Patents by Inventor Shigemi Kimura

Shigemi Kimura 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: 5257573
    Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing a spindle-shaped wrapped food (10) by squeezing both end portions of a cylindrical wrapped food (10A) having an extra portion at each end of a membraneous food (12) with a filling member (11) enwrapped therein using an apparatus including an endless conveyor device (20) having a mechanism for pushing up an endless belt (21) with both edges thereof inclined, a stationary resistance plate (23) juxtaposed along and above the endless belt (21) of the endless conveyor device (20) and having a downwardly inclined portion (25) at each edge thereof, and a pair of auxiliary resistance portions (26) directed toward gaps S formed between both side edges of the stationary resistance plate (23) and both side edges of the endless belt (21) respectively, a space formed between the endless belt (21) and the stationary resistance plate (23) being of a generally spindle shape in section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Asahi Denka Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigemi Kimura, Ikuhiro Nishida, Toshihiro Hayashi