Patents by Inventor Toshiki Sakaguchi

Toshiki Sakaguchi 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: 10829310
    Abstract: A wear detection device for a conveyor belt (1) includes magnet members (12a and 12b) buried in a conveyor belt (11) having an endless belt shape, a magnetic sensor (13j) which is arranged opposite to an outer circumferential surface of the conveyor belt (11) and is configured to detect magnetic fields from the magnet members (12a and 12b) to generate an output signal, and a calculation unit (141) which is configured to calculate the thickness of the conveyor belt (11) according to the output signal generated by the magnetic sensor (13j). The wear detection device for a conveyor belt (1) further includes a storage unit (142) which is configured to store the thickness calculated by the calculation unit (141), and a processing unit (143) which is configured to calculate the decrease amount of the thickness per a predetermined moving load amount of the conveyor belt (11) according to the thickness stored in the storage unit (142) and determine whether or not this value exceeds a threshold value set in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20200262657
    Abstract: A wear detection device for a conveyor belt (1) includes magnet members (12a and 12b) buried in a conveyor belt (11) having an endless belt shape, a magnetic sensor (13j) which is arranged opposite to an outer circumferential surface of the conveyor belt (11) and is configured to detect magnetic fields from the magnet members (12a and 12b) to generate an output signal, and a calculation unit (141) which is configured to calculate the thickness of the conveyor belt (11) according to the output signal generated by the magnetic sensor (13j). The wear detection device for a conveyor belt (1) further includes a storage unit (142) which is configured to store the thickness calculated by the calculation unit (141), and a processing unit (143) which is configured to calculate the decrease amount of the thickness per a predetermined moving load amount of the conveyor belt (11) according to the thickness stored in the storage unit (142) and determine whether or not this value exceeds a threshold value set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9950484
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a finite conveyor belt of the present invention includes a laminated body formation step of forming a laminated body (35) in which a core layer member (32) which includes a tensile body (14) is interposed between an unvulcanized top cover rubber member (33) and an unvulcanized bottom cover rubber member (34) in a belt thickness direction T, and a vulcanization step of vulcanizing the laminated body (35) by pressurizing in the belt thickness direction (T) and heating the laminated body to form a finite conveyor belt, and the laminated body formation step includes a member formation step of forming the top cover rubber member (33) by separately connecting both ends of an unvulcanized first cover rubber part (36) in a belt length direction (L) in which a detection object (15) is embedded with ends of an unvulcanized second cover rubber parts (37) in the belt length direction (L).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9766208
    Abstract: A sensor and monitoring system that can prevent the accumulation of scraps of a transport object on the sensor are provided. A sensor 4 is located below a return-side portion 2a of a conveyor belt 2, and includes: a detector 40 that detects a detection object 3 embedded in the conveyor belt; and a cover 41 covering at least an upper part of the detector, wherein the cover has a downward surface 411 that extends continuously downward from a top part of the cover while extending outward in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160327517
    Abstract: A sensor and monitoring system that can prevent the accumulation of scraps of a transport object on the sensor are provided. A sensor 4 is located below a return-side portion 2a of a conveyor belt 2, and includes: a detector 40 that detects a detection object 3 embedded in the conveyor belt; and a cover 41 covering at least an upper part of the detector, wherein the cover has a downward surface 411 that extends continuously downward from a top part of the cover while extending outward in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9284129
    Abstract: A conveyor belt apparatus (10) is provided with a wear measuring device (12) that measures an amount of wear of a surface (11a) of a conveyor belt (11) on which transport material has been loaded, and with a revolution counting device (14) that counts a number of revolutions of the conveyor belt (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160001512
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a finite conveyor belt of the present invention includes a laminated body formation step of forming a laminated body (35) in which a core layer member (32) which includes a tensile body (14) is interposed between an unvulcanized top cover rubber member (33) and an unvulcanized bottom cover rubber member (34) in a belt thickness direction T, and a vulcanization step of vulcanizing the laminated body (35) by pressurizing in the belt thickness direction (T) and heating the laminated body to form a finite conveyor belt, and the laminated body formation step includes a member formation step of forming the top cover rubber member (33) by separately connecting both ends of an unvulcanized first cover rubber part (36) in a belt length direction (L) in which a detection object (15) is embedded with ends of an unvulcanized second cover rubber parts (37) in the belt length direction (L).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki SAKAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8991594
