Patents Represented by Law Firm Conley, Ross & Tayon
  • Patent number: 5408924
    Abstract: Apparatus for extraction of edible oils from finely divided oleagenous vegetable matter by flowing solvent vapor through a continuously moving horizontal bed of the vegetable matter at a temperature not greater than about 210.degree. F., to form a miscella of solvent and extracted oil, separating a portion of the miscella from the marc, and blowing a gas through a continuously moving horizontal bed of the marc and remaining miscella to separate additional miscella. The flow of gas through the bed cools the bed to provide cooling for heat exchanger water to be used in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Food Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip S. Arendt, Charles E. Langley