Patents by Inventor Shigeru Tamai
Shigeru Tamai 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).
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Publication number: 20100200181Abstract: The invention presents a pulp manufacturing technology for realizing a used paper recycling apparatus of furniture size that can be installed not only in a large office, but also in a small shop or general household. In the beating process of the pulp making process for fragmenting and beating the used paper for manufacturing used paper pulp, a grinder having a pair of beating disks rotated relatively, beating action surfaces of the beating disks are disposed oppositely across a tiny beating gap, thereby a used paper pulp circulation route is formed, in which the used paper pulp beaten by the grinder is processed in the beating process while being circulated in the used paper pulp circulation route, and the beating gap of the beating action surfaces is adjusted to be narrower gradually from the beginning till the end of the beating process. As a result, in a limited narrow working space, a smooth and efficient beating operation is realized from the beginning till the end of the beating process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20100163655Abstract: The invention presents a beating technology of used paper processing apparatus of furniture size, capable of preventing leak or disclosure of confidential information, personal information or any other information securely and capable of holding a high confidentiality, that can be installed not only in a large office, but also in a small shop or general household. In the beating process of the beating unit in the used paper processing apparatus of furniture size, by using at least one grinder having beating action surfaces disposed oppositely across a tiny beating gap, and a pair of beating disks rotating relatively, the beating gap of the beating action surfaces is controlled or adjusted to be narrower gradually from the beginning till the end of the beating process. As a result, a smooth and efficient beating operation is realized from the beginning till the end of the beating process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20080314543Abstract: The invention presents a paper machine for a used paper recycling apparatus being installed in a room of a small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and capable of maintaining a high confidentiality. The paper machine includes a paper making process unit for manufacturing wet paper from slurry pulp suspension sent from the pulp making section of a preceding process, and a drying process unit for drying the wet paper manufactured in the paper making process unit and making recycled paper, in which a processing conveyor is disposed between the paper making process unit and the drying process unit extending in the overall length of the paper making process and the drying process, and this processing conveyor is manufactured in a form of net belt conveyor having a running mesh belt of mesh structure composed of innumerable mesh cells for filtering and dewatering the pulp suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20080210399Abstract: To present a paper manufacturing apparatus for used paper recycling apparatus small enough to be installed in a room of small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and high in confidentiality. The paper manufacturing apparatus includes a paper making process unit for manufacturing wet paper from pulp suspension sent from a pulp making section in preceding process, the paper making process unit includes a paper making conveyor for manufacturing and conveying the pulp suspension, the paper making conveyor is composed of a mesh belt of paper making mesh structure of numerous mesh cells for filtering and dewatering the pulp suspension disposed so as to run straightly toward its running direction, and the paper making process length in the mesh belt is set in a range of straight running direction length of the mesh belt in the apparatus case of furniture size. As a result, a used paper recycling apparatus of small size and simple structure is realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20080210400Abstract: A pulp feeder for used paper recycling apparatus being installed in a room of a small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and capable of maintaining a high confidentiality is presented. The pulp feeder includes a partition member disposed slidably on the downside of a running endless mesh belt, and a paper making frame body disposed slidably on the upside of the mesh belt, and an overflow gate is provided in the paper making frame body for keeping constant the water level of the collected pulp suspension, and the pulp suspension supplied in the paper making frame body is collected up to a specific water level defined by the overflow gate, and is uniformly diffused and supplied on the upside of the running mesh belt. Accordingly, if the supply water volume of pulp suspension fluctuates, the water level of pulp suspension staying in the paper making frame body is always kept constant, and the weight of the wet paper manufactured on the mesh belt is stabilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20080179029Abstract: The invention presents a cleaning method and a cleaning method for realizing a used paper recycling apparatus of furniture size, being installed in a room of a small shop or general household, friendly to the environment, and low in running cost. In the cleaning system, the white water dewatered and collected in the paper making section is used as cleaning water, and circulated in the pulp making section and pulp concentration adjusting section, so that the pulp making section and pulp concentration adjusting section may be cleaned. As a result, used paper pulp remaining in the parts of apparatus sections can effective cleaned and removed, troubles due to drying of remaining used paper pulp can be avoided, such as sticking of valves and failure of pumps due to dried used paper pulp, and occurrence of error in concentration adjustment due to residual pulp may be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20080179031Abstract: To present a paper machine for a used paper recycling apparatus small enough to be installed in a room of small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and high in confidentiality. The paper machine includes a paper making process unit for manufacturing wet paper from slurry pulp suspension sent from the pulp making section in preceding process, a drying process unit for drying and regenerating the wet paper