Patents by Inventor Koji Saai

Koji Saai 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: 6390523
    Abstract: A belt hoist designed to enable a hanging member to be further reliably secured to a belt to provide a further improved safety under load less than a permissible maximum load. In the belt hoist, a winding shaft 44 on which one end portion of a belt 3 is coiled comprises a first shaft 44a and a second shaft 44b, and the one end portion of the belt 3 comprises a first coiling portion 31 coiled on the first shaft 44a to be superposed thereon, a second coiling portion 32 coiled on the first coiling portion 31 to be superposed thereon, a third coiling portion 33 coiled on the second shaft 44b to be superposed thereon, and a fourth coiling portion 34 coiled on the third coiling portion 33 to be superposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai
  • Patent number: 6371543
    Abstract: A sling capable to easily raise a hanging load such as a drum with a simplified structure. In a chain sling (or a wire sling) in which a master link and hooks are connected with each other via link chains (or wire ropes), lower portions of the hooks are formed to be bent at an angle smaller than 90° and also a bottom portion of the master link is flattened. With this structure, even when the drum has no ring-like protrusion at which an upper lid is mounted, if holes are formed around the side of the drum, the front ends of the hooks can be reliably hooked in the holes to raise the drum. Also, when a lifting portion of a forklift is brought into contact with the flattened bottom portion of the master link, the drum can be easily slung by the forklift as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai
  • Publication number: 20010052709
    Abstract: A belt hoist designed to enable a hanging member to be further reliably secured to a belt to provide a further improved safety under load less than a permissible maximum load. In the belt hoist, a winding shaft 44 on which one end portion of a belt 3 is coiled comprises a first shaft 44a and a second shaft 44b, and the one end portion of the belt 3 comprises a first coiling portion 31 coiled on the first shaft 44a to be superposed thereon, a second coiling portion 32 coiled on the first coiling portion 31 to be superposed thereon, a third coiling portion 33 coiled on the second shaft 44b to be superposed thereon, and a fourth coiling portion 34 coiled on the third coiling portion 33 to be superposed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai
  • Patent number: 6142448
    Abstract: To prevent a random coil of and an overwind of a belt with simple structure, a belt hoist includes a random coil preventing member pressed against the belt wound around a winding member to prevent a random coil of the belt, the random coil preventing member being movable in response to changes in circle diameter of the belt; and control means for controlling drive of drive means in association with the random coil preventing member when the circle diameter becomes a specified diameter. Further, a belt guide having a belt guide portion is supported between two side plates in such a freely sliding manner as to allow the winding of the belt onto the winding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Fujiwara, Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai
  • Patent number: 6030015
    Abstract: A belt hoist capable of firmly joining a hook to a free end portion of a belt, although the hook holds the free end portion of the belt in a clipping manner. The hook includes a support rod around which the belt is wound and a holding portion for holding the support rod in sandwich, and the free end portion of the belt includes a first coiling portion wound around the support rod in direct contact therewith and a second coiling portion wound around the first coiling portion of the belt in direct contact therewith, with the first and second coiling portions of the belt being wound in opposite directions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai
  • Patent number: 6003843
    Abstract: To prevent a random coil of and an overwind of a belt with simple structure, a belt hoist includes a random coil preventing member pressed against the belt wound around a winding member to prevent a random coil of the belt, the random coil preventing member being movable in response to changes in diameter of the belt; and control means for controlling drive of drive means in association with the random coil preventing member when the diameter becomes a specified diameter. Further, a belt guide having a belt guide portion is supported between two side plates in such a freely sliding manner as to allow the winding of the belt onto the winding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Fujiwara, Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai
  • Patent number: 5957433
    Abstract: A belt hoist for allowing fixture of a belt to a winding member to be strengthened to improve the reliability, with a simple structure. The winding member around which the belt is wound includes a shaft insertion bore at the center thereof; a belt fixing surface for allowing the belt to be fixed on a winding periphery; and a belt holder fitted on the belt fixing surface to press an end portion of the belt against the belt fixing surface. The belt fixing surface has a width not less than an inner diameter of the shaft insertion bore, and a fixing bore is so bored in the belt fixing surface as to escape from the shaft insertion bore, whereby the end portion of the belt is inserted in and fixed between the belt fixing surface and the belt holder by a fixing member fixed into the fixing bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai
  • Patent number: D459854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai
  • Patent number: D459855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Elephant Chain Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Fujikawa, Koji Saai