Patents by Inventor Minoru Koreda

Minoru Koreda 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).

  • Patent number: 11628444
    Abstract: A rice husker includes a pair of husking rolls. One of the pair of husking rolls is attached to a main shaft and the other of the pair of husking rolls is attached to an auxiliary shaft movable to be close to and away from the main shaft. The rice husker includes abnormality determination means. The abnormality determination means determines that the husking rolls fail to work normally when vibrations having a preset intensity larger than the preset intensity are successively detected by a vibration sensor until a certain time elapses. The certain time is from the start of a husking action to disappearance of distortion on a surface of the husking roll. The vibration sensor is provided on at least either of bearing units of the main shaft and the auxiliary shaft. The vibration sensor detects vibrations occurring due to the husking action by the pair of husking rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukumori, Sumio Tagawa, Minoru Koreda
  • Publication number: 20220331810
    Abstract: A hulling machine configured to perform hulling through a husking roll, a hulled-rice discrimination machine capable of examining hulled rice discharged from the hulling machine, and a hulling control unit capable of controlling the hulling machine in accordance with a result of the examination of the hulled rice at the hulled-rice discrimination machine are provided, and the hulling control unit includes a rotational speed change means configured to change a rotational speed of the husking roll in the hulling machine in accordance with the result of the examination of the hulled rice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Minoru KOREDA
  • Publication number: 20220097074
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to setting an operation parameter of a grain milling machine appropriately according to the characteristics of grain targeted for processing. An operation aid apparatus for a grain milling facility including a grain milling machine and a color sorter includes a first acquisition portion configured to acquire first information regarding characteristics of grain that should be processed in the grain milling facility, and a second acquisition portion configured to acquire second information regarding an evaluation of a sorting result acquired by milling first grain by the grain milling machine and sorting them by the color sorter after that. The second information is associated with the first information regarding the first grain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi FUKUMORI, Minoru KOREDA, Kazunobu KAJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200114365
    Abstract: A rice husker includes a pair of husking rolls. One of the pair of husking rolls is attached to a main shaft and the other of the pair of husking rolls is attached to an auxiliary shaft movable to be close to and away from the main shaft. The rice husker includes abnormality determination means. The abnormality determination means determines that the husking rolls fail to work normally when vibrations having a preset intensity larger than the preset intensity are successively detected by a vibration sensor until a certain time elapses. The certain time is from the start of a husking action to disappearance of distortion on a surface of the husking roll. The vibration sensor is provided on at least either of bearing units of the main shaft and the auxiliary shaft. The vibration sensor detects vibrations occurring due to the husking action by the pair of husking rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi FUKUMORI, Sumio TAGAWA, Minoru KOREDA
  • Patent number: 8104400
    Abstract: There are provided a first belt-clutch mechanism switching power transmission to a first large-diameter pulley, and, at the same time, a second belt clutch mechanism switching power transmission to a second large-diameter pulley, and a first and a second belt clutch mechanism are provided with a first and a second arm members, tension clutch pulleys installed at point portions of these arm members, and actuators which rotate a first and a second arm members in such a way that a position at which a first no-end belt is wound on the first large-diameter pulley is switched to a position at which winding is avoided, and, at the same time, a position at which a second no-end belt is wound on a second large-diameter pulley is switched to a position at which winding is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Koreda, Seiji Yorioka, Chozaburo Ikuta
  • Patent number: 7669524
    Abstract: A hulled rice distribution device (30) is disposed between a hulling section (10) and a wind sorting section (60) of a rice huller (1). This distribution device (30) comprises an distribution gutter (35) for receiving hulled rice falling from the hulling section, and a screw (32) for conveying the hulled rice having flowed into the distribution gutter (35) in the lengthwise direction of the distribution gutter. A plurality of holes (41, 42 and 43) for the hulled rice to fall through are formed in the distribution gutter (35), and some of them may be blocked or opened by a falling rice control plate (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Koreda, Hiroyuki Kagota
