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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104400 | Husking-roll driving device in hull remover There are provided a first belt-clutch mechanism switching power transmission to a first large-diameter pulley, and, at the same time, a second belt clutch mechanism switching power transmission to a second large-diameter pulley, and a first and a second belt... | 01/31/2012 |
| D651624 | Perforated hexagonal screen | 01/03/2012 |
| 8061523 | Purifier A purifier is provided that is capable of uniformly sucking powder in a width direction of the sieve layers even when the purifier is configured to be provided with an air distribution chamber formed as being tapered upward and to have a horizontal cyclone provided ... | 11/22/2011 |
| D644672 | Vertical-shaft-type grain milling machine | 09/06/2011 |
| 7968814 | Optical grain sorter A grain images obtained by CCD line sensors are processed by binarization processing to obtain contour images of grains and images of colored portions in the grains. The images are displayed on a monitor screen of an operating panel 30. The contour images and... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7851722 | Optical cracked-grain selector An optical cracked-grain selector that does not mistakenly identify normal grains of rice having no cracks as cracked grains due to the presence of the embryonic portion and/or surface scratches when optically identifying cracked grains of rice mixed in with materia... | 12/14/2010 |
| D618260 | Milling screening machine | 06/22/2010 |
| 7669524 | Hulled rice distribution device in rice huller A hulled rice distribution device (30) is disposed between a hulling section (10) and a wind sorting section (60) of a rice huller (1). This distribution device (30) comprises an distribution gutter (35) for receiving hulled... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7655430 | Method for analyzing residual agricultural chemical The present invention relates to a method for analyzing residual agricultural chemicals which comprises the steps of acting a reduced glutathione as a reactive substrate and a glutathione transferase serving as a catalyst for the reaction on a carbofuran derivative ... | 02/02/2010 |
| D580123 | Belt conveyor | 11/04/2008 |
| D572875 | Belt conveyor | 07/08/2008 |
| 7360750 | Piezoelectric air valve and multiple-type piezoelectric air valve The air valve includes a valve body for controlling operations to open and close the communication between an air pressure chamber and an air outlet, a piezoelectric element for generating driving force in the form of displacements, and a displacement enlarging mech... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357954 | Process for preparing instant rice and product thereof Milled rice grains are primarily immersed, and at least surface layers of the grains are converted to the alpha-type. The rice grains are then preliminarily dried and consummatively polished, and are further subjected to secondary immersing and secondary alpha-type ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7296511 | Rice hulling roll driving apparatus in rice huller In a rice huller, a first small-diameter pulley and a second large-diameter pulley are attached to a first roll shaft. A first large-diameter pulley and a second small-diameter pulley are attached to a second roll shaft. This configuration makes it possible to switc... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7298870 | Granule color sorting apparatus with display control device A color sorting apparatus capable of displaying images of granules picked up by a CCD sensor on a panel and performing sensibility control of defective granules while observing the displayed images is provided. The color sorting apparatus comprises a contour process... | 11/20/2007 |
| D552134 | Roll mill | 10/02/2007 |
| D549747 | Roll mill | 08/28/2007 |
| D549247 | Huller | 08/21/2007 |
| 7204438 | Impact crushing apparatus for grain The present invention relates to an impact crushing apparatus that mills grain between a milling cylinder and a screen. Each of a plurality of blades mounted along the circumference of the milling cylinder comprises a columnar body with a square cross section, cutti... | 04/17/2007 |
| D523025 | Rice huller | 06/13/2006 |
| D520536 | Flour milling machine | 05/09/2006 |
| 7016043 | Quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008662 | Producing method and producing apparatus of rice with germinated germs Warm and wet air are applied to brown rice with germinated germs, produced by adding water to the brown rice, for removing water attached to a surface of the rice. A surface of the germinated brown rice is polished by a rice-polishing machine while remaining the ger... | 03/07/2006 |
| D515602 | Processing machine for bran-free rice | 02/21/2006 |
| D512600 | Flour milling machine | 12/13/2005 |
| D505682 | Screen for a grain milling machine | 05/31/2005 |
| 6832545 | Apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal An apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moist... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6817474 | Color sorting apparatus for granular objects with function to sorting out foreign magnetic metal matters A magnetic metal removing device for color sorting apparatus includes a hollow feeding roll. Within a hollow portion of the feeding roll, a magnet is arranged such that it closely opposes to a part of an inner surface of the hollow feeding roll to form a magnetic fo... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814242 | Rotatively oscillating separator A rotatively oscillating separator comprising separating vessels 4 each having cone-shaped separating plate 5 disposed in the vessel, and drive means 6 for rotatively oscillating said separating vessels 4, mixed rice consisting of unhulle... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6772969 | Break roll machine operable with ease in replacement of the rolls A break roll machine wherein a timing belt of a differential transmission mechanism can be removed easily and wherein the removal of a roll pack module from a machine frame and the installation of the new pre-assembled roll pack module can be performed easily in a s... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6732963 | Flour milling roll machine having front door and roll cover with fulcrum axes for exposing rolls easily The machine comprises a front door, a roll cover having a main roll cover and a feed roll cover, a first fulcrum axis between the main and feed roll covers, and a second fulcrum axis between the feed roll cover and a frame. The front door has a hinge at the upper po... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6703210 | Method and device for determining concentration of dioxins A method for determining the concentration of dioxins present in a sample comprises the steps of chemically linking a hapten having a structure mimic to a part of the structures of dioxins with a ruthenium complex to thus form an antigen; incubating the r... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6683970 | Method of diagnosing nutritious condition of crop in plant field A method of diagnosing nutritious condition of crop in a plant field is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: locating a camera equipped with a plurality of image elements in a predetermined central depression angle with respect to the plant field... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6610345 | Method of manufacturing no-bran cereal A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting an... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6466321 | Method of diagnosing nutritious condition of crop in plant field From the crop of a predetermined area in a plant field under exposure to natural light, a reflectivity of the light having relation to crop information such as nitrogen content rate is measured by a camera; the crop information as first crop information i... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6460704 | Rotary shaking separator A rotary shaking separator for separating unhulled rice and unpolished rice from each other includes at least one separating vessel and a plurality of drives located at even intervals on the peripheral edge of the separating vessel, the plurality of drive... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6457404 | Polished cereal processing apparatus An apparatus for processing polished cereal to obtain no-bran cereal having a reduced size. The apparatus comprises a polished cereal processing section for removing bran remaining on surfaces of polished cereal by mixing granular material with the polish... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6442486 | Method for determining amount of fertilizer application for grain crops, method for estimating quality and yield of grains and apparatus for providing grain production information A method and an apparatus for determining an amount of fertilizer to be applied to grain crops are disclosed. A fertilizer application related formula for obtaining the necessary amount of fertilizer to be applied is established by analyzing growth inform... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427128 | Apparatus and method for evaluating quality of granular object A quality evaluation method for granular objects includes the steps of: irradiating objects from a front side and a back side; taking a reflection light image and a transmission light image from both the front and back sides of the objects; obtaining opti... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6347579 | Husking apparatus A husking apparatus supplies cereal grains between a pair of rotating rubber rolls through a guiding chute, rubs and husks them. A roll diameter marker for indicating an abrasion degree of the diameter of one of the rubber rolls is provided near the minim... | 02/19/2002 |
