Patents by Inventor Mitsumasa Yasumoto

Mitsumasa Yasumoto 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 of producing carrot juice
    Patent number: 5403613
    Abstract: Carrot juice is produced by crushing or chopping carrots while spraying them with an aqueous solution of citric acid or lemon juice such that the sprayed amount of citric acid is 0.05-0.5 weight % of the carrots being crushed or chopped, effecting inactivation of enzymes by heating the crushed or chopped carrots, and squeezing the heated carrots to collect juice by means of a counter-rotation twin-screw extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Kagome Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Furui, Mitsumasa Yasumoto, Hirohisa Tatsuzawa, Takahiro Inakuma, Yukio Ishiguro