Patents by Inventor Tadashi Kume

Tadashi Kume 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: 9533336
    Abstract: Repair device for a dent is provided in metal bend tube part of musical instrument capable of effectively performing repair work in short time, not by conventional repair method using dent ball. In the device, a pressurizing device main body is also provided formed by connecting base member having an L shape in side view with first fulcrum at a base thereof and movable pressurizing member whose upper surface has convex arc-shaped surface in side view and has a second fulcrum at center part of lower surface, through a first and second arm. A wire, passes through the second arm and upright part of base member in axial direction, is provided, stopper is fastened to an end of wire which has passed through to outside of second arm, and wire passes through inside of curved metal tube and other end side of wire is connected to a foot pressing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: KUME CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Kume, Shigeru Okada
  • Publication number: 20160236253
    Abstract: Repair device for a dent is provided in metal bend tube part of musical instrument capable of effectively performing repair work in short time, not by conventional repair method using dent ball. In the device, a pressurizing device main body is also provided formed by connecting base member having an L shape in side view with first fulcrum at a base thereof and movable pressurizing member whose upper surface has convex arc-shaped surface in side view and has a second fulcrum at center part of lower surface, through a first and second arm. A wire, passes through the second arm and upright part of base member in axial direction, is provided, stopper is fastened to an end of wire which has passed through to outside of second arm, and wire passes through inside of curved metal tube and other end side of wire is connected to a foot pressing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: KUME CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi KUME, Shigeru OKADA
  • Patent number: 4809583
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a reed for a clarinet, or the like, said device having a reed guide base and an adjusting spatula having a curved end portion with a file bonded thereto for adjusting the thickness of the reed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: G. LeBlanc Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kume
  • Patent number: 4455975
    Abstract: A V-type multi-cylinder internal combustion engine has a horizontal joint plane between the cylinder block and the intake manifold. Cylinder heads are mounted on the two banks of cylinders and each cylinder head has an inclined surface cooperating with a similar surface on the intake manifold to form fluid tight joints between them. Engine coolant passes through these joints to circulate through a heating water jacket to heat passages in the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tadashi Kume
  • Patent number: 4317725
    Abstract: Artificial kidney apparatus comprising a blood circulation system including a dialyzer and a blood pump interposed in a blood circuit connectable with blood vessels of a patient, the blood circulation section being contained together with a drive motor for the blood pump and an electrical supply source thereof in a single casing to form a portable unit. The unit has connection openings for detachable connection with corresponding connection openings of a dialyzing liquid circuit of a dialyzing liquid circulation section. Respective valves are provided in the openings which are normally closed but which when the sections are coupled are opened to provide intercommunication. In a modification a portable container freely contains a blood circulation section and a dialyzing liquid circulation section. A dialyzing liquid supply section is contained within the portable container in the interior thereof not taken up by the blood circulation section and the dialyzing liquid circulation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadashi Kume, Yoshitsugu Fujimori, Isamu Inoh
  • Patent number: 4287059
    Abstract: A dialyzer apparatus in an artificial kidney system comprising a dialyzer main body having therein a blood flow passage and a dialyzing liquid flow passage separated by a dialyzing membrane. Integrally formed at the front surface of the main body is an air removal chamber which is in communication with the outlet of the blood flow passage and a liquid level adjusting chamber which is in communication with the air removal chamber. A pipe passage extends downwards from the air removal chamber for return of purified blood to the patient. The main body of the dialyzer is also integrally formed at its rear surface with a pair of further pipe passages which are respectively in communication with the inlet and outlet of the dialyzing liquid flow passage. A bottom cover member has a pair of medical liquid chambers integrally formed therewith and the bottom cover is mounted on and connected to the lower surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadashi Kume, Isamu Inoh