Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Morihara

Nobuyuki Morihara 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: 4300556
    Abstract: A facial beauty device attainable, in addition to facial sauna effect with a heated and highly moistened atmosphere, a facial skin washing effect by means of water spray and simultaneously both facial skin tightening and massaging effects accompanying inherent cooling and spray pressure, respectively. The device is provided with a moistening means oscillating water in a reservoir within a body case at a frequency of an ultrasonic band and delivering generated mist into a hood on the case to provide a highly moistened atmosphere within the hood, means for heating the mist by passing it through an electric resistive heater or carrying it onto the hood with hot air stream heated by the heater, and means for spraying water in the reservoir or from a tank capable of automatically supplying water responsive to falling water level in the reservoir toward a face contacting opening of the hood through nozzles opened in the hood by means of a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Ochi, Fumiya Ueda, Nobuyuki Morihara, Hiroshi Namba, Motohisa Nishino, Shigeo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 4284877
    Abstract: A hair curler comprising an elongated substantially hollow hair bobbin includes a PTC heating element having a temperature self-controlling function housed within the hair bobbin. A pair of opposed cup-shaped generally cylindrical members are housed within the bobbin with each cylindrical member including a bottom and a side wall. The heating element is held between the opposed bottoms of the cup-shaped members. Each of the bottoms of the cup-shaped members defines an electrode plate arranged in contact with a respective side of the heating element for transmitting electricity to the heating element and conducting heat from the heating element to the side wall of the respective member. The side wall of each member defines conductors for transmitting the heat to the ends of the hair bobbin. A power supplying pin includes first and second power supplying terminals which are connected to a respective one of the electrode plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Abura, Fumiya Ueda, Nobuyuki Morihara, Tomohiro Kami