Patents by Inventor Tokutaro Yabashi

Tokutaro Yabashi 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: 4050161
    Abstract: A meridian indicator comprising a base plate, an inclined plate disposed at a selected angle to the base plate, an hourly graduated arcuate plate, means rotatively supporting the arcuate plate upon the inclined plate, a rectangular style plate, means supporting a first edge of the style plate at a selected angle to the inclined plate, means angularly displacing the style plate at a selected angle relative to a horizontal plane, a weighted string means attached to a second edge of the style plate which is parallel to the first edge, aperatures in the inclined plate and the arcuate plate positioned so that weighted string means adjustably passes therethrough, and a latitude scale means deposed on the inclined plate and juxtapositioned to the weighted string means as it passes through the aperatures, an equation of time correction scale means disposed upon the arcuate plate, and a longitude scale means disposed upon the inclined plate in juxtaposition to the equation of time correction scale means, the arcuate p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Inventor: Tokutaro Yabashi