Patents by Inventor Minoru Tashiro

Minoru Tashiro 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: 11699608
    Abstract: A substrate storage apparatus includes a stage on which a cassette that has a lid detachably mounted to an opening is disposed, a lid attaching/detaching plate that performs attaching/detaching of the lid to/from the opening of the cassette disposed on the stage, and is provided to be movable between a mounting position in contact with the lid disposed at a position of the opening and a retracted position not in contact with the lid disposed at the position of the opening, a lid holding sensor that detects whether the lid is being held by the lid attaching/detaching plate, and a controller that determines presence/absence of abnormality related to attachment/detachment of the lid based on a detection result of the lid holding sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiro Matsumoto, Michiaki Matsushita, Akira Murata, Minoru Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11628386
    Abstract: A filtering device includes a filter tank, a first drum filter both ends of which are supported, and a cantilever second drum filter. A first end portion of the first drum filter is supported on a first sidewall of the filter tank. A second end portion of the first drum filter is supported on a second sidewall. An end portion of the second drum filter on the supported side is supported on the first sidewall. Between an end portion of the second drum filter on the non-supported side and the second sidewall, a communicating part is formed. A first jetting section jets a fluid against an outer circumferential surface of the first drum filter. A second jetting section is arranged in the vicinity of the second drum filter and jets the fluid against the second drum filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BUNRI INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Tashiro, Makoto Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20210260612
    Abstract: A controller is configured to control a liquid supply to change a landing position of a liquid on a surface of a substrate continuously by discharging the liquid toward the surface of the substrate from a first liquid discharge nozzle while moving the first liquid discharge nozzle. The controller is also configured to derive discharge position deviation information of the liquid supply by comparing first temperature information based on a spot temperature measured by a temperature measurement device when the first liquid discharge nozzle is moved along a first nozzle path and second temperature information based on the spot temperature measured by the temperature measurement device when the first liquid discharge nozzle is moved along a second nozzle path which is different from the first nozzle path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Terufumi Wakiyama, Yuichi Douki, Akinori Tanaka, Minoru Tashiro, Reo Kitayama, Shu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200206662
    Abstract: A filtering device includes a filter tank, a first drum filter both ends of which are supported, and a cantilever second drum filter. A first end portion of the first drum filter is supported on a first sidewall of the filter tank. A second end portion of the first drum filter is supported on a second sidewall. An end portion of the second drum filter on the supported side is supported on the first sidewall. Between an end portion of the second drum filter on the non-supported side and the second sidewall, a communicating part is formed. A first jetting section jets a fluid against an outer circumferential surface of the first drum filter. A second jetting section is arranged in the vicinity of the second drum filter and jets the fluid against the second drum filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: BUNRI INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru TASHIRO, Makoto TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 10668494
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a holding unit, a nozzle, a driving unit, and a controller. The holding unit holds a substrate. The nozzle supplies a processing liquid to the substrate held on the holding unit. The driving unit moves the nozzle. The controller controls the driving unit, so as to move the nozzle while supplying the processing liquid to the substrate from the nozzle. Further, the controller controls the driving unit based on recipe information including step information including positions of first and second points above the substrate, total time for moving the nozzle between the first and second points, and a moving speed of the nozzle, so as to cause reciprocation of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Go Ayabe, Minoru Tashiro, Kunihiko Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20200058531
    Abstract: A substrate storage apparatus includes a stage on which a cassette that has a lid detachably mounted to an opening is disposed, a lid attaching/detaching plate that performs attaching/detaching of the lid to/from the opening of the cassette disposed on the stage, and is provided to be movable between a mounting position in contact with the lid disposed at a position of the opening and a retracted position not in contact with the lid disposed at the position of the opening, a lid holding sensor that detects whether the lid is being held by the lid attaching/detaching plate, and a controller that determines presence/absence of abnormality related to attachment/detachment of the lid based on a detection result of the lid holding sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro MATSUMOTO, Michiaki MATSUSHITA, Akira MURATA, Minoru TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 10561970
