Patents by Inventor Takakazu Okamoto

Takakazu Okamoto 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: 9296499
    Abstract: The lid shaping device includes: container placing table 111; container lifter; lid shaping unit 112 including container mouth press 119, annular coil spring 123 arranged in a cylindrical holder, and pusher provided above the annular coil spring and having spring pressing inner circumferential surface 127; and pusher driver. The device operates in the order of first lifting by the container lifter until upper part or middle part of the lid skirt is located on the inner side of the annular coil spring, lowering of the pusher for lowering the container until the spring pressing inner circumferential surface reduces the diameter of the annular coil spring, and second lifting by the container lifter for lifting the container until the lower end of the lid skirt is located on the inner side of the annular coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA, SHIKOKU KAKOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Masuda, Yoshifumi Miki, Takakazu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20130036709
    Abstract: The lid shaping device includes: container placing table 111; container lifting and lowering means; lid shaping unit 112 including container mouth pressing means 119, annular coil spring 123 arranged in a cylindrical holder, and pusher provided above the annular coil spring and having spring pressing inner circumferential surface 127; and pusher lifting and lowering means. The device operates in the order of first lifting by the container lifting and lowering means until upper part or middle part of the lid skirt is located on the inner side of the annular coil spring, lowering of the pusher for lowering the container until the spring pressing inner circumferential surface reduces the diameter of the annular coil spring, and second lifting by the container lifting and lowering means for lifting the container until the lower end of the lid skirt is located on the inner side of the annular coil spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicants: SHIKOKU KAKOKI CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Masuda, Yoshifumi Miki, Takakazu Okamoto