Patents by Inventor Shohji Ohtsu

Shohji Ohtsu 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: 7603832
    Abstract: A packing apparatus of the present invention includes an original roll having a packing material sheet that contains a middle portion in a width direction, and a triangular plate having a triangular plane, and oblique sides connecting the base and the vertex, the material sheet is folded in two at the width-direction middle portion by the vertex with a tension applied to the material sheet, to form a bending portion, an overlapped portion containing sides in a width direction, and a triangular open space. Furthermore, the packing apparatus includes a pair of drawing rolls for drawing out the material sheet and, and a fusing and cutting device for fusing and cutting the overlapped portion to consecutively form a packing bag having the bending portion as a bottom and the open space as an insertion aperture for a packed member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomiya Kudoh, Shohji Ohtsu, Hajime Kawamata, Kazuhiro Kanno
  • Publication number: 20070157571
    Abstract: A packing apparatus of the present invention includes an original roll having a packing material sheet that contains a middle portion in a width direction, and a triangular plate having a triangular plane, and oblique sides connecting the base and the vertex, the material sheet is folded in two at the width-direction middle portion by the vertex with a tension applied to the material sheet, to form a bending portion, an overlapped portion containing sides in a width direction, and a triangular open space. Furthermore, the packing apparatus includes a pair of drawing rolls for drawing out the material sheet and, and a fusing and cutting device for fusing and cutting the overlapped portion to consecutively form a packing bag having the bending portion as a bottom and the open space as an insertion aperture for a packed member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Tomiya Kudoh, Shohji Ohtsu, Hajime Kawamata, Kazuhiro Kanno