Drying system
First Claim
1. A drying apparatus for use with a malleable material comprising:
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b) an airlock feeder operatively connected to receive air from said blower;
c) a main line operatively connected to the blower, wherein the main line comprises an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration cone; and
d) a polishing line operatively connected to the main line, wherein the polishing line comprises an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration cone.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for drying and reducing the particle size of malleable material. Preferred embodiments of the invention include a drying apparatus for use with a malleable material, comprising a blower, an airlock feeder, a main line which contains an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration chamber, a polishing line which contains an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration chamber, and a squid line blower for providing pressurized heated air to the apparatus. An alternative preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a method of drying and size reducing malleable material.
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20 Claims
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1. A drying apparatus for use with a malleable material comprising:
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a) a blower; b) an airlock feeder operatively connected to receive air from said blower; c) a main line operatively connected to the blower, wherein the main line comprises an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration cone; and d) a polishing line operatively connected to the main line, wherein the polishing line comprises an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration cone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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9. A drying apparatus for use with a malleable material comprising:
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a) a blower; b) an airlock feeder operatively connected to receive air from said blower; c) a main line operatively connected to the blower, wherein the main line comprises an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration cone; and d) a squid line blower adapted to provide pressured heated air to the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of drying and size reducing a malleable material, comprising the steps of:
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(a) feeding the malleable material with a first moisture content and first average particle size into an air stream; (b) allowing the material to enter a main line comprising an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration cone, such that particles of the material are reduced in size due to material-material collisions, and such that moisture is separated from the particles; (c) allowing the material to enter a polishing line comprising an accelerator, a conditioning chamber, and a dehydration cone, such that particles of the material are reduced in size due to material-material collisions, and such that moisture is separated from the particles; and (d) separating the material, having a second moisture content at less than the first moisture content, and a second average particle size less than the first size, from the air stream.
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