Patents by Inventor Toshimasa Ikishima

Toshimasa Ikishima 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: 4556379
    Abstract: A food shaping apparatus is disclosed which is capable of automatically forming boiled rice into a shaped food such as oval-shaped sushi or the like with good repeatability and reliability. The apparatus comprises a transfer mechanism capable of forcedly downwardly carrying boiled rice while compressing, a dividing mechanism capable of dividing boiled rice to form rice blocks of a fixed quantity and allowing the rice blocks to be received in forming cylinders without deflecting, a turntable capable of readily forming a shaped food different in size and/or configuration and easily cleaning the forming cylinders incorporated therein, a pressing mechanism capable of forming the rice block into a finsihed shaped food, and a control mechanism capable of controlling the linked actions among the transfer mechanism, dividing mechanism and turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Inventor: Toshimasa Ikishima