Patents by Inventor Teruji Sasaki

Teruji Sasaki 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).

  • Apparatus for producing bottled beverages
    Patent number: 4888936
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for continuously producing bottled beverages and closing bottles with caps, each bottle having an externally threaded mouth and having been charged with a liquid product for drinking, the apparatus includes a timing screw for advancing bottles continuously at fixed spatial intervals, each bottle having an externally threaded mouth and having been charged with a liquid product for drinking. An inlet star wheel having a plurality of recesses at the periphery thereof at fixed spatial intervals is provided. The recesses receive bottles with externally threaded mouths that have been conveyed by the timing screw. A cap release applies caps onto the threaded mouths of bottles. A nozzle ejects a stream of a non-oxidizing gas into bottles with the nozzle being situated immediately ahead of the cap release. A capper having a plurality of recesses at the periphery thereof at fixed spatial intervals is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takahama, Tetsuo Kouzai, Masaaki Sagara, Tamio Yaginuma, Teruji Sasaki
  • Process for producing bottled beverages
    Patent number: 4840014
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for continuously producing bottled beverages and closing bottles with caps, each bottle having an externally threaded mouth and having been charged with a liquid product for drinking, the apparatus includes a timing screw for advancing bottles continuously at fixed spatial intervals, each bottle having an externally threaded mouth and having been charged with a liquid product for drinking. An inlet star wheel having a plurality of recesses at the periphery thereof at fixed spatial intervals is provided. The recesses receive bottles with externally threaded mouths that have been conveyed by the timing screw. A cap release applies caps onto the threaded mouths of bottles. A nozzle ejects a stream of a non-oxidizing gas into bottles with the nozzle being situated immediately ahead of the cap release. A capper having a plurality of recesses at the periphery thereof at fixed spatial intervals is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takehana, Tetsuo Kouzai, Masaaki Sagara, Tamio Yaginuma, Teruji Sasaki