Patents by Inventor Shouji Konno

Shouji Konno 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).

  • Publication number: 20070082045
    Abstract: A seamless capsule manufacturing device comprises a multiple nozzle 7 for ejecting liquid drops into hardening liquid 10 and a flow passage tube 11 for containing hardening liquid 10. The flow passage tube 11 has a deformation section 28 that includes an inlet part 25 and a formation tube part 28b showing a cross sectional area smaller than the inlet part 25. The liquid drops ejected from the multiple nozzle 7 into the hardening liquid 10 are once made to become spherical liquid drops 26 in a sol state at the inlet part 25. The liquid drops 26b are introduced from the inlet part 25 into the deformation section 28 while they are still in a sol state. As hardening liquid 10 is introduced from the inlet part 25 into the formation tube part 28b, its flow rate is changed and the liquid drops 26 are deformed due to the change in the flow rate to produce nonspherical seamless capsules SC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yamanaka, Kazuomi Unosawa, Narimichi Takei, Shouji Konno, Masayuki Ikeda