Patents by Inventor Sachihito Nitta

Sachihito Nitta 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: 5630558
    Abstract: A shelf for protecting the inner surface of a vertical shell of a pulverizer against wear. It is partially replaceable. The shell accommodates a screw shaft and is filled with a pulverizing medium and a material to be pulverized. At least one of them is magnetizable. The shelf is made up of vertical and circumferential ribs and mounted in the shell. It is divided both vertically and circumferentially into a plurality of blocks that are coupled together by bolts and nuts. Magnets are provided in the spaces defined by the ribs. By turning the screw shaft, the pulverizing medium is pushed radially outward and partially trapped in the above spaces, thus forming a wear protective lining. When any of the ribs is worn, only the block that includes this rib is replaced with a new one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Sachihito Nitta, Shigetoshi Kawabata
  • Patent number: 5346146
    Abstract: A vertical medium-stirring type pulverizer has a wear-preventive structure for preventing wear of its screw blade. The structure includes a plurality of magnets provided on the top surface of the screw blade. At least one of the pulverizing medium and the material to he pulverized which are contained in the pulverizing shell of the pulverizer is a magnetic material. The magnets serve to attract the magnetic medium or material thereto to form a lining on the top surface of the screw blade. A similar wear-preventive structure may be provided on the inner surface of the shell to prevent wear of the inner surface of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Sachihito Nitta