Patents Assigned to Delinting Systems, Inc.
  • Apparatus for the foamed acid delinting of cottonseed
    Patent number: 4259764
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for delinting cottonseed wherein a moving body of cottonseed is subjected to a flame treatment for burning off excess linters, then subjected to an acid treatment wherein foamed sulfuric acid of adequate water content is deposited on the seed and the seed agitated, and then the seed is dried and the acid degraded linters removed. In an important embodiment the seed is acid treated, dried and buffed to remove degraded linters serially in at least two successive stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Delinting Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Downing