Patents by Inventor Kotaro Fujiwara
Kotaro Fujiwara 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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Publication number: 20240009693Abstract: A trigger-type liquid sprayer includes a vertical supply tube, a reservoir cylinder into which a liquid that has passed through the inside of the vertical supply tube is supplied, and a reservoir plunger disposed inside the reservoir cylinder and configured to move toward one side in an axial direction in response to supply of a liquid into the reservoir cylinder while being biased toward the other side, and the vertical supply tube has a recovery path disposed in a rear end portion of the vertical supply tube, extending downward from the reservoir cylinder, and having a lower end portion closed from below, a communication path extending in a circumferential direction of the vertical supply tube from the recovery path, and a communication opening disposed in front of the recovery path and configured to allow the communication path and an inside of a container body to communicate with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota SAKATA, Kotaro FUJIWARA
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Publication number: 20230415183Abstract: A trigger-type liquid sprayer includes a sprayer main body mounted on a container body, and a nozzle member having a spray hole, the sprayer main body includes a vertical supply tube, a trigger mechanism having a trigger portion, a reservoir cylinder into which a liquid that has passed through the inside of the vertical supply tube is supplied in response to rearward movement of the trigger portion, and a reservoir plunger movably disposed inside the reservoir cylinder and configured to move toward one side in response to supply of the liquid into the reservoir cylinder while being biased toward the other side, and a displacement curbing portion is provided between a rear cylinder portion of the reservoir cylinder protruding rearward beyond the vertical supply tube and the vertical supply tube and configured to curb displacement of the rear cylinder portion with respect to the vertical supply tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kota SAKATA, Kotaro FUJIWARA
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Patent number: 11077455Abstract: A trigger-type liquid sprayer in which a spring member urging an operation lever is less likely to be fatigued. A trigger-type liquid sprayer includes a sprayer main body attached to a container, an operation lever held to be swingable in a front-back direction with respect to the sprayer main body, and a spring member urging the operation lever forward. The spring member includes a fixed part that is located in front of a swing center of the operation lever and is fixed and held to the sprayer main body, and a projection that is located below the fixed part. The operation lever includes an inclined surface that is inclined upward from downward and frontward from backward and is urged by the projection abutting against the inclined surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Kazuhisa Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20200338579Abstract: A trigger-type liquid sprayer in which a spring member urging an operation lever is less likely to be fatigued. A trigger-type liquid sprayer includes a sprayer main body attached to a container, an operation lever held to be swingable in a front-back direction with respect to the sprayer main body, and a spring member urging the operation lever forward. The spring member includes a fixed part that is located in front of a swing center of the operation lever and is fixed and held to the sprayer main body, and a projection that is located below the fixed part. The operation lever includes an inclined surface that is inclined upward from downward and frontward from backward and is urged by the projection abutting against the inclined surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro FUJIWARA, Kazuhisa YOSHIMURA
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Patent number: 10799893Abstract: A trigger-type liquid ejector which includes an ejector main body and a nozzle member in which an ejection hole is formed, the ejector main body including a vertical supply tubular pipe, an injection tubular portion, and a trigger mechanism, the nozzle member including a nozzle main body and a valve body, the nozzle main body including a valve seat portion having a valve seat plate, an inside of the valve seat plate communicating with the ejection hole, the nozzle main body including a tubular foam-forming portion positioned in a front of the ejection hole and configured to surround the ejection hole, and the foam-forming portion is provided with an outside air introduction hole penetrating through the foam-forming portion in a radial direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kotaro Fujiwara
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Patent number: 10654052Abstract: A discharge device main body having a flow tube through which contents from a container flow inside and which is mounted on the container, a support body extending along the flow tube and fitted to the inside of the flow tube, and a nozzle tip having a nozzle tip body formed in a cylindrical shape with a top including a circumferential wall portion fitted to an outer circumferential surface of the support body and a top wall portion in which a discharge hole of the contents is formed, the nozzle tip being mounted on a distal end portion of the flow tube in a state of being combined with the support body in which a discharge path to communicate the inside of the flow tube and the discharge hole with each other is formed, and the support body is formed separately from the flow tube and the nozzle tip.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Kakuta
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Patent number: 10518281Abstract: A trigger-type ejector includes: a pressure storage chamber formed in a nozzle head and communicating with a flow path through a communication hole; a pressure storage plunger including a large-diameter pressure receiving portion opposite a small-diameter pressure receiving portion and being movable between a close position where an ejection hole is closed and an open position where the ejection hole is opened; and a biasing member disposed in the pressure storage chamber and biasing the pressure storage plunger toward the close position, the trigger-type ejector being configured such that, when a pressure of a liquid in the pressure storage chamber becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the pressure storage plunger moves from the close position to the open position against a biasing force of the biasing member and thus a liquid in the pressure storage chamber is ejected from the ejection hole to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kotaro Fujiwara
