Patents by Inventor Kazuo Ioka

Kazuo Ioka 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).

  • Solid organic waste processing apparatus
    Patent number: 5587320
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing solid organic waste by crushing and/or agitating and fermenting the waste includes a solid organic matter processing device including a processing vessel provided with a crushing unit for receiving and crushing the solid organic waste and a processing unit for agitating and fermenting the crushed waste, a heat exchanger disposed outside the solid organic matter processing device which heat exchanger condenses vapor in a gas supplied from the processing vessel of the solid organic matter processing device to thereby change the vapor to liquid and to discharge the liquid, and gas circulation pipes for providing a gas circulation path through which the inside of the processing vessel of the solid organic matter processing device is operably connected to the heat exchanger and through which a gas in the processing vessel of the solid organic matter processing device is supplied into the heat exchanger and almost all of which gas processed in the heat exchanger is returned to the solid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shindo, Usaburo Yamaguti, Kazuo Ioka, Tosio Suzuki, Akihiro Minagawa, Syoichi Kitabatake