Patents by Inventor Shozo Takaoka

Shozo Takaoka 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).

  • Patent number: 4516332
    Abstract: An apparatus of clarifying and circulating hot air for heat-treating textile fabric, comprises (A) a heating chamber having a plurality of components connected to each other and partitioned into a hot air-conditioning upper chamber and a fabric-treating lower chamber in which a fabric-passing space is formed and in each compartment, a hot air nozzle means is connected to the fabric-passing space, (B) a hot air-circulation flue extending through the compartments of the hot air-conditioning upper chamber and connected to the hot air nozzle means, (C) a hot air-exhaust flue has exhaust air suction ports connected to the fabric-passing space, and (D) at least one hot air-clarifying box located in the front half portion of the hot air-conditioning upper chamber, having a hot air heater and an oxidizing catalyst layer located therein and connected to the hot air-circulation flue through a hot air-distributing duct and to the hot air-exhaust duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: Wakayama Iron Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shozo Takaoka, Akio Hirasako