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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430958 | Double blade peeling device for vegetables and fruits A double blade peeling device for vegetable and fruit comprises a handle attached to a vegetable and fruit retaining member and a body of screw, the handle can drive internal gears to rotate, so as to make the retaining member and the body of screw to rotate as well... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428863 | Apparatus for peeling potatoes and the like An improved peeling machine for controlling the removal of a peeling from a food product, the peeling machine having a hopper with a supply auger that pushes a food item to a peeling chamber, the peeling chamber having a plurality of parallel longitudinal rollers ar... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7316181 | Machine to extract oil from fruit A modulating machine is used to extract and recover the essential oil from citrus fruit such as lemons, oranges, mandarins, grapefruit, etc. not removing their peel, but by microperforating it and disrupting oil cells. The oil thus extracted is trapped in water so a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300269 | Heater control for cotton candy spinner head Within a cotton candy machine a delay-on-break delay timer is used to delay the de-energization of the spinner-head motor for a predetermined period of time after the heater elements are turned off. Thus, while the heater elements are cooling down, the motor and spi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7141260 | Apparatus and method for removal of seed pericarp An apparatus and method for removing pericarp from a seed, such as a corn kernel. The method includes sonicating the kernel to loosen the pericarp and then separation of the pericarp. One example of separation is by frictional milling. An additional optional aspect ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7048960 | High lignan flaxseed product and product by process The present invention includes a high lignan concentrate (3% to 5% or greater) flax seed product, and product by process, which can be produced by 1) supplying a uniformly colored quantity of flax seeds with less than 5 percent visually darker seeds; 2) milling the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7022363 | Process and apparatus for flaxseed component separation A continuous process for separating components of flaxseed is described. Flaxseed is dried to a moisture content of from about 0.5% to about 3.0%, after which is introduced into a separation chamber having an abrasive rotator therein. As the flaxseed passes over the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008662 | Producing method and producing apparatus of rice with germinated germs Warm and wet air are applied to brown rice with germinated germs, produced by adding water to the brown rice, for removing water attached to a surface of the rice. A surface of the germinated brown rice is polished by a rice-polishing machine while remaining the ger... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6968778 | Garlic peeler A device for peeling the skins off of one or more cloves of garlic is disclosed. The device has a hollow, flexible and deformable body that has an opening formed in its wall through which one or more cloves of garlic can be inserted therein. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6951169 | Horizontal grinding type rice milling machine In a horizontal grinding-type rice polishing machine which is so configured that a grinding roller (1) installed circularly and fixedly on a horizontal rotation axis (10) is covered with a concentric cylindrical bran removing screen (S) that can be spl... | 10/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6787172 | Method of making flavedo powder for enhancement of orange juice and products thereof Disclosed are improved orange juice products and processes of preparing the products. Included is a natural enhancement powder which originates from the flavedo of citrus peel such as orange peel or tangerine peel. The peel flavedo is washed with an organic solvent ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6610345 | Method of manufacturing no-bran cereal A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing no-bran cereal such as no-bran rice which require no washing before cooking. With the method and the apparatus, bran stuck on a surface of a grain of the polished cereal is easily removed without imparting an... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6586036 | Process for increasing the rate of hydration of food crop seeds A process for significantly increasing the rate of hydration of food crop seeds, such as brown and wild rice, without loss of the nutritious and beneficial portions of the seeds, is disclosed. In this process, the seed of interest is bombarded with an abr... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6440479 | Processing of flaxseed Flaxseed husk is removed from flaxseed core by abrasion. The outer husk portion firstly removed by abrasion is separated as a mucilage fraction and a subsequently removed inner portion is separated as a fiber fraction. The fiber fraction is particularly r... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6426107 | System and method for processing citrus fruit with enhanced oil recovery and juice quality A method and system of processing citrus fruit is shown. A peeling chamber has opposing ends and a fruit inlet and fruit outlet formed at respective opposing ends. Abrasive rollers are rotatably mounted in an arcuate configuration within the peeling chamb... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6365212 | Method of making a flavedo powder for enhancement of orange juice and product thereof Disclosed are improved orange juice products and processes of preparing the products. Included is a natural enhancement powder which originates from the flavedo of citrus peel such as orange peel or tangerine peel. The peel flavedo is dried and reduced in... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6284300 | Skin loosening or removal process A process and apparatus is disclosed for loosening or removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. The process comprises subjecting the products to a jet or jets of water at ambient temperature so as to loosen or remove t... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6277424 | Pepper seed polishing machine A pepper seed polishing machine consists of a frame made from welded angle iron bars, a polishing mechanism which is a concave made from iron sieve having holes with diameter of 1.5-2 millimeters, and an agitator set. The agitator set consists of three ba... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6113908 | Methods for processing oat groats and products thereof Methods of treating dehulled or hull-less oat, i.e. oat groats, to produce oat pearlings, oat flour and oat bran products are described. Oat groats are abrasion milled to remove up to 15% by weight and produce pearled oat groats and pearlings. The pearlin... