Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Kurosawa
Kazuyuki Kurosawa 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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Patent number: 11180357Abstract: To reduce an amount of use of a replacement gas used for replacing air in a container. A gas replacement system includes: a washing machine that washes the container with water; a filling machine that fills the container with a content fluid; a sealing machine that seals the container transferred from the filling machine; a chamber that covers the filling machine and the sealing machine, and contains a replacement gas; and a water discharge mechanism (washing machine) that discharges the water in the container having been carried into the chamber while containing the water out of the container in the chamber. The water in the container is replaced with an ambient gas in the chamber along with the discharge of the water.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidehiko Yuse, Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Yukio Takada, Shinji Ishikura, Norio Inukai, Katsumi Sembon
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Patent number: 10987719Abstract: A can filling/seaming device that fills a can with a liquid content and seals the can with a lid by double-seaming allows a filler and a seamer to be integrated in a compact arrangement. A can filling/seaming device includes a filler that fills a can with a liquid content while conveying the can by rotation of a filling turret, a seamer that attaches a lid to the can filled with the content by double-seaming, and a forwarding turret provided between a carrying-out position of the filling turret and a carrying-in position to the seamer to circularly convey the can filled with the content, wherein a lid supply part is provided on the forwarding turret.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Hidehiko Yuse
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Patent number: 10981681Abstract: A filling device with a filling failure is identified less costly, and the filling amount by the filling device is adjusted quickly. The filling/sealing device includes a filler including a filling turret having a plurality of holding parts and a filling device provided for each of the holding parts to fill a container with a liquid content, forwarding turrets that hold and turret-convey a container transported from the filling turret, a sealing device that seals the container transported from the forwarding turrets with a lid, an inspection device provided in the path, in which the container is held and turret-conveyed, to inspect a filling amount in the container, and a controller that identifies a filling device with a filling failure on the basis of an inspection result from the inspection device and controls the filling amount by the filling device.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Hidehiko Yuse, Shinichi Hizume, Shinji Ishikura
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Patent number: 10941029Abstract: There is provided a filling-and-sealing device and a filling-and-sealing method capable of reducing an amount of use of a replacement gas used for replacing air in a container. The filling-and-sealing device includes a filling machine that fills a container with a content fluid; a sealing machine that seals the container transferred from the filling machine with a lid; a chamber that covers the filling machine and the sealing machine; a gassing system that replaces, in the chamber, a gas in the container with a carbon dioxide gas by introducing the carbon dioxide gas as a second replacement gas supplied from a tank; and a pre-gassing system that replaces the gas in the container with a first replacement gas that remains in the chamber containing the carbon dioxide gas before processing by the gassing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidehiko Yuse, Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Yukio Takada, Shinji Ishikura, Norio Inukai, Katsumi Sembon
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Publication number: 20200079635Abstract: To reduce an amount of use of a replacement gas used for replacing air in a container. A gas replacement system includes: a washing machine that washes the container with water; a filling machine that fills the container with a content fluid; a sealing machine that seals the container transferred from the filling machine; a chamber that covers the filling machine and the sealing machine, and contains a replacement gas; and a water discharge mechanism (washing machine) that discharges the water in the container having been carried into the chamber while containing the water out of the container in the chamber. The water in the container is replaced with an ambient gas in the chamber along with the discharge of the water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Hidehiko YUSE, Kazuyuki KUROSAWA, Yukio TAKADA, Shinji ISHIKURA, Norio INUKAI, Katsumi SEMBON
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Publication number: 20180215600Abstract: There is provided a filling-and-sealing device and a filling-and-sealing method capable of reducing an amount of use of a replacement gas used for replacing air in a container. The filling-and-sealing device includes a filling machine that fills a container with a content fluid; a sealing machine that seals the container transferred from the filling machine with a lid; a chamber that covers the filling machine and the sealing machine; a gassing system that replaces, in the chamber, a gas in the container with a carbon dioxide gas by introducing the carbon dioxide gas as a second replacement gas supplied from a tank; and a pre-gassing system that replaces the gas in the container with a first replacement gas that remains in the chamber containing the carbon dioxide gas before processing by the gassing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Hidehiko YUSE, Kazuyuki KUROSAWA, Yukio TAKADA, Shinji ISHIKURA, Norio INUKAI, Katsumi SEMBON
