Patents by Inventor Daiki KAYASHIMA

Daiki KAYASHIMA 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: 20230127825
    Abstract: To provide a defrost system capable of preferable defrosting and prevention of generation of icicles on a casing without installing a brine circuit. A defrost system includes a thermosiphon defrost circuit that is provided by being branched from a circulation line, in which, at the time of defrosting, a CO2 refrigerant staying inside a fin-tube heat exchanger repeats a two-phase change of a gaseous form and reliquefaction, and which forms a CO2 circulation path together with the fin-tube heat exchanger; electromagnetic opening/closing valves that are closed at the time of defrosting and set the CO2 circulation path to a closed circuit; and a first electric heater arranged above the thermosiphon defrost circuit so as to be adjacent to the thermosiphon defrost circuit, and naturally circulates the CO2 refrigerant in the closed circuit at the time of defrosting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choiku YOSHIKAWA, Toshio KUTSUNA, Nelson MUGABI, Daiki KAYASHIMA, Nobuo OOSUGA
  • Publication number: 20210262721
    Abstract: To provide a defrost system capable of preferable defrosting and prevention of generation of icicles on a casing without installing a brine circuit. A defrost system includes a thermosiphon defrost circuit that is provided by being branched from a circulation line, in which, at the time of defrosting, a CO2 refrigerant staying inside a fin-tube heat exchanger repeats a two-phase change of a gaseous form and reliquefaction, and which forms a CO2 circulation path together with the fin-tube heat exchanger; electromagnetic opening/closing valves and that are closed at the time of defrosting and set the CO2 circulation path to a closed circuit; and a first electric heater arranged above the thermosiphon defrost circuit so as to be adjacent to the thermosiphon defrost circuit, and naturally circulates the CO2 refrigerant in the closed circuit at the time of defrosting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choiku YOSHIKAWA, Toshio KUTSUNA, Nelson MUGABI, Daiki KAYASHIMA, Nobuo OOSUGA
  • Patent number: 10302343
    Abstract: A defrost system is disclosed that includes a cooling device disposed in a freezer, a heat exchanger pipe leading into a casing, a drain receiver unit; a refrigerating device for cooling and liquefying CO2 refrigerant; a refrigerant circuit for permitting the CO2 refrigerant to circulate to the heat exchanger pipe; a defrost circuit branched from the heat exchanger pipe forming a CO2 circulation path with the heat exchanger pipe; an on-off valve so that the CO2 circulation path becomes a closed circuit; a pressure adjusting unit for adjusting the pressure of the CO2 refrigerant; and a first heat exchanger unit for heating the CO2 refrigerant circulating with brine, disposed below the cooling device to which the defrost circuit and a first brine circuit in which brine, a first heating medium, circulates, are led, in which the CO2 refrigerant naturally circulates in the closed circuit when defrosting by a thermosiphon effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choiku Yoshikawa, Makoto Sano, Iwao Terashima, Daiki Kayashima
  • Patent number: 9746221
    Abstract: A defrost system includes: a cooling device in a freezer, and includes a casing, a heat exchanger pipe with a difference in elevation in the casing, and a drain receiver unit below the heat exchanger pipe; a refrigerating device to cool and liquefy CO2 refrigerant; and a refrigerant circuit for permitting the cooled and liquefied CO2 refrigerant to circulate to the heat exchanger pipe. The defrost system includes a bypass pipe of the heat exchanger pipe to form a CO2 circulation path; an on-off valve in the heat exchanger pipe to be closed during defrosting so that the CO2 circulation path is a closed circuit; a pressure adjusting unit for adjusting pressure of the CO2 refrigerant during defrosting; and a brine circuit as a first heating medium, in which the defrost system permits the CO2 refrigerant to naturally circulate in the closed circuit during defrosting by a thermosiphon effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choiku Yoshikawa, Toshio Kutsuna, Mugabi Nelson, Daiki Kayashima
  • Publication number: 20160178258
    Abstract: A defrost system includes: a cooling device in a freezer, and includes a casing, a heat exchanger pipe with a difference in elevation in the casing, and a drain receiver unit below the heat exchanger pipe; a refrigerating device to cool and liquefy CO2 refrigerant; and a refrigerant circuit for permitting the cooled and liquefied CO2 refrigerant to circulate to the heat exchanger pipe. The defrost system includes a bypass pipe of the heat exchanger pipe to form a CO2 circulation path; an on-off valve in the heat exchanger pipe to be closed during defrosting so that the CO2 circulation path is a closed circuit; a pressure adjusting unit for adjusting pressure of the CO2 refrigerant during defrosting; and a brine circuit as a first heating medium, in which the defrost system permits the CO2 refrigerant to naturally circulate in the closed circuit during defrosting by a thermosiphon effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Choiku YOSHIKAWA, Toshio KUTSUNA, Mugabi NELSON, Daiki KAYASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150377541
    Abstract: A defrost system is disclosed that includes a cooling device disposed in a freezer, a heat exchanger pipe leading into a casing, a drain receiver unit; a refrigerating device for cooling and liquefying CO2 refrigerant; a refrigerant circuit for permitting the CO2 refrigerant to circulate to the heat exchanger pipe; a defrost circuit branched from the heat exchanger pipe forming a CO2 circulation path with the heat exchanger pipe; an on-off valve so that the CO2 circulation path becomes a closed circuit; a pressure adjusting unit for adjusting the pressure of the CO2 refrigerant; and a first heat exchanger unit for heating the CO2 refrigerant circulating with brine, disposed below the cooling device to which the defrost circuit and a first brine circuit in which brine, a first heating medium, circulates, are led, in which the CO2 refrigerant naturally circulates in the closed circuit when defrosting by a thermosiphon effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Choiku YOSHIKAWA, Makoto SANO, Iwao TERASHIMA, Daiki KAYASHIMA