Patents by Inventor Mano Tetsuro

Mano Tetsuro 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).

  • Apparatus for cutting a string of sausage links
    Patent number: 4104763
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a string of sausage links at a junction between links to form lengths of one or more links which comprises a conveying device for advancing the string of links, a stretching device for stretching the junction to be cut and a cutting means provided between the conveying device to cut the string at the junction and the stretching device. The conveying device pinches and conveys the string of sausage links the stretching device is desposed downstream of the conveying device and pinches and receives the string of sausage links from the conveying device. The stretching device is coupled to the conveying device for operation therewith at a higher conveying speed to stretch the twisted junction between the sausage links. The cutting means is connected to an electric eye which perceives the twisted junction of the sausage links and operates the cutting means to cut the twisted junction at a cutting station at which the cutting means and electric eye are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1978
    Assignee: Totai Company Limited
    Inventor: Mano Tetsuro