Patents Assigned to Atsushi Sato
  • Method and apparatus for peeling-off bivalve, as well as bivalve before-separation heating device
    Patent number: 6086468
    Abstract: A bivalve peeling-off method and apparatus and a before-separation heating device are disclosed. The bivalve peeling-off apparatus includes a heating means 6 for heating the surface of one of shells 2A of a starting bivalve 2, so that an edible part 2a in the starting bivalve 2 is maintained in a raw state. Thus, the edible part can be efficiently separated from the shell of the starting bivalve in a state in which a quality suitable for use in raw eating is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Atsushi Sato
    Inventors: Masanori Yoshida, Atsushi Sato, Nobuo Hukuoka