Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Muta

Hirokazu Muta 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).

  • Grafted seedling producing apparatus
    Patent number: 7430971
    Abstract: The present invention is a grafted seedling producing apparatus 10 capable of rotating seedlings W in an alignment direction even if they are those having large leaves and thereafter halting the rotation to align them, or the apparatus 10 having loading portions 1, 2 which are provided with a seedling carry-in mechanism 11 for sequentially transporting a tray 7 of a large number of arranged seedlings W, a grip hand 12 for individually gripping stems of seedlings on the seedling carry-in mechanism 11, a cutter mechanism 23 for individually cutting the stems of seedlings gripped by the grip hand 12, an alignment guide 14 for aligning seedlings to be transported by the grip hand 12, a roller 17 for rotating the seedlings W to an alignment direction at the side of the seedling carry-in mechanism 11 from the alignment guide 14, and a transport mechanism 13 for moving the grip hand 12 to the alignment guide side; a retaining mechanism 15 provided with to a main alignment member 16 which regulates a direction to whi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Iseki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Kobayashi, Kenta Shigematsu, Takahiro Ohkoshi, Hirokazu Muta
  • GRAFTED SEEDLING PRODUCING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070283862
    Abstract: The present invention is a grafted seedling producing apparatus 10 capable of rotating seedlings W in an alignment direction even if they are those having large leaves and thereafter halting the rotation to align them, or the apparatus 10 having loading portions 1, 2 which are provided with a seedling carry-in mechanism 11 for sequentially transporting a tray 7 of a large number of arranged seedlings W, a grip hand 12 for individually gripping stems of seedlings on the seedling carry-in mechanism 11, a cutter mechanism 23 for individually cutting the stems of seedlings gripped by the grip hand 12, an alignment guide 14 for aligning seedlings to be transported by the grip hand 12, a roller 17 for rotating the seedlings W to an alignment direction at the side of the seedling carry-in mechanism 11 from the alignment guide 14, and a transport mechanism 13 for moving the grip hand 12 to the alignment guide side; a retaining mechanism 15 provided with to a main alignment member 16 which regulates a direction to whi
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: ISEKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken KOBAYASHI, Kenta SHIGEMATSU, Takahiro OHKOSHI, Hirokazu MUTA