ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,284, issued on March 18, was assigned to TAKAI TOFU & SOYMILK EQUIPMENT Co. (Ishikawa, Japan).
"Tofu packaging apparatus" was invented by Toichiro Takai (Ishikawa, Japan) and Masahide Takeda (Ishikawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tofu packaging apparatus includes: a pack covering device configured to cover each of a plurality cakes of tofu with a pack that is in a reversed state, the plurality of cakes of tofu being arranged at predetermined intervals in a front, rear, left, and right on a conveyance surface of a transfer conveyor; and an inversion device disposed on a downstream side of the pack covering device, the inve...