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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R Gross, Orrville, OH (US);
Robert J Valenzky, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The J. M. Smucker Company, Orrville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34-1 ; 34 17 ; 34 68 ; 219 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for vacuum dehydrating fruit to a moisture content below about 15% but preferably below about 5%, using combined infrared energy and microwave energy simultaneously.