Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7875305 | Thin film filter having negative temperature drift coefficient A structure of a film filter includes a plurality of film layers made of a film stack material and a substrate wafer which said film layers are deposited on at a temperature substantially higher than a room temperature and retained to after being cooled to the room ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7799361 | Absorbent food pad and method of using same The present invention provides a food preservation system that includes a multi-phase bacterial inhibition food pad. The food pad includes absorbent media and/or material to absorb fluids emanating from the packaged food. The absorbent media/material includes one or... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7585530 | Food preservation systems The present invention provides a food preservation system that includes a multi-phase bacterial inhibition food pad. The food pad includes absorbent media and/or material to absorb fluids emanating from the packaged food. The absorbent media/material includes one or... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7066215 | Method for product mixing A process is provided for the mixing of one or more concentrates in a machine, wherein one or more concentrates and/or one or more diluents are mixed together in a mixing chamber; and the product is dispensed from said machine into a storage container. A machine is ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6936292 | Deodorized yellow colorant of safflower A Carthamus yellow colorant which has no or significantly smell originating in safflower, and a colorant formulation containing this colorant. Namely, a Carthamus yellow colorant which has a concentration of aroma components (acetic acid, isovaleric ac... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6916857 | Hydrogel-forming system with hydrophobic and hydrophilic components A hydrogel forming system which comprises a hydrophobic macromer with unsaturated group terminated ends and a hydrophilic polymer which is a polysaccharide (e.g. dextran) containing hydroxy groups which are reacted with unsaturated group introducing compound, is con... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6905700 | Hydrogel entrapping therapeutic agent and stent with coating comprising this A hydrogel forming system which comprises a hydrophobic macromer with unsaturated group terminated ends and a hydrophilic polymer which is a polysaccharide containing hydroxy groups which are reacted with unsaturated group introducing compound, is convertible by fre... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6800316 | Method for fractionating cooking oil The invention concerns a method for fractionating cooking oil, in particular frying oil, using a solvent with supercritical pressure. The method is characterized in that it comprises steps which consist in: contacting, in a mixer, the cooking oil with the solvent wi... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6761909 | Particulate insulin-containing products and method of manufacture Provided is a compressed anti-solvent technique for manufacture of insulin-containing powders for pulmonary delivery. The insulin is processed in a cosolvent system including two or more mutually soluble organic solvents. Also provided are powders manufacturable by ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6743455 | Multi-layer food products Disclosed is a multi-layer gel-based food product, such as pudding, in which color migration from one layer to an adjacent layer is minimized. The multi-layer food product comprises a first milk-based, gel-based layer containing a dispersed oil phase and an oil solu... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6596304 | Method for preparing two-layer bicomposite collagen material for preventing post-operative adhesions A bicomposite material based on collagen is prepared which has two closely bound layers and is biocompatible, non-toxic, hemostatic and biodegradable in less than a month, and can be used in surgery to achieve hemostasis and prevent post-surgical adhesion... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6440449 | Methods of infusing phytochemicals, nutraceuticals, and other compositions into food products This invention provides methods of infusing compositions including phytochemicals, nutraceuticals such as vitamins, herbal extracts, and medicinals into food products, including, e.g., juices, fruits, vegetables, and meats, etc. The resulting infused food... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6419964 | Method and apparatus for making bait A process for making bait from poultry waste unfit for human consumption, for aquatic food sources such as fish, crab, conch, eel, shrimp, lobster, crayfish, etc. The poultry waste is picked up from chicken farms and poultry processing plants in refrigera... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6284299 | Method for processing oat groats to enhance desired maillard products to promote desired toast flavor in the groats and products made by the methods Processes directed to increasing the solution mobility, solution concentration, and/or solution kinetics with respect to at least simple sugars within the groat to increase the availability of the simple sugars to react with nitrogen containing compounds,... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6159527 | Method and apparatus for infusing fruit Method and apparatus for infusing fruits (which may include vegetables) with sugar. The apparatus includes a series of interconnected tanks (10, 12, 14 and 16). A stratified column of infusing liquor is caused to flow from a tank (50) via variable output ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6132794 | Infusion-drying of carrots A process for infusion-drying carrots comprises immersing the carrots in a circulating bath of infusion syrup, the infusion syrup comprising water and infusion solids, the infusion solids comprising at least 20 weight percent corn syrup and the balance, i... