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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7150793 | Method of reducing materials contained in juice A process system that uses a reduced amount of lime or other base to clarify or purify juice obtained from plant material such as sugar cane, sugar beets, or sweet sorghum. Specifically, apparatus and methods to reduce volatile materials in juice providing a product... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6176935 | System and method for refining sugar A sugar refining process uses carbon dioxide obtained from a module containing a plurality of gas-permeable polymeric membranes. Flue gas from a boiler is scrubbed, and then passed through the gas-separation module. The output of the module contains an en... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5338365 | Apparatus for conditioning confectioners' sugar and the like Apparatus for conditioning freshly ground confectioners' sugar employs a closed vessel with an inlet for unconditioned sugar, an outlet for conditioned sugar, and an agitating unit which is installed in the vessel and not only agitates the admitted materi... | 08/16/1994 |
| 4534800 | Process and apparatus for the production of sugar thick juice for the manufacture of sugar In a process for the production of sugar thick juice from lime-containing raw juice and wherein carbon dioxide and soda are added to the lime-containing raw juice in at least one carbonation step, and wherein the thin juice is preheated and evaporated to ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4290818 | Process for utilizing the waste heat content of condensate and/or vapor produced in the manufacture of sugar A process is provided for utilizing the waste heat content of condensate and/or vapor produced in the manufacture of sugar in which thin juice is cooled, subjected to one or more stages of flash evaporation to concentrate and further cool the juice, after... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4234349 | Apparatus for the purification of evaporated sugar solutions Apparatus for the purification of evaporated sugar solution prior to cryslization in which the evaporated sugar solution is mechanically transformed in an in-line continuous process into a homogeneous creamy mixture of sugar solution and hydrophobic part... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4234350 | Process for the purification of evaporated sugar solutions A process for the purification of evaporated sugar solutions prior to cryllization, utilizing the discovery that most of the suspended non-sugar particles within the evaporated sugar solution are hydrophobic in nature and thus thrown out of solution duri... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4162972 | Enclosed flotation device A process for clarifying by flocculation a turbid liquid which forms a foam with injected gas and which contains material that, with gas, will form a floatable floc. A gas compatible with the liquid is injected into the liquid in order to form foam atop t... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4149901 | Pollution control and convection heater A smoke stack which receives at the lower end thereof dirty hot waste gases and receives adjacent the upper and thereof a constant flow of raw cold juice, the juice and the gases flowing in contra directions. A dual purpose is achieved since the cold juic... | 04/17/1979 |
