Patents by Inventor Syunichi Tabata

Syunichi Tabata 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: 4827574
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for removing short fibers from a mass of ibers. A pair of perforated cylindrical bodies are opposed to each other with a predetermined spacing defined therebetween, and static electricity is applied across the perforated cylindrical bodies. A suction-wise removing device is installed in at least one of the perforated cylindrical bodies. The initial end of a transfer conveyor is located on the surface of one perforated cylindrical body adjacent the opposed region. Short fibers contained in the mass of fibers fed to the opposed region by a feeding device are drawn into the suction-wise removing devices through the through holes in the cylindrical bodies by the action of electrostatic force and suction air currents. The mass of fibers having the short fibers removed therefrom are oriented by electrostatic force and transferred by the conveyor while being maintained in this oriented state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Japan Cotton Technical and Economic Research Institute of Mengyokaikan
    Inventors: Yuzuru Nakano, Syunichi Tabata, Hiroaki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Araki, Akira Kondo, Shinzo Nishimura, Yoshiaki Yamaoka, Akihiko Takeshita, Yoji Yamada