ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,688, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TAKAI TOFU & SOYMILK EQUIPMENT Co. (Ishikawa, Japan).
"Tofu packing device" was invented by Toichiro Takai (Ishikawa, Japan), Masahide Takeda (Ishikawa, Japan) and Kazuyuki Shiga (Ishikawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tofu packing device includes a pack covering device and a pack supply device. The pack covering device is configured to cover a plurality of cakes of tofu with packs in a state in which the packs are upside down, the plurality of cakes of tofu being aligned at predetermined intervals in front, rear, left and right directions on a conveying surface of a transfer conveyor. ...