Patents by Inventor Shuichiro NAKAMURA

Shuichiro NAKAMURA 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).

  • Additive container
    Patent number: 11066214
    Abstract: An additive container is configured to contain an additive to be added to a defibrated material therein and to be coupled to an intake port for introducing the additive of an additive supply device. The additive container includes a container that includes a discharge port and contains the additive, and a first shutter member that opens and closes the discharge port. The first shutter member enters an open state by rotating the container in a first direction around a central axis of the discharge port with respect to the first shutter member, and the first shutter member enters a closed state by rotating the container in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the first shutter member from the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichiro Nakamura
  • ADDITIVE CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20200307870
    Abstract: An additive container is configured to contain an additive to be added to a defibrated material therein and to be coupled to an intake port for introducing the additive of an additive supply device. The additive container includes a container that includes a discharge port and contains the additive, and a first shutter member that opens and closes the discharge port. The first shutter member enters an open state by rotating the container in a first direction around a central axis of the discharge port with respect to the first shutter member, and the first shutter member enters a closed state by rotating the container in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the first shutter member from the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Shuichiro NAKAMURA