Patents by Inventor Kunio KOMATSU

Kunio KOMATSU 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).

  • Publication number: 20230117653
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat-sealing device capable of preventing problems associated with cap sealing performance and/or sensation of the cap being open due to an inappropriate cap temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio KOMATSU, Masato YAMADA, Takanori YABUUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230072273
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a detection device that detects the occurrence of an event (so-called “double capping”) in which two caps are disposed on one container. To that end, the detection device (10, 10A) of the present invention has two types of sensors provided on a production line (100) for a commercial product in which an opening (1A) of a container (1) is sealed with a cap (2), said sensors being a proximity sensor (3) along a path where the container (1) moves and a sensor (4: for example, a transmission sensor) equipped with a transmitter (4A), which is inside the same path, and a receiver (4B). An area detected by the sensors (3, 4) is an area where the cap (2) is not present in a normal state (a state in which double capping has not occurred), but where a subsequent cap (2-1) is present if two caps (2) in a row have been attached to one container (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.,, Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.,
    Inventors: Kunio KOMATSU, Masato YAMADA, Takanori YABUUCHI