Patents Assigned to Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.
  • Patent number: 4383941
    Abstract: A catalyst structure comprises a shape retaining metal core of the desired shape, a particle holding layer attached to the core and made of a glass fiber product and catalyst particles held in the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Masayoshi Ichiki
  • Patent number: 4346010
    Abstract: Fine coal particles are recovered from a slurry of finely divided coal by mixing coarsely divided coal and a binder together to cause the binder to adhere to the surfaces of the coarsely divided coal pieces, mixing the slurry with the coal pieces having the binder adhered thereto to cause fine coal particles to adhere to the binder over the surfaces of the coal pieces serving as nuclei and thereby form agglomerates, and separating the agglomerates from the remaining slurry portion to recover the fine coal particles along with the coarsely divided coal and the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuo Ogino, Nobuo Yoshii, Kazuo Harada
  • Patent number: 4328083
    Abstract: In a method of mirror-finishing a cylindrical workpiece, according to which, with an abrasive matter and an electrolyte disposed at and supplied to each of the gaps between a cylindrical workpiece connected to the anode of a power supply and working electrodes connected to the cathode of the power supply and disposed oppositely to the outer surface or the inner surface of said cylindrical workpiece, an anodic liquation operation by electrolysis performed onto metal in the surface to be treated of the cylindrical workpiece is assisted with an abrasive operation by which anodic passive films generated on the surface to be treated are mechanically abrased by the abrasive matters, whereby the projected portions of the surface to be treated are electrolytically liquated and abrased preferentially, said method is characterized in that an electrolyte in a passive state is used, an electrolytic voltage to be used is in the range from a few V to about 15 V, the density of an electrolytic current to be used is about 10
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kimoto, Katsunori Tamiya, Shoichi Honda, Hidehiko Maehata, Hiroshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 4324051
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for recovering heat from a finely to coarsely divided hot material, such as carbide crushed on solidification, which contains particles and lumps of varying sizes. The hot material is separated by a classifier into a portion of lumps and a portion of particles, and the lump portion is cooled in a cooling bunker with a stream of cooling gas while the particulate portion is cooled in another cooling unit with a stream of cooling gas. The hot cooling gas resulting from the cooling is fed to a heat exchanger in which the gas is subjected to heat exchange with a working fluid for a turbine coupled to a power generator or the like. The heat exchanger is connected to the cooling bunker and unit by a closed circulating channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1982
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Masaru Sakaba, Kingo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4294673
    Abstract: In a method of mirror-finishing a cylindrical workpiece, according to which, with an abrasive matter and an electrolyte disposed at and supplied to each of the gaps between a cylindrical workpiece connected to the anode of a power supply and working electrodes connected to the cathode of the power supply and disposed oppositely to the outer surface or the inner surface of said cylindrical workpiece, an anodic liquation operation by electrolysis performed onto metal in the surface to be treated of the cylindrical workpiece is assisted with an abrasive operation by which anodic passive films generated on the surface to be treated are mechanically abrased by the abrasive matters, whereby the projected portions of the surface to be treated are electrolytically liquated and abrased preferentially, said method is characterized in that an electrolyte in a passive state is used, an electrolytic voltage to be used is in the range from a few volts to about 15 V, the density of an electrolytic current to be used is abou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kimoto, Katsunori Tamiya, Shoichi Honda, Hidehiko Maehata, Hiroshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 4293447
    Abstract: A plate-shaped denitrating catalyst comprising a metal net, a finely divided porous carrier retained on the metal net with a binder and covering the metal net, and an active component supported on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Kenichi Nagai, Masayoshi Ichiki, Yasumi Kamino, Kazuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 4242073
