Patents by Inventor Isao Minagawa

Isao Minagawa 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: 4614239
    Abstract: This driller for use in a rice field comprises attaching a vertically moving supporting frame to a guide frame which is connected with a tractor and is raised and lower by a first vertically movable mechanism; connecting a first transfer mechanism mounted on the guide frame with a second transfer mechanism mounted on the supporting frame by means of an expansion and contraction rod; providing a crank driven by the second transfer mechanism as well as a vertically movable vertical rod, on the supporting frame; connecting the crank with the vertical rod by means of a connecting rod; mounting a movable frame, which is biased forwards continuously by a biasing spring and has vertical drilling rods, on horizontal guide rails disposed at the lower end of the vertical rod; and connecting both ends of a swing lever whose middle part is pivotally supported on the front part of the guide frame to the tractor and the supporting frame respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1986
    Inventors: Isao Minagawa, Toshio Minagawa
  • Patent number: 4569400
    Abstract: This driller for use in a rice field comprises attaching vertical rods, with freedom of up and down, to a main frame connected to a tractor; attaching, to the main frame, an up and down mechanism which is driven by a driving source mounted on the tractor to ascend and descend vertical rods; providing guide rails, which were provided horizontally at the lower ends of vertical rods, with supporting frames movable horizontally along the guide rails; interposing a tension spring between the supporting frames and guide rails, the spring which acts to bias the supporting frame forward; and providing the supporting frame with perpendicular drilling rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Fuji Trailer Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Minagawa, Toshio Minagawa