Apparatus and method for variable sizing of particulates

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10857539
APP PUB NO 20200122107A1
SERIAL NO

16163122

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A particulate sizer includes an infeed for receiving a plurality of particulates, a first roller, and a second roller. The first and second rollers break down the plurality of particulates as the plurality of particulates passes through a gap between the first and second rollers. The width of the gap varies along a length of the first and second rollers. Accordingly, the first and second rollers compress some particulates to a first size and compress other particulates to a second smaller size. In addition, each of the first and second rollers has a textured outer surface for carrying the plurality of particulates through the gap.

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GENERAL MILLS INCNUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BOULEVARD PO BOX 1113 M04-A MINNEAPOLIS MN US 55426

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Fiegen, Adam St. Louis Park, US 4 8
Marks, David Ray Blaine, US 1 1
McCalley, Rodney Carver, US 4 5
Stenvik, Ralph A Plymouth, US 31 48

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