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a resin plasticizing injection machine having an injection nozzle, a branch portion connected to the injection nozzle and having a plurality of outlet ports, molds and mold clamping devices both arranged around the branch portion in corresponding relation to the outlet ports, and an extension nozzle for maintaining each of the outlet ports in communication with each of the molds. Pressure control means is provided at an intermediate portion of the extension nozzle for maintaining the mold cavity at a specified pressure after resin has been injected into the mold. Means is provided for closing a flow channel extending from the injection machine to the pressure control means. After resin has been injected into a mold, the cavity of the mold can be maintained at the specified pressure by the pressure control means in place of the injection machine, so that the injection machine and the next mold can be subsequently brought into operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Tsuchiya, Itsuo Imakita, Toshiaki Okumura
  • Patent number: 4239379
    Abstract: The present inventions directed to a method and apparatus of scan-photographing a subject such as a model, in which a three-dimensional subject having a depth such as a model is projected on a sensitive film while being scanned through an optical system having a lens and a slit integrally incorporated therein, and the subject is then photographed in a plan view (hereinafter referred to as orthographically projected photograph) at a predetermined photographing magnification without being effected by the view angle of the lens, while the subject and the sensitive film are travelled in parallel with and in the opposite direction to each other at predetermined speeds, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignees: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Tomita, Taketaro Nishio
  • Patent number: 4233183
    Abstract: A plate-shaped denitrating catalyst is produced by the steps of preparing a slurry from hydrated titania and a sol selected from the group consisting of silica sol, alumina sol and titania sol, firing the slurry to obtain a porous material, pulverizing the porous material to a powder, causing a metal net to support the powder thereon with a binder to form a plate-like piece, drying or firing the piece to obtain a porous carrier and depositing a catalytically active component on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Kenichi Nagai, Yasumi Kamino, Kazuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 4206081
    Abstract: A highly active denitrating catalyst is produced by converting the surface layer of steel material to an aluminum alloy, treating the resulting steel material with an aluminum dissolving solution to dissolve out the aluminum and to render the surface layer porous, and immersing the steel material having the porous surface layer in a solution containing a vanadium compound to cause the porous surface layer to support the vanadium compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Kazuo Maeda, Yasumi Kamino, Toshio Hama, Kenichi Nagai, Masayoshi Ichiki
  • Patent number: 4179412
    Abstract: A catalyst for decomposing ammonia by oxidation is produced by converting the surface layer of steel material of specified shape resembling a ring, honeycomb, plate or the like to an aluminum alloy, treating the steel material with an aluminum dissolving solution to dissolve out the aluminum and to render the surface layer porous, subjecting the steel material to oxidation treatment to obtain a catalyst carrier, and causing the carrier to support platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Yasumi Kamino, Shigenori Onizuka, Chikashi Inazumi
  • Patent number: 4176091
    Abstract: A denitrating catalyst having a porous coating is produced by immersing a catalyst base of porous metal in a silica-containing coating bath, drying the catalyst base to form a carrier having a porour silica coating, immersing the carrier in a solution containing an active component and drying the resulting carrier to cause the carrier to support the active component thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Hisao Ogiyama, Masayoshi Ichiki, Yasumi Kamino, Nobuo Matsumoto, Kenichi Nagai, Masami Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4170574
    Abstract: An oxidizing metal catalyst incorporating platinum is produced by converting the surface layer of steel material of specified shape resembling a ring, honeycomb, plate or the like to an aluminum alloy, treating the steel material with an aluminum dissolving solution to dissolve out the aluminum and to render the surface layer porous, subjecting the steel material to oxidation treatment to obtain a catalyst carrier, immersing the carrier in a solution of chloroplatinic acid adjusted to weak alkalinity with sodium hydroxide, and drying the carrier after withdrawing the carrier from the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Yasumi Kamino, Shigenori Onizuka, Chikashi Inazumi
  • Patent number: 4169814
    Abstract: A catalyst for decomposing ammonia by oxidation is produced by converting the surface layer of steel material of specified shape resembling a ring, honeycomb, plate or the like to an aluminum alloy, treating the steel material with an aluminum dissolving solution to dissolve out the aluminum and to render the surface layer porous, subjecting the steel material to oxidation treatment to obtain a catalyst carrier, immersing the carrier in a solution of chloroplatinic acid adjusted to weak alkalinity with barium hydroxide, and drying the carrier after withdrawing the carrier from the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Yasumi Kamino, Shigenori Onizuka, Chikashi Inazumi
  • Patent number: 4167857
