Patents by Inventor Tadashi Mifune

Tadashi Mifune 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: 9850015
    Abstract: A high-speed continuous rotary type filling and packaging machine can identifies a defective filling head and a defective seal head and it also identify which part of a seal working surface in the seal head has a defect. In a sealing device of the high-seed continuous rotary type filling and packaging machine that covers a container body, which is filled with liquid contents, with a molded lid and seals the container body and the molded lid to produce a sealed container, a filling head number and a seal head number are inkjet-printed, desirably transparent ink, which can be read by irradiation of an ultraviolet ray, on a container body in which a seal working surface in the seal head and the top surface of the container molded lid are brought into press-contact and a positional relation between a seal working surface and the sealed container is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA, SHIKOKU KAKOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Hayashi, Tomoyuki Masuda, Tadashi Mifune, Mitsuhiro Nishitani
  • Publication number: 20130042575
    Abstract: A high-speed continuous rotary type filling and packaging machine can identifies a defective filling head and a defective seal head and it also identify which part of a seal working surface in the seal head has a defect. In a sealing device of the high-seed continuous rotary type filling and packaging machine that covers a container body, which is filled with liquid contents, with a molded lid and seals the container body and the molded lid to produce a sealed container, a filling head number and a seal head number are inkjet-printed, desirably transparent ink, which can be read by irradiation of an ultraviolet ray, on a container body in which a seal working surface in the seal head and the top surface of the container molded lid are brought into press-contact and a positional relation between a seal working surface and the sealed container is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicants: SHIKOKU KAKOKI CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Kouji Hayashi, Tomoyuki Masuda, Tadashi Mifune, Mitsuhiro Nishitani
  • Patent number: 6755224
    Abstract: An aseptic filling apparatus of the rotary type comprises an aseptic chamber 12 provided for surrounding a path of transport of containers along with a turntable 41. An air discharge channel 71 is provided between the turntable 41 and the aseptic chamber 12. A channel control member 81 is fixedly disposed so as to cover the air discharge channel 71, and to be opposed to the turntable 41 and the aseptic chamber 12 with the channel 71 positioned therebetween. Seal clearances 101, 102 are formed between the turntable 41 and the channel control member 81, and a vent clearance 92 is provided between the aseptic chamber 12 and the channel control member 81. A collection pipe 112 is in communication with the vent clearance 92.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Tawa, Tadashi Mifune, Takao Miki, Michio Ueda
  • Publication number: 20030226616
    Abstract: An aseptic filling apparatus of the rotary type comprises an aseptic chamber 12 provided for surrounding a path of transport of containers along with a turntable 41. An air discharge channel 71 is provided between the turntable 41 and the aseptic chamber 12. A channel control member 81 is fixedly disposed so as to cover the air discharge channel 71, and to be opposed to the turntable 41 and the aseptic chamber 12 with the channel 71 positioned therebetween. Seal clearances 101, 102 are formed between the turntable 41 and the channel control member 81, and a vent clearance 92 is provided between the aseptic chamber 12 and the channel control member 81. A collection pipe 112 is in communication with the vent clearance 92.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenori Tawa, Tadashi Mifune, Takao Miki, Michio Ueda
  • Patent number: 5371996
    Abstract: A container sealing apparatus wherein a strip of closure material can be transported intermittently a desired distance at a time, and this distance is variable in accordance with the size of containers to be sealed to achieve savings in the material without wasting. The closure material is affixed to the opening edge portions of containers at a sealing station, and a closure is blanked out from the material affixed to each container, along the opening edge portion by a cutter before the container is delivered from the sealing station. The closure material is transported by means operable independently of the container transport operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Ueda, Tetsuya Iuchi, Masao Nobuta, Tadashi Mifune, Seiji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 5295343
    Abstract: A container sealing apparatus comprising a conveyor for transporting containers, a sealer for sealing an opening edge portion of each of the containers with a closure material supplied adjacent to the container during transport by the conveyor, and a trimmer for blanking out a closure from the closure material affixed to the container, along the edge portion, the trimmer having a lifter for lifting the container from a path of transport of the container, a holder having a support for supporting the edge portion of the container lifted by the lifter and a cutter clearance groove formed externally of the support, and a cutter movable upward and downward so as to bring a cutting edge thereof into and out of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Ueda, Tetsuya Iuchi, Masao Nobuta, Tadashi Mifune, Seiji Hashimoto