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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl A Holley, Riverview, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
425140 ; 264 401 ; 264117 ; 425145 ; 425222 ; 425232 ;
Abstract
In apparatus for spraying water on granular material in a rotating cylindrical pan and for compressing the mixture into pellets. A moisture sensor on said pan provide a signal to a programmable computer controller for providing a constant moisture content on the surface of the pellets. In one embodiment, a liquid nozzle is controlled by a control valve such as to maintain the constant moisture content. In another embodiment, a high intensity mixture is provided for mixing dry powder in varying amount with high moisture material to produce pellets having substantially constant surface moisture when discharged from the pelletizing disc.