Grain bulk densifying die apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9750268
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15132991

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An apparatus and method for processing grain material to generate a consistently high densified grain with a desired length, shape and size. The densified grain processing apparatus comprises a die assembly, a cooling assembly and a break-off assembly. The method includes receiving the grain material by the die assembly and forcing the grain material through an extrusion passageway that evenly distributes the grain material into a plurality of orifices thereby producing a high density shaped grain before the grain material exits the die assembly. A coolant is pumped to a coolant passage by means of an at least one pump and cools the shaped grain by passing the shaped grain through at least one of the cooling tube inside a cooling chamber. The break-off assembly then breaks off a predetermined length of the shaped grain.

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NATIONWIDE 5 LLC1501 M STREET P O BOX 347 ORD NE 68862

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Thomas, Michael Ray St. Clair, US 6 21

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