Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – Rotary drums or receptacles
Patent
1996-11-25
1998-12-29
Ferensic, Denise L.
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
Rotary drums or receptacles
34595, 34424, F26B 1102
Patent
active
058528822
ABSTRACT:
The field of the invention is food drying apparatus and methods. In particular, the invention discloses a rotary dryer which dries food granules, such as rice, by rotation within a perforated cylindrical barrel, to prepare the rice for packaging. The dryer provides high velocity drying zones along its length, and high temperatures may be used.
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Supplemental EPO Search Report mailing date unknown (Search completion date (Feb. 11, 1997).
Kanamoto Sigeharu
Kendall John Hugh
Kumamoto Katsuyuki
Mohindra Ranvir Biki
Rutherford Duane Stephen
Ferensic Denise L.
Riviana Foods Inc.
Satake Corporation
Wilson Pamela A.
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