Patents by Inventor Setsuo Buno

Setsuo Buno 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).

  • Transplanter
    Patent number: 5842306
    Abstract: A transplanter(10) for transplanting a plug seedling(G) grown in each cell(14a) of a plug seedling tray(14) to a certain size to a transplanted seedling tray(15) or a pot comprising a plug seedling carrying means(12) for carrying the plug seedling tray(14), a transplanted seedling carrying means(13) spaced at a certain distance from the plug seedling carrying means(12) for carrying the transplanted seedling tray(15) or the pot, a seedling transfer mechanism(30) disposed across the plug seedling carrying means(12) and the transplanted seedling carrying means(13) for transferring the plug seedling from the position above the plug seedling tray(14) to the position above the transplanted seedling tray(15), the seedling transfer mechanism(30) including an endless chain or belt(35) passing above the plug seedling carrying means(12) and the transplanted seedling carrying means(13) and circulating in a plane made at a certain angle with respect to a horizontal plane, the endless chain or belt(35) being provided at it
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignees: Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd., Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Onosaka, Kenji Okuno, Kiyoshi Uchida, Setsuo Buno, Hisaya Yamada