Patents by Inventor Masafumi TAN

Masafumi TAN 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).

  • Publication number: 20230173778
    Abstract: Capable of increasing both solid-liquid separation efficiency and cleanability. A separation device includes a casing including an object discharging port on a first direction E1 side than an object feeding port, and a separated liquid discharging port on a second direction E2 side than the object feeding port; a screw shaft; a first screw blade having a second surface that faces space Sla into which a pre-object is fed from the object feeding port in the casing; and a second screw blade having a first surface that faces the space Sla into which the pre-object is fed from the object feeding port in the casing. An end part of the first screw blade on the first direction E1 side is placed on the first direction E1 side than an end part of the second screw blade on the first direction E1 side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Metawater Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masafumi TAN
  • Patent number: 11655175
    Abstract: A screw type separation device includes: a casing that has a separated liquid discharge port on one end part side and has an object discharge port on the other end part side, while the other end part side is positioned lower, in terms of vertical directions, than the one end part side; a screw shaft provided inside the casing; a first screw blade; and a second screw blade that forms a first space between one face and the first screw blade facing the one face and forms a second space between the other face and the first screw blade facing the other face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Metawater Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sugawara, Masafumi Tan
  • Publication number: 20210087095
    Abstract: A screw type separation device includes: a casing that has a separated liquid discharge port on one end part side and has an object discharge port on the other end part side, while the other end part side is positioned lower, in terms of vertical directions, than the one end part side; a screw shaft provided inside the casing; a first screw blade; and a second screw blade that forms a first space between one face and the first screw blade facing the one face and forms a second space between the other face and the first screw blade facing the other face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: METAWATER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki SUGAWARA, Masafumi TAN