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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7152818 | Uses of white corn hybrids The present invention provides hybrid white corn that produces grain with novel compositional characteristics, such as, higher endosperm protein concentration and low levels of carotenoids. The compositional changes facilitate the use of an improved process for wet ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138059 | Environmental bioremediation using shell as an electron donor A method for in situ bioremediation of contaminants in the environment is described. The method includes adding an electron donor to ground water in an amount sufficient for a microbe in the ground water to use the electron donor for reducing the contaminant into an... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7104479 | Method for providing milling services The present invention is a short flow milling process wherein finished product is rapidly isolated and removed from the milling process flow regime at early stages. The minimization of handling and the minimization or elimination of intermixing streams of various si... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7021572 | Process and installation for warm dehulling soya The invention relates to a method for warm dehulling soya and other bean fruits and for subsequently grinding them, as well as to corresponding installation. The invention can simplify the process and the design of the installation. To this end, the fruits and heate... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6978956 | Method and apparatus for granulating plastic A granulator has a first coarse cutting stage operating at between 5 and 45 rotations per minute and a second fine cutting stage operating at two to ten times the speed of the first stage. Since granulate exiting the second stage is uniformly divided, the granulator... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6953165 | Corn milling process The present invention is a short flow milling process wherein finished product is rapidly isolated and removed from the milling process flow regime at early stages. The minimization of handling and the minimization or elimination of intermixing streams of various si... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951969 | Nucleic acid molecules which code for enzymes derived from wheat and which are involved in the synthesis of starch Nucleic acid molecules are described which encode enzymes involved in starch synthasis in plants. These enzymes are wheat isoamylases. The invention furthermore relates to vectors and host cells which contain the above-described nucleic acid molecules, in par... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6935584 | Uses of white corn hybrids The present invention provides hybrid white corn that produces grain with novel compositional characteristics, such as, higher endosperm protein concentration and low levels of carotenoids. The compositional changes facilitate the use of an improved process for wet ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936294 | Corn degermination process The present invention provides a process to remove the germ from the endosperm of a corn kernel. The apparatus of the present invention comprises frictional cylindrical rollers, each roller rotating about an axis, the axis of the rollers substantially parallel, and ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6428834 | Self-contained mobile system and method for selectively processing fresh corn A mobile system for processing raw ears of corn includes a first mobile processing trailer for receiving raw unhusked ears of corn, holding the ears and disbursing them to a husker for removing corn husks and corn silk from the ears. A conveyer takes the ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6409105 | Corn milling and separating device and method A table separator is provided, wherein the table separator comprises a plurality of solid-bottomed trays and a plurality of dimples for facilitating separation of degerminated corn into endosperm and germ fraction, the dimples being aligned in linear juxt... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6217442 | Grain processing apparatus and methods A grain processing apparatus is used in one embodiment for debranning grain to remove the bran. In another embodiment, it is used as a mill for milling flour. The processor includes a cylindrical drum with an internal rotor having a set of impeller rods. ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5884853 | Self-contained mobile system and method for processing fresh corn A mobile system for processing raw ears of corn includes a first mobile processing trailer for receiving raw unhusked ears of corn, holding the ears and disbursing the ears to a first conveyor. The first conveyor transports the ears to a second mobile tra... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5830042 | Surface abrasive treatment of small objects Rice or like small objects is milled in a machine comprising a rotating vertical drum having an endless abrasive belt. Chambers are spaced about the drum so that the belt acts as a floor to the chambers with a slight gap in between. The objects are passed... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5733592 | Method for cleaning and sorting bulk material For cleaning foodstuffs in the form of a bulk material, such as cereal grains, rice grains, soybeans, sunflower seeds, coffee beans, and the like, there is provided an optical sorting device (24, 24a, 24a') subsequent to a precleaning system (6), which en... | 03/31/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5547133 | Manufacture process for ground oat cereal A ground oat-based cereal provides a nutritional, hot meal with improved flavor, textural taste, and keeping qualities. That is, the ground oat cereal maintains its consistency and heat over a longer period of time than conventional oatmeal. The oat-based... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5505974 | Granular oat-based cereal A granular oat-based cereal provides a nutritional, hot meal with improved flavor, textural taste, and keeping qualities. That is, the granular oat cereal maintains its consistency and heat over a longer period of time than conventional oatmeal. The oat-b... