Patents by Inventor Masao Hirayama

Masao Hirayama 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: 4334943
    Abstract: A method for smoothly evaginating a tubular material under pressure, if necessary, within a pipe line with simultaneous bonding the evaginated tubular material onto the inner surface of the pipe line, which comprises placing in a pressure container having a discharge pipe a part or whole of a tubular material, if necessary, with one terminal end thereof being connected to a first like material rope having a length at least equal to that of the tubular material, if necessary forming a reservoir of a binder enclosed in the interior of the tubular material placed in the pressure container to apply the binder onto the inner surface of the tubular material, fixing the other open terminal end in evaginated state to an annular fastener of said discharge pipe, and applying a pressurized fluid to the pressure container to evaginate the tubular material over its full length as it is propelled from the discharge pipe and, if necessary, moved forward within the pipe line and at the same time bonding the evaginated tubula
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignees: Tokyo Gas Kabushiki Kaisha, Ashimori Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuaki Zenbayashi, Akio Morinaga, Masao Hirayama, Akira Morita