| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 241006000 | Cereal and other seeds or seed parts | 18 |
| 20090140084 | Apparatus and Process for Producing Crushed Product, Crushed Product and Processed Good - A nondenatured ground matter with high quality is produced through efficient grinding while preventing overheating by, even in the case of grinding a material to be ground having a flexible thin film, such as cereal grain, efficiently crushing the thin film of low grindability to thereby obtain a ground matter of fine grains with uniform size by the use of simple apparatus and operation. A raw material is fed through raw material supply channel ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090294558 | APPARATUS FOR CRUSHING GRAINS AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an apparatus for crushing grains, and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a driving mechanism, a plurality of shafts and a plurality of rollers. The driving mechanism is coupled to and configured to rotate at least one shaft of the plurality of shafts. Each roller of the plurality of rollers is axially coupled to a shaft of the plurality of shafts. A protruding member of a plurality of protruding members extends from a first roller of the plurality of rollers and intermeshes with two adjacent protruding members of a plurality of protruding members that extend from a second roller of the plurality of rollers to form an intermeshing mechanism. The first roller and the second roller are separated by a predefined clearance distance. The intermeshing mechanism crushes the grains based on the rotation of the first roller and the second roller. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110278383 | Process and device for producing flour - The process according to the invention for producing flour, in particular whole grain flour, from cereal, in particular from wheat, comprises a plurality of steps. In a first step, there follows the removal of an outer layer of at least one grain, in particular a cereal grain, wherein some of the endosperm is also removed. The removed outer layer comprises 5% by weight to 40% by weight of the grain, based on the grain before the removal, preferably 15% by weight to 30% by weight, particularly preferably 18% by weight to 28% by weight, and very particularly preferably 20% by weight to 25% by weight. These removed parts of the grain are comminuted, in particular during the removal of the outer layer. Then there follows conveying the comminuted removed outer layer and the grain into a milling device and milling the comminuted removed outer layer and the grain, in particular a mixture thereof, in the milling device to form flour, in particular whole grain flour. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110284670 | NUT GRINDER - A nut grinder includes a nut auger, a stationary grinding plate, and a rotatable grinding plate configured to grind nuts. The nut auger and rotatable grinding plate may be adapted to receive rotational power from a human user or a mechanical source. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120074247 | WHEAT WITH ALTERED BRANCHING ENZYME ACTIVITY AND STARCH CONTAINING PRODUCTS DERIVED THEREFROM - Wheat having a reduced level of SBEIIa activity, that may have a relative high amylose content. Wheat having a mutant SBEIIa gene in the A genome. The wheat might additionally have reduced levels of SBEIIb activity. The wheat grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in the amylopectin synthesis pathway, and may also have a high relative amylose content. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20130112785 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SAMPLE FRACTURING - An apparatus is disclosed which may be used to homogenize a sample in a container. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a container and a cap with a fracturing member rigidly attached to the cap such that the fracturing member engages a sample as the cap is coupled to the container. In an example embodiment, the container is a test tube and the sample is a seed, such as a corn kernel. Methods of fracturing samples in containers with fracturing members rigidly attached to caps are also disclosed. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20140203118 | APPARATUS TO CONTROL THE DISPENSING OF A PRECISE AMOUNT OF GROUND COFFEE INTO AN ESPRESSO PORTAFILTER BASKET - A coffee-measurement apparatus ( | 07-24-2014 |
| 20150321196 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLOUR AND/OR SEMOLINA - A material bed roller mill for comminution of grain in a material bed. The material bed roller mill comprises rollers, at least one feed opening, a draw-in region between the rollers, a grinding gap between the rollers and at least one delivery opening. The material bed roller is configured, during operation, to produce a material bed in the draw-in region and to draw grain from a surplus thereof by a filled material duct or hopper. A specific grinding force of the material bed roller mill can be set in such a way that grain is heated, during the grinding operation, by less than 30° C., preferably by less than 15° C., to the temperature of the grain before the respective grinding. | 11-12-2015 |
| 241007000 | With operation to detach or loosen adhering hull portion | 1 |
| 20150028139 | Grain Crushing Apparatuses and Processes - Disclosed are grain crushing apparatuses and processes for processing grain. In one embodiment, a grain crushing apparatus includes a first and second sidewall spaced apart from one another a throat dimension in a first direction, and a first and second support shaft positioned transverse to the first and sidewall. The grain crushing apparatus also includes a first and second grain crushing roller. The grain crushing rollers are intermeshed with one another and maintained at positions spaced apart from one another such that they overlap by a distance less than the tooth height. The process is a method for the grown and harvested grain to be shelled, cleaned, stored and then incrementally or iteratively crushed by the shown apparatus or an equal type such that the crushed grain of various sizes may be separated by a sieve and remain as crushed grain with the germ protected uncut, unruptured and intact. | 01-29-2015 |
| 241008000 | With application of fluid to, or heating or cooling of, whole seed | 3 |
