Patents by Inventor Fumitoshi IKEMOTO

Fumitoshi IKEMOTO 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).

  • Veneer sheet conveying apparatus and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11285634
    Abstract: When a veneer conveyed out by a discharging conveyor is a product veneer, a sorting apparatus is rotationally driven to pierce the product veneer with needle-like bodies by a guide member and a push-up member (a rolling bearing). When the veneer conveyed out by the discharging conveyor is a trash veneer, the sorting apparatus is rotationally driven so that the trash veneer is not pierced by the needle-like body. With this configuration, the progress of the abrasion of the needle-like bodies can be delayed as compared with the configuration in which the product veneer and the trash veneer are both pierced by the needle-like body. As a result, the time to replace the needle-like bodies can be extended, whereby the running cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MEINAN MACHINERY WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Ikemoto, Hidetaka Yamada
  • VENEER SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210237307
    Abstract: When a veneer conveyed out by a discharging conveyor is a product veneer, a sorting apparatus is rotationally driven to pierce the product veneer with needle-like bodies by a guide member and a push-up member (a rolling bearing). When the veneer conveyed out by the discharging conveyor is a trash veneer, the sorting apparatus is rotationally driven so that the trash veneer is not pierced by the needle-like body. With this configuration, the progress of the abrasion of the needle-like bodies can be delayed as compared with the configuration in which the product veneer and the trash veneer are both pierced by the needle-like body. As a result, the time to replace the needle-like bodies can be extended, whereby the running cost can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Fumitoshi IKEMOTO, Hidetaka YAMADA