    Abstract: A rubber magnet (3) includes a plate-like diagonal portion (21) and a plate-like parallel portion (22) which are both magnetized in a thickness direction, the diagonal portion (21) extending in a conveyor belt width direction while linearly extending, in section in a conveyor belt length direction, from an outer side end (3b), which is closer to the front-side surface (2a), to an inner side end (3a), which is away from the front-side surface (2a), while being at an angle to the front-side surface (2a), the parallel portion (22) being formed continuously from the inner side end (3a) of the diagonal portion, so as to be arranged parallel to the front-side surface (2a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Nakamura, Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140326582
    Abstract: A conveyor belt apparatus (10) is provided with a wear measuring device (12) that measures an amount of wear of a surface (11a) of a conveyor belt (11) on which transport material has been loaded, and with a revolution counting device (14) that counts a number of revolutions of the conveyor belt (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8621829
    Abstract: To provide a thermoplastic resin container that contains food or drink subjected to a retort processing for which completion of the retort processing can be confirmed and supervised with simple means without the need of an expensive member or facility, not only whether the temperature of the retort processing is reached but also whether the retort processing is performed as specified can be confirmed, and the consumer also can easily confirm completion of the retort processing of the product. The container is produced by two-stage stretch blow molding of a preform made of a thermoplastic resin in such a manner a part that is not stretched or is insufficiently stretched is formed at a part of the container, and the part that is not stretched or is insufficiently stretched is whitened to form a retort processing completion confirming part by heating in the retort processing after a content is packed and sealed in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Sakaguchi, Atsushi Komiya, Yuuki Satou
  • Publication number: 20120306481
    Abstract: A rubber magnet (3) includes a plate-like diagonal portion (21) and a plate-like parallel portion (22) which are both magnetized in a thickness direction, the diagonal portion (21) extending in a conveyor belt width direction while linearly extending, in section in a conveyor belt length direction, from an outer side end (3b), which is closer to the front-side surface (2a), to an inner side end (3a), which is away from the front-side surface (2a), while being at an angle to the front-side surface (2a), the parallel portion (22) being formed continuously from the inner side end (3a) of the diagonal portion, so as to be arranged parallel to the front-side surface (2a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Nakamura, Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120012443
    Abstract: Disclosed is a conveyor belt (1) which is provided with a plurality of rollers (10), a detection portion (110) for detecting the state of rollers (10), and processing portion (120) connected to the detection portion (110) and processes output signals from the detection portion (110). The conveyor belt (1) has a mount portion (7) on which the processing portion (120) is mounted. The mount portion (7) is provided at the end part (5) of the conveyor belt (1) in the width direction thereof. Providing a detection portion for processing output signals from a sensor for detecting rotational failure at the end of the conveyor belt in the width direction thereof makes it possible to suppress increased costs in a belt conveyor apparatus and to reduce the frequency of failure of the detection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110137613
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for monitoring belt support rollers which is simple and can reduce the cost remarkably. A sensor unit 2 is provided on a conveyor belt 1. The sensor unit 2 has a sensor 11 for measuring a physical quantity applied from the belt support rollers 3, a decision device 13 for deciding abnormalities in the belt support rollers 3 based on the measured values from the sensor 11, a memory device 15 for storing data containing the result of the decision, and a transmission device 16 for transmitting the data stored in the memory device 15 to the outside of the conveyor belt 1 via radio waves. A reception station 5 for receiving the data transmitted from the transmission device 16 is provided outside of the conveyor belt 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110076432
