ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,137, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MONJYU Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Charcoal making apparatus" was invented by Hayami Shimada (Osaka, Japan) and Eiko Kodaka (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charcoal making apparatus including a charcoal making furnace, a flue gas device, and a passage connecting the charcoal making furnace and the flue gas device to each other. The charcoal making furnace includes a base and a charcoal making unit mounted on the base. The charcoal making unit includes a first portion that houses a charcoal making target and is open at an upper surface, a second portion located above the base and ...