Raw cane sugar recovery process

Claim 1

IN A METHOD FOR PRODUCING RAW SUGAR FROM RAW SUGAR CANE, THE STEPS WHICH COMPRISE PURIFYING THE JUICE FROM SAID RAW SUGAR CANE COMPRISING ADDING TO SAID RAW JUICE SODIUM ALUMINATE IN AN AMOUNT OF 50 TO 120 PARTS, AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN AN AMOUNT OF 6.25 TO 15 PARTS PER MILLION OF SAID RAW JUICE, THEREAFTER ADDING SUBSTANTIALLY NON-CALCINED MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE TO ADJUST THE HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION, HEATING SAID MIXTURE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE BOILING POINT AND ADDING CARBOXYL CONTAINING ANIONIC WATER-SOLUBLE POLYELECTROLYTE TO PRODUCE A PRIMARY CLARIFIED JUICE AND A FIRST PRECIPITATE, SAID FIRST PRECIPITATE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF INSOLUBLE NON-SUGAR SOLIDS AND CLARIFIED SUGAR SOLUTION, SEPARATING SAID PRIMARY CLARIFIED JUICE FROM SAID FIRST PRECIPITATE, SEPARATING SAID CLARIFIED SUGAR SOLUTION FROM SAID FIRST PRECIPITATE COMPRISING ADDING TO SAID FIRST PRECIPITATE 80% PHOSPHORIC ACID IN AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 80 TO 120 P.P.M. OF SAID FIRST PRECIPITATE, ADJUSTING TO PH 7.0-7.1 WITH LIME, ADDING A POLYELECTROLYTE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A COPOLYMER OF ACRYLAMIDE AND ACRYLIC ACID IN AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 6-10 P.P.M. OF SAID FIRST PRECIPITATE TO PRODUCE A SECOND PRECIPITATE AND SAID CLARIFIED SUGAR SOLUTION, EVAPORATING SAID PRIMARY CLARIFIED JUICE AND SAID SEPARATED CLARIFIED SUGAR SOLUTION TO SYRUP, FURTHER EVAPORATING SAID SYRUP TO PRODUCE RAW SUGAR CRYSTALS SUSPENDED IN MASSACUITE AND SEPARATING SAID MASSECUITE INTO RAW SUGAR AND MOLASSES.