manufactured in the paper making process unit, and a calender roll unit for calendering the dry paper dried in the drying process unit, in which the calender roll unit is disposed adjacently to the downstream side position of the drying process unit, and calenders the dry paper discharged from the drying process unit by rolling and pressing from both face and back sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20080173416Abstract: The invention presents a pulp concentration adjusting method and its device for realizing a used paper recycling apparatus being installed in a room of a small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and capable of maintaining a high confidentiality. The pulp concentration adjusting section is characterized by dividing a specified portion from the whole volume of used paper pulp manufactured in pulp making section in preceding process, adding water for adjusting concentration to the divided portion of used paper pulp, and adjusting the total volume of the divided portion of used paper pulp and water to a specified value, thereby preparing a pulp suspension of specified concentration. In this manner, by adjusting the concentration of used paper pulp in dividing portions (small portions), the water consumption can be saved substantially and the apparatus size is reduced, while enhancing the processing capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20070267163Abstract: A used paper recycling apparatus being installed in a room of a small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and capable of maintaining a high confidentiality.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Applicant: SEED COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20070077419Abstract: A mark transfer tool utilizing a coat film transfer technology, concerning various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape (T) has multiple pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks (M) adhered and held at specified intervals peelably on the surface of a base tape (15), and the transfer marks (M) are prepared as adhesive seals of which adhesive force of the back-side pressure sensitive adhesive layer (19) adhered to the transfer area is set larger than the adhesive holding force on the base tape (15). Like adhesive seals, the transfer marks (M) once transferred on the transfer area can be once peeled off and adhered again, or peeled and removed when no longer needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Applicants: SEED COMPANY LIMITED, DYNIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Mikio Toyoda, Nobuyuki Motoyama, Yoshiyuki Hori, Goro Inoue
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Publication number: 20070062663Abstract: A used paper recycling apparatus capable to be installed in small office or general household, friendly to environment and low in running cost, and assuring high confidentiality. A used paper recycling apparatus comprising a pulp making section for crushing and beating used paper and making into pulp, a paper making section for recycling paper by making used paper pulp from the pulp making section, and a control section for driving and controlling by interlocking the pulp making section and paper making section, which are incorporated in a furniture size apparatus case, in which the pulp making section includes a crushing unit for stirring and grinding the used paper, and a beating unit for beating the crushed used paper from the crushing unit, and the crushing unit and beating unit are circulating the used paper pulp.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Patent number: 7178573Abstract: A mark transfer tool utilizing a coat film transfer technology, concerning various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape has multiple pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks adhered and held at specified intervals peelably on the surface of a base tape, and the transfer marks are prepared as adhesive seals of which adhesive force of the back-side pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered to the transfer area is set larger than the adhesive holding force on the base tape. Like adhesive seals, the transfer marks once transferred on the transfer area can be once peeled off and adhered again, or peeled and removed when no longer needed.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignees: Seed Co., Ltd., Dynic CorporationInventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Mikio Toyoda, Nobuyuki Motoyama, Yoshiyuki Hori, Goro Inoue
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Publication number: 20070017649Abstract: A used paper processing apparatus to be place in small shop or general household, capable of holding high secrecy, friendly to the environment, and low in running cost. In a furniture size apparatus case, a pulp manufacturing section for manufacturing used paper pulp by macerating and beating the used paper, a paper making section for manufacturing recycled paper by making the used paper pulp manufactured in the pulp manufacturing section, and a control section for driving and controlling by interlocking the pulp manufacturing section and paper making section are provided, being place in a room producing used paper, and by macerating and processing the used paper by the pulp manufacturing section, leak or disclosure of confidential information or private information written or printed on used paper can be prevented effectively, and further used paper pulp is processed by the paper making section, and recycled paper is manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Yuji Koyama
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Publication number: 20060078659Abstract: The present invention aims at providing novel spread and edible oil having many excellent characteristics as a spread or an edible oil, new mouth-feel and flavor which are not encountered in the conventional spread and edible oil, and excellent storage property and excellent operationality. As a result of the investigation, the inventors of the present invention found that, when an edible oil and a suitable emulsifier, or a composition made into a water-in-oil type emulsion in use is filled with a suitable gas propellant into an aerosol container, a discharged food is foamed to be in the mousse foam at the time of jetting. The inventors further found that the obtained mousse-type food can be used as novel mousse-type spread and mousse-type edible oil which not only shows excellent characteristics as a spread and an edible oil, but also has a new mouth-feel and flavor which are not encountered in the conventional food, and further show excellent storage property and excellent operationality.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2003Publication date: April 13, 2006Inventors: Yoshinori Komatsu, Shigeru Tamai
