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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeremiah W Polston, Bennettsville, SC (US);
Raymond J Pitre, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Helmut Bohm, Asten, AT;
Assignee:
Beloit Technologies, Inc., New Berlin, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162242 ; 162248 ; 162249 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for use in a displacement batch digesting process is provided which reduces the amount of equipment required to carry out an efficient displacement batch digestion process. Specifically, an apparatus and method are disclosed which eliminates the need for separate warm fill pumps, hot fill pumps and further which consolidates the cool pad pump, displacement pump and dilution pump functions into a single booster pump. Still further, the recirculation pump and discharge pump functions are consolidated into a single pump.