Patents by Inventor Takayuki UTSUNOMIYA

Takayuki UTSUNOMIYA 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: 11613425
    Abstract: A bag bundle conveyance apparatus which conveys a bag bundle including a plurality of bags, includes: a support body which supports the bag bundle from below; a holding unit which holds the bag bundle; and a transfer drive unit which moves the holding unit in a conveyance direction, wherein the transfer drive unit moves the holding unit in the conveyance direction in a state where the bag bundle is supported from below by the support body and is held by the holding unit, in such a manner that the bag bundle is conveyed in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PACRAFT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Morino, Kazuo Fukunaga, Takayuki Utsunomiya
  • Patent number: 11492161
    Abstract: A bag supply system includes: a bag bundle delivery device moves bag bundles from a delivery relay position to a delivery zone; a bag bundle conveyance device which receives the bag bundles from the bag bundle delivery device in the delivery zone and conveys the bag bundles from the delivery zone to a supply zone in a state where the bag bundles are supported by a support part; a bag bundle takeoff device which holds the bag bundles supported by the support part in the supply zone and moves the bag bundles from the bag bundle conveyance device to a supply relay position; and a bag supply device which sequentially supplies bags included in each of the bag bundles arranged in the supply relay position, to a packaging machine. The support part moves along an endless track between the delivery zone and the supply zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO JIDOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Morino, Kazuo Fukunaga, Shota Kajihara, Takayuki Utsunomiya
  • Publication number: 20220106126
    Abstract: A bag bundle conveyance apparatus which conveys a bag bundle including a plurality of bags, includes: a support body which supports the bag bundle from below; a holding unit which holds the bag bundle; and a transfer drive unit which moves the holding unit in a conveyance direction, wherein the transfer drive unit moves the holding unit in the conveyance direction in a state where the bag bundle is supported from below by the support body and is held by the holding unit, in such a manner that the bag bundle is conveyed in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Manabu MORINO, Kazuo FUKUNAGA, Takayuki UTSUNOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210198067
    Abstract: A bag bundle transfer system includes a holding device, a movable member, a drive device and a moving device, wherein: the movable member arranged in the first orientation position in a state where the holding device holds the support part supports from below a part of the bag bundle which is located on an end portion side in a first direction from the support part, and the movable member arranged in the second orientation position in a state where the holding device holds the support part does not support from below a part of the bag bundle which is located on an end portion side in the first direction from the support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Manabu MORINO, Kazuo FUKUNAGA, Shota KAJIHARA, Takayuki UTSUNOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210130020
    Abstract: A bag supply system includes: a bag bundle delivery device moves bag bundles from a delivery relay position to a delivery zone; a bag bundle conveyance device which receives the bag bundles from the bag bundle delivery device in the delivery zone and conveys the bag bundles from the delivery zone to a supply zone in a state where the bag bundles are supported by a support part; a bag bundle takeoff device which holds the bag bundles supported by the support part in the supply zone and moves the bag bundles from the bag bundle conveyance device to a supply relay position; and a bag supply device which sequentially supplies bags included in each of the bag bundles arranged in the supply relay position, to a packaging machine. The support part moves along an endless track between the delivery zone and the supply zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Manabu MORINO, Kazuo FUKUNAGA, Shota KAJIHARA, Takayuki UTSUNOMIYA
  • Publication number: 20210061503
    Abstract: A bag bundle pickup system includes: a storage unit in which one or more bag bundles are stored; and a pickup unit which takes out the one or more bag bundles from the storage unit. Each bag bundles includes bags and has a thick part having a locally large thickness. The storage unit includes: a support portion; and an entry space located below a bag bundle when the bag bundle is placed on each support portion. The pickup unit includes a holding device which enters the entry space and holds a bag bundle located above the entry space, each support portion has a contact part which comes into contact with a bag bundle being placed thereon, and a part of a bag bundle other than the thick part is placed on a contact top part which is located at a highest position of the contact part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Manabu MORINO, Kazuo FUKUNAGA, Shota KAJIHARA, Takayuki UTSUNOMIYA