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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7959736 | Biomass processor A process (10) and apparatus (2) for extracting juice from a fibrous material. The process (10) comprises a step of feeding the fibrous material (13) into a receiving chamber (30) having a fluid contained therein. The fibrous mater... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7794547 | Flue pan washer for maple sugar evaporator The present invention is directed to an automatic washer system mounted within a maple sugar evaporator above the rear flue pan for removing niter and sediment built up during the boiling of sap. The evaporator comprises a furnace, a steam hood, a pan and a nozzle f... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7314191 | Two roll sugarcane crushing mill An improved two roll sugarcane crushing mill has two roll mill modules in tandem, each has a pair of main crushing rolls having a bottom roll and a top roll. The bottom and top rolls are rotatingly mounted in a pair of main frames and a pair of top beams at the two ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7275551 | Device for cleaning food with ozone water, and method of cleaning food using cleaning device A food washing apparatus of the invention includes an ozonized water generator (10), a cylindrical washing tank (1) in which the food materials are put and which can rotate to wash the food materials, a drainage part (4) formed at a part of the ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270749 | Pump system A pumping system comprising: (a) an inlet adapted for connection with a supply of low pressure water; (b) a filtration unit in fluid communication with the inlet, wherein the filtration unit filters impurities from the low pressure water so as to discharge a flow of... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7204795 | Deviation ring for a self-distributing centrifuge The invention relates to a deviation ring for paste comprising an annular rebound wall (2) for a self-distributing centrifuge (1). The invention also relates to a corresponding self-distributing centrifuge (1). In the deviation ring, the angle o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7160394 | Sugar juice clarifier apparatus An apparatus for the continuous process of raw mixed sugar juice clarification by means of the settlement of insoluble particles and juice precipitate in a cylindrical clarifier tank that permits non-turbulent vertical subsidation and short retention time of the sug... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7115170 | Portable bulk product melt system A bulk product melt system including a portable support platform positionable with respect to a bulk product source vessel. A water heating system is positioned with respect to the support platform and includes a water tank, which contains a volume of water heated t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083039 | Conveyor cleaning apparatus A conveyor apparatus has a conveyor cleaner assembly proximate the delivery end. The cleaner assembly has first and second parallel rotating brushes having an axis of rotation substantially transverse to the conveyor direction of travel and rotating in the same dire... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078003 | Device for the transfer of energy and/or matter between a soluble solid and a liquid The invention relates to a device for the transfer between a solid matter and a liquid, comprising an outer drum and a perforated inner drum, means for commonly rotating the drums, and means situated inside the inner drum for moving the solid matter. In between the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073433 | Auger dewatering system A system for transporting and dewatering solids in a fluid system. An auger is used to transport solids and provide first stage compaction. A dewatering plate having a restricted opening provides second stage compaction and dewatering. The auger maybe be shafted or ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067013 | Method and plant for the production of refined sugar from a sugared juice Method for producing refined sugar from sugared juice, such as raw juice from sugar cane or from sugar beet, containing sugar and impurities, which comprises the operations of: tangential filtration of the sugared juice in order to... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7033311 | Cleaning device for drum centrifuge A centrifuge having a drum rotatable in a predetermined direction about a drum axis has a cleaning device with a cleaning shaft extending generally parallel to the drum axis into the drum along a shaft axis. A pair of elongated slat-shaped cutters have inner ends fi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6928800 | Biocide applicator for sugar cane Apparatus for applying a biocide liquid composition to billets formed from sugar cane stalks. In one embodiment of the invention, the apparatus is comprised of a container for containing the liquid composition, a conduit in fluid communication with the container, an... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925929 | Screw press A screw press provided with a rear excess fluid outlet is described herein. The rear excess fluid outlet includes a circular screen provided at a longitudinal end of the screw press body, near a material inlet. Scraper blade assemblies are provided to prevent the sc... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6736903 | Method and apparatus for producing a work product A method for producing a work product including the steps of receiving a first fluid composed of a liquid, a target substance and at least one residual substance; passing the first fluid through a first work station for separating the residual substance from the fir... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6251193 | Use of spray-dried and freeze-dried sugarcane leaf essence Described are flavored calcium supplement compositions, beverage (e.g., coffee, milk, cocoa and citrus/whey protein), foodstuff, chewing gum and oral care (e.g., toothpaste and mouthwash) compositions and articles comprising flavored calcium supplements, ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6074489 | Process for recrystallizing sugar and product thereof The invention is a process for recrystallizing sugar. The invention involves admixing a first quantity of a powdered sugar and a second quantity of an adjuvant, such as an invert sugar, to provide a sugar blend. The sugar blend has up to about 3 percent m... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6019851 | Producing tastands including food and beverage additives Described is a process for producing one or more tastands including food and beverage additives from Saccharum officinarum leaves (sugarcane leaves) by means of carrying out one or more physical separation unit operations on a plurality of such leaves, ma... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5779805 | Process for recrystallizing sugar and product thereof The invention is a process for recrystallizing sugar. The invention involves admixing a first quantity of a powdered sugar and a second quantity of an adjuvant, such as an invert sugar, to provide a sugar blend. The sugar blend has up to about 3 percent m... