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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430958 | Double blade peeling device for vegetables and fruits A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable and fruit retaining member and a body of screw, the handle can drive internal gears to rotate, so as to make the retaining member and the body of screw to rotate as well... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7141260 | Apparatus and method for removal of seed pericarp An apparatus and method for removing pericarp from a seed, such as a corn kernel. The method includes sonicating the kernel to loosen the pericarp and then separation of the pericarp. One example of separation is by frictional milling. An additional optional aspect ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5232697 | Processes for cleaning psyllium seeds Processes for dehusking psyllium seeds to obtain high yields of high purity psyllium seed husk. These processes comprise milling intact psyllium seeds in a mill which causes the husk to be fragmented by collision under conditions whereby the husk is fract... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5119721 | Apparatus for producing washed rice A washed rice producing apparatus includes a frame; a first tubular member, arranged within the frame, for defining a rice-washing chamber therein for washing polished rice introduced therein from one end thereof, the rice-washing chamber having a dischar... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5033371 | Process of and system for flouring wheat A wheat flouring system comprises a polishing machine for polishing wheat grains, a humidifying machine for humidifying the grains, a conditioning machine for subjecting the grains to conditioning and a milling machine for milling the grains to produce a ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4741913 | Wheat flouring process A pretreatment system for wheat to be floured comprises a plurality of friction type wheat polishing machines disposed in series relation to form a continuous wheat polishing process line. Each polishing machine includes a perforated tubular polishing mem... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4634522 | Arrangement in machines for separating materials having different aerodynamic properties An arrangement in machines for separating materials having different aerodynamic properties and employing an air current for actuating the materials. A sensor is located in the path of particles carried along by the air current, to generate electric signa... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4483244 | Rice whitening apparatus Disclosed is a rice whitening apparatus which is capable of indicating a degree of milling. The rice whitening apparatus comprises a first sensor means (1), a second sensor means (1'), a calculating means (20a) and an indicating means (23). The first sens... | 11/20/1984 |
| 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 |
| 3945312 | Apparatus for separating seed cover from endosperm of grain of various cereal crops A method is characterized by causing a container with grain loaded therein to perform two rotary motions, that is a rotary motion about its own axis and a rotary motion about an axis of rotation extending in parallel with and in the same plane as its own ... | 03/23/1976 |
