Patents by Inventor Akihito Nagano

Akihito Nagano 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: 6952888
    Abstract: A dryer vacuum box suppresses occurrence of sticking at an exit portion of a dryer roll in a dryer part of a paper machine to prevent paper break in the dryer part of the paper machine upon high speed paper making. The dryer vacuum box is provided for applying a vacuum suction force generated by a vacuum source through a canvas to a paper web. A first vacuum box has an opening faced with a surrounding area of a peeling point on the canvas, where the canvas is separated from the circumferential surface of the dryer roll, and the opening is covered by the surrounding area of the canvas so that an enclosed space is defined within the first vacuum box. The first vacuum box is connected with the vacuum source so that the a degree of vacuum in the first vacuum box is set to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Nagano, Takashi Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20030230002
    Abstract: The invention provides a dryer vacuum box which suppresses occurrence of sticking at an exit portion of a dryer roll in a dryer part of a paper machine to prevent paper break in the dryer part of the paper machine upon high-speed paper making. The dryer vacuum box is provided for applying vacuum suction force generated by a vacuum source through a canvas to a paper web and comprises a first vacuum box having an opening faced with surrounding area of a peeling point on the canvas, where the canvas is separated from the circumferential surface of the dryer roll, and the opening is covered by the surrounding area of the canvas so that an enclosed space is defined within the first vacuum box. The first vacuum box is connected with the vacuum source so that a degree of vacuum in the first vacuum box is to be set to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Akihito Nagano, Takashi Nagaoka