Rice polisher, pre-polished rice producing apparatus, leveling device and pre-polished rice producing facility
US6752072B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB02B7/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A rice polisher for polishing rice, which is a preprocess necessary for producing pre-white rice having a favorable taste by using a small amount of water, a pre-polished rice producing apparatus that uses the rice polisher, a leveling device capable of uniformly leveling grains, and a pre-polished rice producing facility. The rice polisher includes a grain-lifting spiral for transporting white rice above from below, a water-pouring port for pouring polishing water, the water-pouring port being disposed at a head portion, a discharge port for discharging the white rice, the discharge port being disposed at the head portion, and a rice-polishing roll for polishing rice by agitating together with the polishing water poured from the water-pouring port the white rice pressurized by transportation by the grain-lifting spiral, with the polisher discharging from the discharge port the white rice that has been polished.
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