Patents by Inventor Tetsushi Yonekawa

Tetsushi Yonekawa 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: 6726134
    Abstract: A apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having a crushing device on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 6663029
    Abstract: A apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having a crushing device on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Publication number: 20030164419
    Abstract: A apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having a crushing device on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 6497023
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a metal feedstock from waste metal products is disclosed. The apparatus includes devices for: crushing the metal products into pieces; magnetically separating sheet-shaped ferrous scraps and ferrous cast blocks from the crushed pieces; placing the cast blocks between the sheet-shaped scraps to make a sandwich structure; and pressing the sandwich structure to form a metal feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Takashi Okada
  • Patent number: 6423153
    Abstract: A waste object containing oil has a first opening formed therein at an upper portion thereof and a second opening positioned below the first opening. The first and second openings are connected to a recovery tank. Hot water of a predetermined temperature is held in the recovery tank and is caused to accumulate inside the waste object via the second opening. Oil that has floated upwards is recovered in the recovery tank via the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 6390396
    Abstract: An apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having crushing means on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 6391085
    Abstract: A metal feedstock from wasted metal products is disclosed. The feedstock is formed by crushing the metal products into pieces; magnetically separating sheet-shaped ferrous scraps and ferrous cast blocks from the crushed pieces; placing the cast blocks between the sheet-shaped scraps to make a sandwich structure; and pressing the sandwich structure to form a metal feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Takashi Okada
  • Publication number: 20020056770
    Abstract: A apparatus for crushing waste metal products includes a rotor having a crushing device on a periphery thereof and a casing enclosing the rotor. The casing has an inlet and an outlet for products to be crushed. An exhaust gas from the casing is partly returned to the inlet of the casing by a circulator. The rest of the exhaust gas is ventilated and processed by an exhaust processor. An oxygen concentration is monitored in a gas pathway of the circulator to control the gas concentration in the casing. If the oxygen concentration is high, a water shower sprays into the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 6364117
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a method of separating iron sheets from washed iron products. The method includes the following steps: crushing wasted iron products into pieces; transporting the crushed pieces on a conveyer; and separating iron sheet pieces from the crushed pieces on the conveyer by virtue of a magnetic separator placed over the conveyer, wherein the iron sheet pieces staying on the conveyer in a standing state are selectively subjected to an upward force. By applying the upward force to the sheet-shaped iron pieces staying on the conveyer, the balance between magnetic and gravitational force is lost and the iron sheet pieces are smoothly attracted by the magnetic separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa, Takashi Okada
  • Patent number: 6357099
    Abstract: A method of forming a metal feedstock from wasted metal products is disclosed. The method includes the steps of crushing the metal products into pieces; magnetically separating sheet-shaped ferrous scraps and ferrous cast blocks from the crushed pieces; placing the cast blocks between the sheet-shaped scraps to make a sandwich structure; and pressing the sandwich structure to form a metal feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Takashi Okada
  • Publication number: 20010039709
    Abstract: A method of forming a metal feedstock from wasted metal products is disclosed. The method includes the steps of crushing the metal products into pieces; magnetically separating sheet-shaped ferrous scraps and ferrous cast blocks from the crushed pieces; placing the cast blocks between the sheet-shaped scraps to make a sandwich structure; and pressing the sandwich structure to form a metal feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Takashi Okada
  • Publication number: 20010022187
    Abstract: A waste object containing oil has a first opening formed therein at an upper portion thereof and a second opening positioned below the first opening. The first and second openings are connected to a recovery tank. Hot water of a predetermined temperature is held in the recovery tank and is caused to accumulate inside the waste object via the second opening. Oil that has floated upwards is recovered in the recovery tank via the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 6279586
    Abstract: A waste object containing oil has a first opening formed therein at an upper portion thereof and a second opening positioned below the first opening. The first and second openings are connected to a recovery tank. Hot water of a predetermined temperature is held in the recovery tank and is caused to accumulate inside the waste object via the second opening. Oil that has floated upwards is recovered in the recovery tank via the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 6209554
    Abstract: A waste object containing oil has a first opening formed therein at an upper portion thereof and a second opening positioned below the first opening. The first and second openings are connected to a recovery tank. Hot water of a predetermined temperature is held in the recovery tank and is caused to accumulate inside the waste object via the second opening. Oil that has floated upwards is recovered in the recovery tank via the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa
  • Patent number: 6114648
    Abstract: An apparatus for demolishing an oil-containing industrial waste object, includes a turntable for supporting thereon of an oil-containing industrial waste object, a sealed enclosure mounted above the turntable for gas-tightly enclosing the industrial waste object, a fluid pumping device for sucking a fluid medium out from the sealed enclosure, and a plasma arc torch fitted inside the sealed enclosure for radiating the industrial waste object with a plasma. After the fluid medium within the sealed enclosure has been sucked out by the fluid pumping device, an inert gas is supplied into the sealed enclosure through an inert gas supply port. The industrial waste object is then irradiated by a plasma from the plasma arc torch while being rotated together with the turntable, to thereby cut the industrial waste object horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Tetsushi Yonekawa