Germinating tank for germinating and softening of malt
OwnerPaul Beyerinventor
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Abstract
A germinating tank for germinating and softening malt supported on a grating. An aerating chamber in the germinating tank below the grating. Spray cleaning nozzles operatively mounted on a carriage which is movable under the grating. The spray cleaning nozzles spray cleaning fluid onto the grating from below and onto the floor of the aerating chamber from above.
Claims15
A germinating tank for germinating and softening malt supported on a grating, said tank having an aerating chamber situated below the grating, the improvement comprising in combination,
- spray cleaning means operatively movably mounted in said tank below said grating;
- a cleaning fluid high pressure source;
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- at least partially flexible conduit means connecting said fluid high pressure source to said spray cleaning means;
- whereby said spray cleaning means is adopted to spray cleaning fluid onto said grating and into said aerating chamber;
- said spray cleaning means include a carriage movable operatively mounted in said aerating chamber, at least a pair of spray pipes supported on said carriage and being connected to said fluid high pressure source, one of said spray pipes conducting fluid to be sprayed upwardly and the other spray pipe conducting fluid to be sprayed downwardly.
A germinating tank for germinating and softening malt supported on a grating, said tank having a aerating chamber situated below the grating, the improvement comprising in combination,
- a cleaning fluid high pressure source;
- said aerating chamber is divided into a plurality of sub-chambers;
- separate horizontal spray cleaning means operatively movably mounted in each sub-chamber below said grating in said tank, and
- common drive means operatively connected to said separate spray cleaning means for operatively driving each spray cleaning means in the corresponding sub-chamber;
- at least partially flexible conduit means connecting said fluid high pressure source to said spray cleaning means;
- whereby said spray cleaning means is adopted to spray cleaning fluid onto said grating and into said sub-chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.