Patents by Inventor Shigehisa Sakamoto

Shigehisa Sakamoto 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).

  • Bread conveying apparatus
    Patent number: 9731848
    Abstract: A bread packaging apparatus for packaging bread in a bag, includes a first urging unit that comes into contact with a loaf of bread and conveys the loaf of bread along a conveying path; and a control unit for controlling a speed of the first urging unit. The control unit controls the speed of the first urging unit such that the speed when the first urging unit comes into contact with the loaf of bread is different from the speed when the first urging unit conveys the loaf of bread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: OSHIKIRI MACHINERY LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Suzuki, Masami Umetsu, Takahiro Hasegawa, Shigehisa Sakamoto, Tamotsu Abe, Takeshi Nakamura, Tasuku Fujita
  • BREAD CONVEYING APPARATUS AND BREAD SLICING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140245703
    Abstract: A bread packaging apparatus for packaging bread in a bag, includes a first urging unit that comes into contact with a loaf of bread and conveys the loaf of bread along a conveying path; and a control unit for controlling a speed of the first urging unit. The control unit controls the speed of the first urging unit such that the speed when the first urging unit comes into contact with the loaf of bread is different from the speed when the first urging unit conveys the loaf of bread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Oshikiri Machinery Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Suzuki, Masami Umetsu, Takahiro Hasegawa, Shigehisa Sakamoto, Tamotsu Abe, Takeshi Nakamura, Tasuku Fujita
  • Horizontal mixer
    Patent number: 8382365
    Abstract: An easily cleanable horizontal mixer (10) includes a mixing bowl (18), a roof (22) configured to close an upper opening of the mixing bowl, and a material feed tube (24) provided on the roof and communicated with a material feed port formed in the roof. A rotatable lid (26) is disposed in the material feed tube. The lid has an inner surface (26a) that can be set flush with an inner surface (22a) of the roof. The mixing bowl has a scraper member (32) provided at an upper end (16b) of the mixing bowl defining the upper opening. The scraper member slides on the inner surface of the roof when the mixing bowl is rotated from a mixing operation position to a non-mixing operation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Oshikiri Machinery Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuzuru Oki, Masami Umetsu, Takahiro Hasegawa, Shigehisa Sakamoto
  • HORIZONTAL MIXER
    Publication number: 20100091608
    Abstract: An easily cleanable horizontal mixer. The horizontal mixer (10) includes a mixing bowl (18), a roof (22) configured to close an upper opening of the mixing bowl, and a material feed tube (24) provided on the roof and communicated with a material feed port formed in the roof. A rotatable lid (26) is disposed in the material feed tube. The lid has an inner surface (26a) that can be set flush with an inner surface (22a) of the roof. The mixing bowl has a scraper member (32) provided at an upper end (16b) of the mixing bowl defining the upper opening. The scraper member slides on the inner surface of the roof when the mixing bowl is rotated from a mixing operation position to a non-mixing operation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: YUZURU OKI, MASAMI UMETSU, TAKAHIRO HASEGAWA, SHIGEHISA SAKAMOTO