Patents by Inventor Terry D. McGillivray

Terry D. McGillivray 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
  • Process and system for the improvement of edible fiber and product
    Patent number: 5137744
    Abstract: A process for preparing a preferred vegetable fiber product is described. A particular process for reducing off-flavor and off-odor problems in materials such as sugarbeet fiber is specifically described. Also, a preferred system for conducting the process, and preferred products are disclosed. In general, the products result from preferred steps of heating, heat-treating, and washing the vegetable fiber material. Food products incorporating the preferred fiber material, and methods for incorporating the preferred fiber material into food products, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: American Crystal Sugar Company
    Inventors: Paul M. Cagley, James O. Kysilka, Terry D. McGillivray
  • Process for the improvement of edible fiber and product
    Patent number: 5112638
    Abstract: A process for preparing a preferred vegetable fiber product is described. A particular process for reducing off-flavor and off-odor problems in materials such as sugarbeet fiber is specifically described. Also, a preferred system for conducting the process, and preferred products are disclosed. In general, the products result from preferred steps of heating, heat-treating, and washing the vegetable fiber material. Food products incorporating the preferred fiber material, and methods for incorporating the preferred fiber material into food products, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: American Crystal Sugar Company
    Inventors: Paul M. Cagley, James O. Kysilka, Terry D. McGillivray