Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Kawai

Yasuyuki Kawai 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: 6035624
    Abstract: A fiber transporting apparatus for a rotor type open end fine spinning machine is provided that may reduce an amount of effective fiber discharged from a burling opening portion without degrading yarn quality of the spun yarn. Fiber opened by a combing roller (11) is fed into a rotor through a fiber transporting channel (13) leading from a circumferential surface of the combing roller (11) to a predetermined position of the rotor (6) in accordance with a negative pressure degree within the rotor (6). After debris is removed from the opened fiber by a burling opening portion (12), the opened fiber is moved together with an air flow directed from a downstream side of the burling opening portion (12) in a rotational direction of the combing roller (11) toward an inlet (13a) of the fiber transporting channel (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masashi Kaneko, Keiji Onoue, Yasuyuki Kawai
  • Patent number: 5765359
    Abstract: A rotor type open-end spinning machine of a structure in which fibers moving slidingly on an inner wall surface of an outer rotor (2) are prevented from falling at a location where a fiber bundle is being stripped off from a fiber collecting/bundling section (7) while being twisted concurrently. An inner rotor (5) is disposed within the outer rotor (2) and positively driven independently of the latter. A delivery passage (20) is formed in the inner rotor (5) for guiding a fiber bundle (F) bundled in a fiber collecting/bundling groove (7) to a yarn withdrawing passage (14). An annular negative-pressure chamber (6) is formed radially outward of the fiber collecting/bundling groove (7) of the outer rotor (2) with air discharge holes (9) being provided for communicating the negative-pressure chamber (6) to the exterior of the outer rotor (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kawai, Masashi Kaneko, Noriaki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 5598695
    Abstract: A rotor type open-end spinning unit has a collecting section collecting an opened and supplied fiber to make a fiber bundle. The fiber bundle is drawn through a yarn drawing passage to spin a yarn while twisting the fiber bundle. A rotatable outer rotor has an open end, a closed end and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall has the collecting section on an inner surface thereof. The collecting section is located on a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotor. An inner rotor is located in the outer rotor and is driven independently. The inner rotor faces an end of the yarn drawing passage. A yarn path is provided with the inner rotor for guiding the fiber bundle from the collecting section to the yarn drawing passage. A first guide is provided with the inner rotor for contacting the fiber bundle guided to the yarn drawing passage through the yarn path from a frontward location with respect to the rotational direction of the inner rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masashi Kaneko, Noriaki Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Kawai, Hisaaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5406783
    Abstract: A rotor type open-end spinning frame spins a yarn from a fiber bundle formed from unraveled fibers at a fiber collecting section while applying a twist to the fiber bundle during normal spinning, and which pieces the fiber bundle to a standard thread supplied to the fiber collecting section during yarn piecing. The spinning frame has a rotatable outer rotor which has an inner wall with a fiber collecting section. A conduit member is fixed opposite the open-end of the outer rotor and induct the fiber bundle and the standard thread therethrough. An inner rotor is disposed coaxially to and rotatable in the outer rotor. The inner rotor rotates independently of the outer rotor during both normal spinning and yarn piecing. A passage in the inner rotor communicates with the conduit member and guides the fiber bundle from the fiber collecting section to the conduit member during yarn spinning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masahi Kaneko, Noriaki Miyamoto, Kenji Ito, Yasuyuki Kawai
  • Patent number: 5359846
    Abstract: Opened fibers are supplied into a rotor in high rotation, and a fiber bundle collected at a fiber-collecting section of the rotor is drawn as yarn from a yarn drawing passage provided on the open side of the rotor. A rotary assembly which is actively driven separately from the rotor is provided coaxially in the rotor. The rotary assembly has at least part thereof facing the vicinity of the fiber-collecting section and another part shaped to face a first end of the yarn drawing passage. The rotary assembly is provided with a yarn passage for guiding a fiber bundle to a position opposite the yarn drawing passage from the vicinity of the fiber-collecting section. A twist propagation preventing portion is provided in that end of the yarn passage that lies on the fiber-collecting section side. The rotation of the fiber bundle is suppressed by the twist propagation preventing portion, stopping the twisting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Noriaki Miyamoto, Masashi Kaneko, Kenji Ito, Yasuyuki Kawai