Patents by Inventor Seiji Kataoka
Seiji Kataoka 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).
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Patent number: 7857473Abstract: There is disclosed an open showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In an open showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities in the display chamber 11 while cooling the commodities, the showcase includes a reflective plate 45 which extends externally from a front surface opening 12 of the display chamber 11, and LED lights 40 attached to the reflective plate 45, and the inside of the display chamber 11 is illuminated with light emitted from the LED lights 40.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7845818Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities on a plurality of steps of shelves 32 disposed in the display chamber 11 and cool the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11 from the upside, and light guide plates 48 provided on lower surfaces of the shelves 32, light inlet portions 49 of the light guide plates 48 are provided so as to protrude forward from the shelves 32, and a light emitting surface 52 of each light guide plate 48 faces the shelf 32 under the shelf 32 provided with the light guide plate 48.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7726831Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities in the display chamber 11 while cooling the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11, and a light transmitting shade 46 which covers the LED lights 40, and the shade 46 has a structure to diffuse light from the LED lights 40.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7572025Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities on shelf plates 32 of a plurality of steps of shelves disposed in the display chamber 11 and cool the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11 from the upside, and the shelf plates 32 and the like constituting the shelves are constituted of a transparent material.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080205040Abstract: There is disclosed an open showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In an open showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2, cold air is discharged from cold air discharge ports 16, 17 provided in an upper edge of a front surface opening 12 of the display chamber 11, and sucked into cold air suction ports 18, 19 provided in a lower edge of the opening 12, to form a cold air curtain in the front surface opening 12 of the display chamber 11, the open showcase includes a hand rail main body 24 provided on an upper end of a front wall 2C of the insulating wall 2 positioned outside the cold air suction ports 18, 19, a reflective plate 26 provided on the hand rail main body 24, and LED lights 40 attached to the reflective plate 26, and the inside of the display chamber 11 is illuminated with light emitted from the LED lights 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080205042Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities in the display chamber 11 while cooling the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11, and a light transmitting shade 46 which covers the LED lights 40, and the shade 46 has a structure to diffuse light from the LED lights 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080205041Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities on shelf plates 32 of a plurality of steps of shelves disposed in the display chamber 11 and cool the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11 from the upside, and the shelf plates 32 and the like constituting the shelves are constituted of a transparent material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080205044Abstract: There is disclosed a showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In a showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities on a plurality of steps of shelves 32 disposed in the display chamber 11 and cool the commodities, the showcase includes LED lights 40 which illuminate the inside of the display chamber 11 from the upside, and light guide plates 48 provided on lower surfaces of the shelves 32, light inlet portions 49 of the light guide plates 48 are provided so as to protrude forward from the shelves 32, and a light emitting surface 52 of each light guide plate 48 faces the shelf 32 under the shelf 32 provided with the light guide plate 48.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080205043Abstract: There is disclosed an open showcase provided with a light device capable of simplifying a maintenance operation and improving a cooling efficiency in a display chamber. In an open showcase 1 of the present invention, a display chamber 11 is formed in an insulating wall 2 to display commodities in the display chamber 11 while cooling the commodities, the showcase includes a reflective plate 45 which extends externally from a front surface opening 12 of the display chamber 11, and LED lights 40 attached to the reflective plate 45, and the inside of the display chamber 11 is illuminated with light emitted from the LED lights 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Sakumi Shibusawa, Atsushi Todoroki, Masaru Sekine, Seiji Kataoka, Yoshiki Makishima, Tetsuya Oketani, Katsuya Kobayashi
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Patent number: 4092222Abstract: A coke dry quenching installation has a cooling chamber having a top charging opening, a travelling crane above the cooling chamber, and a coke bucket on the travelling crane movable to a position above the top charging opening and having a cover thereon. A hopper chute is positioned between the coke bucket and the top charging opening on the cooling chamber and is movable laterally toward and away from a position over the top charging opening, the hopper chute having a bottom opening which when the hopper chute is over the top charging opening is aligned in substantial gas tight alignment with the top charging opening. The coke bucket has a bottom opening which engages in sealing engagement with the top opening of the hopper chute when the coke bucket is lowered toward the cooling chamber by the travelling crane.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1977Date of Patent: May 30, 1978Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Seiji Kataoka, Tutomu Shimizu, Kesao Katwuno
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Patent number: D304942Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1986Date of Patent: December 5, 1989Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Seiji Kataoka
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Patent number: D415328Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1998Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., LtdInventors: Hideo Uehara, Seiji Kataoka