Patents by Inventor Koichi Nakatogawa

Koichi Nakatogawa 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: 7384493
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a rolled article has a rotary supporting mechanism for rotatably supporting opposite ends of a photosensitive roll, an end drawing mechanism for drawing a sheet end of the photosensitive roll to a prescribed length, a pressing mechanism for supporting opposite surfaces of the sheet end, and an applying mechanism for applying a joint tape to the sheet end supported by the pressing mechanism in a transverse direction of the photosensitive roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Kadota, Kouji Tsujimura, Kazuo Okutsu, Katsumi Tashiro, Hisashi Takahashi, Bungo Shigeta, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Publication number: 20060179796
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a rolled article has a rotary supporting mechanism for rotatably supporting opposite ends of a photosensitive roll, an end drawing mechanism for drawing a sheet end of the photosensitive roll to a prescribed length, a pressing mechanism for supporting opposite surfaces of the sheet end, and an applying mechanism for applying a joint tape to the sheet end supported by the pressing mechanism in a transverse direction of the photosensitive roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Norihiro Kadota, Kouji Tsujimura, Kazuo Okutsu, Katsumi Tashiro, Hisashi Takahashi, Bungo Shigeta, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Patent number: 6964149
    Abstract: An automatic packaging system has a first feed mechanism for feeding a light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow A, an inspection mechanism for reading bar-code information from the light-shielded photosensitive roll, measuring and comparing dimensions of the light-shielded photosensitive roll with the bar-code information to inspect whether the light-shielded photosensitive roll is correct or wrong, a second feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow B if the light-shielded photosensitive roll judged as being correct, and a third feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Iwamura, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Publication number: 20050193688
    Abstract: An automatic packaging system has a first feed mechanism for feeding a light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow A, an inspection mechanism for reading bar-code information from the light-shielded photosensitive roll, measuring and comparing dimensions of the light-shielded photosensitive roll with the bar-code information to inspect whether the light-shielded photosensitive roll is correct or wrong, a second feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow B if the light-shielded photosensitive roll judged as being correct, and a third feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Yuji Iwamura, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Patent number: 6922970
    Abstract: An automatic packaging system has a first feed mechanism for feeding a light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow A, an inspection mechanism for reading bar-code information from the light-shielded photosensitive roll, measuring and comparing dimensions of the light-shielded photosensitive roll with the bar-code information to inspect whether the light-shielded photosensitive roll is correct or wrong, a second feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow B if the light-shielded photosensitive roll judged as being correct, and a third feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Iwamura, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Patent number: 6860087
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus has hot air supply mechanisms disposed in association with light-shielding shrinkable films wound on a rolled photosensitive material sheet, for ejecting hot air locally to the light-shielding shrinkable films, and a drive mechanism for relatively rotating the hot air supply mechanisms along an outer circumferential surface of the rolled photosensitive material sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro Kadota, Koji Tsujimura, Koichi Nakatogawa, Kunihiro Sumida
  • Patent number: 6857586
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a rolled article has a rotary supporting mechanism for rotatably supporting opposite ends of a photosensitive roll, an end drawing mechanism for drawing a sheet end of the photosensitive roll to a prescribed length, a pressing mechanism for supporting opposite surfaces of the sheet end, and an applying mechanism for applying a joint tape to the sheet end supported by the pressing mechanism in a transverse direction of the photosensitive roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro Kadota, Kouji Tsujimura, Kazuo Okutsu, Katsumi Tashiro, Hisashi Takahashi, Bungo Shigeta, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Publication number: 20030188511
    Abstract: An automatic packaging system has a first feed mechanism for feeding a light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow A, an inspection mechanism for reading bar-code information from the light-shielded photosensitive roll, measuring and comparing dimensions of the light-shielded photosensitive roll with the bar-code information to inspect whether the light-shielded photosensitive roll is correct or wrong, a second feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow B if the light-shielded photosensitive roll judged as being correct, and a third feed mechanism for feeding the light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Iwamura, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Patent number: 6619478
