Patents by Inventor Tooru Kanbe

Tooru Kanbe 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).

  • Commodity storage apparatus permitting ready supplement of commodities
    Patent number: 6199965
    Abstract: In a commodity storage apparatus having a shelf (12) for housing commodities, the shelf is supported by a fixedly installed apparatus frame (11) so as to be movable between a forward position and a backward position. Responsive to movement of the shelf between the forward and the backward positions, an attitude control arrangement controls an attitude of the shelf in a predetermined plane extending in a forward and rearward direction and a vertical direction. It is preferable that a rear end portion of the shelf moves between a relatively higher position and a relatively lower position in accordance with the movement of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sanden Corporation
    Inventors: Tooru Kanbe, Nariaki Kojima