Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kodani

Masahiro Kodani 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: 20040237567
    Abstract: An automatic ice making machine stably injects water to be frozen to freezing cells to produce high-quality ice pieces which are uniform in shape and size, and has a freezing section defining a plurality of freezing cells opening downward and arranged horizontally, and a water tank located under the freezing section. A water spraying member tilted at a predetermined angle in the flow direction is disposed on the water tank, and a plurality of nozzles protrude from the upper surface of a distributor pipe constituting the member. The water to be frozen supplied to the water spraying member by a water circulation pump is adapted to be injected into each freezing cell through a water injection hole of each nozzle under the same pressure. Further, the water to be frozen injected from each water injection hole diagonally forward is designed to be supplied to an opposed freezing cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Nagasawa, Masaaki Kawasumi, Kenji Takahashi, Masahiro Kodani, Chiyoshi Toya
  • Patent number: 6612126
    Abstract: An ice making machine of the open-cell type including a box-type housing, a water storage tank mounted to the bottom of the housing, a sprinkler mounted within the bottom portion of the housing and having a plurality of nozzles for spouting upward ice making water supplied to the water storage tank, and a plurality of ice making cell casings mounted wit an ice making chamber formed in an upper portion of the housing and located above the nozzles of the sprinkler to supplied with the ice making water spouted therefrom, wherein the box-type housing is composed of a pair of spaced side wall panels and front and rear wall panels jointed at their opposite side ends to front and rear end portions of the side wall panels respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawasumi, Masahiro Kodani, Shinichi Nagasawa, Chiyoshi Toya, Shinsaku Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 6502416
    Abstract: An automatic ice maker of the open-cell type including a box-type housing, a plurality of spaced ice making cell casings arranged on a horizontal plane in an upper portion of the housing and opened downward, a cooling pipe mounted on the cell casings to be supplied with refrigerant from a freezing circuit, and a sprinkler mounted within a bottom portion of the housing and placed under the cell casings to spout ice making water into the respective cell casings, wherein a base plate is mounted within the upper portion of the housing to form an ice making chamber, and wherein the ice making cell casings are secured to a bottom surface of the base plate, while the cooling pipe is mounted on the base plate at positions located above the cell casings and welded to an upper surface of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawasumi, Masahiro Kodani, Shinichi Nagasawa, Chiyoshi Toya, Shinsaku Hayakawa, Masaru Wada, Kiyoharu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 6453696
    Abstract: An automatic ice maker of the open-cell type including a housing composed of a pair of spaced side wall panels and front and rear wall panels jointed at their opposite ends to the side wall panels, a water storage tank mounted to the bottom of the housing, a sprinkler mounted within the bottom portion of the housing and having a plurality of nozzles for spouting upward ice making water supplied from the water storage tank, a cooling pipe mounted within an ice making chamber formed in an upper portion of the housing, a plurality of ice making cell casings horizontally mounted in the ice making chamber and located above the nozzles of the sprinkler to be supplied with the ice making chamber spouted therefrom and to be cooled by refrigerant supplied into the cooling pipe, and an ice chute in the form of a lattice placed in a forwardly inclined condition between the sprinkler and the ice making cell casings to permit the ice making water spouted into the cell casings therethrough from the nozzles of the sprinkler
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawasumi, Masahiro Kodani, Shinichi Nagasawa, Chiyoshi Toya, Shinsaku Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20020020187
    Abstract: An automatic ice maker of the open-cell type including a housing composed of a pair of spaced side wall panels and front and rear wall panels jointed at their opposite ends to the side wall panels, a water storage tank mounted to the bottom of the housing, a sprinkler mounted within the bottom portion of the housing and having a plurality of nozzles for spouting upward ice making water supplied from the water storage tank, a cooling pipe mounted within an ice making chamber formed in an upper portion of the housing, a plurality of ice making cell casings horizontally mounted in the ice making chamber and located above the nozzles of the sprinkler to be supplied with the ice making chamber spouted therefrom and to be cooled by refrigerant supplied into the cooling pipe, and an ice chute in the form of a lattice placed in a forwardly inclined condition between the sprinkler and the ice making cell casings to permit the ice making water spouted into the cell casings therethrough from the nozzles of the sprinkler
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawasumi, Masahiro Kodani, Shinichi Nagasawa, Chiyoshi Toya, Shinsaku Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20020002836
    Abstract: An automatic ice maker of the open-cell type including a box-type housing, a plurality of spaced ice making cell casings arranged on a horizontal plane in an upper portion of the housing and opened downward, a cooling pipe mounted on the cell casings to be supplied with refrigerant from a freezing circuit, and a sprinkler mounted within a bottom portion of the housing and placed under the cell casings to spout ice making water into the respective cell casings, wherein a base plate is mounted within the upper portion of the housing to form an ice making chamber, and wherein the ice making cell casings are secured to a bottom surface of the base plate, while the cooling pipe is mounted on the base plate at positions located above the cell casings and welded to an upper surface of the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawasumi, Masahiro Kodani, Shinichi Nagasawa, Chiyoshi Toya, Shinsaku Hayakawa, Masaru Wada, Kiyoharu Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20010054295
    Abstract: An ice making machine of the open-cell type including a box-type housing, a water storage tank mounted to the bottom of the housing, a sprinkler mounted within the bottom portion of the housing and having a plurality of nozzles for spouting upward ice making water supplied to the water storage tank, and a plurality of ice making cell casings mounted wit an ice making chamber formed in an upper portion of the housing and located above the nozzles of the sprinkler to supplied with the ice making water spouted therefrom, wherein the box-type housing is composed of a pair of spaced side wall panels and front and rear wall panels jointed at their opposite side ends to front and rear end portions of the side wall panels respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: Masaaki Kawasumi, Masahiro Kodani, Shinichi Nagasawa, Chiyoshi Toya, Shinsaku Hayakawa