ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,717, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NICHIREI FOODS INC. (Tokyo).
"Food stirring device, food stirring method and food manufacturing method" was invented by Hiroaki Murata (Tokyo), Tsukasa Shida (Tokyo), Teiko Kobayashi (Tokyo), Minoru Mamiya (Tokyo) and Jiro Kitamura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique for reducing stagnation of food at a specific location on a drum when food is stirred using the drum is disclosed. The disclosed food stirring device includes: a drum that extends in an axial direction, has a hollow shape, and includes: an inlet part through which a food to be fed to an inside of the drum passes; and ...