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US 6,293,478 B1Granted
Milling device with double milling passage, apparatus using the device, and method using the device
AssigneeOcrim S.p.A.
InventorFilippo Livrieri
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Abstract
Device for milling food products, including two separate milling passages and a sifting member (18, 19) interposed between the two milling passages. The sifting member (18, 19) includes a rotating member (18) which affects the product that leaves the first milling passage so as to propel it against a screening surface (19). The apparatus uses a plurality of devices and the method uses the device.
Claims20
A device for milling cereals, said device comprising:
- an upper pair of milling rollers;
- a lower pair of milling rollers disposed below said upper milling rollers;
- a sifting mechanism disposed between said upper milling rollers and said lower milling rollers such that the cereal ground by said upper milling rollers is sifted by said sifting mechanism, wherein a portion of the cereal sifted by said sifting mechanism is ground by said lower milling rollers,
- said sifting mechanism comprising a screening surface and a rotating member provided with a plurality of radially protruding bodies for engaging the cereal ground by said upper milling rollers and propelling the cereal against said screening surface,
- wherein, upon rotation of said rotating member, said radially protruding bodies move in a circular motion and contact said screening surface so as to perform a skimming operation in order to separate the cereal into a portion that passes through said screening surface and a screened portion that does not pass through said screening surface.
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