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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2015
Heat and Control, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Andrew Anthony Caridis, San Carlos, CA (US);
Arturo Lorenzana Guerrero, Zapopan, MX;
Ernesto Isam Arao Toyohara, Zapopan, MX;
Mario Lorenzana Saucedo, Tlaquepaque, MX;
Sergio González Granados, Tlaquepaque, MX;
Miguel Ängel Gómez Angulo, Zapopan, MX;
Jesús Adolfo Sandoval Ávila, Coyoacán, MX;
Heat and Control, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for converting whole kernel corn into mesa within a brief period of time. A system including apparatus for removing the pericarp and stem from the kernels and residuals being ground into a flour of suitable particle sizes. This flour is combined with lime and water and mixed for 6-12 minutes reaching a terminal temperature of about 50 degrees Celsius or and wherein gelatization occurs, forming a masa. Further apparatus then fragments the masa into sizes for further processing.