Patents by Inventor Taiichi TSUTSUMI

Taiichi TSUTSUMI 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: 10682005
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser, in which a filter is arranged between the lower end of a brewing chamber and the upper end of a fluid receptacle, and a beverage brewed by supplying a raw material and water to the chamber and filtered by the filter is received in the fluid receptacle, and is thereafter delivered to a cup along a beverage path. The beverage dispenser includes a pump arranged partway along the beverage path, and that reduces a pressure in the fluid receptacle to draw the beverage from the chamber, and delivers it to the cup. A predetermined quantity of the raw material and a first quantity of water are supplied to the chamber, and thereafter, during the delivering of beverage, a second quantity of water is supplied to the chamber, so that without interruption, the beverage is delivered to and served in the cup C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SANDEN RETAILS SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Suzuki, Taiichi Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 10105003
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser, in which a filter is arranged between the lower end of a brewing chamber and an upper end of a fluid receptacle. A beverage brewed by supplying a raw material and water to the chamber is forced to drip into the fluid receptacle through the filter F, and delivered to a cup along a beverage path. The beverage dispenser includes: a pressure difference generator for generating a pressure difference between the chamber and the fluid receptacle to force the beverage to drip into the fluid receptacle, and to deliver the beverage to the cup; a pressure sensor for measuring the pressures in the fluid receptacle or in the chamber; and a controller that sequentially determines an interval average for pressure measured by the pressure sensor, and halts, based on results of the interval averages, a drip-brewing and delivering operation for the beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiichi Tsutsumi, Mitsuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160058241
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser, in which a filter is arranged between the lower end of a brewing chamber and an upper end of a fluid receptacle. A beverage brewed by supplying a raw material and water to the chamber is forced to drip into the fluid receptacle through the filter F, and delivered to a cup along a beverage path. The beverage dispenser includes: a pressure difference generator for generating a pressure difference between the chamber and the fluid receptacle to force the beverage to drip into the fluid receptacle, and to deliver the beverage to the cup; a pressure sensor for measuring the pressures in the fluid receptacle or in the chamber; and a controller that sequentially determines an interval average for pressure measured by the pressure sensor, and halts, based on results of the interval averages, a drip-brewing and delivering operation for the beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taiichi TSUTSUMI, Mitsuo SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150374164
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser, in which a filter is arranged between the lower end of a brewing chamber and the upper end of a fluid receptacle, and a beverage brewed by supplying a raw material and water to the chamber and filtered by the filter is received in the fluid receptacle, and is thereafter delivered to a cup along a beverage path. The beverage dispenser includes a pump arranged partway along the beverage path, and that reduces a pressure in the fluid receptacle to draw the beverage from the chamber, and delivers it to the cup. A predetermined quantity of the raw material and a first quantity of water are supplied to the chamber, and thereafter, during the delivering of beverage, a second quantity of water is supplied to the chamber, so that without interruption, the beverage is delivered to and served in the cup C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo SUZUKI, Taiichi TSUTSUMI