Patents by Inventor Hideo Muranaka

Hideo Muranaka 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).

  • Filling channel opening and closing device for liquid product filling apparatus
    Patent number: 8740175
    Abstract: A filling channel opening and closing device, which is used in a liquid product filling apparatus, including an opening and closing control unit that includes a flexible tube and a chamber enclosing the flexible tube in a gastight manner, a gas supply and exhaust device that collapses and restores the flexible tube by supplying pressurized gas into the chamber and exhausting the gas from the chamber, and a control device that controls the timing of supply and exhaust of the gas of the gas supply and exhaust device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawamura, Namiyoshi Tanaka, Hideo Muranaka
  • Filling Channel Opening and Closing Device for Liquid Product Filling Apparatus
    Publication number: 20110186757
    Abstract: A filling channel opening and closing device, which is used in a liquid product filling apparatus, including an opening and closing control unit that includes a flexible tube and a chamber enclosing the flexible tube in a gastight manner, a gas supply and exhaust means that collapses and restores the flexible tube by supplying pressurized gas into the chamber and exhausting the gas from the chamber, and a control means that controls the timing of supply and exhaust of the gas of the gas supply and exhaust means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawamura, Namiyoshi Tanaka, Hideo Muranaka