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Patent number: 9969567Abstract: In transferring and conveying an article between rotation conveyance bodies, the rotation conveyance bodies (1, 2) are placed so as to have a prescribed gap between pitch circles thereof, and the article is conveyed along a transition curve whose curvature continuously varies from the pitch circle curvature of a rotation conveyance body (1) before the transfer to the pitch circle curvature of a rotation conveyance body (2) after the transfer between both the pitch circles, whereby the article is transferred and conveyed with acceleration smoothly varying and without a change in the distance between the axes of the rotation conveyance bodies.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyuki Kurosawa
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Publication number: 20180002042Abstract: A filling device with a filling failure is identified less costly, and the filling amount by the filling device is adjusted quickly. The filling/sealing device includes a filler including a filling turret having a plurality of holding parts and a filling device provided for each of the holding parts to fill a container with a liquid content, forwarding turrets that hold and turret-convey a container transported from the filling turret, a sealing device that seals the container transported from the forwarding turrets with a lid, an inspection device provided in the path, in which the container is held and turret-conveyed, to inspect a filling amount in the container, and a controller that identifies a filling device with a filling failure on the basis of an inspection result from the inspection device and controls the filling amount by the filling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicants: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki KUROSAWA, Hidehiko YUSE, Shinichi HIZUME, Shinji ISHIKURA
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Publication number: 20170348757Abstract: A can filling/seaming device that fills a can with a liquid content and seals the can with a lid by double-seaming allows a filler and a seamer to be integrated in a compact arrangement. A can filling/seaming device includes a filler that fills a can with a liquid content while conveying the can by rotation of a filling turret, a seamer that attaches a lid to the can filled with the content by double-seaming, and a forwarding turret provided between a carrying-out position of the filling turret and a carrying-in position to the seamer to circularly convey the can filled with the content, wherein a lid supply part is provided on the forwarding turret.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki KUROSAWA, Hidehiko YUSE
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Publication number: 20170152114Abstract: In transferring and conveying an article between rotation conveyance bodies, the rotation conveyance bodies (1, 2) are placed so as to have a prescribed gap between pitch circles thereof, and the article is conveyed along a transition curve whose curvature continuously varies from the pitch circle curvature of a rotation conveyance body (1) before the transfer to the pitch circle curvature of a rotation conveyance body (2) after the transfer between both the pitch circles, whereby the article is transferred and conveyed with acceleration smoothly varying and without a change in the distance between the axes of the rotation conveyance bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyuki Kurosawa
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Patent number: 8951178Abstract: At least one of an obverse surface film and reverse surface film, which are used to together constitute a plastic pouch, is folded back across the entire width of the plastic pouch, and peripheral edge portions of the pouch are heat-sealed, to thereby form, on at least one position, a folded-back section communicating with the body of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Keizou Kanzaki, Shie Nishimoto, Takwto Sakurai
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Patent number: 8485400Abstract: A pouch with a nozzle has a reliable dispensing opening. The pouch holds liquid contents. The pouch has a shell portion formed by sealing two plies of plastic together to form a pouch volume and a nozzle portion which communicates with the inside of the shell portion. The nozzle portion is formed by a series of embossments which form a reliably open passage for dispensing fluid. Three sets of embossments include a plane shape, a dot shape or a line shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Souichi Kawakami, Kazumi Ozawa, Koichi Ishizaka, Takayuki Aikawa, Kazuyuki Kurosawa
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Patent number: 8314864Abstract: A horizontal evaluation data generation section calculates an average value of pixel signals in a vertical optical black region based on given pixel data in the horizontal optical black region and outputs the calculated average value to an evaluation section. A vertical evaluation data generation section calculates an average value of pixel signals in a vertical optical black region based on given pixel data in the vertical optical black region and outputs the calculated average value to the evaluation section. The evaluation section outputs a gain value according to the difference between the two sent average values to a computing section. A smear information memory stores pixel signals in a line in the vertical optical black region. The computing section multiplies the pixel data stored in the smear information memory by the sent gain value, and subtracts the multiplied pixel data from the pixel data imaged by the CCD.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Yoshida, Kazuyuki Kurosawa
