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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
Reading Bakery Systems, Inc., Robesonia, PA (US);
Jimmy Garfield Warren, West Memphis, AR (US);
Jeffrey L. Hardick, Bernville, PA (US);
Reading Bakery Systems, Inc., Robesonia, PA (US);
Abstract
A hydrator includes a dry module with a vertically oriented tube having a central axis, an interior, an upper inlet aperture, a lower outlet, and an inlet section including a dry inlet. A mixing segment includes a vertically oriented tube having an interior wall, a mixing-segment inlet at an upper end, and a mixing-segment outlet at a lower end. The mixing segment is vertically aligned with and sealingly connected to the outlet of the dry module. A rotating hydrator shaft has a liquid channel and a longitudinal axis aligned with the central axis of the dry module. Dry blades are disposed on and rotate with the hydrator shaft in the mixing segment. A hydrator nozzle is disposed on and rotates with the hydrator shaft and has a plurality of outlets in fluid communication with the liquid channel and open to the mixing segment for discharging liquid from the liquid channel.