Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Samoto

Yoshihiko Samoto 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: 5119308
    Abstract: A control system for a spinning machine wherein a nonsteady yarn irregularity is measured on the real time basis and results of the measurement is displayed in a concentrated manner or directly displayed on a package. A computing device for computing a standard deviation from a yarn irregularity signal is provided so that a uniformity of a yarn irregularity is evaluated in addition to a thickness and a length of the yarn irregularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Samoto
  • Patent number: 5046013
    Abstract: A quality control system in a spinning mill, wherein communication networks for yarn processing steps of information regarding the status of products are provided and malfunction detection apparatus for detecting a malfunction of the steps is provided on at least one of the processing steps so that the cause of occurrence of a malfunction may be grasped to pursue the cause tracing back to the previous processing steps through the networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Ueda, Yoshihiko Samoto
  • Patent number: 4491831
    Abstract: A yarn eveness detector in a textile machine generates an analog signal in response to yarn uneveness. The analog signal is digitized and subjected to real time processing in a computer for analysis of both cyclic and non-cyclic yarn irregularity. A signal may be generated in response to irregularities exceeding a certain value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shojo Sakai, Hisaaki Kato, Yoshihiko Samoto, Kenichi Inada