Patents by Inventor Katsuro Okabe

Katsuro Okabe 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).

  • Automatic sizing cutting device
    Patent number: 10828794
    Abstract: An automatic sizing cutting device includes a conveyance unit, a measuring device, a rotary cutter arranged downstream of the conveyance unit so as to oppose a band-shaped member and having a cutting blade on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a die roller which is arranged on a side of the band-shaped member opposite to the rotary cutter and which rotates in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the rotary cutter; and an elastic member which urges the die roller toward the rotary cutter. The rotary cutter is controlled to rotate in accordance with a conveyed length of the band-shaped member measured by the measuring device, and is controlled such that circumferential speeds of the rotary cutter and the die roller when the cutting blade of the rotary cutter cuts the band-shaped member are equal to a conveying speed of the band-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuro Okabe, Kazuya Takase
  • Automatic Sizing Cutting Device
    Publication number: 20190160701
    Abstract: An automatic sizing cutting device includes a conveyance unit, a measuring device, a rotary cutter arranged downstream of the conveyance unit so as to oppose a band-shaped member and having a cutting blade on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a die roller which is arranged on a side of the band-shaped member opposite to the rotary cutter and which rotates in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the rotary cutter; and an elastic member which urges the die roller toward the rotary cutter. The rotary cutter is controlled to rotate in accordance with a conveyed length of the band-shaped member measured by the measuring device, and is controlled such that circumferential speeds of the rotary cutter and the die roller when the cutting blade of the rotary cutter cuts the band-shaped member are equal to a conveying speed of the band-shaped member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Katsuro Okabe, Kazuya Takase