Patents by Inventor Rie Aoki

Rie Aoki 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for automatically packaging encased product
    Patent number: 7131252
    Abstract: An automatic packaging apparatus has an arraying and supplying station, a sorting station and a packaging station. The arraying and supplying station forcibly arrays and supplies encased products to orient their caps in one direction. The sorting station selectively sorts the arrayed encased products to a first feed path for feeding the encased products to package the encased products in a abreast-arrayed attitude and a second feed path for feeding the encased products to package the encased products in a tandem-arrayed attitude. The packaging station automatically packages the encased products by a shrink sheet in the abreast-arrayed attitude or the tandem-arrayed attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Otsuka, Sakae Kagawa, Rie Aoki
  • Method of and apparatus for automatically packaging encased product
    Publication number: 20040163362
    Abstract: An automatic packaging apparatus has an arraying and supplying station, a sorting station and a packaging station. The arraying and supplying station forcibly arrays and supplies encased products to orient their caps in one direction. The sorting station selectively sorts the arrayed encased products to a first feed path for feeding the encased products to package the encased products in a abreast-arrayed attitude and a second feed path for feeding the encased products to package the encased products in a tandem-arrayed attitude. The packaging station automatically packages the encased products by a shrink sheet in the abreast-arrayed attitude or the tandem-arrayed attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Otsuka, Sakae Kagawa, Rie Aoki
  • Method of and apparatus for automatically packaging encased product
    Patent number: 6718737
    Abstract: An automatic packaging apparatus has an arraying and supplying station, a sorting station and a packaging station. The arraying and supplying station forcibly arrays and supplies encased products to orient their caps in one direction. The sorting station selectively sorts the arrayed encased products to a first feed path for feeding the encased products to package the encased products in a abreast-arrayed attitude and a second feed path for feeding the encased products to package the encased products in a tandem-arrayed attitude. The packaging station automatically packages the encased products by a shrink sheet in the abreast-arrayed attitude or the tandem-arrayed attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Otsuka, Sakae Kagawa, Rie Aoki
  • Method of and apparatus for automatically packaging encased product
    Publication number: 20020069618
    Abstract: An automatic packaging apparatus has an arraying and supplying station, a sorting station and a packaging station. The arraying and supplying station forcibly arrays and supplies encased products to orient their caps in one direction. The sorting station selectively sorts the arrayed encased products to a first feed path for feeding the encased products to package the encased products in a abreast-arrayed attitude and a second feed path for feeding the encased products to package the encased products in a tandem-arrayed attitude. The packaging station automatically packages the encased products by a shrink sheet in the abreast-arrayed attitude or the tandem-arrayed attitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Otsuka, Sakae Kagawa, Rie Aoki