Sam Stein Associates, Inc.

Douglas O Deal

Michael E Miller

Robert C Morley

The apparatus of this invention provides a mixing pot, open at the top, into which are simultaneously discharged a measured amount of water and a measured amount of a finely divided dry mix of leavened batter forming material, herein called a batch. This introduction of a batch takes place quickly in about thirty to sixty seconds. At the same time a specially designed mixer cage is suspended in the mixing pot and rotated and orbited around the pot in a manner to agitate thoroughly all the contents. The completed batter is then quickly propelled mechanically to batter applicator apparatus.

Automatic tempura batter mixer

A vertical joint structure is shown extending longitudinally of a generally cylindrical housing encasing a screw conveyor for a breading machine or the like. The housing comprises two generally C-shape half portions formed of sheet metal and assembled by means of a novel joint structure along two longitudinal zones diametrically opposite in the housing. One half portion is fixed in the machine and the other half portion is movable toward and away from a tight fit of the joint structure with the fixed half portion. The distal edges of the movable C-shape half portion extend a short distance beyond a diameter of the housing at approximately a right angle to that diameter and are there bent downwardly and outwardly at an acute angle to a zone just at, or a little beyond, that diameter and there bent outwardly approximately radially of the cylindrical housing. This forms a first linear sealing surface at the acute angle portion. The distal edges of the fixed C-shape half portion approach the first linear sealing surface outside thereof and parallel to the same acute angle to a zone close to the first mentioned zone and are there bent outwardly parallel to the previously mentioned radially extending portions of the movable half portions. This forms a second linear sealing surface parallel to the first linear sealing surface. An arrangement is provided to clamp the two sealing surfaces tightly together.

Leak free housing for vertical screw conveyor

A filter is provided for removing particles entrained in a liquid, this filter comprising an endless fine mesh filter belt which is relatively short and which moves slowly over a supporting plurality of generally cylindrical rolls. This belt is a single layer of generally delicate woven metallic mesh and is provided with special means for moving and tracking the belt. This moving and tracking structure includes a link belt endless chain outside of each longitudinal side edge of the belt, these chains being rigidly attached over the adjacent edge of the belt. The belt can be held to its desired path around all of the supporting rolls and, preferably, over a suction box and past a cleaning point and returning to a starting point with no sensing devices, no special tracking rolls or tenter rolls, without powered devices, and with a minimum of close tolerance machining.

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Bellevue, OH, United States of America

Douglas O Deal