Processing food or fodder

US6523988B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Buhler AG · CH

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Berdais · Konstanz, DE
• Markus Meyer · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Stefan Rutishauser · Sankt Gallen, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 1999
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2003
• Expiry date: May 27, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S366/603
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for processing foodstuffs or feedstuffs exhibits a conditioning device (2, 3) encompassing a mixing chamber (3) over a retention chamber (2), which are interconnected. Each chamber has a rotor shaft (4, 6) that extends lengthwise into the chamber, and each rotor (4, 6-8) is equipped with the corresponding tools (7, 8) all around the shaft (4, 6). The retention chamber (2) exhibits a second shaft (5), whose tools (7) intermesh for purposes of joint conveyance.