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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7192524 | Method for processing sugar cane filter cake mud and extracting component products A process for the continuous treatment of sugar cane filter cane mud separates and extracts components including fiber which can be used as an animal feed or a source of energy generation, lignin, beta-carotene, oil containing a high content of phytosterol, refined ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7021089 | Laundry appliance A laundry appliance such as a washing machine includes an outer housing and a drum rotatably mounted therein. The drum has an inner wall and an outer wall separate from the inner wall, the inner and outer walls being perforated to allow washing liquid to flow into a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6440222 | Sugar beet membrane filtration process A process for producing sugar from beets includes the step of filtering a sucrose-containing feed juice, which has been obtained from macerated sugar beets, through a first ultrafiltration membrane that has a first molecular weight cutoff. This ultrafiltr... | 08/27/2002 |
| 5900156 | Ultrasonic loading control for centrifuge basket A loading control system for a centrifuge used in, for example, a sugar refining operation, optimizes the introduction of product to be centrifuged. A loading system has an ultrasonic loading probe, a sound tube for delivering the sound signals to the sug... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5868851 | Process for production of solid glucose A process to produce solid glucose from a hydrolyzate consisting of a mixture of glucose, water, and an acid used in the hydrolysis of a biomass material is covered herein. In the process, the hydrolyzate is concentrated, as required, to form two phases: ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5865899 | Process for refining a raw sugar, particulary raw sugar from the sugar cane sugar industry A process for refining a raw sugar, particularly raw sugar from the sugar cane sugar industry, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: (a) remelting of the raw sugar for obtaining a raw sugar syrup, (b) carbonatation or phosphatation of said raw sugar syru... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5674322 | Process for the centrifugal treatment of a suspension containing starch In the process, a starch-containing suspension 1 is divided at admixture of washing liquid 5 in a centrifuge "A" into starch-containing concentrate 2, a first liquid phase 3 with primarily dissolved substances and a second liquid phase 4 with primarily un... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5480491 | Process for the preparation of crystalline lactulose from commercial syrups The following description sets forth a new process for the preparation of ࣙ98.5% pure crystalline lactulose from commercially available aqueous syrups having the following composition: 50-70% by weight of lactulose, 3-9% by weight of lactose, 3-14% by w... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5468300 | Process for producing refined sugar directly from sugarcane Refined sugar is produced directly from sugarcane without using conventional refining processes. Clarification of extracted cane juice is obtained either by ultra-centrifugation or ultra-filtration, and removal of certain compounds responsible for adverse... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468301 | Process for producing refined sugar Refined sugar is produced without using conventional refining processes. Clarification of melted raw cane sugar is obtained either by ultra-centrifugation or ultra-filtration, and removal of certain compounds responsible for adverse color quality and visc... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5454875 | Softening and purification of molasses or syrup A method is disclosed for softening and purifying molasses or syrup to obtain a clarified syrup that can then easily be handled by conventional ion-exclusion or other techniques for recovery of sugar. The process comprises steps that can be performed at a... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5439526 | Process for fractionating wheat flours to obtain protein concentrates and prime starch Disclosed and claimed is a rapid, simple process for fractionating wheat flour into components comprising protein concentrates and prime starch. The claimed method utilizes minimal water and produces a low waste water load. Flour and liquid are mixed to f... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5382294 | Chromatographic separation of organic non-sugars, colloidal matterials and inorganic-organic complexes from juices, liquors, syrups and/or molasses The object of the present invention is to chromatographically separate the higher and lower molecular weight components of juices, liquors, syrups and/or molasses (e.g., inorganic-organic complexes and organic non-sugars), thereby permitting the lower mol... | 01/17/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5286299 | Apparatus and method for providing reduced crystal damage in a sugar centrifugal An apparatus and method for providing reduced crystal damage in a sugar centrifugal includes provisions for avoiding scratching and other crystal damage by eliminating asperities and sharp edges at the transition between the screening zone and the dischar... | 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 |
| 5244502 | Continuously operating centrifuge A continuously operable centrifuge for spinning off sugar massecuite has an upwardly conically expanded strainer basket (20) mounted for rotation about a vertical axis (16). A downwardly conically expanding massecuite distributor (40) rotating with the ba... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5213832 | Process for the recovery of sugar from sugar fines produced during the sugar-coating of cereal In a process for applying a sugar solution to the surface of a cereal product, drying the sugar-coated cereal, collecting the fines produced therefrom and recycling the collected fines back into the original sugar solution the improvement that the fines c... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5209856 | Process and device for continuous crystallization of a massecuite A process and device for the crystallization of sugar syrup is described. Sugar syrup is cooked to provide a massecuite. Thereafter, the massecuite is subjected to at least one stage of continuous mixing under vacuum to promote crystallization of the mass... | 05/11/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5114489 | Means for producing a high brix sugar liquid An annular compartment is disposed below the mixing ring of a rotating-basket, massecuite-separating centrifuge, to receive the magma therein. Eductors arrayed in the compartment receive hot water, and ingest magma, to eject the mix therethrough and to ce... