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US3223533A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method for improving flavor constituents

Assignee: Libby Mcneill and Libby
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Filing: 1960-12-05
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Granted: 1965-12-14
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Expires: 1980-12-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Edgar J Kelly

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 13:58
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23F; A23F5/00; A23F5/46; A23F5/48; A23F5/50; A23F5/505; A23F3/00; A23F3/40; A23F3/42; A23F3/426; A23L; A23L2/00; A23L2/52; A23L2/64; A23L27/00; A23L27/10; A23L27/115

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 175 words
IN A METHOD OF SEPARATING AND ISOLATIN ODOR AND FLAVOR CONSTITUENTS OF NATURAL FRUIT AND BERRIES FROM WATER VAPOR AND NON-CONDENSABLE GASES CONTAINING A MINUTE QUANTITY OF SAID CONSTITUENTS THE STEPS OF: SEPARATING A SORUCE MATERIAL COMPOSED OF WATER VAPOR AND NON-CONDENSABLE GASES CONTAINING A MINUTE QUANTITY OF VOLATILE ODOR AND FLAVOR CONSTITUENTS AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT 43*C. AND ABSOLUTE PRESSURE OF NTO OVER 115 MM. HG IN A CONDENSATION ZONE TO CONDENSE NOT LESS THAN 70% BY WEIGHT OF THE WATER CONTAINED IN SAID SOURCE MATERIAL THEREBY INCREASING THE PARTIAL PRESSURE OF THE ODOR AND FLAVOR CONSTITUENTS IN RESIDUAL VAPORS AND GASES; SEPARATING THE CONDENSED WATER FROM THE RESIDUAL VAPORS AND GASES; PASSING SAID RESIDUAL VAPORS AND GASES THROUGH A SERIES OF CONDENSATION ZONES MAINTAINED AT VIRTUALLY EQUAL ABSOLUTE PRESSURE BELOW ABOUT 115 MM. HG, THE TEMPERATURES IN SAID ZONES BEING MAINTAINED AT PROGRESSIVELY LOWER LEVELS BETWEEN ABOUT 22*C. AND 2*C.; AND COMBINING THE CONDENSATES FROM SAID SERIES OF CONDENSATION ZONES TO OBTAIN A VIRTUALLY COLORLESS LIQUID CONTAINING SAID ODOR AND FLAVOR CONSTITUENTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 175 words
IN A METHOD OF SEPARATING AND ISOLATIN ODOR AND FLAVOR CONSTITUENTS OF NATURAL FRUIT AND BERRIES FROM WATER VAPOR AND NON-CONDENSABLE GASES CONTAINING A MINUTE QUANTITY OF SAID CONSTITUENTS THE STEPS OF: SEPARATING A SORUCE MATERIAL COMPOSED OF WATER VAPOR AND NON-CONDENSABLE GASES CONTAINING A MINUTE QUANTITY OF VOLATILE ODOR AND FLAVOR CONSTITUENTS AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT 43*C. AND ABSOLUTE PRESSURE OF NTO OVER 115 MM. HG IN A CONDENSATION ZONE TO CONDENSE NOT LESS THAN 70% BY WEIGHT OF THE WATER CONTAINED IN SAID SOURCE MATERIAL THEREBY INCREASING THE PARTIAL PRESSURE OF THE ODOR AND FLAVOR CONSTITUENTS IN RESIDUAL VAPORS AND GASES; SEPARATING THE CONDENSED WATER FROM THE RESIDUAL VAPORS AND GASES; PASSING SAID RESIDUAL VAPORS AND GASES THROUGH A SERIES OF CONDENSATION ZONES MAINTAINED AT VIRTUALLY EQUAL ABSOLUTE PRESSURE BELOW ABOUT 115 MM. HG, THE TEMPERATURES IN SAID ZONES BEING MAINTAINED AT PROGRESSIVELY LOWER LEVELS BETWEEN ABOUT 22*C. AND 2*C.; AND COMBINING THE CONDENSATES FROM SAID SERIES OF CONDENSATION ZONES TO OBTAIN A VIRTUALLY COLORLESS LIQUID CONTAINING SAID ODOR AND FLAVOR CONSTITUENTS.

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