Patents by Inventor Masaaki TANOI

Masaaki TANOI 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).

  • Method for forming pieces of food dough and an apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 10939687
    Abstract: A method for forming pieces of food dough and an apparatus thereof is able to cut the food dough continuously extruded through a nozzle along the shape of the hole of the nozzle without causing deformation, and to locate pieces of the food dough on a conveyor without causing deformation. The apparatus for forming pieces of food dough comprises an extruding device and a cutting device, wherein the extruding device comprises a nozzle to continuously extrude food dough downward, and the cutting device comprises a cutting blade to cut the food dough into the pieces of food dough, a moving mechanism to move the cutting blade forward from an initial position, then to move the cutting blade downward, and then to return the cutting blade to the initial position, and a carrying-out conveyor, which is disposed below the nozzle and moves in the direction that the cutting blade moves forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuzo Tokuhara, Masaaki Tanoi, Masaki Hosoya, Kazuyoshi Onoguchi
  • A METHOD FOR FORMING PIECES OF FOOD DOUGH AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180153178
    Abstract: A method for forming pieces of food dough and an apparatus thereof is able to cut the food dough continuously extruded through a nozzle along the shape of the hole of the nozzle without causing deformation, and to locate pieces of the food dough on a conveyor without causing deformation. The apparatus for forming pieces of food dough comprises an extruding device and a cutting device, wherein the extruding device comprises a nozzle to continuously extrude food dough downward, and the cutting device comprises a cutting blade to cut the food dough into the pieces of food dough, a moving mechanism to move the cutting blade forward from an initial position, then to move the cutting blade downward, and then to return the cutting blade to the initial position, and a carrying-out conveyor, which is disposed below the nozzle and moves in the direction that the cutting blade moves forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuzo TOKUHARA, Masaaki TANOI, Masaki HOSOYA, Kazuyoshi ONOGUCHI