Patents by Inventor Terumi Torigai

Terumi Torigai 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: 20120181362
    Abstract: A rotary cooking device of the invention is configured such that, for enhanced safety, when a cutter holder (10) is attached to a device main body (1), an output shaft of a motor (2) is coupled to a rotating shaft of a cutter (15) in the cutter holder. The rotary cooking device includes a longitudinally movable member (23) disposed in the cutter holder, and a stopper (12) having at least a portion movable between an advanced position located in a movement path of the longitudinally movable member and a receded position outside the movement path. In a state where the cutter holder mounted on the device main body does not have the container attached thereto, the longitudinally movable member is at an upper position to prevent rotation of the motor, and the stopper is at the advanced position to stop the longitudinally movable member from moving to a lower position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Terumi Torigai
  • Patent number: 6708599
    Abstract: In a coffee maker, a hot-water tank, including water purifying agents and a siphon mechanism, is provided between a coffee-extracting room and a hot-water outlet. This structure reduces an amount of water remaining in the purifying agents. A water tank, a heater which heats the water supplied from the water tank and produces hot water, and a hot-water outlet for pouring the hot water supplied from the heater into the coffee-extracting room are provided. The hot-water tank detachable from a main body of the coffee maker is situated between the outlet and the coffee-extracting room. This structure allows a siphon phenomenon to supply intermittently the hot water from the hot-water tank to the coffee-extracting room. After a coffee extraction, the hot-water tank can be detached from a main body of the coffee maker and washed with ease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terumi Torigai, Takao Kanba
  • Patent number: 6575081
    Abstract: A coffee maker is provided in which remaining water can be taken out easily, hot water is delivered intermittently to brew nice coffee. A hot water reservoir in the coffee maker has a tube provided on a bottom thereof for delivering the hot water to a coffee brewing chamber and a cap arranged with a space from the tube by a distance which is not greater than the maximum inner diameter of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kanba, Terumi Torigai, Koji Kawai, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Masashi Kanbara, Hisashi Wada
  • Publication number: 20030051604
    Abstract: In a coffee maker, a hot-water tank, including water purifying agents and a siphon mechanism, is provided between a coffee-extracting room and a hot-water outlet. This structure reduces an amount of water remaining in the purifying agents. A water tank, a heater which heats the water supplied from the water tank and produces hot water, and a hot-water outlet for pouring the hot water supplied from the heater into the coffee-extracting room are provided. The hot-water tank detachable from a main body of the coffee maker is situated between the outlet and the coffee-extracting room. This structure allows a siphon phenomenon to supply intermittently the hot water from the hot-water tank to the coffee-extracting room. After a coffee extraction, the hot-water tank can be detached from a main body of the coffee maker and washed with ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Terumi Torigai, Takao Kanba
  • Publication number: 20020035929
    Abstract: A coffee maker is provided in which remaining water can be taken out easily, hot water is delivered intermittently to brew nice coffee. A hot water reservoir in the coffee maker has a tube provided on a bottom thereof for delivering the hot water to a coffee brewing chamber and a cap arranged with a space from the tube by a distance which is not greater than the maximum inner diameter of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Takao Kanba, Terumi Torigai, Koji Kawai, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Masashi Kanbara, Hisashi Wada