Patents by Inventor Herschell Ball

Herschell Ball 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).

  • Patent number: 6217926
    Abstract: The Aqueous Extraction Process To Selectively Remove Phospholipid From Egg Yolks in general utilizes an aqueous method to separate a majority of the proteins from the egg yolk material using ionic strength, pH and gravitational centrifuge forces. The method is initiated by the separation of the egg yolks from the albumen. Next the egg yolk material is mixed with water to dilute the egg yolk into a DY fraction. The pH of the mixed egg yolk material is then adjusted by the addition of acids, bases, and/or salts. The adjusted and mixed egg yolk material is then exposed to gravitational separation through the use of a centrifuge into layers of a DYS fraction and a DYP fraction. The DYS fraction is then separated from the DYP fraction. Viscosity agents are then added to the DYS fraction where blending occurs. The DYS fraction is exposed to gravitational separation forces for separation into a cream CMC P fraction and an aqueous fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Michael Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Merkle, Herschell Ball