Patents by Inventor Takeshi Itoga

Takeshi Itoga 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).

  • Publication number: 20120187227
    Abstract: A facility for sorting and separating waste plastic includes: a crusher (11) for crushing waste plastic material into waste plastic fragments; a steam-cleaning device (13) for cleaning the waste plastic fragments; a primary wet specific-gravity sorter (14) and a secondary wet specific-gravity sorter (15) for separating the waste plastic fragments into floating or sinking specific-gravity-sorted fragments with a separating liquid having specific gravity which is the median of specific gravity of materials contained in the waste plastic fragments until the specific-gravity-sorted fragments contain three or less materials; and first to third electrostatic separation devices (16A to 16C) including frictional electrification devices for frictionally electrifying the specific-gravity-sorted fragments and electrostatic sorting devices for putting the frictionally electrified specific-gravity-sorted fragments into a static electric field and altering the falling directions of the specific-gravity-sorted fragments to
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Kazuo Ando, Tetsuya Inoue, Tsutomu Niwa, Takeshi Itoga