Patents by Inventor Takuya Nitta

Takuya Nitta 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: 8701744
    Abstract: A molding machine which allows a simplification of a sand filling operation, and the prevention of the formation of a bridge and an air channel in the sand tank, so that the sand filling operation of the molding machine is able to be performed steadily. The molding machine of the present invention includes: a sand tank for storing molding sand to be introduced to a molding flask; a pair of upper and lower sand filling nozzles to guide the molding sand in a horizontal direction, where the molding sand is supplied from a pair of upper and lower sand introducing parts which are located at the lower part of the sand tank; and at least one filter part with a plurality of air-injecting apertures on its entire body, which is attached to at least the entire inner surfaces of the pair of sand introducing parts; wherein the molding sand is fluidized by air injected through the air-injecting apertures of the filter part, and introduced to the molding flask through the sand filling nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Takasu, Yutaka Hadano, Takayuki Komiyama, Takuya Nitta, Shuichi Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 8616263
    Abstract: Disclosed is a molding machine for simultaneously making upper and lower molds with cope and drag flasks, a matchplate, upper and lower squeezing boards, and a lower filling frame. This machine also includes a cylinder for raising and lowering the lower squeezing board, a driving mechanism that includes pneumatic and hydraulic piping systems for driving the cylinder using an air-on-oil system, and a controller for controlling the driving mechanism. The drag flask, the matchplate, the filling frame, and the lower board define a lower molding space, while the matchplate, the upper board, and the cope flask define an upper molding space such that the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive the cylinder at a low pressure. The lower squeezing board is raised to squeeze the molding sand for simultaneously making the two molds such that the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive the cylinder at a high pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Hadano, Takayuki Komiyama, Shuji Takasu, Shuichi Ide, Takuya Nitta
  • Patent number: 8490675
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a machine and a method for suctioning and exhausting air from a storage tank for sand in a molding machine that has less on-off valves and prevents sand from adhering to the interior of the valve for exhausting air while the air is being exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuichi Tsuzuki, Yutaka Hadano, Takayuki Komiyama, Shuji Takasu, Takuya Nitta
  • Publication number: 20120328727
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a molding machine which allows a simplification of a sand filling operation, and the prevention of the formation of a bridge and an air channel in the sand tank, so that the sand filling operation of the molding machine being able to be performed steadily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Shuji Takasu, Yutaka Hadano, Takayuki Komiyama, Takuya Nitta, Shuichi Tsuzuki
  • Publication number: 20120325422
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a machine and a method for suctioning and exhausting air from a storage tank for sand in a molding machine that has less on-off valves and prevents sand from adhering to the interior of the valve for exhausting air while the air is being exhausted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Shuichi Tsuzuki, Yutaka Hadano, Takayuki Komiyama, Shuji Takasu, Takuya Nitta
  • Publication number: 20120241117
    Abstract: Disclosed is a molding machine for simultaneously making upper and lower molds with cope and drag flasks, a matchplate, upper and lower squeezing boards, and a lower filling frame. This machine also includes a cylinder for raising and lowering the lower squeezing board, a driving mechanism that includes pneumatic and hydraulic piping systems for driving the cylinder using an air-on-oil system, and a controller for controlling the driving mechanism. The drag flask, the matchplate, the filling frame, and the lower board define a lower molding space, while the matchplate, the upper board, and the cope flask define an upper molding space such that the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive the cylinder at a low pressure. The lower squeezing board is raised to squeeze the molding sand for simultaneously making the two molds such that the controller controls the driving mechanism to drive the cylinder at a high pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Yutaka Hadano, Takayuki Komiyama, Shuji Takasu, Shuichi Ide, Takuya Nitta
  • Patent number: 7784526
    Abstract: A sand-introducing device that uses air for introducing molding sand in a molding space or spaces is provided. The device is provided with air-permeable partitioning plates that define a double-walled structure together with the wall of the body of the device. The air-permeable partitioning plates are easily produced, they can easily inject pressurized air of a desired pressure, and they will not need regular maintenance. The body of the device, which acts as a pressure tank, defines a double-walled structure together with the air-permeable partitioning plates (10, 11), thereby defining chambers (12, 13). In the sand-introducing device that uses air, while molding sand is fluidized by pressurized air injected from the air-permeable partitioning plates, it is introduced in a molding space. Each air-permeable partitioning plate is made of a porous resin or metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Harada, Takuya Nitta, Takashi Hanai, Minoru Hirata, Kozo Sugita, Toshihiko Oya
  • Patent number: 7762307
    Abstract: A sand-introducing device that uses air for introducing molding sand in a molding space or spaces is provided. The device is provided with air-permeable partitioning plates that define a double-walled structure together with the wall of the body of the device. The air-permeable partitioning plates are easily produced, they can easily inject pressurized air of a desired pressure, and they will not need regular maintenance. The body of the device, which acts as a pressure tank, defines a double-walled structure together with the air-permeable partitioning plates (10, 11), thereby defining chambers (12, 13). In the sand-introducing device that uses air, while molding sand is fluidized by pressurized air injected from the air-permeable partitioning plates, it is introduced in a molding space. Each air-permeable partitioning plate is made of a porous resin or metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sintokogio Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Harada, Takuya Nitta, Takashi Hanai, Minoru Hirata, Kozo Sugita, Toshihiko Oya
  • Publication number: 20100032124
    Abstract: A sand-introducing device that uses air for introducing molding sand in a molding space or spaces is provided. The device is provided with air-permeable partitioning plates that define a double-walled structure together with the wall of the body of the device. The air-permeable partitioning plates are easily produced, they can easily inject pressurized air of a desired pressure, and they will not need regular maintenance. The body of the device, which acts as a pressure tank, defines a double-walled structure together with the air-permeable partitioning plates (10, 11), thereby defining chambers (12, 13). In the sand-introducing device that uses air, while molding sand is fluidized by pressurized air injected from the air-permeable partitioning plates, it is introduced in a molding space. Each air-permeable partitioning plate is made of a porous resin or metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Hisashi Harada, Takuya Nitta, Takashi Hanai, Minoru Hirata, Kozo Sugita, Toshihiko Oya
  • Publication number: 20080169079
    Abstract: A sand-introducing-type sand molding machine is provided, wherein the apparatus produces a sand mold by leading molding sand into a molding flask or a molding space and filling the space with it by using compressed air, and controlling the pressure-variation inside the sand tank to cause it to correspond to the pattern shape by supplying the compressed air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Minoru Hirata, Takuya Nitta, Hisashi Harada
  • Publication number: 20080169083
    Abstract: A sand-introducing device that uses air for introducing molding sand in a molding space or spaces is provided. The device is provided with air-permeable partitioning plates that define a double-walled structure together with the wall of the body of the device. The air-permeable partitioning plates are easily produced, they can easily inject pressurized air of a desired pressure, and they will not need regular maintenance. The body of the device, which acts as a pressure tank, defines a double-walled structure together with the air-permeable partitioning plates (10, 11), thereby defining chambers (12, 13). In the sand-introducing device that uses air, while molding sand is fluidized by pressurized air injected from the air-permeable partitioning plates, it is introduced in a molding space. Each air-permeable partitioning plate is made of a porous resin or metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Hisashi Harada, Takuya Nitta, Takashi Hanai, Minoru Hirata, Kozo Sugita, Toshihiko Oya
  • Patent number: D674295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd
    Inventors: Hideki Morimitsu, Takuya Nitta