Patent · US Expired

Agitator paddle rotor for mash kettles

US5813761A · kind A · utility

2Cited by

6References

9Claims

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Assignee

Anton Steinecker Maschinenfabrik GmbH · DE

Inventor

Simon Redl · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 1996
Grant date	Sep 29, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12C7/065
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An agitator paddle rotor for mash kettles in brewing, the rotor being rotatingly arranged above the bottom of the mash kettle, comprising at least two radially extending agitator paddles of which each comprises at least one obliquely oriented paddle section. To obtain an effective thorough mixing, at least one paddle section has a front paddle portion which is the front one in rotational direction and which substantially ends in parallel with the bottom of the mash kettle, an upwardly oriented central paddle portion, and a rear paddle portion which is the rear one in rotational direction and is substantially oriented in parallel with the bottom of the mash kettle.

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