Patents by Inventor Osamu Nakagiri

Osamu Nakagiri 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: 9688523
    Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a cap opening tool set that enables the user of a container to reduce surely an inner pressure of the container and loosen smoothly a screw cap even if the user has only a weak arm power. A cap opening tool set according to the present invention includes a ring and a cap opener. The ring includes a guide section for facing a circumferential surface section of a screw cap. The cap opener includes a head to be placed over the screw cap and arms extending from the head. The head includes a contact section, a top-surface facing section, and a needle. The contact section enters a space formed between the screw cap and the guide section and presses the circumferential surface section of the screw cap. The needle penetrates the top surface section of the screw cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamakura, Shinichi Nomura, Osamu Nakagiri, Hiromitsu Nakashima
  • Patent number: 9028897
    Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage extraction filter that can extract in a plurality of extraction machine types. The beverage extraction filter comprises a filter unit (40) where coffee powder is housed and a planar lid unit (41) mounted to the top section of the filter unit (40). The lid unit (41) is formed in a layer structure created by a non-permeable first sheet member (42) positioned on the filter unit side (40) and a permeable second sheet member (43) layered on top of the first sheet member (42), and a hole section (42a) through which hot water is made to pass is formed in the center of the first sheet member (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakagiri, Akira Okada, Tomokazu Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140224071
    Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a cap opening tool set that enables the user of a container to reduce surely an inner pressure of the container and loosen smoothly a screw cap even if the user has only a weak arm power. A cap opening tool set according to the present invention includes a ring and a cap opener. The ring includes a guide section for facing a circumferential surface section of a screw cap. The cap opener includes a head to be placed over the screw cap and arms extending from the head. The head includes a contact section, a top-surface facing section, and a needle. The contact section enters a space formed between the screw cap and the guide section and presses the circumferential surface section of the screw cap. The needle penetrates the top surface section of the screw cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd., Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamakura, Shinichi Nomura, Osamu Nakagiri, Hiromitsu Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20130209621
    Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage extraction filter that can extract in a plurality of extraction machine types. The beverage extraction filter comprises a filter unit (40) where coffee powder is housed and a planar lid unit (41) mounted to the top section of the filter unit (40). The lid unit (41) is formed in a layer structure created by a non-permeable first sheet member (42) positioned on the filter unit side (40) and a permeable second sheet member (43) layered on top of the first sheet member (42), and a hole section (42a) through which hot water is made to pass is formed in the center of the first sheet member (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Osamu Nakagiri, Akira Okada, Tomokazu Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110151060
    Abstract: Provided is a beverage extraction filter for use in a beverage extraction apparatus, wherein costs can be reduced, and the filter is not bulky during transportation and can be discarded easily. The beverage extraction filter to be set in the predetermined position of the beverage extraction apparatus is provided with a filter section (10), in which an article of taste is to be contained, and a flat cover section (11) to be attached to the upper portion of the filter section (10). Bellows are formed in the vicinity of the upper portion of the filter section (10) such that the bellows of the bellows section stretch after the filter is set in the predetermined position and hot water is poured through the cover section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: UCC UESHIMA COFFEE CO., LTD.,
    Inventor: Osamu Nakagiri
  • Publication number: 20020051839
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for roasting and cooling coffee beans, in which suppress as much as possible the dispersion of aroma components contained in roasted coffee beans right after roasting or gases and also chemical changes, thereby providing coffee beans having far improved quality compared to the prior art products, the cooling unit is characteristic of forming a sealed cooling space, which comprises gas-tight cooling vessel, dust collector unit, cold air generator and air circulation path connecting together these components and sealing them from external atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: KIICHIRO SHINKAWA, OSAMU NAKAGIRI, YASUTAKA KATSURAGI, HISATAKA ASAMI
  • Patent number: 5927336
    Abstract: A check-valved pouch has a main pouch body, and a check valve attached to the main pouch body. The main pouch body is formed of plastic film and defines an opening for receiving a substance. The check valve is formed of plastic film also, and includes a flat valve body defining an upper opening, with opposte sides and a lower end closed, and an inner passage for discharging gases toward the upper opening. A check piece formed of plastic film is disposed in an upper half of the valve body. The check valve further includes a porous filtering film disposed on one surface in a lower half of the valve body. The filtering film includes a filter surface, and a releasing film formed on the filter surface. The check valve is attached to the main pouch body, with the filtering film inserted into the main pouch body and the upper opening exposed to ambient air, whereby an interior of the main pouch body is communicable with an exterior through the filter surface, inner passage and upper opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignees: Kaken Kogyo Co., Ltd., UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd., Kashiwara Seitai Co., Ltd., Marubeni Plax Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Tanaka, Osamu Nakagiri, Yoshihiro Koyanagi, Hideo Nakata
  • Patent number: D651096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Osamu Nakagiri