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Michio Morikawa

Also filed as: MORIKAWA MICHIO

64 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,115 citations·filing 1976–2016

99Inventor score

Technology areasA21C A23P B26D Y10S A23L

Files withRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO57 MORIKAWA MICHIO4 HAYASHI TORAHIKO2 RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO I1 RHEON MACHINERY CO LTD1

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66 records

0192US7931923B2Apparatus and method for manufacturing a loaf of breadRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 26, 2011·8 cites·7 claims
0289US4266920AApparatus for continuously manufacturing multi-layered dough materialsRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1978·Granted May 12, 1981·65 cites·21 claims
0386US6524090B1Apparatus for supplying food doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 25, 2003·42 cites·23 claims
0482US4113819AMethod and apparatus for continuously manufacturing multi-layered dough materialsHAYASHI TORAHIKO·Filed 1976·Granted Sep 12, 1978·37 cites·5 claims
0581US7578232B2Apparatus and method for manufacturing breadRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 25, 2009·9 cites·2 claims
0680US4416910AMethod of continuously manufacturing multi-layered dough materialsHAYASHI TORAHIKO·Filed 1980·Granted Nov 22, 1983·41 cites·1 claims
0778US4192636AApparatus for stretching dough materialRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1978·Granted Mar 11, 1980·35 cites·8 claims
0877US5354571AMethod for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough piecesRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 11, 1994·47 cites·7 claims
0976US6685457B2Apparatus for supplying food doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 3, 2004·16 cites·17 claims
1075US6800313B2Method for supplying food doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 5, 2004·15 cites·2 claims
1174US7205017B2Apparatus and method for beating and rolling a food dough beltRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 17, 2007·17 cites·7 claims
1273US5286185AMethod and apparatus for continuously shaping bar-shaped breadRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 15, 1994·31 cites·6 claims
1372US9854814B2Food dough rounding device and food dough rounding methodRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 2, 2018·2 cites·19 claims
1471US6237473B1Transporting apparatusRHEON MACHINERY CO LTD·Filed 2000·Granted May 29, 2001·10 cites·3 claims
1570US8070472B2Apparatus for rolling and forming food doughMORIKAWA MICHIO·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 6, 2011·3 cites·11 claims
1669US9392798B2Food dough rounding device and food dough rounding methodRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 19, 2016·3 cites·35 claims
1768US10383341B2Food dough spreading device and food dough spreading methodRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 20, 2019·2 cites·9 claims
1868US6272979B1Apparatus for supplying food doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 14, 2001·11 cites·6 claims
1968US4996915AApparatus for producing a dough rollRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1989·Granted Mar 5, 1991·34 cites·22 claims
2067US7270051B2Apparatus and method for supplying food doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 18, 2007·7 cites·5 claims
2167US4692107AApparatus for continuously producing at a flow rate a strip of dough of constant dimensionsRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1986·Granted Sep 8, 1987·33 cites·3 claims
2266US6248384B1Method for forming a spherical dough bodyRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 19, 2001·10 cites·10 claims
2365US5266341AMethod for supplying a uniform strip of bread doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 30, 1993·31 cites·1 claims
2464US8123513B2Apparatus for rolling food doughMORIKAWA MICHIO·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 28, 2012·2 cites·27 claims
2564US6171629B1Methods and apparatus for joining dough blocksRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 9, 2001·35 cites·11 claims
2663US6955533B2Apparatus and method for extending food doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 18, 2005·5 cites·6 claims
2763US4902524AMethod for continuously producing at a substantially constant flow rate a strip of dough of substantially uniform dimensionsRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1989·Granted Feb 20, 1990·23 cites·1 claims
2863US4883417AApparatus for continuously producing at a substantially constant flow rate a strip dough of substantially uniform dimensionsRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1988·Granted Nov 28, 1989·24 cites·8 claims
2962US5382154AMethod and device for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough piecesRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 17, 1995·24 cites·4 claims
3061US4703679AApparatus and method for selectively determining orientation of dough piecesRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1980·Granted Nov 3, 1987·17 cites·14 claims
3160US9445607B2Shutter device and method for producing encrusted foodsMORIKAWA MICHIO·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 20, 2016·1 cites·4 claims
3260US7910148B2Apparatus and method for beating and rolling a food dough beltRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 22, 2011·3 cites·7 claims
3359US5078585AApparatus for producing a dough roll by rolling up a dough pieceRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 7, 1992·23 cites·14 claims
3459US4904491AMethod for producing dough for bread or pastryRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1989·Granted Feb 27, 1990·25 cites·15 claims
3558US6119624AApparatus for sprinkling food products with powder materialRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 19, 2000·27 cites·7 claims
3657US7501139B2Method and an apparatus for shaping a dough pieceRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 10, 2009·1 cites·3 claims
3757US5292539AMethod of continuously shaping bar-shaped breadRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 8, 1994·21 cites·13 claims
3857US5158792AMethod for continuously dividing bread doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 27, 1992·25 cites·2 claims
3955US5281120AApparatus for producing croissants with fillingsRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 25, 1994·23 cites·3 claims
4054US5505970AMethod and apparatus for quantifying a dough productRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 9, 1996·21 cites·4 claims
4154US5079014AMethod for stretching doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 7, 1992·18 cites·2 claims
4253US6045840AProduction system for belt-form edible dough and the method of using the sameRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 4, 2000·22 cites·10 claims
4353US5811145AMethod and apparatus for continuously cutting and discharging a constant amount of bread doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 22, 1998·20 cites·7 claims
4453US5609094AApparatus for winding-up croissant dough piecesRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 11, 1997·21 cites·3 claims
4553US5314322AApparatus for supplying a uniform strip of bread doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1993·Granted May 24, 1994·18 cites·2 claims
4652US6257861B1Apparatus for stretching bread doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 10, 2001·19 cites·3 claims
4751US11116226B2Shutter pieceRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 14, 2021·0 cites·7 claims
4851US5421714ADevice for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough piecesRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 6, 1995·14 cites·5 claims
4951US4318678AApparatus for producing a plurality of trapezoidal dough pieces of the same orientation from a web of dough sheetRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1980·Granted Mar 9, 1982·15 cites·12 claims
5050US5232713AApparatus for continuously dividing bread doughRHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 3, 1993·18 cites·2 claims

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