Patents by Inventor Toru Toma

Toru Toma 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: 20150251202
    Abstract: The fixing plate for an aerosol container includes: an outer wall 12 that covers a mounting cup 4 except an opening 11 exposing two stems 6 and abuts on an upper face of an annular rim 5; a cylindrical wall 16 integrally connected to the outer wall 12 on a lower side thereof and surrounding the annular rim 5; and an engaging claw 16a engaging the annular rim 5, wherein a positioning wall 13 is provided at the opening 11, the positioning wall having an inner circumferential shape following an outer circumferential surface of a projection 7 that protrudes from the mounting cup 4, with the two stems 6 being bound together, and that has a non-circular cross-sectional shape with long sides and short sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 9044771
    Abstract: An improved pump is provided that is capable of achieving excellent back suction function by using a depression head, without compromising the ease of depression operations of the head due to the additional function. The pump includes a depression head and an annular piston. The depression head is urged upward and is relatively displaceable with respect to the stem. When depressed, a lever member of the depression head operates to open a discharge opening. An annular piston opens a discharge valve, in an uppermost displacement position and closes the discharge valve in a lowermost displacement position. Back suction is caused due to a negative pressure state occurring in the stem until the discharge valve seat is closed by the annular piston during upward displacement of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kuwahara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20150075520
    Abstract: Provided is a metered quantity syringe-type dispenser that is capable of multistage pushing. The metered quantity syringe-type dispenser includes a syringe; a plunger configured to be pushed into the syringe; an elastic deforming portion configured to be deformed in response to the pushing of the plunger; and a stopper portion configured to be locked with respect to the syringe and to be released from the locking by restoring force of the elastic deforming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Toru Toma, Shinya Hoshino
  • Patent number: 8474656
    Abstract: A syringe has a dripless feature by using an O-ring located between a conical disc and a flat plunger disc in an annular groove on a moving plunger. The flat plunger disc has a series of projections that offset the o-ring off the flat plunger disc surface when the plunger is not actuated. When the plunger is actuated, the o-ring distorts to rest on the projections and also on the surface of the flat plunger disc. When the plunger is released, the o-ring's resiliency pulls the o-ring back to its original shape which sucks back the fluid being dispensed so that no or less drips occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc., Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Kunishi, Yasujiro Ohara, Katsuhito Kuwahara, Toru Toma, Satoshi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20130134188
    Abstract: A cartridge-type dispenser has a cartridge main body with a filling space, an extrusion nozzle on the front, and a piston slidably disposed in the filling space. The piston extrudes contents of the filling space from the extrusion nozzle by applying a push-in force. The piston includes a trunk portion having an outer circumferential wall running along an inner wall of the main body with a gap therebetween, a front wall on one end of the trunk portion directly contacting the contents of the filling space, and a rear wall on the other end whereon a rod of a push-in tool applies the push-in force on the piston. On the outer circumferential wall of the trunk portion, protrusions are provided, which contact the inner circumferential wall of the main body. The points of contact form sliding parts of the piston but do not seal the main body interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicants: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD., KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi Terakawa, Taizo Nakao, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20120325862
    Abstract: An improved pump is provided that is capable of achieving excellent back suction function by using a depression head, without compromising the ease of depression operations of the head due to the additional function. The pump includes a depression head and an annular piston. The depression head is urged upward and is relatively displaceable with respect to the stem. When depressed, a lever member of the depression head operates to open a discharge opening. An annular piston opens a discharge valve, in an uppermost displacement position and closes the discharge valve in a lowermost displacement position. Back suction is caused due to a negative pressure state occurring in the stem until the discharge valve seat is closed by the annular piston during upward displacement of the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kuwahara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20090289084
    Abstract: There is provided a dispenser in which an operation load of a plunger is stable and contents of the dispenser do not leak out after pressing operation is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicants: KURARAY MEDICAL INC., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto Kunishi, Yasujiro Ohara, Katsuhito Kuwahara, Toru Toma, Satoshi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6834778
    Abstract: A mixing and discharge device is provided, in which contents are ejected from a pair of containers (33) standing next to each other and are mixed and discharged outside of this device, by pressing down the discharge nozzles (35) of said containers simultaneously with the manipulation of the thumb and a finger of the hand holding the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignees: Kanebo, Limited, Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Jinbo, Tomomi Hamada, Keiko Ishikawa, Yoshie Aoki, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Toru Toma
  • Publication number: 20040134931
    Abstract: A mixing and discharge device is provided, in which contents are ejected from a pair of containers (33) standing next to each other and are mixed and discharged outside of this device, by pressing down the discharge nozzles (35) of said containers simultaneously with the manipulation of the thumb and a finger of the hand holding the containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicants: KANEBO, LIMITED, YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Jinbo, Tomomi Hamada, Keiko Ishikawa, Yoshie Aoki, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Toru Toma