Patents by Inventor Sumio Kurita

Sumio Kurita 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: 8657911
    Abstract: A moisture separator/heater, including a cylindrical main shell, a moisture separator that removes moisture in steam to be heated that flows in through the bottom of the main shell, a heater disposed above the moisture separator in the main shell, and restricting members disposed in a heating space to sandwich a tube bundle side plate with an outer rail to restrict rounded-back deformation thereof and satisfy an expression of 0.2?L1/L and L2/L?0.4, L represents total length of a straight tube portion, L1 represents distance from one of the pad members closest to a steam heating header to an end of the straight tube portion on the side where the steam heating header is present, and L2 represents distance from one of the pad members closest to a curved tube portion to an end of the straight tube portion on the side where the curved tube portion is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sumio Kurita, Koichi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20110290459
    Abstract: A moisture separator/heater that removes moisture from highly moist steam and heats the steam from which the moisture has been removed to produce superheated steam is provided. The moisture separator/heater includes a cylindrical main shell, a moisture separator that removes moisture in steam to be heated that flows in through the bottom of the main shell, and a heater disposed above the moisture separator in the main shell. A plurality of restricting members are disposed in a heating space in the moisture separator/heater so as to sandwich a tube bundle side plate with an outer rail to restrict rounded-back deformation thereof and are disposed so as to satisfy an expression of 0.2?L1/L and L2/L?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sumio Kurita, Koichi Yoshimura