Patents Assigned to Bush Brothers & Company
  • Process for enhancing the starch gelation in legumes
    Patent number: 6602534
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of preparing a legume resulting in reduced flatulence when ingested and the product thus prepared. It is also directed to a process for reducing the flatulence of a flatulence-causing legume. It is also directed to a product produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Bush Brothers & Company
    Inventors: Sara Rose, Condon S. Bush, Griscom Bettle, III, Joseph L. Rutzinski, Larry Malnati
  • Soak apparatus for leaching soluble constituents from insoluble materials
    Patent number: 6495181
    Abstract: A soak or leaching tank installation which is intended to extract soluble constituents from insoluble materials, and more particularly, a horizontal flow soak tank for removing soluble components, such as sugars or oligosaccharides, from edible beans which are in a stage of being processed. A method is desired which utilizes a recirculating water system in conjunction with the soak apparatus or horizontal flow tank in order to leach solubles, such as sugars in the form of oligosaccharides and other potentially soluble components from insoluble materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Bush Brothers & Company
    Inventors: Terry Lee Farris, Griscom Bettle, III, Richard Russell Clark, Douglas Edward Johnson
  • Process for reducing flatulence in legumes
    Patent number: 6465031
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of preparing a legume resulting in reduced flatulence when ingested and the product thus prepared. It is also directed to a process for reducing the flatulence of a flatulence-causing legume. It is also directed to a product produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Bush Brothers & Company
    Inventors: Condon S. Bush, Griscom Bettle, III, Joseph L. Rutzinski
  • Process for reducing flatulence in legumes
    Patent number: 6355291
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of preparing a legume resulting in reduced flatulence when ingested and the product thus prepared. It is also directed to a process for reducing the flatulence of a flatulence-causing legume. It is also directed to a product produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Bush Brothers & Company
    Inventors: Sara Rose, Condon S. Bush, Griscom Bettle, III, Joseph L. Rutzinski, Larry Malnati
  • Process for removing flatulence-causing oligosaccharides in legumes
    Patent number: 6238725
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of preparing a legume in which the flatulence-causing oligosaccharides are removed. It is also directed to a process for reducing the flatulence of a flatulence-causing legume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Bush Brothers & Company
    Inventors: Condon S. Bush, Griscom Bettle, III, Joseph L. Rutzinski