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Patent number: 10406548Abstract: A trigger-type liquid dispenser, in which an upright and inverted dual unit includes a joint member, a pipe holding member, and a valve body. The joint member includes a through hole, which may be closed by the valve body, a valve-body-holding wall portion, which accommodates the valve body above the through hole in a manner such that the valve body is displaceable upward and downward, and an opening portion, which is formed in the valve-body-holding wall portion. In the inverted position, the upright and inverted dual unit permits content liquid contained in a container to be supplied to the dispenser main body by passing content liquid through a flow path from opening portion, through the hole, to the flow path defined between the joint member and pipe holding member sequentially. The valve body is inserted through the opening portion to be accommodated in the valve-body-holding wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Shigeo Iizuka
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Publication number: 20190176177Abstract: A trigger-type ejector includes: a pressure storage chamber formed in a nozzle head and communicating with a flow path through a communication hole; a pressure storage plunger including a large-diameter pressure receiving portion opposite a small-diameter pressure receiving portion and being movable between a close position where an ejection hole is closed and an open position where the ejection hole is opened; and a biasing member disposed in the pressure storage chamber and biasing the pressure storage plunger toward the close position, the trigger-type ejector being configured such that, when a pressure of a liquid in the pressure storage chamber becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the pressure storage plunger moves from the close position to the open position against a biasing force of the biasing member and thus a liquid in the pressure storage chamber is ejected from the ejection hole to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kotaro FUJIWARA
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Patent number: 10307778Abstract: A trigger-type liquid dispenser includes a dispenser main body, pump, and nozzle. The body includes a fitted portion, which communicates with a delivery port. The nozzle includes a partition wall, which covers an opening end of the fitted portion and has a dispensing hole, and an outer circumferential wall. The nozzle is rotatable with respect to the fitted portion between an opened position, wherein the hole communicates with the port, and a closed position, wherein the hole is blocked. The outer circumferential wall includes a locking projection, in undercut engagement with a projecting portion, on an outer surface of the fitted portion, to hold the nozzle in engagement with the fitted portion. The locking projection, in an inner edge portion thereof, has a concave portion, wherein the degree of undercut engagement with the projecting portion is reduced when the nozzle is located between the opened and the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Shigeo Iizuka
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Patent number: 10195626Abstract: A trigger-type liquid dispenser that, even when lateral force is applied to a trigger, prevents liquid leakage. The trigger-type liquid dispenser includes a pump, which includes: a cylinder, which includes an inner tubular wall and an outer tubular wall; a piston, which has a front-side end portion; a front-side sealing piece and a rear-side sealing piece; an outer-circumferential-side support portion; and an inner-circumferential-side support portion. The outer-circumferential-side support portion is provided with an annular cut-off portion, which forms a gap between the outer-circumferential-side support portion and an outer circumferential surface of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Shigeo Iizuka
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Patent number: 10183802Abstract: A shoulder cover for an aerosol container that can be readily positioned and attached to the aerosol container having two stems. The shoulder cover is attached to a mounting cup that includes an upper tier part having two stems protruding from a top wall thereof and having long sides and short sides, and a cylindrical part. The shoulder cover includes an outer circumferential wall, a roof wall, a cylindrical wall extending downward from the roof wall, and locking structure provided to the cylindrical wall and retaining the shoulder cover by engaging with the cylindrical part of the mounting cup, and positioning structure for fitting with the upper tier part to thereby position a mating position of the shoulder cover is formed.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: TOYO AEROSOL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken Ogata, Hirokazu Shimizu, Toru Toma, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Kotaro Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20180264487Abstract: A discharge device main body having a flow tube through which contents from a container flow inside and which is mounted on the container , a support body extending along the flow tube and fitted to the inside of the flow tube, and a nozzle tip having a nozzle tip body formed in a cylindrical shape with a top including a circumferential wall portion fitted to an outer circumferential surface of the support body and a top wall portion in which a discharge hole of the contents is formed, the nozzle tip being mounted on a distal end portion of the flow tube in a state of being combined with the support body in which a discharge path to communicate the inside of the flow tube and the discharge hole with each other is formed, and the support body is formed separately from the flow tube and the nozzle tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro FUJIWARA, Yoshiyuki KAKUTA
