EP0550524B1 - Oberflächen-abriebbehandlung für kleine gegenstände - Google Patents

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EP0550524B1
EP0550524B1 EP91916761A EP91916761A EP0550524B1 EP 0550524 B1 EP0550524 B1 EP 0550524B1 EP 91916761 A EP91916761 A EP 91916761A EP 91916761 A EP91916761 A EP 91916761A EP 0550524 B1 EP0550524 B1 EP 0550524B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B02—CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING
    • B02B—PREPARING GRAIN FOR MILLING; REFINING GRANULAR FRUIT TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS BY WORKING THE SURFACE
    • B02B3/00—Hulling; Husking; Decorticating; Polishing; Removing the awns; Degerming

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  • This invention relates to apparatus and method for use in the surface abrasive treatment of small objects, for example, seeds, including cereals, legumes, nuts and the like; cleaning aggregate and objects of wood, plastics, mineral or metal.
  • Apparatus for such purpose has also been proposed in GB-A-2225522 which comprises, in combination: a chamber; means for providing an abrasive moving bottom which passes under a transverse wall of the chamber; an inlet for objects to be abraded; and an outlet for abraded objects, arranged so that in use objects recirculate in said chamber and material removed from said objects passes under the transverse wall.
  • the chamber has a top, opposed to the bottom, the top being sufficiently close to the bottom that, in use, pressure is exerted on the recirculating objects to press the lowermost objects against the bottom.
  • apparatus for use in the abrasion of small objects to remove surface material therefrom comprising in combination: a chamber; means for providing an abrasive moving bottom which passes under a transverse wall of the chamber; an inlet for objects to be abraded; means for feeding objects from or through the inlet into the chamber; and an outlet for abraded objects, arranged so that in use, objects recirculating in said chamber and material removed from said objects pass under the transverse wall, the chamber having a top, opposed to the bottom, characterised by auger means in the inlet to generate pressure in the chamber between the top and the bottom, which pressure on the recirculating objects presses the lowermost objects against the bottom.
  • the means for feeding particles is an auger or the like. Sufficient pressure may be generated by use of the auger, that pressure is generated over a larger area in the chamber thereby improving the efficiency of the apparatus.
  • the apparatus preferably includes means for restricting the flow of abraded objects from the outlet in which case the pressure generated depends on a balance between the effect of the auger (e.g. its speed of rotation) and the degree of restriction of the outlet.
  • the invention also extends to a method of abrading small objects to remove surface material therefrom, the method comprising; supplying objects to a chamber having a top and an abrasive moving bottom which passes under a transverse wall of the chamber, so that objects recirculate in said chamber and material removed from said objects passes under the transverse wall; and removing abraded objects from an outlet to the chamber characterised by operating an auger in the inlet to the chamber to generate pressure between the top and the bottom, which pressure on the recirculating objects presses the lowermost objects against the bottom.
  • the means for providing an abrasive moving bottom may include an endless abrasive belt or a drum having a covering or coating of abrasive material.
  • Means are preferably included for drawing a vacuum outside the chamber, to remove material, abraded from the objects, from the means providing an abrasive moving bottom.
  • a chamber 2 is defined by a box 4 having side walls 6,8 and transverse walls 10,12.
  • a drum 14 (only part of which is illustrated) covered by an abrasive sheet 16 constitutes an abrasive moving bottom or floor of the chamber.
  • the top or outer surface of the sheet 16 has a coating of abrasive sand or grit.
  • the drum passes underneath the transverse walls 10, 12 and the side walls 6,8 with a gap 18 in between.
  • the gap between the transverse wall 10,12 and the drum 14 may be of the order of 10 thousandths of an inch (about 0.254 mm).
  • the gaps between the other walls and the drum are not so critical but are preferably of the same order.
  • the box has a semi-cylindrical top 20 which closes the chamber.
  • An inlet 22 extends from a hopper (not shown) into the chamber adjacent the side wall 6.
  • An outlet 24 is provided in the oposite side wall 24, spaced laterally across the drum. In a preferred arrangement the outlet extends in the side wall 8, from transverse wall 10 to transverse wall 12, and is thus adjacent the transverse wall 12. In other arrangements the outlet may not extend the full extent between the transverse walls but is preferably located adjacent the wall 12 towards which the drum rotates.
  • an auger 26 Under and thus partly in the inlet 22, and extending into the chamber 2, is an auger 26.
  • the auger 26 is rotated to feed small objects to be abraded from the inlet into the chamber 2.
  • the auger may be situated only in the inlet in which case it acts to feed the small objects through the inlet into the chamber.
  • the outlet is of reduced size compared to the cross-section of the chamber, so as to restrict the flow of objects leaving the chamber, such that a significant pressure is generated in the chamber, the pressure being contained by the top 20 of the chamber.
  • the pressure urges the objects against the abrasive surface of the sheet 16 on the rotating drum 14.
  • the pressure generated depends on the action of the auger, eg how fast it rotates, and on the restriction provided by the outlet. Pressure can be generated to urge the lowermost objects against the drum substantially right across the drum from the inlet to the outlet and over the full extent of the chamber from the wall 10 to the wall 12.
  • Small objects to be abraded are loaded into the hopper and fed to the inlet 22.
  • the small objects may be grains of rice from which the outer layers, part or all of the bran layers, are to be removed.
  • drum 14 is run to produce a surface speed of about 10 metres/sec.
  • Rice grains are fed via the inlet 22 into the chamber.
  • the grains are transported by the auger across the chamber to generate pressure as described above.
  • the grains recirculate under the action of the drum, in the direction of the arrows in Figure 3, so that they contact the drum 14 repeatedly and an outer layer of the objects is removed.
  • the shaft 42 of the auger extends right across the box 4 into a bearing in the side wall 8, although the auger 26 extends only partly across the box.
  • Optional paddles 44 extend approximately radially from the shaft 42 for rotation therewith to ensure rotation of the grain in the chamber.
  • baffles 28 form a plenum chamber 30 with the transverse walls 10,12. A partial vacuum is drawn in the plenum chamber via an outlet (not shown) so that air is drawn in via the slot 18 removing material from the drum 14.
  • a similar wall 28 forms a plenum chamber adjacent the other transverse wall 10 so that the apparatus may be operated with the drum 14 rotating in either direction.
  • two chambers 2 are positioned back to back across the drum, with their inlets adjacent or common and their outlets at opposite edges of the drum.
  • Left and right hand augers are rotated on the same shaft to transfer the small objects in opposite directions to towards the respective outlets.
  • the gap 18 is sufficiently small, that only material which has been removed passes through. Thus in the case of polishing rice, any "fines" caused by grains breaking, will remain with the rice and not pass into the bran. In this way, the surface material is removed from and separated from the small objects.
  • the gap 18 is as small as possible preferably, for example, 10 thousandths of an inch. The gap would not normally be larger than 30 thousandths of an inch.
  • the top 20 contains the pressure generated between the auger and the restricted outlet, to press the lower objects against the drum 14.
  • the lid illustrated is shaped to accommodate the auger, but may be rigid or flexible, planar or shaped. A flexible lid may be subjected to pressure on its side exterior to the chamber, and thus act as a diaphragm.
  • closure members are provided in the form of a flap 32.
  • the flap is pivotally mounted by pins 34 on a plate 36 so that it may close the outlet 26 as illustrated in Figure 1, or may open the outlet (not illustrated).
  • the flap 32 is operated by a rod 38, pivotally attached thereto by a pin 38a and block 40.
  • the flap is biased towards the closed position, for example, by pneumatic pressure (not illustrated) or by a system of weights and levers (not illustrated).
  • the force on the flaps 36, 38 affects the amount of work applied to the objects and thus the amount of material removed. Increasing the force on the flaps increases the amount of material which is removed.
  • the pneumatic pressure may be adjustable, as may be the weights.
  • a restriction to the flow of grain from the outlet 24 may be provided by a chute or tube, the lower end of which is fed by the outlet and from the upper end of which the grain is collected.
  • the height of the chute or tube which may be adjustable, partly determines the restriction.
  • the drum is coated directly with an abrasive material.
  • the drum may be replaced with an endless abrasive belt stretched between two rollers.
  • An advantage of the use of a drum is opposed to the endless belt, is that the belt requires a backing plate which remains in the same place and becomes heated by the abrasive action of the belt on the objects, whereas the drum rotates in its entirety, giving each part of the drum an opportunity to cool between passes under the chamber.

