Method of extracting protein and lipid from raw vegetable materials

Claim 1

A METHOD OF TREATING A RAW VEGETABLE MATERIAL COMPRISING, HAMMERMILLING SAID VEGETABLE MATERIAL IN AN AQUEOUS LIQUID, PRESENT IN A LIQUID-TO-SOLID RATIO OF AT LEAST TWO-TO-ONE, FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME RANGING FROM ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF A SECOND TO ABOUT TEN SECONDS, AT A TIP SPEED OF AT LEAST ABOUT 4,000 FEET PER MINUTE WHEREBY HIGH SPEED MULTIPLE RAPIDLY REPEATED HYDRODYNAMIC SHOCK WAVES DISRUPT THE NATURAL CELL STRUCTURE OF SAID MATERIAL AND DISCHARGE THE CELL CONTENTS INTO THE AQUEOUS LIQUID WHILE LEAVING THE RESIDUAL SOLID MATERIAL PREDOMINANTLY LARGER THAN CELL SIZE AND WHEREBY THE PROTEINS AND LIPIDS DISCHARGED FROM THE CELLS ARE RENDERED SINGULARLY MUTUALLY REACTIVE, ALKALIZING THE AQUEOUS LIQUID TO DISSOLVE THE PROTEINS WHEREBY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LIPIDS THE TWO WILL COMBINE TO FORM A PROTEIN-LIPID COMPLEX WHICH REMAINS DISSOLVED, THEREAFTER ACIDULATING THE AQUEOUS LIQUID TO THE ISOELECTRIC POINT FOR THE PROTEIN WHEREBY TO PRECIPITATE THE NEWLY-FORMED PROTEIN-LIPID COMPLEX, PARTIALLY DEWATERING THE COMPLEX BY GRAVITY SEPARATION TO LEAVE AT LEAST ENOUTH OF SAID AQUEOUS LIQUID TO FORM A PASTE AND THEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY DEWATERING SAID COMPLEX AZEOTROPICALLY BY ADDING A VOLATILE NON-POLAR ORGANIC LIQUID INERT TO THE COMPLEX AND HAVING A BOILING POINT NOT IN EXCESS OF 150* C. AND WHICH ORGANIC LIQUID FORMS AN AZEOTROPE WITH WATER, AND BY HEATING TO A TEMPERATURE HIGH ENOUGH TO EVAPORATE THE RESIDUAL WATER ALONG WITH A PORTION OF THE ORGANIC LIQUID, THE AMOUNT OF ORGANIC LIQUID ADDED BEING SUFFICIENT TO LEAVE A RESIDUAL AMOUNT OF LIQUID WHEN THE COMPLEX IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY DEWATERED, WHEREBY TO AVOID STABILIZATION OF SAID COMPLEX.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF TREATING A RAW VEGETABLE MATERIAL COMPRISING, HAMMERMILLING SAID VEGETABLE MATERIAL IN AN AQUEOUS LIQUID, PRESENT IN A LIQUID-TO-SOLID RATIO OF AT LEAST TWO-TO-ONE, FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME RANGING FROM ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF A SECOND TO ABOUT TEN SECONDS, AT A TIP SPEED OF AT LEAST ABOUT 4,000 FEET PER MINUTE WHEREBY HIGH SPEED MULTIPLE RAPIDLY REPEATED HYDRODYNAMIC SHOCK WAVES DISRUPT THE NATURAL CELL STRUCTURE OF SAID MATERIAL AND DISCHARGE THE CELL CONTENTS INTO THE AQUEOUS LIQUID WHILE LEAVING THE RESIDUAL SOLID MATERIAL PREDOMINANTLY LARGER THAN CELL SIZE AND WHEREBY THE PROTEINS AND LIPIDS DISCHARGED FROM THE CELLS ARE RENDERED SINGULARLY MUTUALLY REACTIVE, ALKALIZING THE AQUEOUS LIQUID TO DISSOLVE THE PROTEINS WHEREBY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LIPIDS THE TWO WILL COMBINE TO FORM A PROTEIN-LIPID COMPLEX WHICH REMAINS DISSOLVED, THEREAFTER ACIDULATING THE AQUEOUS LIQUID TO THE ISOELECTRIC POINT FOR THE PROTEIN WHEREBY TO PRECIPITATE THE NEWLY-FORMED PROTEIN-LIPID COMPLEX, PARTIALLY DEWATERING THE COMPLEX BY GRAVITY SEPARATION TO LEAVE AT LEAST ENOUTH OF SAID AQUEOUS LIQUID TO FORM A PASTE AND THEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY DEWATERING SAID COMPLEX AZEOTROPICALLY BY ADDING A VOLATILE NON-POLAR ORGANIC LIQUID INERT TO THE COMPLEX AND HAVING A BOILING POINT NOT IN EXCESS OF 150* C. AND WHICH ORGANIC LIQUID FORMS AN AZEOTROPE WITH WATER, AND BY HEATING TO A TEMPERATURE HIGH ENOUGH TO EVAPORATE THE RESIDUAL WATER ALONG WITH A PORTION OF THE ORGANIC LIQUID, THE AMOUNT OF ORGANIC LIQUID ADDED BEING SUFFICIENT TO LEAVE A RESIDUAL AMOUNT OF LIQUID WHEN THE COMPLEX IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY DEWATERED, WHEREBY TO AVOID STABILIZATION OF SAID COMPLEX.