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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204636 | Granular and aggregate blending, cooling and screening rotary drum A rotary drum configured for the efficient blending, cooling, and screening of granular products having an outer cylindrical shell, an intake end, and an exit or discharge end. The rotary drum is normally rotated at a predetermined speed by a conventional drive pack... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7078003 | Device for the transfer of energy and/or matter between a soluble solid and a liquid The invention relates to a device for the transfer between a solid matter and a liquid, comprising an outer drum and a perforated inner drum, means for commonly rotating the drums, and means situated inside the inner drum for moving the solid matter. In between the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6217209 | Dry material and slurry processor A material processor having an enclosure with an ingress to receive material into the enclosure, and a discharge to remove material from the enclosure. A spindle is located in the enclosure, has a longitudinal spindle axis, and is rotatable about the spin... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6142095 | Machine for coating particulate material A machine for coating particulate material is provided with a housing and a cylindrical drum rotatably mounted within the housing. The drum includes a frame having opposite end rings and rails extending longitudinal between the end rings. A plurality of s... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6105533 | Drum for holding a particulate material, device having a drum and process for the production of the drum A drum for holding, moving and treating a particulate material is rotatable about its axis and has a metallic wall enclosing the axis and provided with perforation holes. A wire fabric has wires sintered to one another, rests essentially with its entire o... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6095035 | Dual drum food processor A food processing apparatus is disclosed that has a tank with an inlet end and an outlet end. The apparatus has at least two rotary drums received within an interior chamber of the tank, each communicating with the inlet end for urging a food product from... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6015228 | Dry material and slurry processor A material processor having an enclosure with an ingress to receive material into the enclosure, and a discharge to remove homogenous material from the enclosure. A spindle is located in the enclosure, has a longitudinal spindle axis, and is rotatable abo... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5927186 | Food breading apparatus A food breading apparatus for breading food components with a breading mixture includes a breading drum rotatable about its longitudinal axis wherein the longitudinal axis is inclined from horizontal. The drum includes an inlet opening located in an upper... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5855165 | Food breading apparatus A food breading apparatus for breading food components with a breading mixture includes a breading drum rotatable about its longitudinal axis wherein the longitudinal axis is inclined from horizontal. The drum includes an inlet opening located in an upper... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5778769 | Rice rinsing system A new rice rinsing system for cleaning natural grown rice without having to get hands wet. The inventive device includes a cylindrical water bowl having an open upper end, a closed lower end and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. A cylindrical shaft ex... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5733040 | Latch assembly for barrels A rotatable barrel assembly, generally referred to as a metal finishing barrel, includes a latch assembly that selectively secures or latches the door during a portion of the barrel rotation. In a preferred arrangement, a latch member of the assembly is w... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5704281 | Washing container A washing container using water and a rotatable brush for washing various granular food, and is especially applicable for medium and small size granular fruits. It is comprised of: a receiving barrel, a rotatable brush and an upper cover. Food is put in f... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5669288 | Rotating drum food processor with cleaning spray accessible panels A blancher or cooler has a drum made up of a plurality of stainless steel perforated panels. The drum is rotatably mounted within a water tank, and has an auger for progressing food products from an inlet to an outlet. The panels are bolted between C-chan... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5664489 | Food breading apparatus A food breading apparatus for breading food components with a breading mixture includes a breading drum rotatable about its longitudinal axis wherein the longitudinal axis is inclined from horizontal. The drum includes an inlet opening located in an upper... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5632195 | Food processing apparatus with non-straight lifting and agitating baffles A food processing apparatus having a tank with an inlet and an outlet, a liquid bath received therein, a rotary auger having a plurality of spaced apart flights for urging food product toward the outlet, and a baffle between a pair of adjacent auger fligh... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5613774 | Cooking pot enclosing rotatable spherical chamber A cooking pot enclosing a rotatable spherical chamber includes a pot body. A cover is provided on an open top of the pot body to define an enclosed space. A removable, spherical chamber assembly is rotatably suspended within the pot body by a pair of oppo... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5592869 | Open throat blancher with support braces A blancher having a tank and an elongate generally cylindrical and hollow perforate drum rotatably received in the tank with the drum including an inlet end plate with a food product inlet opening adjacent an end of a support core that is spaced from the ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5538630 | Waste water treatment apparatus employing a rotating perforated cylinder and baffles Disclosed is an apparatus for refining waste water. The apparatus includes a housing having an inlet for receiving the waste water and an outlet for delivery of refined water; a cylindrical drum member rotatably mounted in the housing, the drum member hav... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5531826 | Granular material coating apparatus The rotary drum has a cylindrical portion (tubular body portion) formed therein with vent holes. An annular duct is disposed at the outside of the cylindrical portion of the rotary drum in a manner to surround the cylindrical portion. This annular duct is... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5427015 | Drum with exterior frame for blanchers and coolers A cylindrical drum is rotatably mounted within a covered blancher or cooler water tank. The loads of the drum are supported entirely on an exterior frame formed of an inlet end plate and a discharge end plate and a plurality of linear support members whic... