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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4292334 | Process for puffing feather or animal fur Here is provided a process for treating feather or animal fur characterized by throwing feather or animal fur into a pressure-resistant vessel, directly heating it under an elevated pressure by means of saturated steam or superheated steam, then rapidly d... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4247632 | Methylguanidine-decomposing enzyme and process for its production A novel methylguanidine-decomposing enzyme can be obtained by cultivating in a medium a bacterium belonging to Genus Alcaligenes and having an ability to produce a methylguanidine-decomposing enzyme. This methylguanidine-decomposing enzyme has an ability ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4228932 | Sealing structure for rotary valves A sealing structure for a rotary valve including a rotary member having a plurality of pockets opening toward the outer periphery of a rotary member. A casing encloses the outer periphery of the rotary member. Sealing members are provided between the oute... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4211243 | Process for producing expanded tobacco stems Expanded porous tobacco stems with a low apparent density and an excellent quality of smoking taste are obtained by heating under a pressurized atmosphere tobacco stems separated from tobacco leaves, as such or after moisturization, at a temperature of 15... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4200694 | Novel pectin esterase, process for its production, and process for producing demethoxylated pectin by the use of said pectin esterase A novel pectin esterase which randomly hydrolyzes the methyl ester bond of pectin can be obtained by cultivating, on a medium, a mold strain belonging to Genus Aspergillus, Genus Penicillium, Genus Fusarium or Genus Sclerotinia and having an ability to pr... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4155562 | Sealing structure for sliding parts of powder particle conveying valves A sealing structure including a packing for sealing a sliding part of a valve, such as a rotary or reciprocating valve. The sealing structure is used for connecting together devices having a pressure differential between them and in particular for devices... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4094997 | Beef flavor substance, process for producing same and beef-flavoring agent A beef flavor substance can be obtained by mixing an animal fat with a brewed soy sauce and heating the resulting mixture.... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4064277 | Method for processing soybeans Soybean milk, isolated soybean protein, concentrated soybean protein or the like soybean protein free from throat-catching sensation can be obtained when whole soybeans are processed by water soaking treatment in the presence of a competitive inhibitor fo... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4061540 | Cholesterol oxidaze and process for preparing same A novel cholesterol oxidase can be obtained by culturing a strain belonging to the Genus Corynebacterium and having an ability to produce cholesterol oxidase in a medium containing cholesterol.... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4050919 | Process for developing seedless fleshy berry of grapes A composition for use in the treatment for developing seedless fleshy berry of grapes. By treating the flower bunches of a grape tree with a composition containing gibberellin and cyclic 3',5'-adenylic acid in the form of an aqueous solution, it became po... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4049831 | Novel composition containing fats or oils and method for manufacturing same A composition containing a fat or oil is obtained by adding with stirring a fat or oil to an aqueous solution containing 0.8% by weight or more in terms of soluble nitrogen content of an aqueous extract from an animal source, which extract contains as mai... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4046921 | Process for cultivating microorganisms by means of fluidized bed A process for cultivating microorganisms by means of fluidized bed characterized by cultivating a microorganism on a solid culture medium while mixing the solid culture medium in the fluidized bed with an upward gas stream and supplying an atomized liquid... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4028184 | Process for producing 3',5'-cyclic adenylic acid A process for producing 3',5'-cyclic adenylic acid in a high yield at a lower price by culturing a strain belonging to the genus selected from the group consisting of Corynebacterium, Arthrobacter and Microbacterium such as, for example, Corynebacterium m... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3961080 | Process for autolysis of yeast Yeasts are autolyzed to produce yeast extracts by adding sodium chloride and ethanol to active yeasts so as to make their concentrations 2 to 10 % (W/V) and 1 to 9 % (V/V) of the total volume of the autolytic reaction system respectively and thereafter su... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3941770 | Method for purifying 3',5'-cyclic-adenylic acid or 3',5'-cyclic-deoxyadenylic acid 3' ,5'-Cyclic-adenylic acid or 3' ,5'-cyclic-deoxadenylic acid can be obtained in a high purity and a high yield by adding a water-soluble organic solvent such as methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, n-propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol, acet... | 03/02/1976 |
