Patents by Inventor Akio Kaneshiro

Akio Kaneshiro 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: 5559827
    Abstract: A furnace in the invention includes an induction melting furnace housed in an air-tight container which can be pressurized to the desired level of maximum allowable pressure and can be vacuum evacuated to a desired level of pressure; a vacuum melting furnace cover having a vacuum evacuating pipe; and a pressure pouring furnace cover, which has a pressure piping to impress the pouring pressure controlled by a pouring pressure control device onto the inside of the furnace and has a pouring siphon, which has its lower end opened to the bottom part within the induction melting furnace and has its upper end connected to a pouring chamber having a pouring nozzle, penetrated therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignees: Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd., Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Shimada, Kenji Kitanaka, Akio Kaneshiro, Michio Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 5259595
    Abstract: A pressure pouring furnace includes a molten metal chamber containing molten metal within a furnace body, a receiving siphon and a pouring siphon both communicating with each other at the bottom of the molten metal chamber, a furnace cover sealably covering the top of the molten metal chamber, and a pressuring unit connected to the furnace cover. In such a furnace, a plurality of pouring nozzles are arranged above a pouring chamber on top of the pouring siphon a distance apart from each other, and each of the plurality of pouring nozzles is provided with a stopper enabling it to be opened and closed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignees: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Inax Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Nagasaka, Masahiro Isogai, Hideharu Motobayashi, Shizuo Hayashi, Kiyokazu Kawanishi, Akio Kaneshiro