Patents Assigned to Nippon Aluminum Co
  • Patent number: 6508378
    Abstract: The tank type container of the present invention comprises a long, horizontally placed, drum-shaped tank 3 and a parallelopiped container frame 5 surrounding the tank 3. The tank 3 is provided with a charging tube 20 at the top of the longitudinal front end, a discharging tube 21 at the bottom of the longitudinal back end, and, at the outside, an air-supplying apparatus for supplying compressed air into the tank to discharge polycarbonate resin pellets. The tank 3, the charging tube 20, the discharging tube 21 and the air-supplying apparatus are accommodated in a space surrounded by the container frame 5. The container frame 5 is provided with metal fitting members 6 for locking engagable with a locking mechanism possessed by the bed of a trailer. Therefore, the present tank type container is usable as a large-capacity container for land transportation and sea transportation, allowing for improved efficiency in transportation of polycarbonate resin pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignees: Nippon Aluminum Co, Teijin Chemicals Ltd
    Inventors: Kenichi Maeda, Kouhei Ogawa, Akira Kazamoto
  • Patent number: 5322205
    Abstract: A joining method of an aluminum member to a dissimilar metal member excluding copper by brazing or soldering through the use of a brazing filler metal or a solder for aluminum member; in which a plating composed of a metal voluntarily selected from copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, silicon, cadmium, tin and an alloy having major component of two or more kinds of them, is previously applied on a surface of joined portion of the dissimilar metal member, the plated joined portion of the dissimilar metal member is dipped in a molten brazing filler metal or a molten solder and ultrasonic vibration is given to the joined portion to stick the brazing filler metal or the solder to the joined portion, and a brazing or a soldering is carried out thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Nippon Aluminum Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichiro Kato, Masao Kinoshita, Hiroshi Ikami