Patents by Inventor Youichi Nemugaki

Youichi Nemugaki 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).

  • APPARATUS FOR BENDING A GLASS SHEET
    Publication number: 20080209947
    Abstract: A glass sheet is heated to a forming temperature in a heating furnace, the heated glass sheet is conveyed along a conveying plane defined by a plurality of rollers of a roller conveyer, and is moved up and down on the rollers according to the position of the glass sheet to curve a part of the conveying plane with respect to the glass sheet conveying direction to bend the glass sheet to have a desired curvature by its own weight. The rollers are curved rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Youichi NEMUGAKI, Toshimitsu Sato
  • Apparatus having a curved roller for bending a glass sheet
    Patent number: 6843074
    Abstract: A glass sheet is heated to a forming temperature in a heating furnace, the heated glass sheet is conveyed along a conveying plane defined by a plurality of rollers of a roller conveyer, and is moved up and down on the rollers according to the position of the glass sheet to curve a part of the conveying plane with respect to the glass sheet conveying direction to bend the glass sheet to have a desired curvature by its own weight. The rollers are curved rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Youichi Nemugaki, Toshimitsu Sato
  • Apparatus for bending a glass sheet and curved roller
    Publication number: 20030159469
    Abstract: A glass sheet 18 is heated to a forming temperature in a heating furnace 16, the heated glass sheet is conveyed along a conveying plane defined by a plurality of rollers of a roller conveyer 13, and is moved up and down on the rollers 12A to 12M according to the position of the glass sheet 18 to curve a part of the conveying plane with respect to the glass sheet conveying direction to bend the glass sheet 18 to have a desired curvature by its own weight. The rollers 12A to 12M are curved rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Youichi Nemugaki, Toshimitsu Sato