Patents by Inventor Richard R. Fergle

Richard R. Fergle 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).

  • Method of preparation of sugar beet fiber material
    Patent number: 5213836
    Abstract: A method of preparation of sugar beet fiber material for use as a non-caloric, non-coloring, bland ingredient in foodstuffs, comprising cleaning, peeling, and slicing sugar beets into cossettes and blanching the cossettes. The blanched cossettes have the sugar removed by extraction and are tissue milled to reduce the particle size. The resulting slurry may be further solvent extracted, washed, and dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: American Crystal Sugar Company
    Inventors: Terry D. McGillivray, David R. Groom, Dennis Brown, Richard R. Fergle, Gregory Haakenson
  • Method of removing sulfite from sugarbeets
    Patent number: 4992288
    Abstract: A method for reducing the amount of sulfites in a sugarbeet comprising the steps of slicing the sugarbeet into cossettes and contacting the cossettes with an oxidizing compound such as hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: American Crystal Sugar Company
    Inventors: Roland F. Olson, Richard R. Fergle
  • Method of producing sulfite-free sugarbeet pulp
    Patent number: 4882190
    Abstract: A method of producing sulfite-free sugarbeet pulp involving contacting sugarbeet pieces with a sulfite-free aqueous solution containing a non-sulfite antioxidant composition containing sodium erythorbate, calcium chloride, araboascorbic acid, citric acid, trisodium citrate, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: American Crystal Sugar Company
    Inventors: Roland F. Olson, Richard R. Fergle