Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Tani

Yoshikazu Tani 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).

  • Publication number: 20100104346
    Abstract: Containers for pushing out applying material are disclosed. When a main body tube and an operation tube in the container are relatively rotated toward a first direction, a moveable screw tube advances for a predetermined amount, and when relative rotation is further carried out toward the first direction, a screwing part exerts screw function to urge a moving body forward. In the container, a front end part of a female thread of the screwing part in the moveable screw tube is radially outwardly expandable via a slit, so that the so-called pulling perforce can be performed in the case that the female thread is formed by using a core pin for instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 7677828
    Abstract: To enhance customer satisfaction in use of an extruding container of an applying filler, a leading tube having a discharge port (101c) is formed as a filling member (101), and the filling member (101) having a filling region (101x) filled with an applying filler (L) is inserted and attached to a leading end side of a main body side assembly (140) formed by installing a movable body (106), an engagement portion (104c, 106b) for moving the movable body (106) and a rotation preventing portion (102d, 106e), whereby the applying filler (L) can be sufficiently filled in the region (101x) between the inner side of the discharge port (101c) of the filling member (101) and the movable body (106) of the main body side assembly (140), and the applying filler (L) can be rapidly discharged at a first applying time by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20090324322
    Abstract: To enhance customer satisfaction in use of an extruding container of an applying filler, a leading tube having a discharge port (101c) is formed as a filling member (101), and the filling member (101) having a filling region (101x) filled with an applying filler (L) is inserted and attached to a leading end side of a main body side assembly (140) formed by installing a movable body (106), an engagement portion (104c, 106b) for moving the movable body (106) and a rotation preventing portion (102d, 106e), whereby the applying filler (L) can be sufficiently filled in the region (101x) between the inner side of the discharge port (101c) of the filling member (101) and the movable body (106) of the main body side assembly (140), and the applying filler (L) can be rapidly discharged at a first applying time by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20090154984
    Abstract: To enable a material extruding container to carry out various combined operations, first and second engagement portions (8, 9) are provided within a container (100), both the first and second engagement portions (8, 9) operate to move a moving body (6) forward when a container front portion (1) and a container rear portion (3) are relatively rotated in one direction, the engagement of the first engagement portion (8) is cancelled when the first engagement portion (8) operates in a fixed section corresponding to the relative rotation between the container front portion (1) and the container rear portions (1, 3) in one direction, and only the second engagement portion (9) operates to move the moving body (6) forward and backward when they are further relatively rotated in one direction, while leads of the first and second engagement portions (8, 9) may be differentiated or reverse moving screws may be set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20090123213
    Abstract: To perform forward and backward movements of a stick-shaped material without trouble and prevent detachement of the stick-shaped material by an impact, a piston (7) in a movable body (6) arranged within a container (100) is closely attached within a filling member (1), the stick-shaped material (M) is loaded in the filling member (1) so as to be closely attached thereto, and the piston (7) is closely attached to the stick-shaped material (M), whereby the stick-shaped material (M) is pushed by a forward movement of the piston (7) to appear from an opening (1a) of the container, a sucking action generated due to decompression is applied between the piston (7) and the stick-shaped material (M) by a backward movement of the piston (7) to retract the stick-shaped material (M), and the decompression prevents falling off of the stick-shaped material (M) from the container (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20080237932
    Abstract: To reduce manufacturing cost of an extruding container, a female thread member (5) integrally has an outer tube (5a) and an inner tube (5b) with an annular space (5s) between them being open to one side in an axial direction, and the inner tube (5b) has a female thread (5e) formed on an inner peripheral surface from one side and to extend in the axial direction and slits (5n) extending in the axial direction and being open to one side, while a core pin including a male thread corresponding to the female thread (5e) and a protruding portion corresponding to the slits (5n), is drawn out from an outer mold after a middle mold having a convex portion corresponding to the space (5s), whereby the core pin can be drawn out without breaking the female thread (5e) as the inner tube (5b) is expanded by the slit (5n).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 7401993
