Patents by Inventor Toyoaki MITSUE

Toyoaki MITSUE 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: 20200376524
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a suction pipe, a suction nose located at a distal end of the suction pipe, an exhauster connected to the suction pipe, a compressed air feeder, and a lance. The suction nose includes a suction port at a distal end thereof. The suction nose holds the suction port in a manner retractable along an axis of the suction pipe. The lance has a distal end extending along the axis of the suction pipe inside the suction pipe. The lance has an orifice obliquely extending toward a basal end of the lance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Toyoaki MITSUE, Tomio SAWASAKI, Chieko KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200346236
    Abstract: The nozzle deflection measuring device includes: a nozzle that rotates about a rotation axis, and includes a cylindrical shaft body extending along the rotation axis, and a spout located at a distal end portion of the shaft body a tank-shaped container having an insertion opening, the insertion opening having a radius larger than a sum of a radius of the shaft body and a maximum allowable deflection amount of the nozzle, a folded back portion arranged entire circumference of the insertion opening and extending inward of the container, and a discharge port; a moving mechanism that moves the nozzle relative to the container; and a non-contact deflection measuring meter arranged outside of the container and in the vicinity of the insertion opening, and measures a deflection of the nozzle inserted through the insertion opening in a state where the spout is disposed inside the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE, Tomio SAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200332946
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a feed base that is horizontally installed, a first driving source and a second driving source, a first saddle, a second saddle, a first propeller shaft, a second propeller shaft, a first transmission device, a second transmission device, and a holding device. The first saddle rotates about a first axis that goes along a vertical direction. The second saddle is disposed at the first saddle. The second saddle rotates about a second axis. The second axis goes along a horizontal direction. The first propeller shaft transmits a torque from the first driving source. The second propeller shaft transmits a torque from the second driving source. The first transmission device transmits a rotation of the first propeller shaft to the first saddle. The second transmission device transmits a rotation of the second propeller shaft to the second saddle. The holding device holds the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE
  • Patent number: 10809143
    Abstract: The jet apparatus includes a nozzle having an injection reference position, an impact force distribution measuring body including a measurement reference position corresponding to the injection reference position, and a plurality of impact force detectors arranged in a lattice pattern on a plane, each impact force detector detects an impact force per unit area of the jet, and a control device including a threshold storage unit, an impact force distribution measuring unit measuring an impact force distribution based on the impact force detected by the impact force detectors when the jet collides with the impact force distribution measuring body, an evaluation value extraction unit extracting an evaluation value based on the impact force distribution, and an evaluation unit determining whether or not the nozzle is adaptive based on comparison result of the evaluation value and the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Patent number: 10751745
    Abstract: A method of measuring a nozzle deflection at the time of jetting is provided. The method includes rotating a nozzle; inserting a spout of the nozzle into a container through an opening of the container; ejecting liquid from the nozzle inside the container; and measuring a nozzle deflection outside the container while the nozzle is rotating and ejecting the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue, Tomio Sawasaki
  • Patent number: 10738936
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a feed base that is horizontally installed, a first driving source and a second driving source, a first saddle, a second saddle, a first propeller shaft, a second propeller shaft, a first transmission device, a second transmission device, and a holding device. The first saddle rotates about a first axis that goes along a vertical direction. The second saddle is disposed at the first saddle. The second saddle rotates about a second axis. The second axis goes along a horizontal direction. The first propeller shaft transmits a torque from the first driving source. The second propeller shaft transmits a torque from the second driving source. The first transmission device transmits a rotation of the first propeller shaft to the first saddle. The second transmission device transmits a rotation of the second propeller shaft to the second saddle. The holding device holds the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Publication number: 20200246842
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning machine capable of selecting a spray head independently of a rotational phase of a nozzle. The cleaning machine includes a slide, a pump, a main valve, a nozzle switching valve, a compressed air source, a swivel joint, a motor, and a nozzle block. The nozzle switching valve has an inflow chamber, a first chamber, a second chamber, a stem, a conical first valve element abuttable against the first valve seat, a conical second valve element abuttable against the second valve seat, a piston, and a spring. The swivel joint has a swivel housing, a swivel shaft, a first nozzle flow path and a second nozzle flow path. The nozzle block has a first nozzle connected to the first nozzle flow path and a second nozzle connected to the second nozzle flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Toyoaki MITSUE
  • Patent number: 10654060
    Abstract: To improve the measurement accuracy of the state of the jet. The nozzle inspection apparatus includes a pump, a nozzle, a body having a cylinder, a pressure receiving plate receiving the jet generated by the nozzle, a piston load meter fixed to the pressure receiving plate and including a stem reciprocating in the cylinder, and a load meter measuring the load on the pressure receiving plate, and a moving mechanism moving the nozzle and the pressure receiving plate relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue, Tomio Sawasaki
  • Patent number: 10632510
    Abstract: A cleaning method allows reliable cleaning of thread roots of a female screw. A cleaning method for a female screw includes producing a jet of a cleaning liquid from a nozzle in a direction tilted from an axis of the female screw without inserting the nozzle in the female screw, and directing the jet to impinge on a thread of the female screw while rotating the jet about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventor: Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Publication number: 20200108424
