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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:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tony L. Thomas, Worthington, OH (US);
William W. Wharton, Lancaster, OH (US);
Assignee:
J. E. Grote Company, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ; B02C 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ; B02C 1/900 ;
Abstract
A particulate, such as grated cheese, distributor for breaking up and distibuting clumps of cheese over a defined surface of a tiltable conveyor ( ). The distributor includes a housing ( ) with a throat axle ( ), with a plurality of radial paddles ( ), is positioned at the lower end of the throat to strike and break up the clumps of cheese in the charge and distribute the cheese over a wide area. The cheese particles follow trajectories that include a plurality of downwardly extending stationary rods ( ) spaced radially outwardly of the axle, and a shroud ( ) spaced radially outwardly of the stationary rods.