Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for variable sizing of particulates
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Application No.: US16163122Application Date: 2018-10-17
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Publication No.: US10857539B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Adam Fiegen , David Ray Marks , Rodney McCalley , Ralph A Stenvik
- Applicant: General Mills, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: General Mills Inc.
- Current Assignee: General Mills Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
- Agent Gregory P. Kaihoi, Esq.
- Main IPC: B02C4/30
- IPC: B02C4/30 ; A23P10/25 ; B01J2/22 ; B28B3/14 ; B28B3/16 ; B30B3/00 ; B30B3/04 ; B30B11/16 ; B02C4/08 ; B30B15/30

Abstract:
A particulate sizer includes an infeed for receiving a plurality of particulates, a first roller, and a second roller. The first and second rollers break down the plurality of particulates as the plurality of particulates passes through a gap between the first and second rollers. The width of the gap varies along a length of the first and second rollers. Accordingly, the first and second rollers compress some particulates to a first size and compress other particulates to a second smaller size. In addition, each of the first and second rollers has a textured outer surface for carrying the plurality of particulates through the gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200122107A1 Apparatus and Method for Variable Sizing of Particulates Public/Granted day:2020-04-23
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