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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151701 | Apparatus and process for producing surface-treated granular product and surface-treated granular product A feedstock granular substance (7) is fed into a cylindrical retention tube (3) provided with a multiplicity of retention parts (8) for retaining a granular substance (7) moving along the inner circumference thereof. In the state of havin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7690295 | Method for producing wash-free rice and apparatus therefor The present invention provides a method for producing wash-free rice which does not require washing before cooking. The method comprises the following steps: preparing polished rice from brown rice polished by a built-in rice polishing machine and sifted by a built-... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7337706 | Full automatic rice cooking apparatus The present invention is made for the purpose of providing a full automatic rice cooking apparatus that can automatically carry out all of the steps from rice measuring to rice boiling and further washing of a rice kettle after use. This purpose is achieved by an au... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7296511 | Rice hulling roll driving apparatus in rice huller In a rice huller, a first small-diameter pulley and a second large-diameter pulley are attached to a first roll shaft. A first large-diameter pulley and a second small-diameter pulley are attached to a second roll shaft. This configuration makes it possible to switc... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7246707 | Two-slat design for a small piece remover A slat arrangement for use with an apparatus that removes undesirable pieces from a plurality of pieces based upon size. The slat arrangement comprises a plurality of slats, wherein adjacent slats define a plurality of pockets. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7207882 | Textured auger trough element for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A textured trough element including a concave surface having a curved profile when viewed from a longitudinal end thereof of marginally larger diametrical extent than the circular cross section of a helical tailings auger. The trough element is positionable in a bot... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7048960 | High lignan flaxseed product and product by process The present invention includes a high lignan concentrate (3% to 5% or greater) flax seed product, and product by process, which can be produced by 1) supplying a uniformly colored quantity of flax seeds with less than 5 percent visually darker seeds; 2) milling the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028457 | Threshing plate for a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine A threshing plate installable in a housing of a tailings conveyor of an agricultural combine for causing threshing of a flow of tailings propelled through the housing by rotation of an impeller therein. The threshing plate can include a threshing surface having a wi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021572 | Process and installation for warm dehulling soya The invention relates to a method for warm dehulling soya and other bean fruits and for subsequently grinding them, as well as to corresponding installation. The invention can simplify the process and the design of the installation. To this end, the fruits and heate... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6953165 | Corn milling process 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... | 10/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6941859 | Nut hulling tub agitating fingers An agitating device is provided that may be mounted inside a rotating nut hulling tub for increasing the agitation of the nuts, thereby increasing the hulling speed, especially important for pistachio nuts. The device comprises a bracket capable of being attached to... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6886453 | Rice polisher, pre-polished rice producing apparatus, leveling device and pre-polished rice producing facility A rice polisher for polishing rice, which is a preprocess necessary for producing pre-white rice having a favorable taste by using a small amount of water, a pre-polished rice producing apparatus that uses the rice polisher, a leveling device capable of uniformly le... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6848824 | Method and apparatus for treating goods The invention relates to a method for treating food products wherein the food products are subjected to impacts, wherein the food products are placed in a container (1), are subsequently subjected to impacts through movements of the container and are finally ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6827008 | Non-washing rice manufacture apparatus and non-washing rice manufacture method The present invention intends to realize a non-washing rice presenting a good taste by performing the pressure rice washing under the most appropriate conditions in correspondence to the polished rice to be washed. Said problems are solved by a non-washing ri... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6752072 | Rice polisher, pre-polished rice producing apparatus, leveling device and pre-polished rice producing facility A rice polisher for polishing rice, which is a preprocess necessary for producing pre-white rice having a favorable taste by using a small amount of water, a pre-polished rice producing apparatus that uses the rice polisher, a leveling device capable of uniformly le... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6748852 | Rice polisher, pre-polished rice producing apparatus, leveling device and pre-polished rice producing facility A rice polisher for polishing rice, which is a preprocess necessary for producing pre-white rice having a favorable taste by using a small amount of water, a pre-polished rice producing apparatus that uses the rice polisher, a leveling device capable of uniformly le... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6647866 | Processing device for coffee beans A processing device for coffee beans to undergo a de-husking, bean-halving, membrane removing and roasting device to proceed with a de-husking, bean-halving, membrane removing and roasting step of coffee beans, wherein the de-husking, bean-halving and mem... