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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen J Ejnik, Eldorado, WI (US);
Assignee:
Damrow Company, Inc., Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J / ; B01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426519 ; 99462 ; 99466 ; 241 98 ; 2411011 ; 366297 ; 366300 ; 3663251 ; 426582 ;
Abstract
A cheese processing vat of the type having a pair of interconnected generally cylindrical wall portions with agitator panels rotating therein to sweep generally cylindrical volumes includes agitator panels which are driven to rotate in opposite directions such that the panels move through a common swept volume between their axes of rotation in the same direction. The panels are mounted such that one panel leads the other during movement through the common swept volume.