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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7709036 | Method for granulating malt extracts A method for producing granules made from malt extract is provided. The method provides for producing granules continuously or in batches under the prevention as much as possible of non-uniform temperature distributions in the production process. Simultaneously, the... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7087258 | Roasting of ground seeds for alimentary use A process for producing roasted coffee or a surrogate thereof in powder form from seeds obtained from the fruits of coffee plants, or seeds of barley, rye, oats, and wheat, wherein a powder obtained by grinding said seeds is dried to a moisture content of 5 to 10% a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7045164 | Soybean processing Methods are provided for forming soy germ concentrate in a soybean processing operation that produces soy bean oil and soybean meal. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6942887 | Coffee roaster and method A method and apparatus for pan roasting a mass of green coffee beans at rest by heat conduction from the pan bottom to the beans mass. A glass cover and smoke filter closes the roasting chamber. A radial blower operates at slow speed to draw ambient air and vacate s... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6770315 | Coffee roaster having multiple roasting stages A roaster for roasting coffee beans includes a roasting chamber having a top and a bottom for holding coffee beans when the beans are being roasted, a cover seated on the top of the roasting chamber and a base on which the bottom of the roasting chamber is seated. A... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6764706 | Process for the crystallization of xylitol The invention relates to a novel process for the crystallization of xylitol by contacting a xylitol solution with particulate xylitol suspended in a gas, drying the material to produce a multitude of microrystals and conditioning the material into an agglomerated pr... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6667069 | Methods for processing oat groats to have a toast flavor attributable to enhanced maillard products 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,... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6645545 | Heat treated cereals and process of making Heat treated cereal grains can be obtained from cereal grains by a process, wherein the cereal grains are subjected to a heat treatment with a gas in an annular fluidized bed, which gas has different velocity components; the grains obtained result after m... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6607768 | Coffee roasting methods Coffee beans and the like are roasted in an enclosed, pressurized roaster under conditions which provide rapid heat transfer and close control of roasting time-temperature profiles. The roasting chamber desirably has a bottom screen, a top screen and a sh... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6558726 | Coffee bean roasting apparatus A roasting apparatus for roasting nuts, cocoa beans, coffee beans, and other small food stuffs comprising a base, a motor and afterburner assembly attached to the top of the base on one side thereof, a roasting assembly attached to the top of the base on ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6553686 | Grain roasting apparatus The present invention relates to a grain roasting apparatus in which a blower is installed at one side of a body having a support at a lower portion of the same, a heated air flow path is installed in the blower, a heater is provided, a peel collecting po... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6531172 | Method for treating an item during travel of the item along a treating trough A method for treating items as the items move along a trough, such as for freezing, drying, or baking food items, includes the steps of placing an item to be treated in an inlet end portion of a trough having sides, a top, and a perforated bottom, the per... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6438862 | Drying apparatus for coffee beans and similar crops The invention is a distributed airways airflow dryer system for coffee beans and other such bulk crops. The interior volume or container of the dryer or dehydrator system that holds the bulk crops, is filled with an airways network structure that provides... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6299922 | Device and method for puffing granular material An apparatus for puffing granular material, in particular cereals and legumes, has a heating apparatus for preheating the granular material and a puffing reactor for puffing the material. For effective, fast, and uniform heating of the material, it is pro... | 10/09/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6214397 | Home use coffee bean roasting device and method of roasting A roasting device is designed to fit and operate inside a conventional, general purpose, home oven. The roasting device utilizes the heating and exhaust system already in place for the oven allowing the roasting device to be substantially less complex and... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6207211 | Roasted coffee and coffee roasting method A two stage coffee roasting process includes a first stage, green coffee beans are roasted for 5-15 minutes to a roast color of 30-50 Lu. In a second stage, the beans are further roasted for 1/2-31/2 minutes to a roast color of 4-19 Lu. The roasted beans ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6173506 | Roaster A roaster and method for roasting utilizing a tangential flow reducing structure which directs and guides airflow from a blower device into a roasting vessel with minimal swirl and circular flow. The tangential flow reducing structure is preferably one or... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6123971 | Home use coffee bean roasting device and method of roasting A roasting device is designed to fit and operate inside a conventional, general purpose, home oven. The roasting device utilizes the heating and exhaust system already in place for the oven allowing the roasting device to be substantially less complex and... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6106877 | Method of terminating roasting of bulk materials in real time on basis of objectively determined color of materials Bulk material formed by a multiplicity of individual moving particles is heat-treated by directing a light beam into an observation volume of the material and generating light reflections off at least one particle in the observation volume. A characterist... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6070520 | Systems for drying malt A process and apparatus for the drying or kilning of malt in a substantially continuous operation. The malt is transported through one or more separate drying zones by means of fluid bed dryer units at which time tempered or conditioned air at a predeterm... