Patents by Inventor Kikuo Yomeoka

Kikuo Yomeoka 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: 6955323
    Abstract: A web guider comprising a movable section that has an inlet roller for picking up a web, an outlet roller for releasing the web, and a curved rail; and a fixed section that has a guider for guiding the curved rail and a motor for providing a driving force for swinging the movable section; wherein the motor transmits the driving force through a driver of the motor to a follower of the curved rail, an orientation of the movable section is changed by changing a position at which the driver contacts the follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Zuiko Corporation
    Inventor: Kikuo Yomeoka
  • Publication number: 20030213867
    Abstract: A web guider comprising a movable section that has an inlet roller for picking up a web, an outlet roller for releasing the web, and a curved rail; and a fixed section that has a guider for guiding the curved rail and a motor for providing a driving force for swinging the movable section; wherein the motor transmits the driving force through a driver of the motor to a follower of the curved rail, an orientation of the movable section is changed by changing a position at which the driver contacts the follower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventor: Kikuo Yomeoka
  • Publication number: 20030010423
    Abstract: The apparatus for manufacturing wearing articles includes: a pair of nip rolls for nipping a first web and a first elastic member; a first moving section movable in a direction crossing the first web; and a first guide head provided on the first moving section for feeding the first elastic member at a position upstream of a position at which the first web is nipped, wherein the radius of at least one of the pair of nip rolls is about 15 mm to about 35 mm, and a distance D between a plane including axes of the pair of nip rolls and a point at which the first guide head releases the first elastic member is about 30 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Masaki Nakakado, Hitoshi Satoh, Kikuo Yomeoka