Patents by Inventor Keishi Wakabayashi
Keishi Wakabayashi 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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Patent number: 10136665Abstract: Raw material rice (brown rice and partially-milled rice) is subjected to a preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process to form an alpharized layer on the surface of the raw material rice, and then a moisture adding process is performed. Since the surface of the raw material rice is alpharized to become stiff with the preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process, even rapid moisture addition does not cause a crack in the raw material rice. Therefore, water absorption can be quickly achieved to a target moisture content, thereby reducing a moisture adding time. Also, with no crack, quick-cooking rice with an excellent outer appearance of rice as a product and without a drain of nutrients in rice grains at the time of rice cooking.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Keishi Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 9854825Abstract: A retort rice meal producing system includes a pressurized steamer mechanism performing a steam heating process on raw rice under pressurizing, a steamed-rice single granulation mechanism removing surface-layer moisture from the steamed rice processed for single granulation as being conveyed by a conveyer, a quantitative filling mechanism of measuring the steamed rice subjected to single granulation for each pack and filling a container with the steamed rice, a packing mechanism further filling the steamed-rice-filled container filled with the steamed rice with at least an amount of a liquid such as a rice-cooking liquid required for soaking and moisture absorption and air for allocating a head space, and sealing the container, a soaking/moisture-absorbing mechanism reversing a package of the sealed container a plurality of times and causing the rice-cooking liquid to be absorbed into the steamed rice, and a retort sterilizing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Keishi Wakabayashi, Fuminori Harada, Toshinori Kawamoto
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Patent number: 9693575Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a manufacturing method of instant rice which may be restored to edible rice simply by adding hot water. The method includes a first pressurized-steaming step for steaming raw material rice under pressure while the raw material rice is being agitated, and forming a gelatinized layer on a surface of the raw material rice, a hydration step for hydrating the raw material rice having the gelatinized layer formed on the surface, a tempering step for making moisture content of the hydrated raw material rice uniform, a second pressurized-steaming step for steaming the hydrated raw material rice under pressure while the raw material rice is being agitated, and gelatinizing the raw material rice to a center, a dehydration step for dehydrating the raw material rice that is gelatinized to the center, and an expansion step for expanding the dehydrated raw material rice.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Satake CorporationInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Hideaki Matsushima, Keishi Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 9578983Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a parboiled rice manufacturing apparatus capable of efficiently manufacturing good-quality parboiled rice without increasing the overall size of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Satake CorporationInventors: Hideaki Matsushima, Hidenori Mizuno, Keishi Wakabayashi, Akiko Nishimura, Naoya Uemuki
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Publication number: 20160007638Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a manufacturing method of instant rice which may be restored to edible rice simply by adding hot water. The method includes a first pressurized-steaming step for steaming raw material rice under pressure while the raw material rice is being agitated, and forming a gelatinized layer on a surface of the raw material rice, a hydration step for hydrating the raw material rice having the gelatinized layer formed on the surface, a tempering step for making moisture content of the hydrated raw material rice uniform, a second pressurized-steaming step for steaming the hydrated raw material rice under pressure while the raw material rice is being agitated, and gelatinizing the raw material rice to a center, a dehydration step for dehydrating the raw material rice that is gelatinized to the center, and an expansion step for expanding the dehydrated raw material rice.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Hideaki Matsushima, Keishi Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 8871290Abstract: To provide a method for producing alpharized rice in which a soaking process does not need to be provided and a shape of rice grains is maintained. Means of Solution Such technical measure is taken that pressurized steam-boiling step in which raw material rice grains are steam-boiled with pressurized steam, a cooking step in which the rice grains after the pressurized steam-boiling step is alpharized, a high temperature drying step in which the rice grains after the alpharizing step are dried at high temperature, and a low temperature drying step in which the drying is performed at temperature lower than the high temperature drying step are sequentially provided without providing a soaking step, and an alpharized layer is formed on a surface of the rice grains by pressurized steam-boiling before the cooking step.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Satake CorporationInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Keishi Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20140251161Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a parboiled rice manufacturing apparatus capable of efficiently manufacturing good-quality parboiled rice without increasing the overall size of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Matsushima, Hidenori Mizuno, Keishi Wakabayashi, Akiko Nishimura, Naoya Uemuki
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Publication number: 20140109774Abstract: A retort rice meal producing system is provided capable of total production from raw rice up to a retort rice meal excellent in outer appearance by using a simple production process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicants: FURUKAWA MFG. CO., LTD., SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Keishi Wakabayashi, Fuminori Harada, Toshinori Kawamoto
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Patent number: 8399037Abstract: Grain or legume having an increased content of a functional component (?-aminobutyric acid) is obtained by humidifying grain (such as rice, wheat or corn) or legume (such as soybean and adzuki bean) by forcing the grain into an air having a temperature of 50° C. or more and a relative humidity of 90% or more such that a moisture content thereof rises within the range of 16.0% to 18.5%, and thereafter, drying the grain or legume.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Satake CorporationInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Hidenori Mizuno, Keishi Wakabayashi, Hou Qing Liu, Shinya Ochiai
