Patents by Inventor Yukihiko Uchiyama

Yukihiko Uchiyama 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).

  • Sink roll blade apparatus used in continuous molten metal plating apparatus and method for preventing occurrence of dents
    Patent number: 6485570
    Abstract: An apparatus installed in a molten metal plating line includes a blade pressed against a roll dipped in a molten metal plating bath, in which a metal strip travels. The apparatus removes substances deposited on a surface of the roll. The apparatus also includes an arm for supporting the blade, and a screw member disposed above the plating bath so as to traverse it and moving along an axis of the roll in the bath for removing substances deposited on the roll in the molten metal plating bath. Floats and/or weights are mounted on the arm so as to adjust a press force of the blade applied to the roll in the molten metal plating bath. A method for preventing the occurrence of dents on a molten-metal-plated steel strip using the apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Sachihiro Iida, Yukihiko Uchiyama
  • Sink roll blade apparatus used in continuous molten metal plating apparatus and method for preventing occurrence of dents
    Publication number: 20010022156
    Abstract: An apparatus installed in a molten metal plating line includes a blade pressed against a roll dipped in a molten metal plating bath, in which a metal strip travels. The apparatus removes substances deposited on a surface of the roll. The apparatus also includes an arm for supporting the blade, and a screw member disposed above the plating bath so as to traverse it and moving along an axis of the roll in the bath for removing substances deposited on the roll in the molten metal plating bath. Floats and/or weights are mounted on the arm so as to adjust a press force of the blade applied to the roll in the molten metal plating bath. A method for preventing the occurrence of dents on a molten-metal-plated steel strip using the apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Applicant: KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachihiro Iida, Yukihiko Uchiyama