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4470345 Apparatus for peeling skins off the bulbs of onions  
Apparatus for peeling onion skins from the bulbs of onions comprising conveyor means for transporting the onion bulbs from a supply thereof and a roller conveyor including a plurality of rotatable...
4464984 Plant for the preparation of fodder  
A plant for the preparation of fodder comprising a portion of solid foodstock in the form of grains or kernels and a portion of water. The plant includes a silo for the solid foodstock, a device...
4457224 Apparatus for stripping onions  
An apparatus for stripping onions, in which an onion is withdrawn into a cylindrical onion guide path by vacuum pressure produced as compressed air is discharged at a high speed from a nozzle and...
4457221 Sterilization apparatus  
A process and apparatus for killing organisms in situ within a host by means of successive short-duration high-current-density pulses of electricity of alternately opposite polarity. These pulses...
4454804 Apparatus for incorporating additives in extruded foods  
A method and apparatus for incorporating one or more additives throughout an expanded food product. An expandable mixture of moistened farinaceous and/or proteinaceous materials is extruded at...
4450760 Apparatus for removing rot from potatoes  
An apparatus for removing decayed portions from the exterior of potatoes is disclosed. The potatoes are supported and advanced on a series of rollers some of which include a plurality of resilient...
4446778 Pasteurization system with heat recovery  
A pasteurization system for dairy farming products, comprises several basins wherein the pasteurization cycle is effected in sequence so that the heat taken from a basin during cooling phase of the...
4438681 Installation for solubilizing cocoa  
A mixture of steam and a concentrated solution of an alkali carbonate are continuously injected under pressure into a cocoa mass in a tube, whereby the carbonate reacts with the cocoa mass under...
4437396 Air heated sandwich bin  
A heated, moist air sandwich bin for maintaining sandwiches therewithin sufficiently moist and at pre-selected appropriately elevated temperatures comprising a front always open service opening...
4432276 Contrivance for heating, pasteurizing and sterilizing fluid foodstuffs  
The invention relates to apparatus for heating/pasteurizing/sterilizing fluids, which comprises a main chamber (1) in which the substance to be heated is brought into direct contact with heating...
4430933 Trimmer for vegetables using fixed shear bar and unsharpened rotary members cooperative therewith  
A machine for accomplishing the removal of leaves and other unwanted portions from vegetables comprising an elongate shear bar having two opposed, machined edges and a pair of elongate members...
4430925 Pressure vessel with improved security  
A rotatably supported pressure vessel is disclosed for treating product under high pressure. A pressure medium is supplied to the pressure vessel through two separate supply conducts feeding the...
4418089 Method and apparatus for producing a cellular food product  
A method and apparatus for producing a cellular chocolate product in which a supply of chocolate is heated to bring it to a molten state, a gas which is largely soluble in the chocolate is...
4401019 Apparatus for thermochemical treatment of crushed straw and or dry fodder mixtures  
An apparatus for thermochemical treatment of crushed straw and/or dry fodder mixtures comprises a vessel which is vertically mounted and is formed by a series of vertically communicating chambers....
4393756 Steam peeling or cooking apparatus  
A steam peeling or cooking apparatus for plants, such as potatoes, carrots, celery, red beets, Swedish turnips, apples and the like or for pulp, provided with a substantially cylindrical peeling...
4392418 Cooking apparatus  
An apparatus for cooking large quantities of a food product such as corn. To ensure that the individual particles of the food product being prepared will not stick together and will be uniformly...
4387630 Food processing with steam  
The continuous processing of food products with steam, such as for blanching or cooking of vegetal products. The apparatus comprises a heating module and holding module. The heating module includes...
4381703 Vertical soak tank with improved levelling and weighing apparatus  
A vertical soak tank wherein a downwardly moving compact bed of solids is contacted with liquid which floods the bed, includes mechanical components to level the solids and assure that they are...
4380127 Dehydrator apparatus with unidirectional air flow control means  
A dehydrator apparatus for foodstuffs and the like comprising a generally cylindrical tubular housing having a motor driven fan disposed generally centrally therein and above a base wall portion. A...
4375185 Milk sterilizing apparatus  
This invention concerns the heating of a liquid, such as milk, by steam infusion and involves the formation of the liquid into a descending curtain that is initially generally frusto-conical in...
4371117 Production of powdered sugar  
In a process for the production of powdered sugar, and an apparatus for carrying out the process, refined crystalline sugar is pulverized in a disintegrator positioned above a discharge hopper...
4361084 Industrial peeler for onions or the like bulbous and tuberous vegetation  
Vegetables such as onions are rotated about their axes which are vertically oriented. As the vegetables move from an orienting unit to a cutting/notching mechanism, their rectilinear movement is...
4357863 Settable orifice  
An adjustable orifice in the steam supply line to a gelatinizer has a pair of facing flanges. An orifice plate between the flanges is adjusted with the orifice offset to the bore through the...
4355572 Apparatus for separating the pulp from the skin of fruit such as tomatoes  
Apparatus and methods are described for separating the pulp from the skin of fruit, such as tomatoes, in which each fruit is gripped and transported by mechanism along a predetermined path, a cut...
4352325 Apparatus for processing whole beets  
Whole beets are graded by size and fed one at a time to a bank of beet cutting assemblies. The whole beets are cut into a cylindrical plug member and a plurality of segment members. The plug...
