Patents Assigned to Metaco Inc.
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Patent number: 11505991Abstract: A screen device includes a screen retaining member defined by needle-shaped parts attached, in intervals, to a longitudinal base part which is bendable in a pivotally movable direction of each of plural guide units. In an attached condition of the screen retaining member, the longitudinal base part is supported between a rail part and a supporting piece of each of the guide units and all of the needle-shaped parts protrude inwardly between opposing side walls of each of the guide units.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: METACO INC.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Hiroaki Ishii
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Patent number: 10822868Abstract: This electric screen device is provided with an electric motor that causes slidable screen mounting frame part(s) to automatically slide. Torque generated by rotation of a rotation shaft of the electric motor is transmitted to a tension member that is provided inside the screen mounting frame parts, that connects screen guiding frame parts to each other at free ends thereof, and that forms a loop. The tension member moves in a state of being hung around the folded portions which apply tension to the tension member. The slidable screen mounting frame part(s) automatically slide in association with movement of the tension member. Thus, the screen automatically opens and closes.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: METACO, INC.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Yuichiro Nishioka, Kazumasa Noda
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Publication number: 20180305976Abstract: This electric screen device is provided with an electric motor that causes slidable screen mounting frame part(s) to automatically slide. Torque generated by rotation of a rotation shaft of the electric motor is transmitted to a tension member that is provided inside the screen mounting frame parts, that connects screen guiding frame parts to each other at free ends thereof, and that forms a loop. The tension member moves in a state of being hung around the folded portions which apply tension to the tension member. The slidable screen mounting frame part(s) automatically slide in association with movement of the tension member. Thus, the screen automatically opens and closes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: METACO, INC.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Yuichiro Nishioka, Kazumasa Noda
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Patent number: 9487986Abstract: In a side wall portion of a rigid unit which forms a slide guide frame portion, a depressed portion is formed in one approximately half portion, a through hole is formed in the other approximately half portion, and a protrusion is provided adjacent to the through hole inside the substantially center portion. In the depressed portion, a shaft protruding toward the outside is provided in the substantially center portion, and a notch portion cut in a height direction of the rigid unit is formed from the substantially center portion of the depressed portion to one end portion of the side wall portion. Adjacent two rigid units are connected by a shaft which is inserted into the through hole from the inside, and one unit is freely rotated with respect to the other unit within a range in which the protrusion abuts on one end and the other end of the notch portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: METACO INC.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Mitsuharu Watanabe
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Patent number: 9004138Abstract: In a screen device, to provide a screen device in which a roller pipe includes a revolving shaft 5 on which a coil spring 6 is wound integrated therein, connected to a rotator 52 rotatably disposed with respect to a stator 51 connected to a lower end of the revolving shaft, and is rotatably stored in a housing frame, the stator includes a plurality of radially arranged claws 53, holding portions 57 arranged radially on a lower surface portion of a cap member 55 which is detachably disposed at a lower end of the housing frame corresponding to the claws of the stator are disposed, the holding portions each have a holding space 58 for receiving the claw in the interior thereof, the holding space is opened outward at one end on the side of receiving the claw and closed at the other end to allow adjustment of initial winding of a coil spring integrated in a roller pipe and superior in opening-and-closing operability of a screen and manner it is retracted.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Mitsuharu Watanabe
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Patent number: 8925614Abstract: A screen device including first rigid units (24) which constitute an upper slide guide frame portion (15) and second rigid units (17) which constitute a lower slide guide frame portion (16). The upper slide guide frame portion and the lower slide guide frame portion are retractable into the interior of a screen mounting frame (10). Wall portions (18) of the first rigid units are fitted in between the side wall portions of the second rigid units, and the upper slide guide frame portion intersects the lower slide guide frame portion in the interior of the screen mounting frame. Connection of the first rigid units can be released at an arbitrary position in the interior of the screen mounting frame when adjusting the length of the screen device (1), and the upper slide guide frame portion can be taken out from the screen mounting frame, so that an adjustment of the length in the field of installation is facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Mitsuharu Watanabe
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Patent number: 8316912Abstract: In a screen device, a pair of vertical rails 24 arranged on the front and back sides of a screen 8 so as to oppose to each other are connected by connecting members 30 and are fixed between a pair of sliding guide frames 10a and 10b with the intermediary of the screen. The connected vertical rails are integrally slidable in the direction parallel to the direction of sliding movement of a screen mounting frame, so that the screen is restrained from being deflected even when it receives a wind pressure in the closed state when the width in the opening and closing direction is large.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventor: Yasubumi Okachi
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Publication number: 20120247690Abstract: To provide a screen device which allows an easy length adjustment work configured in such a manner that when the size of first rigid units 24 which constitute an upper slide guide frame portion 15 is smaller than the size of second rigid units 17 which constitute a lower slide guide frame portion 16 and the upper slide guide frame portion and the lower slide guide frame portion are retracted in the interior of a screen mounting frame 10, side wall portions 18 of the first rigid units are fitted in between the side wall portions of the second rigid units, the upper slide guide frame portion intersects the lower slide guide frame portion in the interior of the screen mounting frame, connection of the first rigid units can be released at an arbitrary position in the interior of the screen mounting frame when adjusting the length of the screen device 1, and the upper slide guide frame portion can be taken out from the screen mounting frame, so that an adjustment of the length in the field of installation is facilType: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Metaco Inc.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Mitsuharu Watanabe