    Abstract: A filtration device has a primary conveyer tank which is equipped with a first conveyer, a primary drum filter which rotates inside the primary conveyer tank, a secondary conveyer tank which is equipped with a second conveyer and a secondary drum filter which rotates inside the secondary conveyer tank. Liquid in the primary conveyer tank passes through a first opening to flow into the secondary conveyer tank. Clean liquid flowing into a first clean tank is supplied to a low-pressure-side supply system by a first pump. Super-clean liquid having been filtered by the secondary drum filter passes through a second opening to flow into a second clean tank, and then is supplied to a high-pressure-side supply system by a second pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BUNRI INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Tashiro, Makoto Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20180280841
    Abstract: A filtration device has a primary conveyer tank which is equipped with a first conveyer, a primary drum filter which rotates inside the primary conveyer tank, a secondary conveyer tank which is equipped with a second conveyer and a secondary drum filter which rotates inside the secondary conveyer tank. Liquid in the primary conveyer tank passes through a first opening to flow into the secondary conveyer tank. Clean liquid flowing into a first clean tank is supplied to a low-pressure-side supply system by a first pump. Super-clean liquid having been filtered by the secondary drum filter passes through a second opening to flow into a second clean tank, and then is supplied to a high-pressure-side supply system by a second pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: BUNRI Incorporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tashiro, Makoto Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20180085769
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a holding unit, a nozzle, a driving unit, and a controller. The holding unit holds a substrate. The nozzle supplies a processing liquid to the substrate held on the holding unit. The driving unit moves the nozzle. The controller controls the driving unit, so as to move the nozzle while supplying the processing liquid to the substrate from the nozzle. Further, the controller controls the driving unit based on recipe information including step information including positions of first and second points above the substrate, total time for moving the nozzle between the first and second points, and a moving speed of the nozzle, so as to cause reciprocation of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Go Ayabe, Minoru Tashiro, Kunihiko Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20170259194
    Abstract: A drive shaft with direct-mounted sprockets is arranged in a chain drive unit. The drive shaft includes a shaft body, a pair of metal plate sprockets, and first padding portions and second padding portions formed of weld beads. The first padding portions are formed such that their positions are changed to alternate with each other in a circumferential direction of the shaft body. The second padding portions are formed such that their positions are changed to alternate with each other in the circumferential direction of the shaft body. A torque input to the shaft body is transmitted to the metal plate sprockets via the padding portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: BUNRI Incorporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tashiro, Makoto Tashiro
  • Patent number: 9427692
    Abstract: A paint booth is provided with a booth body and a purifier. The purifier is provided with a water tank, water rope formation mechanism, sludge removal mechanism, exhaust mechanism, barrier member, inclined plate, and windshield plate. Water falling from nozzles of a water case forms water ropes. The inclined plate has a water receiving surface sloping forwardly down from the barrier member toward a water surface of the water tank. A lower end of the windshield plate is in contact with water in the water tank. An airflow reversal section is formed between a lower end of the inclined plate and the water surface. Air directed downward from an airflow inlet is turned upward at the airflow reversal section and directed to an exhaust chamber through air circulation sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BUNRI Incorporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tashiro, Makoto Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20140360375
    Abstract: A paint booth is provided with a booth body and a purifier. The purifier is provided with a water tank, water rope formation mechanism, sludge removal mechanism, exhaust mechanism, barrier member, inclined plate, and windshield plate. Water falling from nozzles of a water case forms water ropes. The inclined plate has a water receiving surface sloping forwardly down from the barrier member toward a water surface of the water tank. A lower end of the windshield plate is in contact with water in the water tank. An airflow reversal section is formed between a lower end of the inclined plate and the water surface. Air directed downward from an airflow inlet is turned upward at the airflow reversal section and directed to an exhaust chamber through air circulation sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Minoru TASHIRO, Makoto TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 8435348
    Abstract: A paint booth is provided with a purifier. The purifier includes a water tank, pump, water cord formation mechanism, sludge removal mechanism, exhaust mechanism, and barrier member. The water cord formation mechanism includes a water case located in an upper part of a spray chamber. A large number of nozzles are formed in a bottom wall of the water case. Each nozzle includes a tubular portion, the inside diameter of which is reduced downward from an inlet, and a circular outlet. Water falling in straight lines from the outlet forms a large number of parallel water cords. Paint mist is collected as air containing the paint mist contacts the water cords. An exhaust chamber is formed on the back side of the barrier member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Bunri Incorporation
    Inventor: Minoru Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20120048189
