Patents by Inventor Isao Sawamura

Isao Sawamura 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: 11499947
    Abstract: A sample introduction device 10 includes a tube holding section 21 and a sample removing mechanism 40. The sample removing mechanism 40 removes a sample 6 in a sample tube 2 held by the tube holding section 21. Thus, in the sample introduction device 10, the sample 6 in the sample tube 2 held by the tube holding section 21 can be automatically removed. As a result, the operator no longer needs to perform an operation of taking out the sample 6 from the sample tube 2. Thus, a work load on the operator can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Sawamura, Akira Aono
  • Publication number: 20210333246
    Abstract: A sample introduction device 10 includes a tube holding section 21 and a sample removing mechanism 40. The sample removing mechanism 40 removes a sample 6 in a sample tube 2 held by the tube holding section 21. Thus, in the sample introduction device 10, the sample 6 in the sample tube 2 held by the tube holding section 21 can be automatically removed. As a result, the operator no longer needs to perform an operation of taking out the sample 6 from the sample tube 2. Thus, a work load on the operator can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao SAWAMURA, Akira AONO
  • Patent number: 10955389
    Abstract: A sample introduction device 100 includes a heating unit 102, an ultraviolet irradiation unit 103, and a sample supply part 106. The heating unit 102 vaporizes a sample 22 by heating externally a container 2 in which the sample 22 is enclosed. The ultraviolet irradiation unit 103 causes ultraviolet rays to pass through the container 2 and irradiates the sample 22 with the ultraviolet rays. The sample supply part 106 supplies the sample vaporized in the container 2 to a gas chromatograph 1 side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Aono, Isao Sawamura
  • Patent number: 10852218
    Abstract: A sample introduction device includes a tube holding unit 10, a tube heating unit 20, and a movement mechanism 30. The tube holding unit 10 holds a sample tube 1. The tube heating unit 20 comes into contact with the sample tube 1 held in the tube holding unit 10 and heats the sample tube 1 to desorb sample components in the sample tube 1. The tube holding unit 10 and the tube heating unit 20 are attached to the movement mechanism 30 so as to be able to move separately. The movement mechanism 30 includes a nut 32 which can be attached to and detached from the tube holding unit 10 and the tube heating unit 20, and a support shaft 31 which supports the nut 32 such that the nut 32 can move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Aono, Isao Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20190041367
    Abstract: A sample introduction device 100 includes a heating unit 102, an ultraviolet irradiation unit 103, and a sample supply part 106. The heating unit 102 vaporizes a sample 22 by heating externally a container 2 in which the sample 22 is enclosed. The ultraviolet irradiation unit 103 causes ultraviolet rays to pass through the container 2 and irradiates the sample 22 with the ultraviolet rays. The sample supply part 106 supplies the sample vaporized in the container 2 to a gas chromatograph 1 side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira AONO, Isao SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180356316
    Abstract: A sample introduction device includes a tube holding unit 10, a tube heating unit 20, and a movement mechanism 30. The tube holding unit 10 holds a sample tube 1. The tube heating unit 20 comes into contact with the sample tube 1 held in the tube holding unit 10 and heats the sample tube 1 to desorb sample components in the sample tube 1. The tube holding unit 10 and the tube heating unit 20 are attached to the movement mechanism 30 so as to be able to move separately. The movement mechanism 30 includes a nut 32 which can be attached to and detached from the tube holding unit 10 and the tube heating unit 20, and a support shaft 31 which supports the nut 32 such that the nut 32 can move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira AONO, Isao SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20030220809
    Abstract: The present invention aims to enable a user who utilizes machine tool equipment to easily acquire necessary information from a supplier in real time and to enable the supplier to acquire necessary information from the user. This invention is a manufacturing information control method using a manufacturing plant's computer, which is installed at a site of a manufacturing plant equipped with machine tool equipment, and a supplier's computer, which is installed at a site of a supplier that supplies the machine tool equipment, wherein these computers are connected to each other via a network to enable communication therebetween. The manufacturing information control method comprises the steps of: acquiring specified identification information stored on a recording medium mounted on the machine tool equipment; acquiring specified service information by accessing the supplier's computer on the basis of the specified identification information; and presenting the specified service information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Komine, Hidehito Nakajima, Isao Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20020045964
    Abstract: A manufacturing information providing system is provided. The system makes it possible to efficiently plan manufacturing information to improve manufacturing achievements. The system enables a manufacturing plant to manufacture a desired high-level product in a short time even if the plant has no know-how to manufacture it. Manufacturing information is obtained by planning and/or preparing a manufacturing machine, a manufacturing process, arrangements or the like necessary for the business of a user 1 engaged in manufacturing products. The obtained information is packaged and provided to the user through a communication medium 6, such as electronic mail or a home page on the Internet, or a portable storage medium 7, such as an FD, a CD, an MO or a DVD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Hidehito Nakajima, Isao Sawamura, Yoshiteru Irie