Measuring and testing – Moisture content or absorption characteristic of material – By desiccation or extraction
Patent
1976-09-07
1978-06-20
Ruehl, Charles A.
Measuring and testing
Moisture content or absorption characteristic of material
By desiccation or extraction
100110, G01N 504
Patent
active
040954595
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for use in determining the moisture content of fodder, more particularly ensilage, by subjecting a given weight of ensilage to a predetermined pressure to force moisture from the ensilage. The apparatus includes a hollow cylinder which is removably supported on a bottom plate, which plate is in turn removably mounted on a base. A plurality of small diameter openings are formed in the walls of the cylinder and through the hollow plate. These openings provide passages through which liquid forced out of the fodder can escape from the cylinder. A piston which is free to move within the hollow cylinder is operatively connected to a source of power to apply pressure to the ensilage placed in the cylinder between the piston and the bottom plate. Once all the liquid that can be squeezed out of the ensilage by the application of a given force has in fact been squeezed out, removal of the bottom plate and the application of a small force on the piston will drive out the plug of remaining ensilage through an opening in the base substantially equal in diameter to that of the cylinder so that plug can be weighed to determine the amount of liquid forced from it.
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