Method of producing a cereal product

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRODUCING AN EDIBLE PRODUCT WHICH INCLUDES SUBJECTING A WATR-CONTAINING EDIBLE CEREAL MASS TO HIGH TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF THE BOILING POINT OF WATER AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND TO HIGH COMPRESSION BY ADVANCE OF A CEREAL COMPOSITION WITH CONTINUOUS REDUCTION OF VOLUME OF SAID COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION OF FRICTION THERETO, FEEDING A MEASRED CHARGE OF SAID MASS INTO A CLOSED SPACE HAVING THEREIN AT THE INITIATION OF FEED OF CHARGE THEREINTO A PRESSURE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND HAVING A VOLUME INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT FULL EXPANSION OF TH CHARGE OF THE MASS FED THEREINTO UNDER THE ACTION OF STEAM THEREIN, MAINTANING SAID SPACE SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED AGAINST EXPANSION OF THE SOLID CONSTITUENTS OF SAID MASS FOLLOWING SAID FEEDING AND FOR A SUBSTANTIAL INTERVAL SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE STABILIZATION OF SHAPE OF THE EXPANDED CHARGE THEREIN, AND THEN DISCHARGING THE CHARGE THEREFROM.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PRODUCING AN EDIBLE PRODUCT WHICH INCLUDES SUBJECTING A WATR-CONTAINING EDIBLE CEREAL MASS TO HIGH TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF THE BOILING POINT OF WATER AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND TO HIGH COMPRESSION BY ADVANCE OF A CEREAL COMPOSITION WITH CONTINUOUS REDUCTION OF VOLUME OF SAID COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION OF FRICTION THERETO, FEEDING A MEASRED CHARGE OF SAID MASS INTO A CLOSED SPACE HAVING THEREIN AT THE INITIATION OF FEED OF CHARGE THEREINTO A PRESSURE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND HAVING A VOLUME INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT FULL EXPANSION OF TH CHARGE OF THE MASS FED THEREINTO UNDER THE ACTION OF STEAM THEREIN, MAINTANING SAID SPACE SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED AGAINST EXPANSION OF THE SOLID CONSTITUENTS OF SAID MASS FOLLOWING SAID FEEDING AND FOR A SUBSTANTIAL INTERVAL SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE STABILIZATION OF SHAPE OF THE EXPANDED CHARGE THEREIN, AND THEN DISCHARGING THE CHARGE THEREFROM.