Abhay R Ladhe

US Patent:

20140102950, Apr 17, 2014

Filed:

Mar 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/833142

Inventors:

- Wayzata MN, US
Chad Allen Conard - Delano MN, 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
Anthony John Schanilec - Otley IA, US
Riley Neil Smith - Omaha NE, US
Eric Sumner - Minneapolis MN, US
Ping Yang - Dayton OH, US
Jill Louise Zullo - Excelsior MN, US

International Classification:

B03D 1/00

US Classification:

209173

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.