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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6902750 | Method for the manufacture of process cheese A method for eliminating the uncooked curd defect in process cheese products associated with fortification of milk during the natural cheese make process. This fortification results in a significant increase in the amount of calcium bound in the casein micelle. The ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6630185 | Crystallization process using ultrasound The present invention relates to a process for the crystallization of a solid phase from a liquid, characterized in that the liquid during crystallization is subjected to ultrasound in the absence of transient cavitation. In particular the liquid is sonic... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6569341 | Osmotic distillation process A method of raising the concentration of a liquid mixture utilizes osmotic distillation to transfer a volatile liquid component from the mixture in contact with one side of a nonporous, preferably high free volume, gas permeable membrane to a strip soluti... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6299777 | Osmotic distillation process A method of raising the concentration of a liquid mixture utilizes osmotic distillation to transfer a volatile component from the mixture in contact with one side of a nonporous, preferably high free volumes, gas permeable membrane to a strip solution in ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6033700 | Demineralization of milk and milk-derived products by electrodeionization A liquid milk product, including a milk and a whey, but other than sweet whey, is demineralized by an electrodeionization process by passing the product to be demineralized through a resin bed of strong cationic exchange resin contained in an electrodeion... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6027754 | Uniform product flow in a high-electric-field treatment cell A deactivation approach for deactivating microorganisms in a high-strength-electric field treatment system, can be characterized as an apparatus for reducing microorganism levels in products. The apparatus has an inlet tube of substantially uniform cross-... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5980961 | Demineralization of sweet whey by electrodeionization Sweet whey is demineralized by an electrodeionization process by passing sweet whey to be demineralized through a resin bed of strong cationic exchange resin contained in an electrodeionization dilution compartment or through a resin bed of weak anionic a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5914021 | Apparatus and method for continuous extraction of a charged substance from a conductive fluid Apparatus and method for separating a charged substance from a conductive fluid in which the conductive fluid is transported to a charged substance separation assembly where an electrostatic field is imposed to separate the charged substance from the flui... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5824223 | Methods and apparatus for osmotic distillation Methods and apparatus are provided for osmotic distillation employing dehydrating aqueous solutions of potassium salts of phosphoric acid, pyrophosphoric acid, acetate, and blends thereof. Methods are also provided for the simultaneous osmotic distillatio... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5747306 | Process for producing 2-keto-L-gulonic acid using electrodialysis In a microbial process for producing 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (hereinafter sometimes referred to as 2KGA) by fermentation or microbial cell reaction with at least one microorganism capable of producing 2KGA, wherein the improvement comprises taking out, from... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5525365 | Method for processing food A method for processing food, and particularly fruit, wherein the leaching discharge stream is separated, for example by desalting electrodialysis, into reusable brine and residual solutions. First, the fruit is brined using conventional techniques. The f... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5503724 | Process for decaffeinating a caffeine-containing liquid Apparatus and method for decaffeinating a liquid, especially brewed coffee in which caffeine is removed by imposing an electrostatic field in counteracting relationship to the flow of the coffee and drawing the caffeine to and retaining the caffeine on an... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5443709 | Apparatus for separating caffeine from a liquid containing the same Apparatus and method for decaffeinating a liquid, especially brewed coffee in which caffeine is removed by imposing an electrostatic field in counteracting relationship to the flow of the coffee and drawing the caffeine to and retaining the caffeine on an... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5260080 | Method of processing skimmed milk Skimmed milk is subjected to acidification by electrodialysis in one or two successive three-compartment electrodialyzers. The resulting milk is at a pH of 4.5 or 2.8. Milk at a pH of 4.5 may be used for obtaining refined casein as a substitute for rennin... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5223107 | Electrodialysis method for demineralization of liquid, whey-based material A process for demineralization of whey-based material using electrodialysis. The process involves increasing the conductivity of the diluting stream, i.e, the stream containing the material to be demineralized, at one or more points in time during the ele... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4938856 | Process for mild heat treatment of a flowable fluid A process is provided for sterilizing or pasturizing aqueous fluids by reducing the pH of a fluid in a first compartment of an electrolytic cell, maintaining the fluid with the reduced pH at a sterilizing temperature for a sufficient time to reduce the co... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4936962 | Process for adjusting the pH of an aqueous flowable fluid A process is provided to adjust the acidity of a flowable fluid by the electrodialysis in a cell containing membrane pairs comprising a bipolar membrane and an ion selective membrane.... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4880647 | Process for mild heat treatment of concentrated fluids from membranes A process is provided for reducing the concentration of microbial cells in a flowable fluid by dividing the fluid into a sterile permeate and a retentate reducing the pH of the retentate in an electrolytic cell, heating the retentate to reduce the concent... