Patents by Inventor Kenzou Kokubo

Kenzou Kokubo 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).

  • Mechanical crusher
    Patent number: 6637682
    Abstract: The mechanical crusher includes a rotating shaft, a rotor mounted about the rotating shaft and having at least one sub-rotor containing a plurality of blades, a liner having a plurality of grooves formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof and disposed externally of the rotor with a predetermined gap defined between the inner peripheral surface thereof and the outer-peripheral surface of the rotor, and a drive unit for rotating the rotor. The blades of at least the one sub-rotor incline in a direction where the flow of a material to be crushed is forced back. With this arrangement, the mechanical crusher can effectively crush a fiber-incluing material such as wheat bran, and the like to fine powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Akiyama, Takanori Morinaka, Kenzou Kokubo
  • Mechanical crusher
    Publication number: 20020005445
    Abstract: The mechanical crusher includes a rotating shaft, a rotor mounted about the rotating shaft and having at least one sub-rotor containing a plurality of blades, a liner having a plurality of grooves formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof and disposed externally of the rotor with a predetermined gap defined between the inner peripheral surface thereof and the outer-peripheral surface of the rotor, and a drive unit for rotating the rotor. The blades of at least the one sub-rotor incline in a direction where the flow of a material to be crushed is forced back. With this arrangement, the mechanical crusher can effectively crush a fiber-incluing material such as wheat bran, and the like to fine powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: NISSHIN SEIFUN GRUP INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Akiyama, Takanori Morinaka, Kenzou Kokubo