Patents by Inventor Makoto Kaneuchi

Makoto Kaneuchi 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: 5894938
    Abstract: A glass cullet separation apparatus according to the present invention includes a hopper (1), a rotary feeder (6), an inclined guide plate (14), a conveying belt (17), and a foreign glass discrimination device (37). The discriminated device can radiate a laser beam onto a surface of a cullet passing over a slit of the conveying belt (17) for emission therefrom and for discriminating a "yes or no" foreign glass determination by analyzing a spectrum of the emission. Also, included is a color discrimination device (41), a foreign glass discrimination trigger sensor (33), a color discrimination trigger sensor (40), and air nozzles (44) for ejecting the cullet at each predetermined positions which correspond to the cullet of the foreign glass and the cullet of each color. A non-contact type photoelectric sensor (45) is provided for sensing the cullet passing the air nozzle (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Ichise, Tatsunori Hayashi, Yasuhiko Ikegami, Yoshio Egashira, Makoto Kaneuchi, Toshio Sanagawa, Takeya Kawamura