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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419108 | Corn fractionation process A method of corn fractionation wherein the resulting high starch concentration endosperm is subsequently used for ethanol production or dry milling is described. The method includes: providing substantially cleaned corn kernels, tempering the corn; screen processing... | 09/02/2008 |
| 6199777 | Flour milling method having a sorting step for raw wheat grains and flour milling system adopting the method A flour milling method and a flour milling system are provided, in which a plurality of milling steps whose milling degrees are different from one another are performed sequentially from an upperstream to a downstream, each of the milling steps including ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5544823 | Mill for the production of milled grain products and grain milling system The invention is directed to a new method for producing milled grain products such as flour, semolina, middlings, etc., wherein the material is repeatedly ground by means of rolls and sifted with the system of advanced milling. It is suggested that the ma... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5542612 | Apparatus for dehulling grass seed An apparatus for dehulling grass seed utilizing a vibrated housing having an elongated chamber. The interior of the chamber is accessible through openings or ports that provide a plurality of entries and exits for the processing of grass seed. Grass seed ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5373997 | Method for the production of milled grain products and grain milling system The invention is directed to a new method for producing milled grain products such as flour, semolina, middlings, etc., wherein the material is repeatedly ground by means of rolls and sifted with the system of advanced milling. It is suggested that the ma... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5250313 | Grain milling and degermination process A degerminating process wherein the grain kernels are crushed from the thin edges toward the center while avoiding crushing of the relatively flat side surfaces. The crushing force fractures the endosperm under and around the germ and squeezes the germ aw... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5158237 | Cereal grain cleaning system A method for cleaning a cereal grain such as wheat includes the steps of separating a quantity of incoming wheat into a light fraction and a heavy fraction. The light fraction is then cleaned by passing it through a vertically oriented treatment chamber d... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4956190 | Tempering and milling of edible grains and leguminous materials with reducing agents and methods of making alimentary products The invention relates to improvements in flour, and pasta produced therefrom, wherein the flour is produced by milling of grains and legumes previously tempered in the presence of a reducing agent. The reducing agent can be, for example, sodium metabisulf... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4942717 | Process for the preparation of sterilized plant matter A process for the preparation of sterilized plant matter consisting of the steps of; treating coarse chopped plant matter with heat to achieve dehydration, compression filling airtight fiber reinforced plastic bags with dehydrated plant matter, injecting ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4757948 | Process for producing a high total dietary corn fiber A process for producing a high total dietary corn fiber. Undried corn fiber obtained from the corn wet-milling process is separated by means of a sifter to give a coarse fiber fraction of enhanced total dietary fiber content. The coarse fiber fraction is ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4744523 | Whole ear corn conversion method employing breaking of whole ears before shelling kernels and grinding cobs Whole ears of corn are converted to a desired particulate feed material in a machine which first preconditions the whole ear by breaking it into several smaller pieces before its cob and kernels are separated from one another and respectively ground and c... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4691866 | Generation of seed particles A gun-target apparatus and method for producing silicon seed particles from silicon feed particles comprising accelerating silicon feed particles from a container and propelling them into a silicon target in a target chamber. The target is movable within ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4363448 | Milling of cereals and the like A process and apparatus is disclosed for milling cereal in a milling plant having a control device, such as a computer device, for controlling various process elements of the plant and the operative parameters of those process elements, in which the chara... | 12/14/1982 |
