公开(公告)号：US20230332078A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US18333021

申请日：2023-06-12

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： KUNIHIRO UKAI ,  DAISUKE INO ,  YASUHIRO HASHIMOTO ,  HIDENOBU WAKITA ,  SATORU YAMAJI

IPC: C12C7/28 ,  B01F27/90 ,  B01F27/1125 ,  B01J19/00 ,  B01F35/92 ,  B01J19/12 ,  B01F27/15 ,  B01F27/85 ,  B01F27/93 ,  B01F101/06 ,  B01F35/90

CPC classification number: C12C7/28 ,  B01F27/1125 ,  B01F27/15 ,  B01F27/85 ,  B01F27/90 ,  B01F27/93 ,  B01F35/92 ,  B01J19/0006 ,  B01J19/0066 ,  B01J19/123 ,  B01F2035/99 ,  B01F2101/06 ,  B01J2219/0801 ,  B01J2219/0877 ,  B01J2219/0892 ,  B01J2219/1203

Abstract: A method for operating a food processing apparatus is provided. The food processing apparatus includes a reaction vessel that has a space that accumulates a liquid reactant used for a food product; a catalytic reactor that includes a reaction tube and a light source; and an introducing tube for introducing the reactant into the reaction vessel. The reaction tube has an outer surface where a photocatalyst is provided. The reaction tube transmits light. The light source generates heat at a time of light emission in which the light source emits light from an inner side of the reaction tube. The method for operating the food processing apparatus includes introducing the reactant into the reaction vessel from the introducing tube. In the introducing, the reactant is introduced up to a position at which a liquid surface of the reactant is positioned higher than an opening portion of the introducing tube.

公开(公告)号：US20240245078A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18444613

申请日：2024-02-16

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： DAISUKE INO ,  KUNIHIRO UKAI ,  YASUHIRO HASHIMOTO ,  SATORU YAMAJI

IPC: A23L3/00 ,  A23L3/28 ,  B01F27/1125

CPC classification number: A23L3/001 ,  A23L3/28 ,  B01F27/11252

Abstract: A food processing apparatus in the present disclosure includes a reaction tank, a stirring body, and catalyst-attached members. The reaction tank stores a liquid reactant for food. The stirring body stirs the reactant stored in the reaction tank by rotating. The catalyst-attached members each have an outer surface at which a photocatalyst is present. The food processing apparatus satisfies the following condition (I), the following condition (II), or the following conditions (I) and (II). (I) A diameter of a circle that is a track formed by an outermost end of the stirring body in a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis when the stirring body rotates is greater than or equal to a maximum dimension. (II) The stirring body pushes the reactant toward a bottom of the reaction tank in a direction parallel to the rotation axis Ax when the stirring body rotates.

公开(公告)号：US20240306676A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18676599

申请日：2024-05-29

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： KUNIHIRO UKAI ,  SATORU YAMAJI ,  YASUHIRO HASHIMOTO ,  DAISUKE INO ,  HIRONORI TATSUMI

IPC: A23L3/00 ,  A23L3/015 ,  A23L3/28

CPC classification number: A23L3/001 ,  A23L3/0155 ,  A23L3/28

Abstract: A food processing apparatus includes a reaction vessel that has a tubular shape with a bottom and contains a reactant that is liquid and to be used for food, a reactor (for example, a reaction pipe) that is disposed in the reaction vessel and provided with a photocatalyst, a light source that irradiates the photocatalyst with light, a cooler that cools the reactant in the reaction vessel, a lid that closes an opening of the reaction vessel, and a gas supplier (for example, a gas container) that supplies an oxygen-containing gas into the reaction vessel via a first through-hole formed in the lid or in a part of a side wall portion of the reaction vessel in a vicinity of the lid. An inside of the reaction vessel is controllably gastight.