Apparatus for the treatment of milling products
OwnerLars Obitzinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for treating milling products to recover steam energy which includes a rotor having at least one pocket therein which is rotatably mounted within a housing so that the pocket is sequentially brought into open communication with a material inlet, milling product discharge opening, and steam outlet and wherein milling product received into the pocket when aligned with the material inlet is discharged through the milling product discharge opening and the steam separated therefrom thereafter discharged through the steam outlet. The discharged milling product is subsequently conveyed through a steam tight discharge device.
Claims23
In an apparatus for the treatment of milling products having a steam content which includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted in the housing, at least one pocket oriented in the peripheral surface of the rotor, the pocket functioning to receive milling product to be treated and which is introduced into the housing through a milling product inlet, said housing further including a steam outlet, the inlet and outlet communicating sequentially with the pocket as the rotor rotates about an axis within the housing, the improvement comprising, a milling product discharge opening, the at least one pocket having a radially oriented discharge opening which, upon rotation of the rotor between the inlet and the outlet, is brought into open communication with said milling product discharge opening, said milling product discharge opening being located between the inlet and the outlet, a steam tight discharge means, said milling product discharge opening communicating with said steam tight discharge means whereby the milling product is thrown centrifugally through said discharge opening as the rotor rotates and thereafter the steam content of the at least one pocket subsequently discharged through the steam outlet.
In an apparatus for the treatment of milling products having a steam content which includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing about an axis, a plurality of pockets provided in the peripheral surface of the rotor and functioning to receive milling product to be treated and wherein the milling product is rotated while steam is separated from the milling product, the housing further including a milling product inlet and a steam outlet which communicate sequentially with the pockets as the rotor rotates within the housing, the improvement comprising, a milling product discharge opening located through said housing between the milling product inlet and the steam outlet, a steam tight discharge means communicating with said milling product discharge opening, said plurality of pockets having radially oriented discharge openings which, upon rotation of the rotor between the milling product inlet and the steam outlet are brought sequentially into open communication with said milling product discharge opening whereby the milling product is thrown centrifugally through said radially oriented discharge openings into said milling product discharge opening as the rotor rotates after which steam from said pockets is subsequently discharged through the steam outlet, at least one grinding plate means mounted in the peripheral surface of said rotor and intermediate two of said pockets, at least one block means mounted within said housing and in opposing relationship to said peripheral surface of the rotor, means for urging said block means toward said peripheral surface of the rotor, and grinding means carried by said block means for engaging said grinding plate means of the rotor as the rotor rotates within the housing.
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