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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Roy Peterson, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Stephen E. Beavers, Cleveland, TN (US);
Jonathan Hipps, Bidd Lake, NJ (US);
Peter T. Kashulines, Jr., Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Michael Hill, Harrison, TN (US);
Barry D. Glazier, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Kenneth G. Weaber, Jr., Lancaster, PA (US);
Ronald P. Layton, Jr., Bangor, PA (US);
David J. Pontzer, Sparta, NJ (US);
Roy Peterson, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Stephen E. Beavers, Cleveland, TN (US);
Jonathan Hipps, Bidd Lake, NJ (US);
Peter T. Kashulines, Jr., Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Michael Hill, Harrison, TN (US);
Barry D. Glazier, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Kenneth G. Weaber, Jr., Lancaster, PA (US);
Ronald P. Layton, Jr., Bangor, PA (US);
David J. Pontzer, Sparta, NJ (US);
General Kinematics Corporation, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Abstract
A system, which may be used to perform simultaneous grinding and intimate mixing of edible fat-based slurries or emulsions, may include a cylindrical drum having a central longitudinal axis and a curved inner surface and mounted on springs, and a motor and tuned mass coupled to the cylindrical drum to vibrate the cylindrical drum about a center of vibration that is offset from the central longitudinal axis of the cylindrical drum. The system includes at least one pair of partition plates disposed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical drum to divide the cylindrical drum into at least two process zones, the partition plates of the at least one pair having matching apertures and moveable relative to each other between alignment and misalignment. The system may be used, for example, in chocolate manufacture.