Apparatus and method for manufacturing pet food

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9095170
APP PUB NO 20120219675A1
SERIAL NO

13368183

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A manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method of pet food are provided. The manufacturing apparatus comprises a material inlet through which a kneaded material is fed, the kneaded material being obtained through kneading a raw pet food material; an extrusion molding section configured to extrude the kneaded material through an extruding outlet; a cutter configured to cut the kneaded material extruded through the extruding outlet at desired intervals to form material grains; a reservoir disposed in a location to receive the material grains falling due to the cutting; an agitating section provided in the reservoir and configured to agitate the material grains; a heating section configured to heat the material grains while the material grains are agitated by the agitating section; and a drying section configured to dry the material grains within the reservoir after the heating.

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITYTOTTORI COUNTY JAPAN
BCA&P CO LTD5-35-7 TSUKIGUMA 2-CHOME HAKATA-KU FUKUOKA-SHI FUKUOKA 812-0858

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Okamoto, Yoshiharu Tottori, JP 17 166
Tajiri, Masayuki Fukuoka, JP 18 339

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