Method for controlling moisture in flour
Abstract
Abstract UNIFORM MOSITURE CONTROL IN FOUR IS ACHIEVED BY INTRODUCING FLOUR AND AIR UNDER PRESSURE INTO THE TOP OF A VERTICALLY ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL BIN IN A MANNER TO DISPERSE THE FLOUR UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CROSS SECTION THEREOF, THE FLOUR THEREAFTER BEING PERMITTED TO FALL DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE BIN UNDER THE FORCE OF GRAVITY. A CONTROLLED AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE FORCE OF AN ATOMIZED MIST IS INTRODUCED AXIALLY OF THE BIN AT A POINT BELOW THE LEVEL AT WHICH THE FLOUR IS INTRODUCED. THE FLOUR AND THE MIST ARE PERMITTED TO FALL TOGETHER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN, WHEREBY THE INDIVIDUAL GRANULES OF FLOUR CAN ABSORB THE WATER WITHOUT ANY CHANGE IN THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND WITHOUT THE FORMATION OF ANY PARTICLES OF DOUGH.
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- 👤 George M Lowery
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