Patents by Inventor Shigemitsu Ohshima

Shigemitsu Ohshima 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).

  • Method for fractionating an oil or fat to separate the high melting point components thereof
    Patent number: 4265826
    Abstract: A method is provided for fractionating an oil to separate high melting components thereof, which comprises the steps of:(a) adjusting the temperature of an oil or fat to a temperature from the complete melting point to thirty Celsius degrees above the slip melting point of the oil or fat;(b) seeding the temperature-adjusted oil or fat with seed crystals of the high melting point components of said oil or fat;(c) cooling said seeded oil or fat below said temperature to crystallize said high melting point components; and(d) separating the crystals of said high melting point components from the slurry obtained in step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Company, Incorporated
    Inventors: Masaaki Iida, Chihiro Kato, Shigemitsu Ohshima, Yoshiyuki Yazawa