a formed body (32) of a material containing a flavor substance. A heater (42) heats the flavor generation piece (12) without burning it, thereby generating a flavor. The heater (42) has a tank (46) mounted in a heat-insulating holder (44) to store a combustible gas. A combustion portion (52) for burning the combustible gas is disposed on the tank (46). Ignition or extinction of the combustion portion (52) is selected by a switch (58). The upper portion of the heat-insulating holder (44) forms a heat exchange duct (62) surrounding the combustion portion (52) and providing an exhaust path (64). An air pipe (74) is disposed to cross the heat exchange duct (62) transversely in the exhaust path (64). Heat exchange is performed between a fluid flowing in the exhaust path (64) and a fluid flowing in the air pipe (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Matsuura, Manabu Takeuchi