Cottonseed oil extraction process

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF SOLVENT EXTRACTING COTTONSEED OIL FROM COTTONSEED, COMPRISING MILDLY COOKING COTTONSEED MEAT FLAKES HAVING A THICKNESS OF LESS THAN ABOUT 0.016 INCH AND CONTAINING MORE THAN ABOUT 3% HULLS WHILE CONTROLLING THEIR MOISTURE CONTENT SO THAT IN THE EARLY STAGE OF THE COOKING THE MEAT CONTAIN BETWEEN ABOUT 14 TO 26% MOISTURE AND IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE COOKING THEY CONTAIN ABOUT 6 TO 12% MOISTURE, USING AN OVERALL COOKING TIME OF FROM ABOUT 30 TO 70 MINUTES, AND INCREASING THE COOKING TEMPERATURE FROM AN INITIAL TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 170 TO 210* F.; TO A FINAL TEMPERATURE OF LESS THAN ABOUT 235* F.; CRISPING THE COOKED MEATS BY EXPOSING THEM TO A RELATIVELY COOL ATMOSPHERE CONDUCTIVE TO THE EVAPORATION OF MOISTURE UNTIL THEY UNDERGO A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DECEASE IN TEMPERATURE TO BELOW ABOUT 130* F. AND A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM LOSS OF MOISTURE SUFFICIENT TO A LOWER THEIR MOISTURE CONTENT BY FROM ABOUT 2 TO 4% PASSING SUCH CRIPSED COTTONSEED MEAT PARTICLES BETWEEN SMOOTH FLAKING ROOLS ADJUSTED TO COMPRESS THE PARTICLE MASSES TO A THICKNESS OF FROM ABOUT 0.008 TO 0.012 INCH; AND MIXING THE SO PREPARED COTTONSEED MEAT PARTICLES WITH AN OILSEED EXTRACTION SOLVENT, SUBJECTING THE RESULTANT SLURRY TO FILTRATION USING A CAKE THICKNESS OF LESS THAN ABOUT 7 INCHES AND A FILTER MEDIUM HAVING A POROSITY EQUIVALENT IN PORPORTION OF SOLIDS RETAINED AND RATE OF LIQUID PASSAGE TO A FILTER MEDIUM CONSISTING OF A STANDARD MESH SCREEN OF FROM ABOUT 150 TO 300 MESH, AND REPEATING THE MIXING WITH THE SAID OILSEED EXTRACTION SOLVENT AND THE FILTERING A PLURALITY OF TIMES.