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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6951169 | Horizontal grinding type rice milling machine In a horizontal grinding-type rice polishing machine which is so configured that a grinding roller (1) installed circularly and fixedly on a horizontal rotation axis (10) is covered with a concentric cylindrical bran removing screen (S) that can be spl... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6832545 | Apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal An apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting any damage on the surface, and further moist... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6368649 | Method of removing the fibrous shells from cereal grains The invention relates to a method of removing the fibrous shells from cereal grains. This method according to the invention comprises a pretreatment step, wherein the moisture content of the cereal grains is increased, e.g. in the case of corn grains from... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5773066 | Method and apparatus for carrying out pre-treatment of wheat grains for flour milling Raw wheat grains are polished after being subjected to a first water addition and being tempered, and the polished wheat grains are ground after being subjected to a second water addition and being tempered. The first water addition is to cause the raw wh... | 06/30/1998 |
| 4996917 | Apparatus for splitting closed shell pistachio nuts There is provided an apparatus for splitting closed pistachio nuts in a controlled manner such that the longitudinal sutures of the nuts will be cracked open. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing wih a mandrel mounted for rotation therein to provi... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4693903 | Sesame seeds husking method A method for husking sesame seeds, characterized by the fact that the sesame seeds, previously freed from their impurities, are introduced into an attrition apparatus. By carrying out a simultaneous water and water steam injection in a proportion such tha... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4681029 | Apparatus for treating soybeans During processing the soybeans are heated-up in a first of two successively arranged fluidized beds with a rapidity such that the hulls loosen or detach from the seeds and there is obtained a honogeneous heating of all of the soybeans. The heated-up soybe... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4505196 | Sonic seed dehulling system A batch seed dehuller for seed testing purposes is provided and includes an upright cylindrical chamber merging downwardly into the upper major diameter end of an inverted frusto-conical chamber which in turn merges downwardly into a downwardly opening ge... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4488481 | Apparatus for producing rice of superhigh gloss A method of producing rice of superhigh gloss wherein rice grains which have been polished to a yield of below 96% with respect to brown rice are cooled below 25° C. by supplying to the rice grains a current of cooling and humidifying air of a humidity c... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4381703 | Vertical soak tank with improved levelling and weighing apparatus A vertical soak tank wherein a downwardly moving compact bed of solids is contacted with liquid which floods the bed, includes mechanical components to level the solids and assure that they are maintained in a first-in first-out basis by an incoming mater... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4357864 | Pneumatic grain conveyance rice mill A rice mill comprising grain feed means, grain husking means connected to said grain feed means, paddy removing means connected to said grain husking means, first grain elevating means connected to said paddy removing means, grain polishing and whitening ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4155295 | Rice pearling apparatus A rice pearling apparatus of the type including a pearling chamber formed by a pearling roll and a multiple-holed debranning-pearling cylinder surrounding the roll, and a device for feeding rice to the pealing cylinder, further comprises a device for supp... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4139647 | Method of preparing a fruit or vegetable puree Whole (unsliced) fruit or vegetable product is introduced into a chamber wherein an enzyme inactivating environment has been established and which is maintained by a constant flow of a hot dry inert gas. The product is sliced by hot knives into small piec... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4133257 | Rice pearling apparatus with humidifier A rice pearling apparatus with a humidifier includes a humidifying section comprising a humidifying line open into an essential part of one of pearling chambers in a series of pearling units, and perforated walls for debranning-pearling cylinders provided... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4092911 | Blanching apparatus Blanching apparatus comprising a sealed compartment having steam manifold spaced throughout and a conveyor system therein for transporting produce such as vegetables from one end to the other for exposure to the steam. Sealed portals permit the entry and ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 3981234 | Apparatus for the preparation of a soybean beverage base Soybean dehulling, blanching and grinding apparatus is provided for preparation of a relatively coarse ground slurry consisting of water and approximately 12% by weight of bean tissue. Soybeans having a moisture content of approximately 13% are dehulled i... | 09/21/1976 |
