Process for the obtention of high purity mucilage
OwnerFelipe Saleteinventor
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Abstract
High purity mucilage from Plantago psyllium seeds may be obtained by grinding the integral Plantago psyllium seeds by subjecting the same to pure impact grinding action without any rubbing, with an impact speed of from approximately 30 to approximately 40 meters per second and with a flow rate of the integral seed suitable to maintain the individual seeds spaced so that the impact strength is maintained constant for each seed, whereby the husk is removed from the core of the seed without fracturing said cores, in order to avoid contamination of said husk with particles of the core of the seeds.
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A process for the obtention of high purity mucilage from Plantago psyllium seeds, which essentially comprises the steps of:
- (a) feeding previously cleaned integral Plantago psyllium seed to a grinding zone in which said seed is subjected to a grinding action by pure impact without rubbing, at an impact speed of from about 30 to about 40 m/sec., and with a feed flow rate of the integral seed to said grinding zone suitable to maintain the individual seeds individually spaced from each other in order that the strength of the impacts thereon may be the same for each seed, thereby separating and loosening of the husk from the core of the grain without disintegrating the latter;
- (b) separating the husk loosened from the core of the seeds by the action of the impacts, by passing the same through a screening zone in which it is subjected to vibration through a suitable sieve to produce a stratification which separates the grains and the husked particles into separate layers;
- (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) the necessary number of times to accomplish an optimal husking of the seeds;
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- (d) transporting the husk having a high content of the mucilage to storage of finished material.
A process for the obtention of high purity mucilage from Plantago psyllium seeds, which essentially comprises the steps of:
- (a) feeding previously cleaned integral Plantago psyllium seed to a grinding zone in which said seed is subjected to a grinding action by pure impact without rubbing, at an impact speed of from about 30 about 40 m/sec., and with a feed flow rate of the integral seed to said grinding zone suitable to maintain the individual seeds individually spaced from each other in order that the strength of the impacts thereon may be the same for each seed;
- (b) separating the husk loosened from the core of the seed by the action of the impacts, by passing the same through a screening zone in which it is subjected to vibration through a suitable sieve to produce a stratification which separates the grains and the husk particles into separate layers;
- (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) the necessary number of times to accomplish an optimal husking of the seeds;
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- (d) recovering the husk particles having a high content of mucilage as a finished product.
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