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6539849 | Rice-polisher, pre-polished rice producing apparatus, leveling device and pre-polished rice producing facility A rice polisher for polishing rice, which is a preprocess necessary for producing pre-white rice having a favorable taste by using a small amount of water, a pre-polished rice producing apparatus that uses the rice polisher, a leveling device capable of u... | 04/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6347579 | Husking apparatus A husking apparatus supplies cereal grains between a pair of rotating rubber rolls through a guiding chute, rubs and husks them. A roll diameter marker for indicating an abrasion degree of the diameter of one of the rubber rolls is provided near the minim... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6327970 | Grain husk cracking plate A grain husk cracking plate for attaching to a chopping cylinder housing of a harvester in proximity to a shear bar to crack husks of grain moving through the harvester. The grain husk cracking plate includes a base plate adapted for directing grain throu... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6234072 | Grain husk cracking plate A grain husk cracking plate for attaching to a chopping cylinder housing of a harvester in proximity to a shear bar to crack husks of grain moving through the harvester. The grain husk cracking plate includes a base plate adapted for directing grain throu... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6076454 | Apparatus for separating the outer layers or shells from the internal seed of plant matter An apparatus for separating outer layers or shells from the internal seed of plant matter comprises a plant matter inlet (12), a seed outlet (14) and a generally vertical separating chamber (16) interposed between the inlet and outlet. The separating cham... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5873301 | Roll type husking apparatus with inclined guide chute A husking apparatus for cereals comprises a pair of rolls provided parallel to each other with a clearance therebetween, and an inclined guide chute situated above the rolls. The guide chute slides down cereal grains between the rolls, and the rolls rotat... | 02/23/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5678477 | Husking apparatus In a husking apparatus comprising: a husking portion having a pair of husking rolls which are adjustable in clearance between them and rotated in opposite directions with different peripheral speeds to perform husking of paddy grain; and a supply portion ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5511469 | Abrasive type vertical grain milling machine There is disclosed an abrasive type vertical grain milling machine in which a space formed between any two adjacent ones of abrasive rolls serves as a jet air groove. The space serving as the jet air groove is of such an axial size that grain to be milled... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5476036 | Abrading or polishing machine A screen assembly for grain husking, decorticating, polishing and whitening machines, the assembly to be mounted on a frame part of the respective machine. The assembly comprises at least two screen sectors which form a substantially cylindrical shape aro... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5427018 | Centrifugal disk for impact mills, air classifiers or the like A rotor disc for accelerating and projecting particles radially outwards off the disc toward an encircling impact element includes a rotatable disc base having radial channels for guiding particles radially outwards. The channels are formed of side walls ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5419252 | Vertical milling machine A vertical milling machine comprises a first milling part and a second milling part situated under the first milling part, the first and second milling parts having a common main shaft extending vertically. The first milling part has a supply part of grai... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5413034 | Resistance member adjusting mechanism of abrasive type grain milling machine An abrasive type vertical grain milling machine comprises a perforated cylindrical body which serves to define an outer periphery of a grain milling chamber and which has a plurality of vertically arranged resistance members projected radially into the gr... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5394792 | Bran-removing perforated cylindrical body of abrasive type grain milling machine An abrasive type vertical grain milling machine comprises a perforated cylindrical body having at least one perforated arcuate plate member which is formed therein with both a first group of elongated bran-removing holes serving to lead grain to be milled... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5390589 | Vertical pearling machines and apparatus for preliminary treatment prior to flour milling using such pearling machines A pearling machine has an abrasive type pearling roll assembly which is formed by stacking a plurality of pearling rolls via intervening air blowing spacers. Stirring bars are secured to the outer periphery of the individual pearling rolls. Resistance bar... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5361689 | Method and apparatus for blanching nuts Two counter rotating rollers are provided having elastomeric exterior coatings into which ribs and grooves are formed for intermeshing to blanch nuts at a pinch point therebetween. Grooves in the lower roller hold nuts as ribs on the upper roller pass acr... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5295629 | Vertical type grain-milling machine A vertical type grain-milling machine has a perforated bran removing cylinder arranged vertically with respect to a machine frame; a main shaft which is rotatably provided within the perforated bran removing cylinder; and a milling roll and a screw roll w... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5259303 | Rice cleaning machine A rice-cleaning machine has a flowing-down friction type rice-cleaning chamber (18) formed around the lower portion of a main vertical rotary shaft (10) a grain sending chamber (79) formed around an upper portion of the main shaft (10) for forcibly sendin... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5218899 | High efficiency centrifugal decorticator of oil grains A grain decorticating machine is provided with a distributor rotor and an impact band. The impact band further includes impact surfaces shaped in the form of an annular succession of first plates oblique with respect to the radius of the rotor, and by an ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5211343 | Cereal grain milling system with disc mill and improved bran removal machine 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... | 05/18/1993 |
