Patents by Inventor Masataka Yoneda

Masataka Yoneda 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).

  • Apparatus for joining slider body and pull tab
    Patent number: 5031307
    Abstract: A series of pull tabs are continuously fed to one end of a horizontal transport path; a series of slider bodies are continuously fed to the other end of the horizontal transport path; a lowermost slider body is placed into horizontal posture and into opposed relation to a lowermost pull tab on the horizontal transport path; the lowermost slider body and the lowermost pull tab are moved towards each other to thus bring the attachment lug of the former and the attachment portion of the latter into registry with each other; and then the attachment lug of the slider body and the attachment portion of the pull tab are joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Yoshida Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Masataka Yoneda, Shunichi Nakamura
  • Method of joining slider body and pull tab
    Patent number: 5025544
    Abstract: A series of pull tabs are continuously fed to one end of a horizontal transport path; a series of slider bodies are continuously fed to the other end of the horizontal transport path; a lowermost slider body is placed into horizontal posture and into opposed relation to a lowermost pull tab on the horizontal transport path; the lowermost slider body and the lowermost pull tab are moved towards each other to thus bring the attachment lug of the former and the attachment portion of the latter into registry with each other; and then the attachment lug of the slider body and the attachment portion of the pull tab are joined. Burs on the slider body are removed by a trimming jaw while the slider body and its pull tab move toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Yoshida Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Masataka Yoneda, Shunichi Nakamura