Patents by Inventor Toshihito Shimoda

Toshihito Shimoda 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).

  • Mill provided with partition within milling chamber
    Patent number: 6224004
    Abstract: A mill offers superior milling efficiency by being provided with a partition to divide a milling chamber into a first guide path and a second guide path. Particles of a milling material that have been ground at a milling area in the milling chamber are guided into a particle classifier through the first guide path, and the ground particles of the milling material that were classified by the particle classifier as requiring further milling are guided back into the milling area through the second guide path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kato, Takeshi Yamashita, Toshihito Shimoda, Hideyuki Yoshida