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4857343 | Process for the low temperature pasteurization of liquid comestibles Liquid comestibles are electrolytically treated to lower the pH thereof and the electrolytically treated liquid comestible is pasteurizable at temperatures lower than those normally used to effect pasteurization.... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4844923 | Method for removing serum proteins from milk products A process for deproteinizing milk products, such as milk or whey, is disclosed. In connection with the steps of acidifying and heating the milk product, the milk product is also demineralized at least to some extent prior to the precipitation of the serum... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4803089 | Process for treating dairy by-products The invention relates to a process for the decationization of by-products of milk, particularly whey for cheesemaking, by ion exchange, comprising passing the by-product in liquid form successively through a weak cationic resin and then through a strong c... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4786597 | Method and apparatus for conducting catalytic reactions with simultaneous product separation and recovery Catalytic chemical and biochemical conversion reactions are carried out in a novel compartmentalized catalytic reactor which enables the energy-efficient coupling of the conversion reaction with various energy-consuming post-conversion operations. The cat... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4781809 | Recovering free organic acids from solutions in which they occur with other organic matter Processes and apparatus are disclosed for recovering free organic acids from aqueous solutions in which they occur at least in part as free acid together with other organic matter comprising: (a) passing said solution through a de-acidifying chamber (compartme... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4497836 | Modified whey product and process including ultrafiltration and demineralization A process for producing whey derived products suitable for use in infant food formulas from edible cheese whey. The cheese whey is subjected to ultrafiltration to produce a protein-rich retentate and a lactose-rich permeate. The permeate is then partially... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4492601 | Process for clarifying and desalinating sugar cane syrup or molasses Inorganic oxy-acid and organic acid impurities are removed from raw cane sugar or molasses solutions by the steps of (1) admixing with the raw cane sugar syrup or molasses solution a water-soluble chloride of an alkaline earth metal ion which reacts with ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4374714 | Process for the preservation of color and flavor in liquid containing comestibles The susceptibility to color and flavor loss of liquid containing comestibles due to oxidative deterioration during storage is reduced by placing the comestible in the cathode compartment of an electrochemical cell in which the compartments of the cell con... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4317841 | Process for the deacidification of a coffee extract A process for reducing the acidity of a coffee extract is described in which the coffee extract undergoes electrodialysis. The non-cathodic extract is collected, contacted with subdivided chitosan and, after removal of the chitosan, is mixed with at least... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4276140 | Electrodialysis apparatus and process for fractionating protein mixtures Apparatus and process for the fractionation of liquid solutions of protein mixtures which includes the steps of subjecting such solutions to electrodialysis (ED) while in the pH range of about between 5-8 until a partial or a substantially complete desalt... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4227981 | Electrodialysis of acid whey Reduction of ash and titratable acidity in liquid whey is accomplished by electrodialysis, without substantial precipitate formation, by passing at least a portion of the whey through a demineralization unit composed of a number of whey streams each bound... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4202909 | Treatment of whey A high yield of relatively pure lactose and salt products are produced from a permeate resulting from ultrafiltration of whey by precipitating calcium and citrate salts from the permeate without substantial precipitation of phosphate salts by concentratin... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4160713 | Process for electro-dialysis In a process for electro-dialysis which comprises passing an electrolyte through dilution chambers and concentration chambers formed between a large number of alternately counterposed anion exchange membranes and cation exchange membranes, and applying an... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4146456 | Process for adjusting the ash balance of cow's milk and other milks and simultaneously removing minerals from the same Cow's milk and/or its analogues are demineralized and the ash balance thereof adjusted with ion-exchange membrane electrodialysis apparatus. The method comprises demineralizing cow's milk or its analogues in a first stage consisting of one or more of elec... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4146455 | Process for treating whey A process for treating liquid whey is disclosed in which raw whey is first partially demineralized by electrodialysis and then subjected to forced flow electrophoresis to effect the separation of lactose and a simultaneous increase in the percentage solid... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4138501 | Demineralization of whey A process for the treatment of milk serum in order to obtain a demineralized milk serum, which comprises subjecting the milk serum, in a clarified and skimmed state, to electrodialysis, and then to ion exchange with the aid of a strong cation exchange res... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4110175 | Electrodialysis method An electrodialysis method for deacidifying a feedstream comprises a first cell defined by anion-selective membranes and bounded by a pair of cells defined by the anion-selective membranes and a pair of cation-selective membranes. The solution to be treate... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4015020 | Tartar removal by electrodialysis and potassium level control in wine A method of treating wine, comprising introducing crude wine to both the dilution and concentration chambers of an electrodialysis apparatus; operating said apparatus so that the potassium concentration of the wine in the dilution chamber falls to below 5... | 03/29/1977 |
