Patents by Inventor Hideaki Masukane

Hideaki Masukane 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).

  • Rotatively oscillating separator
    Patent number: 6814242
    Abstract: A rotatively oscillating separator comprising separating vessels 4 each having cone-shaped separating plate 5 disposed in the vessel, and drive means 6 for rotatively oscillating said separating vessels 4, mixed rice consisting of unhulled rice and unpolished rice being fed onto the separating plates in the separating vessels at a given location to separate the unhulled rice and the unpolished rice from each other, the unpolished rice being discharged through raised peripheral portions of the vessels, and the unhulled rice being discharged through the central bottoms of the separating vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Masukane, Shigeki Kinoshita, Masashi Kageyama, Chozaburo Ikuta, Haruyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Rotatively oscillating separator
    Publication number: 20030019799
    Abstract: A rotatively oscillating separator comprising separating vessels 4 each having cone-shaped separating plate 5 disposed in the vessel, and drive means 6 for rotatively oscillating said separating vessels 4, mixed rice consisting of unhulled rice and unpolished rice being fed onto the separating plates in the separating vessels at a given location to separate the unhulled rice and the unpolished rice from each other, the unpolished rice being discharged through raised peripheral portions of the vessels, and the unhulled rice being discharged through the central bottoms of the separating vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Masukane, Shigeki Kinoshita, Masashi Kageyama, Chozaburo Ikuta, Haruyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Rotationally oscillating separator with eccentric shaft mounting portions
    Patent number: 6250479
    Abstract: A rotationally oscillating separator for separating mixed rice into unhulled rice and unpolished rice after the rice have passed through a rice huller to remove the hulls from rice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Satake, Makoto Tomabechi, Hideaki Masukane, Akira Fukuhara, Kiminori Kono, Kazutaka Bajyo, Chozaburo Ikuta