US Patent Issued to Rheon Automatic Machinery on Sept. 23 for "Device, system and method for forming a folded food product" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,314, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Rheon Automatic Machinery Co. Ltd. (Tochigi, Japan).

"Device, system and method for forming a folded food product" was invented by Yuya Ogawa (Tochigi, Japan) and Kaoru Hamamoto (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movable forming device (10) to fold a dough piece (P) by moving one end (PS) of the dough piece (P) onto the other end (PT) of the dough piece includes at least one suction tool (23) which holds the one end of the dough piece by suctioning and lifting the one end from its upside, and a supporting tool (33) including a support part (33a) which is movable below the suctio...