US2024263812A1PendingUtilityA1

Muro room (malted rice making room)

Assignee: Shirafuji Sake Brewery CompanyPriority: Feb 2, 2023Filed: Feb 2, 2023Published: Aug 8, 2024
Est. expiryFeb 2, 2043(~16.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
E04B 9/02F24F 2007/001F24F 7/02F24F 7/04
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Abstract

A muro room (malted rice making room) is provided, which includes a room having a ceiling. The muro room includes a longer air shaft provided through the ceiling to exhaust hotter air out of the room, wherein the longer air shaft has height A. The muro room also includes a shorter air shaft provided through the ceiling to allow cooler air to enter the room, wherein the shorter air shaft has height B which is less than A. A distance between the longer air shaft and the shorter air shaft is greater than A, to facilitate natural ventilation in and out of the muro room during the rice fermentation process.

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1 . A muro room (malted rice making room), comprising:
 a room having a ceiling;   a longer air shaft provided through the ceiling to exhaust hotter air out of the room, the longer air shaft having height A;   a shorter air shaft provided through the ceiling to allow cooler air to enter the room, the shorter air shaft having height B which is less than A;   wherein a distance between the longer air shaft and the shorter air shaft is greater than A.   
     
     
         2 . The muro room of  claim 1 , wherein the longer air shaft and the shorter air shaft are provided along two opposing sides of the ceiling of the room. 
     
     
         3 . The muro room of  claim 1 , wherein the longer air shaft and the shorter air shaft are provided near two opposing corners of the ceiling of the room so as to diagonally oppose each other. 
     
     
         4 . The muro room of  claim 1 , wherein the longer air shaft includes at least one bent section to include at least one upright portion and at least one slanted portion. 
     
     
         5 . The muro room of  claim 4 , wherein the longer air shaft includes two bent sections to include one middle slanted portion interposed between two upright portions. 
     
     
         6 . The muro room of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one bent section is a plane parallel to the ceiling of the room. 
     
     
         7 . The muro room of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one bent section is a plane slanted relative to the ceiling of the room. 
     
     
         8 . The muro room of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first sliding board configured to adjustably cover a hole, which is at an end of the longer air shaft and which is through the ceiling of the room; and   a second sliding board configured to adjustably cover a hole, which is at an end of the shorter air shaft and which is through the ceiling of the room.

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