Patents by Inventor Yasutsugu Matsukawa

Yasutsugu Matsukawa 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: 9283616
    Abstract: A granular body grinding device includes a case for containing granular bodies; a drive shaft supported by the case to be rotationally drivable; and a grinding disc having a disc-like disc main body that is fixed on the drive shaft and that is formed with disc surfaces perpendicular to the axial direction of the drive shaft, and formed with a grinding surface at the disc surface of at least one of the disc surfaces on both sides of the disc main body. The grinding device further includes a fluidizing device for fluidizing the granular bodies in a floating state by sending air from the bottom surface portion of the case, to form a fluidized bed in which at least a part of the grinding surface is soaked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventor: Yasutsugu Matsukawa
  • Publication number: 20120256026
    Abstract: A granular body grinding device comprises a case for containing granular bodies; a drive shaft supported by the case to be rotationally drivable; and a grinding disc having a disc-like disc main body that is fixed on the drive shaft and that is formed with disc surfaces perpendicular to the axial direction of the drive shaft, and formed with a grinding surface at the disc surface of at least one of the disc surfaces on both sides of the disc main body. The grinding device further comprises a fluidizing device for fluidizing the granular bodies in a floating state by sending air from the a bottom surface portion of the case, to form a fluidized bed in which at least a part of the grinding surface is soaked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventor: Yasutsugu Matsukawa