    Abstract: A paint booth is provided with a purifier. The purifier includes a water tank, pump, water cord formation mechanism, sludge removal mechanism, exhaust mechanism, and barrier member. The water cord formation mechanism includes a water case located in an upper part of a spray chamber. A large number of nozzles are formed in a bottom wall of the water case. Each nozzle includes a tubular portion, the inside diameter of which is reduced downward from an inlet, and a circular outlet. Water falling in straight lines from the outlet forms a large number of parallel water cords. Paint mist is collected as air containing the paint mist contacts the water cords. An exhaust chamber is formed on the back side of the barrier member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: Minoru Tashiro
  • Patent number: 7976704
    Abstract: A filtration device is provided with a filter tank, filter media unit, and magnet. The filter media unit includes a filter media accommodation case and a large number of magnetic granular filter media. The magnet is movable between first and second positions. In the first position, a magnetic field is applied to the magnetic granular filter media, so that the magnetic granular filter media magnetically attract one another. In the second position, magnetic attraction between the magnetic granular filter media is canceled. The filter media accommodation case includes a nonmagnetic mesh member of a nonmagnetic material and magnetism intensification plate of a magnetic material. When the magnet is in the first position, the magnetic granular filter media and nonmagnetic mesh member are located between the magnetism intensification plate and the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Bunri Incorporation
    Inventor: Minoru Tashiro
  • Patent number: 7927489
    Abstract: A magnet drum mechanism of a magnet separator includes a cylindrical drum, a magnet provided inside of the drum and forming a magnetic field region configured to adsorb magnetic particles in a circumferentially partial range of an outer peripheral surface of the drum, and a scraper provided in a nonmagnetic field region of the drum, the scraper being configured to guide the magnetic particles adsorbed onto the outer peripheral surface of the drum to an outside of the separator main body in the nonmagnetic field region. The scraper includes a front end portion which faces the outer peripheral surface of the drum in a contactless manner along an axial direction of the drum, and a small gap is formed between the front end portion and the outer peripheral surface of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Bunri Incorporation
    Inventor: Minoru Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20110062064
    Abstract: A filtration device is provided with a filter tank, filter medium unit, magnet, and submerged air discharging mechanism. The filter medium unit includes a large number of magnetic filter medium granules formed of metal balls. When the magnet is in a first position, the magnetic filter medium granules magnetically attract one another. When the magnet is moved to a second position, the magnetic filter medium granules are released from the mutual magnetic attraction. In cleaning the magnetic filter medium granules, a clean fluid located above the magnetic filter medium granules is poured between the magnetic filter medium granules. In cleaning the magnetic filter medium granules, the submerged air discharging mechanism ejects air into the clean fluid above the magnetic filter medium granules and toward the magnetic filter medium granules. Air bubbles are introduced into the clean fluid by the ejected air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Minoru TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 7906021
    Abstract: A contaminated fluid recovery apparatus includes a dirty tank, a conveyor, and a drum-shaped filter unit. Inlet ports of the drum-shaped filter unit open along an axis of a magnet drum. The conveyor scrapes out an object for removal settled on a bottom portion of the dirty tank toward an exit section. The conveyor includes a lower portion which moves along the bottom portion and an upper portion which passes over the lower portion. The magnet drum is located horizontally between the lower portion and the upper portion of the conveyor so that its axis is perpendicular to a direction of travel of the conveyor. The magnet drum is driven by a chain of the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Bunri Incorporation
    Inventor: Minoru Tashiro
  • Patent number: 7867388
    Abstract: A contaminated fluid recovery apparatus includes a sludge removal mechanism having a dirty tank, a conveyor, and a magnetic drum which is arranged in the fluid circulating section. The contaminated fluid recovery apparatus is provided with an overflow tank. The overflow tank has a function to keep a fluid surface of the dirty tank in a position higher than the fluid circulating section and the magnetic drum. The magnetic drum is located horizontally between a lower portion and an upper portion of the conveyor. The conveyor scrapes out chips deposited on a bottom portion of the dirty tank toward an exit section. A scraping member, which is in contact with the magnetic drum, drops sludge attracted to the magnetic drum toward the lower portion of the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: BURNI Incorporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tashiro, Makoto Tashiro
  • Publication number: 20100270224
    Abstract: A magnet drum mechanism of a magnet separator includes a cylindrical drum, a magnet provided inside of the drum and forming a magnetic field region configured to adsorb magnetic particles in a circumferentially partial range of an outer peripheral surface of the drum, and a scraper provided in a nonmagnetic field region of the drum, the scraper being configured to guide the magnetic particles adsorbed onto the outer peripheral surface of the drum to an outside of the separator main body in the nonmagnetic field region. The scraper includes a front end portion which faces the outer peripheral surface of the drum in a contactless manner along an axial direction of the drum, and a small gap is formed between the front end portion and the outer peripheral surface of the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventor: Minoru Tashiro