Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Hiroya

Kiyoshi Hiroya 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).

  • Publication number: 20150108031
    Abstract: A barrier-film forming apparatus that forms a barrier film on an inner face of a container having a concave or convex portion as a processing target, including: a dielectric member having a cavity sized to enclose the container, an external electrode covering an outer circumference of the dielectric member, an exhaust unit installed on an end face of the external electrode on a side where a mouth of the container is located, with an insulating member interposed therebetween, and depressurizing inside of the container through an exhaust pipe, an internal electrode inserted from a side of the exhaust pipe and also serving as a gas blowout unit that blows out medium gas for generating a barrier film into the container, and an electric-field applying unit that applies an electric field for generating exhaust between the external electrode and a ground electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji ASAHARA, Hideo YAMAKOSHI, Minoru DANNO, Seiji GOTO, Akira SHIRAKURA, Masaki NAKAYA, Kiyoshi HIROYA
  • Patent number: 8950356
    Abstract: A barrier-film forming apparatus that forms a barrier film on an inner face of a container having a concave or convex portion as a processing target, including: a dielectric member having a cavity sized to enclose the container, an external electrode covering an outer circumference of the dielectric member, an exhaust unit installed on an end face of the external electrode on a side where a mouth of the container is located, with an insulating member interposed therebetween, and depressurizing inside of the container through an exhaust pipe, an internal electrode inserted from a side of the exhaust pipe and also serving as a gas blowout unit that blows out medium gas for generating a barrier film into the container, and an electric-field applying unit that applies an electric field for generating exhaust between the external electrode and a ground electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Food & Machinery Co., Ltd., Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Asahara, Hideo Yamakoshi, Minoru Danno, Seiji Goto, Akira Shirakura, Masaki Nakaya, Kiyoshi Hiroya
  • Publication number: 20100096393
    Abstract: A barrier-film forming apparatus that forms a barrier film on an inner face of a container (12) having a concave or convex portion (12a) as a processing target, including: a dielectric member (50) having a cavity sized to enclose the container (12), an external electrode (13) covering an outer circumference of the dielectric member (50), an exhaust unit installed on an end face of the external electrode (13) on a side where a mouth (11) of the container (12) is located, with an insulating member (26) interposed therebetween, and depressurizing inside of the container (12) through an exhaust pipe (14), an internal electrode (17) inserted from a side of the exhaust pipe (14) and also serving as a gas blowout unit that blows out medium gas (19) for generating a barrier film into the container (12), and an electric-field applying unit that applies an electric field for generating exhaust between the external electrode (13) and a ground electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES FOOD & PACKAGING MACHINERY CO., LTD., KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Asahara, Hideo Yamakoshi, Minoru Danno, Seiji Goto, Akira Shirakura, Masaki Nakaya, Kiyoshi Hiroya
  • Publication number: 20100037983
    Abstract: A filling valve device having a gripper and a container mouth seal, in which vertical movement of the gripper holding an empty beverage container relative to a filling valve causes a filling valve container mouth seal to be brought into contact with a neck ring to form a gas seal and fill a beverage containing carbon dioxide. The cross-sectional shape of the container mouth seal approximates an inwardly facing lip shape. Flexibility is imparted in the vertical direction of the filling valve. The inside of the container mouth seal is brought into contact with the neck ring during beverage filling, and a sealing force is applied to the beverage container and the container mouth seal by the gas pressure applied during filling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hiroya, Kenji Mizukawa, Hirofumi Sato, Shingo Wada, Tsuyoshi Akimoto, Yoshihisa Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20100037984
    Abstract: An aseptic filling device for filling carbonate beverages capable of decreasing the size of the clean booth, facilitating maintenance around the filling valve, and reliably sterilizing the interior of gas piping is provided. The aseptic filling device includes a plurality of filling valves, a fluid rotary joint, a filling fluid tank, a fluid surface level sensor, a fluid flow adjustment valve, a container gripper, a plurality of exhaust conduits, an exhaust conduit on/off valve, a plurality of counter gas conduits, a counter gas conduit on/off valve, a rotary joint, an ascetic gas conduit, a flow meter, and a sterilizing filter, wherein rotary conveyed containers contact at least one of the filling valves and are sealed by a sealing member. Filling is performed under a gas pressure, for example, carbon dioxide gas pressure, and a sterilizing filter for sterilizing the gas is mounted on a gas pipe connecting the rotary joint and the filling fluid tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hiroya, Kenji Mizukawa, Hirofumi Sato, Shingo Wada, Tsuyoshi Akimoto, Yoshihisa Tachibana