Patents by Inventor Hironobu Inamasu

Hironobu Inamasu 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: 9552651
    Abstract: A coke oven monitoring system capable of quantitatively monitoring changes in the state of the furnace walls in a coke oven with good accuracy has: an oven width measurement device (6) that measures the oven width; an in-furnace observation device (7) that photographs the oven walls; and a computer (10) that analyzes oven width data measured by the oven width measurement device, and oven wall image data captured by the in-furnace observation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: KANSAI COKE AND CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu Inamasu, Hideo Matsushita, Takashi Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 9133043
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biological treatment method of biologically treating the subject water containing phenol, thiocyanate and the like, which improves the quality of treated water, while suppressing a reduction in treatment efficiency. As a means for achieving the aforementioned object, the present invention relates to a biological treatment method including introducing subject water containing a COD component, wherein the COD component is at least one of phenol and thiocyanate, into a biological treatment tank containing sludge containing bacteria capable of decomposing the COD component to thereby biologically treat the COD component with the bacteria, wherein, before the introduction of the subject water into the biological treatment tank, a step of counting the total number of bacteria contained in the sludge is carried out, so that the amount of the COD component loaded on a single bacterium per unit time can be controlled within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd., Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Matsuoka, Masanori Inukai, Hironobu Inamasu, Tetsuo Yamashita, Akira Akashi
  • Publication number: 20130242081
    Abstract: A coke oven monitoring system capable of quantitatively monitoring changes in the state of the furnace walls in a coke oven with good accuracy has: an oven width measurement device (6) that measures the oven width; an in-furnace observation device (7) that photographs the oven walls; and a computer (10) that analyzes oven width data measured by the oven width measurement device, and oven wall image data captured by the in-furnace observation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: KANSAI COKE AND CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironobu Inamasu, Hideo Matsushita, Takashi Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 8157968
    Abstract: An oven observing equipment capable of observing the inside of an oven turned to a high temperature precisely includes: a housing 13 having an intake part for cooling air, and a discharging part for discharging the cooling air after being used for cooling; and an imaging device 20 contained in this housing 13 near the discharge part. This imaging device 20 is composed of integrated combination of an image sensor 16; plate-like thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d arranged in a state that their heat-absorbing faces surround the periphery of a body of the image sensor; thermoconductive blocks 17a to 17d embedded in the gaps between the image sensor body and the thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d; and cooling fins 19a to 19d formed on the heat-radiating faces of the thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d are integrated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Sato, Hironobu Inamasu, Kiyoshi Nakata, Keiji Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20120061316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biological treatment method of biologically treating the subject water containing phenol, thiocyanate and the like, which improves the quality of treated water, while suppressing a reduction in treatment efficiency. As a means for achieving the aforementioned object, the present invention relates to a biological treatment method including introducing subject water containing a COD component, wherein the COD component is at least one of phenol and thiocyanate, into a biological treatment tank containing sludge containing bacteria capable of decomposing the COD component to thereby biologically treat the COD component with the bacteria, wherein, before the introduction of the subject water into the biological treatment tank, a step of counting the total number of bacteria contained in the sludge is carried out, so that the amount of the COD component loaded on a single bacterium per unit time can be controlled within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD., KANSAI COKE AND CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Matsuoka, Masanori Inukai, Hironobu Inamasu, Tetsuo Yamashita, Akira Akashi
  • Patent number: 7630090
