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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hanspeter Maier, Moerfelden, DE;
Klaus Zimmermann, Kornwestheim, DE;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F / ; A23F / ; A23F / ; A23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426453 ; 426285 ; 426511 ;
Abstract
A powder-form particulate material is agglomerated by feeding the material to obtain a particulate material flow, and steam is fed through a sintered plate so that a flow of steam issues from the plate coaxially about the particulate material flow and a flow of a gas is fed coaxially to and between the particulate material flow and the steam flow so that the particulate material is contacted with steam to wet and agglomerate the particulate material.