Patents by Inventor Sadashi Tanaka

Sadashi Tanaka 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: 6132136
    Abstract: A drainage water pumping system. A number of drainage pumps are positioned at two different levels. Drainage water flowing into a drainage water pumping system from an underground inflow main pipeline is pumped to a discharge destination. Preferably the drainage pumps installed at the lower installation level have a high pump head and a small capacity, while the drainage pumps installed at the higher installation level have a low pump head and a large capacity. The drainage pumps can be in a circular arrangement with a congregated delivery pipeline installed lengthwise at the center of the circular arrangement and having each of the drainage pumps connected to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6102618
    Abstract: An underground water channel is provided in an underground of a large depth, and rain water and the like flow into this underground channel from flood control channels, conduits and rivers through vertical shafts. A pump well of a pump station is connected to a downstream end of the underground channel, and water flowing into the pump well is discharged by a pump to a discharge tank. The pump is disposed generally at a medium water level of the underground channel, and a lowest water level L.W.L enabling draining is the medium water level of the underground channel. In an open channel flow operation of an open channel-closed channel mixed flow operation, water level of the underground channel is maintained at the lowest water level L.W.L, so that the underground channel is in an open channel condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Masayuki Yamada, Saburo Maru, Sumio Sudo, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5971705
    Abstract: At a vaned diffuser or a volute casing of a centrifugal fluid machine, pressure pulsation and vibrating forces acting upon the diffuser or the volute casing are mitigated or cancelled so as to abate the noise from the centrifugal fluid machine. The fluid machine having an impeller 3 rotating about a rotating shaft 2 within a casing 1 and having a vaned diffuser 4 or volute 12 fixed to the casing 1 is constructed such that radius of the vane trailing edge of the impeller 3 and radius of the vane leading edge of the diffuser 4 or radius of the volute tongue is varied in the direction of axis of rotation and inclinations, on a meridional plane, of the vane trailing edge of the impeller 3 and the vane leading edge of the diffuser 4 or the volute tongue are set in the same orientation, thereby reduction in head and efficiency or occurrence of an axial thrust may be restrained to the extent possible to optimally abate the noise and pressure pulsation of the centrifugal fluid machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nagaoka, Sadashi Tanaka, Yukiji Iwase, Michiaki Ida, Hirotoshi Ishimaru, Saburo Iwasaki, Yoshiharu Ueyama, Tetuya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5909982
    Abstract: An underground water channel is provided in an underground of a large depth, and rain water and the like flow into this underground channel from flood control channels, conduits and rivers through vertical shafts. A pump well of a pump station is connected to a downstream end of the underground channel, and water flowing into the pump well is discharged by a pump to a discharge tank. The pump is disposed generally at a medium water level of the underground channel, and a lowest water level L.W.L enabling draining is the medium water level of the underground channel. In an open channel flow operation of an open channel-closed channel mixed flow operation, water level of the underground channel is maintained at the lowest water level L.W.L, so that the underground channel is in an open channel condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Masayuki Yamada, Saburo Maru, Sumio Sudo, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5857834
    Abstract: At a volute casing of a centrifugal fluid machine, pressure pulsation and vibrating forces acting upon the diffuser or the volute casing are mitigated or cancelled so as to abate the noise from the centrifugal fluid machine. The fluid machine having an impeller 3 rotating about a rotating shaft 2 within a casing 1 and having a volute 12 fixed to the casing 1 is constructed such that radius of the vane trailing edge of the impeller 3 and radius of the volute tongue is varied in the direction of axis of rotation and inclinations, on a meridional plane, of the vane trailing edge of the impeller 3 and the leading edge of the volute tongue are set in the same orientation, thereby reduction in head and efficiency or occurrence of an axial thrust may be restrained to the extent possible to optimally abate the noise and pressure pulsation of the centrifugal fluid machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nagaoka, Sadashi Tanaka, Yukiji Iwase, Michiaki Ida, Hirotoshi Ishimaru, Saburo Iwasaki, Yoshiharu Ueyama, Tetuya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5752785
    Abstract: In a drainage pump station, a driving machine has a capacity greater than a shaft power necessary for no-discharge operation of a pump, and during severe flooding the pump is operated at an overload exceeding its design capacity. During maintenance operation water is fed from a river on the delivery side of the pump station into the station. When an inflow of rainwater into the pump station is great the pump is operated at the necessary capacity, when it becomes small the water level is kept above a rated value, and when the inflow rate is zero the pump discharge is increased to a capacity at which sediment can be discharged. A suction blower is disposed at the top of a suction sump and interstage valves are disposed in entrances of vertical shafts to effect efficient ventilation of the underground waterway. A feed channel is operated as a pressure channel and the pump is of variable capacity and the water level in the underground waterway is controlled to be constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadashi Tanaka, Seiji Miura, Kunio Takada, Masayuki Yamada, Yutaka Shimada, Akira Manabe
  • Patent number: 5733064
    Abstract: A plural drainage pumps PH are disposed on the high floor gradation state at the circular shape. A plural drainage pumps PL are disposed on the low floor gradation state at the circular shape. The drainage pump PH disposed on the high floor gradation is installed at the high level. The drainage pump PH is set one having the low pump head and the large capacity in comparison with those of the drainage pump PL disposed on the low floor gradation. An outer shape of an underground pump construction building is formed a circular cone shape spreading toward an upper portion. The discharge water power can be reduced and the construction area for the underground pump construction building can be reduced and further the engineering working amount such as a digging working at the underground can be lessen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5709531
