Patents by Inventor Motonobu Hirata

Motonobu Hirata 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).

  • Cooking apparatus
    Patent number: 4202257
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus comprises an apparatus housing divided by a partition plate into upper and lower chambers. An oven chamber is defined in the lower chamber and has a baking heater therein. A vessel having a kneading blade is disposed on the upper chamber. The upper chamber includes a drive mechanism for rotating the blade. A fermenting heater is provided below the bottom of the vessel to heat the interior of the vessel to a fermenting temperature. Dough is kneaded and fermented in the vessel and baked in the oven chamber. Another fermenting heater is disposed in the oven chamber to preheat the interior of the oven chamber for baking, while the dough is being kneaded and fermented in the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Assignee: France Bed Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruo Masuda, Nobuhiko Watanabe, Takeo Abe, Matsuhiro Koike, Masayasu Morita, Yoshio Oguma, Yoshiharu Hamaguchi, Motonobu Hirata, Mamoru Saito, Kunio Onoguchi, Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Akira Hirose