    Abstract: An oven width measuring instrument capable of measuring the oven width continuously while being subject to no restrictions of measurement area or measuring time has: a sensor unit SU composed of an integrated combination of laser displacement sensors 16 and 17 each containing a beam emitting element and a beam receiving element in an outer package, a plurality of plate-like Peltier elements 20a-20d surrounding the outer package and arranged so as to direct their heat absorbing faces toward the outer package, an aluminum inner frame 18 for embedding gaps between the outer package and the heat absorbing faces of the Peltier elements, and cooling fin groups 21a-21d arranged on the heat radiating faces of the Peltier elements; and a housing 13 having an introduction part for introducing cooling air, a discharging part for discharging the cooling air used for cooling, and measurement windows 26 and 28 through which laser beams are passed. The sensor unit SU is accommodated in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Inamasu, Nobuki Takayama, Manabu Sato, Hirofumi Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7547377
    Abstract: A coke-oven repairing apparatus comprising: a traveling carriage 3 which travels in the direction of coke oven battery with the carriage straddled on the rails placed on the top of a coke oven; a traversing carriage 4 provided on said traveling carriage 3, which moves in the direction orthogonal to the direction of coke oven battery; and a working device 5 for making repairs on the oven walls within the coke oven which is mounted on said traversing carriage 4, wherein the working device 5 includes: a guide post 31 which stands on the traversing carriage 4, and is also coupled, at its lower end portion, to a supporting portion provided on the traversing carriage through a pivot shaft 42; a lance 32 which ascends or descends along the guide post 31; and a derricking device 45 which tilts the guide post 31 between a forward-tilted posture and a backward-tilted posture using the pivot shaft 42 as the fulcrum to oscillate the lance 32 inserted in a coke-oven carbonizing chamber through a charging-hole, within
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd., The
    Inventors: Hironobu Inamasu, Nobuki Takayama, Shunji Horinouchi, Hirofumi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20090134005
    Abstract: An oven observing equipment capable of observing the inside of an oven turned to a high temperature precisely includes: a housing 13 having an intake part for cooling air, and a discharging part for discharging the cooling air after being used for cooling; and an imaging device 20 contained in this housing 13 near the discharge part. This imaging device 20 is composed of integrated combination of an image sensor 16; plate-like thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d arranged in a state that their heat-absorbing faces surround the periphery of a body of the image sensor; thermoconductive blocks 17a to 17d embedded in the gaps between the image sensor body and the thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d; and cooling fins 19a to 19d formed on the heat-radiating faces of the thermoelectric cooling elements 18a to 18d are integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: KANSAI COKE AND CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SHI MECHANICAL & EQUIPMENT INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Sato, Hironobu Inamasu, Kiyoshi Nakata, Keiji Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20090103101
    Abstract: An oven width measuring instrument capable of measuring the oven width continuously while being subject to no restrictions of measurement area or measuring time has: a sensor unit SU composed of an integrated combination of laser displacement sensors 16 and 17 each containing a beam emitting element and a beam receiving element in an outer package, a plurality of plate-like Peltier elements 20a-20d surrounding the outer package and arranged so as to direct their heat absorbing faces toward the outer package, an aluminum inner frame 18 for embedding gaps between the outer package and the heat absorbing faces of the Peltier elements, and cooling fin groups 21a-21d arranged on the heat radiating faces of the Peltier elements; and a housing 13 having an introduction part for introducing cooling air, a discharging part for discharging the cooling air used for cooling, and measurement windows 26 and 28 through which laser beams are passed. The sensor unit SU is accommodated in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Hironobu Inamasu, Nobuki Takayama, Manabu Sato, Hirofumi Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20070102278
    Abstract: A coke-oven repairing apparatus comprising: a traveling carriage 3 which travels in the direction of coke oven battery with the carriage straddled on the rails placed on the top of a coke oven; a traversing carriage4 provided on said traveling carriage 3, which moves in the direction orthogonal to the direction of coke oven battery; and a working device 5 for making repairs on the oven walls within the coke oven which is mounted on said traversing carriage 4, wherein the working device 5 includes: a guide post 31 which stands on the traversing carriage 4, and is also coupled, at its lower end portion, to a supporting portion provided on the traversing carriage through a pivot shaft 42; a lance 32 which ascends or descends along the guide post 31; and a derricking device 45 which tilts the guide post 31 between a forward-tilted posture and a backward-tilted posture using the pivot shaft 42 as the fulcrum to oscillate the lance 32 inserted in a coke-oven carbonizing chamber through a charging-hole, within the
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Hironobu Inamasu, Nobuki Takayama, Shunji Horinouchi, Hirofumi Yamashita