Patents by Inventor Tadamasa Horiuchi

Tadamasa Horiuchi 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: 7107123
    Abstract: A food dishing robot system capable of dealing with dishing operations of foods of various characteristics. Trays are supplied to vicinities of food dishing robots RB1–RB3 by food supplying lines L1–L3. Four food conveying containers are placed on each tray. Each of the robots RB1–RB3 handles a food conveying container containing a food on the tray to move the food conveying container over a lunch box supplied by a lunch box supplying line L4 at a predetermined position, and dishes the food on a predetermined space in the lunch box. The food contained in the food conveying container is discharged through a cutout or an opening formed at a side thereof by inclining the food conveying container. The food conveying container may have a bottom plate to be opened/closed or the robot may have an auxiliary member in the form of scoop to forcedly discharge the food from the food conveying container. After completing the dishing of the food, the food conveying container is returned on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Fanuc LTD
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Kazuhisa Otsuka, Hiroaki Kubota, Tadamasa Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20030075051
    Abstract: A food dishing robot system capable of dealing with dishing operations of foods of various characteristics. Trays are supplied to vicinities of food dishing robots RB1-RB3 by food supplying lines L1-L3. Four food conveying containers are placed on each tray. Each of the robots RB1-RB3 handles a food conveying container containing a food on the tray to move the food conveying container over a lunch box supplied by a lunch box supplying line L4 at a predetermined position, and dishes the food on a predetermined space in the lunch box. The food contained in the food conveying container is discharged through a cutout or an opening formed at a side thereof by inclining the food conveying container. The food conveying container may have a bottom plate to be opened/closed or the robot may have an auxiliary member in the form of scoop to forcedly discharge the food from the food conveying container. After completing the dishing of the food, the food conveying container is returned on the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Kazuhisa Otsuka, Hiroaki Kubota, Tadamasa Horiuchi