Patents by Inventor Tadayuki Kumagai

Tadayuki Kumagai 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: 5993587
    Abstract: This invention relates to a double facer of a corrugating machine which aims to improve a drying state or bonding state between a single-faced corrugated fiberboard sheet and a liner and improve the quality of a corrugated fiberboard sheet. In a double facer for bonding together a single-faced corrugated fiberboard sheet and a liner to form a corrugated fiberboard sheet, provided are a heating member disposed along a conveying direction of the corrugated fiberboard sheet; a pressing unit, disposed so as to oppose the heating member, for pushing the corrugated fiberboard sheet against the heating member; a sheet conveying unit, disposed downstream the heating member, for conveying the corrugated fiberboard sheet; and a sheet feeding unit for feeding the corrugated fiberboard sheet toward the sheet conveying unit; while the pressing unit comprises a plurality of pressing devices disposed in series as being separated from each other along the conveying direction of the corrugated fiberboard sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukuharu Seki, Toshihide Kato, Tadayuki Kumagai