Patents by Inventor Takayuki Kawafuji

Takayuki Kawafuji 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: 5096332
    Abstract: A method for preventing water leakage into and out from a pipeline utilizes an injection material and a liner. The injection material exhibits fluidity and hardenability. The liner includes an elastically deformable sleeve having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the pipe and a plurality of elastically deformable and successively circumferentially extending projection portions formed at axial intervals on the circumferential surface of the sleeve; a sheetlike base placed inside the sleeve in a radially expandable, wound cylindrical form; fixing means for maintaining the base in a substantially cylindrical form when the base is radially expanded inside the sleeve; and check valve means defined by the sleeve and the base when the base is radially expanded. The check valve means permits the injection material to flow from the inside of the base into the space between the projection portions in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignees: Toa Grout Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Iseki Kaihatsu Koki
    Inventor: Takayuki Kawafuji
  • Patent number: 5035539
    Abstract: A liner for pipeline repair is provided that includes an elastically deformable sleeve having impermeability, a base having a sheet-like base portion disposed inside the sleeve, wound into a cylindrical form, and expandable radially and fixing means disposed in the base for maintaining the base portion in a subtantially cylindrical form when the base portion is expanded radially within the sleeve. The liner is used for preventing the outflow of water from a pipeline such as a sewer pipe and/or the inflow of water into the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignees: Toa Grout Kogyo Kabushiki Kaishi, Kabushiki Kaisha Iseki
    Inventors: Takayuki Kawafuji, Toshio Akesaka, Sinkiti Ooka