Patents by Inventor Hironobu Mano

Hironobu Mano 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).

  • GRANULATING METHOD AND GRANULATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130069270
    Abstract: A granulating method is a method in which powder containing a water-soluble component is granulated. In the disclosed granulating method, a dispersion element, wherein fine water droplets are dispersed in superheated steam, is expelled from a nozzle, and thus the dispersion element and powder in a flowing state come into contact with one another. It is preferable that the mass ratio of superheated steam contained in the dispersion element, as a mass ratio found from the theoretical flow amount of superheated steam expelled from the nozzle, and the actual flow amount of water supplied to the nozzle, be set in a range of 20-70 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: POKKA CORPORATION, INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICU
    Inventors: Itaru Sotome, Seiichiro Isobe, Takao Katagiri, Takashi Inoue, Hironobu Mano, Joju Niida, Hirokazu Takeuchi, TAkeshi Itou, Yuichiro Mizoguchi