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor comprises a centrifugal impeller and a vaned diffuser. The diffuser includes a pair of diffuser plates and a plurality of guide vanes arranged between the pair of diffuser plates in a circular cascade manner. The guide vanes are equal in leading-edge radius to each other, but are different in length from each other. At least one short guide vane is arranged between the adjacent long guide vanes. The total number of the guide vanes is more than the number of blades of the impeller. A throat is formed on one but not the other of flow passages between the guide vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Haruo Miura, Hiroto Yoshikai, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5634740
    Abstract: An underground water channel is provided in an underground of a large depth, and rain water and the like flow into this underground channel from flood control channels, conduits and rivers through vertical shafts. A pump well of a pump station is connected to a downstream end of the underground channel, and water flowing into the pump well is discharged by a pump to a discharge tank. The pump is disposed generally at a medium water level of the underground channel, and a lowest water level L.W.L enabling draining is the medium water level of the underground channel. In an open channel flow operation of an open channel-closed channel mixed flow operation, water level of the underground channel is maintained at the lowest water level L.W.L, so that the underground channel is in an open channel condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Masayuki Yamada, Saburo Maru, Sumio Sudo, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5603587
    Abstract: A plurality of drainage pumps are disposed on a high floor gradation state in a circular arrangement. A plurality of drainage pumps are disposed on a low floor gradation state in a circular arrangement. The drainage pumps disposed on the high floor gradation are installed at a high level, with the drainage pumps having a low pump head and a large capacity in comparison with the drainage pumps disposed at the low floor gradation. An outer shape of an underground pump construction building is in the form of a circular cone shape spreading toward an upper portion of the underground pump construction building. The amount of power for discharging the drainage can be reduced and the construction area for the underground pump construction building can be reduced thereby minimizing the necessary requirement for installation of the underground pump construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5595473
    Abstract: At a vaned diffuser or a volute casing of a centrifugal fluid machine, pressure pulsation and vibrating forces acting upon the diffuser or the volute casing are mitigated or cancelled so as to abate the noise from the centrifugal fluid machine. The fluid machine having an impeller 3 rotating about a rotating shaft 2 within a casing 1 and having a vaned diffuser 4 or volute 12 fixed to the casing 1 is constructed such that radius of the vane trailing edge of the impeller 3 and radius of the vane leading edge of the diffuser 4 or radius of the volute tongue is varied in the direction of axis of rotation and inclinations, on a meridional plane, of the vane trailing edge of the impeller 3 and the vane leading edge of the diffuser 4 or the volute tongue are set in the same orientation, thereby reduction in head and efficiency or occurrence of an axial thrust may be restrained to the extent possible to optimally abate the noise and pressure pulsation of the centrifugal fluid machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nagaoka, Sadashi Tanaka, Yukiji Iwase, Michiaki Ida, Hirotoshi Ishimaru, Saburo Iwasaki, Yoshiharu Ueyama, Tetuya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5516263
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor comprises a centrifugal impeller and a vaned diffuser. The diffuser includes a pair of diffuser plates and a plurality of guide vanes arranged between the pair of diffuser plates in a circular cascade manner. The guide vanes are equal in leading-edge radius to each other, but are different in length from each other. At least one short guide vane is arranged between the adjacent long guide vanes. The total number of the guide vanes is more than the number of blades of the impeller. A throat is formed in only a part of flow passages between the guide vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Haruo Miura, Hiroto Yoshikai, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5498105
    Abstract: A plural drainage pumps PH are disposed on the high floor gradation state at the circular shape. A plural drainage pumps PL are disposed on the low floor gradation state at the circular shape. The drainage pump PH disposed on the high floor gradation is installed at the high level. The drainage pump PH is set one having the low pump head and the large capacity in comparison with those of the drainage pump PL disposed on the low floor gradation. An outer shape of an underground pump construction building is formed a circular cone shape spreading toward an upper portion. The discharge water power can be reduced and the construction area for the underground pump construction building can be reduced and further the engineering working amount such as a digging working at the underground can be lessen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5487621
    Abstract: An underground water channel is provided in an underground of a large depth, and rain water and the like flow into this underground channel from flood control channels, conduits and rivers through vertical shafts. A pump well of a pump station is connected to a downstream end of the underground channel, and water flowing into the pump well is discharged by a pump to a discharge tank. The pump is disposed generally at a medium water level of the underground channel, and a lowest water level L.W.L enabling draining is the medium water level of the underground channel. In an open channel flow operation of an open channel-closed channel mixed flow operation, water level of the underground channel is maintained at the lowest water level L.W.L, so that the underground channel is in an open channel condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Masayuki Yamada, Saburo Maru, Sumio Sudo, Sadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5360289
    Abstract: A plurality of drainage pumps are disposed on a high floor gradation state in a circular arrangement. A plurality of drainage pumps are disposed on a low floor gradation state in a circular arrangement. The drainage pumps disposed on the high floor gradation are installed at a high level, with the drainage pumps having a low pump head and a large capacity in comparison with the drainage pumps disposed at the low floor gradation. An outer shape of an underground pump construction building is in the form of a circular cone shape spreading toward an upper portion of the underground pump construction building. The amount of power for discharging the drainage can be reduced and the construction area for the underground pump construction building can be reduced thereby minimizing the necessary requirement for installation of the underground pump construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Takada, Kenji Otani, Sadashi Tanaka