Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Akino

Kenichiro Akino 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).

  • Can end seaming tool
    Patent number: 4574607
    Abstract: A can and seaming tool for use in seaming a can end to a can body and having a seaming chuck and a seaming roll, said seaming chuck being adapted to fit said can end while said seaming roll is adapted to simultaneously press and seam the curling portion of said can end and the flanging portion of said can body, wherein the improvement comprises that at least one of said seaming chuck contacting said can end and the portion of said seaming roll frictionally contacting at least said can end is made from cermet of titanium carbonitride system (a composite sintered material composed of a metal and ceramics containing titanium carbides and titanium nitrides).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignees: Kyocera Corporation, Daiwa Can Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenichiro Akino, Akira Miura