Patents by Inventor Shouichi Kanai

Shouichi Kanai 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: 8061787
    Abstract: The object is to provide a showcase having a connection device which can improve the workability in connection of adjacent showcases and can improve the appearance. The showcase has a connection device for connection of the show case with another adjacent showcase at one side of the lower retreating section of the front wall of the insulating wall, wherein the features are: the connection device includes a receiving metal fixed to the retreating section and a connecting metal extending over and mounted on the receiving metal and a receiving metal of another adjacent showcase; and the receiving metal has a mounting surface positioned on the front side of the retreating section and directed forward, and the mounting surface has a mounting hole formed for securing the connecting metal thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youichi Amari, Shouichi Kanai
  • Patent number: 7797959
    Abstract: There is provided an open showcase which enables elimination of the drawback that a cooling air rising in an inner layer duct leaks out to an outer layer outlet side from between a partitioning member and a partition wall. The open showcase has a partitioning member which is mounted to the partition wall at a position between the outer layer outlet and the inner layer outlet and extends downward from the partition, and an upstanding wall formed by folding the front edge of the partition wall. The partitioning member has an engagement part to be engaged with the top edge of the upstanding wall from the front side and a fixing part closely contacting the bottom surface of the front part of the partition wall continuing to the upstanding wall when the engagement part is engaged with the top edge of the upstanding wall. The fixing part is fixed to the partition wall with a screw with the fixing part closely contacting the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youichi Amari, Shouichi Kanai
  • Patent number: 7637575
    Abstract: The object is to provide an open showcase which enables setting and removal of a front glass at the top of the front wall of the heat insulating wall and which, even if the front glass is not set, improves the aesthetic appearance of the front wall top of the heat insulating wall. The open showcase has a handrail at the top of the front wall of the heat insulating wall positioned at the bottom of the opening, wherein the handrail includes a handrail body mounted on the top of the front wall and having a recessed groove with an upper opening for insertion of a front glass therein, a front upper panel extending from the front edge of the opening of the recessed groove to the upper surface of the front top of the front wall, and a top cover inserted removably in the recessed groove to close the recessed groove and cover the top of the front upper panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youichi Amari, Shouichi Kanai
  • Publication number: 20070227169
    Abstract: There is provided an open showcase which enables elimination of the drawback that a cooling air rising in an inner layer duct leaks out to an outer layer outlet side from between a partitioning member and a partition wall. The open showcase has a partitioning member which is mounted to the partition wall at a position between the outer layer outlet and the inner layer outlet and extends downward from the partition, and an upstanding wall formed by folding the front edge of the partition wall. The partitioning member has an engagement part to be engaged with the top edge of the upstanding wall from the front side and a fixing part closely contacting the bottom surface of the front part of the partition wall continuing to the upstanding wall when the engagement part is engaged with the top edge of the upstanding wall. The fixing part is fixed to the partition wall with a screw with the fixing part closely contacting the partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi Amari, Shouichi Kanai
  • Publication number: 20070194670
    Abstract: The object is to provide a showcase having a connection device which can improve the workability in connection of adjacent showcases and can improve the appearance. The showcase has a connection device for connection of the show case with another adjacent showcase at one side of the lower retreating section of the front wall of the insulating wall, wherein the features are: the connection device includes a receiving metal fixed to the retreating section and a connecting metal extending over and mounted on the receiving metal and a receiving metal of another adjacent showcase; and the receiving metal has a mounting surface positioned on the front side of the retreating section and directed forward, and the mounting surface has a mounting hole formed for securing the connecting metal thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi Amari, Shouichi Kanai
  • Publication number: 20070194671
    Abstract: The object is to provide an open showcase which enables setting and removal of a front glass at the top of the front wall of the heat insulating wall and which, even if the front glass is not set, improves the aesthetic appearance of the front wall top of the heat insulating wall. The open showcase has a handrail at the top of the front wall of the heat insulating wall positioned at the bottom of the opening, wherein the handrail includes a handrail body mounted on the top of the front wall and having a recessed groove with an upper opening for insertion of a front glass therein, a front upper panel extending from the front edge of the opening of the recessed groove to the upper surface of the front top of the front wall, and a top cover inserted removably in the recessed groove to close the recessed groove and cover the top of the front upper panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi Amari, Shouichi Kanai