Patents by Inventor Tadashi Tofukuji

Tadashi Tofukuji 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).

  • Publication number: 20220373438
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of a tissue piece treating apparatus in which drying in an inside of a treating tank is promoted, compared with conventional tissue piece treating apparatuses, and the gas in the inside of the treating tank is discharged so that a risk of inflammation can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: SAKURA SEIKI CO., LTD., SAKURA FINETEK JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TADASHI TOFUKUJI, MOE OKABE
  • Publication number: 20220136939
    Abstract: A tissue piece treating apparatus including a treating tank; a plurality of storage containers in each of which a paraffin bottle for storing a paraffin is housed; a constant temperature rack that houses the storage containers, and heats the paraffin to hold the paraffin in a molten state; and a paraffin pipeline that branches from the treating tank, in which in the storage containers, a treatment container in which the paraffin to be transported to the treating tank is housed and a standby container in which the paraffin not to be transported to treating tank is housed, are disposed, and the paraffin pipeline is connected to the paraffin bottle to be housed in the treatment container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: SAKURA SEIKI CO., LTD., SAKURA FINETEK JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TADASHI TOFUKUJI, TAKESHI TSUKADA
  • Patent number: 8017077
    Abstract: The staining and sticking system includes a staining device and a sticking device provided separately from the staining device. The staining device stains a specimen in a predetermined color by dipping a basket containing a glass slide with the specimen in a plurality of tubs sequentially. The sticking device sticks a cover film piece onto the stained specimen on the glass slide, which has been taken out of the basket transferred from the staining device by transfer means. A staining control unit and a sticking control unit are interconnected so as to communicate with each other. Sticking condition data, related to the basket fed from the staining device, out of staining condition data and sticking condition data inputted to the staining control unit correspondingly to baskets, are sent from the staining control unit to the sticking control unit, and then the sticking device sticks the cover film piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignees: Sakura Seiki Co., Ltd., Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Takizawa, Atsuo Ito, Tadashi Tofukuji
  • Publication number: 20090098646
    Abstract: The staining and sticking system is composed of a staining device and a sticking device, which is provided separately from the staining device, is capable of lightening the staining and sticking work and can be downsized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Seiichi Takizawa, Atsuo Ito, Tadashi Tofukuji