Patents by Inventor Syuji Fukuda

Syuji Fukuda 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).

  • Publication number: 20130000491
    Abstract: An automatic bread maker (1) comprises a bread container into which bread ingredients (50) are put; a body (10) for receiving the bread container (50); an automatic feeding mechanism (19, 80) for enabling a portion of the bread ingredients to be automatically fed into the bread container (50); and a control unit (90) for executing a bread-making procedure for making bread. The bread-making procedure executed by the control unit (90) is provided with a plurality of types of bread-making procedures, including a first bread-making procedure and a second bread-making procedure. The control unit (90) varies the method of control related to the timing with which the bread ingredients are fed using the automatic feeding mechanism in the first bread-making procedure and the second bread-making procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ito, Syuji Fukuda, Yoshinari Shirai, Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130000493
    Abstract: The disclosed automatic bread machine (1) is provided with a first bread receptacle (80) capable of breadmaking with a cereal grain as a starting material, a second bread receptacle (140) capable of breadmaking with a cereal grain as a starting material, and a housing unit (30) which, during breadmaking, selectively houses the first bread receptacle (80) or the second bread receptacle (140), and which, during storage, is capable of housing the first bread receptacle (80) and the second bread receptacle (140) in a state in which one of the bread receptacles is stored inside of the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Yasuyuki Ito, Hidefumi Nomura, Yasushi Sone, Syuji Fukuda, Yoshinari Shirai
  • Publication number: 20120304870
    Abstract: An automatic bread maker (1) receives in a body (10) a bread container into which bread ingredients have been loaded, and carries out a bread-making step. The automatic bread maker (1) comprises a first bread container (60) accommodated in the body (10) in the case that cereal grains are used as a starting ingredient; a second bread container (100) accommodated in the body (10) in the case that cereal flour is used as a starting ingredient; and a bread container detector (120) that is capable of detecting whether the bread container accommodated in the body (10) is the first bread container (60) or the second bread container (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ito, Yoshinari Shirai, Syuji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20120291635
    Abstract: An automatic bread maker (1) comprises: a bread container (not shown) into which bread ingredients are put; a body (10) having an accommodation part (30) for accommodating the bread container; a grinding blade (not shown) for grinding cereal grains inside the bread container accommodated in the accommodation part (30); and a duct (16) and fan (17) for creating an airflow for cooling the accommodation part (30) using ventilation holes (32, 33) provided to the accommodation part (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ito, Yoshinari Shirai, Syuji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20120285336
    Abstract: An automatic bread maker (1) comprises a body (10) in which a bread container (50) is accommodated; a grinding mechanism (54, 64) for grinding cereal grains in the container (50) accommodated in the body (10); a kneading mechanism (72, 60) for kneading into dough the bread ingredients in the bread container (50) accommodated in the body (10); and a bread ingredients storage container (80) for storing powdered bread ingredients to be automatically fed to the bread container (50) after the cereal grains have been ground by the grinding mechanism (54, 64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ito, Toshinari Kobayashi, Yasushi Sone, Syuji Fukuda, Yoshinari Shirai