Patents by Inventor Shigemi Hatanaka

Shigemi Hatanaka 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).

  • Article transportation processing system
    Patent number: 5509524
    Abstract: A transporting apparatus for a container 1 has a sequentially arranged filling process path 13C for performing filling process for the container 1, a empty container infeed starwheel 12 for introducing the container 1 into the filling process path 13C, a discharge starwheel 16 for feeding out the container 1 from the filling process path 13C and a discharge conveyer 17. One of the empty container infeed starwheel 12, and the discharge starwheel 16 and the discharge conveyer 17 is arranged in an intersecting manner with respect to the filling process path 13C with a different level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Kao Corporation and Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ohmori, Shigemi Hatanaka, Yasuhiro Honma, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Eiichi Saito, Ichiro Hamano
  • Article conveyor unit
    Patent number: 5437361
    Abstract: A filling method is disclosed, which comprises a step of filling a content into a bottle 1 and a step of fitting a cap 2 on the bolt 1 with the content charged thereinto. The bottle 1 is conveyed in a state held by a bottle container 3 on a conveyor, while the cap 2 is conveyed in a state held by a cap holder 4 on a conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ohmori, Shigemi Hatanaka, Yasuhiro Homma, Eiichi Saito, Nobuyuki Kamishioiri
  • Article holding arrangement
    Patent number: 5375898
    Abstract: An article holding arrangement includes an article holder which defines an article holding portion, is formed of an urethane type foamed body and having a higher density at an outer skin portion than that of a core portion. The article holder also includes an article fixing device for holding an article set in an article holding portion of an article holder with an article holding member, which comprises a first magnet, to which the article holding member is fixed, movably supported on the article holder for movement in an article holding direction, a second magnet supported on the article holder in opposition to the first magnet, and the first and second magnets being provided the same magnetic poles at mutually opposing poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ohmori, Nobuyuki Kamishioiri, Shigemi Hatanaka, Yasuhiro Honma, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Article transportation processing system
    Patent number: 5337796
    Abstract: A transporting apparatus for a container 1 has a sequentially arranged filling process path 13C for performing filling process for the container 1, a empty container infeed starwheel 12 for introducing the container 1 into the filling process path 13C, a discharge starwheel 16 for feeding out the container 1 from the filling process path 13C and a discharge conveyer 17. One of the empty container infeed starwheel 12, and the discharge starwheel 16 and the discharge conveyer 17 is arranged in an intersecting manner with respect to the filling process path 13C with a different level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignees: Kao Corporation, Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ohmori, Shigemi Hatanaka, Yasuhiro Honma, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Eiichi Saito, Ichiro Hamano