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Installation for producing green malt from barley and/or for storing and continuously dispensing green malt
OwnerChristian Konrad Numbergerinventor
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An installation for the continuous germination of barley into green malt includes a vertically disposed container through which barley progresses from top to bottom by gravity. A series of grids of parallel tubes extend through the container at spaced levels, with the tubes of adjacent grids being angularly offset from one another. The tubes carry a cooling medium to remove the heat of germination, and also act to loosen and turn over the slowly sinking barley, as well as to control the pressure acting on the column of barley. At the container bottom a dispensing device controls the outflow of green malt. Means may be provided for supplying air in the container and/or for withdrawing carbon dioxide. The installation may be used for the storage and dispensing of already germinated green malt instead of for the germination process itself.
An installation for continuously producing green malt from barley, comprising a container having a top with means for receiving barley, a plurality of superposed, substantially horizontal grids of stationary parallel hollow tubes extending between the walls of the container at different levels throughout the container, the tubes of adjacent grids being angularly offset in relation to each other, the tubes being connected in a closed circuit to a supply system for cooling medium, whereby the germinating barley may be cooled solely through contact with the tubes, and a bottom on the container including means for dispensing green malt.
An installation for continuously producing green malt from barley, comprising a container having a top with means for receiving barley, a plurality of superposed, substantially horizontal grids of stationary parallel tubes extending between the walls of the container at different levels, the tubes of adjacent grids being angularly offset in relation to each other, the tubes of each grid having a spacing such that the germinating barley grains form bridges between adjacent tubes in the manner of an arch, thereby lessening the load on the grain below, so that the tubes control the rate of descent of the barley grains and limit the pressure on the barley in the lower portions of the container, as well as loosen and turn over the grains during their descent, said tubes being connected to a supply system for cooling medium, and a bottom on the container including means for dispensing green malt.
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