Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Naga

Mitsuo Naga 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).

  • Process for producing edible proteinaceous film
    Patent number: 5569482
    Abstract: A process for producing an edible proteinaceous film entails kneading and melting a raw material containing water and protein with heating by an extruder, extruding the melted material through a die in an extruder to form a tubular extrudate, providing a gas at a pressure above atmospheric pressure to the interior of the tubular extrudate while exhausting the gas, and holding and receiving the tubular extrudate with a take-off means. An apparatus for use with the method affords edible films. The apparatus and process are particularly advantageous for forming edible films from various sources of soybean protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuo Naga, Shuitsu Kirihara, Yoshinori Tokugawa, Fumiaki Tsuda, Toshiaki Saito, Motohiko Hirotsuka