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AssigneeBuhler AG
InventorsFrank-Otto Görlitz, Kai Silbermann, Wolf-Eckart Bischoff
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The invention relates to a method and a device for steeping, germinating, kilning, fermenting grain, wherein the device comprises a container (3) having at least one plate (20) which can be mounted in the container and having at least one opening (21) for the supply and/or removal of fluid. In addition, the container (3) has at least one base surface (4) wherein, on the base surface (4), substantially vertically arranged side surfaces (5) and, on the base surface (4), substantially vertically arranged end surfaces (9) are present. In addition, a covering surface (6) that is in particular substantially horizontally arranged on at least one side surface (5) and/or end surface (9) is present, as a result of which a process chamber is formed. The internal measurement of a side length of the end surface (9) is 2 to 2.5 meters, in particular 2.345 meters.
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An apparatus for grain steeping, germinating, kiln drying and fermenting, or combinations thereof, wherein the apparatus comprises a container having at least one plate which can be fitted in the container and has at least one opening, wherein the container comprises at least one base surface, side surfaces, end surfaces, and a top surface, for forming a process chamber, and wherein a side length of the end surface corresponds to 2 to 2.5 meters with respect to the interior dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.