| 20090078802 | METHODS FOR PREPARING OAT BRAN ENRICHED IN BETA-GLUCAN AND OAT PRODUCTS PREPARED THEREFROM - Dry milling methods for preparing oat products enriched in the content of β-glucan and methods for preparing foodstuffs incorporating such an enriched oat product especially ready-to-eat cereals are provided. Heat conditioned dehulled oats are dry milled to form a coarse whole non defatted oat flour and then, without a preceding removal of fat, dry fractionated into coarser bran and finer oat flour fractions at multiple stages. The coarse oat flour is first dry classified to separate or form a coarser fraction oat bran containing more concentrated β-glucan and a finer oat flour or starch containing or endosperm containing fraction. The oat bran is fractionated into a coarse and fine oat bran sub-streams. The oat bran sub-streams are each is subjected to second roller milling step and then bolted. The second bolting of oat bran is then subjected to a third round of milling and classification to form a high β-glucan content (>7-9%) oat bran and a low β-glucan content (3%) oat flour. The methods are low cost and commercially practical. Preferably, the high β-glucan content oat bran and oat flour fractions can have a syringic acid to ferulic acid ratio of at least 2.5:1 indicating improved flavor. Preferably, the oat bran and oat flour have a Farinograph value of 5 to 20 minutes indicated partial gelatinization. The oat bran and oat flours can be used to prepare foodstuffs such as ready-to-eat cereals. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20120032007 | METHOD OF PREPARING A LIQUID EXTRACT OF CEREAL GRAIN AND APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR USE IN SUCH METHOD - The present invention provides a continuous method of preparing a liquid extract of cereal grain by comminuting cereal grain at a rate of at least 100 kg of dry cereal grain per hour and extracting the comminuted cereal grain with a liquid, said method comprising:
| 02-09-2012 |
| 20160128365 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR WHEAT MILLING - Processes and systems for commercial scale milling of wheat are disclosed. Processes include multiple tempering steps of controlled duration and cubing of the wheat kernel between two tempering steps. The cubing between the tempering breaks the kernels, or stresses the kernels, in a manner that enables a high degree of separation of the bran and endosperm early in the flour production process. An embodiment includes tempering for a first period between hour and 2 hours, cubing in a roll crusher with longitudinal corrugations on one roll and circumferential corrugations on a second roll, removing fines from the cubed kernels, and further tempering of the cubed kernels for a period between hour and 2 hours. | 05-12-2016 |
| 241009000 | With separation or classification | 4 |
| 20130119170 | Recovery of Aleurone-Rich Flour from Bran - A bran finishing process in grain milling employs a milling machine in which bran that contains some endosperm, including aleurone, is fed into an annular milling chamber defined on an inner side by an eccentric cylindrical rotor and on an outer side by a frame assembly that includes perforated screens and abrasive surfaces. Longitudinal lobes protrude radially from the rotor. The lobes compress the bran as they rotate, while the lesser diameter of the rotor between lobes allows the bran to decompress, causing bran particles to rub together for detaching endosperm from the bran by friction forces. Bran particles also rub against the abrasive surfaces for scraping endosperm off the bran. Air flows through the milling chamber and carries the endosperm through the perforated screens, while the bran particles are discharged without passing through the screens. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20140166786 | Seed Sampling Apparatus and Method - An apparatus ( | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140252141 | Method and Device for Producing Flour and/or Semolina - To produce flour and/or semolina, raw material is fed into a feed opening of a roller press. The milling gap of the roller press is fixed, or damping of at least one of the rollers with respect to the lateral deflection is set, such that a first subset of the fill containing finer milling material forms a packed particle fill in the milling gap. In addition, the setting is carried out in such a way that individual particles of a second subset of the fill containing coarser milling material are in contact with the first roller and the second roller of the roller press. Subsequently, the bulk material is milled into milled product in the roller press ( | 09-11-2014 |
| 241010000 | With recombination or recirculation of separated parts | 1 |
| 20120267457 | METHOD AND DEVICE HAVING A SIMPLIFIED CONSTRUCTIONS FOR THE REFERENCE GRINDING OF WHEAT - A process for simplified production of a reference milling for determining the milling quality of wheat, includes: a first crushing of a wheat sample; a first sieving of the crushed product into three distinct levels of particle size; a second crushing of oversize particles resulting from the first crushing; a second sieving of the oversize particles thus crushed; a mixing of coarse semolina resulting from the sievings; a third crushing of the mixture of the coarse semolina; a third sieving of the mixture of the coarse semolina thus crushed into two distinct levels of particle size; a mixing of fine semolina resulting from each of the three sievings; a fourth crushing of the mixture of fine semolina; a fourth sieving of the mixture of the fine semolina thus crushed into a single level of particle size; a mixing of the flours resulting from sievings, the mixture constituting the desired milling. | 10-25-2012 |
| 241012000 | With application of fluid | 1 |
| 20150102139 | Method for Operating an Agitator Bead Mill and Agitator Bead Mill Therefor - A method for dry operation of an agitator bead mill, with a mill housing that includes a grinding chamber, in which a rotatable agitator shaft extends horizontally between an input side and an output side and in which grinding media are situated. An output gas is fed into the grinding chamber on the output side, goes together with ground grist through the separation system radially with respect to the transport direction, and thus leaves the grinding chamber together with ground grist through the separation system and onward through the product output. Also disclosed is an agitator bead mill for executing the method, such that the separation system has a static sieve with a free perforated surface that is chosen in such a way that the pass-through speed of the gas leaving the agitator mill through the separation system and the product outlet amounts approximately to 10 m/s to 30 m/s. | 04-16-2015 |
| 241013000 | Plural successive comminuting operations | 1 |
| 20130037636 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT, SEED SAMPLING AND COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for preparing a sample of seeds or representative seed portions are provided. In various embodiments, the system and method include a force applying member and a seed container that includes at least one compartment containing a seed. The force applying member is configured to apply a force to the seed so as to break the seed into two or more seed particles, which in some embodiments may be collected in a seed particle collector. The present invention improves on the prior art by greatly reducing (and in some embodiments eliminating) the manual processes typically involved in generating tissue samples from seeds and preparing the tissue for genetic analysis. Additionally, the present invention is scaleable, and can be configured to generate samples from many seeds in a short period of time. The present invention also minimizes the risk of contamination and cross-contamination of the seed particles. | 02-14-2013 |
