A shielding arrangement is provided for the end bends of a fin and tube coil where the end bends are located closely adjacent a fan creating a relatively high velocity of air flow, the coil including at least some tube rows unoccupied by tubes to provide passages for an induced air flow through such tube rows and then out the open side of the shielded space facing in the downstream direction of air flow created by the fan.

A process for modifying the taste and/or odor properties of a food coloring substance having unpleasant taste and/or odor properties is disclosed. There is also provided a process for obtaining a blue non-bleeding color that seems approvable by most health authorities. The invention is useful in food products, sweets and pharmaceutical products ingested orally.

In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that the addition of lutein compounds to thermally processed nutritionals brightens the nutritional resulting in a more appealing color. Thermally processed liquid and powder nutritionals typically present brown and gray hues in the final color, which negatively impact the overall appeal of the nutritional. The inventors have discovered that the lutein compounds eliminate the gray and brown hues without imparting the relatively str...

Disclosed herein are a method for disposing of organic waste materials using microorganisms; methods for accelerating the growth of plants, for destroying or repelling insect pests, for improving the soil, of deodorization and for improving water quality, using the waste materials processed by the disposal method; and compositions for use in these methods. The microbiological method for disposing of an organic waste material comprises the step of bringing (i) an organic waste material into conta...

The surface of red meat is treated with an trialkali metal orthophosphate to reduce, remove, retard or control salmonella, campylobacter, listeria, and spoilage bacteria without causing organoleptic depreciation of the meat, including color change.

A method for preparing a cold water infusing leaf tea. Green tea leaves are macerated, treated with tannase, fermented in the presence of hydrogen peroxide in an amount that is sufficient to activate endogenous peroxidases to oxidise gallic acid and other compounds that are liberated by the tannase treatment, and then dried. The final product is a black leaf tea that infuses in hot or cold water to give good flavour and colour.

A process for making brown, red, dark red or black cocoa from natural cocoa powder using spray drying, short cocking times, low pressures and temperature.

In radially centrifugally molding sections of concrete pipe with a bell at one end, the concrete is poured downwardly into an upwardly extending mold which forms the outer surface of the pipe section. The lower end of the mold is shaped to form the bell end of the pipe section. The concrete is centrifugally forced outwardly against the inner surface of the mold and then is pressed outwardly by a series of rotatable rollers. A pressure wheel is located within the mold above the position of the ro...

A frozen sweet potato product is produced wherein unpeeled sweet potatoes are sliced in a direction perpendicular to their longitudinal axes to form slices of about one-quarter inch thickness. The sweet potato slices are blanched for about 1 to 1.5 minutes in water of about 200.degree. F. The blanched sweet potato slices are cooled to below 80.degree. F. Orange juice is applied to the cooled sweet potato slices. The individual sweet potato slices are then quick-frozen and packaged.

According to the present invention, an air directing housing is provided for an air conditioning unit of the type having a basepan which supports indoor and outdoor sections. The basepan includes a vertical wall extending upwardly for a part of the height of the unit to define a lower portion of a partition which separates the unit into the indoor and outdoor sections. The indoor section includes an evaporator disposed in the basepan generally forwardly of the partition. A centrifugal fan is mou...