Patents by Inventor Mitsutoshi Kurata

Mitsutoshi Kurata 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).

  • Automatic work-piece setting method
    Patent number: 7640645
    Abstract: A method for automation of conventional manual operation of setting the work-pieces on the hanger (H) for transporting the work-pieces, which moves such as in the surface treatment equipment (300), so as to provide the labor and power saving effect, to improve the efficiency on the operation, and to further improve the quality of the surface of the work-piece after treatment, comprises the process to separate and align plural work-pieces which are joined and aligned; the process to support the skewer-shaped supporting member (K) supporting plural separated and aligned work-pieces while maintaining the separated and aligned configuration; and the process to hang the skewer-shaped supporting member (K) supporting the work-pieces in the separated and aligned configuration on the hanger (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Kurata
  • Automatic work-piece setting and taking-out method and automatic work-piece setting and taking-out apparatus using that method
    Publication number: 20070028439
    Abstract: To provide the method and apparatus for automation of conventional manual operation of setting the work-pieces on the hanger (H) for transporting the work-pieces, which moves such as in the surface treatment equipment (300) and taking-out the work-pieces therefrom after the completion of the process, so as to provide the labor and power saving effect, to improve the efficiency on the operation, and to further improve the quality of the surface of the work-piece after treatment. The present invention comprises the process to separate and align plural work-pieces which are joined and aligned; the process to support the skewer-shaped supporting member (K) supporting plural separated and aligned work-pieces while maintaining the separated and aligned configuration; and the process to hang the skewer-shaped supporting member (K) supporting the work-pieces in the separated and aligned configuration on the hanger (H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Kurata