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5104453 | Method and apparatus for eliminating liquid components and fine-grained components from a sugar suspension In a method and apparatus for eliminating liquid components and fine-grained components from a sugar suspension, control variables for controlling the centrifuge are obtained from a measurement of the quantity of material per unit of surface area in the f... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4955363 | Process of recovering lactose from whey A method of recovering lactose from milk whey or cheese whey with a high yield, wherein the whey is concentrated, part of the lactose is crystallized, and the crystals are separated and dried; the mother liquor is purified by heating it to about 60° to 7... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4758283 | Process for preparing L-rhamnose This invention relates to a process for readily and efficiently preparing L-rhamnose with the use of a marine alga belonging to the family Monostromaceae, Ulvales. According to the process of the present invention, rhamnan sulfate is extracted from a mari... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4488912 | Preparation of high fructose syrups from citrus residues The sugar content of citrus press liquor is enhanced by separating citrus solids, extracting fructose, glucose, and sucrose from the solids, and recombining the aqueous extract to increase the sugar content thereof. By inversion of the sucrose present in ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4448790 | Process for fractioning grain flour into components of food quality The present invention is concerned with a process by means of which the fraction of grain flour that remains after separation of the main part of the starch and of the gluten-type protein, when the grain contains gluten, is divided into two products of fo... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4339280 | Process of producing a seeding magma for seeding a solution of a crystallizable product A seeding magma for seeding a solution of a crystallizable product is prepared from a suspension the crystals in a liquid phase. This suspension is delivered into a continuously rotating conical basket of a centrifugal drier. The basket has an upper outpu... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4325743 | Process for the enhancement of caramel colorant Disclosed is a process for the rapid enhancement of caramel colorant which comprises passing a liquid containing caramel colorant through a size exclusion chromatographic material while subjecting the liquid to centrifugal forces. The process for the enha... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4118248 | Automatic discharge centrifuge and method A method for releasing compacted sugar crystals from a screen after centrifugation uses braking force for stopping rotation of the centrifuge. The brake stops rotation of the screen without simultaneously stopping rotation of the crystals accumulated adja... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4101338 | Process for recovering useful products from carbohydrate-containing materials Process for fractionating carbohydrate-containing materials, such as molasses, by contact with an ion exclusion resin wherein a first portion of the material and a second, less dense portion of the material are sequentially fed to the resin. This scheme o... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4052304 | Preheating device for centrifugal An air and massecuite warming device comprising a pair of nested, concentric frusto-conical tubular members positioned above a massecuite separating centrifuge in which steam is directed into the chamber formed between the nested members. The steam is dis... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4046590 | Process for the production of a colorless sugar syrup from cane molasses A process for producing a colorless low-ash, high-purity sugar syrup from cane molasses wherein centrifuged molasses is acidified and treated with an ion exclusion resin. The resin is then eluted with water, and fractions of similar compositions are combi... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4039348 | Treatment of raw sugar juice A method of, and a system for, processing or treating raw sugar juice wherein raw sugar juice produced in a crushing mill is delivered to a first section of a partitioned surge chamber from which section it is withdrawn and subjected to a degritting proce... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4036694 | Process for beet sugar production Beet juice is purified, then concentrated and treated in several steps for boiling and centrifugal separation to effect recovery of sucrose therefrom. The molasses remaining after the separation of sucrose from massecuite is treated with -galactosi... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4033879 | Centrifuge, especially sugar centrifuge The present centrifuge is especially adapted for centrifuging massecuite in the production of sugar. Two functional and structural units are separated from each other in such a manner that each unit may be supported independently of the other unit, yet so... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4009045 | Continuous crystallization process and apparatus Sugar is continuously crystallized from a sugar bearing solution in a single stage vacuum pan by a method and apparatus comprising means for and the steps of continuously supplying a sugar bearing solution of a constant, desired purity to the vacuum pan b... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4008098 | Process and apparatus for continuously producing a high concentration sugar solution A high concentration sugar solution is produced by contacting sugar crystals as they emerge from a centrifuging basket, with pressurized solvent liquid sprayed from a plurality of nozzles to form a turbulent mist of solvent and to envelope the sugar cryst... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3994743 | Clarification and treatment of sugar juice Method and apparatus for treating fresh, unheated sugar cane juice which involves adding a sufficient amount of an aqueous alkaline slurry containing powdered active carbon to the juice to raise the pH of the juice to 6.8-8.5. The resulting mud is separat... | 11/30/1976 |
