Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Tokugawa

Yoshinori Tokugawa 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 continuous roasting of food materials
    Patent number: 6349633
    Abstract: In the method and apparatus for continuous roasting of food materials according to the present invention, a food material is mixed up by blades (9f) provided on a paddle plate (9d) via an elastic material (9f1) in a tubular cylinder (1) with open ends. Thus the blades (9f1) come in contact, at least once, with all faces of the inner wall of the tubular cylinder (1) while the screw shaft makes one rotation. As a result, roasting can be completed in a favorable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Kagome Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Inakuma, Hiroyasu Furui, Yoshinori Tokugawa, Fumiaki Tsuda, Mitsuo Nagai
  • Method for continuous roasting of food materials
    Patent number: 6329009
    Abstract: In the method and apparatus for continuous roasting of food materials according to the present invention, a food material is mixed up by blades (9f) provided on a paddle plate (9d) via an elastic material (9f1) in a tubular cylinder (1) with open ends. Thus the blades (9f1) come in contact, at least once, with all faces of the inner wall of the tubular cylinder (1) while the screw shaft makes one rotation. As a result, roasting can be completed in a favorable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Kagome Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Inakuma, Hiroyasu Furui, Yoshinori Tokugawa, Fumiaki Tsuda, Mitsuo Nagai
  • Apparatus for continuous roasting of food materials
    Patent number: 5761989
    Abstract: The method and apparatus of the invention for the continuous roasting of food materials are such that the food material being fed into a heated tubular cylinder is mixed up within and transferred through said tubular cylinder while the vaporized components of the food material are recovered and cooled to liquefy. The apparatus may comprise the horizontally placed tabular cylinder with an open front end, the coil screw inserted into the tubular cylinder in such a way that it can be driven to rotate, and the cooling unit that is connected to a vent port formed in the middle part of the tubular cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignees: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd., Kagome Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Inakuma, Hiroyasu Furui, Yoshinori Tokugawa, Fumiaki Tsuda, Mitsuo Nagai, Shuitsu Kirihara
  • Method for continuous roasting of food materials
    Patent number: 5609902
    Abstract: The method and apparatus of the invention for the continuous roasting of food materials are such that the food material being fed into a heated tubular cylinder is mixed up within and transferred through said tubular cylinder while the vaporized components of the food material are recovered and cooled to liquefy. The apparatus may comprise the horizontally placed tabular cylinder with an open front end, the coil screw inserted into the tubular cylinder in such a way that it can be driven to rotate, and the cooling unit that is connected to a vent port formed in the middle part of the tubular cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignees: Kagome Co., Ltd., The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Inakuma, Hiroyasu Furui, Yoshinori Tokugawa, Fumiaki Tsuda, Mitsuo Nagai, Shuitsu Kirihara
  • Process for producing edible proteinaceous film
    Patent number: 5569482
    Abstract: A process for producing an edible proteinaceous film entails kneading and melting a raw material containing water and protein with heating by an extruder, extruding the melted material through a die in an extruder to form a tubular extrudate, providing a gas at a pressure above atmospheric pressure to the interior of the tubular extrudate while exhausting the gas, and holding and receiving the tubular extrudate with a take-off means. An apparatus for use with the method affords edible films. The apparatus and process are particularly advantageous for forming edible films from various sources of soybean protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuo Naga, Shuitsu Kirihara, Yoshinori Tokugawa, Fumiaki Tsuda, Toshiaki Saito, Motohiko Hirotsuka