Patents Assigned to SHIBATA CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 11794152
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is, in a bubble generating device provided with a bubble generating unit for generating minute bubbles in water flowing through the inside of the cylindrical main body unit, to improve the bubble generating efficiency of the bubble generating unit. Provided is a bubble generating device provided with a cylindrical main body unit and a bubble generating unit disposed within the main body, wherein: the bubble generating unit is provided with slits extending radially centered on one point within the main body unit in a cross-sectional plane of the main body unit, and a column part protruding from the inner peripheral surface of main body unit and formed on the peripheral edge of the slits; and the amount of protrusion of the column part is gradually reduced toward the upstream side from the peripheral edges of the slits, and the column part has a recessed part formed on the downstream surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHIBATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Shibata, Kouji Hanamura, Yoshitaka Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11077411
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is, in a bubble generating device provided with a bubble generating unit for generating minute bubbles in water flowing through the inside of the cylindrical main body unit, to improve the bubble generating efficiency of the bubble generating unit. Provided is a bubble generating device provided with a cylindrical main body unit and a bubble generating unit disposed within the main body, wherein: the bubble generating unit is provided with slits extending radially centered on one point within the main body unit in a cross-sectional plane of the main body unit, and a column part protruding from the inner peripheral surface of main body unit and formed on the peripheral edge of the slits; and the amount of protrusion of the column part is gradually reduced toward the upstream side from the peripheral edges of the slits, and the column part has a recessed part formed on the downstream surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHIBATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Shibata, Kouji Hanamura, Yoshitaka Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9370784
    Abstract: Provided is a bubble generating mechanism that does not use a complicated air mixing mechanism and generates micro-bubbles in a sufficient quantity. A flow path (2) that connects an inflow opening (2n) that opens on an inflow end and an outflow opening (2x) that opens on an outflow end is formed in a state passing completely through a member main body (6), and a constricted part (2c) the flow-through cross-sectional area of which is smaller than the inflow opening (2n) is formed in a position within that flow path (2). Colliding parts (3) that further reduce the cross-sectional area of the flow path in the constricted part (2c) are disposed in the constricted part (2c) in a state that divides the axial plane of the flow path (2) into three or more segment areas (2e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Shibata Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroo Katou, Yoshiki Shibata
  • Publication number: 20140151470
    Abstract: Provided is a bubble generating mechanism that does not use a complicated air mixing mechanism and generates micro-bubbles in a sufficient quantity. A flow path (2) that connects an inflow opening (2n) that opens on an inflow end and an outflow opening (2x) that opens on an outflow end is formed in a state passing completely through a member main body (6), and a constricted part (2c) the flow-through cross-sectional area of which is smaller than the inflow opening (2n) is formed in a position within that flow path (2). Colliding parts (3) that further reduce the cross-sectional area of the flow path in the constricted part (2c) are disposed in the constricted part (2c) in a state that divides the axial plane of the flow path (2) into three or more segment areas (2e).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SHIBATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroo Katou, Yoshiki Shibata