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6065226 | Coffee roaster filter, chaff collector and smoke reducer An exhaust particle and particulate containment system for a coffee roaster comprises a filter chamber for exhaust coffee roasting by-products including chaff and smoke particulates and oils is comprised of a screen for separating chaff from the exhaust c... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6051266 | Method for roasting granular material and an apparatus therefor A method for roasting granular material, such as nuts and coffee beans, and an apparatus therefor where the granular material is roasted with the aid of a mortar-shaped roast pan. The roast pan itself is heated up by hot air which is introduced into a hol... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6045851 | Method of producing puffed pasta products An improved, non-fried expanded snack product is provided which is fabricated by extruding ingredients comprising a pasta flour followed by subjecting the extrudate to a two-step drying process. The extrusion process preferably makes use of a twin screw e... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6036988 | Method and apparatus for roasting coffee beans A roasting apparatus for coffee beans comprises a housing and a horizontal drum on the housing rotatable about an axis with an opening on a first end thereof for receiving and discharging beans and a plurality of openings on a second end opposite the firs... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5972403 | Method for producing fish meal A method for removing salt and water from a fish meal production process stream without sacrificing fish protein solids that are to be recovered as final product. Fish oil and fish protein solids are allowed to separate from water in the process streams, ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5968575 | Method for injecting a product into a fluid, and an apparatus for carrying out the method In injection of steam, gas, liquid or a powdered or granulate product into a fluid in an injection apparatus having a substantially disc-shaped rotor (53), a product inlet (50) and a central product outlet (57), the injection is carried out in an annular ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5958494 | Roasting system with heat recycler A roasting system includes a roasting chamber having an air infeed vent for receiving air and a flue for directing exhaust air from the roasting chamber. An air reconditioning system coupled between the air infeed vent and the flue eliminates the need for... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5928694 | Process for preparing foodstuffs in a hot air oven An improved process for cooking foodstuffs, e.g. french fried potatoes from a cold initial state, in a hot air oven with a steam phase and a roasting phase, includes the following steps: preheating a refining chamber to a predetermined temperature, introd... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5902623 | Apparatus and method for separating chaff and roasting coffee and cocoa beans An improved apparatus for separating chaff from coffee and cocoa beans is designed for use in combination with either the hot air blowing base of the common household consumer appliance, the electrical popcorn popper or the larger volume coffee roasters. ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5840358 | Process for the preparation of an animal feed supplement based on fermentation broth A process for the preparation of an animal feed supplement based on fermentation broth is disclosed, wherein the supplement contains wholly or predominantly a fermentation product and the other constituents of the fermentation broth, which is characterise... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5744184 | Method for efficient utilization of water in processing food products Water is circulated in the processing of food products, such as rice, and in quantities sufficient to avoid undesirable clumping within processing machinery. Further, recycled water produced during the processing of food products is recirculated and reabs... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5637336 | Process for drying malt A process and apparatus for the drying or kilning of malt in a substantially continuous operation. The malt is transported through one or more separate drying zones by means of fluid bed dryer units at which time tempered or conditioned air at a predeterm... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5614239 | Method of puffing pelletized foodstuffs Foodstuff pellets are puffed by radiantly heating the pellets in a chamber to cause a rapid rise in the chamber temperature to a temperature sufficient for puffing, and once this temperature has been reached, a fluidizing flow of air is created and mainta... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5593715 | Method and apparatus for treating a pulverulent or particulate material with gas A bed plate for a fluidized bed defines a plurality of substantially uniformly distributed openings therein for allowing fluidizing gas to flow upwardly through the plate. The openings are divided into pairs and directed and shaped so that the gas flows t... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5573802 | Coffee roaster oven chamber A coffee roaster oven chamber wherein coffee beans are heated and intermixed in a fluidized bed is fabricated as a unitary structure from a transparent material that allows incandescent coils to radiantly heat coffee beans while they are concurrently heat... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5500237 | Removable coffee roaster oven chamber A coffee roaster which roasts coffee beans in a removable oven chamber employing both radiant and convection heating techniques while the beans are continually intermixed in a fluidized bed rotating in the horizontal plane. Roaster control means are provi... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5399350 | Proteinaceous oil spill dispersant The present invention relates to a substantially intact proteinaceous particulate material that is effective as an oil spill dispersant composition. In a preferred respect, the invention is a grain product (such as oats) from which lipids are removed thro... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5395635 | Method of producing white cacao nibs and food using white cacao nibs Raw cacao beans are heated in hot water or water vapor containing an acidic, alkaline or alcoholic substance without being subjected to fermentation or after being slightly fermented, whereby enzymes contained in the beans are inactivated, or microorganis... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5372833 | Roasting system and method A roasting system and method for avoiding contact between food to be roasted and combustion materials, in which a heat exchanger is heated by a heated flow from a combustion chamber and the heated flow exhausts through an exhaust outlet associated with th... | 12/13/1994 |
