Patents Assigned to Geoffrey Greethead Pty. Limited
  • Heat-treatment of cereal
    Patent number: 4478862
    Abstract: A method for rapidly heat treating a cereal such as rice in at least two cyclones wherein the cereal is contacted for 10 to 15 seconds with hot gas at a temperature of 400.degree. to 600.degree. C. Substantially all the heat treatment occurs in the cyclones which provide conditions of extreme turbulence enabling the vaporization of water in the cereal to produce a substantially uniform microporous product. Quick cooking rice cookable in about six minutes may be produced very economically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: Geoffrey Greethead Pty. Limited
    Inventor: Geoffrey F. Greethead