Patents by Inventor Yasushi Yakushigawa
Yasushi Yakushigawa 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).
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Patent number: 7350339Abstract: A mixing system includes a portioning device for sequentially supplying batches of a specified quantity of foodstuffs at a supply location. A mixing device includes a number of mixing chambers which can be sequentially aligned with the foodstuff supply location. A dispenser is provided for dispensing measured quantities of an additive at an additive supply location spaced from the foodstuff supply location. The mixing chambers are movable about a closed path so as to be sequentially brought into alignment with the foodstuff supply location and the additive supply location. A control system controls operation of the portion device, mixing device and dispenser. A packaging device is disposed downstream to the supply location and below the mixing device for packaging the batch of foodstuffs in a bag. Each mixing chamber is operable above the packaging device to discharge its contents into the packaging device.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Yakushigawa, Adrian Meredith Sunter
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Patent number: 7305933Abstract: The present invention provides a seasoning apparatus capable of evenly seasoning each individual article, without seasoning any too heavily or too lightly. Therein, a screw having a helical blade is installed in a tube. The helical blade provides partitions that are provided upright between an article supply port and a discharge port. An article group, before seasoning, is accommodated in a section partitioned by the partitions, the motor rotates the screw, and the article group is transported from the supply port to the discharge port. Therein, each article group is transported to the discharge port separated from other article groups, and each individual article in the article group is seasoned evenly with the same seasoning processing time and the same seasoning supply ratio. In addition, the constitution of the seasoning apparatus is simplified because the screw simultaneously serves the two functions of separating and transporting the article groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2003Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazumi Kitagawa, Yasushi Yakushigawa, Takao Yoshikawa, Akira Kosaka
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Publication number: 20070269565Abstract: A mixing system includes a portioning device for sequentially supplying batches of a specified quantity of foodstuffs at a supply location. A mixing device includes a number of mixing chambers which can be sequentially aligned with the foodstuff supply location. A dispenser is provided for dispensing measured quantities of an additive at an additive supply location spaced from the foodstuff supply location. The mixing chambers are movable about a closed path so as to be sequentially brought into alignment with the foodstuff supply location and the additive supply location. A control system controls operation of the portion device, mixing device and dispenser. A packaging device is disposed downstream to the supply location and below the mixing device for packaging the batch of foodstuffs in a bag. Each mixing chamber is operable above the packaging device to discharge its contents into the packaging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Yasushi Yakushigawa, Adrian Sunter
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Patent number: 7117653Abstract: A flavoring system has a portioning device such as a weigher for receiving unflavored food items and sequentially supplying batches of a specified quantity of them, dispenses measured quantities of a flavoring material with a dispenser, applies these measured quantities of flavoring material to the supplied batches and packages the flavored batches of items in a bag. A sensor monitors the discharge of the flavoring material and a sorting device discards packaged products if the sensor detects an abnormality in the discharge of the flavoring material. A plurality of dispensers may be provided for dispensing measured quantities of different flavoring materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Yakushigawa, Adrian Meredith Sunter
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Publication number: 20040244681Abstract: The present invention provides a seasoning apparatus (20) capable of evenly seasoning each individual article, without seasoning any too heavily or too lightly. Therein, a screw (23) having a helical blade (21) is installed in a tube (24). The helical blade (21) provides partitions that are provided upright between an article supply port (A) and a discharge port (B). An article group, before seasoning, is accommodated in a section partitioned by the partitions, the motor (26) rotates the screw (23) in that state, and the article group in the section is thereby transported from the supply port (A) to the discharge port (B). Therein, each article group is transported to the discharge port (B) separated from other article groups, and each and every individual article in the article group is seasoned evenly with the same seasoning processing time and the same seasoning supply ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Kazumi Kitagawa, Yasushi Yakushigawa, Takao Yoshikawa, Akira Kosaka
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Publication number: 20040231299Abstract: A flavoring system has a portioning device such as a weigher for receiving unflavored food items and sequentially supplying batches of a specified quantity of them, dispenses measured quantities of a flavoring material with a dispenser, applies these measured quantities of flavoring material to the supplied batches and packages the flavored batches of items in a bag. A sensor monitors the discharge of the flavoring material and a sorting device discards packaged products if the sensor detects an abnormality in the discharge of the flavoring material. A plurality of dispensers may be provided for dispensing measured quantities of different flavoring materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Yakushigawa, Adrian Meredith Sunter
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Publication number: 20040107845Abstract: A weighing and flavoring system includes a measurer for measuring articles, a flavoring apparatus disposed downstream of the measurer for supplying flavoring in a predetermined quantity, thus flavoring the articles, a check measurer that measures the quantity of the flavored articles, setting means for setting at least one threshold value based on the quantity of the articles as measured by the measurer, and a sorting unit that performs sorting according to the weight of the flavored articles based on the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Adrian Meredith Sunter, Kazumi Kitagawa, Yasushi Yakushigawa, Takao Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20040043122Abstract: A mixing system includes a portioning device for sequentially supplying batches of a specified quantity of foodstuffs at a supply location. A mixing device includes a number of mixing chambers which can be sequentially aligned with the foodstuff supply location. A dispenser is provided for dispensing measured quantities of an additive at an additive supply location spaced from the foodstuff supply location. The mixing chambers are movable about a closed path so as to be sequentially brought into alignment with the foodstuff supply location and the additive supply location. A control system controls operation of the portion device, mixing device and dispenser. A packaging device is disposed downstream to the supply location and below the mixing device for packaging the batch of foodstuffs in a bag. Each mixing chamber is operable above the packaging device to discharge its contents into the packaging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Yakushigawa, Adrian Meredith Sunter
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Patent number: 5507134Abstract: A package rectifying apparatus designed to prevent a rearmost one of packages (3) from being toppled rearwardly to fall down even though the packages have been rectified so as to partially overlap with each other and also to enable the amount of overlap between each neighboring packages to be adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1994Date of Patent: April 16, 1996Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Takeda, Yasushi Yakushigawa