Patents by Inventor Shigeto Sakou

Shigeto Sakou 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).

  • Patent number: 7878335
    Abstract: There exists a demand for providing a method and apparatus capable of sorting articles whose upper and lower attitudes are inverted, in a simple and positive manner, from among different-formed articles such as candies having upper and lower portions different in outside diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sansei Foods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Sakou, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Shiyuzo Miwa, Tatsutoshi Kitamoto, Toshimitsu Kanoyadani
  • Publication number: 20100193335
    Abstract: There exists a demand for providing a method and apparatus capable of sorting articles whose upper and lower attitudes are inverted, in a simple and positive manner, from among different-formed articles such as candies having upper and lower portions different in outside diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SANSEI FOODS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Sakou, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Shiyuzo Miwa, Tatsutoshi Kitamoto, Toshimitsu Kanoyadani
  • Publication number: 20090053390
    Abstract: A delicious candy in which crystallized xylitol has been molded in a desired shape and which has a beautiful shape and gives a cooling feeling attributable to xylitol; and a process by which the candy can be easily and industrially continuously produced. The novel candy (1) has a layered constitution which comprises two opposed candy part layers (3) and, sandwiched between these, a xylitol crystal part layer (2) comprising xylitol as the main component, at least one ingredient selected among monosaccharides, disaccharides, and sugar alcohols obtained by reducing these, and a viscosity-lowering agent as essential components, the at least one ingredient and the viscosity-lowering agent being contained in given amounts based on the xylitol as the main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Shigeto Sakou, Takaaki Okada, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Kazuhide Kobayashi