Patents by Inventor Robert Houard

Robert Houard 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: 7186807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for extracting and refining the components of pea flour, characterized in that it consists of the steps of preparing a flour by grinding dried peas previously cleaned, sorted, blanched, freed of dust, introducing the flour thus obtained into water and separating the components of the pea flour using at least one of the pieces of equipment from a potato starch factory chosen from the group consisting of hydrocyclones, centrifugal decanters and sieves, without a stage for separating the internal fibers of the pea being carried out beforehand, devices comprising at least one of these pieces of equipment, and to a particular quality of pea starch thus extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Salome, Jean-Marc Verrin, Claude Fache, Robert Houard
  • Publication number: 20040091600
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for extracting and refining the components of pea flour, characterized in that it consists of the steps of preparing a flour by grinding dried peas previously cleaned, sorted, blanched, freed of dust, introducing the flour thus obtained into water and separating the components of the pea flour using at least one of the pieces of equipment from a potato starch factory chosen from the group consisting of hydrocyclones, centrifugal decanters and sieves, without a stage for separating the internal fibers of the pea being carried out beforehand, devices comprising at least one of these pieces of equipment, and to a particular quality of pea starch thus extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Salome, Jean-Marc Verrin, Claude Fache, Robert Houard