Seed treater
OwnerJerrel L. Whitedinventor
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Abstract
A drum for hanging from the ceiling constituting the floor of the second story of a grain elevator. The device is self-contained, and has top closure elements with a central feedhole, and a bottom closure element with a central discharge hole. It includes a rotary spreader and coaters, and an applicator, for spreading grains and mixing them, and for mixing fluid chemicals with the grains. Repeated mixing steps are performed. The grains are introduced into it from the second floor. It can receive the grains and chemicals from various sources including chutes from hopper bins, belts, and screws.
Claims19
A self-contained seed treater comprising,
- a drum having a surrounding wall and a top opening and a central discharge opening (56),
- a rotatable shaft mounted in the drum on a vertical axis,
- a spreader mounted on the shaft adjacent the top of the drum, and adapted to receive seed flowing downwardly through the top opening, and operable for throwing the seed outwardly into engagement with the surrounding wall, the spreader (90) having a bottom plate (92) which is of conical shape,
- an upper bowl below the spreader, and tapering downwardly and having a bottom opening, and being otherwise imperforate and secured to the surrounding wall without space between itself and the surrounding wall,
- whereby all the seed on the surrounding wall thrown from the spreader will flow into the upper bowl,
- the construction of the seed treater being such as to enable the seed in the upper bowl to flow through the bottom opening in the upper bowl and through the central discharge opening (56) of the seed treater into a receptacle, and
- the seed treater including power transmitting means operably connecting power means for rotating the shaft (68).
Apparatus for treating seed, comprising,
- a cylindrical drum having top and bottom openings, the bottom opening being a central discharge opening (56);
- the drum including means for mounting it on and below a floor in a building, and adapted to receive grains of different characteristics through the top opening, for mixing grains,
- the drum including means therewithin for mixing the grains in response to the fall of the grains through the drum,
- a spreader mounted on a shaft adjacent the top of the drum, and adapted to receive seed flowing downwardly through the top opening, and operable for throwing the seed outwardly into engagement with the surrounding wall, the spreader (90) having a bottom plate (92) having a conical shape,
- the spreader (90) bottom plate (92) having vertical blades (94) opening radially outwardly following the downward slope of the bottom plate (92),
- and the apparatus including power means mounted on the drum for operating the mixing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.