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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Warner Wellman, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
ConAgra, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
241 861 ; 241 893 ; 99528 ; 99607 ; 99617 ;
Abstract
A milling system for cereal grains such as wheat includes one or more bran removal machines which removes a substantial fraction of the bran of the incoming wheat to form a pearled wheat. The pearled wheat is then supplied as a feed stock to a disc mill in the first break position. The bran removal machines preferably include inner and outer abrasive elements, wherein the outer abrasive elements extend over a cumulative arc of at least about 250 degrees. Because a substantial portion of the bran is removed prior to the first break position, prior art problems associated with bran fragmentation in a disc mill are reduced.