Celebrity Inventors
Lawrence Welk, the bandleader who entertained millions of Americans over a generation of broadcasting his TV show, once received a patent: for a music-themed design of an ashtray.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7770827 | Cereal grain treatment and mash preparation for by-products An apparatus and method for dry treatment of grain comprises a grain peeler for mechanically treating pre-cleaned grain to remove flour bran and coarse bran to a peeling depth of about 4% to 9% with simultaneous separating of the flour bran; an aspiration separator ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7506829 | Process for the production of wheat flour A process for the production of wheat flour or semolina, comprising the steps of a) wetting the caryopses of wheat with such and amount of water as to bring their moisture content to at least 15%, subjecting them to intense vibrations; b) subjecting the wet caryopse... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7419108 | Corn fractionation process A method of corn fractionation wherein the resulting high starch concentration endosperm is subsequently used for ethanol production or dry milling is described. The method includes: providing substantially cleaned corn kernels, tempering the corn; screen processing... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7311930 | Herbal composition for treatment of chronic renal failure and method to produce thereof The invention discloses a medicine that can treat CRF and the preparation method of it, which mainly make up of fleece-flower root, dodder, pseudostellaria root, atractylodes rhizome, wolfberry fruit, Achyranthes root the invented medicine absorb quickly, hav... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300681 | Method for the production of protein preparations with essentially constant properties Shown is a method for producing protein preparations having essentially constant functional properties for technical applications within a broad pH range from about pH 3 to pH 10 by means of extraction from a starting product which contains protein, notably legumes,... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7234393 | Industrial nutcracker An improved nutcracker and shelling process use centrifugal force to accelerate nuts so that their shells shatter upon impacting a target surface. The nutcracker includes an impeller having an intake for receiving nuts and an outlet for discharging the nuts. During ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7141260 | Apparatus and method for removal of seed pericarp An apparatus and method for removing pericarp from a seed, such as a corn kernel. The method includes sonicating the kernel to loosen the pericarp and then separation of the pericarp. One example of separation is by frictional milling. An additional optional aspect ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7104479 | Method for providing milling services The present invention is a short flow milling process wherein finished product is rapidly isolated and removed from the milling process flow regime at early stages. The minimization of handling and the minimization or elimination of intermixing streams of various si... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7044289 | Screw conveyor for the transport of flowable substances and/or lumps of material A screw conveyor for the transport of flowable substances and/or lumps of material comprises a rotatable first screw (1) provided with helical windings (2) arranged in a housing (3) with an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The housing (3 | 05/16/2006 |
| 6965005 | Mold inhibitor integrated within a matrix and method of making same The invention provides a composition useful in the construction industry for the prevention or remediation of mold growth in a man made structure. The composition contains an extruded milo matrix incorporating terpenes, phytoalexins, calcium propionate or combinatio... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6946152 | Unfermented gel fraction from psyllium seed husks A purified form of a gel-forming component of psyllium seed husks is disclosed, along with a process for obtaining the gel-forming fraction from psyllium seed husks. Methods of using this gel-forming fraction as a laxative and hypocholesterolemic agent are also disc... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939937 | Mold inhibitor integrated within a matrix and method of making same A mold inhibitor integrated within a matrix and a method of making the same are disclosed. The matrix is preferably made of a processed sorghum grain, and preferably from hybrids of Milo. The grain is subjected to decortication and extrusion. Agents are added to the... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936294 | Corn degermination process The present invention provides a process to remove the germ from the endosperm of a corn kernel. The apparatus of the present invention comprises frictional cylindrical rollers, each roller rotating about an axis, the axis of the rollers substantially parallel, and ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6595445 | Coffee grinder with chaff dispersion reducing apparatus and method A coffee grinder assembly with a housing containing a pair of hoppers for containing coffee beans with a pair of hopper outlet chutes, or grinding chamber inlet chutes for feeding beans into a grinding chamber where the beans are ground by powered grindin... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6457404 | Polished cereal processing apparatus An apparatus for processing polished cereal to obtain no-bran cereal having a reduced size. The apparatus comprises a polished cereal processing section for removing bran remaining on surfaces of polished cereal by mixing granular material with the polish... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6428834 | Self-contained mobile system and method for selectively processing fresh corn A mobile system for processing raw ears of corn includes a first mobile processing trailer for receiving raw unhusked ears of corn, holding the ears and disbursing them to a husker for removing corn husks and corn silk from the ears. A conveyer takes the ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6409105 | Corn milling and separating device and method A table separator is provided, wherein the table separator comprises a plurality of solid-bottomed trays and a plurality of dimples for facilitating separation of degerminated corn into endosperm and germ fraction, the dimples being aligned in linear juxt... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6217442 | Grain processing apparatus and methods A grain processing apparatus is used in one embodiment for debranning grain to remove the bran. In another embodiment, it is used as a mill for milling flour. The processor includes a cylindrical drum with an internal rotor having a set of impeller rods. ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6106390 | Dehusking apparatus A dehusking apparatus is provided having a fixed cage like housing and a conveyor within the housing for transporting produce from an inlet to an outlet. The conveyor has helical flights with an intermediate portion being covered by a flexible covering be... