Continuous preparation of brewers' mash

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS PREPARATION OF BREWERS'' MASH COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING HAVING AN BOTTOM THAT IS ROUNDED IN CROSS SECTION, A FEED INLET AT ONE END OF THE CASING, A DISCHARGE OUTLET AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE CASING, A CENTRAL SHAFT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN THE CASING, A PLURALITY OF DIVIDER DISCS SPACED APART ON SAID SHAFT AND HAVING THEIR EDGES IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CASING TO DEVICE SAID CASING INTO A PLURALITY OF TREATMENT ZONES, SAID SHAFT AND SAID CASING BEING ROTATABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER,SAID DISCS EACH HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, THE OPENING OF EACH DISC BEING STAGGERED IN THE DIRECTION IN WHICH SAID SHAFT AND SAID CASING ARE RELATIVELY ROTATABLE IN RELATION TO THE OPENING OF AN ADJACENT DISC FOR CONTROLLING THE PASSAGE OF GRIST AND WATER AS SAID SHAFT AND CASING ARE RELATIVELY ROTATED IN USE TO FORM A MASH CONTINUOUSLY FED TO SAID CASING AND CAUSED TO FLOW AS A STREAM IN LINEAR FASHION BY DISPLACEMENT FROM SAID FEED INLET TO SAID DISCHARGE OUTLET OF SAID CASING, MEANS FOR HEATING SAID CASING WHEREBY TO HEAT SAID ZONES TO VARYING DEGREE, MEANS FOR VENTING SAID CASING, AND MEANS FOR AGITATING SAID MASH AS IT FLOWS THROUGH SAID CASING.