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US 9,427,740 B2Granted
Vertical top-fed grain mill
AssigneeSatake USA, Inc.
InventorPeter Mathieson Matthews
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Abstract
A top-fed vertical grain mill which causes intermittent compression of grains while reducing potential overmilling. The top-fed vertical grain mill includes a resistor bar, a plurality of rolls having a smooth, metal vertical outer periphery on which a vertically-aligned stirring bar is positioned, and a bran removal cylinder having a plurality of perforations therethrough, which may be throughout or which may be below the bottom surface of the top-most of the plurality of rolls.
Claims18
A top-fed vertical grain mill, comprising:
- a vertical, rotatable main shaft having an upper portion;
- a roll assembly,
- the roll assembly having a plurality of rolls removably concentrically affixed to the upper portion of the main shaft,
- each of the plurality of rolls having a smooth, metal substantially vertical outer periphery, a horizontal round cylindrical body of common diameter, a top surface and a bottom surface,
- a vertically-aligned stirring bar provided on the outer periphery of each of the plurality of rolls;
- an internally-round, vertical bran removal cylinder concentrically positioned distant the outer periphery of each of the plurality of rolls, the bran removal cylinder having a plurality of perforations therethrough below the bottom surface of a top-most of the plurality of rolls;
- a resistor bar, the resistor bar substantially vertical and positioned on an interior of the bran removal cylinder;
- a grain inlet to a milling chamber between the roll assembly and the bran removal cylinder, the grain inlet above the roll assembly;
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- a overtails outlet from the milling chamber, the overtails outlet below the roll assembly.
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A top-fed vertical grain mill, comprising:
- a vertical, rotatable main shaft having an upper portion;
- a roll assembly removably concentrically affixed to the upper portion of the main shaft,
- the roll assembly having a plurality of metal rolls,
- each of the plurality of rolls having a smooth, metal substantially-vertical outer periphery, a horizontal round cylindrical body of common diameter, a top surface and a bottom surface,
- a vertically-aligned stirring bar provided on the outer periphery of each of the plurality of metal rolls;
- an internally-round, vertical bran removal cylinder concentrically positioned distant the roll assembly, the bran removal cylinder having a plurality of perforations therethrough;
- a resistor bar, the resistor bar substantially vertical and positioned on an interior of the bran removal cylinder;
- a grain inlet to a milling chamber between the roll assembly and the bran removal cylinder, the grain inlet above the roll assembly;
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- a overtails outlet from the milling chamber, the overtails outlet below the roll assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.