    Abstract: To provide an injection molded pipe member having a high quality, the pipe member is integrally provided with a holder portion (20), a pipe portion (30) and ribs (40) arranged in an outer periphery of the pipe portion (30) at a uniform interval in peripheral direction, protruding in radial direction and reaching the holder portion (20) from a middle of the pipe portion (30), and has a resin injecting position (20f) in a surface of a portion except the pipe portion (30) and the ribs (40), so that molten resin flows quickly through the forming space uniformly in peripheral direction without being deflected when injection molding, thereby bend of the pipe portion (30), thickness shrink, and forming die breakage is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20080107472
    Abstract: The outer face of a distal end part having a discharge opening 1c at the distal end of an applicator 100 is a sloped face 1a, so that skin or another surface to be coated can be coated favorably, and when a moving body 6 advances as far as it can, an elastic body 9 provided to the distal end of the moving body 6 hits a sloped face 1b that is the inner face of the distal end part having the discharge opening 1c at the distal end of the applicator 100, and elastically deforms along said sloped face 1b, and an application material L that could not be pushed out with a conventional piston and would remain in a substantially hoof-shaped (sloped cylindrical) space (a space including the sloped face 1b within the applicator distal end) can be completely pushed out by the elastic body 9, leaving almost none behind, so that all of it can be consumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicants: Tokiwa Corporation, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mieko Nasu, Tomochika Fujioka, Yoshikazu Tani, Takakazu Obana
  • Patent number: 7201526
    Abstract: A user-friendly extruding container of applying filler is structured such that, when an operating tube 3 and a main body tube 2 are relatively rotated in one direction, a movable body 6 moves forward by an engagement portion constituted by a female thread 4c and a male thread 6b and the rotation preventing portion constituted by an engagement portion 6e of the movable body 6 and an engagement portion 3d of the operating tube 3 to extrude applying filler for application with giving click feeling by the click mechanism 11 constituted by a tubular click spring member with the click tooth 12a and the compression spring portion 12b between the tubular body 4 and the operating tube 3 and, when rotated in the reverse direction, the movable body 6 moves backward with giving click feeling, whereby a user can perceive forward movement and returning of the movable body 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 7172355
    Abstract: To prevent the accidental separation of a lid body from a main body, a cartridge type feeding container has a tubular main body (1) receiving a cosmetic material (81), a lid body (2) with an applicator (21) including a rearward protruding applying member (21a) and being inserted into the main body, a cartridge (3) which receives a core chuck (31a) slidably therein and has its rear side inserted into the lid body, a feeding and drawing mechanism (4) for the core chuck, fist stage projections (51) provided on the main body or the applicator, second stage projections (52) provided on the main body or the applicator adjacently to the first stage projections, the projections (5) being V-shaped and having top and inclined portions, and a locking projection passing between the adjacent projections (5) provided on a surface where the projections (5) are not provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 7168878
    Abstract: To prevent leakage, excessive delivery and stagnation of a liquid material applied by an applicator, the applicator comprises a core member 2 having a hole part 2a, a projection part 2f and a communication hole 2j, an application member 3 made of an elastic material having a delivery hole 3f, and an inside space 4 between the front end side of the core member 2 and the application member 3, and structured such that the liquid material flows to the delivery hole 3f through a roundabout way via the hole part 2a, the communication hole 2j and the inside space 4 to cause fluid resistance and that the front face of the projection part 2f is close to or in contact with the delivery hole 3f to control delivery of the liquid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20070020038
    Abstract: To prevent leakage, excessive discharge and stagnation of a liquid material applied by an applicator, the applicator comprises a core member 2 having a hole portion 2a, a projection portion 2f and a communication hole 2j, an application member 3 made of an elastic material having a discharge hole 3f, and an inside space 4 between the front end side of the core member 2 and the application member 3, and structured such that the liquid material flows to the discharge hole 3f through a roundabout way via the hole portion 2a, the communication hole 2j and the inside space 4 to cause fluid resistance and that the front face of the projection portion 2f is close to or in contact with the discharge hole 3f to control discharge port of the liquid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20070003359
    Abstract: To enhance customer satisfaction in use of an extruding container of an applying filler, a leading tube having a discharge port (101c) is formed as a filling member (101), and the filling member (101) having a filling region (101x) filled with an applying filler (L) is inserted and attached to a leading end side of a main body side assembly (140) formed by installing a movable body (106), an engagement portion (104c, 106b) for moving the movable body (106) and a rotation preventing portion (102d, 106e), whereby the applying filler (L) can be sufficiently filled in the region (101x) between the inner side of the discharge port (101c) of the filling member (101) and the movable body (106) of the main body side assembly (140), and the applying filler (L) can be rapidly discharged at a first applying time by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 7147396
