Patents
US 8012262 B2: Process for steeping corn and steeping system therefore
- Granted
- 2011-09-06
- Filed
- 2009-06-08 application 12480241
- Type
- Utility · 14 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to improvements in the steeping process of corn wet milling and a steeping system therefore. The process for steeping corn includes subjecting corn situated in a battery of no less than four steeping tanks to a countercurrent flow of steep water. The first steeping tank defines a new corn receiving tank and the last steeping tank defines a discharge tank. The countercurrent flow of steep water includes sulfur dioxide and flows in a direction from the discharge tank to the new corn receiving tank. The sulfur dioxide concentration in the steep water of the first steeping tank is greater than the sulfur dioxide concentrations in a plurality of the remainder of the steeping tanks, which maintain sulfur dioxide levels that are substantially equivalent.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg110906.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid Quip, Inc. 15 patents | US company or organization | Springfield, OH | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chie Ying Lee | Fremont, CA | 31 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C08B | Polysaccharides; derivatives thereof | C08B30/044 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FLUID QUIP, INC. signed 2021-12-30 | FLUID QUIP KS, LLC PEAPACK, NJ | 59221/646 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2009-08-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LEE, CHIE YING signed 2009-06-05 | FLUID-QUIP, INC. SPRINGFIELD, OH | 23106/708 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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