Patents by Inventor Maplo Takama

Maplo Takama 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).

  • Labelling method and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 5254189
    Abstract: In a weighing and labelling system for a product, a suction unit (35) having its lower surface carrying a label (Z) is lowered by a drive motor (25) and, immediately before the suction unit (35) is brought into contact with a product (Y) to be wrapped, the supply of an electric power to the drive motor (25) is interrupted to allow the label (Z) to be applied to the product (Y) by the effect of an inertia operation and, thereafter, the suction unit (35) is immediately elevated. Alternatively, by the utilization of a servo mechanism, the label (Z) is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Ishida Scales Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Hirobe, Maplo Takama