Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Bando
Kazuaki Bando 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).
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Publication number: 20120006175Abstract: A scribing apparatus 1 includes a horizontal table 3 on which a glass plate 2 is placed and fixed under vacuum suction; a feed screw 5 and a Y-axis control motor 6 for moving the table 3 along a pair of guide rails 4 under scribe numerical control; a guide rail device body 7 installed above the table 3 along an X-axis direction; a carriage 8 mounted on the guide rail device body 7 so as to move in the X-axis direction while being guided; a feed screw and an X-axis control motor 9 for moving the carriage 8 in the X-axis direction under numerical control; and a scribe head 10 installed on the carriage 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2009Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Patent number: 8079895Abstract: A glass-plate working apparatus (1) includes a grinding means (7) for grinding a peripheral edge (6) of a glass plate (2); and a grinding supporting means (9) for supporting the glass plate (2) whose peripheral edge (6) is to be ground by the grinding means (7), wherein the grinding supporting means (9) includes a grinding supporting table (101), a plurality of suction cups (102) which are held on the grinding supporting table (101) by being attached by suction to the grinding supporting table (101) and suck and hold the glass plate (2) by sucking the glass plate (2) whose peripheral edge (6) is to be ground, and an arranging means (103) for disposing the plurality of suction cups (102), respectively, at positions corresponding to the shape of the glass plate (2) to be ground.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2002Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20110222977Abstract: An apparatus for drilling holes in a glass plate has a supporting member for sucking and supporting a glass plate which is used for an automobile window or the like, as described later, and the supporting member is comprised of a suction pad for sucking the glass plate and a pair of supports for supporting the glass plate on an outer side of the suction pad. The supports are detachably mounted on the outer side of the suction pad, and the supporting member is adapted to rotate about the suction pad in an R direction. The apparatus for drilling holes in a glass plate further includes a hole forming means for forming in the glass plate holes shown in FIG. 7; a supporting means having the supporting member and for supporting the glass plate in which the holes are to be formed by the hole forming means; and a transporting means for transporting onto the supporting means the glass plate in which the holes are to be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: BANDO KIKO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20110143639Abstract: A glass-plate working apparatus includes a glass-plate supporting portion 20a of a feed conveyor 7, a glass-plate supporting portion 20b of a cutting section 2, a glass-plate supporting portion 20c of a bend-breaking section 4, a glass-plate supporting portion 20d of a grinding section 3, and a glass-plate supporting portion 20e of a discharge conveyor 8; a cutting head 9, a bend-breaking device 66, and a grinding head 10 for processing glass plates 5 which are respectively supported by the supporting portions 20b, 20c, and 20d; and a transporting device 89 for transporting the glass plate 5 on the supporting portion 20a onto the supporting portion 20b, the glass plate 5 on the supporting portion 20b onto the supporting portion 20c, the glass plate 5 on the supporting portion 20c onto the supporting portion 20d, and the glass plate 5 on the supporting portion 20d onto the supporting portion 20e, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Patent number: 7955033Abstract: An apparatus for drilling holes in a glass plate has a supporting member for sucking and supporting a glass plate which is used for an automobile window or the like, as described later, and the supporting member is comprised of a suction pad for sucking the glass plate and a pair of supports for supporting the glass plate on an outer side of the suction pad. The supports are detachably mounted on the outer side of the suction pad, and the supporting member is adapted to rotate about the suction pad in an R direction. The apparatus for drilling holes in a glass plate further includes a hole forming means for forming in the glass plate holes shown in FIG. 7; a supporting means having the supporting member and for supporting the glass plate in which the holes are to be formed by the hole forming means; and a transporting means for transporting onto the supporting means the glass plate in which the holes are to be formed.