  • Publication number: 20090056563
    Abstract: There are provided a first belt-clutch mechanism switching power transmission to a first large-diameter pulley, and, at the same time, a second belt clutch mechanism switching power transmission to a second large-diameter pulley, and a first and a second belt clutch mechanism are provided with a first and a second arm members, tension clutch pulleys installed at point portions of these arm members, and actuators which rotate a first and a second arm members in such a way that a position at which a first no-end belt is wound on the first large-diameter pulley is switched to a position at which winding is avoided, and, at the same time, a position at which a second no-end belt is wound on a second large-diameter pulley is switched to a position at which winding is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Koreda, Seiji Yorioka, Chozaburo Ikuta
  • Patent number: 7296511
    Abstract: In a rice huller, a first small-diameter pulley and a second large-diameter pulley are attached to a first roll shaft. A first large-diameter pulley and a second small-diameter pulley are attached to a second roll shaft. This configuration makes it possible to switch between a first driving state in which a rice hulling operation is performed by passing and driving a belt between the first small-diameter pulley on the first roll shaft and the first large-diameter pulley on the second roll shaft and a second driving state in which a rice hulling operation is performed by passing and driving a belt between the second large-diameter pulley on the first roll shaft and the second small-diameter pulley on the second roll shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Koreda, Hiroyuki Kagota, Seiji Yorioka
  • Publication number: 20070193455
    Abstract: A hulled rice distribution device (30) is disposed between a hulling section (10) and a wind sorting section (60) of a rice huller (1). This distribution device (30) comprises an distribution gutter (35) for receiving hulled rice falling from the hulling section, and a screw (32) for conveying the hulled rice having flowed into the distribution gutter (35) in the lengthwise direction of the distribution gutter. A plurality of holes (41, 42 and 43) for the hulled rice to fall through are formed in the distribution gutter (35), and some of them may be blocked or opened by a falling rice control plate (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Minoru Koreda, Hiroyuki Kagota
  • Publication number: 20060249037
    Abstract: In a rice huller, a first small-diameter pulley and a second large-diameter pulley are attached to a first roll shaft. A first large-diameter pulley and a second small-diameter pulley are attached to a second roll shaft. This configuration makes it possible to switch between a first driving state in which a rice hulling operation is performed by passing and driving a belt between the first small-diameter pulley on the first roll shaft and the first large-diameter pulley on the second roll shaft and a second driving state in which a rice hulling operation is performed by passing and driving a belt between the second large-diameter pulley on the first roll shaft and the second small-diameter pulley on the second roll shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Koreda, Hiroyuki Kagota, Seiji Yorioka
  • Patent number: 6347579
    Abstract: A husking apparatus supplies cereal grains between a pair of rotating rubber rolls through a guiding chute, rubs and husks them. A roll diameter marker for indicating an abrasion degree of the diameter of one of the rubber rolls is provided near the minimum gap between the rubber rolls. An incline angle changing marker previously marked with a changing degree of a position or an angle of incline of the guiding chute in correspondence to the roll diameter marker is provided near the lower end of the guiding chute. An operator can readily detect the diameter of the rubber roll by means of the roll diameter marker and accurately set the position or the angle of incline of the guiding chute in accordance with the incline angle changing marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Masahide Houri, Minoru Koreda, Takeshi Mito, Satoru Satake
  • Publication number: 20020011155
    Abstract: A husking apparatus supplies cereal grains between a pair of rotating rubber rolls through a guiding chute, rubs and husks them. A roll diameter marker for indicating an abrasion degree of the diameter of one of the rubber rolls is provided near the minimum gap between the rubber rolls. An incline angle changing marker previously marked with a changing degree of a position or an angle of incline of the guiding chute in correspondence to the roll diameter marker is provided near the lower end of the guiding chute. An operator can readily detect the diameter of the rubber roll by means of the roll diameter marker and accurately set the position or the angle of incline of the guiding chute in accordance with the incline angle changing marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahide Houri, Minoru Koreda, Takeshi Mito, Satoru Satake, Toshiko Satake