Patents Assigned to Gilroy Foods, d/b/a/ConAgra Corporation
  • Patent number: 5980964
    Abstract: A method of extracting from an oil bearing product at below a select temperature. The method includes providing an oil bearing product at a temperature at or below the select temperature. A liquid extraction solvent that is a gas under standard temperature and pressure is provided, with the extraction solvent being maintained at a temperature below its boiling point at ambient pressure and below the select temperature and at substantially ambient pressure. The oil bearing product is contacted with the extraction solvent at ambient pressure for a period sufficient to extract a select amount of the oil from the oil bearing product resulting in a reduced oil content product and an oil bearing extraction solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Gilroy Foods, d/b/a/ConAgra Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Walters, Justin Dodds