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5772774 | Evaporator for producing maple syrup An evaporator includes a maple sap evaporating pan in fluid communication with a maple syrup forming pan, a fire box in gas communication with gas circulating adjuncts, a flue stack and chimney and an auxiliary reservoir for pre-heating the sap prior to e... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5772775 | Method of extraction of juice from sugar cane A continuous countercurrent process is provided of extracting juice from a bed of fibrous material such as sugar cane, the process comprising a plurality of stages, preferably three, with each stage including the removal of air, displacement of juice by a... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5653815 | Process for solid-liquid extraction and extraction tower for carrying out the process In a process for solid-liquid extraction, in particular of sucrose from beet cossettes, countercurrent extraction in an extraction tower is employed. The tower juice is drawn off together with the small-sized solid constituents obtained in the process, su... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5635614 | Sugar/sugar alcohol esters The invention disclosed relates to a process for the preparation of sugar and sugar alcohol esters of general formula I (R--COO--)n --R1 (I) wherein R is an alkyl group, R1 is derived from a sugar or ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5618352 | Continuously operating centrifuge for spinning sugar massecuite A continuously operating centrifuge for spinning sugar massecuite has a perforated basket which widens conically and rotates about a vertical axis. The perforated basket has a throwing-off edge from which the sugar particles are spun off outwardly and are... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5549757 | Process for recrystallizing sugar and product thereof The invention is a process for recrystallizing sugar. The invention involves admixing a first quantity of a powdered sugar and a second quantity of an adjuvant, such as an invert sugar, to provide a sugar blend. The sugar blend has up to about 3 percent m... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5476550 | Method and apparatus for extracting soluble and dispersible materials from products using a slotted scroll extractor A counterflow single-screw extractor includes a screw conveyor having a helical scroll formed from arcuate flight sections each having a plurality of elongated slots extending away from the direction of screw rotation and permitting the flow of effluent t... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5411594 | Bei hydrolysis process system an improved process for the continuous hydrolysis saccharification of ligno-cellulosics in a two-stage plug-flow-reactor system An improved two-stage dilute-acid hydrolysis process and apparatus the continuous saccharification of ligno-cellulosic biomass, or other cellulosic material feedstocks, with higher efficiency and better economics than known art, is disclosed. It comprises... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5409541 | Method and apparatus for extracting soluble and dispersible materials from products using a slotted scroll extractor A counterflow single-screw extractor includes a screw conveyor having a helical scroll formed from arcuate flight sections each having a plurality of elongated slots extending away from the direction of screw rotation and permitting the flow of effluent t... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5374316 | Method and apparatus for separation of sugarcane pith from rind An improved apparatus and method for separating milled sugarcane pith from flattened rind upon discharge from a depithing station. The method includes dividing the discharge by a fixed deflector, preferably with a blunt upstream edge, into a primary pith ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5358571 | Enhanced sugar recovery Extraction processes for the recovery of sugar from sugar cane can be improved by the incorporation of a fiber depither between one or more of the extraction mills. The cane fiber from an extraction mill is fed to a fiber depither where the cane fibers ar... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5338365 | Apparatus for conditioning confectioners' sugar and the like Apparatus for conditioning freshly ground confectioners' sugar employs a closed vessel with an inlet for unconditioned sugar, an outlet for conditioned sugar, and an agitating unit which is installed in the vessel and not only agitates the admitted materi... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5320035 | Sugar cane juice extractor An improved sugar cane juice extractor has removable crushing rollers. The juice extractor preferably includes a housing with a juice extracting compartment and a closure for accessing the compartment. The closure is preferably a clear plate which permits... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5286298 | Device and method for reducing crystal impact damage and lump formation in a sugar centrifugal An apparatus and method for reducing sugar, crystal impact damage and lump formation in a centrifugal provides a resilient barrier ring which absorbs most of the impact energy of the crystals and which deflects the crystals so they are not struck by trail... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5281275 | Apparatus and method for enhancing sugar crystal/molasses separation efficiency in a sugar centrifugal A sugar centrifugal operates at decreased speed to reduce crystal damage but suffers no loss of sugar crystal/molasses separation rate. This is accomplished by superposing a partial vacuum on the molasses chamber of the centrifugal which promotes removal ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5269849 | Apparatus and method for reducing lump formation and crystal impact damage in a sugar centrifugal An apparatus and method for reducing sugar, crystal impact damage and lump formation in a sugar centrifugal includes a resilient deflector ring which absorbs most of the impact energy of the crystals while deflecting the crystals out of the path of traili... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5266161 | Bagasse depither A method and apparatus for depithing bagasse fibers wherein a horizontal perforate surface such as a screen is provided with means for delivering bagasse onto a delivery end and the screen is given sudden vertical accelerations to accelerate the bagasse u... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5232510 | Slitting apparatus for sugarcane rind A sugarcane rind-slitting apparatus having a pair of counter-rotatable cylindrical assemblies each with a multiplicity of axially-adjustable intermeshing disks and flexible spacers, and fixed comb members between disks to guide the rind and rind strands t... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5196069 | Apparatus and method for cellulose processing using microwave pretreatment A method for pretreating a cellulosic waste product with microwaves is disclosed as well as a method and apparatus for converting cellulosic wastes into soluble saccharides. The invention greatly enhances a reaction rate for enzymatic hydrolysis. A feed m... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5196068 | Means for producing a high brix lump-free magma A water-conducting lance, fitted with a spray nozzle at an end thereof, is fixed to the top of a massecuite-separating centrifuge which has a rotating basket, to dispose the nozzle in adjacency to the top of the basket. The nozzle addresses the top of the... | 03/23/1993 |