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5406898 | Reforestation procedure Reforestation of cut forest regions is effected by broadcasting comminuted slash or cone-bearing roadside logging residue from delimbing of freshly-cut trees over the region from which the trees are cut. By comminuting the slash live seeds are released fr... | 04/18/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5303870 | 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... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5273764 | Method for decreasing the allergenicity of psyllium seed husk A method of reducing the allergenicity of psyllium seed husks. The method comprises selecting that portion of a quantity of coarsely ground psyllium seeds having a particle size greater than a predetermined particle size in order to selectively reduce the... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5248344 | Method for cleaning, distributing and aerating grain An improved apparatus for cleaning, distributing and aereating grain is mounted in a storage structure and includes a frustro-conical screen device secured symetrically to an imperforate funnel-shaped member. A fan assembly is secured to the funnel-shaped... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5224655 | Processes for selectively comminuting and purifying psyllium seed husk Processes for selectively comminuting impure psyllium seed husk. These processes comprise milling impure psyllium seed husk in a mill which causes the husk to be fragmented by collision under conditions whereby the mean particle size of the husk material ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5192028 | Simplified method and apparatus for producing white flour from wheat grain Apparatus and a method is disclosed for processing wheat to produce white flour by substantially removing the bran layer from the endosperm and germ portions of the wheat grain and grinding the resulting wheat product to a relatively fine state in a roll ... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5165608 | Method for the production of a starch raw material and a starch milling system The invention is directed to a new method for the production of a starch raw material for subsequently obtaining pure starch from wheat, rye, corn or barley. Fractions of starch which is damaged as little as possible are produced by means of roller grindi... | 11/24/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5115984 | Process of grinding grains A grain grinding system includes a polishing machine for polishing grains, and roll mills and sifters for repeatedly mill and sift the polished grains to provide a flour having a desired mesh size. A moisture adding device is provided for adding moisture ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5114079 | Simplified method and apparatus for producing white flour from wheat grain Apparatus and a method is disclosed for processing wheat to produce white flour by substantially removing the bran layer from the endosperm and germ portions of the wheat grain and grinding the resulting wheat product to a relatively fine state in a roll ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5106640 | Beta-glucane enriched alimentary fiber and a process for preparing the same The present invention relates to a beta-glucane enriched grain fiber, and to a process for the preparation of a cellulose-containing, beta-glucane enriched grain fiber, preferably of oats or barley, for use as food or as a raw material or additive in the ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5100062 | 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 mat... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5085785 | Process for purifying psyllium husk using liquid fluorinated hydrocarbons with different densities as separation means The present invention relates to processes for purifying impure psyllium husk using fluorinated hydrocarbons and the psyllium husk having greater than about 99% purity prepared by these processes.... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5064407 | Method of manufacturing a cellulose absorbent product An absorbent cellulose product and method of making the product. Preferably chaff and pith corncob components form the cellulose starting material which is reduced, pelletized, crumbled and classified to produce a granular product of compact bodies having... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5056721 | Method for classifying wheat kernels as hard or soft A sectioning method is described for accurately and objectively classifying individual wheat kernels as hard or soft wheat. A kernel is cut to obtain a section having a thickness in the range of about 1.3 to 4.8 microns; if the section remains intact, the... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5048760 | Process for selectively comminuting and purifying psyllium seed husk Processes for selectively comminuting impure psyllium seed husk. These processes comprise milling impure psyllium seed husk in a mill which causes the husk to be fragmented by collision under conditions whereby the mean particle size of the husk material ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4994115 | Process for producing a high total dietary corn fiber A process for producing corn fiber having a high total dietary fiber content. A dilute aqueous slurry of the corn fiber obtained from the corn wet-millng process is separated by means of a hydroclone to give a fiber fraction of enhanced total dietary fibe... | 02/19/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4881689 | Method for setting the grinding rollers in roller frames of a flour milling plant, as well as flour milling plant for performing the method In a method for setting the spacings of grinding rollers (2, 2') in roller frames (1) of a cereal milling plant, the roller frames are in each case followed by a screening system (14), from which a test signal is tapped and supplied to a computer (7), whi... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4770349 | Method for finely dividing almond shells Finely divided almond shell flour is used as an extender in plywood- and laminating-adhesives, alone or in combination with other, different, vegetable shell flours.... | 09/13/1988 |
| 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 |
