Patents by Inventor Eri Hoshikawa

Eri Hoshikawa 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).

  • Patent number: 6818242
    Abstract: A production method of Chinese fried meat dumplings includes loading meat dumplings on a conveyer, steaming the meat dumplings on the conveyer, and frying the meat dumplings by increasing a temperature of the conveyer from 50° C. to 200-280° C. in 1-8 minutes as the conveyer moves the meat dumplings toward downstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Morihiro Sada, Sachiyo Yoshida, Eri Hoshikawa, Tomoyuki Hirota, Shundo Harada, Chiaki Nosaka, Takeshi Nishinomiya, Hirofumi Terazaki, Masata Mitsuiki, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Patent number: 6787174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing sautéed onion or sofrit. The method includes the steps of sautéing onion or sofrit ingredients in a rotary sautéing machine, and heating the machine with an auxiliary heater concurrently with the sautéing step, whereby the temperature at a center of the onion or sofrit ingredients in a rotary pot of the rotary sautéing machine is increased to 85-950° C. within 10 minutes; and after the temperature at the center of the onion or sofrit ingredients reaches 95° C., deglazing is continuously carried out by spraying water, as required, while maintaining the surface temperature of the onion or sofrit ingredients at 95-120° C. for 15 to 120 minutes, thereby effecting sautéing processing. The method also includes the step of oscillating the rotary sautéing machine concurrently with the sautéing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Tanabe, Eri Hoshikawa, Tomoyuki Hirota, Morihiro Sada
  • Patent number: 6759075
    Abstract: A fond de veau is produced by boiling baked meats for extraction independently, separating a boiled extract therefrom, and reacting a protease with at least a residue of the meats to produce a protein decomposition solution, and then using said protein decomposition solution and said boiled extract separated from the baked meats boiled; or a protein hydrolytic solution obtained by reacting a protease on baked meats without boiling, with a boiled extract of fried vegetables. There is provided a process for easily producing a fond de veau in an industrial manner that has a quality equivalent to a fond de veau produced by a professional culinarian in a high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Emi Miyazaki, Eri Hoshikawa, Makoto Tanabe, Chiaki Nosaka
  • Publication number: 20030031770
    Abstract: A production method of Chinese fried meat dumplings includes loading meat dumplings on a conveyer, steaming the meat dumplings on the conveyer, and frying the meat dumplings by increasing a temperature of the conveyer from 50° C. to 200-280° C. in 1-8 minutes as the conveyer moves the meat dumplings toward downstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Morihiro Sada, Yukiyo Yoshida, Eri Hoshikawa, Tomoyuki Hirota, Shundo Harada, Chiaki Nosaka, Takeshi Nishinomiya, Hirofumi Terazaki, Masata Mitsuiki, Takashi Futatsugi
  • Publication number: 20020197377
    Abstract: A fond de veau is produced by boiling baked meats for extraction independently, separating a boiled extract therefrom, and reacting a protease with at least a residue of the meats to produce a protein decomposition solution, and then using said protein decomposition solution and said boiled extract separated from the baked meats boiled; or a protein hydrolytic solution obtained by reacting a protease on baked meats without boiling, with a boiled extract of fried vegetables. There is provided a process for easily producing a fond de veau in an industrial manner that has a quality equivalent to a fond de veau produced by a professional culinarian in a high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC
    Inventors: Emi Miyazaki, Eri Hoshikawa, Makoto Tanabe, Chiaki Nosaka
  • Publication number: 20020039614
    Abstract: In this application is disclosed a method of producing sautéed onion or sofrit with the use of, e.g., a rotary sautéing machine, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the surface in the rotating direction of a blade provided in the pot is such that, in a cross section vertical to the rotary shaft of the pot, assuming that a straight line running from an attachment point of the blade onto the cylindrical surface toward the center of the rotary shaft is an x coordinate axis, the attachment point is x=0 (the origin), and the position of the foot on the x axis of a perpendicular line extending downwards from an end of the blade is x=1, and when the height y of the cross-sectional line of the blade is expressed by a function of x, f(x), the x coordinate at which a value of the derived function of y=f(x) becomes 0 is not less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Tanabe, Eri Hoshikawa, Tomoyuki Hirota, Morihiro Sada