Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Tokunaga

Yukihiro Tokunaga 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: 20230364930
    Abstract: A printer includes a dryer to send an airflow toward a recording medium. The dryer includes a first fan, a second fan, a heater, a first intake port, a first exhaust port with an opening facing toward a platen, a second intake port with an opening facing toward a guide, and a second exhaust port with an opening facing toward the guide. The first fan is operable to draw air through the first intake port, and discharge air toward the platen through the first exhaust port. The second fan is operable to draw air through the second intake port, and discharge air that has been heated by the heater through the second exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ryosuke NONAKA, Yukihiro TOKUNAGA, Naoki KOTOBUKI, Ryo BABA, Yusuke TAKANO
  • Patent number: 8677945
    Abstract: A boiler has an upper header, a lower header and a heat-transfer tube. The heat-transfer tube connects the upper header with the lower header. The hear-transfer tube is provided with projections such that a heat-transfer area per unit length of the heat-transfer tube is smaller in an upstream region than that in a downstream region of combustion gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Miura Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soji Sumi, Yukihiro Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 8113822
    Abstract: First, to decrease an amount of emitted nitrogen oxides to zero as much as possible and also decrease an amount of emitted carbon monoxide to a permissible level. Second, to save energy on combustion at a low air ratio close to 1.0. Third, to attain a stable air ratio control in a low air ratio combustion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Miura Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga, Yusuke Okamoto, Kenji Yasui
  • Patent number: 8083518
    Abstract: A combustion method applied to a water-tube boiler and a regenerator of an absorption-type refrigerator includes a concentration ratio adjusting step of adjusting a concentration ratio of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and oxygen in a gas from a gas generation source to a predetermined reference concentration ratio, and a hazardous-substance decreasing step of decreasing nitrogen oxides, using an oxidation catalyst having characteristics of decreasing the concentrations of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide on a secondary side to substantially zero when the concentration ratio on a primary side is set to be a reference concentration ratio, in which the concentration ratio adjusting step detects the concentration of oxygen on the secondary side of the oxidation catalyst to control the concentration ratio so that a detected oxygen concentration becomes a set oxygen concentration substantially close to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Miura Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga, Yusuke Okamoto, Kenji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20110165048
    Abstract: First, the emission amount of nitrogen oxides can be decreased close to zero as much as possible, and the emission amount of carbon monoxide is decreased to a permissible range. Second, energy saving by combustion at a low air ratio close to 1.0 is realized. Third, air ratio control is performed stably in a combustion region at a low air ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga, Yusuke Okamoto, Kenji Yasui
  • Patent number: 7972581
    Abstract: First, the emission amount of nitrogen oxides can be decreased close to zero as much as possible, and the emission amount of carbon monoxide is decreased to a permissible range. Second, energy saving by combustion at a low air ratio close to 1.0 is realized. Third, air ratio control is performed stably in a combustion region at a low air ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Miura Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga, Yusuke Okamoto, Kenji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20110088636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a various kinds of boilers including a steam boiler, a hot water boiler, a waste-heat boiler and an exhaust gas boiler. Projections are provided on a heat-transfer tube which connects an upper header and a lower header with each other such that a heat-transfer area pet unit length of the heat-transfer tube becomes smaller in an upstream region than that in a downstream region of combustion gas. It is preferable that installation pitches between adjacent upper and lower projections and/or projecting lengths of the projections from the heat-transfer tube are changed such that the heat-transfer area per unit length of the heat-transfer tube becomes smaller in the upstream region than those in the downstream region of the combustion gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soji Sumi, Yukihiro Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20100227283
    Abstract: A combustion method applied to a water-tube boiler and a regenerator of an absorption-type refrigerator includes a concentration ratio adjusting step of adjusting a concentration ratio of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and oxygen in a gas from a gas generation source to a predetermined reference concentration ratio, and a hazardous-substance decreasing step of decreasing nitrogen oxides, using an oxidation catalyst having characteristics of decreasing the concentrations of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide on a secondary side to substantially zero when the concentration ratio on a primary side is set to be a reference concentration ratio, in which the concentration ratio adjusting step detects the concentration of oxygen on the secondary side of the oxidation catalyst to control the concentration ratio so that a detected oxygen concentration becomes a set oxygen concentration substantially close to zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga, Yusuke Okamoto, Kenji Yasui
  • Patent number: 7647898
    Abstract: To provide a boiler capable of realizing a reduction in O2, a reduction in NOx, and a reduction in CO. The present invention provides a boiler including: a premixed gas burner, and water tubes in close proximity to the premixed gas burner, characterized in that the premixed gas burner ejects a premixed gas toward the water tubes at a predetermined angle; and the boiler further includes a fuel supply portion capable of supplying at least one of a gas fuel and a premixed gas provided at a position on a downstream side of and spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the premixed gas burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Miura Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Yoshinari, Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20090042152
    Abstract: First, to decrease an amount of emitted nitrogen oxides to zero as much as possible and also decrease an amount of emitted carbon monoxide to a permissible level. Second, to save energy on combustion at a low air ratio close to 1.0. Third, to attain a stable air ratio control in a low air ratio combustion region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga, Yusuke Okamoto, Kenji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20090025655
    Abstract: First, an emission amount of nitrogen oxide can be decreased to zero as much as possible and, an emission amount of carbon monoxide is decreased to a permissible range. Second, energy saving by combustion at a low air ratio close to 1.0 is realized. Third, air ratio control is performed stably in a combustion region at a low air ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga, Yusuke Okamoto, Kenji Yasui
  • Publication number: 20060177784
    Abstract: To provide a boiler capable of realizing a reduction in O2, a reduction in NOx, and a reduction in CO. The present invention provides a boiler including: a premixed gas burner, and water tubes in close proximity to the premixed gas burner, characterized in that the premixed gas burner ejects a premixed gas toward the water tubes at a predetermined angle; and the boiler further includes a fuel supply portion capable of supplying at least one of a gas fuel and a premixed gas provided at a position on a downstream side of and spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the premixed gas burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Yuji Yoshinari, Osamu Tanaka, Yukihiro Tokunaga