Patents by Inventor Tatsuo ODANI

Tatsuo ODANI 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: 20230330961
    Abstract: A bag making apparatus includes a welding device for welding a sheet panel and a strip member in a zone where the sheet panel is intermittently fed by a feed device and a cut device disposed downstream of the welding device to cross-cut the sheet panel and the strip member every intermitted feed cycle. The welding device include a pressure unit for pressurizing the sheet panel and the strip member superposed on each other and a laser unit for irradiating the sheet panel or the strip member with a laser beam at an irradiation position upstream of a pressure position of the pressure unit to melt the sheet panel or the strip member. The pressure unit and the laser unit are configured to be movable together upstream and downstream relative to the sheet panel while maintaining a relative positional relationship between the pressure position and the irradiation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio TOTANI, Tatsuo ODANI
  • Publication number: 20230256698
    Abstract: At least one of a horn or an anvil includes protrusions that protrude from a facing surface thereof. Two panel parts and a gusset part folded and interposed between the panel parts are sandwiched and compressed by the horn and the anvil. Two portions of the gusset part are welded to each other by ultrasonic vibration of the horn during the sandwiching and compressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio TOTANI, Hiroshi NAGATA, Tatsuo ODANI
  • Patent number: 11667088
    Abstract: A welding device includes a pair of pressure rollers for pressurizing a web and a strip member, a feed device configured to intermittently or continuously feed the web and the strip member through the pair of pressure rollers, and the laser device configured to irradiate the web or the strip member with a laser beam at a position upstream of the pair of pressure rollers. The welding device may include a movement device configured to move the pair of pressure rollers upstream with respect to the web and the strip member during pause or stop of feed. Alternatively, the feed device may pause or stop the web and the strip member after retracting the web and the strip member by a certain length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Totani, Tatsuo Odani, Toshinori Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220332057
    Abstract: A welding device includes a pair of pressure rollers for pressurizing a web and a strip member, a feed device configured to intermittently or continuously feed the web and the strip member through the pair of pressure rollers, and the laser device configured to irradiate the web or the strip member with a laser beam at a position upstream of the pair of pressure rollers. The welding device may include a movement device configured to move the pair of pressure rollers upstream with respect to the web and the strip member during pause or stop of feed. Alternatively, the feed device may pause or stop the web and the strip member after retracting the web and the strip member by a certain length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio TOTANI, Tatsuo ODANI, Toshinori UEDA