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Process of centrifugal separation

Assignee: Quaker Oats Co
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Filing: 1959-10-06
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Granted: 1963-06-18
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Expires: 1979-10-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Fred C Van Arsdell

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 10:48
CPC Classifications
B; B04; B04B; B04B1/00; B04B1/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/805

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 218 words
A PROCESS USING A CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR WITH A ROTATING CONTAINER OPEN AT THE TOP AND HAVING IMPERFORATE BASE AND SIDE WALLS TO SEPARATE SOLID, NON-EDIBLE MATERIALS FROM MASSES OF GROUND FISH CONTAINING EDIBLE PARTICLES, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF, ROTATING THE CONTAINER TO DISTRIBUTE A PORTION OF SAID GROUND FISH INTRODUCED INTO THE CONTAINER RADIALLY OUTWARDLY AGAINST THE SIDE WALL OF THE CONTAINER, RETAINING SAID RADIALLY OUTWARDLY DISTRIBUTED PORTION AS A CENTRIFUGALLY FORMED CYLINDRICAL MASS HAVING A WALL OF PREDETERMINED THICKNESS, INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF SAID GROUND FISH INTO SAID CONTAINER AND THEN RADIALLY OUTWARDLY INTO THE CENTRIFUGALLY FORMED MASS TO DISPLACE EDIBLE PARTICLES RADIALLY INWARDLY OF SAID MASS AND TO EXPEL CONTROLLED PORTIONS OF EDIBLE PARTICLES THROUGH THE OPEN TOP OF SAID CONTAINER WHILE RETAINING NON-EDIBLE MATERIALS AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF EDIBLE PARTICLES WITHIN SAID CENTRIFUGALLY FORMED MASS, IMPINGING SAID EXPELLED PARTICLES AT A LOW ANGLE OF INCIDENCE AGAINST A CURVED COVER SURFACE EXTENDING OVER AND ABOVE THE OPEN TOP OF THE CONTAINER THE ANGLE OF INCCIDENCE BEING MEASURED BETWEEN SAID SURFACE AND THE APPROACH TRAJECTORY PATH OF SAID EXPELLED PARTICLES, THE IMPINGING AT SAID LOW ANGLE, OF INCIDENCE PREVENTING SAID EXPELLED PARTICLES FROM BEING BRUSED AND ACQUIRING UNDERSIRED OXYGEN, AND COLLECTING SAID PARTICLES IN AN AREA BENEATH THE COVER SURFACE AND BELOW THE BASE OF SAID CONTAINER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 218 words
A PROCESS USING A CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR WITH A ROTATING CONTAINER OPEN AT THE TOP AND HAVING IMPERFORATE BASE AND SIDE WALLS TO SEPARATE SOLID, NON-EDIBLE MATERIALS FROM MASSES OF GROUND FISH CONTAINING EDIBLE PARTICLES, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF, ROTATING THE CONTAINER TO DISTRIBUTE A PORTION OF SAID GROUND FISH INTRODUCED INTO THE CONTAINER RADIALLY OUTWARDLY AGAINST THE SIDE WALL OF THE CONTAINER, RETAINING SAID RADIALLY OUTWARDLY DISTRIBUTED PORTION AS A CENTRIFUGALLY FORMED CYLINDRICAL MASS HAVING A WALL OF PREDETERMINED THICKNESS, INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF SAID GROUND FISH INTO SAID CONTAINER AND THEN RADIALLY OUTWARDLY INTO THE CENTRIFUGALLY FORMED MASS TO DISPLACE EDIBLE PARTICLES RADIALLY INWARDLY OF SAID MASS AND TO EXPEL CONTROLLED PORTIONS OF EDIBLE PARTICLES THROUGH THE OPEN TOP OF SAID CONTAINER WHILE RETAINING NON-EDIBLE MATERIALS AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF EDIBLE PARTICLES WITHIN SAID CENTRIFUGALLY FORMED MASS, IMPINGING SAID EXPELLED PARTICLES AT A LOW ANGLE OF INCIDENCE AGAINST A CURVED COVER SURFACE EXTENDING OVER AND ABOVE THE OPEN TOP OF THE CONTAINER THE ANGLE OF INCCIDENCE BEING MEASURED BETWEEN SAID SURFACE AND THE APPROACH TRAJECTORY PATH OF SAID EXPELLED PARTICLES, THE IMPINGING AT SAID LOW ANGLE, OF INCIDENCE PREVENTING SAID EXPELLED PARTICLES FROM BEING BRUSED AND ACQUIRING UNDERSIRED OXYGEN, AND COLLECTING SAID PARTICLES IN AN AREA BENEATH THE COVER SURFACE AND BELOW THE BASE OF SAID CONTAINER.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-06-17 1966-12-17 1967-06-18 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-06-17 1970-12-17 1971-06-18 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-06-17 1974-12-17 1975-06-18 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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