Patents by Inventor Seiichiro Kuretoko

Seiichiro Kuretoko 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 and apparatus for repacking a photosensitive tabular printing plate
    Patent number: 5907946
    Abstract: An opening part cuts a periphery of a package which contains a bundle of PS (photosensitive) plates. Then, a lifter separates a top piece of the package from the bundle of the PS plates, and a cartridge body, which has been transferred by the lifter, is put on the bundle of the PS plates from which the top piece of the package has been separated. An inverter inverts the top and bottom faces of the bundle of the PS plates covered with the cartridge body, and then, the lifter separates the bottom piece of the package from the bundle of the PS plates. A cartridge lid, which is transferred by the lifter, is put on the bundle of the PS plates from which the bottom piece of the package has been separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohiko Oishi, Seiichiro Kuretoko