Patents by Inventor Masaya HIGASHITSUJI

Masaya HIGASHITSUJI 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: 9016927
    Abstract: A clay mixing apparatus includes a mixing chamber, a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, a drive unit arranged to rotate the rotor, an ejecting unit, a pressure reducing unit; and an exhaust flow path. The rotor includes a shaft rotated by the drive unit, an extruding member and a mixing member. The mixing member includes a plurality of arms and a plurality of blades arranged at tip ends of the arms. The exhaust opening is opposed, in a radial direction about the center axis, to a portion of the mixing member lying near the extruding member and/or a portion of the extruding member lying near the mixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
    Inventors: Motoki Kuriki, Takeo Tokuda, Masaya Higashitsuji
  • Publication number: 20120250447
    Abstract: A clay mixing apparatus includes a mixing chamber, a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, a drive unit arranged to rotate the rotor, an ejecting unit, a pressure reducing unit; and an exhaust flow path. The rotor includes a shaft rotated by the drive unit, an extruding member and a mixing member. The mixing member includes a plurality of arms and a plurality of blades arranged at tip ends of the arms. The exhaust opening is opposed, in a radial direction about the center axis, to a portion of the mixing member lying near the extruding member and/or a portion of the extruding member lying near the mixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki KURIKI, Takeo TOKUDA, Masaya HIGASHITSUJI