Patents by Inventor Akihiro Nagura

Akihiro Nagura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7371151
    Abstract: A lens stocking apparatus capable of stocking a plurality of lenses, which has a first stage, on which a plurality of trays respectively accommodating lenses are mountable, for transferring a tray, a vertically movable second stage, on which a plurality of trays respectively accommodating lenses are mountable by being vertically stacked, for receiving a tray, a tray movement unit that has a holding portion, which is adapted to hold a tray, and that is configured to move a tray from the first stage to the second stage, and a guide unit adapted to guide a position of at least a topmost one of trays mounted on the second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Shibata, Akihiro Nagura
  • Publication number: 20080053887
    Abstract: A grinding water treating apparatus for separating a processing refuse from grinding water used for processing a periphery of an eyeglass lens, the grinding water being introduced from an eyeglass lens processing apparatus, the grinding water treating apparatus includes: a centrifugal separator that includes a dewatering tank having a bottom surface and a side surface and a drive source for rotating the dewatering tank, and springs out the grinding water to an upper portion of the dewatering tank by rotating the dewatering tank; and a drain pipe that introduces the grinding water from an upper portion of the dewatering tank. The centrifugal separator includes a filter arranged at the upper portion of the dewatering tank and having an opening inserted with the drain pipe for filtering the grinding water separated from the processing refuse by a centrifugal force generated due to rotation of the dewatering tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoshi TANAKA, Akihiro NAGURA, Kenichi INAISHI
  • Publication number: 20070141950
    Abstract: A lens stocking apparatus capable of stocking a plurality of lenses, which has a first stage, on which a plurality of trays respectively accommodating lenses are mountable, for transferring a tray, a vertically movable second stage, on which a plurality of trays respectively accommodating lenses are mountable by being vertically stacked, for receiving a tray, a tray movement unit that has a holding portion, which is adapted to hold a tray, and that is configured to move a tray from the first stage to the second stage, and a guide unit adapted to guide a position of at least a topmost one of trays mounted on the second stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Ryoji Shibata, Akihiro Nagura
  • Publication number: 20070000821
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a bill handling machine in which a machine main body is made compact by moving a plate as occasion demands so as to adjust a space facing to a money input and output port, and a temporary storage portion temporarily storing a bill in a money input account is arranged near a first accommodating portion for the input bill sectionalized by the plate, in the bill handling machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventor: Akihiro Nagura