Patents by Inventor Masaaki Fukaya

Masaaki Fukaya 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: 10172383
    Abstract: A drying device having a travel path along which a web (W) of paper travels, a plurality of drying ovens arranged side by side along the travel path, a plurality of conveyor rolls provided in each of the drying ovens to convey the web (W) along the travel path, a plurality of roll units each constituted by one or more of the conveyor rolls and separated from each other along the travel path, and a plurality of conveyor motors connected to the respective roll units to rotate the conveyor rolls, wherein a downstream one of the roll units with respect to the travel path is rotated at a lower rotating speed than an upstream one of the roll units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kida, Masaaki Fukaya
  • Patent number: 9739013
    Abstract: A low ignition propensity cigarette has wrapping paper (6) wrapping filling material into a rod-like shape, and the wrapping paper (6) includes highly conducting bands (10) formed by calendering and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the cigarette, the highly conducting bands (10) having higher thermal conductivity than inherent thermal conductivity of the wrapping paper (6), and burning depression bands (16) formed in the wrapping paper (6) and superposed upon the respective highly conducting bands (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kida, Masaaki Fukaya, Ken Uyama
  • Patent number: 9215893
    Abstract: There is provided a machine of manufacturing a low fire-spreading web, having a travel path (2) through which a paper web (W) travels; an applicator (3) that is interposed in the travel path (2) and used to apply a combustion inhibitor (7) onto the web (W); and a dryer (4) that dries the web (W) applied with the combustion inhibitor (7), further including a detector (9) that measures a parameter indicative of width of the web (W) that has passed through the dryer (4); and a controller (10) that controls a drying condition of the dryer (4) on the basis of a measurement result obtained by the detector (9) so that the width of the web (W) falls within an allowable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Izumiya, Shinzo Kida, Keisuke Towatari, Masaaki Fukaya
  • Patent number: 8896826
    Abstract: An inspection system for coated paper includes a traveling web of paper, a coating device for forming bands on the web by applying a coating liquid in the width direction of the web such that the bands are spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the web at regular intervals, a drying device for drying the web having the bands, a detection unit which is arranged downstream of the coating device for detecting at least either defect in the bands or defect in the web that is caused due to application of the coating liquid. A control device is inputted with the detection result from the detection unit and includes a determination section for determining the type of defect from the detection result. A quality control unit is inputted with the determination result from the determination section and configured to manage the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kida, Masaaki Fukaya, Takafumi Izumiya
  • Publication number: 20140101960
    Abstract: A drying device has a travel path (2) along which a web (W) of paper travels, a plurality of drying ovens (10) arranged side by side along the travel path (2), a plurality of conveyor rolls (23) provided in each of the drying ovens (10) to convey the web (W) along the travel path (2), a plurality of roll units (28a to 28c) each constituted by one or more of the conveyor rolls (23) and separated from each other along the travel path (2), and a plurality of conveyor motors (29) connected to the respective roll units (28a to 28c) to rotate the conveyor rolls (23), wherein a downstream one of the roll units with respect to the travel path is rotated at a lower rotating speed than an upstream one of the roll units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Shinzo KIDA, Masaaki FUKAYA
  • Publication number: 20130242292
    Abstract: An inspection system for coated paper includes a traveling web of paper, a coating device for forming bands on the web by applying a coating liquid in the width direction of the web such that the bands are spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction of the web at regular intervals, a drying device for drying the web having the bands, a detection unit which is arranged downstream of the coating device for detecting at least either defect in the bands or defect in the web that is caused due to application of the coating liquid. A control device is inputted with the detection result from the detection unit and includes a determination section for determining the type of defect from the detection result. A quality control unit is inputted with the determination result from the determination section and configured to manage the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Shinzo KIDA, Masaaki FUKAYA, Takafumi IZUMIYA
  • Publication number: 20130011546
    Abstract: There is provided a machine of manufacturing a low fire-spreading web, having a travel path (2) through which a paper web (W) travels; an applicator (3) that is interposed in the travel path (2) and used to apply a combustion inhibitor (7) onto the web (W); and a dryer (4) that dries the web (W) applied with the combustion inhibitor (7), further including a detector (9) that measures a parameter indicative of width of the web (W) that has passed through the dryer (4); and a controller (10) that controls a drying condition of the dryer (4) on the basis of a measurement result obtained by the detector (9) so that the width of the web (W) falls within an allowable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Takafumi Izumiya, Shinzo Kida, Keisuke Towatari, Masaaki Fukaya
  • Publication number: 20090301506
    Abstract: A low ignition propensity cigarette has wrapping paper (6) wrapping filling material into a rod-like shape, and the wrapping paper (6) includes highly conducting bands (10) formed by calendering and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the cigarette, the highly conducting bands (10) having higher thermal conductivity than inherent thermal conductivity of the wrapping paper (6), and burning depression bands (16) formed in the wrapping paper (6) and superposed upon the respective highly conducting bands (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Shinzo Kida, Masaaki Fukaya, Ken Uyama
  • Patent number: 4742280
    Abstract: A control device for a car wiper apparatus is disclosed, in which the wiper apparatus is driven in forward or reverse directions by the function of an electronic circuit. The control electronic circuit is so configured as to minimize the number of connection brushes for controlling the forward and reverse operations of the wiper motor which reciprocates the wiper blade. The reduced number of the connection brushes, which are arranged in the wiper motor, realizes a compact shape of the wiper motor as a whole. The electronic circuit functions to drive the wiper motor in forward and reverse directions within a predetermined angle thereby to rotate the crank arm connected with the wiper motor and the wiper blade with a small predetermined angle for reciprocal wiping operating, thus making it possible to mount the wiper apparatus in the small internal space of the car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ishikawa, Keiichi Uemura, Makoto Aso, Masaaki Fukaya
  • Patent number: D706186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Fukaya, Yoshinobu Kurimoto, Yasuhiko Mizuhata, Masao Saitou