Patents by Inventor Tohru Miyaaki

Tohru Miyaaki 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).

  • Chewing gum and a method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 4889728
    Abstract: This invention provides a chewing gum kit which consists of a special powdery chewing gum component (A) containing hydrous crystalline maltose as formed by hydrating the anhydrous crystalline maltose incorporated in the chewing gum texture and a liquid component (B) for contacting with the chewing gum to congeal the powder at the site of contact and thereby provide a mass of chewing gum, so that the powdery chewing gum is easily converted to a mass of chewing gum on bringing both components together and applying a given force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignees: Kanebo, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
    Inventors: Masao Maeda, Michiyo Fukuse, Tohru Miyaaki, Toshio Miyake
  • Method for manufacture of chewing gums with sectional motif patterns
    Patent number: 4855146
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of producing a chewing gum having a sectional motif pattern. A pattern-forming confectionery material and a chewing gum are each fed through a cylindrical passageway having an expanded intermediate portion so as to absorb the variation in the rate of feed by said expanded portion, thus enabling continuous manufacture of a chewing gum product in the shape of a bar which presents the same motif pattern in sectional area throughout its whole length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignees: Kanebo, Ltd., Hiroshio Nishio
    Inventors: Sanpei Murakami, Tohru Miyaaki, Tokio Imahori, Koichi Ogata, Hidenari Hagita