    Abstract: A light-shielding packaging for a roll of continuous photosensitive web wound on a core having on its each end a light-shielding flange disc has at its leading end a light-shielding leader sheet. The leader sheet is composed of a longitudinal light-shielding base sheet and two heat-shrinkable light-shielding strips, in which each of the light-shielding strips is tearable predominantly in its longitudinal direction and is fixed onto a surface of each side of the light-shielding base sheet under the condition that the light-shielding strip is aligned in parallel with the side of the longitudinal base sheet to project its portion from the side of the base sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Fukugawa, Akihisa Inoue, Norihiro Kadota, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Publication number: 20020148922
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a rolled article has a rotary supporting mechanism for rotatably supporting opposite ends of a photosensitive roll, an end drawing mechanism for drawing a sheet end of the photosensitive roll to a prescribed length, a pressing mechanism for supporting opposite surfaces of the sheet end, and an applying mechanism for applying a joint tape to the sheet end supported by the pressing mechanism in a transverse direction of the photosensitive roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Kadota, Kouji Tsujimura, Kazuo Okutsu, Katsumi Tashiro, Hisashi Takahashi, Bungo Shigeta, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Publication number: 20020117415
    Abstract: A light-shielding packaging for a roll of continuous photosensitive web wound cm a core having on its each end a light-shielding flange disc has at its leading end a light-shielding leader sheet. The leader sheet is composed of a longitudinal light-shielding base sheet and two heat-sinkable light-shielding strips, in which each of the light-shielding strips is tearable predominantly in its longitudinal direction and is fixed onto a surface of each side of the light-shielding base sheet under the condition that the light-shielding strip is aligned in parallel with the side of the longitudinal base sheet to project its portion from the side of the base sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Masafumi Fukugawa, Akihisa Inoue, Norihiro Kadota, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Publication number: 20020059782
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus has hot air supply mechanisms disposed in association with light-shielding shrinkable films wound on a rolled photosensitive material sheet, for ejecting hot air locally to the light-shielding shrinkable films, and a drive mechanism for relatively rotating the hot air supply mechanisms along an outer circumferential surface of the rolled photosensitive material sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Kadota, Koji Tsujimura, Koichi Nakatogawa, Kunihiro Sumida
  • Patent number: 6375008
    Abstract: A light-shielding packaging for a roll of continuous photosensitive web wound on a core having on its each end a light-shielding flange disc has at its leading end a heat-shrinkable light-shielding leader sheet having a thickness of 30 to 200 &mgr;m which shows a heat shrinkage ratio at 50° C. of lower than 1% both in the longitudinal and width directions and a heat shrinkage ratio at 100° C. in the range of 5% to 30% in the longitudinal direction and a heat shrinkage ratio at 100° C. of less than the heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal direction by 1% or more in the width direction. The leader sheet has a length larger than the length of the outermost convolution of the roll and a width larger than the distance between the outer face of one flange disc and the outer face of another flange disc, and each side portion of the leader sheet is light-tightly attached by heat shrinkage to the outer face of the flange disc at least at a portion adjacent to the periphery of the flange disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bungo Shigeta, Hirofumi Abe, Yasuhiko Kitamura, Yoshio Hara, Masafumi Fukugawa, Akihisa Inoue, Norihiro Kadota, Koichi Nakatogawa
  • Publication number: 20010022278
    Abstract: A light-shielding packaging for a roll of continuous photosensitive web wound on a core having on its each end a light-shielding flange disc has at its leading end a heat-shrinkable light-shielding leader sheet having a thickness of 30 to 200 &mgr;m which shows a heat shrinkage ratio at 50° C. of lower than 1% both in the longitudinal and width directions and a heat shrinkage ratio at 100° C. in the range of 5% to 30% in the longitudinal direction and a heat shrinkage ratio at 100° C. of less than the heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal direction by 1% or more in the width direction. The leader sheet has a length larger than the length of the outermost convolution of the roll and a width larger than the distance between the outer face of one flange disc and the outer face of another flange disc, and each side portion of the leader sheet is light-tightly attached by heat shrinkage to the outer face of the flange disc at least at a portion adjacent to the periphery of the flange disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Bungo Shigeta, Hirofumi Abe, Yasuhiko Kitamura, Yoshio Hara, Masafumi Fukugawa, Akihisa Inoue, Norihiro Kadota, Koichi Nakatogawa