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20100330888Abstract: A glass-plate working machine 1 is arranged such that while a cutting head 9 for forming a cut line on a glass plate 5 and a grinding head 10 for grinding a peripheral edge of the glass plate 5 bend-broken along the cut line are being moved simultaneously in parallel under numerical control, the cutting head 9 and the grinding head 10 respectively having angle control motors 46 and 49 are synchronously subjected to angular control about axes 39 perpendicular to the surface of the glass plate 5, and the cutting head 9 and the grinding head 10 are moved such that the orientation of a cutter wheel 52 is adjusted to a processing line, and the press contacting direction of a grinding wheel 64 of the grinding head 10 is kept in a normal direction with respect to a processing line of an edge of the glass plate 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Patent number: 7682220Abstract: An apparatus (1) for removing a film layer on a glass plate includes: a movable base (5) which is movable in an X direction and a Y direction along a glass-plate placing surface (3); a moving means (6) for moving the movable base (5) in the X direction and the Y direction along the glass-plate placing surface (3); a movable base (7) provided on the movable base (5) in such a manner to be movable in a Z direction so as to be capable of moving toward or away from the glass-plate placing surface (3); a moving means (8) for moving the movable base (7) in the Z direction so as to cause the movable base (7) to move toward or away from the glass-plate placing surface (3); a grinding wheel (9) provided on the movable base (7) in such a manner as to be capable of being lifted or lowered with respect to the movable base (7); a resiliently pressing means (15) for resiliently pressing the grinding wheel (9) against a film layer (14); and a detecting means (17) for detecting the lifted or lowered position of the grindingType: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20090120988Abstract: A glass plate cutting machine 1 includes a cutter wheel 4 for forming a cut line 3 on a glass plate 2; a moving means 5 for moving the cutter wheel 4 along a cut line 3a which has been preset and is to be formed on the glass plate 2; a resiliently pressing device 6 for resiliently pressing the cutter wheel 4 against the glass plate 2; and a control unit 7 for controlling the resiliently pressing device 6 so as to alternately change over the intensity of a resiliently pressing force of that cutter wheel 4 with respect to the glass plate 2 in the movement of the cutter wheel 4 by the moving means 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2006Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20090022558Abstract: An apparatus for drilling holes in a glass plate has a supporting member for sucking and supporting a glass plate which is used for an automobile window or the like, as described later, and the supporting member is comprised of a suction pad for sucking the glass plate and a pair of supports for supporting the glass plate on an outer side of the suction pad. The supports are detachably mounted on the outer side of the suction pad, and the supporting member is adapted to rotate about the suction pad in an R direction. The apparatus for drilling holes in a glass plate further includes a hole forming means for forming in the glass plate holes shown in FIG. 7; a supporting means having the supporting member and for supporting the glass plate in which the holes are to be formed by the hole forming means; and a transporting means for transporting onto the supporting means the glass plate in which the holes are to be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2005Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20060128281Abstract: A glass-plate working apparatus (1) includes a grinding means (7) for grinding a peripheral edge (6) of a glass plate (2); and a grinding supporting means (9) for supporting the glass plate (2) whose peripheral edge (6) is to be ground by the grinding means (7), wherein the grinding supporting means (9) includes a grinding supporting table (101), a plurality of suction cups (102) which are held on the grinding supporting table (101) by being attached by suction to the grinding supporting table (101) and suck and hold the glass plate (2) by sucking the glass plate (2) whose peripheral edge (6) is to be ground, and an arranging means (103) for disposing the plurality of suction cups (102), respectively, at positions corresponding to the shape of the glass plate (2) to be ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2002Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Patent number: 7059938Abstract: An apparatus (1) for working a glass plate includes: a glass-plate working section (4) for working a glass plate (2) whose upper surface (3) is coated; and transporting means (6) for carrying into the glass-plate working section (4) the glass plate (2) to be worked and carrying it out from the glass-plate working section (4) after working, by imparting to a lower surface (5) thereof a moving force in an X direction parallel to the upper surface (3) and the lower surface (5) of the glass plate (2).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Patent number: 6997783Abstract: An apparatus for removing a film layer on a glass plate includes: a supporting base for supporting a glass plate; a pair of removing devices for removing a film layer on the glass plate; a transporting device for transporting the glass plate; and a control unit for defining in a divided manner a region of a film layer to be removed by the pair of removing devices and for causing the pair of removing devices to concurrently effect removal of the film layer on the glass plate in an apportioned manner with respect to divided regions defined in the divided manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2004Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20040197961Abstract: An apparatus for removing a film layer on a glass plate includes: a supporting base for supporting a glass plate; a pair of removing devices for removing a film layer on the glass plate; a transporting device for transporting the glass plate; and a control unit for defining in a divided manner a region of