The Pillsbury Company

William G Schmidt

Dean H Lockwood

Jimmy A Demars

John Warner

Virgil Ruhter, Jr

Jeffrey D Carter

A device for placing elongated objects transversely onto a conveyor is disclosed. A preferred device is adapted for moving ears of corn. The preferred device includes a vibratory trough feeder which arranges and moves the ears substantially end to end and into a plurality of lanes, a plurality of drop gates for dropping a group of ears onto a receiving conveyor below, an eccentric conveyor for moving the ears from the lanes into the drop gates, a mechanism for actuating the drop gates, and a receiving conveyor capable of traveling in a direction substantially perpendicular to the lanes, and located beneath the drop gates.

Device for feeding corn

A product produced by the process of forming an ice glazing within the canopy of broccoli florets to preserve the floret structure and reduce fines loss is disclosed. The process includes the steps of individually freezing the broccoli florets, and immersing the florets in water at a water temperature and for an amount of time sufficient to form an ice glazing within the structure of the floret. The floret is then refrozen. The product has a glazing which preserves the structure of the floret during processing and subsequently handling. A frozen broccoli floret having an ice glazing within the crevices of the floret is also disclosed.

Product produced by process of freezing and ice glazing broccoli

A method of forming an ice glazing within the canopy of broccoli florets to preserve the floret structure and reduce fines loss. The steps include individually freezing the broccoli florets, and immersing the florets in water of a temperature and for an amount of time sufficient to form an ice glazing within the structure of the floret. The method of glazing preserves the structure of the floret during processing and subsequent handling and reduces fines loss.

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Maple Grove, MN, United States of America

William G Schmidt