Patents by Inventor Bobby C. Steele

Bobby C. Steele has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Low fat peanut flour prepared by solvent extraction of oil from peanut flakes
    Patent number: 4190577
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the direct solvent extraction of oil from oil seeds to produce a low-fat proteinaceous material which comprises, wet heat conditioning oil bearing seeds to a moisture content of from 6 to 12%, flaking said wet heat conditioned oil seeds, dry heat conditioning said flaked oil seeds to a moisture content of from 1.9 to 6%, and treating said dry heat conditioned flakes with a solvent for the removal of the oil contained in said flakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Assignee: Gold Kist, Incorporated
    Inventors: Bobby C. Steele, Douglas R. Barr, Charles T. Hunt, James L. Ayres
  • Solvent extraction of oil from oil seeds
    Patent number: 4008210
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the direct solvent extraction of oil from oil seeds to produce a low-fat proteinaceous material which comprises, wet heat conditioning oil bearing seeds to a moisture content of from 6 to 12%, flaking said wet heat conditioned oil seeds, dry heat conditioning said flaked oil seeds to a moisture content of from 1.9 to 6%, and treating said dry heat conditioned flakes with a solvent for the removal of the oil contained in said flakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Gold Kist Inc.
    Inventors: Bobby C. Steele, Douglas R. Barr, Charles T. Hunt, James L. Ayres