Patent · US Expired

Mill roll

US4391026A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1981
Grant dateJul 5, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB30B9/20
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A mill roll includes a roll body, a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves formed in the periphery of the roll body, a plurality of channels extending axially through the roll body at positions inwardly of the grooves, a plurality of inserts fitted within the roll body at the radial bottoms of the grooves, and each insert having extending substantially radially therethrough an opening connecting the respective groove with a respective channel. Each opening has an elongated, substantially rectangular circumferential cross-section with a longer dimension extending substantially circumferentially of the roll body and a narrower dimension extending axially of the roll body.

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