Patents by Inventor Takao Suganuma

Takao Suganuma 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 controlling the temperature of edible dough during kneading step
    Patent number: 6503550
    Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of edible dough to efficiently and promptly control the dough temperature without adversely affecting the working environments, to operate them for a long period of time, and to apply them to any type of a mixer. The method for controlling the temperature of the edible dough during a kneading step includes a step of kneading the edible dough. During the kneading of the edible dough, the method includes a step of introducing a predetermined amount of gas having a predetermined temperature and a predetermined humidity into a mixer. It is preferable that the gas for controlling the temperature of the edible dough has been prepared and kept in advance at a predetermined temperature and humidity, and is then introduced into the mixer on demand. It is also preferable that the gas is circulated and re-used without being discharged out of a system in which the mixer operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Suganuma, Yasunobu Hasegawa, Kiyoshi Usami, Akisato Tsukada, Takahiro Kuratani, Kazutaka Takahashi
  • Method for separating and recovering objective component
    Patent number: 6039879
    Abstract: A method for separating and recovering an objective component from a crude liquid by a membrane in a semi-batch system, including the steps of: at least two stages of adding a washing liquid to the crude liquid stored in a container and mixing the washing liquid with the crude liquid to form a mixture of the crude liquid and the washing liquid, wherein successive ones of the at least two stages are separated by a time lag, wherein the successive ones use washing liquids at different concentrations, in descending order, of the objective component concentration, and further wherein a last one of the plural stages uses only a washing liquid having essentially a zero concentration of the objective component; and for each of the plural stages, performing a step of membrane treatment of the mixture to transfer the objective component from the crude liquid to a permeated liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignees: Nittetu Chemical Engineering Ltd., Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Shimoi, Hideo Tamura, Masaomi Okazaki, Takao Suganuma
  • Method for purification of amino acids, nucleic acids using a hydrocyclone
    Patent number: 5547858
    Abstract: Crystals of an amino acid, a nucleic acid or a derivative thereof can be efficiently isolated and purified at low cost from a solution containing the crystals, bacterial cells and medium components by using a liquid cyclone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Nagano, Takao Suganuma, Kazuhiro Satoh, Masao Ikeda