Patents Assigned to Borden, Inc.
  • Reduced calorie, high fiber pasta
    Patent number: 4976982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing low calorie pasta product comprising glutinous flour, an added fiber source, a reducing agent, and water. The use of a reducing agent in the method of the invention neutralizes oxidizers present in or on the surface of the added fiber source whereby improved texture and mouth feel of high fiber-containing pasta is achieved. The amount of corn fiber, soy fiber, oat fiber, etc. in the pasta can be up to about 30 percent by weight without adverse effect on paste texture or color. By replacing some of the glutinous flour in the pasta with bulk fiber, the calorie content of the pasta is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Gillmore, Carleton G. Merritt
  • Method of making fiber enriched yogurt
    Patent number: 4971810
    Abstract: Yogurt and fruited yogurts are fiber fortified without any resultant adverse taste or mouthfeel due to the fiber by using selected sources of fiber which include soy fiber, oat fiber, and gum arabic. Plain yogurt and Swiss style fruited yogurt can be fiber enriched with up to 6 grams of fiber and preferably 3.5 grams of fiber per 8 ounces by adding gum arabic and/or soy fiber to the yogurt base mix or to the yogurt fruit product. Yogurt fruit product as well as fruit jams and fruit preserves are enriched with up to 4 grams of fiber and preferably 2.5 grams of fiber per 25 grams of fruit product by judicious use of soy fiber, oat fiber and/or gum arabic as the source of fiber. Sundae style fruited yogurt may be fiber enriched with up to 10 grams and preferably 7 grams of fiber per 8 ounces of product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Hoyda, Paul J. Streiff, Edward Epstein
  • Epoxidized polyamide wet strength resin containing lecithin
    Patent number: 4970250
    Abstract: A composition comprising epoxidized polyamide wet strength resin and lecithin. The composition provides wet strength to paper and molded pulp products and at the same time increases the internal bonding of the paper or molded pulp products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Elmer D. Martinez, Thomas F. Duncan
  • Method for making alimentary paste or pasta products without the conventional drying step
    Patent number: 4965082
    Abstract: The invention is a process for making packaged uncooked pasta pieces from a feedstock comprising semolina, water and a source of ethyl alcohol wherein the amount of ethyl alcohol is 0.1% to 10% wherein the total moisture content of the feedstock is 26% or less. The extruded pasta can be packaged immediately without any drying step. The extruded pasta when packaged in vapor barrier containers can be sold as "fresh pasta" and may be stored at room temperature on the grocery shelf. The extruded pasta when packaged in a cardboard box will dry to consumer-acceptable dry pasta and can be sold as dry pasta and will keep indefinitely on the grocery shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Dhyaneshwar B. Chawan, Carleton G. Merritt, Edward A. Matuszak
  • Form-fill-seal deflation method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4964259
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for forming, filling, sealing and deflating a package of goods prior to the time the fill opening is sealed includes a blast of air against the exterior flexible sidewalls of the package to thereby drive gas from the inside of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon A. Ylvisaker, Louis R. Boston
  • Composite sheet material for electromagnetic radiation shielding
    Patent number: 4965408
    Abstract: A radiation shielding laminate includes a layer of a polymeric or copolymeric film; a layer of metal foil; an adhesive in an amount sufficient to bond the metal and the polymeric or copolymeric layers together. A thin metal strip bridging two adjacent laminates is a means by which electricity may flow from one sheet to another and to attach an electrical ground to the layer of metal foil. An optional backing layer may be bonded to the sheet material on the opposite side of the layer of metal foil from the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight E. Chapman, David A. DeProspero
  • Composition and process for bonding lignocellulosic material
    Patent number: 4961795
    Abstract: A composition and a process for bonding lignocellulosic material under heat and pressure is disclosed. According to the process, a curing agent is combined with a binder which is an alkaline phenol-formaldehyde resin. In one aspect the combination is by injection into a line carrying the binder to application apparatus, followed by in-line mixing of the curing agent and binder and application of the mixture to the lignocellulosic material. The lignocellulosic material is then compressed and the binder cured. The curing agent may be an ester, a lactone or an organic carbonate. The effect of the curing agent may be moderated with an aliphatic mono or polyhydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Detlefsen, Earl K. Phillips, Richard V. Norton