a film layer to be removed by the pair of removing devices and for causing the pair of removing devices to concurrently effect removal of the film layer on the glass plate in an apportioned manner with respect to divided regions defined in the divided manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20040179908Abstract: An apparatus (1) for drilling a hole in a glass plate includes recess forming means (8) for forming in a recess forming section (2) a recess (5) in an upper surface (4) of a glass plate (3) and forming therein a recess (6) communicating with the recess (5) in a lower surface (7) of the glass plate (3); chamfering means (10) for light-chamfering, in a chamfering section (9) adjacent to the recess forming section (2), edges (12, 13) of opening of each of the recesses (5, 6) in the glass plate (3) where the recesses (5, 6) have been formed by the recess forming means (8); and transporting means (11) for consecutively transporting to the recess forming section (2) the glass plates (3) in which the recesses (5, 6) are to be formed and for consecutively transporting to the chamfering section (9) the glass plates (3) in which the recesses (5, 6) have been formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Patent number: 6743083Abstract: An apparatus for removing a film layer on a glass plate includes: a supporting base for supporting a glass plate; a pair of removing devices for removing a film layer on the glass plate; a transporting device for transporting the glass plate; and a control unit for defining in a divided manner a region of a film layer to be removed by the pair of removing devices and for causing the pair of removing devices to concurrently effect removal of the film layer on the glass plate in an apportioned manner with respect to divided regions defined in the divided manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20040072514Abstract: An apparatus (1) for removing a film layer on a glass plate includes: a movable base (5) which is movable in an X direction and a Y direction along a glass-plate placing surface (3); a moving means (6) for moving the movable base (5) in the X direction and the Y direction along the glass-plate placing surface (3); a movable base (7) provided on the movable base (5) in such a manner to be movable in a Z direction so as to be capable of moving toward or away from the glass-plate placing surface (3); a moving means (8) for moving the movable base (7) in the Z direction so as to cause the movable base (7) to move toward or away from the glass-plate placing surface (3); a grinding wheel (9) provided on the movable base (7) in such a manner as to be capable of being lifted or lowered with respect to the movable base (7); a resiliently pressing means (15) for resiliently pressing the grinding wheel (9) against a film layer (14); and a detecting means (17) for detecting the lifted or lowered position of the grindingType: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20030115906Abstract: An apparatus (1) for working a glass plate includes: a glass-plate working section (4) for working a glass plate (2) whose upper surface (3) is coated; and transporting means (6) for carrying into the glass-plate working section (4) the glass plate (2) to be worked and carrying it out from the glass-plate working section (4) after working, by imparting to a lower surface (5) thereof a moving force in an X direction parallel to the upper surface (3) and the lower surface (5) of the glass plate (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Patent number: 6461223Abstract: A glass plate working machine comprises a cutting unit(1) for forming a cutting line on an unshaped glass plate(22) to break the unshaped glass plate(22), a grinding unit(2) for grinding an edge of the glass plate broken along the cutting line, a glass plate conveyer unit(4) for conveying the glass plate sequentially through the cutting unit(1) and the grinding unit(2), and control mean(CNT), connected to the cutting unit(1) and the grinding unit(2) for controlling the cutting unit(1) and the grinding unit(2), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2000Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Publication number: 20020004355Abstract: An apparatus for removing a film layer on a glass plate includes: a supporting base for supporting a glass plate; a pair of removing devices for removing a film layer on the glass plate; a transporting device for transporting the glass plate; and a control unit for defining in a divided manner a region of a film layer to be removed by the pair of removing devices and for causing the pair of removing devices to concurrently effect removal of the film layer on the glass plate in an apportioned manner with respect to divided regions defined in the divided manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
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Patent number: 5397224Abstract: A rotary engine 1 includes a side housing 2, an intermediate housing 12, a rotor housing 3, a rotor 4 accommodated rotatably in the rotor housing 3; side seal grooves 6 formed on both side surfaces 5 and 25 of the rotor 4; springs 8 for urging side seals 7 fitted respectively in the side seal grooves 6 toward the side housing 2 and the intermediate housing 12, and flexible linear rollers 10 each accommodated between a side wall surface 9 of the side seal groove 6 and the side seal 7.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1993Date of Patent: March 14, 1995Assignee: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Bando, Kazuaki Bando