Patents Assigned to Yoko Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5601337
    Abstract: The present device relates to a chair in which a base member is fitted onto an upper portion of a leg comprising a plurality of castors in contact with a floor together with support members for these castors, and a seat portion and a back rest are provided on an upper portion of a support plate that is capable of reclining with respect to the base member. This chair is also provided with a cam-shaped link capable of rotating about the periphery of a pin provided in the base member, an upper portion of the link protrudes towards the support plate side, and a corresponding elastic member that is compressed by the rotation of the link is provided in a bottom portion of the base member. A shaft portion in contact with the link, and which causes the link to change profile in response to the reclining action, is provided within the support plate. This configuration provides a chair that is inexpensive and can naturally adopt either a serious working position or a relaxed reclining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignees: Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd., Meiko Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Choda, Hideo Nishimura, Atsuo Okamoto, Shigeo Negishi
  • Patent number: 5579945
    Abstract: A container comprising a combination of a flexible inner container and a hard outer housing for holding the inner container therein is disclosed. The flexible inner container comprises a cylindrical mouth for dispensing contents of the container. The cylindrical mouth comprises a passage for pouring the content and engagement grooves provided on both sides of the outer periphery of the mouth with respect to the passage. The hard outer housing comprises four side walls one of which has a large opening, an upper wall having a pair of guide portions sandwiching a guide notch which is opened to the large opening of the outer housing and extends to approximately the center of the outer housing, and a supporting member for supporting the container which projects in the outward direction of the flexible inner container and which is connected to the ends of the guide portions in the side of the large opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Ichikawa, Tomio Tahara
  • Patent number: 5513898
    Abstract: Mounts are provided on the inside surface of the left and the right sides of a seat cover on the underside of a chair, and positioning pins with heads and fastening members are provided on the upper surfaces of the bases of armrests. Each mount includes keyholed-shaped positioning holes respectively having holes for insertion of the heads of the positioning pins and slits of a width suitable for slidably receiving the rods of the positioning pins. Each mount also includes a support hole for the fastening member to be engaged in. When the positioning pins are located at the rear ends of the slits of the positioning holes, the armrest is fixed to the mount through the support hole by the fastening member. Thus the armrests are removably assembled with the chair body. The seat cover has upper and lower protrusions which contact the mount and the base of the armrest, respectively. The mount is bent so that its outboard and inboard portions are inclined relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanai, Hideo Nishimura, Atsuo Okamoto, Mitsunobu Choda
  • Patent number: 5474212
    Abstract: The liquid-pumping container according to this invention comprises: a container consisting of a flexible bag for containing a liquid substance and an outlet block positioned at the top of the bag and provided with an outlet hole for outlet of the liquid substance, a cover block mounting portion, and a box fixing portion; a cover block which is liquid-tightly mounted on the cover block mounting portion of the outlet block; a pump mechanism provided on the cover block for pumping out the liquid substance from the bag; and a box consisting of a pair of box components which are connected to each other through hinge sections for containing the bag by fixing the outlet block on a support block of the box when the box components are closed. The liquid-pumping container has a structure which simplifies the replacement procedure of the bag containing the liquid substance and reduces the cost of manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignees: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd., Kamaya Kagaku Kogyo/Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Ichikawa, Tomio Tahara
  • Patent number: 5454483
    Abstract: A holder for containing an inner flexible container comprising side walls 15, a bottom wall 16 and a top wall 17 is disclosed. The side walls 15 comprises; a first side wall having a handle 18 projecting in an outer direction, a second side wall having an open window 19 provided in a lower position thereof, a third side wall which is opposite to the second side wall and the upper portion of which has an opening 20 opened to the top end thereof. The top wall 17 has a guide notch which is opened in the opening 20 above the third side wall. The flexible inner container is inserted into the holder in an inclined state through the upper opening 20 of the third side and then is stood in an erect posture, interfitting the mouth of the flexible container into the guide notch of the top wall 17. The contents is dispensed through the mouth by using a torque lowering the side wall which is positioned opposite to the ear 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignees: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd., Kamaya Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Ichikawa, Tomio Tahara
  • Patent number: 5368364
    Abstract: A chair with freely attachable and removable armrests comprises a basic chair unit wherein a leg and a back rest portion attached to a frame on a lower surface of a seat portion, the two ends of the lower surface in the lateral direction of the seat portion being provided with armrest attachment portions. An attachment end portion provided at the lower end of each armrest comprises a positioning protrusion portion that can be inserted into a positioning hole provided in an internal portion of one of the armrest attachment portions. An attachment base portion (spacer) is positioned and held in close contact with guide surfaces along a guide portion of the armrest attachment portion, and a removal-prevention element in the armrest attachment portion is provided for preventing the removal of the attachment end portion. Thus, armrests can be removed from the basic chair unit by a simple operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kanai
  • Patent number: 5011414
    Abstract: A large number of keys arranged in a matrix are provided on the keyboard (KB) of a host computer. Of these keys, keys (K10, . . . , K15, . . . ), located at positions corresponding to Learning terminals in a classroom, are assigned to the respective learning terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignees: Yoshiki Industrial Co., Ltd, Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yoshizawa, Hiroichi Kawaguchi, Kazunari Seto
  • Patent number: 5007528
    Abstract: A belt conveyor supporting arrangement includes three main components for preventing the belt from being damaged. The first component is a backing bed apparatus comprising a smooth slidable top plate having plural air flow channels at the surface thereof which is supported by a cushion plate. The second component is a skirt plate device for shutting the opening between the surface of the belt and the chute with little contact friction. The third component is a bending tension return-roller apparatus M3 comprising a pair of rollers inclined like the symbol [ ] and having a device for adjusting the angles thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nagahama Hideharu