Patents by Inventor Tomomi Kikukawa

Tomomi Kikukawa 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).

  • Blister packaging machine and method for manufacturing blister pack
    Patent number: 11897646
    Abstract: A blister packaging machine manufactures a blister pack including a pocket portion formed in a container film of a belt-like shape and a cover film that closes the pocket portion. The blister packaging machine includes: a conveyor that conveys the container film; a preheater that preheats the container film conveyed by the conveyor; a pocket portion former that forms the pocket portion in the container film softened by the preheater; and a support belt that moves in synchronism with the container film conveyed by the conveyor while supporting a part of the container film other than the pocket portion or a part of the container film other than an area where the pocket portion is to be formed, in at least a location from the preheater to a position downstream of the pocket portion former.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CKD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Kawai, Tomomi Kikukawa, Satoshi Watanabe
  • BLISTER PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BLISTER PACK
    Publication number: 20210245909
    Abstract: A blister packaging machine manufactures a blister pack including a pocket portion formed in a container film of a belt-like shape and a cover film that closes the pocket portion. The blister packaging machine includes: a conveyor that conveys the container film; a preheater that preheats the container film conveyed by the conveyor; a pocket portion former that forms the pocket portion in the container film softened by the preheater; and a support belt that moves in synchronism with the container film conveyed by the conveyor while supporting a part of the container film other than the pocket portion or a part of the container film other than an area where the pocket portion is to be formed, in at least a location from the preheater to a position downstream of the pocket portion former.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: CKD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Kawai, Tomomi Kikukawa, Satoshi Watanabe