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US 5,675,910 AGranted
Recirculating batch peanut drying apparatus
AssigneeLee E. Norris Construction & Grain Co., Inc.
InventorsLee E. Norris, Daniel L. Norris, Aaron L. Norris
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Abstract
A recirculating batch peanut drying apparatus including a drying station for heating the peanuts, a tempering station for cooling the peanuts after heating, and a recirculating device which transports the peanuts in a continuous flow between the drying station and the tempering station.
Claims2
A method for drying peanuts comprising the steps of:
- heating the peanuts in a drying enclosure;
- discharging the heated peanuts from said drying enclosure to a tempering enclosure;
- drawing cooler air through said tempering enclosure to cool the peanuts;
- and
- recycling the peanuts from said tempering enclosure to said drying enclosure for an additional heating step followed by said cooling step in said tempering enclosure.
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A method for drying peanuts comprising the steps of:
- heating the peanuts in a first drying enclosure;
- discharging the heated peanuts from said first drying enclosure to a first tempering enclosure;
- drawing cooler air through said first tempering enclosure to cool the peanuts;
- discharging the cooled peanuts from said first tempering enclosure to a second drying enclosure;
- re-heating the peanuts in said second drying enclosure;
- discharging the re-heated peanuts from said second drying enclosure to a second tempering enclosure;
- and
- drawing cooler air through said second tempering enclosure to cool the peanuts.
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