  • Melamine-containing resole resitol and resite compositions
    Patent number: 4960826
    Abstract: The titled compositions are useful binding adhesives, especially, for example, with engineered glass fiber-containing products, and the like. In the A-stage, the compositions are typically exceptionally water soluble and low temperature storage stable. Such compositions can be prepared initially by a procedure in which a resole or the like is copolymerized with free melamine(s) and is conditioned to include acidic stage conditioning. For example, phenol per se, formaldehyde and sodium hydroxide followed by melamine per se and aqueous sulfamic acid solution, with subsequent neutralization, can yield the exceptionally water soluble low temperature storage stable A-stage composition. The C-stage composition is non-punking and can be structurally hard and sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne R. Walisser
  • Tempering and milling of edible grains and leguminous materials with reducing agents and methods of making alimentary products
    Patent number: 4956190
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in flour, and pasta produced therefrom, wherein the flour is produced by milling of grains and legumes previously tempered in the presence of a reducing agent. The reducing agent can be, for example, sodium metabisulfite, organic acids, SO.sub.2, cysteine, thioglycolic acid, glutathione, or hydrogen sulfide. The presence of the reducing agent in the tempering solution produces an improvement in color retention of the resulting flour, and allows the shorts to separate from the semolina to be remilled to produce flour of color and quality acceptable for use in pasta production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Dhyaneshwar B. Chawan, Carleton G. Merritt, Radwan H. Ibrahim
  • Process for the production of low calorie yogurt
    Patent number: 4956186
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for preparing reduced calorie, essentially lactose free, artificially sweetened yogurt. By utilizing ultrafiltration and enzymatic hydrolysis to reduce the lactose content, and by the addition of low calorie sweeteners, a yogurt product is produced with 60-70 calories per six ounces of product. Because the lactose level is reduced to less than 0.1% by weight, the product is amenable to lactose-intolerant individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Streiff, David L. Hoyda, Edward Epstein
  • Method of spray drying phenol-formaldehyde resin compositions
    Patent number: 4950433
    Abstract: A pre-cure resistant powder resin binder for waferboard/oriented strandboard manufacture is manufactured from spray drying a liquid resin composition containing a low advanced phenol-formaldehyde resin and a water soluble oxo compound of boron. The spray dryability of the low molecular weight phenol-formaldehyde resin is enhanced by the addition of the oxo boron compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventor: Shui-Tung Chiu
  • Enamel receptive banner fabric
    Patent number: 4946739
    Abstract: This invention is directed to an enamel paint receptive flexible laminate and its method of manufacture. The laminate is useful for making banners, flags, signs and the like that are decorated with enamel poster paints. The laminates of the present invention comprise a base fabric material, a first film coating of a plasticized polyvinyl chloride and a second coating of thermosetting vinyl acrylic copolymer. The thermosetting vinyl acrylic copolymer promotes increased adhesion and decreased drying time of poster paints and lettering enamel when they are applied to the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight E. Chapman, David R. Morse
  • Aldehyde condensation resin glue compositions having pea and other leguminous flour extenders
    Patent number: 4942191
    Abstract: Leguminous flours such as pea flours can be substituted for at least a portion of extenders (such as wheat flour) and/or fillers in glue compositions comprising aldehyde condensation resins such as urea-formaldehyde and/or phenol-formaldehyde resins without loss of bond strength. Such glue compositions provide lower storage viscosity and are often less expensive than conventional compositions. The glue compositions can be used in cured laminates of lignocellulosic materials such as plywood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. Rogers
  • Engraved printing rolls
    Patent number: 4939994
