Inventor

Michio Morikawa

Inventor

Utsunomiya, JP

Overview

1978–2019

Patent span

Human necessities

Primary field (CPC A)

Patents· 63 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A21Cprimary

A21CMachines or equipment for making or processing doughs74%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification7%

A23PShaping or working of foodstuffs, not fully covered by a single other subclass5%

A21DTreatment of flour or dough for baking, e.g. by addition of materials4%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests4%

A23LFoods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages, not otherwise provided for2%

B26DCutting2%

B29CShaping or joining of plastics1%

B29DProducing particular articles from plastics or from substances in a plastic state1%

PatentTitleYear

10,383,341Food dough spreading device and food dough spreading method2019 9,854,814'Food dough rounding device and food dough rounding method'2018 9,445,607'Shutter device and method for producing encrusted foods'2016 9,392,798'Food dough rounding device and food dough rounding method'2016 8,123,513'Apparatus for rolling food dough'2012 8,070,472'Apparatus for rolling and forming food dough'2011 7,931,923'Apparatus and method for manufacturing a loaf of bread'2011 7,910,148'Apparatus and method for beating and rolling a food dough belt'2011 7,578,232'Apparatus and method for manufacturing bread'2009 7,501,139'Method and an apparatus for shaping a dough piece'2009 7,270,051'Apparatus and method for supplying food dough'2007 7,205,017'Apparatus and method for beating and rolling a food dough belt'2007 6,955,533'Apparatus and method for extending food dough'2005 6,800,313'Method for supplying food dough'2004 6,685,457'Apparatus for supplying food dough'2004 6,524,090'Apparatus for supplying food dough'2003 6,272,979'Apparatus for supplying food dough'2001 6,257,861'Apparatus for stretching bread dough'2001 6,254,372'Apparatus for forming a spherical dough body'2001 6,248,384'Method for forming a spherical dough body'2001 6,237,473'Transporting apparatus'2001 6,171,629'Methods and apparatus for joining dough blocks'2001 6,119,624'Apparatus for sprinkling food products with powder material'2000 6,045,840'Production system for belt-form edible dough and the method of using the same'2000 5,871,796'Method and apparatus for forming a continuous dough strip of a constant width'1999 5,811,145'Method and apparatus for continuously cutting and discharging a constant amount of bread dough'1998 5,783,218'Mechanism for powdering bread dough being stretched'1998 5,697,290'Apparatus for intermittently discharging a circular or oval shaped dough sheet'1997 5,688,534'Apparatus for intermittently extruding a predetermined quantity of food material'1997 5,624,696'Apparatus for intermittently extruding a predetermined quantity of food material'1997 5,609,094'Apparatus for winding-up croissant dough pieces'1997 5,516,538'Method of adjusting the position of a rolled-up end in croissant dough-piece bending folding apparatus'1996 5,505,970'Method and apparatus for quantifying a dough product'1996 5,460,081'Center-aligning apparatus for croissant dough pieces'1995 5,440,974'Croissant dough-piece bending apparatus'1995 5,421,714'Device for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough pieces'1995 5,382,154'Method and device for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough pieces'1995 5,354,571'Method for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough pieces'1994 5,314,322'Apparatus for supplying a uniform strip of bread dough'1994 5,313,880'Apparatus for dividing bread dough or the like'1994 5,292,539'Method of continuously shaping bar-shaped bread'1994 5,289,764'Apparatus for dividing bread dough or the like'1994 5,286,185'Method and apparatus for continuously shaping bar-shaped bread'1994 5,281,120'Apparatus for producing croissants with fillings'1994 5,266,341'Method for supplying a uniform strip of bread dough'1993 5,246,363'Apparatus for stretching dough'1993 5,232,713'Apparatus for continuously dividing bread dough'1993 5,178,891'Method for stretching dough'1993 5,158,792'Method for continuously dividing bread dough'1992 5,118,274'Apparatus for stretching dough'1992 5,079,014'Method for stretching dough'1992 5,078,585'Apparatus for producing a dough roll by rolling up a dough piece'1992 4,996,915'Apparatus for producing a dough roll'1991 4,904,491'Method for producing dough for bread or pastry'1990 4,902,524'Method for continuously producing at a substantially constant flow rate a strip of dough of substantially uniform dimensions'1990 4,883,417'Apparatus for continuously producing at a substantially constant flow rate a strip dough of substantially uniform dimensions'1989 4,703,679'Apparatus and method for selectively determining orientation of dough pieces'1987 4,692,107'Apparatus for continuously producing at a flow rate a strip of dough of constant dimensions'1987 4,416,910'Method of continuously manufacturing multi-layered dough materials'1983 4,318,678'Apparatus for producing a plurality of trapezoidal dough pieces of the same orientation from a web of dough sheet'1982 4,266,920'Apparatus for continuously manufacturing multi-layered dough materials'1981 4,192,636'Apparatus for stretching dough material'1980 4,113,819'Method and apparatus for continuously manufacturing multi-layered dough materials'1978

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1978–2016Patents assigned to MORIKAWA MICHIO (5)· patent assignee history

1978–2012Patents assigned to HAYASHI TORAHIKO (3)· patent assignee history

1978–1983Patents assigned to KAGEYAMA MINORU (2)· patent assignee history

1978–2018Based in Utsunomiya, JP· patent location history

1980–2019Patents assigned to RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO (59)· patent assignee history

1990–2019Based in Tochigi, JP· patent location history

2011Patents assigned to CHO MITSUO (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO	59	1980–2019
MORIKAWA MICHIOself	5	1978–2016
HAYASHI TORAHIKO	3	1978–2012
KAGEYAMA MINORU	2	1978–1983
CHO MITSUO	1	2011

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Utsunomiya, JP	57	1978–2018
Tochigi, JP	6	1990–2019