Patents by Inventor Hisasi Kuga

Hisasi Kuga 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).

  • Apparatus and method for supplying articles to a conveyor
    Patent number: 4792033
    Abstract: Articles are supplied to a conveyor by feeding primary articles from a primary supply, seriatim, to a conveyor. The conveyor is driven at a first speed consistent with the supply of primary articles so that primary articles are uniformly spaced on said conveyor. The presence of a predetermined number of supplemental articles in a supplemental supply is detected, and used to increase the speed of the conveyor to produce space on the conveyor sufficient to receive the predetermined number of supplemental articles. The predetermined number of supplemental articles are fed, seriatim, to the conveyor such that the supplemental articles are uniformly spaced on the conveyor with the same spacing that the primary articles on the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignees: Tokyo Automatic Machinery Works, Ltd., Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Iwata, Osamu Tokunaga, Hisasi Kuga, Toshihide Kohata