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Publication number: 20120263400Abstract: At least one of an obverse surface film and reverse surface film, which are used to together constitute a plastic pouch, is folded back across the entire width of the plastic pouch, and peripheral edge portions of the pouch are heat-sealed, to thereby form, on at least one position, a folded-back section communicating with the body of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Keizou Kanzaki, Shie Nishimoto, Takwto Sakurai
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Patent number: 8157445Abstract: At least one of an obverse surface film and reverse surface film, which are used to together constitute a plastic pouch, is folded back across the entire width of the plastic pouch, and peripheral edge portions of the pouch are heat-sealed, to thereby form, on at least one position, a folded-back section communicating with the body of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Keizou Kanzaki, Shie Nishimoto, Taketo Sukurai
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Publication number: 20110116730Abstract: A pouch comprises a plurality of plastic sheets sealed on periphery, has a contents spout and a plastic zipper arranged in a fused state between the sheets whose outer periphery is sealed, and is heat-sterilized after being filled with contents. A a barrier portion is formed in a portion of the pouch interior set further toward the contents and away from the plastic zipper, the barrier portion formed in a state in which a film base material has been folded over. As a result, even if any damage is imparted during the step for manufacturing the plastic zipper or the step for mounting the zipper in the pouch, there will be no incidence of the contents leaking from the barrier portion and reaching the zipper portion due to heat and pressure encountered when retort sterilization, boiling, or another type of heat sterilization is performed after the pouch has been filled with foodstuffs or other material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2008Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Souichi Kawakami, Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Hiroshi Sahara
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Patent number: 7866886Abstract: In the pouch of the present invention in which a pouring spout is formed by means of a heat-sealed part and a non-heat-sealed part by heat sealing plastic films, the inside surfaces of the films that form the portion of the boundary area between the heat-sealed part and non-heat-sealed part of the pouring spout passage on the side of the non-heat-sealed part contact each other so that no gaps are left in a closed state. Accordingly, even if the pouch is suspended with the pouring spout down following the opening of the pouring spout, the leakage of the contents such as a liquid or the like accommodated in the interior of the pouch from the pouring spout a small amount at a time can be securely prevented.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Naoto Matsuda, Ichiro Kunihiro
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Patent number: 7733406Abstract: An image signal generation unit comprises a horizontal pixel number conversion unit for performing the conversion of horizontal direction pixels corresponding to horizontal scanning period of NTSC system, for digital image data of the chrominance difference having the picture element number configuration based on the VGA standard, and a liquid crystal encoder for generating the primary color group digital image data RGB from digital image data YUV processed by the horizontal pixel number conversion unit, and output them directly on a liquid crystal display.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Osamu Koizumi
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Patent number: 7733389Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing element which outputs a captured image signal including pixels, a magnification setting unit which sets an electronic zoom magnification, a mode setting unit which sets one of reading modes which vary in a number of the pixels included in the captured image signal according to the electronic zoom magnification, an electronic zoom unit which performs an electronic zoom process on the captured image signal based on the electronic zoom magnification, and an image quality adjuster which performs an image quality adjustment on the captured image signal based on the electronic zoom magnification.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Jin Nakayama
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Patent number: 7733393Abstract: A horizontal evaluation data generation section calculates an average value of pixel signals in a vertical optical black region based on given pixel data in the horizontal optical black region and outputs the calculated average value to an evaluation section. A vertical evaluation data generation section calculates an average value of pixel signals in a vertical optical black region based on given pixel data in the vertical optical black region and outputs the calculated average value to the evaluation section. The evaluation section outputs a gain value according to the difference between the two sent average values to a computing section. A smear information memory stores pixel signals in a line in the vertical optical black region. The computing section multiplies the pixel data stored in the smear information memory by the sent gain value, and subtracts the multiplied pixel data from the pixel data imaged by the CCD 5.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiko Yoshida, Kazuyuki Kurosawa