Patents by Inventor Ikuo Tachibana

Ikuo Tachibana 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: 6546987
    Abstract: A method for sealing sheets, the method comprising the steps of passing the sheets through a space between an opposing roller and a first seal roller that is opposingly provided to the opposing roller to seal the sheets and passing the sheets through a space between the opposing roller and a second seal roller that is opposingly provided to the opposing roller to seal the sheets. A heat sealing apparatus comprising a plurality of seal rollers having a plurality of seal blades and an opposing roller oppposingly provided to the plurality of sea rollers, wherein sheets are passed through spaces between the plurality of seal rollers and the opposing roller to be sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Zuiko Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuo Tachibana, Kiyofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20020103468
    Abstract: A rotation device includes: an endless guide; and a plurality of moving sections that move while being guided by the guide, wherein an interval between the moving sections can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Masaki Nakakado, Yuzo Ichiura, Satoshi Tanaka, Ikuo Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20020046802
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a disposable worn article of the present invention includes: a first step of applying an adhesive on at least one of a first web and a second web; a second step of sandwiching an elastic member between the first and second webs and combining the first and second webs and the elastic member together, thereby producing a combined web; and a third step of melting a portion of at least one of the first and second webs and a portion of the elastic member, thereby reducing a shrinking force of the elastic member in the melted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Ikuo Tachibana, Kiyofumi Inoue, Yuzo Ichiura, Yoshinari Tanaka, Masaki Nakakado, Satoshi Tanaka