Patents by Inventor Masaharu Tooyama

Masaharu Tooyama 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).

  • Application apparatus, application method and method for manufacturing web having coating film
    Patent number: 8733275
    Abstract: The application of a coating liquid, wherein a coating liquid being supplied is applied on the upper surface of a running web by the use of an application bar, to thereby form a coating film having a desired thickness, characterized in that in the upstream side from the application bar, the coating liquid is directly supplied to a standing liquid being formed in contact with both of the application bar and the web, or the coating liquid is allowed to flow down on a smooth surface in a such a state that its upper side is open to the outside and is supplied for the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nishimori, Hiroyuki Inoue, Masaharu Tooyama
  • APPLICATION APPARATUS, APPLICATION METHOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WEB HAVING COATING FILM
    Publication number: 20090079105
    Abstract: The application of a coating liquid, wherein a coating liquid being supplied is applied on the upper surface of a running web by the use of an application bar, to thereby form a coating film having a desired thickness, characterized in that in the upstream side from the application bar, the coating liquid is directly supplied to a standing liquid being formed in contact with both of the application bar and the web, or the coating liquid is allowed to flow down on a smooth surface in a such a state that its upper side is open to the outside and is supplied for the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka Nishimori, Hiroyuki Inoue, Masaharu Tooyama
  • Coating machine having a timer for continuously forming a coating of uniform thickness on a substrate
    Patent number: 6139639
    Abstract: A coating apparatus which comprises a feeding means to feed a coating liquid, a coating liquid applicator having a slot extending in one direction to discharge the coating liquid fed by the feeding means, and a conveying means to move at least either the coating liquid applicator or a substrate to be coated with the coating liquid relatively one to the other, comprising: (a) a first control means which comprises (a-1) a position detecting means to detect positions of the coating liquid applicator or the substrate which is moved by the conveying means, and (a-2) a controller capable of stopping the coating liquid applicator or the substrate which is moved by the conveying means at a position detected by the position detecting means such that a start-of-coating line of the substrate is in register with the slot of the coating liquid applicator and capable of starting the movement of the coating liquid applicator or the substrate which is stopped at the position; and (b) a second control means which comprises a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Hideo Ido, Tetsuo Suzuki, Kazuhiko Abe, Hiromitsu Kanamori, Tetsuya Goto, Takayoshi Akamatsu, Masaharu Tooyama, Toshihide Sekido