Patents by Inventor Masanori Shinooka

Masanori Shinooka 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: 7681816
    Abstract: A wood crusher having a crushing apparatus includes a crushing rotor for crushing target wood to be crushed, a second screen detachably mounted on the outer peripheral side of the crushing apparatus and a screen support member disposed on the outer peripheral side of the second screen and holding the second screen in a position on the outer peripheral side of the crushing apparatus. A link mechanism is coupled to the screen support member, and a hydraulic cylinder is coupled to the link mechanism to advance and retract the screen support member relative to the crushing apparatus with extension and contraction thereof. Time and labor required for work of replacing the sieve member can be greatly reduced as a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Masanori Shinooka
  • Publication number: 20080283643
    Abstract: A wood crusher comprises a crushing apparatus including a crushing rotor for crushing target woods to be crushed, a second screen detachably mounted on the outer peripheral side of the crushing apparatus, a screen support member disposed on the outer peripheral side of the second screen and holding the second screen in a position on the outer peripheral side of the crushing apparatus, a link mechanism coupled to the screen support member, and a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the link mechanism and advancing and retracting the screen support member relative to the crushing apparatus with extension and contraction thereof. Time and labor required for work of replacing the sieve member can be greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Masanori Shinooka
  • Patent number: 7258293
    Abstract: A wood crusher has body frame; a crushing apparatus installed on the body frame and a crushing rotor rotated in a crushing chamber. A feed conveyor for conveying wood to be crushed is installed on one side of the body frame in the longitudinal direction thereof and includes a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and a running member looped between the drive wheel and the driven wheel. A bottom-equipped hopper having side walls on both sides of the feed conveyor in the transverse direction thereof, and a bottom wall disposed under the feed conveyor has a guide member disposed in continuation with the bottom wall of the hopper at a position near the drive wheel of the feed conveyor to prevent wood pieces from accumulating near the drive wheel. This arrangement prevents the wood pieces from being dropped onto the ground during the crushing work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Masanori Shinooka, Kazuhide Seki
  • Publication number: 20050194478
    Abstract: A wood crusher has body frame; a crushing apparatus installed on the body frame and a crushing rotor rotated in a crushing chamber. A feed conveyor for conveying wood to be crushed is installed on one side of the body frame in the longitudinal direction thereof and includes a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and a running member looped between the drive wheel and the driven wheel. A bottom-equipped hopper having side walls on both sides of the feed conveyor in the transverse direction thereof, and a bottom wall disposed under the feed conveyor has a guide member disposed in continuation with the bottom wall of the hopper at a position near the drive wheel of the feed conveyor to prevent wood pieces from accumulating near the drive wheel. This arrangement prevents the wood pieces from being dropped onto the ground during the crushing work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Masanori Shinooka, Kazuhide Seki