Patents by Inventor Toshinari Miyoshi

Toshinari Miyoshi 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).

  • Drum type drying and washing machine
    Patent number: 8024948
    Abstract: A drum type washing and drying machine has a water tank (4), a rotary drum rotatably provided in the water tank (5), a dehumidifying heat exchanger for dehumidifying air introduced from inside of the rotary drum (5), a heater unit for heating the air dehumidified by the dehumidifying heat exchanger, and a blower (131) for introducing the air in the rotary drum (5) into the dehumidifying heat exchanger and delivering into the rotary drum (5) the air heated by the heater unit. A filter (160) is placed in a suction-side channel between the rotary drum (5) and the blower and on an upstream side of air flow produced by the blower (131) in a drying process. The filter (160) is placed so as to be soaked in water supplied into the water tank in a washing process or in a rinsing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Kitamura, Hitoshi Fujita, Hiroichi Shibasaki, Masanori Komori, Nobutaka Matsunishi, Toshinari Miyoshi, Masashi Matsumoto, Takahisa Ikegami
  • Drum Type Drying and Washing Machine
    Publication number: 20080276656
    Abstract: A drum type washing and drying machine has a water tank (4), a rotary drum rotatably provided in the water tank (5), a dehumidifying heat exchanger for dehumidifying air introduced from inside of the rotary drum (5), a heater unit for heating the air dehumidified by the dehumidifying heat exchanger, and a blower (131) for introducing the air in the rotary drum (5) into the dehumidifying heat exchanger and delivering into the rotary drum (5) the air heated by the heater unit. A filter (160) is placed in a suction-side channel between the rotary drum (5) and the blower and on an upstream side of air flow produced by the blower (131) in a drying process. The filter (160) is placed so as to be soaked in water supplied into the water tank in a washing process or in a rinsing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Susumu Kitamura, Hitoshi Fujita, Hiroichi Shibasaki, Masanori Komori, Nobutaka Matsunishi, Toshinari Miyoshi, Masashi Matsumoto, Takahisa Ikegami