    Abstract: A compact versatile cell-type cleaning device and cell-type drying device is provided. A cleaning apparatus includes: a cover having a loading port formed on a wall surface of a cleaning chamber, and an unloading port formed on a wall surface of a drying chamber; a partition plate having an intermediate transfer port for dividing into the cleaning chamber and the drying chamber; an intermediate door that opens and closes the intermediate transfer port; a turntable disposed inside the drying chamber and having a first gripping device that grips an object, and a moving device having a gripping device that grips the object through a loading port, cleans the object inside the cleaning chamber while gripping the object, and moves the object to the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke KUNITOMO, Toyoaki MITSUE, Toyohiro YAMAUCHI, Atsushi KOHAMA, Atsushi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10569425
    Abstract: To provide a hand stocker with a simple structure. A hand stocker housing a hand for attaching on an actuator includes a housing board that houses the hand in a hung state and includes a hanging mechanism hanging the hand on a board surface facing the hand. The hanging mechanism includes: a hooking member that extends in a horizontal direction from the board surface to engage with a hanging portion disposed in the hand; a pressing member that prevents the hand hung on the hooking member from moving to a direction separating from the board surface; and a supporting member that restricts the hand hung on the hooking member from moving to a direction approaching the board surface. The hand is sandwiched between the pressing member and the supporting member and housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuji Fukurotani, Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Publication number: 20190390904
    Abstract: A dryer for increasing the dryness by fixing the inside of a bowl-shaped workpiece toward a rotating table side is provided. A dryer for drying an object includes a rotatable hollow cylindrical rotation shaft, a center shaft supported inside of the rotation shaft via a bearing and does not rotate, the center shaft having an inner blow passage therein extending along the center shaft, a rotation plate fixed to the first end of the rotation shaft; an inner fixed nozzle extending along the first end of the rotation shaft from the center shaft, a jig disposed on the rotation plate for fixing the object, a drive motor for rotating the rotation shaft, and a blower connected to the inner blow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke KUNITOMO, Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE
  • Publication number: 20190275542
    Abstract: To improve the measurement accuracy of the state of the jet. The nozzle inspection apparatus includes a pump, a nozzle, a body having a cylinder, a pressure receiving plate receiving the jet generated by the nozzle, a piston load meter fixed to the pressure receiving plate and including a stem reciprocating in the cylinder, and a load meter measuring the load on the pressure receiving plate, and a moving mechanism moving the nozzle and the pressure receiving plate relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE, Tomio SAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190232316
    Abstract: A method of measuring a nozzle deflection at the time of jetting is provided. The method includes rotating a nozzle; inserting a spout of the nozzle into a container through an opening of the container; ejecting liquid from the nozzle inside the container; and measuring a nozzle deflection outside the container while the nozzle is rotating and ejecting the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE, Tomio SAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190162616
    Abstract: The jet apparatus includes a nozzle having an injection reference position, an impact force distribution measuring body including a measurement reference position corresponding to the injection reference position, and a plurality of impact force detectors arranged in a lattice pattern on a plane, each impact force detector detects an impact force per unit area of the jet, and a control device including a threshold storage unit, an impact force distribution measuring unit measuring an impact force distribution based on the impact force detected by the impact force detectors when the jet collides with the impact force distribution measuring body, an evaluation value extraction unit extracting an evaluation value based on the impact force distribution, and an evaluation unit determining whether or not the nozzle is adaptive based on comparison result of the evaluation value and the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE
  • Publication number: 20190099789
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus removes foreign objects adhering to the inner surface of a hole in a machine component, such as an internal thread. The cleaning apparatus includes a suction pipe including a suction port at its distal end, a suction nose located at the distal end of the suction pipe for holding the suction port in a manner retractable along an axis of the suction pipe, an exhauster connected to the suction pipe, and a lance having a distal end extendable along the axis of the suction pipe inside the suction pipe, and having an orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Toyoaki MITSUE, Tomio SAWASAKI, Chieko KANAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190084013
    Abstract: A foreign object inspection device determines the position and the shape of foreign objects remaining on a workpiece. The foreign object inspection device for inspecting foreign objects at inspection spots of a workpiece includes a nozzle including a suction port that sucks a foreign object, an exhauster, and a suction channel connecting the nozzle to the exhauster, and a detector installed on the suction channel to detect foreign object information about the shape of the foreign object sucked through the suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Toyoaki MITSUE, Tomio SAWASAKI, Chieko KANAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9931677
    Abstract: To provide a cleaning apparatus which is flexibly adaptable to a wide variety of workpieces so as to improve productivity while being suitably adaptable to high-pressure cleaning so as to improve cleaning work efficiency. The cleaning apparatus 10 for cleaning a workpiece W by jetting cleaning liquid from nozzles 22 disposed in a cleaning region E includes: a moving device 70; a feeding device 40 that is disposed facing the cleaning region E to hold and move the workpiece W; a holding device 17 that is disposed on the feeding device 40 to hold the workpiece W; a moving device 70 that movably supports the feeding device 40; and a cover device 14 that shields the moving device 70 from the cleaning region E and allows the feeding device 40 to pass therethrough. The feeding device 40 moves the workpiece W to the cleaning region E for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Toyoaki Mitsue, Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toru Sumiyoshi
  • Patent number: D817441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue, Tomio Sawasaki
  • Patent number: D865010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Kosuke Wakao, Kei Tsujimoto, Tomohiro Sakotsubo, Toyoaki Mitsue, Yoshiteru Kawamori