Patents by Inventor Hajime Hori

Hajime Hori 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: 8246712
    Abstract: Disclosed is a soapstock treatment apparatus which can treat a soapstock produced during a plant oil production process within a short period and with a high degree of efficiency. As shown in FIG. 1, the soapstock treatment apparatus includes a reactor 20 configured to oxidatively decompose a soapstock, an electric heating coil 23 configured to heat water in the reactor 20 at 650° C. which is not less than the critical temperature of water, a high-pressure pump 13 configured to pressurize the water in the reactor 20 at 17 Mpa which is less than the critical pressure of water, and a compressor 33 configured to pressurize the water in the reactor 20 at 17 Mpa which is less than the critical pressure of water. Also, an exhaust pipe 41 for discharging a reaction gas generated by the oxidative decomposition treatment and a waste pipe 51 for discharging a solid (inorganic) residue generated by the oxidative decomposition treatment are connected to the reactor 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: National University Corporation Shizuoka University, J-Oil Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sako, Idzumi Okajima, Hajime Hori, Masahito Furuki, Ryousuke Shimobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100215831
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method producing a high protein content rapeseed meal from a rapeseed meal in a simply manner and at low cost, and producing no or less waste. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a rapeseed meal, which comprises applying a rapeseed meal to a 32 to 60 mesh sieve to separate the rapeseed meal into a coarse rapeseed meal having such a grain size that grains of the meal remain on the 32 to 60 mesh sieve and a fine rapeseed meal having such a grain size that grains of the meal pass through the 32 to 60 mesh sieve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Sanshiro Saito, Toshiro Sato, Shigeru Fujiwara, Hajime Hori, Nobuhiko Tsunehara, Masato Sasakura, Masaru Yamashita, Daisuke Maeda, Makiko Nakagawa, Kaoru Momiyama, Takeshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100043509
    Abstract: Disclosed is a soapstock treatment apparatus which can treat a soapstock produced during a plant oil production process within a short period and with a high degree of efficiency. As shown in FIG. 1, the soapstock treatment apparatus includes a reactor 20 configured to oxidatively decompose a soapstock, an electric heating coil 23 configured to heat water in the reactor 20 at 650° C. which is not less than the critical temperature of water, a high-pressure pump 13 configured to pressurize the water in the reactor 20 at 17 Mpa which is less than the critical pressure of water, and a compressor 33 configured to pressurize the water in the reactor 20 at 17 Mpa which is less than the critical pressure of water. Also, an exhaust pipe 41 for discharging a reaction gas generated by the oxidative decomposition treatment and a waste pipe 51 for discharging a solid (inorganic) residue generated by the oxidative decomposition treatment are connected to the reactor 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY, J-OIL MILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sako, Idzumi Okajima, Hajime Hori, Masahito Furuki, Ryousuke Shimobayashi
  • Patent number: 6014888
    Abstract: An environmental air is sucked by the pump with control unit, and organic solvent contained in the environmental air is collected by the absorbent. Organic solvent having passed through the absorbent is detected by the semiconductor gas sensor. If passage of a material to be measured is detected by the semiconductor gas sensor, operation of the pump with control unit is stopped, and the operation for collecting the material is terminated. Then the absorbent is taken out from the collecting tube, the material collected is quantified by means of gas chromatography, and the density is measured. With this configuration, measurement of a density of a material to be measured in a working environment can be executed accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Noritake, Hisako Murobushi, Hajime Hori
  • Patent number: 5861053
    Abstract: An environmental air is sucked by the pump with control unit, and organic solvent contained in the environmental air is collected by the absorbent. Organic solvent having passed through the absorbent is detected by the semiconductor gas sensor. If passage of a material to be measured is detected by the semiconductor gas sensor, operation of the pump with control unit is stopped, and the operation for collecting the material is terminated. Then the absorbent is taken out from the collecting tube, the material collected is quantified by means of gas chromatography, and the density is measured. With this configuration, measurement of a density of a material to be measured in a working environment can be executed accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Noritake, Hisako Murobushi, Hajime Hori