Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Umeoka

Toshihiro Umeoka 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).

  • Mist recovering method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5904756
    Abstract: In a mist recovering apparatus for recovering a mist contained in a gas, provided with a filter having pores of pore size increasing from a gas inlet side toward a gas outlet side, the gas containing the mist is passed from the gas inlet side of the filter, through the filter toward the gas outlet side of the filter. The mist is trapped by the filter and grows into droplets as the gas containing the mist flows through the filter, and the droplets drip down along the gas outlet surface of the filter and are collected under the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Sadao Fujii, Hideki Ito, Takashi Takata, Toshihiro Umeoka, Masahiko Kiyota, Masahiro Murai