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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7935189 | Process and plant for producing sugar products from grapes A process for producing sugar products from grapes includes treating a solution of liquid rectified concentrated must by chromatography, to separate at least one sugar contained in it. A plant for producing sugar products from grapes comprises a plurality of columns... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7368039 | Distiller employing cyclical evaporation-surface wetting A distillation unit (10) employs a rotary heat exchanger (32) forming a multiplicity of evaporation chambers (56) into which a liquid to be purified is sprayed for evaporation. Spray arms (58) spray at a steady rate into all of the evapor... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7249472 | Device for treating textile or similar in a continuous stream The invention relates to a device for treating web-type textiles, nonwovens or paper in a continuous stream, uses a gaseous treatment agent that circulates in the device. The product lies on the exterior face of a permeable drum (5), which is subjected to an ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7229558 | Chromatographic separation method A method for fractionating a solution into two or more fractions. More particularly the invention relates to a method for fractionating a solution by a chromatographic simulated moving bed (SMB) process in which the dissolved substances present in the feedstock are ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7208048 | Continuous centrifuge A continuous centrifuge (10) has a basket (30) with upper and lower basket portions (43, 44) separated by an intermediate slip portion (45). The lower basket portion (43) has an included angle of 40–50°, to separate “green” ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7077953 | Nanofilter system and method of use An acid recovery system used in a hydrolysis operation includes a chromatographic unit to provide initial separation of sugar and acid. The sugar product provided by the chromatographic unit is processed to produce higher value products, such as ethanol. The remaini... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067014 | Method for purifying by nanofiltration an aqueous sugary solution containing monovalent and polyvalent anions and cations A purification method employs nanofiltration of an aqueous solution containing one or several sugars, multivalent cations, monovalent metal cations, monovalent anions and multivalent inorganic anions and/or organic acid anions. The method includes replacement of at ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067013 | Method and plant for the production of refined sugar from a sugared juice Method for producing refined sugar from sugared juice, such as raw juice from sugar cane or from sugar beet, containing sugar and impurities, which comprises the operations of: tangential filtration of the sugared juice in order to... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6936290 | Enzyme treated maple syrup and shelf stable products containing enzyme treated maple syrup A method for producing a shelf stable, high viscosity maple syrup product is provided, which comprises adding a sucrose-cleaving enzyme to maple syrup and incubating the resulting solution. Also provided is a shelf stable, spreadable maple syrup product with a consi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6736903 | Method and apparatus for producing a work product A method for producing a work product including the steps of receiving a first fluid composed of a liquid, a target substance and at least one residual substance; passing the first fluid through a first work station for separating the residual substance from the fir... | 05/18/2004 |
| 5997652 | Food starch processing method and apparatus A food starch seperator comprising a serially connected centrifuge and a membrane seperator further comprising a sintered pipe providing pore flow paths including a pumped source of food plant liquor, outputs for the centrifuge and membrane seperator and ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5944905 | Method and apparatus for performing a continuous reaction with at least one liquid phase and at least one solid catalyst in a pulsed column A method and an apparatus for performing a continuous reaction with at least one liquid reaction phase incorporating at least one starting compound in the presence of at least one solid-phase catalyst, wherein the phases to be contacted are circulated thr... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5772774 | Evaporator for producing maple syrup An evaporator includes a maple sap evaporating pan in fluid communication with a maple syrup forming pan, a fire box in gas communication with gas circulating adjuncts, a flue stack and chimney and an auxiliary reservoir for pre-heating the sap prior to e... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5618352 | Continuously operating centrifuge for spinning sugar massecuite A continuously operating centrifuge for spinning sugar massecuite has a perforated basket which widens conically and rotates about a vertical axis. The perforated basket has a throwing-off edge from which the sugar particles are spun off outwardly and are... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5275666 | Auxiliary apparatus for producing maple syrup An auxiliary apparatus for producing maple syrup from maple sap is adapted to utilize the latent heat of the steam emitted from the flue pan of a maple syrup evaporator which is fitted in sealed relation on top of the flue pan. The auxiliary apparatus is ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5201957 | Sugar production apparatus An evaporator in the form of a vacuum pan has partitions (38) providing a plurality of compartments (42, 46) between an inlet and outlet. The compartments increase in volume from the inlet to the outlet, each compartment having at least one pair of hollow... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5049199 | Potable water recovery and fluid preheater for syrup evaporator A preheater-potable water condenser for sap concentrating boiler-evaporators. A housing which contains a dual manifolded multitubular heat exchanger is fixed to, but removable from, the vertical vent stack of a hooded syrup concentrator-boiler. The prehea... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4953538 | Piggy back evaporating for maple syrup evaporator apparatus or the like A piggy back evaporator includes a drip pan having an oblique condensate drain sheet extending over the major length of the same. A steam hole within the condensate drain sheet allows steam to reach the lower surface of a bottom wall of a piggy back pan. ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4875940 | Massecuite supersaturation monitor The invention provides an apparatus for controlling both the supersaturation of the mother liquor and the crystal content of massecuite by measuring di-electric constant and electrical conductivity at radio frequencies by means of a probe which is include... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4840678 | Pipe coil cooker A sugar-cooking apparatus of the type having a standing pipe coil surrounded by a heating jacket. The coiled pipe is of flattened cross-section for improved heat transfer. During use, a mixture of sugar, water and additives is passed through the coiled pi... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4819615 | Piggy back evaporator for maple syrup evaporator apparatus or the like A piggy back evaporator is sealably coupled in open box form overlying a sugar maple sap evaporator and aligned with an upright flue pan of the conventional sugar maple sap evaporator which, when fired, boils off vaporizable constituents of the sap. The p... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4818296 | Scraper for sugar centrifuge A scraper for a sugar centrifuge comprises a scraper blade mounted on an arm which is moved down into and pivoted within the centrifugal bowl, such that the edge of the scraper blade is moved against but out of contact with the bowl wall for scraping off ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4804419 | Continuously operable sugar centrifuge A continuously operable sugar centrifugal is equipped with an upwardly opening conical centrifugal drum surrounded by a sugar collecting housing (3). The upper edge of the drum (1) is equipped with a sugar discharge flange which faces a rotatably mounted ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4804418 | Process and outfit for the extraction of sugar from sugar cane Processing and outfit for the extraction of cane sugar by pressing canes and magma between several pairs of fluted rollers, wherein each pair of rollers is completely submerged in a tank (C) and fed through a hopper (13), and wherein a constant recirculat... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4802925 | Continuously operable centrifuge for mashing and centrifuging of sugar massecuite A continuously operating centrifugal for mashing and centrifuging of sugar massecuite is equipped with an upwardly, conically opening screen drum (2) which is rotating about a vertical axis (1). The screen drum is carried by a hub (5) reaching into the in... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4762570 | Continuously operable sugar centrifuge The screen drum of a continuously operable sugar centrifuge is divided into three sections along its axial length from the drum bottom to the sugar discharge rim. A first upper section extends from the discharge rim downwardly. This first section has such... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4718945 | Sugar centrifuge A continuously operating sugar centrifugal is equipped with the following components, a massecuite supply device, a frustum-shaped screen drum which is rotatably drivable, a housing surrounding the screen drum, a distributor and accelerating device arrang... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4538451 | Machine for detecting sugar crystals in molasses There is disclosed apparatus for detecting solids in a fluid. A method of detecting solids in a fluid is also disclosed. The apparatus includes fluid sampling means within a housing. The sampling means conveys a sample of the fluid to a testing station ad... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4443266 | Continuously operating sugar centrifuge A continuously operable sugar centrifuge modified as taught herein is capable of producing quality sugar. For this purpose elastic, spring resilient sheet metal members (11) are attached to a rotatable ring with an adjustable angle of incidence so that th... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4358322 | Process for separating a ketose from an aldose by selective adsorption A process for separating a ketose from a feed mixture comprising a ketose and an aldose which process comprises contacting the mixture with an adsorbent comprising a X zeolite containing one or more selected cations at exchangeable cationic sites thereby ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4334934 | Apparatus for producing a gasified fusible sugar composition A process for producing a gasified solid product comprising an undissolved gas in a matrix of solid material comprising a fusible sugar. In the process, an aqueous solution of fusible sugar is continuously fed to an evaporator. The solution is continuousl... | 06/15/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4252571 | Bone char and activated carbon mixtures for sugar liquor purification An admixture of granular activated carbon (GAC) and bone char (BC) can be effectively employed to decolorize and to deash white cane sugar liquors. Use of this admixture in place of bone char exclusively results in significantly improved decolorization. T... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4247341 | Continuous massecuite vacuum filtering system A massecuite processing system of the type generally used in the separation of sugar crystals from molasses in the so called "High Grade Massecuites" produced in the process of making sugar from sugar cane and sugar beet. The massecuite is evenly spread o... | 01/27/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4211579 | Method of purifying industrial sugar solutions A method of purifying industrial sugar solutions using ion exchangers, in which the starting solution is always situated underneath the water to be displaced, and the column is eluted from above. The ion exchanger may have resin column components which ma... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4182633 | Process of the operation of a simulated moving bed A process of the operation of simulated moving bed is disclosed in which said bed is packed with a solid sorbent and provided with a plurality of pipes acting as a feed stock inlet, a desorbent inlet, a sorbed component outlet and a non-sorbed component o... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4162926 | Method of drying complex sugar solutions A method for forming dried, solid, particulate product from complex sugar solutions by drying the solution in a current of heated air and in the presence of separately introduced recycled dried solids which have undergone additional conditioning to have a... | 07/31/1979 |
