Patents Assigned to Kitano Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11400471
    Abstract: An airless container includes a cylindrical container body storing a contained material, which is a fluid, in an airtight state, and a pump attached to an upper edge portion of the container body and configured to externally discharge the contained material. The airless container further includes a bottom lid that closes a lower opening portion of a container bottom portion of the container body, and a piston in the container body between the pump and the bottom lid, which is slidable in the container body in an airtight state. The piston includes a flexible piece that is deformable in a portion that comes into contact with the bottom lid. The flexible piece is deformable against the sliding of the piston toward the bottom lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: KITANO CO., LTD., KAKEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunori Shimakura, Masayoshi Takaoka, Tatsuro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20210291211
    Abstract: An airless container includes a cylindrical container body storing a contained material, which is a fluid, in an airtight state, and a pump attached to an upper edge portion of the container body and configured to externally discharge the contained material. The airless container further includes a bottom lid that closes a lower opening portion of a container bottom portion of the container body, and a piston in the container body between the pump and the bottom lid, which is slidable in the container body in an airtight state. The piston includes a flexible piece that is deformable in a portion that comes into contact with the bottom lid. The flexible piece is deformable against the sliding of the piston toward the bottom lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: KITANO CO., LTD., KAKEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunori SHIMAKURA, Masayoshi TAKAOKA, Tatsuro NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20150136800
    Abstract: An upper case with a stopper projection that extends downward between an outlet and a dispensing standby space, in a situation where a container body is closed. A lower case with a pusher member that is positioned on a side opposed to the stopper projection with respect to the dispensing standby space, in a situation where the container body is closed, the pusher member being configured to, during an operation for opening the upper case, push a tablet located in the dispensing standby space toward the outlet. During the operation for opening the upper case, the stopper projection is configured to get over a side surface of the tablet located in the dispensing standby space, and is configured to stop an outlet-side surface of a tablet succeeding to the tablet having been located in the dispensing standby space. A sensor unit detects passage of one tablet to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: Chuo Shoko Co. Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Kitano Co., Ltd., Iwata Label Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Dodo, Kiyoshi Kubota, Kenji Ikemoto, Toru Miwata
  • Patent number: 5653343
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush housed in a container has a cylindrical case body, a brush attached to the case body, and a battery mounted in the case body for operating the motor to vibrate the brush, and a switch provided on the case body for operating a motor to vibrate the brush. The container has a base container body and a lid engaged with the base container body. The base container body has a large diameter cylindrical portion for housing the case body, and a small diameter cylindrical portion for housing the brush and the battery. The lid is provided to form a cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignees: Kitano Co., Ltd., Japan CBM Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Imai
  • Patent number: 5590434
    Abstract: A cylindrical case body is formed by a front case and a rear case. An eccentric weight is secured to a rotating shaft of a motor mounted in the front case. A connecting shaft is formed on a front end of the front case, and a brush is attached to the front case by engaging with the connecting shaft. A metallic pin is inserted in the connecting shaft, and an O-ring is disposed between the front case and the rear case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Kitano Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Imai
  • Patent number: 5575380
    Abstract: A slide button is slidably mounted on a case, and a push button having a cylindrical shaft portion is provided in a hole of the case so as to be moved in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the slide button. The push button is pushed by sliding the slide button so as to close a switch. An O-ring is disposed between the cylindrical shaft portion of the push button and an inside wall of the hole of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Kitano Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Imai