Patents by Inventor Kazuo KURATANI

Kazuo KURATANI 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: 8905340
    Abstract: A pulverizer, including a spray nozzle to spray airstream; a pulverization chamber to pulverize a subject with the airstream; and a cylindrical adaptor to be fitted to the spray nozzle, including a flow path to pass the airstream sprayed from a front end face of the spray nozzle, including an inlet hole to inhale the subject pulverized in the pulverization chamber into the flow path on a side wall thereof, wherein the front end face of the spray nozzle and a rear end face of the inlet hole are located on the same plane when the cylindrical adaptor is fitted to the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Makino, Kazuo Kuratani
  • Patent number: 8757387
    Abstract: A classification device for classifying particles by size including an upper impeller-type rotor, a first end of which is covered with a cover disc without penetration hole and a second end of which is covered with an upper cover disc with a penetration hole; and a lower impeller-type rotor, a first end of which is covered with a cover disc without penetration hole and a second end of which is covered with a lower cover disc with a penetration hole. The upper impeller-type rotor and the lower impeller-type rotor are provided so that axes thereof are coincident and the first ends face with each other forming a gap therebetween in an axial direction, and the diameters of the penetration holes of the upper cover disc and the lower cover disc are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Makino, Masakazu Yashiro, Kazuo Kuratani
  • Publication number: 20120228414
    Abstract: A pulverizer, including a spray nozzle to spray airstream; a pulverization chamber to pulverize a subject with the airstream; and a cylindrical adaptor to be fitted to the spray nozzle, including a flow path to pass the airstream sprayed from a front end face of the spray nozzle, including an inlet hole to inhale the subject pulverized in the pulverization chamber into the flow path on a side wall thereof, wherein the front end face of the spray nozzle and a rear end face of the inlet hole are located on the same plane when the cylindrical adaptor is fitted to the spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Nobuyasu MAKINO, Kazuo Kuratani
  • Publication number: 20100072115
    Abstract: A classification device for classifying particles by size including an upper impeller-type rotor, a first end of which is covered with a cover disc without penetration hole and a second end of which is covered with an upper cover disc with a penetration hole; and a lower impeller-type rotor, a first end of which is covered with a cover disc without penetration hole and a second end of which is covered with a lower cover disc with a penetration hole. The upper impeller-type rotor and the lower impeller-type rotor are provided so that axes thereof are coincident and the first ends face with each other forming a gap therebetween in an axial direction, and the diameters of the penetration holes of the upper cover disc and the lower cover disc are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Nobuyasu MAKINO, Masakazu YASHIRO, Kazuo KURATANI