Patents by Inventor Chizuyo Matsumoto

Chizuyo Matsumoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20170100007
    Abstract: Self-travelling vacuum cleaner (10) has body (20) having suction port (101), drive unit (30), and an electric fan. Since suction port (101) is disposed in a maximum width part of body (20) closer than drive unit (30), self-travelling vacuum cleaner (10) can suck a trash on a corner in a target region to be cleaned easily and can move from the corner to another area quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Chizuyo MATSUMOTO, Tatsuo KIKKAWA, Masakazu ONDA, Toshifumi MIYAHARA
  • Patent number: 7712183
    Abstract: An electric vacuum cleaner (1) of the invention is adapted for wipe off cleaning using a sheet wound about a rotary brush (25) incorporated in a suction device (10). In order to wind a sheet (50) around a periphery of the rotary brush (25), a brush motor (44) rotates the rotary brush (25) in a predetermined direction at a predetermined rotational speed. At the same time, suction force of an electric blower fan (42) is set to the lowest level. This achieves the following advantage in a case where a wet sheet is used as the sheet (50). During sheet winding, water and alcohol released from the wet sheet (50) can be prevented from being scattered on a surface (100) to be cleaned. Further, the released water and alcohol do not adversely affect the electric blower fan (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Nakai, Sadaki Kodera, Akihiro Fukumoto, Chizuyo Matsumoto, Akihiro Morita, Hirotaka Shikano, Hideya Tsuchida, Yoshiaki Matsumoto, Eiji Mukumoto, Shigeki Inui
  • Publication number: 20080201897
    Abstract: An electric vacuum cleaner (1) of the invention is adapted for wipe off cleaning using a sheet wound about a rotary brush (25) incorporated in a suction device (10). In order to wind a sheet (50) around a periphery of the rotary brush (25), a brush motor (44) rotates the rotary brush (25) in a predetermined direction at a predetermined rotational speed. At the same time, suction force of an electric blower fan (42) is set to the lowest level. This achieves the following advantage in a case where a wet sheet is used as the sheet (50). During sheet winding, water and alcohol released from the wet sheet (50) can be prevented from being scattered on a surface (100) to be cleaned. Further, the released water and alcohol do not adversely affect the electric blower fan (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Nakai, Sadaki Kodera, Akihiro Fukumoto, Chizuyo Matsumoto, Akihiro Morita, Hirotaka Shikano, Hideya Tsuchida, Yoshiaki Matsumoto, Eiji Mukumoto, Shigeki Inui
  • Patent number: D680699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kensaku Okabe, Masakazu Umeda, Kiyoaki Konno, Chizuyo Matsumoto