Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Niwa

Tsutomu Niwa 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: 20120187227
    Abstract: A facility for sorting and separating waste plastic includes: a crusher (11) for crushing waste plastic material into waste plastic fragments; a steam-cleaning device (13) for cleaning the waste plastic fragments; a primary wet specific-gravity sorter (14) and a secondary wet specific-gravity sorter (15) for separating the waste plastic fragments into floating or sinking specific-gravity-sorted fragments with a separating liquid having specific gravity which is the median of specific gravity of materials contained in the waste plastic fragments until the specific-gravity-sorted fragments contain three or less materials; and first to third electrostatic separation devices (16A to 16C) including frictional electrification devices for frictionally electrifying the specific-gravity-sorted fragments and electrostatic sorting devices for putting the frictionally electrified specific-gravity-sorted fragments into a static electric field and altering the falling directions of the specific-gravity-sorted fragments to
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuo Ando, Tetsuya Inoue, Tsutomu Niwa, Takeshi Itoga
  • Patent number: 6790140
    Abstract: A game machine comprises shift and display means for shifting and displaying a plurality of rows each having a plurality of symbol marks thereon; prize winning state determining means for determining a prize winning state based on random number lottery; stop control means for controlling the stop of the shift and display means to have a predetermined set of symbol marks shifted and displayed on the basis of the prize winning state determined by the prize winning state determining means; notifying means for notifying a game player of notifying information in notifying states including a current notifying state and subsequent notifying states following the current notifying state, while the game player is enjoying games including a current game and subsequent games following the current game; and subsequent notifying state determining means for determining and selecting in advance the subsequent notifying states on the basis of the current notifying state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Aruze Corporation
    Inventor: Tsutomu Niwa
  • Patent number: 4042955
    Abstract: Electrical elements constituting an electrical device are embedded into at least one layer of a finely divided insulating material which is formed within a case by filling the case with the insulating material. A low viscosity resin is poured into the case to be impregnated into said at least one layer of the insulating material and to form a cover layer covering the free surface of the top insulating cover layer. The resistances to moisture, vapor, shocks, vibration, cycling temperature change and so on are remarkably improved so that the highly reliable performances of the enclosed electrical device under severe environmental conditions may be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Imai, Tsutomu Niwa, Kenji Motani