    Abstract: For improvement in sanitation, handling, usability and protection, an extruding container is structured such that, when the main body (1) and the leading tube (3) are relatively rotated in one direction, a filling member (4) having an applying portion (4a), a filling region (4x) containing an applying filler (L) and a discharge port (4c) moves forward by meshing operation of a first meshing portion (8), and when they are rotated further, the filler (L) is discharged from the discharge port (4c) of the filling member (4) by meshing operation of a second meshing portion (9) to be ready for use, and when the main body (1) and the leading tube (3) are relatively rotated in an opposite direction, the filling member (4) moves backward, by meshing operation of the first meshing portion (8) whereby the filling member (4) can appear from and retract into the leading tube (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20060263140
    Abstract: A user-friendly extruding container of applying filler is structured such that, when an operating tube 3 and a main body tube 2 are relatively rotated in one direction, a movable body 6 moves forward by an engagement portion constituted by a female thread 4c and a male thread 6b and the rotation preventing portion constituted by an engagement portion 6e of the movable body 6 and an engagement portion 3d of the operating tube 3 to extrude applying filler for application with giving click feeling by the click mechanism 11 constituted by a tubular click spring member with the click tooth 12a and the compression spring portion 12b between the tubular body 4 and the operating tube 3 and, when rotated in the reverse direction, the movable body 6 moves backward with giving click feeling, whereby a user can perceive forward movement and returning of the movable body 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20060222450
    Abstract: For improvement in sanitation, handling, usability and protection, an extruding container is structured such that, when the main body (1) and the leading tube (3) are relatively rotated in one direction, a filling member (4) having an applying portion (4a), a filling region (4x) containing an applying filler (L) and a discharge port (4c) moves forward by meshing operation of a first meshing portion (8), and when they are rotated further, the filler (L) is discharged from the discharge port (4c) of the filling member (4) by meshing operation of a second meshing portion (9) to be ready for use, and when the main body (1) and the leading tube (3) are relatively rotated in an opposite direction, the filling member (4) moves backward, by meshing operation of the first meshing portion (8) whereby the filling member (4) can appear from and retract into the leading tube (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Publication number: 20060222439
    Abstract: To prevent malfunction of a rod-like body feeding container, a pipe member (4) is moved forward with respect to a leading tube (3) by utilizing a first engagement portion (8) in accordance with a relative rotation between a main body (1) and a leading tube (3), a rod-like body (M) is moved forward with respect to the pipe member (4) by utilizing a second engagement portion (9) independently provided with the engagement portion (8) in accordance with the relative rotation so as to be protruded from the pipe member (4) to be in a use state on the basis of the forward moving operations, and the pipe member (4) is moved backward with respect to the leading tube (3) by utilizing the first engagement portion (8) in accordance with the relative rotation to feed back the pipe member (4) to a non-use position within the leading tube (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 6957753
    Abstract: To provide a movable body feeding apparatus at a low cost by reducing a number of parts and making manufacturing process such as a molding, an assembling or the like simpler, the apparatus employs a tubular body (8) obtained by integrally forming a thread tube (8a), a ratchet gear (8e) in a side of a main body tube (1) and an elastic body (8b), instead of the conventional structure that a pair of ratchet gears are arranged between an engaging mechanism in a side of a main body tube and a compression coil spring, in which it is necessary to separate the engaging mechanism side and the compression coil spring side, and three parts (a plurality of parts) are required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: D583998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: RE41300
    Abstract: It becomes possible for the rotational force generated by an operating member (12, ) to be transmitted to a cylindrical movable body (13) by means of a shaft member (62) inserted slidably in the longitudinal direction in a non-rotatable fashion, inside the movable body (13), and moreover, the shaft member (62) becomes able to pass inside the movable body (13) by penetrating through the inner side of the ratchet spring section (81), a composition being adopted wherein the shaft member (62) passes through the female screw thread (11a) of the main body (11) which screws together with the male screw thread (13a) of the movable body (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani