Patents by Inventor Tetsuharu Nomachi

Tetsuharu Nomachi 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).

  • Vacuum cleaner capable of compressing dirt
    Patent number: 7047593
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an electric blower for generating a suction air flow, a dirt collecting case for centrifugally separating and collecting dirt, and a compression assembly for compressing dirt collected in the dirt collecting case to reduce a volume thereof. The dirt collecting case has a separation chamber for centrifugally separating dirt from the dirt containing air and a dirt collecting chamber in communication with the separation chamber for accumulating the dirt separated by the separation chamber. The compression assembly has a first air intake member provided in the separation chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a second air intake member provided in the dirt collecting chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a shielding plate for selectively opening the first and the second air intake member and an actuator for driving the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kitamura, Saburo Kajikawa, Masakazu Onda, Seiji Ishikawa, Yasunori Tsuzaki, Masashi Okushima, Tetsuharu Nomachi, Koji Yamamura, Hirokazu Nagaoka
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Publication number: 20030028994
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an electric blower for generating a suction air flow, a dirt collecting case for centrifugally separating and collecting dirt, and a compression assembly for compressing dirt collected in the dirt collecting case to reduce a volume thereof. The dirt collecting case has a separation chamber for centrifugally separating dirt from the dirt containing air and a dirt collecting chamber in communication with the separation chamber for accumulating the dirt separated by the separation chamber. The compression assembly has a first air intake member provided in the separation chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a second air intake member provided in the dirt collecting chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a shielding plate for selectively opening the first and the second air intake member and an actuator for driving the shielding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kitamura, Saburo Kajikawa, Masakazu Onda, Seiji Ishikawa, Yasunori Tsuzaki, Masashi Okushima, Tetsuharu Nomachi, Koji Yamamura, Hirokazu Nagaoka