Patents by Inventor Mutsuo Kuramoto

Mutsuo Kuramoto 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).

  • Agitator, a circulatory cleaning device attached to the agitator, and a circulatory line system comprising the circulatory cleaning device
    Patent number: 7540651
    Abstract: An agitator able to mix and disperse a variety of fluids of various fluid volumes with different viscosities ranging from low to high, and having excellent, cleanability and improved cooling efficiency is provided. The agitator comprises a rotating shaft 3 extending vertically inside an agitating vessel 2, and a flat paddle blade 4 mounted on the rotating shaft 3. The flat paddle blade has a bottom flat paddle blade portion 4a extending outwards from the bottom of the rotating shaft 3 and a rectangular upper flat paddle blade portion 4b extending upward from an upper part of each side end of the bottom flat paddle blade portion 4a. The dimensional ratio (b/a) of the blade diameter (b) of the bottom flat paddle blade portion 4a to the inner diameter (a) of the agitating vessel 2 is from 0.6 to 0.9, and the dimensional ratio (d/c) of the height (d) of an upper flat paddle blade portion 4b to the height (c) of the bottom flat paddle blade portion 4a is from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Mutsuo Kuramoto, Masahiko Hiraki
  • Agitator, a circulatory cleaning device attached to the agitator, and a circulatory line system comprising the circulatory cleaning device
    Publication number: 20050232071
    Abstract: An agitator able to mix and disperse a variety of fluids of various fluid volumes with different viscosities ranging from low to high, and having excellent, cleanability and improved cooling efficiency is provided. The agitator comprises a rotating shaft 3 extending vertically inside an agitating vessel 2, and a flat paddle blade 4 mounted on the rotating shaft 3. The flat paddle blade has a bottom flat paddle blade portion 4a extending outwards from the bottom of the rotating shaft 3 and a rectangular upper flat paddle blade portion 4b extending upward from an upper part of each side end of the bottom flat paddle blade portion 4a. The dimensional ratio (b/a) of the blade diameter (b) of the bottom flat paddle blade portion 4a to the inner diameter (a) of the agitating vessel 2 is from 0.6 to 0.9, and the dimensional ratio (d/c) of the height (d) of an upper flat paddle blade portion 4b to the height (c) of the bottom flat paddle blade portion 4a is from 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Mutsuo Kuramoto, Masahiko Hiraki