    Abstract: To provide a thermoplastic resin container that contains food or drink subjected to a retort processing for which completion of the retort processing can be confirmed and supervised with simple means without the need of an expensive member or facility, not only whether the temperature of the retort processing is reached but also whether the retort processing is performed as specified can be confirmed, and the consumer also can easily confirm completion of the retort processing of the product. The container is produced by two-stage stretch blow molding of a preform made of a thermoplastic resin in such a manner a part that is not stretched or is insufficiently stretched is formed at a part of the container, and the part that is not stretched or is insufficiently stretched is whitened to form a retort processing completion confirming part by heating in the retort processing after a content is packed and sealed in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Sakaguchi, Atsushi Komiya, Yuuki Satou
  • Publication number: 20110052746
    Abstract: A die head is provided with a plunger and a measuring chamber, and the molten resin is uniformly fed to the die head of an extrusion-forming machine. That is, the die head comprises a main layer-forming flow passage for flowing a molten resin into an ejection port of the die head of the extrusion-forming machine passing through the die head, and a core layer-forming flow passage for intermittently flowing a molten resin into the ejection port of the die head passing through the die head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 7833467
    Abstract: A polyester container obtained by stretch-forming a preform of a thermoplastic polyester resin formed by injection forming wherein the central portion of the bottom wall is the remaining part of the gate at the time of injection forming, and is formed relatively thicker than the bottom wall surrounding the central portion, and the central portion of the bottom wall is substantially amorphous, and the bottom wall surrounding the central portion is oriented and crystallized. The container exhibits excellent heat resistance and shock resistance despite a thick portion that is the remaining portion of the injection gate is formed at the center of the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Suenaga, Tsutomu Iwasaki, Taku Hosokai, Toshiki Sakaguchi, Hisao Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20090197150
    Abstract: A fuel cell cartridge for containing fuel for fuel cells, comprising a polyester resin, wherein after the fuel is contained and preserved at 60° C. for one week, a change of density at the bottom portion and the mouth portion is 0.01 g/cm3 or less. Even when methanol of a high concentration is contained, the fuel cell cartridge maintains excellent appearance effectively preventing the occurrence of whitening in the container and, particularly, at the mouth portion and the bottom portion thereof, and effectively suppressing a decrease in the shock resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicants: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenjiro Tanaka, Daisuke Imoda, Taku Hosokai, Toshiki Sakaguchi, Shojiro Kai, Koichi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20090120935
    Abstract: A sealing member 13 is heat-sealed to the upper end surface of the mouth portion 12 of a container, and a lid 15 which is provided with a top panel 15a that covers the mouth portion 12 of the container, and which has an inner peripheral projection 15e that is positioned in the vicinity of a place inner than the inner periphery of the mouth portion 12 of the container on the inside surface of the top panel 15a is fitted to the mouth portion 12 to make it easy to peel (open and peel) the sealing member 13 while high sealing property is ensured, and to prevent the seal member 13 from peeling at the inner periphery of the mouth portion 15 of the container which peeling is caused by a rise in the internal pressure in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.,
    Inventors: Akihito Miyazaki, Yasuyuki Takeuchi, Kenji Yoshihiro, Toshiki Sakaguchi, Naoto Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20090078669
    Abstract: In a wide-mouth plastic container including a container body 2 provided with a mouth portion 3, a body portion 4 and a bottom portion 5 and a lid 6 fitted to the mouth portion 3, the body portion 4 is provided with an internal pressure variation-absorbing panel 4a and the mouth portion 3 is heat-sealed with a film material 7 to seal the opening of the container body 2, thereby securing high sealing property and heat resistance in high-temperature sterilization and improving the internal pressure variation absorbing performance of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Toshiki Sakaguchi, Ayako Abe, Kenji Yoshihiro, Norihisa Hirota, Naoto Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20070290415
    Abstract: A polyester container obtained by stretch-forming a preform of a thermoplastic polyester resin formed by injection forming wherein the central portion of the bottom wall is the remaining part of the gate at the time of injection forming, and is formed relatively thicker than the bottom wall surrounding the central portion, and the central portion of the bottom wall is substantially amorphous, and the bottom wall surrounding the central portion is oriented and crystallized. The container exhibits excellent heat resistance and shock resistance despite a thick portion that is the remaining portion of the injection gate is formed at the center of the bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Suenaga, Tsutomu Iwasaki, Taku Hosokai, Toshiki Sakaguchi, Hisao Iwamoto