Patents by Inventor Naomoto Amano

Naomoto Amano 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: 6715641
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a cock driving device in a beverage dispense. A manipulating lever for a dispensing cock is correctly opened and closed at all times by the cock driving device. The manipulating lever for the dispensing cock is provided with an interlock member which moves back and forth integrally with the lever, and the interlock member is provided with a magnet. A pair of hole elements capable of sensing the magnet are arranged one behind the other, spaced from each other, on a mounting plate arranged on a slider. The magnet is set to face an intermediate position of both hole elements of the slider staying at a standby position, with the dispensing cock staying at a neutral position. A control board moves the slider for correction to a position at which the magnet reaches the intermediate position of the hole elements if the magnet does not face the intermediate position of the pair of hole elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Torimitsu, Akira Ogawa, Sukehide Itou, Naomoto Amano, Shigekazu Kondou, Satoru Kobayashi, Shigeaki Tamaki, Kouji Sutou
  • Publication number: 20030052290
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a cock driving device in a beverage dispense. A manipulating lever for a dispensing cock is correctly opened and closed at all times by the cock driving device. The manipulating lever for the dispensing cock is provided with an interlock member which moves back and forth integrally with the lever, and the interlock member is provided with a magnet. A pair of hole elements capable of sensing the magnet are arranged one behind the other, spaced from each other, on a mounting plate arranged on a slider. The magnet is set to face an intermediate position of both hole elements of the slider staying at a standby position, with the dispensing cock staying at a neutral position. A control board moves the slider for correction to a position at which the magnet reaches the intermediate position of the hole elements if the magnet does not face the intermediate position of the pair of hole elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: HOSHIZAKI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Torimitsu, Akira Ogawa, Sukehide Itou, Naomoto Amano, Shigekazu Kondou, Satoru Kobayashi, Shigeaki Tamaki, Kouji Sutou
  • Patent number: 6398084
    Abstract: A beer pouring faucet 14 provided in front of the server main body 12 extends from the faucet main body 18 and includes the operating lever 20 which functions to change pouring of beer or the head by tilting the lever back and forth. The drive apparatus 26 which is capable of automatic operation of the operating lever 20 comprises a housing 32 provided movably vertically with respect to the server main body 12, a horizontally movable slider 34 in forward and backward directions housed in the housing 32 and a drive mechanism 36 which moves the slider 34 forward and backward, The drive apparatus 26 is positioned at an operating position where the operating lever 20 is inserted into the engagement hole 61 of the slider 34 or at a non-operating position where the operating lever 20 is separated from the engagement hole 61 by moving the housing vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumio Maruyama, Satoshi Takeuchi, Kouji Sutou, Akira Ogawa, Sukehide Itou, Naomoto Amano, Shigekazu Kondou, Satoru Kobayashi, Shigeaki Tamaki
  • Publication number: 20010010317
    Abstract: A drive apparatus is easily detachable from an operating lever, and the manual and automatic operation of the lever can be easily changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Applicant: HOSHIZAKI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumio Maruyama, Satoshi Takeuchi, Kouji Sutou, Akira Ogawa, Sukehide Itou, Naomoto Amano, Shigekazu Kondou, Satoru Kobayashi, Shigeaki Tamaki
  • Patent number: 5643425
    Abstract: A saturated brine tank in an apparatus for production of electrolyzed water having a box-type cabinet formed to contain the vessel of a brine tank mounted thereon and covered with a lid, wherein the brine tank includes a funnel-shaped chute formed to cover an upper opening of the vessel of the brine tank and detachably coupled at its outer periphery with the upper opening of the vessel for introducing an amount of water-soluble salt supplied into the vessel, a netted bag of fine mesh fixedly coupled at its opening end with a lower opening end of the chute to retain the salt introduced therein from the chute, an overflow pipe disposed within the interior of the vessel outside the bag, and a communication pipe connected to the bottom of the vessel for connection to a diluted brine tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naomoto Amano, Yosuke Saito
  • Patent number: 5624535
    Abstract: A production system of electrolyzed water which includes a first brine tank arranged to store an amount of saturated brine, a second brine tank arranged to store an amount of diluted brine prepared by dilution of the saturated brine supplied from the first brine tank and an electrolyzer for electrolyzing the diluted brine supplied from the second brine tank. In the production system, an electric controller is adapted to maintain the level and concentration of diluted brine in the second brine tank and to correct the concentration of the diluted brine in accordance with a temperature of the diluted brine or pH of electrolyzed water produced in the electrolyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Tsuchikawa, Naomoto Amano, Yshinori Kamitani, Takeaki Funabashi
  • Patent number: 5031650
    Abstract: A dishwashing machine has a washing chamber, a wash tank formed at a bottom of the washing chamber to store an amount of hot wash water therein, a wash pump mounted to a bottom portion of the wash tank, and a pair of upper and lower wash arms arranged to apply jet streams of the hot wash water supplied thereto from the pump over a rack of dishes placed in the washing chamber, wherein a strainer box is mounted within an upper portion of the wash tank to receive the wash water flowing down from the rack of dishes during washing operation and associated with a side wall of the wash tank to form an opening in communication with the bottom portion of the wash tank, the strainer box having a bottom in communication with a drain pipe to permit the flow of wash water drained therethrough, and wherein a distribution plate is arranged to receive the wash water and introduce it into the strainer box when placed in a first position and to receive the wash water and introduce it into the bottom portion of the wash tank th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Nagata, Tokihiro Kuwahara, Naomoto Amano