Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Marubashi

Tsutomu Marubashi 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: 6263698
    Abstract: A liquid outlet pipe extended from a lower end of a liquid storage reservoir 420 is communicated with a section in the proximity of a lower portion of a refrigerant liquid dispersing pipe 421. A plurality of liquid outlet holes 426 are provided on an upper surface of the refrigerant liquid dispersing pipe 421. Diameters of the liquid outlet holes 426 are differently determined depending on a distance between a communicated section of the liquid dispersing pipe 421 and the liquid storage reservoir 420, in order to equalize an amount of refrigerant liquid flowing from the outlet holes 126. When the liquid storage reservoir 420 is filled with the refrigerant liquid, the refrigerant liquid flows upward within the liquid dispersing pipe 421 so as to inject the refrigerant liquid in accordance with a liquid head pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignees: Rinnai Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Marubashi, Kaoru Kawamoto, Kaoru Watanabe