Patents by Inventor Shotaro Kai

Shotaro Kai 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 for linking knitted fabric pieces and apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 4846085
    Abstract: A method for automatically linking corresponding knitted loops of two knitted fabric pieces, and an apparatus for implementing the method, wherein each knitted loop to be pierced in two knitted fabric pieces is pierced by a piercing needle, respectively, and the knitted loop in one knitted fabric piece held by the piercing needle of one knitted loops selecting and piercing device is transferred to a corresponding piercing needle already holding a corresponding knitted loop of another knitted fabric piece, and the two corresponding knitted loops are sewn by a sewing needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Ishibashi, Yutaka Masushige, Shotaro Kai