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5970582 | Method for separating kenaf into core and fiber A method and apparatus for separating kenaf into fiber and core uses a modified stick machine conventionally used in the cotton industry for removing trash from unginned cotton. Lengths of kenaf are delivered onto the periphery of a saw cylinder so the to... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5884853 | Self-contained mobile system and method for processing fresh corn A mobile system for processing raw ears of corn includes a first mobile processing trailer for receiving raw unhusked ears of corn, holding the ears and disbursing the ears to a first conveyor. The first conveyor transports the ears to a second mobile tra... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5830042 | Surface abrasive treatment of small objects Rice or like small objects is milled in a machine comprising a rotating vertical drum having an endless abrasive belt. Chambers are spaced about the drum so that the belt acts as a floor to the chambers with a slight gap in between. The objects are passed... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5820039 | Method and apparatus for dehulling milo An apparatus and method for removing hulls from milo berries is provided. The apparatus includes a first cylindrical shaped chamber having a plurality of abrasive grinding stones mounted on a shaft extending through the chamber. The outlet to the first ch... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5713526 | Method and apparatus for dehulling milo An apparatus and method for removing hulls from milo berries is provided. The apparatus includes a first cylindrical shaped chamber having a plurality of abrasive grinding stones mounted on a shaft extending through the chamber. The outlet to the first ch... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5709344 | Grain de-acidizing process Grain is fed from a hopper to a horizontally oriented adjustable speed steam heated auger driven by a variable speed drive. The auger is long enough (approximately twenty inches) that temperature controlled steam fed to a plurality of inlets along the aug... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5699724 | Cleaning and sorting bulk material For cleaning foodstuffs in the form of a bulk material, such as cereal grains, rice grains, soybeans, sunflower seeds, coffee beans, and the like, there is provided an optical sorting device (24, 24a, 24a') subsequent to a precleaning system (6), which en... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5542612 | Apparatus for dehulling grass seed An apparatus for dehulling grass seed utilizing a vibrated housing having an elongated chamber. The interior of the chamber is accessible through openings or ports that provide a plurality of entries and exits for the processing of grass seed. Grass seed ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5516048 | Process for treatment of whole-wheat cereals A process for the processing of whole-wheat cereals in which: the grains are subject to a shower wash using only little more water than is necessary to enclose the surface of the grains; counterflowing air is conducted past the grains to remove excess wat... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5406898 | Reforestation procedure Reforestation of cut forest regions is effected by broadcasting comminuted slash or cone-bearing roadside logging residue from delimbing of freshly-cut trees over the region from which the trees are cut. By comminuting the slash live seeds are released fr... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5377916 | Surface abrasive treatment of small objects An apparatus for use and a method of abrading small objects to remove surface material from such small objects, the apparatus including a chamber and an abrasive moving bottom that passes under a transverse wall of the chamber having an inlet and outlet f... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5364471 | Process for fractionating legumes to obtain pure starch and a protein concentrate The subject invention provides, for the first time, an efficient method for obtaining high quality essentially pure starch from legumes. The method involves milling dehulled legumes to obtain a powder followed by wet separating (centrifugation) the small ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5271570 | Method of and system for flour milling A flour milling method and system therefor comprising the steps of separating foreign materials from raw wheat, humidifying the raw wheat, polishing the raw wheat, and conditioning the polished wheat, further comprises a step of cleaning the polished whea... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5250313 | Grain milling and degermination process A degerminating process wherein the grain kernels are crushed from the thin edges toward the center while avoiding crushing of the relatively flat side surfaces. The crushing force fractures the endosperm under and around the germ and squeezes the germ aw... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5232697 | Processes for cleaning psyllium seeds Processes for dehusking psyllium seeds to obtain high yields of high purity psyllium seed husk. These processes comprise milling intact psyllium seeds in a mill which causes the husk to be fragmented by collision under conditions whereby the husk is fract... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5186968 | Process for milling cereal grains A milling system for cereal grains such as wheat includes one or more bran removal machines which removes a substantial fraction of the bran of the incoming wheat to form a pearled wheat. The pearled wheat is then supplied as a feed stock to a disc mill i... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5115984 | Process of grinding grains A grain grinding system includes a polishing machine for polishing grains, and roll mills and sifters for repeatedly mill and sift the polished grains to provide a flour having a desired mesh size. A moisture adding device is provided for adding moisture ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5094868 | Process for removal of agricultural chemicals from seed kernels A process for the removal of agricultural chemicals from seed grain kernels. The process includes removal of chemicals adsorbed to the surface of the seed by abrasion and removal of chemicals absorbed into the seed by extraction with organic solvents. Rem... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5020732 | Processes for dehusking psyllium seeds Processes for dehusking psyllium seeds to obtain high yields of high purity psyllium seed husk. These processes comprise milling intact psyllium seeds in a mill which causes the husk to be fragmented by collision under conditions whereby the husk is fract... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4994115 | Process for producing a high total dietary corn fiber A process for producing corn fiber having a high total dietary fiber content. A dilute aqueous slurry of the corn fiber obtained from the corn wet-millng process is separated by means of a hydroclone to give a fiber fraction of enhanced total dietary fibe... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4978078 | Apparatus for dehusking grain A discoid element (7, 8) for a helical screw or worm arrangement comprising, on each side, identical shallow depressions (20); each depression having an open end (21) adjacent the periphery and a closed end (22) adjacent a central bore (23). The depressio... | 12/18/1990 |