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5403395 | Reel for applying topical substances to base products An arrangement for the application of topical substances to base products. A rotatable star-shaped reel structure is rotated, in which a flowable base product is tumbled while being coated with the topical substance so as to ensure an appropriate uniform ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5346305 | Composting apparatus A rotary drum-type composting apparatus is disclosed, in which the drum is of circular cross section and is supported for rotation about a horizontal axis by means of external support wheels. An access opening is provided in the sidewall of the drum for l... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5341729 | Discharge for rotating drum blanchers and coolers A discharge chute extends between an auger and the discharge end plate of a perforated cylinder which rotates within a water-filled tank in a food processing apparatus such as a blancher or a cooler. The chute is fixed to the cylinder to rotate with the c... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5329842 | Combination blancher and cooler A water tank is divided into a heated compartment and a cooled compartment by an insulated baffle. A perforated cylinder is mounted within the tank and has a first segment which extends within the heated tank compartment and a second segment which extends... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5327817 | Food machinery with agitating flight auger A food processing apparatus such as a cooler, blancher, or cooker, has a water tank with a perforated wall drum cylinder mounted to rotate within the tank. Loose or pouch-packaged food product is introduced into the rotating cylinder and is advanced by th... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5301605 | Curd ripening apparatus The curd ripening apparatus comprises two perforated, semicylindrical baskets (12, 30), rotatably supported on a common horizontal axis, one within the other. Curds are poured into the inside basket, and the outside basket is then rotated of 180° with re... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5265525 | Automatic breader/sifter unit The invention is an automatic breader/sifter unit used to facilitate the application of a breading material to a food product. The unit includes a rotatable, horizontally-oriented drum that has an octagonal shape. The sidewalls of the drum include a large... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5226354 | Automatic breader/sifter unit The invention is an automatic breader/sifter unit used to facilitate the application of a breading material to a food product. The unit includes a rotatable, horizontally-oriented drum that has an octagonal shape. The sidewalls of the drum include a large... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5193444 | Apparatus for heating, cooking and roasting food A forced air oven for and a method of heating, cooking or roasting granular food, such as nuts, seeds and coffee beans. The apparatus houses a hollow cylindrical drum into which food is placed. A heated gaseous stream is forced through the inside of the d... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5184544 | Device for cleaning vegetable, rice and the like A device for cleaning rice or vegetable such as beans in a tank containing cleaning water is provided. The cleaning water is manually agitated. A removable basket having a perforated bottom is rotatably positioned in the tank. An agitator static with resp... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5146841 | Open-throat blancher A stainless steel tank has a hinged cover which closes over a cylindrical drum which is rotatably mounted within the tank. The drum has a stiff support structure with an inlet end plate and a discharge end plate and a plurality of linear support members e... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5119721 | Apparatus for producing washed rice A washed rice producing apparatus includes a frame; a first tubular member, arranged within the frame, for defining a rice-washing chamber therein for washing polished rice introduced therein from one end thereof, the rice-washing chamber having a dischar... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5050528 | Rotary drum granulating and coating apparatus A granulating and coating method featuring that a coating liquid and a binder liquid are fed into a rotary drum so as to carry out granulating and coating of a powdery and/or granular material, wherein the coating is performed while a gas is blown out to ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4856909 | Pharmacological dissolution method and apparatus Standardized tests of the dissolution rates of pharmacologic dosage units such as salicylic acid tablets, for example, are conducted by placing the dosage unit in a liquid-permeable cylindrical wire basket and rotating the basket in the solvent about two ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4264741 | Tiltable fermentor A tiltable fermentor includes a hollow perforated drum rotating within a generally cylindrical jacketed pressure vessel. The drum is cantilever-mounted and supported at one driven end by a shaft for rotation which is indirectly motor driven by means of an... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4183292 | Continuous flow system for equalizing the moisture content of moisture absorbing fruit products A system for controlling the moisture content of moisture absorbing fruit products to achieve a uniform moisture content of the product. The continuous flow of raw product in chip, diced, extruded or comminuted form initially enters a rotating reel where ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4154538 | Loading and unloading station for the chemical and/or electro-chemical treatment of mass-produced parts contained in a rotatable drum A loading and unloading station for the chemical and/or electro-chemical treatment of mass-produced parts contained in a rotatable drum, the rotatable drum having a cover which is displaceable in a direction parallel to its axis in a controlled, pre-deter... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4141957 | Apparatus for producing polymers of high molecular weight by the two-phase interfacial method Process and apparatus for producing high molecular weight polymers by the two-phase interfacial method comprising bringing two liquid phases containing polymerizable reactants continuously into contact with one another in a predetermined quantitative rati... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4081346 | Horizontal oscillating treating barrel apparatus An improved barrel-type treating apparatus comprising a framework, a foraminous treating barrel having an elongated opening supported at its ends on the framework, and a drive mechanism including a shaft on the framework having a driven gear at one end dr... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4051773 | Milling roll A milling roll for use in a rice milling machine for removing the bran coating from the exterior surface of the rice kernels, in which the rice kernels are caused to rub or roll against each other rather than between relatively moving surfaces. The millin... | 10/04/1977 |
