Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Terabe

Yoshihiro Terabe 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: 6736131
    Abstract: A gas fryer includes a tank for holding cooking oil, a heat pipe located in the middle depth of the tank so that the heat pipe is soaked in the cooking oil, a combustion chamber located at the combustion gas inlet side of the heat pipe, and a flue located at a combustion gas outlet side of the heat pipe. The heat pipe has a sleeve fitted in the inner wall of the heat pipe, and a spirally shaped mixer installed in the heat pipe. The flue also has an introduction system for fresh air, with a blowing nozzle of the fresh air positioned proximate to a narrowed region located about in the middle of the flue along a longitudinal axis, an inlet of fresh air located at a part of the flue, and a passage of fresh air provided along the inner and/or outer wall of the flue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: K.K. Fuji Enterprize
    Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Terabe
  • Publication number: 20030034027
    Abstract: A gas fryer comprising: a tank for holding cooking oil, a heat pipe located proximate in the middle depth of said tank so that said heat pipe is soaked in said cooking oil, a combustion chamber located at the combustion gas inlet side of said heat pipe, and a flue located at a combustion gas outlet side of said heat pipe, wherein said heat pipe comprises a sleeve fitted in the inner wall of said heat pipe, and a spirally shaped mixer installed in said heat pipe, and wherein said flue comprises an introduction system of fresh air, said system comprising of a blowing nozzle of the fresh air positioned proximate to a narrowed region located proximate in the middle of said flue along a longitudinal axis, an inlet of fresh air located at a part of said flue, and a passage of fresh air provided along the inner and/or outer wall of said flue was provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Terabe