Patents by Inventor Hirosi Kaita

Hirosi Kaita 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).

  • Rivet supplying apparatus
    Patent number: 4643344
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a blind rivet to a riveting device includes a rivet supplying conduit through which the rivet is supplied, a guide member to which a nose of the riveting device is moved from the workpiece, a rivet holder element for receiving the rivet, and a piston-cylinder unit for transporting the rivet holder element. The piston-cylinder unit operates to transport the rivet holder element from a position in which the rivet from the supplying conduit is received in the holder element to a position in which the nose of the riveting device approaches the holder element and holds a mandrel of the rivet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirosi Kaita, Tsuyoshi Kojima, Motoji Kawai