Patents by Inventor Hideaki SUEMORI

Hideaki SUEMORI 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: 11162177
    Abstract: To prevent over-pickling during pickling pause, shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, and heat acid solution efficiently, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation device configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the circulation tank; a control device configured to withdraw the steel strip from the acid solution; and a guide plate disposed in the pickling tank and configured to guide the acid solution circulated in the pickling tank by the acid-solution circulation device to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Nakatsuka, Kosei Tsuji, Hideaki Suemori, Koichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10711353
    Abstract: To prevent over-pickling of a steel strip during pickling pause, and shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation unit configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the acid-solution storage tank; and a control device configured to control the acid-solution circulation device to maintain a liquid level of the acid solution in the pickling tank at a level below a traveling height of the steel strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Nakatsuka, Kosei Tsuji, Hideaki Suemori, Koichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20180312982
    Abstract: To prevent over-pickling of a steel strip during pickling pause, and shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation unit configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the acid-solution storage tank; and a control device configured to control the acid-solution circulation device to maintain a liquid level of the acid solution in the pickling tank at a level below a traveling height of the steel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryusuke NAKATSUKA, Kosei TSUJI, Hideaki SUEMORI, Koichi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180258541
    Abstract: To prevent over-pickling during pickling pause, shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, and heat acid solution efficiently, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation device configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the circulation tank; a control device configured to withdraw the steel strip from the acid solution; and a guide plate disposed in the pickling tank and configured to guide the acid solution circulated in the pickling tank by the acid-solution circulation device to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryusuke NAKATSUKA, Kosei TSUJI, Hideaki SUEMORI, Koichi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9896755
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a duct of which one end interconnects to a wiping nozzle (22, 23) and the other end is open; a first valve (17) that controls the actual gas pressure (P1?) of the wiping nozzle (22, 23); a second valve (18) that controls the gas flow rate (Q2) dissipating to outside the system from another branched duct; a wiping pressure setting unit (11) that sets the set gas pressure (P1) of the wiping nozzle (22, 23); a first valve aperture setter (13) that sets the valve aperture of the first valve (17); a second valve aperture setter (14) that sets the valve aperture of the second valve (18); and a computation processing unit (12) that presents to the first valve aperture setter (13) the valve aperture at which the gas pressure (P1?) matches a set gas pressure (P1), and presents to the second valve aperture setter (14) the valve aperture at which the total gas flow rate (QT) supplied from a gas supply device (15) becomes uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD., NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Suemori, Masayoshi Tanaka, Norikatsu Kakemizu, Takashi Yamamoto, Hisao Morishita, Ryuuichi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20160355919
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a duct of which one end interconnects to a wiping nozzle (22, 23) and the other end is open; a first valve (17) that controls the actual gas pressure (P1?) of the wiping nozzle (22, 23); a second valve (18) that controls the gas flow rate (Q2) dissipating to outside the system from another branched duct; a wiping pressure setting unit (11) that sets the set gas pressure (P1) of the wiping nozzle (22, 23); a first valve aperture setter (13) that sets the valve aperture of the first valve (17); a second valve aperture setter (14) that sets the valve aperture of the second valve (18); and a computation processing unit (12) that presents to the first valve aperture setter (13) the valve aperture at which the gas pressure (P1?) matches a set gas pressure (P1), and presents to the second valve aperture setter (14) the valve aperture at which the total gas flow rate (QT) supplied from a gas supply device (15) becomes uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicants: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD., NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki SUEMORI, Masayoshi TANAKA, Norikatsu KAKEMIZU, Takashi YAMAMOTO, Hisao MORISHITA, Ryuuichi YAMASHITA