Method of separating the endosperm from the embryo and husks of seeds

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF SEPARATING THE ENDOSPERM CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF POLYSACCHARIDES FROM THE EMBRYO AND HUSK OF SEEDS, THE STEP OF HEATING SAID SEEDS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 60-110*C. IN A 2-30% AQUEOUS CAUSTIC SODA SOLUTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY DISINTEGRATE THE EMBRYOS AND HUSKS OF SAID SEEDS, SAID AQUEOUS CAUSTIC SODA SOLUTION CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE SALT IN AN AMOUNT OF BETWEEN 2% AND 60% OF THE WEIGHT OF SAID SEEDS WHICH SALT WILL REDUCE THE AFFINITY OF SAID POLYSACCHARIDES TO WATER AND THEREBT SUBSTANTIALLY INHIBIT SWELLING OF THE SAME, SAID SALT BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE CHLORIDES OF IRON, BARIUM AND CALCIUM, THE ACETATES OF COPPER, LEAD AND SODIUM, COPPER SULFATE, ALUMINUM LEVULINATE, ALUMINUM LACTATE, BORAX AND SODIUM SILICATE, WHEREBY SEPARATION OF THE ENDOSPERM IS FACILITATED DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL INHIBITION OF SWELLING OF THE POLYSACCHARIDES OF THE ENDOSPERMS DURING AT LEAST PARTIAL DISINTEGRATION OF SAID EMBRYOS AND HUSKS OF SAID SEEDS.