Patents by Inventor Masataka KITAJIMA

Masataka KITAJIMA 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).

  • Clothing item separating device and clothing item processing device comprising same
    Patent number: 10240281
    Abstract: A clothes separating device and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device according to this disclosure are provided with a separator that operates to grip clothes in a washing tub and to separate, from the gripped clothes, another item of clothes entwined with the gripped clothes. In this manner, a user does not need to separate a plurality of individual items of clothes before folding the clothes. Hence, it is possible to provide the clothes separating device that contributes to reducing a burden of work related to laundry and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Ozeki, Shinji Suematsu, Hiroshi Kohso, Hiroshi Horibata, Junichi Nawama, Masahiro Kawai, Yasunori Matsunari, Masataka Kitajima
  • CLOTHING ITEM SEPARATING DEVICE AND CLOTHING ITEM PROCESSING DEVICE COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20170356124
    Abstract: A clothes separating device and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device according to this disclosure are provided with a separator that operates to grip clothes in a washing tub and to separate, from the gripped clothes, another item of clothes entwined with the gripped clothes. In this manner, a user does not need to separate a plurality of individual items of clothes before folding the clothes. Hence, it is possible to provide the clothes separating device that contributes to reducing a burden of work related to laundry and a clothes processing apparatus including the clothes separating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji OZEKI, Shinji SUEMATSU, Hiroshi KOHSO, Hiroshi HORIBATA, Junichi NAWAMA, Masahiro KAWAI, Yasunori MATSUNARI, Masataka KITAJIMA