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Patent number: 8191601Abstract: A weight moving in a height direction interlocking with development and reception of a slide guide frame is provided, and the weight brakes reception of the slide guide frame owing to an increase in potential energy and promotes development of the slide guide frame owing to a decrease in potential energy, whereby an operating force is decreased, a feeling of operating a slide bar is made light, and the slide bar is decreased in sliding speed at the time of closing to achieve an improvement in safety.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Yuichiro Nishioka
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Patent number: 8082969Abstract: A shrinkable and extensible screen is mounted between a pair of screen-mounting frame portions arranged bilaterally to confront each other and at least one being slidably movable. A tension member extending through the screen for supporting it in shrinking and extending directions is routed in the screen-mounting frame portions. The tension member is extracted at the portion close to the central portion from the upper end portion of the slidably movable screen-mounting frame portions, to the outside on the side opposite to the screen mounting side.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventor: Yasubumi Okachi
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Patent number: 7963312Abstract: A screen is made to be able to be changed in a state in which the screen is made to be detachable from a screen attaching frame portion, a first connector is arranged at one end extracted from the screen of screen tension members penetrating the screen at a plurality of portions in a length direction, the one end is connected to a vicinity of a free end of a slide guide frame portion, other end of a jump member extracted to a screen attaching side is arranged with a second connector, the first connector and the second connector are made to be attachable and detachable to and from each other, and the slide guide frame portion is extracted from inside of the screen attaching frame portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Yuichiro Nishioka
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Patent number: 7726377Abstract: A screen device in which a screen is provided in a contractable and expandable manner between a pair of screen installation frames, at least one of which is movable in a sliding manner, and the screen can be opened and closed by pulling it sideways, and which has upper guide frames for guiding the screen installation frames while covering their upper end sections. The screen installation frames have, at their upper end sections, fall-down prevention guide sections. The upper guide frames have, in their insides, guide rail projections which prevent, by holding the fall-down prevention guide sections, the upper end sections of the screen installation frames from coming out of the upper guide frames.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventor: Yasubumi Okachi
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Publication number: 20100096093Abstract: A weight moving in a height direction interlocking with development and reception of a slide guide frame is provided, and the weight brakes reception of the slide guide frame owing to an increase in potential energy and promotes development of the slide guide frame owing to a decrease in potential energy, whereby an operating force is decreased, a feeling of operating a slide bar is made light, and the slide bar is decreased in sliding speed at the time of closing to achieve an improvement in safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2007Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: METACO INC.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Yuichiro Nishioka
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Patent number: 7694711Abstract: There is provided a screen device having a pair of slide guide frames and a slide bar expanding and storing the slide guide frames so that screens can be set up and stored by the movement of the slide bar, wherein a roller pipe having a coil spring mechanism for providing a resilient force integrated therein is arranged between the slide guide frames, pivotally supporting bodies are disposed at both ends of the roller pipe so as to be capable of sliding but not to be capable of rotating with respect to the slide guide frames, one end of two screens are fixed to the roller pipe, and the roller pipe rotates and slides in association with expansion of the slide guide frames or storage thereof into the slide bar in association with the movement of the slide bar to which the other end of one of the screens is fixed, whereby setting up of the screen by withdrawal of the same from the roller pipe and storage of the screen into the roller pipe by winding of the same on the roller pipe are enabled.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2005Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventors: Yasubumi Okachi, Yuichiro Nishioka
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Patent number: 6186212Abstract: A screen is mounted between a pair of screen mounting frames, at least one of which is slidable. One or more sliding guide frames are disposed near an end of the screen which is not mounted to the screen mounting frames. Each sliding guide frame is formed by connecting rigid units, each of which has a pair of sidewalls and a bridging portion, and thereby each sliding guide frame has rigidity and a bending ability. The sliding guide frame also has at least a free end at one end and is capable of being received in and withdrawn from inside one of the screen mounting frames. A stopper mechanism provided for the rigid units preserves straightness of a withdrawn portion of each sliding guide frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1999Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventor: Osamu Tsuchida
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Patent number: 5873401Abstract: A screen apparatus which has a pair of opposed frame portions provided on the top and bottom sides and a pair of opposed frame portions provided on the right and left sides. One pair serves as screen fitting frame portions, fitting and supporting a screen member in between, contractibly and expandable. The other pair of opposed frame portions forms sliding guide frame portions. The pair of sliding guide frame portions are flexible. The sliding guide frame portions have one end secured to one of the screen fitting frame portions and the other end is bent and slides along the other screen fitting frame portion as the screen member is contracted or expanded to maintain a prescribed distance between the pair of opposed screen fitting frame portions.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1996Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Metaco, Inc.Inventor: Osamu Tsuchida
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Patent number: 5351737Abstract: A sliding bar slidable in opening-closing directions of a pleated screen device has therein a plurality of direction changing members each defining an arcuate guide surface. At least one end of wire of a tension system of the device is fixed. The wire may be formed of two cords, for example. These two cords are stretched between a pair of frame members, turned by the guide surface of a plurality of the direction changing members in the sliding bar, cross over each other in the sliding bar, and extend into each of the frame members. A pleated screen is foldable and spreadable between the sliding bar and a frame member opposed to the sliding bar. The pleated screen is supported in the opening-closing directions by the cords.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1992Date of Patent: October 4, 1994Assignee: Metaco Inc.Inventor: Yasuo Hoshiyama