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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5076157 | Coffee bean polishing apparatus A green coffee bean polishing apparatus for removing silver skin from green coffee beans having the silver skins remaining after removal of parchment, comprises: a tubular member communicated at one end portion thereof with a supply port for green coffee ... | 12/31/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4913045 | Polished-rice humidifying apparatus and rice milling system In an apparatus for humidifying polished rice, a conveyor has a tubular housing which defines a predetermined transport path for the polished rice. The conveyor conveys the polished rice, while steering the same, along the transport path. A humidifier is ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4643086 | Apparatus for the mechanical treatment of food product An oscillating deck for treatment of a product such as peanuts is mounted on a main frame by air mounts. The deck is driven in linear oscillation by a pair of vibration motors. The deck supports a cascade of conveying surfaces which deliver the product to... | 02/17/1987 |
| 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 |