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6051234 | Health diet for preventing diseases caused by life-habit A health diet for preventing life-habit diseases (adult diseases) is provided. The health diet is prepared by directly encapsulating or tableting an organic solvent extract of soy sauce cakes or an aqueous alkali extract of a soy sauce oil, or blending th... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5655708 | Food tray and process for manufacture A tray for containing fluid-exuding foods, such as meat, fish and the like, comprises a laminate having upper and lower laminae, with openings in the upper lamina. Fluid retaining cavities are formed in the lower lamina or between adjacent lamina to keep ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5616352 | Process for the production of fat- and cholesterol-reduced powered products based on eggs which are characterized by a high phospholipid content The present invention provides a process for the production of fat- and cholesterol-reduced powdered products based on eggs with a high content of phospholipids by extraction with compressed gases, wherein the powdered starting material is extracted with ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5412127 | Process for extracting minor fatty compounds from a substance of biological origin A method for extracting minor fatty compounds, particularly steroids, from biological matter by means of cyclodextrin. According to the method, the cyclodextrin is stirred into said biological matter in a water-containing reaction medium to allow the form... | 05/02/1995 |
| 4840804 | Method of dehydrating foods in melted erythritol A dehydrated food which is obtained by cooking a food material selected from among, for example, flesh or fish meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts and dough for fried bun or fried cake in erythritol instead of an edible oil employed in a conventioal frying pro... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4793072 | Dehydration method and dehydration system A material to be dehydrated wrapped in a semipermeable sheet is dipped in a dehydrating solution to cause part of water contained in the material to be absorbed into the dehydrating solution to dehydrate the material, and the water-absorbed dehydrating so... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4761297 | Method of manufacturing dried rice The present invention provides a method of manufacturing dried rice, which is capable of allowing the cooking time to be reduced, and which allows the rice to have an appearance and a texture when cooked as excellent as rice cooked using an electric rice ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4707369 | Process for treating wet fat biological tissue using a water miscible solvent The process of simultaneously defatting and dehydrating raw fat animal tissue and other tissues in comminuted form by introducing the tissue particles into a boiling alcohol solvent, the fat of the tissue and water of the tissue being extracted into the b... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4692265 | Drying composition and method Legumes and other plants can be dried quickly by contacting them with an aqueous solution of a mixture of carbonates consisting essentially of at least about 20% by weight of sodium sesquicarbonate, at least about 20% by weight of sodium carbonate and at ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4526794 | Citrus albedo bulking agent and process therefor The invention relates to a process for producing a non-caloric citrus albedo bulking agent comprising obtaining albedo from citrus peels to produce albedo particles substantially free of flavedo, water-washing to reduce soluble carbohydrates, constituents... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4431676 | Vegetable canning process A process for canning vegetables characterized in that vegetables in the form of pieces of thin cross-section are treated osmotically to remove liquid, then pressed mechanically to remove further liquid, filled into cans and sauced, after which the cans a... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4405650 | Compressed yeast product and process Disclosed are an improved process for preparing compressed yeast and the product of that process. Prior to filtering yeast, it is conventional to contact the yeast with salt or other osmotically-active material to extract a portion of the intracellular wa... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4389422 | Method for producing aromatized microporous substrates Microporous particles of vegetable material are obtained by spraying an aqueous solution of a vegetable material into an anhydrous solvent, such as ethanol or by boiling particles of spray dried vegetable material in these solvents.... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4364968 | Process for preparing a dried grape product A process for preparing dried grapes which are further processed to remain desireably soft with minimal color, flavor, or textural changes over extended periods of time. The process combines the use of enzyme inactivation and a hydrophillic carbohydrate i... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4084017 | Fibrous protein materials Disclosed is a method for producing fibrous protein materials useful for fish analogs. According to this method, an aqueous mixture of a heat coagulable protein is frozen by cooling the mixture in a manner and at a rate effective to produce elongated ice ... | 04/11/1978 |
