Patents by Inventor Tusue Akaike

Tusue Akaike 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).

  • Method for manufacturing soft capsule and apparatus for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8572933
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a soft capsule containing a filling coated with a shell portion formed of a shell-sheet, having a sheet molding section forming a shell-sheet having an almost uniform thickness from a molten shell material, a capsule molding section feeding shell-sheets between a pair of die rolls and joining the shell sheets, and a filling supply section supplying a filling to the shell-sheets in time for joining the shell-sheets, in which the sheet molding section has a dryer equipped with a medium wavelength infrared heater; the shell-sheet is irradiated with a medium wavelength infrared ray from the heater to thereby obtain an almost uniform thickness, an appropriate viscosity, and moisture content; and the sheet of this state is fed to the capsule molding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sankyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Koji Kajima, Yasunori Yamada, Tusue Akaike
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOFT CAPSULE AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110162783
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a soft capsule containing a filling coated with a shell portion formed of a shell-sheet, having a sheet molding section forming a shell-sheet having an almost uniform thickness from a molten shell material, a capsule molding section feeding shell-sheets between a pair of die rolls and joining the shell sheets, and a filling supply section supplying a filling to the shell-sheets in time for joining the shell-sheets, in which the sheet molding section has a dryer equipped with a medium wavelength infrared heater; the shell-sheet is irradiated with a medium wavelength infrared ray from the heater to thereby obtain an almost uniform thickness, an appropriate viscosity, and moisture content; and the sheet of this state is fed to the capsule molding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SANKYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Koji Kajima, Yasunori Yamada, Tusue Akaike