Patents by Inventor Toru ICHITA

Toru ICHITA 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: 11950651
    Abstract: In a hair feeding device configured to perform a feeding operation for pulling out flocking hairs one by one from a bundle of flocking hairs, the device includes: a head for capturing hair ends of the flocking hairs; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the head; and a control device that controls an operation control of the feeding operation, in which the head includes a nozzle that suctions the hair ends of the flocking hairs, a gripping member that grips the flocking hair suctioned by the nozzle, and an actuator that gives a gripping pressure to the gripping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: JUKI CORPORATION, ARTNATURE INC.
    Inventors: Jiro Obama, Hideki Iijima, Toru Ichita, Honoka Iimura
  • Publication number: 20210145101
    Abstract: In a hair feeding device configured to perform a feeding operation for pulling out flocking hairs one by one from a bundle of flocking hairs, the device includes: a feeder configured to hold the bundle of flocking hairs and separates hair ends of a plurality of the flocking hairs in a direction different from that of the bundle; a head configured to hold the hair ends of the flocking hairs; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the head; and a control device configured to perform an operation control of the feeding operation, and the feeder includes a bundle holder configured to hold the bundle of flocking hairs, and a separator configured to separate a plurality of the flocking hairs from the bundle of flocking hairs held by the bundle holder in a state where the hair ends are oriented in a direction different from that of the bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: JUKI CORPORATION, ARTNATURE INC.
    Inventors: Jiro OBAMA, Hideki IIJIMA, Toru ICHITA, Honoka IIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210145099
    Abstract: A hair feeding device configured to perform a feeding operation for pulling out flocking hairs one by one from a bundle of flocking hairs, the device includes a feeder configured to hold the bundle of flocking hairs and separates hair ends of a plurality of the flocking hairs in a direction different from that of the bundle, a detector configured to detect three-dimensional positions of the separated hair ends of the plurality of flocking hairs, a head for capturing the hair ends of the flocking hairs, a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the head to any three-dimensional position, and a control device that controls the conveyance mechanism so that the head captures the hair ends of the flocking hairs at three-dimensional positions of the hair ends of one flocking hair among the plurality of hairs detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: JUKI CORPORATION, ARTNATURE INC.
    Inventors: Jiro OBAMA, Hideki IIJIMA, Toru ICHITA, Honoka IIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210145100
    Abstract: In a hair feeding device configured to perform a feeding operation for pulling out flocking hairs one by one from a bundle of flocking hairs, the device includes: a head for capturing hair ends of the flocking hairs; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the head; and a control device that controls an operation control of the feeding operation, in which the head includes a nozzle that suctions the hair ends of the flocking hairs, a gripping member that grips the flocking hair suctioned by the nozzle, and an actuator that gives a gripping pressure to the gripping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: JUKI CORPORATION, ARTNATURE INC.
    Inventors: Jiro OBAMA, Hideki IIJIMA, Toru ICHITA, Honoka IIMURA