Patents by Inventor Satoshi Osakada

Satoshi Osakada 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).

  • Apparatus and process for producing surface-worked granular product
    Patent number: 11400456
    Abstract: A surface-worked granular product is produced by supplying raw granular material to a cylindrical retainer having apertures and retaining sites, floating the granular material by suctioning air from the cylindrical retainer, rotating a rotary working device installed in the cylindrical retainer, and contacting working protrusion protruding from the working device with the granular material to remove foreign substances and to perform surface-working of the granular material so as to form a rough surface without causing degeneration, denaturation or substantial removal of useful ingredients, wherein the surface-worked granular product has surface characteristics different from raw granular material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: YAMATO SANGYO Co., Ltd., TSUKUBA FOOD SCIENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Osakada, Toru Hoshino, Sumiyo Yamada, Akira Horigane
  • APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SURFACE-WORKED GRANULAR PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20190083984
    Abstract: A surface-worked granular product is produced by supplying raw granular material to a cylindrical retainer having apertures and retaining sites, floating the granular material by suctioning air from the cylindrical retainer, rotating a rotary working device installed in the cylindrical retainer, and contacting working protrusion protruding from the working device with the granular material to remove foreign substances and to perform surface-working of the granular material so as to form a rough surface without causing degeneration, denaturation or substantial removal of useful ingredients, wherein the surface-worked granular product has surface characteristics different from raw granular material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi Osakada, Toru Hoshino, Sumiyo Yamada, Akira Horigane