    Abstract: A marine Diesel engine consists of parallel left and right engines mounted on a common bed plate having integral independent columns on which the cylinders of the engine are supported, the bed plate and columns forming the crank chambers of the engines. The exhaust and scavenging pipes for the engines are constructed as common parts, the scavenging pipe being mounted between the engines and being flexibly connected to at least one of them so as to permit relative movement between the engine upper portions. A single propeller shaft is driven at a desired low r.p.m. from the crank shafts of the engines through a gearing device consisting simply of a gear on the propeller shaft meshing with a pair of pinions each connected to one of the engine crank shafts by an elastic coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isamu Nishijima, Masuichi Yasuda, Yukio Tomita, Takayuki Wakabayashi, Munetsugu Fukagawa, Kenjiro Nabeshima, Takeyasu Matsui, Kazuo Nishimura, Hiroshi Nomura, Kiyoshi Kato, Takeshi Miki, Susumu Sato
  • Patent number: 4160805
    Abstract: In a boiler having a plurality of heat exchanger stages such as a superheater, an evaporator and a preheater, disposed in a combustion gas channel between heat exchangers including an optimum catalytic reaction temperature region are a denitration catalyst layer crossing said channel and a reductant feeding device for adding a reductant such as ammonia gas at a point a little short of catalyst layer. The denitration catalyst layer comprises a number of plate-like catalyst bodies whose plate surfaces extend along the direction of flow of gas, and desirably it is honey-comb-shaped. If the boiler is a waste heat boiler, the denitration catalyst layer will be disposed between the superheater and the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Inaba, Toshio Tatsumi, Chihiro Iwai
  • Patent number: 4160009
    Abstract: A boiler apparatus having a furnace and a plurality of heat exchanger stages disposed in a channel for the combustion gas discharged from the furnace. The boiler apparatus is equipped with a denitrator which utilizes a catalyst and which is disposed in the optimum reaction temperature region for the catalyst in the channel. In order to control the temperature of the combustion gas in the optimum reaction temperature region, this region is adapted to communicate with a high temperature gas source or a low temperature gas source through a control valve. Desirably, the portion of the combustion gas channel which includes the optimum reaction temperature region is divided into a plurality of systems and dampers whose opening and closing are controlled are provided upstream and downstream of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ko'hei Hamabe
  • Patent number: 4143779
    Abstract: Bags each containing a stack of can ends and closed at its open end by being folded are fed one by one by a conveyor, and each bag is then delivered from the conveyor into a de-bagger case in a receiving position in which the case has its opening directed upward and the folded end is thereby unfolded. The bag within the de-bagger case is then adhered to the inner wall of the case by suction. The de-bagger case is subsequently turned to a discharge position in which the opening is directed downward, permitting the can ends within the bag to be moved downward by gravity into a transfer guide for guiding the can ends to a feeding duct for a seamer. The case is provided at its bottom with a mouth for injecting a pressure fluid into the case for forcing out the remaining empty bag from the case. The case is further provided near the outlet thereof with a can end retainer for holding the can ends in position when they move out from the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Hachikawa, Masaaki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 4140598
    Abstract: The present invention discloses mirror finishing comprising, forming an electrode tool provided with an electrode and abrasive matter, connecting the tool electrode and a workpiece to the cathode and to the anode of a direct current power supply or pulse power supply respectively, supplying an electrolyte to a gap between the electrode tool and the workpiece, sliding while pressing the electrode tool to the surface of the workpiece, and removing the anodic passive films produced on the convexed portions of the surface by electrolysis, by the polishing action of the abrasive matter. In addition, the tool electrolyzes preferentially the convexed portions of the surface to be polished, whereby the electrolytic operation is combined with abrasive polishing by abrasive matter so as to finish the surface to a mirror polished surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Kimoto, Katsunori Tamiya, Shoichi Honda
  • Patent number: 4128187
    Abstract: A heat insulating construction, formed on the hold bottom plates below a spherical tank of a liquified gas carrying vessel, consists of blocks of rigid urethane foam bonded to the hold bottom plates, filling members such as fiber glass inserted into the joints between the rigid foam blocks and adhesively bonded thereto, and a layer of glass mesh and adhesive covering the rigid foam blocks and filling members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1978
    Assignee: Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomiyasu Okamoto, Tsunanori Nishimoto, Kaoru Sawada, Koji Hayakawa, Tomomichi Kurihara