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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:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
May. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon E Ettie, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Donald M Wilhelm, Novato, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Pellet Mill Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B / ; B29B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
425202 ; 264141 ; 425207 ; 425308 ; 4253812 ; 4253 / ; 4253823 ;
Abstract
A pellet mill for pelleting feed product, has a pelleting die with a plurality of extrusion holes for extruding the feed product; rollers, rotatable relative to the pelleting die, for forcing feed product through the extrusion holes; provision for intensively mixing and shearing the feed product before introducing the feed product to the pelleting die; and a device for positively conveying the feed product into the provision for intensively mixing and shearing.