Food product finisher
AssigneeBrown International Corporation
InventorsRonald C. Bushman, Robert S. Thompson
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Abstract
A food product finisher includes a finisher housing and screen supported by the housing. A rotor driven within the screen has an inlet section with inlet vanes of reduced diameter in a steep helical configuration. The inlet vanes are joined continuously into body vanes of full height and less steep helical configuration on the body of the rotor. Steps or transition sections may be provided in the vanes. The vane configuration provides uniform loading of the vanes, high efficiency and reduced power consumption.
Claims18
A food product finisher comprising:
- a finisher housing;
- a rotor rotatably supported on the housing and having a rotor inlet section and a rotor body section, with the rotor inlet section having an inlet section root diameter, and a plurality of inlet vanes curving at a first pitch angle, and with the rotor body section having a body root diameter equal to the inlet section root diameter, and with the rotor body section having a plurality of body vanes curving at a second pitch angle which is constant over the length of the rotor body, and which is less than the first pitch angle;
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- a screen on the housing surrounding the rotor.
A food product finisher comprising:
- a finisher housing;
- a screen supported by the housing;
- a rotor rotatably supported substantially within the screen, the rotor including a plurality of vanes, with each vane having an inlet section, a first transitional section joined to the inlet section, a first body vane section joined to the first transitional section, a first helical vane section joined to the first body section, a second transitional section joined to the first helical vane section, a central body vane section joined to the second transitional section;
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- a motor on the housing linked to the rotor for rotating the rotor within the screen.
In a food product finisher of the type having a rotor rotatably supported within a screen on a finisher housing, and a motor for turning the rotor, the improvement comprising:
- the rotor having a plurality of vanes, with each vane having:
- an inlet section;
- a first transitional section joined to the inlet section;
- a first body vane section joined to the first transitional section;
- a second transitional section joined to the first body vane section;
- a second body vane section joined to the second transitional section;
- a third transitional section joined to the second body vane section;
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- a third body vane section joined to the third transitional section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.