Material processing barrel and associated material processing system
AssigneeSeed Terminator Holdings Pty Ltd
InventorNicholas Kane Berry
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Abstract
A material processing system having a barrel also referred to hereinafter having a milling or impact surface and a central axis. The impact surface is impervious, in that material cannot pass through the surface, but rather is contained by the surface. An impact mechanism is located within barrel and is rotates about the central axis. The system has inlet openings and formed in the barrel at axially spaced locations along the axis. At least one outlet opening is formed in the barrel at a location intermediate of the inlets. The impact mechanism includes a plurality of hammers mounted on shaft which rotates about the axis.
Claims23
A material processing system comprising:
- a barrel like structure having a circumferential wall with an impervious inner impact surface extending circumferentially about a central axis of the barrel like structure, respective inlet openings located at or near opposite axial ends of the barrel like structure, and an outlet opening located between the respective inlet openings;
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- an aperture mechanism located between one of the inlet openings and the outlet opening, the aperture mechanism arranged to enable control of a flow of material between the one of the inlet openings and the outlet opening.
A material processing system comprising:
- a barrel like structure having a circumferential wall with an impervious inner impact surface extending circumferentially about a central axis of the barrel like structure, respective inlet openings located at or near opposite axial ends of the barrel like structure, and an outlet opening located between the respective inlet openings;
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- an aperture mechanism located between one of the inlet openings and the outlet opening, the aperture mechanism arranged to enable control of a flow of material between the one of the inlet openings and the outlet opening, wherein the aperture mechanism comprises a central opening having a user selectable area.
A material processing system comprising a barrel like structure having a circumferential wall with an impervious inner impact surface extending circumferentially about a central axis of the barrel like structure, respective inlet openings located at or near opposite axial ends of the barrel like structure, and an outlet opening located between the respective inlet openings, wherein:
- (a) one or more screens located across the outlet opening;
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- (b) one or more louvers located in or across the outlet opening and operable for varying an effect open area of the outlet opening;
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- (c) one or more screens located across the outlet opening and one or more louvers located in or across the outlet opening and operable for varying an effect open area of the outlet opening.
A material processing system comprising:
- a barrel like structure having a circumferential wall with an impervious inner impact surface extending circumferentially about a central axis of the barrel like structure, respective inlet openings located at or near opposite axial ends of the barrel like structure, and an outlet opening located between the respective inlet openings;
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- an outlet control system operable to vary axial distance from an inlet opening to the outlet opening.
A material processing system comprising a barrel like structure having a circumferential wall with an impervious inner impact surface extending circumferentially about a central axis of the barrel like structure, respective inlet openings located at or near opposite axial ends of the barrel like structure, and an outlet opening located between the respective inlet openings, and further comprising an impact mechanism rotatably supported to rotate about the central axis, the impact mechanism arranged to impact material entering the barrel and accelerate the material to impact against the impact surface, wherein the impact mechanism comprises a shaft and a plurality of hammers coupled to the shaft.
A material processing system for processing weed seeds comprising:
- a barrel like structure having a circumferential wall with an impervious inner impact surface extending circumferentially about a central axis of the barrel like structure;
- at least one inlet opening to the barrel like structure and at least one outlet opening from the barrel like structure, the at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening being spaced along the central axis wherein the at least one inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening comprise:
- (i) respective inlet openings located at or near opposite axial ends of the barrel like structure, and an outlet opening located between the respective inlet openings;
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- (ii) respective outlet openings located at or near opposite axial ends of the barrel like structure, and an inlet opening located between the respective outlet openings;
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- an impact mechanism rotatably supported to rotate about the central axis, the impact mechanism arranged to impact material entering the barrel and accelerate the material to impact against the impact surface, the impact mechanism having a shaft and a plurality of hammers coupled to the shaft wherein at least one of the hammers has an impact side that is substantially planar and lies in an axial plane of the barrel like structure for impacting weed seeds that enter the barrel like structure through the at least one inlet opening and accelerating the weed seeds onto the impact surface to thereby fragment and devitalize the weed seeds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.