Patents by Inventor Seiichi Uematsu

Seiichi Uematsu 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).

  • Flat-article separating apparatus for an automatic mail handling system and the like
    Patent number: 3955812
    Abstract: A flat article separating apparatus for separating overlapping articles traveling along a feeding belt is disclosed. The apparatus includes a slipping section for causing overlapping articles to slip with respect to each other. Thereafter, the articles pass through a detector which detects the presence of an article and in response to such a detection, activates a moving roller aligned with a branching section of the feeding belt to cause the belt in the area of the branching section to bend. Bending of the feeding belt in the vicinity of the branching section allows the article in the branching section to be directed to a branch path of the feeding belt. Articles whose leading edges have passed the branching section at the time the moving roller is activated, continue to move along the main path of the feeding belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Company Limited
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Suda, Tomoyuki Isono, Seiichi Uematsu