Patents by Inventor Takao Kanba

Takao Kanba 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: 7046919
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an aroma device that can eliminate the need for the replacement of the light source, can prevent the light source from becoming high in temperature and can allow light and aroma to be enjoyed comfortably with a sense of security for a long time. The aroma device uses, as a light source, LEDs 1 covered with first and second covers 3 and 4, and also uses a heater 5 to heat a material 10 to be heated which emits aroma; hence, the need for the replacement of the light source is eliminated, the light source is prevented from becoming high in temperature, and light and aroma can be enjoyed comfortably with a sense of security for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushite Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimizu, Takao Kanba, Haruo Ishikawa, Kiyonori Itou
  • Publication number: 20050184045
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an aroma device that can eliminate the need for the replacement of the light source, can prevent the light source from becoming high in temperature and can allow light and aroma to be enjoyed comfortably with a sense of security for a long time. The aroma device uses, as a light source, LEDs 1 covered with first and second covers 3 and 4, and also uses a heater 5 to heat a material 10 to be heated which emits aroma; hence, the need for the replacement of the light source is eliminated, the light source is prevented from becoming high in temperature, and light and aroma can be enjoyed comfortably with a sense of security for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimizu, Takao Kanba, Haruo Ishikawa, Kiyonori Itou
  • Publication number: 20040136888
    Abstract: The present invention provides an incense burner which effectively prevents the user from an easy touch on its high temperature parts, can be used at a plurality of temperature ranges, and can let the user enjoy comfortably light art and aroma for a long period of time with ease. The incense burner of the present invention has a container for accommodating the material to be heated, a heating plate provided beneath the container, a heater for heating the heating plate and a supporting component for supporting the heating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimizu, Takao Kanba, Haruo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6708599
    Abstract: In a coffee maker, a hot-water tank, including water purifying agents and a siphon mechanism, is provided between a coffee-extracting room and a hot-water outlet. This structure reduces an amount of water remaining in the purifying agents. A water tank, a heater which heats the water supplied from the water tank and produces hot water, and a hot-water outlet for pouring the hot water supplied from the heater into the coffee-extracting room are provided. The hot-water tank detachable from a main body of the coffee maker is situated between the outlet and the coffee-extracting room. This structure allows a siphon phenomenon to supply intermittently the hot water from the hot-water tank to the coffee-extracting room. After a coffee extraction, the hot-water tank can be detached from a main body of the coffee maker and washed with ease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terumi Torigai, Takao Kanba
  • Patent number: 6575081
    Abstract: A coffee maker is provided in which remaining water can be taken out easily, hot water is delivered intermittently to brew nice coffee. A hot water reservoir in the coffee maker has a tube provided on a bottom thereof for delivering the hot water to a coffee brewing chamber and a cap arranged with a space from the tube by a distance which is not greater than the maximum inner diameter of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kanba, Terumi Torigai, Koji Kawai, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Masashi Kanbara, Hisashi Wada
  • Publication number: 20030051604
    Abstract: In a coffee maker, a hot-water tank, including water purifying agents and a siphon mechanism, is provided between a coffee-extracting room and a hot-water outlet. This structure reduces an amount of water remaining in the purifying agents. A water tank, a heater which heats the water supplied from the water tank and produces hot water, and a hot-water outlet for pouring the hot water supplied from the heater into the coffee-extracting room are provided. The hot-water tank detachable from a main body of the coffee maker is situated between the outlet and the coffee-extracting room. This structure allows a siphon phenomenon to supply intermittently the hot water from the hot-water tank to the coffee-extracting room. After a coffee extraction, the hot-water tank can be detached from a main body of the coffee maker and washed with ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Terumi Torigai, Takao Kanba
  • Publication number: 20020035929
    Abstract: A coffee maker is provided in which remaining water can be taken out easily, hot water is delivered intermittently to brew nice coffee. A hot water reservoir in the coffee maker has a tube provided on a bottom thereof for delivering the hot water to a coffee brewing chamber and a cap arranged with a space from the tube by a distance which is not greater than the maximum inner diameter of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Takao Kanba, Terumi Torigai, Koji Kawai, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Masashi Kanbara, Hisashi Wada