Wetting device for cereal grain
AssigneeSwisca AG
InventorsAndreas Stöppler, Georg Stöppler
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Abstract
A wetting device for cereal grain includes a container with a container inlet and a container outlet that are arranged such that cereal grain which flows into the container inlet gets to the container outlet due to the action of gravity. A plurality of nozzles serve for wetting the cereal grain in the inside of the container. The wetting device further includes a flow guidance device, for example formed by impact elements, in the inside of the container, by way of which flow guidance device a flow of cereal grain which flows into the container inlet and falls downwards is shaped. The nozzles are arranged such that liquid and/or steam which exits through them hits the cereal grain below the flow guidance device whilst the cereal grain is in freefall.
Claims24
A wetting device for cereal grain,
- comprising a container with a container inlet and a container outlet which are arranged such that cereal grain which flows into the container inlet gets to the container outlet due to the action of gravity, wherein the wetting device comprises a plurality of nozzles in order to wet the cereal grain in an inside of the container, further comprising a flow guidance device in the inside of the container, by way of which a flow of cereal grain which flows into the container inlet and falls downwards is shaped, wherein the nozzles are arranged such that liquid and/or steam which exits through them hits the cereal grain below the flow guidance device whilst the cereal grain is in freefall.
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