Patents by Inventor Masaaki Notani

Masaaki Notani 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).

  • Automatic exchanging system for storage and retrieval of magnetic tape cassettes
    Patent number: 4937690
    Abstract: An automatic cassette exchanging system for performing cassette exchange between an information recording/reproducing device such as VTR and a cassette storage device. The automatic cassette exchanging system has a basic unit comprising a box and a fixing type cassette storage case which is placed in line in the box with the information recording/reproducing device so that a robot moving space is formed in the front side portion of the box so as to face cassette entrance and exit ports of the fixing type cassette storage case. A cassette exchanging robot is provided in the robot moving space to be movable orthogonally for the cassette exchange therebetween. The automatic cassette exchanging system allows addition of a unit or units comprising a box which has a robot moving space and a rotatable type cassette storage case whose cassette entrance and exit ports can face the robot moving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuichi Yamashita, Teruhisa Yokota, Masaaki Notani, Tsutomu Katsuta