    Abstract: An engraved printing roll is formed by sequential indentations in the roll surface by a stylus. Each indentation is a diamond shape with a longer axis of each indentation overlapping each circumferentially adjacent indentation but the shorter axis not overlapping any other indentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventor: Sidney Puleston
  • Lithium-containing resole composition for making a shaped refractory article and other hardened articles
    Patent number: 4939188
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of lithium ion-generating alkalizing agents in resole binder compositions useful for bonding aggregate materials to form refractory articles. Use of lithium-ion generating alkalizing agents produce resole resin binder compositions which, when cured by an ester functional curing agent, exhibit tensile and compression strengths superior to strengths obtained from compositions using sodium ion-generating or potassium ion-generating alkalizing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur H. Gerber
  • Method for bonding lignocellulosic material with gaseous esters
    Patent number: 4937024
    Abstract: A method for bonding lignocellulosic material under heat and pressure together with steam and a gaseous ester wherein a mat of lignocellulosic material with a curable aqueous alkali solution of a phenol-formaldehyde resole binder is compressed between a pair of heated press platens to a first intermediate density and thickness, and condensable steam is injected into the mat through openings in said platens; the mat is then further compressed to a final density and thickness; and an ester in gaseous form is injected into said mat to cure a portion of the binder. Following the gaseous ester injection, the mat may be further injected with high pressure steam to cause further cure or elimination of uncured formaldehyde. A vacuum or exhaust is optionally applied to the mat through the platen opening to remove excess steam and other vapor, and the press is opened to remove the board formed from the mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles H. Hickson
  • Controlled headspace gas packaging of aseptic dairy products while maintaining fat emulsion stability
    Patent number: 4935255
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the aseptic packaging of fluid dairy products having improved stability and flavor. A selected gas is injected into the sterile milk or other fluid dairy product. The resulting milk-gas mixture is then filled into a container under aseptic conditions. The fill volume of the mixture is such as to leave no free space in the container when it is closed. However, on standing the gas and the milk separate, to form a gas-filled headspace. The injection gas is preferably nitrogen. For taste improvement, the gas may be selected so that the oxygen content of the fluid dairy product, when the container is closed, is up to 4 ppm to 5 ppm. The headspace is preferably from about 2% to about 6% of the total volume of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Delmar L. Anderson, David J. Keller, Paul J. Streiff
  • Process for making candy coated snack foods such as popcorn
    Patent number: 4927645
    Abstract: A process for making candy coated snack foods comprising popping corn kernels in a microwave oven and melting a candy bar of specified formulation and dimension over the popped corn. Specific moisture, shortening and emulsifier content assure satisfactory melt characteristics of the candy bar when subjected to microwave heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventor: Yanien Lee
  • Method of preparing popcorn
    Patent number: 4927648
    Abstract: A method of preparing popcorn in a flexible, generally tubular, three-surface, single-pleated, microwave-penetrable package. Two transverse seals and one lengthwise-extending seam seal the package. Venting means releases accumulated steam produced by the popping corn and the package maintains its expanded structure even after venting has commenced. A convenient means of opening the package is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon A. Ylvisaker
  • Continuous method for making kettle style potato chips
    Patent number: 4923705
    Abstract: A continuous method for making potato chips is disclosed. The method comprises conveying uncooked, unwashed potato slices through a pre-frying zone with agitation to form a dehydrated skin on the slices; conveying the slices through a second zone to form pliable, shape-holding potato slices; conveying the slices through a third zone to produce rigid, completely fried potato chips; and removing the completely fried chips. A method for operating a continuous frying apparatus is also disclosed. The potato chips prepared in accordance with the disclosed methods are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: George P. Mottur, Hilbert J. Cope, Jr., Dennis L. Kishbaugh, Michael J. Luebbers, Norman E. Peters