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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7041175 | Method for the continuous production of hydrolytically broken down and possibly substituted starch, use of hydrolytically broken down starch and device for producing same The invention relates to a method for the continuous production of hydrolytically broken down starch or hydrolytically broken down substituted starch products such as hydroxyethyl- or hydroxypropyl starch. The invention essentially consists of carrying out most of t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 5885359 | Diffusion apparatus A diffusion apparatus for use in the extraction of sugar cane juice from "prepared" sugar cane, comprises a lixiviation tank, a diffusion tank containing imbibition water and a conveyor for conveying the sugar cane from the lixiviation tank along a serpen... | 03/23/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5073200 | Low pressure system for extraction of soluble matter from fibrous material An improved system for extracting soluble substances from fibrous material by using a plurality of maceration and compression steps thereby excerting moderate pressure on the fibrous material up to 15 bars. Arrangements are made to saturate the fibrous materia... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4664716 | System for extraction of soluble matter from fibrous material A system for extracting soluble substances from fiberous material by lixiviation is followed by various steps of compression and maceration exerting moderate compression on the fiberous material up to 14 Bar. Hereby, special arrangements are made to satur... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4452641 | Method for reducing the liquid content of sugar cane bagasse The liquid content of sugar cane bagasse is reduced by a low pressure process having a substantially longer duration than the duration of prior art high pressure liquid removal processes. For this purpose the liquid containing bagasse, as it emerges from ... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4378253 | Maceration system for milling sugar cane Disclosed is a maceration system of the type generally used in the grinding and juice extraction of sugar cane. The last mill has a roll and feed and discharge bottom rolls with elongated trash plate spanning the space between the bottom rolls. Separate t... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4311673 | Apparatus for extracting with a liquid, products which are part of solids The apparatus comprises inside a rotating drum, two conveying screws nested inside one another and a partition passing through the drum axis to form two series of succeeding cells inside which the solids and the liquid move in counter-current, two liquid ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4310361 | Sugar cane mill facilities for the extraction of sugar from sugar cane A sugar cane mill facility for the extraction with imbibition of sugar from sugar cane. This mill is characterized by the fact that it includes a fourth roller placed in front of the upper roller, against which it presses and, above the inlet roller and m... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4182632 | Diffuser A diffuser, particularly for solvent extraction, and more particularly for the extraction of sugar from sugar cane, the diffuser comprising vertically disposed annular extracting stages, each having means to move the material being processed around each s... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4147557 | Method and apparatus for feeding a sugar cane mill The feed blanket is conditioned prior to entering the mill to provide more uniformity of thickness and to control maximum thickness. Overfeeding is prevented by self-regulated by-passing of excess feed. Plural mills of a milling tandem can be made to oper... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4101285 | Methods and apparatus for extracting juices from juice-laden solid materials Apparatus and methods for extracting juice from juice-laden material are disclosed. A tank system defines a row of material treating stations. A plurality of perforated baskets are swingably mounted at respective stations, each basket being operable to re... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4043832 | Apparatus for extracting substances from fibrous materials An apparatus and process for extracting sugar from sugar cane in which a blanket of fiberized cane is passed through a series of compression and maceration operations. The compression is performed at low pressures (for example, 40 to 160 pounds per square... | 08/23/1977 |
