Patents by Inventor Roland F. Olson

Roland F. Olson 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).

  • Mineral enriched sugar beet
    Patent number: 5043171
    Abstract: Mineral enriched sugar beets as a nutritional source of dietary fiber made by contacting, in an aqueous environment, sugar beets and an assimilable source of the mineral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: American Crystal Sugar Company
    Inventors: Stanley E. Bichsel, Michael F. Cleary, Roland F. Olson
  • 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
  • Mineral enriched sugar beet
    Patent number: 4938974
    Abstract: A process for producing a milled mineral-enriched sugar beet composition as a nutritional source of dietary fiber, and products therefrom, is disclosed. Specifically, the process involves contacting sugar beets with an assimilable source of the mineral at a temperature below about 50.degree. C., and milling the enriched sugar beets to a powdered or granulated composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: American Crystal Sugar Company
    Inventors: Stanley E. Bichsel, Michael F. Cleary, Roland F. Olson
  • 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