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Publication number: 20180243765Abstract: A trigger-type liquid ejector which includes an ejector main body and a nozzle member in which an ejection hole is formed, the ejector main body including a vertical supply tubular pipe, an injection tubular portion, and a trigger mechanism, the nozzle member including a nozzle main body and a valve body, the nozzle main body including a valve seat portion having a valve seat plate, an inside of the valve seat plate communicating with the ejection hole, the nozzle main body including a tubular foam-forming portion positioned in a front of the ejection hole and configured to surround the ejection hole, and the foam-forming portion is provided with an outside air introduction hole penetrating through the foam-forming portion in a radial direction thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Kotaro FUJIWARA
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Patent number: 10040087Abstract: A trigger-type liquid dispenser includes valve member, which is provided in flow path to control liquid to flow in direction in flow path. Valve member includes intake-side check valve, which permits flow of liquid from container side to pump side and prevents flow of liquid from pump side to container side, and discharge-side check valve, which permits flow of liquid from pump side to nozzle side and prevents flow of liquid from nozzle side to pump side. Discharge-side check valve is formed in umbrella shape that is elastically deformable freely in radial direction and has outer circumferential end configured to contact inner circumferential surface of flow path, with contact force of outer circumferential end with respect to inner circumferential surface of flow path being distributed non-uniformly in circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Shigeo Iizuka
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Patent number: 9987648Abstract: Provided is a trigger-type liquid dispenser (1) including an operating lever (6) held swingably by a main body portion (3) in which a pump is disposed and including a spring member (7) that imparts restoring force to the operating lever (6). The trigger-type liquid dispenser (1) is configured to draw, pressurize, and force-feed a content liquid contained in a container (C) to dispense the content liquid through a nozzle (5), by actuating the pump in response to the operating lever (6) being pulled repeatedly. The spring member (7) is held swingably with respect to the main body portion (3), and, in response to the operating lever (6) being pulled, the spring member (7) undergoes elastic deformation and swings with respect to the main body portion (3).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Shigeo Iizuka
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Patent number: 9962724Abstract: A dispenser main body (11) includes a cylindrical-shaped fitted portion (16a), and a nozzle (40) includes: a nozzle main body (41) and a nozzle extension body (42). The nozzle (40) is provided with a dispensing tube (51) including: a first dispensing tubular portion (51a) and a cylindrical-shaped second dispensing tubular portion (51b). A cut-out (52a) is provided in the front end of the first dispensing tubular portion (51a) or in a base end of the second dispensing tubular portion (51b), and an opening end of the cut-out (52a) is closed by the first dispensing tubular portion (51a) or the second dispensing tubular portion (51b) to provide an air inlet hole (52) in the dispensing tube (51).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Shigeo Iizuka
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Publication number: 20170348716Abstract: A trigger-type liquid dispenser that, even when lateral force is applied to a trigger, prevents liquid leakage. The trigger-type liquid dispenser includes a pump, which includes: a cylinder, which includes an inner tubular wall and an outer tubular wall; a piston, which has a front-side end portion; a front-side sealing piece and a rear-side sealing piece; an outer-circumferential-side support portion; and an inner-circumferential-side support portion. The outer-circumferential-side support portion is provided with an annular cut-off portion, which forms a gap between the outer-circumferential-side support portion and an outer circumferential surface of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro FUJIWARA, Hiroyuki NAKAMURA, Shigeo IIZUKA
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Publication number: 20170333931Abstract: A trigger-type liquid dispenser includes a dispenser main body, pump, and nozzle. The body includes a fitted portion, which communicates with a delivery port. The nozzle includes a partition wall, which covers an opening end of the fitted portion and has a dispensing hole, and an outer circumferential wall. The nozzle is rotatable with respect to the fitted portion between an opened position, wherein the hole communicates with the port, and a closed position, wherein the hole is blocked. The outer circumferential wall includes a locking projection, in undercut engagement with a projecting portion, on an outer surface of the fitted portion, to hold the nozzle in engagement with the fitted portion. The locking projection, in an inner edge portion thereof, has a concave portion, wherein the degree of undercut engagement with the projecting portion is reduced when the nozzle is located between the opened and the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro FUJIWARA, Shigeo IIZUKA
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Publication number: 20170120277Abstract: A trigger-type liquid dispenser, in which an upright and inverted dual unit includes a joint member, a pipe holding member, and a valve body. The joint member includes a through hole, which may be closed by the valve body, a valve-body-holding wall portion, which accommodates the valve body above the through hole in a manner such that the valve body is displaceable upward and downward, and an opening portion, which is formed in the valve-body-holding wall portion. In the inverted position, the upright and inverted dual unit permits content liquid contained in a container to be supplied to the dispenser main body by passing content liquid through a flow path from opening portion, through the hole, to the flow path defined between the joint member and pipe holding member sequentially. The valve body is inserted through the opening portion to be accommodated in the valve-body-holding wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro FUJIWARA, Shigeo IIZUKA