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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8017164 | Tomato peeling method A method for peeling fruits and vegetables, particularly those having thin skins, such as tomatoes includes immersing the fruit or vegetable in a boiling solution comprising carbamide and one of carborane and hydrogen chloride to loosen a peel thereof. In a particul... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7069846 | Installation for the treatment of products in bulb or tuber form An installation for the treatment of products in bulb or tuber form in relation to the removal of the outermost layer thereof, comprising a channel through which the products can be transported between an inlet and an outlet that are at different levels, which chann... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6805902 | Precision micro-optical elements and the method of making precision micro-optical elements Micro-optical elements such as lenses and wave-guides are manufactured by printing a hardenable optical fluid using digitally driven ink-jet technology. An array of micro-optical elements are precisely positioned in an electroformed substrate having a surface contai... | 10/19/2004 |
| 5989615 | Enzyme infusion process for preparing whole peeled citrus fruit The removal of albedo in the preparation of a citrus fruit for consumption, in which a known aqueous solution of pectinase enzyme is used for its known albedo-removal function, but in the present circumstances a vacuum is used to primarily draw the pectin... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5786014 | Capacity caustic peeler system An improved higher capacity caustic peeler of fruits such as tomatoes. The peeler subjects the tomatoes to a caustic applicator with shallower buckets with apertures in the buckets and a higher number of caustic dispensing jets, and then provides peeling ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5200217 | Enzyme infusion process for preparing whole peeled citrus fruit A process for peeling fresh citrus fruit to provide peeled whole fruit, with ease of peeling and with limited amounts of adhering albedo. The fresh citrus fruit are initially chilled to a temperature well below room temperature, preferably less than about... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5196222 | Method for peeling fresh fruit An apparatus peels fruit, in particular citrus fruit, by washing and sterilizing the fruit in a sterilizing bath. The washed and sterilized fruit is delivered to a perforator which makes a plurality of perforations through the outer surface of the peel of... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5053238 | Method for shell removal from hard boiled eggs A novel method for shell removal from hard-boiled eggs using chemical methods or, in alternative, a combination of chemical with mechanical methods. The acid or alkali is used to soften the egg shell prior to mechanical peeling or to dissolve the shell co... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5000967 | Process for enzyme peeling of fresh citrus fruit An improved process for preparing individual fruit sections from fresh citrus fruit, with improved ease of peeling and sectioning and with reduced amounts of adhering albedo. The fresh citrus fruit are initially scored so as to penetrate the albedo layer,... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4284651 | Method of preparing citrus fruit sections with fresh fruit flavor and appearance A method of preparing citrus fruit sections with a fresh fruit flavor and appearance is disclosed. Thick albedo type grapefruit and oranges are cleaned and heated to a core temperature of about 20° to 40° C. They are subsequently scored to the juicy por... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4260638 | Method of peeling fruits and vegetables with carboxylic acids Novel process for peeling fruits and vegetables which yields maximum skin removal coupled with minimum loss of flesh. The fruit or vegetable is contacted with an aqueous dispersion of a 3-18 carbon carboxylic acid at elevated temperatures for a time suffi... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4220670 | Method for chemically peeling fruits and vegetables Fruits and vegetables can be chemically peeled by dipping them in an alkali aqueous solution containing fatty acids having 10 to 18 carbon atoms.... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4161459 | Composition for chemically peeling fruits and vegetables Fruits or vegetables are peeled by immersing a fruit or vegetable in an aqueous solution of an alkali to which is added (a) at least one member selected from polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters and sucrose fatty acid esters having an HLB value high... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4130668 | Method for chemically peeling fruits and vegetables Fruits or vegetables are peeled by immersing a fruit or vegetable in an aqueous solution of an alkali to which is added (a) at least one member selected from polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters and sucrose fatty acid esters having an HLB value high... | 12/19/1978 |
| 3970762 | Method of chemical peeling of fruits and vegetables with an alkanolamine A washing and peeling composition for preparing fruits and vegetables contains an alkanolamine and a major amount of a carrier medium such as water. The alkanolamine is preferably monoethanolamine. A surface active agent such as a fatty alcohol sulfate, a... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3959504 | Peeling root vegetables with NaOH and hot gas treatment A method of peeling root vegetables by dipping the vegetables into hot aqueous sodium hydroxide, and drying them at 100°-150°C for 2-5 minutes by intense application of a drying gas, such as hot air or superheated steam, whereupon the root vegetables ar... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3950552 | Method for producing a pome fruit sauce with electronic inspection of diced fruit Apple sauce is produced in a continuous process stream without hand trimming by dicing the untrimmed, sometimes uncored fruit, electronically sorting the dices to reject blemished dices, and cooking and conventionally finishing the accepted blemish free d... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3950556 | Process for peeling fruits and vegetables System for peeling fruits or vegetables wherein the peel is loosened by a double treatment with lye, each treatment being followed by a holding period. After the second holding period, the peel is removed directly, that is, without any application of radi... | 04/13/1976 |
