Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Tanioka

Mitsuo Tanioka 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: 8337752
    Abstract: To provide a sterilization method of container-packaged food which has a high effect on mixture food of solid food/soup and a filling system where all processes and devices can be simplified, a pre-seal lid material (PS), that has been cut to a dimension covering the opening of a cup filled with solid food, e.g. a dimension corresponding to the outer circumference of the flange of the cup, is fixed to a cup holder (CH) at a position for covering the cup opening by means of a holding bolt (31a) without being fusion bonded to the cup flange portion (CF), while a ventilation state between the head space of the cup and the air in a sterilization chamber is maintained. Thereafter, steam sterilization to the cup is performed in the sterilization chamber and the cup is transported to a clean box, filled with sterilized soup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Takeshi Fukui, Makoto Sawada, Mitsuo Tanioka
  • Publication number: 20100296967
    Abstract: To provide a sterilization method of container-packaged food which has a high effect on mixture food of solid food/soup and a filling system where all processes and devices can be simplified, a pre-seal lid material (PS), that has been cut to a dimension covering the opening of a cup filled with solid food, e.g. a dimension corresponding to the outer circumference of the flange of the cup, is fixed to a cup holder (CH) at a position for covering the cup opening by means of a holding bolt (31a) without being fusion bonded to the cup flange portion (CF), while a ventilation state between the head space of the cup and the air in a sterilization chamber is maintained. Thereafter, steam sterilization to the cup is performed in the sterilization chamber and the cup is transported to a clean box, filled with sterilized soup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Takeshi Fukui, Makoto Sawada, Mitsuo Tanioka
  • Patent number: 6519919
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing pressurized packages capable of obtaining gas displacement pressurized canned goods with high accuracy of internal pressure by atomizing liquid nitrogen, and supplying it together with low temperature vaporized gases to a head space of a can. A spray device assembly (10) for atomizing and spraying the liquid nitrogen is provided in an opening of the bottom of a liquefied gas storage tank (1) formed as a vacuum heat insulating structure. The spray device assembly (10) is constituted such that a valve (2) for controlling the flow rate of liquid nitrogen, a spray nozzle (3), a liquid nitrogen flowpassage (4) extending from the valve (2) to the spray nozzle (3), a nozzle cooling tank (5) for cooling the flowpassage, and a purge device for cutting an outer peripheral portion of a nozzle and an outlet portion off from the air, so as to prevent them from being frosted, are integrally mounted on a spray body 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Takenouchi, Hidetoshi Koike, Katsumi Senbon, Tsutomu Iwasaki, Kazuyuki Kurosawa, Mitsuo Tanioka, Yoshihiko Kimura