Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Yamade

Kazuhiro Yamade 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).

  • Continuous fermentor and reactor
    Patent number: 4337315
    Abstract: A continuous fermentor or reactor and process using the reactor for producing ethanol including at least two vertically arranged unit reactors each having an open top cone which is connected to an inverted open bottom cone by a short cylinder greater in diameter than the two cones. The lowest unit reactor is connected to a gas supply member and a liquid introducing pipe and the highest unit reactor is connected to a gas separator and a mash discharge pipe. Inert gas introduced into the bottom unit produces both upward and downward flows in each unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Assignees: Tokyo Kikakikai Co., Ltd., Kansai Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Fukushima, Hideaki Munenobu, Kazuhiro Yamade