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US 4,743,307 AGranted
Apparatus for processing sugar cane
OwnerWilliam Masoninventor
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Sugar cane is processed using an apparatus, which includes an input end with a comb back conveyor for controlling the quantity of cane passing to the remainder of the apparatus; an aligning; first cleaning and thin out section, where randomly oriented cane stalks are aligned and foreign bodies, especially stones and ferrous objects are removed from the cane; a billeting or cutting section for cutting the stalks into billets; a second cleaning section in the form of a cleaning tower in which vertically moving air is used to remove leaves, dust and any other trash from the flow of cane; a chute and pivotally mounted swing conveyor for distributing cane billets in an elongated, partitioned distributing hopper; a surge elimination chute; a billet aligner and delivery unit for delivering cane billets to a plurality of separators for separating the epidermis from the cane billets and separating the rind from the core; and a discharge section, including conveyors for discharging the separated material from the apparatus.
A milling drum comprising an elongated cylindrical body, a plurality of blade receiving slots formed in and extending longitudinally of said body for receiving milling blades, a milling blade positioned in each of said blade receiving slots, an additional slot formed in said body between each adjacent pair of said blade receiving slots, whereby the sides of said blade receiving slots may be flexed toward and away from each other for releasably securing said milling blades therein, means in said additional slots for causing said flexing of said sides for gripping said blades and securing said blades in said blade receiving slots, end plates for accurately positioning said blades in said body;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.