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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141799 | Process for wholegrain-conditioning of brewer's cereal grains used in beer production The invention relates to a process for whole-grain conditioning, in particular of native and malted brewing cereals. To improve the mashing process and to increase the number of brews and product quality, the brewing cereals are conditioned and subsequently fed to a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7162879 | Method and system for cooling food or feed products The invention relates to a method and an installation for cooling bulk products, especially pellets or feed cubes. In order to accelerate possible product replacement, the formed pellets are cooled in two steps, a precooler (3) directly following the forming ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6872417 | Nixtamalization process A method of saving water, wastewater, lime, and energy while increasing productivity and enhancing product quality in a nixtamalization process. More specifically, during the grain cook and steep process, the phase-separated supernate is retained for a subsequent ba... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6368649 | Method of removing the fibrous shells from cereal grains The invention relates to a method of removing the fibrous shells from cereal grains. This method according to the invention comprises a pretreatment step, wherein the moisture content of the cereal grains is increased, e.g. in the case of corn grains from... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6244528 | Method and apparatus for producing fine powder from a legume or grain A method and apparatus for producing a fine powder from a grain or legume, such as soy beans, wherein the soy beans or the like are ground under controlled temperature and humidity conditions in a mill to a particle size of between about 5 to 25 microns, ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6090603 | Method for producing enzymes and, respectively, enzyme complexes A method of producing enzymes in which plant seeds are subjected to a softening process and a germination process in an aqueous environment and wherein a substance is added to the aqueous environment at least before and during the softening process, the s... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6060102 | Method of preparing food supplement A composition and method for preparing a food supplement. The composition consisting essentially of at least 70% by weight of an oil seed constituent, at least 8% by weight of an additional plant constituent and at least 4% by weight of yeast wherein oil ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6060101 | Dietary food supplement A composition and method for preparing a food supplement. The composition consisting essentially of at least 70% by weight of an oil seed constituent, at least 8% by weight of an additional plant constituent and at least 4% by weight of yeast wherein oil ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6007860 | Preparing food supplement A composition and method for preparing a food supplement. The composition consisting essentially of at least 70% by weight of an oil seed constituent, at least 8% by weight of an additional plant constituent and at least 4% by weight of yeast wherein oil ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6001401 | Food supplement composition A composition and method for preparing a food supplement. The composition consisting essentially of at least 70% by weight of an oil seed constituent, at least 8% by weight of an additional plant constituent and at least 4% by weight of yeast wherein oil ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5709344 | Grain de-acidizing process Grain is fed from a hopper to a horizontally oriented adjustable speed steam heated auger driven by a variable speed drive. The auger is long enough (approximately twenty inches) that temperature controlled steam fed to a plurality of inlets along the aug... | 01/20/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5364471 | Process for fractionating legumes to obtain pure starch and a protein concentrate The subject invention provides, for the first time, an efficient method for obtaining high quality essentially pure starch from legumes. The method involves milling dehulled legumes to obtain a powder followed by wet separating (centrifugation) the small ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5346141 | Method for pulverizing silicon particles by fluid jet energy A jet pulverizing method is described for preparing silicon seed particles from silicon feed particles without contamination. The method comprises accelerating silicon feed particles by fluid jet energy and colliding them with each other within a pulveriz... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5271570 | Method of and system for flour milling A flour milling method and system therefor comprising the steps of separating foreign materials from raw wheat, humidifying the raw wheat, polishing the raw wheat, and conditioning the polished wheat, further comprises a step of cleaning the polished whea... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5145117 | 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 ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5094868 | Process for removal of agricultural chemicals from seed kernels A process for the removal of agricultural chemicals from seed grain kernels. The process includes removal of chemicals adsorbed to the surface of the seed by abrasion and removal of chemicals absorbed into the seed by extraction with organic solvents. Rem... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4986997 | Method of separating wheat germ from whole wheat A stepwise process for the treatment of wheat as an adjunct to conventional milling is provided which permits recovery of substantial quantities of wheat embryo and scutellum, to thereby increase the yield of premium germ while enhancing the storability o... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4746071 | Process for cracking blossom pollen A process and apparatus for releasing blossom pollen from its outer skin by a combination of drying and size reduction pressure treatment steps.... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4674691 | Dual sand reclaimer A dual sand reclaimer comprising a drum formed of an inner and outer cylinder, substantially along its length, the drum being formed into three segments, an entrance segment wherein the castings are initially deposited for removal of its green mold sand, ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4335151 | Method for decorticating seeds A method and apparatus for decorticating or peeling seeds is disclosed. The eed kernels are separated from their hulls by feeding the seeds into a turbulent flow compressed air stream in a flow passage of sufficient length to accelerate the seeds to high v... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4250802 | Apparatus for converting grain into dough This invention relates to methods and apparatus for processing grain, such as corn, into flour and dough useful in making foodstuff products, such as tacos, tortillas, corn chips, etc. In one embodiment, atmospheric pre-heating of the grain with consequen... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4221340 | Method and apparatus for producing a masa product A method and apparatus for processing raw, dry, corn kernals into a milled masa product for use in making corn chips, tortilla chips, and similar products, comprises the steps of heating and soaking such corn kernels, breaking the hulls of the soaked corn... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4181534 | Process for producing a clean pentosan enriched pericarp Process for producing a clean pentosan-enriched pericarp from mixed fibre obtained from the hydroprocessing of corn. The mixed fibre is dried to a moisture content of from about 42% to about 60% by weight and abraded so as to obtain a clean pentosan-enric... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4090669 | Process for embrittling integuments of small seeds The present invention relates to the embrittlement of the integuments of small seeds wherein the seeds are cooled by thermal shock in a fluidized bed; cooling is provided by direct injection of a cryogenic fluid flash evaporated in the fluidized bed, form... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4004037 | Peanut butter manufacture Peanut butter is prepared that has an improved flavor and an increased shelf life. The peanuts are ground in the presence of solid carbon dioxide to reduce oxidation of the peanut oil during grinding and also to reduce the amount of oxygen that is dissolv... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3979375 | Fractionation of the whole wheat kernel by pin milling A process for fractionating the whole wheat kernel into its bran, germ and endosperm components includes the steps of tempering the wheat kernel in water, pin milling the wheat kernel, sifting the milled kernal to separate the germ and bran components fro... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3965267 | Cryopulverizing and post-treatment of flavoring materials A process for comminuting flavoring materials such as spices, coffee and cocoa comprising pulverizing the flavoring material at a cryogenic temperature to form a powder and then agitating the powder until it is capable of forming an aqueous dispersion fre... | 06/22/1976 |
