Patents by Inventor Jiro Kitamura
Jiro Kitamura 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).
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Publication number: 20230371742Abstract: A technique for reducing stagnation of food at a specific location on a drum when food is stirred using the drum is disclosed. The disclosed food stirring device includes: a drum that extends in an axial direction, has a hollow shape, and includes: an inlet part through which a food to be fed to an inside of the drum passes; and an outlet part that is provided at a position different from the inlet part and through which the food to be discharged from the inside of the drum passes; a drum drive device that rotates the drum around a rotation axis; a stirrer that is at least partially located inside the drum; and a support member that is attached to the drum and supports the stirrer, wherein there is a gap between an inner wall surface of the drum and the stirrer, and wherein a ratio of a shortest diameter to a longest diameter of a cross sectional surface, in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, of a part of the stirrer that is located inside the drum is 1/3 or greater and 1 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: NICHIREI FOODS INC.Inventors: Hiroaki MURATA, Tsukasa SHIDA, Teiko KOBAYASHI, Minoru MAMIYA, Jiro KITAMURA
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Patent number: 11589605Abstract: To provide a food product molding device and a food product manufacturing method capable of molding foodstuffs into a food product having stacked plural layers with a simple structure. A mold unit in which a first mold plate and a second mold plate are stacked slidingly moves by a drive unit. Through holes respectively provided in the first mold plate and the second mold plate are linked to form molding hole portions. The molding hole portions move to a first filling position in which upper ends of the molding hole portions are connected to first filling openings, a second filling position in which upper ends of the molding hole portions are connected to second filling openings, and a discharge position in which upper ends of the molding hole portions are connected to pusher ports by the slide movement of the mold unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: NICHIREI FOODS INC.Inventors: Yoshito Fujimori, Hirokazu Chukyo, Jiro Kitamura, Shunichi Watanabe, Nawo Sato
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Publication number: 20210137150Abstract: The invention provides a food coating apparatus and a food production method in which an impact applied when a food material is put can be reduced, misalignment or deformation of a food material can be suppressed, and even a soft food material, an easily-crumbled food material, or the like can be efficiently coated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Nichirei Foods Inc.Inventors: Yoshito FUJIMORI, Hirokazu CHUKYO, Jiro KITAMURA, Shunichi WATANABE, Nao SATOU
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Publication number: 20210030049Abstract: To provide a food product molding device and a food product manufacturing method capable of molding foodstuffs into a food product having stacked plural layers with a simple structure. A mold unit in which a first mold plate and a second mold plate are stacked slidingly moves by a drive unit. Through holes respectively provided in the first mold plate and the second mold plate are linked to form molding hole portions. The molding hole portions move to a first filling position in which upper ends of the molding hole portions are connected to first filling openings, a second filling position in which upper ends of the molding hole portions are connected to second filling openings, and a discharge position in which upper ends of the molding hole portions are connected to pusher ports by the slide movement of the mold unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: NICHIREI FOODS INC.Inventors: Yoshito FUJIMORI, Hirokazu CHUKYO, Jiro KITAMURA, Shunichi WATANABE, Nawo SATO
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Publication number: 20190274348Abstract: A food forming device includes a mold plate and pushers. The mold plate includes n first forming holes and n second forming holes provided alternately in a circumferential direction of the mold plate, n being an integer of two or more. The mold plate intermittently rotates to a first rotation position and to a second rotation position. In the first rotation position, the first forming holes are respectively connected with the discharge holes while lower openings of the second forming holes are obstructed by the bottom plate. In the second rotation position, the second forming holes are respectively connected with the discharge holes while lower openings of the first forming holes are obstructed by the bottom plate. The pushers push out the foodstuffs from the first forming holes or the second forming holes to discharge the foodstuffs as formed food products every time the mold plate intermittently rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: NICHIREI FOODS INC.Inventors: Yoshito FUJIMORI, Jiro KITAMURA, Hirokazu CHUKYO
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Patent number: 10302358Abstract: A food heating device includes a conveying unit, a heating unit, and a suction unit. The conveying unit has an endless belt member which allows hot air to pass therethrough. The belt member has an outgoing side on which the food is placed, and a return side, wherein the outgoing side passes through a space between the heating unit and the suction unit, and the return side is disposed to face the outgoing side and avoid the space between the heating unit and the suction unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NICHIREI FOODS INC.Inventors: Yoshito Fujimori, Hiroaki Murata, Kengo Uno, Jiro Kitamura, Kimihiro Mori, Yu Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20170176101Abstract: A food heating device includes a conveying unit, a heating unit, and a suction unit. The conveying unit has an endless belt member which allows hot air to pass therethrough. The belt member has an outgoing side on which the food is placed, and a return side, wherein the outgoing side passes through a space between the heating unit and the suction unit, and the return side is disposed to face the outgoing side and avoid the space between the heating unit and the suction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: NICHIREI FOODS INC.Inventors: Yoshito FUJIMORI, Hiroaki MURATA, Kengo UNO, Jiro KITAMURA, Kimihiro MORI, Yu NAKANISHI
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Patent number: 9668512Abstract: A continuous food frying device includes a first heating unit, a conveyance unit, a uniformizing unit, and a second heating unit. The first heating unit stirs and heats a food charged therein from a charging port of a drum member. The conveyance unit conveys a food discharged from a discharging port of the drum member. The uniformizing unit makes the thickness of the food substantially uniform. The second heating unit blows hot air onto the food from injection ports.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: NICHIREI FOODS INC.Inventors: Jiro Kitamura, Kimihiro Mori, Yoshito Fujimori, Kengo Uno
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Publication number: 20160120365Abstract: A continuous food frying device includes a first heating unit, a conveyance unit, a uniformizing unit, and a second heating unit. The first heating unit stirs and heats a food charged therein from a charging port of a drum member. The conveyance unit conveys a food discharged from a discharging port of the drum member. The uniformizing unit makes the thickness of the food substantially uniform. The second heating unit blows hot air onto the food from injection ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Jiro KITAMURA, Kimihiro MORI, Yoshito FUJIMORI, Kengo UNO
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Patent number: 4703061Abstract: A compound which is 4-(3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentylamide)butyric acid or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester; this compound being produced by reacting a salt or an ester of gamma-aminobutyric acid with beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl-delta-valerolactone, and as required, converting the resulting compound in the form of a salt or ester to a free acid, or as required, converting the resulting compound in the form of a free acid to its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester; and useful as a medicament for preventing or treating an impediment in cerebral function.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1985Date of Patent: October 27, 1987Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Kameyama, Jiro Kitamura, Tetsuo Takigawa, Masao Mizuno