4344359 Automatic machine for peeling hard-boiled eggs  
The invention relates to an automatic machine for peeling hard-boiled eggs. The machine comprises a frame 3, a rotating stand comprising a plate 14 mounted at an end of a vertical shaft 7 rotating...
4326455 Continuous production of grain products  
Embodiments of this invention include methods and apparatus for the production of flour from which products such as corn tortillas, tortilla chips, "taco shells", and the like, may be produced, in...
4325296 Apparatus for adjusting internal pressure of aseptic storage tank  
A method and apparatus for supplying and maintaining an aseptic gas atmosphere in a storage tank for spoilable contents such as foodstuffs and the like. The aseptic gas is supplied from a container...
4313372 Citrus processing system and method  
A system for processing citrus fruit includes a juice extractor and finisher from which wet peel and pulp and finished juice are obtained. The stream of wet peel pulp is separated into press liquor...
4311089 Method and apparatus for peeling of shells of boiled eggs  
Peeling of the shells of boiled eggs is realized continuously, promptly and simply by introducing the boiled eggs into a cylinder through which water is flowing, the cylinder performing circular...
4306815 Apparatus for processing materials which are difficult to expand with gas and/or liquid, in an expanded layer  
Fluid bed processing of products not having suitable properties for fluidization, where gas expansion is not successful. The combined influence of gas expansion and mechanical mixing in the...
4302111 Method and apparatus for the continuous production of thermally processed food slurries  
Crop foods such as peanuts, soybeans, peas, and the like, are ground and processed in a rapid, continuous, in-line production system. The food material is converted into a thermally processed...
4300448 Apparatus for extracting pulp from citrus fruits  
An apparatus for extracting the pulp from citrus fruits for the preparation of a fruit drink containing separate juice vesicles or sacs of the pulp comprises a plurality of clamps mounted on the...
4300447 Nut blancher  
A device and a method for either the continuous or the batchwise removal (blanching) of skins from peanuts and other nut products are provided. The nut blanching device includes a rotatable...
4294861 Method of separating and taking out pulp from citrus fruits  
A method and an apparatus for processing citrus fruits into a drink, which is the juice of the fruits containing separate juice vesicles, or sacs, of the pulp, by cutting the fruits into pieces and...
4294168 Insertable article for altering the cure rate and chemical composition of an object  
Disclosed herein is an insertable article for altering the cure rate and chemical composition of an object thus pierced which includes an elongated shaft, preferably formed from heat conductive...
4291617 Pressurized injection steamer  
A pressurized injection steamer for heating food items such as pastries, rolls or the like to render them appetizing both in appearance and taste. The steamer includes a pressurized steam...
4284359 Agglomerization system for intermixing edible ingredients  
An agglomerization system for intermixing edible ingredients comprising a chamber wherein various different edible ingredients are intermixed with steam, the latter of which is provided into the...
4265766 Chicken marinade draining system  
A marinade draining system comprising an inner receptacle having draining slots in its bottom side inserted into an outer receptacle, side supports capable of maintaining the inner receptacle...
4257320 Whole fruit peel oil extractor  
Parallel horizontal toothed rolls form bights therebetween for reception of non-spherical citrus fruit such as lemons. A body of liquid submerges the toothed rolls so that puncturing of the peel of...
4254699 Liquid-solid contacting apparatus  
There is disclosed an apparatus for treating a downwardly moving, compact bed of solid particles by contact with a flooding liquid, e.g., corn solids are treated with an aqueous solution of lime....
4248141 Method and apparatus for debittering soybeans  
A method and apparatus for debittering soybeans and the like to destroy and extract the bitter taste therefrom caused by enzymes lying next to the bean surface directly beneath the skin. Soybeans...
4246838 Multi-row dough slitting apparatus  
Apparatus for slitting the upper surfaces of a plurality of parallel rows of proofed dough pieces on a conveyor, including a plurality of spray nozzles respectively in general vertical alignment...
4246836 Apparatus for processing particulate solids  
Reactors in which solids can be processed by fluid-solids contact. The reactors include a shell housing a rotatable, movable assembly or rotor for supporting a bed of solids and for displacing the...
4245552 Protein texturization  
A bland protein product having a texture and mouth feel simulating animal meat is prepared from a dough-like mixture of proteinaceous material and water. The proteinaceous material can comprise...
4237782 Vegetable processing machine with product mobilizer apparatus  
A processing machine for washing, scrubbing, or peeling products, such as vegetables or fruit, comprises a plurality of elongated rotatable processing rollers (with brushes or abrading elements...
4236541 Apparatus for washing and drying food products  
The invention relates to an apparatus for washing and drying vegetables and fruit. It includes a closed prism-shaped container in which is housed a rotatable cylindrical container provided with a...
4233016 Food product forming apparatus  
A forming device for providing a substantially cylindrical side wall on the exteriors of each one of successive food product mixtures or slurries discharged from a nozzle orifice in a food product...
4226179 Apparatus for applying sprout inhibitor  
A method and apparatus for application of sprout-inhibiting chemical agents to surface-sprouting produce. Liquid sprout-inhibiting chemical such as isopropyl N-3 chlorophenylcarbamate (CIPC),...
4213941 Solvent immersion extractor  
The immersion extractor is designed for use with a solid material containing an extractable component and includes a plurality of adjacent chambers each formed to contain a liquid solvent bath for...