Patents by Inventor Hajime Amakata

Hajime Amakata 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: 4102772
    Abstract: In a horizontal-type electroplating apparatus which includes a tank containing an electroplating bath for electroplating onto a single surface of running metal strip, the tank including anodes therein which have a width substantially equal to the width of the strip which passes through the tank, the apparatus also including an electric insulator sheet positioned in contacting relation to the upper surface of the strip which is opposite to the lower surface facing the anodes, the improvement wherein a nozzle for supplying the electroplating solution to the bath in the tank is provided at the bottom of the tank and is oriented to discharge the solution towards the lower surface of the running strip; wherein gas-jet nozzles are positioned to discharge gas towards the zones of the upper surface of the strip which are not contacted by the integral insulator sheet; and wherein an overflow device is provided along the side of the tank to control the level of the plating solution substantially equal to the level of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakamura, Tetsuaki Tsuda, Hajime Amakata