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Patent number: 6830089Abstract: A coat film transfer head device having a coat film transfer head held at a tape pressing and transferring position suited to the user's manner of holding a writing tool, and capable of checking the tape pressing and transferring position directly and visually. It comprises a head main body for pressing and transferring a coat film transfer tape, a head holder for supporting the head main body rotatably about its axial center, and a rotating operation unit for positioning the head main body in the rotating direction, and this rotating operation unit functions also as the head position indicating unit for indicating the tape pressing and transferring position of the head main body. Therefore, the user can check the tape pressing and transferring position directly and visually.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2000Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Seed Rubber Company LimitedInventors: Shigeru Tamai, Kouhei Koyama, Masatoshi Shintani
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Patent number: 6808565Abstract: A clutch mechanism having an easy-to-manufacture and inexpensive constitution, by making use of frictional engaging force in thrust direction, in a coat film transfer tool of automatic winding type. At least at the feed reel side, a clutch mechanism is provided between a driven member of a tape winding portion and a drive side rotary gear for rotating and driving it, and its power transmission makes use of the frictional engaging force in thrust direction between the driven member and drive side rotary gear. This frictional engaging force can be set by properly adjusting the dimensional relation in thrust direction between the mutual constituent members, and therefore the designing and manufacturing conditions of the constituent members are less strict, manufacture is easy, assembling is easy, and hence the manufacturing cost and device cost can be lowered.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2000Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Seed Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Koyama, Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani
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Patent number: 6769470Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of a coat film transfer technology about various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape is composed of pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks disposed and held on the surface of a base tape continuously and peelably at specific intervals, and each mark is composed of a mark and an overwriting blank space. A bodily sensing recess for showing the division position of transfer marks is disposed between the transfer marks, and a positioning bump to be engaged with the bodily sensing recess is provided in the transfer head, and a hooking phenomenon of running motion of mark transfer tape by engagement of the two is recognized as the standard for transfer, so that the transfer mark of the mark transfer tape can be accurately transferred on a correction area.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Seed Company LimitedInventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Kouhei Koyama
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Patent number: 6681827Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of a coat film transfer technology about various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape is composed of pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks disposed and held on the surface of a base tape continuously and peelably at specific intervals, and each mark is composed of a mark and an overwriting blank space. A visual recognition line for showing the division position of transfer marks is disposed between the transfer marks, and the leading edge of the transfer head is a visual recognition positioning part, and the coincidence of the two is recognized as the standard for transfer, so that the transfer mark of the mark transfer tape can be accurately transferred on a transfer area.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Seed Company LimitedInventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Kouhei Koyama
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Publication number: 20040007331Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of coat film transfer technology, in various marks composed of characters, signs, symbols, or combination thereof. A mark transfer tape of a mark transfer tool has a transfer mark layer peelably adhered and held on a base tape. The transfer mark layer is formed by integrally laminating a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a mark array layer, and a surface forming layer, in which the adhesive force PA of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the transfer area, the rupture strength PB of the transfer mark layer, the adhesive force PC of the transfer mark layer and base tape, and the adhesive force PD of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and base tape are set in the relation of PA≧PB≧PC≧PD, and the elongation rate of the transfer mark layer is set in a visual deformation allowable range of the transfer mark at the time of its pressing and transferring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Mikio Toyoda, Nobuyuki Motoyama, Yoshiyuki Hori, Goro Inoue
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Patent number: 6595260Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of a coat film transfer technology about various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape is composed of pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks disposed and held on the surface of a base tape continuously and peelably at specific intervals, and a visual recognition line for showing the division position of transfer marks are disposed between the transfer marks. Corresponding to this configuration, the leading edge of the transfer head of the mark transfer tool is a visual recognition positioning part, and the coincidence of the two is recognized as the standard for transfer, so that the transfer mark of the mark transfer tape can be accurately transferred on a correction area.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2001Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Seed Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Kouhei Koyama