US Patent Issued to NICHIREI FOODS on Sept. 9 for "Piping structure, manufacturing system for processed food, method for conveying food, and method for manufacturing processed food" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,676, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to NICHIREI FOODS INC. (Tokyo).

"Piping structure, manufacturing system for processed food, method for conveying food, and method for manufacturing processed food" was invented by Yasuyuki Tsutsui (Chiba, Japan), Teppei Nishihara (Tokyo-to, Japan), Masahiko Honda (Tokyo-to, Japan) and Shinya Tsukamoto (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piping structure comprises a first pipe to which food (H) is supplied, a plurality of second pipes provided downstream of the first pipe and connected to the first pipe, and a plurality of third pipes provided downstream of the second pipes, a number of...