Equipment for the improvement of the efficiency of drying shelled maize
AssigneeIntercooperation Kereskedelemfejlesztesi Rt.
InventorIstvan Slezak
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Abstract
Kernel corn is dried by piercing the pericarp prior to drying. Apparatus for doing this comprises means to feed the kernels in uniformly oriented relation to a needle cylinder with a stripping comb. The kernels are resiliently pressed against the needle cylinder by a resilient surface which may be either on a cylinder or an endless belt. Orientation of the kernels may be effected either between that endless belt and another endless belt, or else in a vibrating chute.
Claims3
Equipment for drying grains of shelled maize, comprising a pair of cylinders rotating in opposite directions about parallel axes, a multiplicity of needles extending radially outwardly from the cylindrical surface of one said cylinder toward but spaced from the cylindrical surface of the other said cylinder, the surface of said other cylinder being resilient, a stripping comb for removing grains of maize from said needles, and means for orienting grains of shelled maize so that their flat sides are substantially parallel to said axes and for feeding thus oriented grains of maize between said cylinders, said orienting and feeding means comprising a hopper that feeds to a chute that is closed on all sides, and means for vibrating one wall of said chute to orient said grains, the wall of said chute opposite said vibrating wall being stationary.
Equipment for drying grains of shelled maize, comprising a pair of cylinders rotating in opposite directions about parallel axes, a multiplicity of needles extending radially outwardly from the cylindrical surface of one said cylinder toward but spaced from the cylindrical surface of the other said cylinder, the surface of said other cylinder being resilient, a stripping comb for removing grains of maize from said needles, and means for orienting grains of shelled maize so that their flat sides are substantially parallel to said axes and for feeding thus oriented grains of maize between said cylinders, said orienting and feeding means comprising a pair of opposed coacting endless belts between which said grains are fed between said cylinders, one of said endless belts being longer than the other of said endless belts and extending about said other cylinder.
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