Process of splitting and hulling guar beans

• US 3,132,681 A
• Filed: 06/28/1961
• Issued: 05/12/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James L. Keen, Richard W. Westeen
• Original Assignee: James L. Keen, Richard W. Westeen
• Inventors: Keen, James L., Westeen, Richard W.
• Application Number:
  US04/120,294
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• US Class Current: 426/483
• CPC Class Codes: B02B 1/08 Conditioning grain with respect to temperature or water content air containing or ventilating of silos F24F; drying apparatus F26B; hygrometers G01N
• CPC Class Codes: B02C 9/02 Cutting or splitting grain

Claims

8. THE PROCESS OF MILLING GUAR BEANS AND BEANS OF SIMILAR STRUCTURE HAVING A TIGHTLY ADHERENT HULL TO RECOVER AND SEPARATE THE ENDOSPERM, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES SPLITTING THE BEANS BY SUBJECTING CLEAN DRY BEANS TO CONTROLLED IMPACT SUFFICIENT TO SPLIT THE BEANS AND BREAK OFF AND REDUCE THE MORE FRIABLE BEAN GERM WITHOUT MATERIALLY REDUCING THE HARDER ENDOSPERM WITH ATTACHED HULL, SEPARATING THE LARGER SPLIT BEANS FROM REDUCED GERM, SUBJECTING SAID SPLIT BEANS TO HEAT AND MOISTURE TO LOOSEN THE HULL AND STABILIZE THE ENDOSPERM, DEHULLING THE SPLIT BEANS BY SUBJECTING THE THUS TREATED SPLITS TO CONTROLLED IMPACT SUFFICIENT TO BREAK OFF AND REDUCE THE MORE FRIABLE HULL WITHOUT MATERIALLY REDUCING THE HARDER ENDOSPERM, AND SEPARATING THE LARGER FREED ENDOSPERM PARTICLES FROM THE SMALLER REDUCED HULL PARTICLES.