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5989614 | Method for treating a product A machine for peeling and cleaning fruits and vegetables using a plurality of rotating abrasive rollers which are each driven by an electric motor. The machine has a frame with a pair of end plates that rotatively carry the rollers. Each motor is carried ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5918819 | Devices and methods for isolating seeds of vegetables and fruits and for releasing and separating same from coats Devices and corresponding mechanical non-fermentive methods for isolating seeds from fruits or vegetables and for releasing and separating the isolated seeds from their coats, according to one embodiment the device includes a first station including a fir... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5862627 | Method for germinating dehulled brown rice This invention relates to a method for germinating dehulled brown rice comprising the steps of selecting fully matured rice having strong germination force among rice having peeled-off chaffs immersed in salty water, pounding the selected fully matured ri... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5846591 | Pretreatment process in flour milling method A pretreatment process in a flour milling method in which raw wheat grains are first polished and the polished grains are ground and milled for producing end flour, includes a first, a second, a third polishing step, and a step of adding water. In the fir... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5843508 | Potato peeling system A potato peeling system includes a drum-type batch peeler, an unpeeled potato infeed assembly upstream from the batch peeler and a peeled potato discharge assembly downstream from the batch peeler. The batch peeler includes a rotary plate and a vertically... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5780088 | Electric motor driven abrasive roller peeler and cleaning machine A machine for peeling and cleaning fruits and vegetables using a plurality of rotating abrasive rollers which are each driven by an electric motor. The machine has a frame with a pair of end plates that rotatively carry the rollers. Each motor is carried ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5776531 | Methods and apparatus for peeling potatoes and similar produce A method for dry peeling potatoes includes punching the periphery of a potato to form a partially peeled potato having a standardized dimension, moving the partially peeled potato under and over other cutting members to remove the remainder of the potato ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5773066 | Method and apparatus for carrying out pre-treatment of wheat grains for flour milling Raw wheat grains are polished after being subjected to a first water addition and being tempered, and the polished wheat grains are ground after being subjected to a second water addition and being tempered. The first water addition is to cause the raw wh... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5738894 | Skin removal process A process and apparatus for removing the skin from products such as nut kernels, beans, seeds or the like. The process comprises subjecting the products to a jet or jets of water at ambient temperature in a confined area to cause their abrasion against ea... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5702748 | Method of wet peeling for brewer's spent grain The present invention relates to an apparatus that achieves improvements in weight recovery ratio and processing capability in the separation of a protein-rich component from brewer's spent grain (BSG), without reducing the protein content in the protein-... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5700505 | Method of improving head rice yield Dehulled brown unmilled rice is exposed to ozone gas in an ozone and air gas mixture. The exposed brown rice is stored for at least a day to sufficiently affect the bran before subjecting the exposed rice to a typical milling process. The milling of the e... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5617783 | Peeler with inclined grooves in side wall A peeler uses parallel inclined valleys in a cylindrical interior surface to serve as channels. The parallel valleys are between parallel ridges or ribs. A rotary disk having a series of bumps and an abrasive surface is rotated so as to abrasively remove ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5614242 | Food ingredients derived from viscous barley grain and the process of making Disclosed are barley flour compositions having beta glucan viscosity between 100 to 3000 cps and a concentration of long chained beta glucan fibers and methods to produce these flour compositions. Also disclosed are high viscosity, low oil, barley flour f... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5573803 | Vegetable peeler Disclosed are peelers for fruits and vegetables and the like food products. The peelers are preferably tubular in shape and formed from an extruded flexible homogeneous composition. The tubular shape and its flexibility enables the inside diameter food co... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5387430 | By-product fractions from debranned wheat Selective removal of the bran layers from wheat kernels prior to tempering results in the recovery of specialty bran products consisting of the seed coat, nucellar and aledrone layers of the removed bran coat. The removed layers have a protein content of ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5377916 | Surface abrasive treatment of small objects An apparatus for use and a method of abrading small objects to remove surface material from such small objects, the apparatus including a chamber and an abrasive moving bottom that passes under a transverse wall of the chamber having an inlet and outlet f... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5361689 | Method and apparatus for blanching nuts Two counter rotating rollers are provided having elastomeric exterior coatings into which ribs and grooves are formed for intermeshing to blanch nuts at a pinch point therebetween. Grooves in the lower roller hold nuts as ribs on the upper roller pass acr... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5342640 | Process and apparatus for peeling food products such as fish, fruits or vegetables The invention relates to a method and device for peeling food such as fish, complete or not, for example sardines, herrings, anchovies, etc.; fruits such as peaches or vegetables such as tomatoes whose skin has been previously subjected to a surface treat... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5275836 | Process for treating brown rice and product thereof A rice product prepared from brown rice grains by milling brown rice grains to remove a controlled proportion of the bran layer therefrom whereby from 2% to 10% of the total weight of the rice grains is removed; hydrating the grains to increase their moisture ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 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 |
