Patents by Inventor Masakatsu Kiyohara

Masakatsu Kiyohara 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: 6319390
    Abstract: A method of and system for cleansing a toilet or urinal are proposed which require less maintenance work and are safer to users than conventional methods using acid substances, and which can prevent the formation of stain on the toilet or urinal effectively and suppress the generation of ammonia sufficiently, thus accomplishing a sufficient countermeasure to the stench. A urinal (A1) is provided with a continuous electrolytic cell (1) having at least a pair of electrodes, a passage formed between the electrodes, and an inlet and an outlet that lead to the passage. Tap water is electrolyzed by the continuous electrolytic cell (1), whereby free chlorine is produced. Then the water containing free chlorine produced is supplied to the urinal (A1), and the water containing free chlorine sterilizes the inside of the urinal, thus preventing urease, an enzyme carried by bacteria, from acting to decompose urea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Kono, Nobuhiro Shono, Kenji Tabata, Masakatsu Kiyohara, Makoto Hayakawa, Mitsuyoshi Kanno, Nobuhiko Kanekuni
  • Patent number: 5954939
    Abstract: An electrolyzing apparatus for flowing water containing chlorine ions has an electrolytic cell provided with at least one pair of electrodes, a passage formed between the electrodes, an inlet port and an outlet port communicating the passage, and a power supply for applying voltage across the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Toto, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Kanekuni, Nobuhiro Shono, Masakatsu Kiyohara, Kenji Tabata, Shuhei Kono, Makoto Hayakawa