Vicki L Weber

US Patent:

51045877, Apr 14, 1992

Filed:

May 16, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/523966

Inventors:

Mark A. Besserman - Cincinnati OH
Lowen R. Morrison - Cincinnati OH
Vicki L. Weber - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

C11B 300

US Classification:

554175

Abstract:

Countercurrent liquid/liquid extraction processse for fractionating complex triglyceride mixtures to selectively remove "light" impurities (primarily MMM trglycerides) from MML/MLM triglycerides, or to selectively remove MML/MLM triglycerides from "heavy" impurities (primarily MLL/LML and LLL triglycerides), wherein M is a C. sub. 6 -C. sub. 10 fatty acid residue or mixture thereof, and wherein L is a C. sub. 18 -C. sub. 24 fatty acid residue or mixture thereof, are disclosed. In the case of "light" impurities, an oil stream containing MMM and MML/MLM triglycerides is passed countercurrently to a solvent stream containing a polar solvent or a supercritical fluid that is partially miscible with the oil stream to selectively remove the MMM triglycerides. In the case of "heavy" impurities, an oil stream containing MML/MLM, MLL/LML and LLL triglycerides is passed countercurrently to the solvent stream to selectively remove the MML/MLM triglycerides.

US Patent:

49370880, Jun 26, 1990

Filed:

Dec 29, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/291920

Inventors:

Peter G. Gosselin - Springfield MA
Ronald W. Kock - Wyoming OH
Michael S. Kolodesh - Cincinnati OH
Jeffrey T. Leitner - Cincinnati OH
Bruce A. Pierson - Cincinnati OH
H. Norman Reiboldt - College Corner OH
David A. Sabatelli - Cleves OH
Vicki L. Weber - Cincinnati OH
William Willhite - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A23P 100
A23L 1212

US Classification:

426481

Abstract:

A method of and apparatus for extracting the meat section and juice from a fruit while minimizing the amount of undesirable flavor components, e. g. peel oil, released from the fruit's peel. In one embodiment of the present invention, whole fruits are fed into a single station extraction apparatus that first cuts a equatorial groove in the fruit's peel while the fruit is rotated. A semicircular coring blade is then inserted into the groove and rotated 360. degree. which severs a spherical chunk of fruit meat from the peel. The small amount of fruit meat remaining on the peel's inner surface is then preferably extracted with a reaming element or fluid jet nozzle. In other particularly preferred embodiments, the grooving, coring, and reaming component mechanisms are incorporated into an indexing turret apparatus and a high-speed continuous motion turret apparatus.

US Patent:

57236739, Mar 3, 1998

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/474857

Inventors:

Junan Kao - Kobe, JP
Ephraim Lamar Kelly - Batavia OH
Vicki Lynn Weber - Cincinnati OH
Michael Steven Gibson - Loveland OH
Donald Benjamin Appleby - Cincinnati OH
Joseph Fredrich Sherman - Cincinnati OH
Ronald Edward Pegoli - Batavia OH
Mary Celine Schneider - Batavia OH
Terry Franklin Formyduval - Cincinnati OH
Larry Nelson Hawkins - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

C07H20944

US Classification:

564487

Abstract:

N-alkyl polyhydroxy alkyl amines such as N-methyl glucamine having a Gardner Color of less than 1 are reacted with sources of fatty acyl groups such as methyl esters, anhydrides, and/or fatty acids that have greater than 98% transmittance at 460 nm in organic hydroxy solvents such as methanol to prepare N-alkyl polyhydroxy amine amides with good color. The N-alkyl polyhydroxyamines can be purified by crystallization, and/or subjected to reductive bleaching, to provide superior color. The reaction is preferably carried out at low temperature for short periods of time and with low catalyst levels to minimize formation of cyclic products. The resulting amide product can be further purified by treatment with anionic and cationic exchange resins to remove soap and amine impurities. The anionic ion exchange resin can be readily regenerated by acidifying it followed by washing with an organic solvent.

US Patent:

57771650, Jul 7, 1998

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/474858

Inventors:

Junan Kao - Kobe, JP
Ephraim Lamar Kelly - Batavia OH
Vicki Lynn Weber - Cincinnati OH
Michael Steven Gibson - Loveland OH
Donald Benjamin Appleby - Cincinnati OH
Joseph Fredrich Sherman - Cincinnati OH
Ronald Edward Pegoli - Batavia OH
Mary Celine Schneider - Batavia OH
Terry Franklin Formyduval - Cincinnati OH
Larry Nelson Hawkins - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

C07C20900

US Classification:

564487

Abstract:

N-alkyl polyhydroxy alkyl amines such as N-methyl glucamine having a Gardner Color of less than 1 are reacted with sources of fatty acyl groups such as methyl esters, anhydrides, and/or fatty acids that have greater than 98% transmittance at 460 nm in organic hydroxy solvents such as methanol to prepare N-alkyl polyhydroxy amine amides with good color. The N-alkyl polyhydroxyamines can be purified by crystallization, and/or subjected to reductive bleaching, to provide superior color. The reaction is preferably carried out at low temperature for short periods of time and with low catalyst levels to minimize formation of cyclic products. The resulting amide product can be further purified by treatment with anionic and cationic exchange resins to remove soap and amine impurities. The anionic ion exchange resin can be readily regenerated by acidifying it followed by washing with an organic solvent.

US Patent:

53609204, Nov 1, 1994

Filed:

Aug 7, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/926611

Inventors:

Vicki L. Weber - Cincinnati OH
Joseph S. Boggs - Springdale OH
Richard M. King - Amberley Village OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

C11C 312

US Classification:

554144

Abstract:

Fatty materials are hydrogenated in a plate heat exchanger at a pressure above about 150 psig. The use of high pressure and high shear as provided by the appropriate surface to volume ratio and pressure drop in the heat exchanger, enables the fatty material to be efficiently hydrogenated, and for touch hardening the temperature can be reduced to minimize the formation of trans-isomers.