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Patent number: 8342117Abstract: There is provided a coating apparatus capable of continuously producing coated rice having powdered coating material adhered to the grains and including a drying process to prevent the grains from being bonded to one another and make the grain surfaces smoother upon drying of the grains. The coating apparatus comprising a binder coating unit for applying liquid binder to the grains being conveyed through a coating and stirring chamber to coat the grain surfaces with the binder; a adhering unit for adding powder material to the grains conveyed through a adhering and stirring chamber to adhere the powdered material to the grain surface by the binder; and a drying unit including a drying and stirring chamber through which the grains are conveyed while being stirred, a blow passage for blowing hot air into the drying chamber to dry the grains, and an exhaust passage for exhausting the hot air from the drying chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Satake CorporationInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Hidenori Mizuno, Syuji Morito, Hiroyuki Maehara, Keishi Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20120201946Abstract: To provide a method for producing alpharized rice in which a soaking process does not need to be provided and a shape of rice grains is maintained. Means of Solution Such technical measure is taken that pressurized steam-boiling step in which raw material rice grains are steam-boiled with pressurized steam, a cooking step in which the rice grains after the pressurized steam-boiling step is alpharized, a high temperature drying step in which the rice grains after the alpharizing step are dried at high temperature, and a low temperature drying step in which the drying is performed at temperature lower than the high temperature drying step are sequentially provided without providing a soaking step, and an alpharized layer is formed on a surface of the rice grains by pressurized steam-boiling before the cooking step.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: Satake CorporationInventors: Takeshi FUKUMORI, Keishi Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20100323087Abstract: Raw material rice (brown rice and partially-milled rice) is subjected to a preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process to form an alpharized layer on the surface of the raw material rice, and then a moisture adding process is performed. Since the surface of the raw material rice is alpharized to become stiff with the preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process, even rapid moisture addition does not cause a crack in the raw material rice. Therefore, water absorption can be quickly achieved to a target moisture content, thereby reducing a moisture adding time. Also, with no crack, quick-cooking rice with an excellent outer appearance of rice as a product and without a drain of nutrients in rice grains at the time of rice cooking.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Keishi Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20100242838Abstract: There is provided a coating apparatus capable of continuously producing coated rice having powdered coating material adhered to the grains and including a drying process to prevent the grains from being bonded to one another and make the grain surfaces smoother upon drying of the grains. The coating apparatus comprising a binder coating unit for applying liquid binder to the grains being conveyed through a coating and stirring chamber to coat the grain surfaces with the binder; a adhering unit for adding powder material to the grains conveyed through a adhering and stirring chamber to adhere the powdered material to the grain surface by the binder; and a drying unit including a drying and stirring chamber through which the grains are conveyed while being stirred, a blow passage for blowing hot air into the drying chamber to dry the grains, and an exhaust passage for exhausting the hot air from the drying chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Satake CorporationInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Hidenori Mizuno, Syuji Morito, Hiroyuki Maehara, Keishi Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20100112184Abstract: There is provided a coating solution which can efficiently take in dietary fiber at high concentration. A manufacturing method and apparatus of the coating solution are provided. According to this method, the coating solution having high viscosity can be obtained. According to this apparatus, even if the added amount is larger compared to the amount of rice, a large amount of coated rice can be continuously manufactured without causing the clogging in the flow of rice and the coating solution in the apparatus and the binding of rice. The coating solution is added at a ratio of 6.0 to 8.0% by weight to rice. The coating solution is made of a water solution of a mixture of one or more kinds of soluble dietary fiber and one or more kinds of insoluble dietary fiber. The mixture is at a ratio of one part by weight of the soluble dietary fiber and 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of the insoluble dietary fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Keishi Wakabayashi, Shuji Moritou, Hiroyuki Maehara
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Publication number: 20080286435Abstract: Grain or legume having an increased content of a functional component (?-aminobutyric acid) is obtained by humidifying grain (such as rice, wheat or corn) or legume (such as soybean and adzuki bean) by forcing the grain into an air having a temperature of 50° C. or more and a relative humidity of 90% or more such that a moisture content thereof rises within the range of 16.0% to 18.5%, and thereafter, drying the grain or legume.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Hidenori Mizuno, Keishi Wakabayashi, Hou Qing Liu, Shinya Ochiai
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Publication number: 20080220145Abstract: A method of producing parboiled rice that does not require waste water treatment equipment and that enriches the amount of ?-aminobutyric acid contained in the parboiled rice. The method includes partially milling raw material brown rice, wetting the partially milled rice grains by forced-air using moist air or mist, moisture-tempering the wetted rice grains, steam-boiling the water-tempered rice grains at normal pressure to heat the rice grains with steam, steam-boiling the rice grains heated in the normal pressure steam-boiling process using pressurized steam, cooling the rice grains steamed under pressure in the pressurized steam-boiling step to cool at least a surface of the rice grains, finish milling the rice grains cooled in the cooling step, and drying the finish-milled rice grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Shigeharu Kanemoto, Keishi Wakabayashi, Kengo Watanabe, Junya Ishibashi, Shinya Ochiai
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Patent number: 7357954Abstract: Milled rice grains are primarily immersed, and at least surface layers of the grains are converted to the alpha-type. The rice grains are then preliminarily dried and consummatively polished, and are further subjected to secondary immersing and secondary alpha-type conversion. During these processes, there occurs no cracking on the surfaces of the rice grains. The consummatively polished rice grains are then separated into individual single grains. The separated individual single grains are finally dried whereby the finished product of instant rice is obtained. The instant rice containing polished rice has good appearance and quality.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2003Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Satake CorporationInventors: Shigeharu Kanemoto, Keishi Wakabayashi, John H. Kendall, Ranvir B. Mohindra
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Publication number: 20040126476Abstract: Milled rice grains are primarily immersed, and at least surface layers of the grains are converted to the alpha-type. The rice grains are then preliminarily dried and consummatively polished, and are further subjected to secondary immersing and secondary alpha-type conversion. During these processes, there occurs no cracking on the surfaces of the rice grains. The consummatively polished rice grains are then separated into individual single grains. The separated individual single grains are finally dried whereby the finished product of instant rice is obtained. The instant rice containing polished rice has good appearance and quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Shigeharu Kanemoto, Keishi Wakabayashi, John H. Kendall, Ranvir B. Mohindra