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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US);
Nicholas Wayne Bethke, University Park, IA (US);
Chad Allen Conard, Delano, MN (US);
Marie Khagik Costanian, Kettering, OH (US);
Lawrence E. Fosdick, Troy, OH (US);
Eugene Joseph Fox, Dayton, OH (US);
Donald Grunig, Oskaloosa, IA (US);
Steven W. Kirkvold, Omaha, NE (US);
Abhay R. Ladhe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jacob A. Leland, Mitchell, SD (US);
Joseph Michael Lewis, Arlington, NE (US);
Eugene Max Peters, Kettering, OH (US);
Anthony John Schanilec, Otley, IA (US);
Riley Neil Smith, Omaha, NE (US);
Eric Sumner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ping Yang, Dayton, OH (US);
Hadi Nayef Yehia, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Jill Louise Zullo, Excelsior, MN (US);
CARGILL, INCORPORATED, Wayzata, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for separating and removing aflatoxin-contaminated corn from batches of corn by a floating process, thus producing a distinguishable floating mat of contaminated corn and a separate submerged bed of uncontaminated and less contaminated corn. The methods of this disclosure include removing the floating contaminated corn mat by a vacuum mechanism or by liquid flow. The methods reduce the aflatoxin level in the submerged corn bed as much as 80% from the initial aflatoxin level, while removing no more than 15% from the batch of corn.