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  1. Vorrichtung zur Verwendung beim Abschleifen kleiner Gegenstände zum Entfernen von Oberflächenmaterial, kombiniert umfassend eine Kammer (2), Mittel (14) zum Vorsehen eines abschleifenden bewegten Unterteils (16), das unter einer Querwand (10, 12) der Kammer (2) passiert, wobei die Querwand zum bewegten Unterteil so beabstandet ist, daß die Gegenstände nicht darunter hindurchlaufen können und deshalb in der Kammer umlaufen müssen, aber das von den Gegenständen entfernte Material darunter hindurchlaufen kann, einen Einlaß (22) für abzuschleifende Gegenstände, Mittel zum Zuführen von Gegenständen durch den oder von dem Einlaß in die Kammer und einen Auslaß (24) für abgeschliffene Gegenstände, so angeordnet, daß die Gegenstände in der Praxis in der genannten Kammer (2) umlaufen und von den genannten Gegenständen entferntes Material unter der Querwand (10, 12) hindurchläuft, wobei die Kammer ein dem Unterteil (16) entgegengesetztes Oberteil (20) hat, gekennzeichnet durch ein Schneckenmittel (26) im Einlaß (22) zum Erzeugen von Druck in der Kammer (2) zwischen dem Oberteil (20) und dem Unterteil (16), wobei dieser Druck auf die umlaufenden Gegenstände die untersten Gegenstände gegen das Unterteil (16) drückt.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Schneckenmittel (26) teilweise im Einlaß (22) und teilweise in der Kammer (2) angeordnet ist.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwei Schnecken (26) vorhanden sind, die von einer gemeinsamen Welle gedreht werden und zur Speisung getrennter Auslässe (24) angeordnet sind.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Welle (42), an der die Schnecke (26) montiert ist, über die Schnecke (26) hinaus zum Auslaß (24) hin verläuft und an der Welle jenseits der Schnecke Schaufeln (44) montiert sind.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Oberteil (20) eine Druck außerhalb der Kammer (2) ausgesetzte flexible Membran ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch Mittel (32) zum Einschränken des Stroms abgeschliffener Gegenstände aus dem Auslaß (24).
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Mittel zum Einschränken des Stroms abgeschliffener Gegenstände eine nach oben verlaufende einstellbare Rinne oder Röhre aufweist.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Mittel (32) zum Einschränken des Stroms ein Schließelement (32) aufweist, das gegen den Ausfluß abgeschliffener Gegenstände verstellbar vorbelastet geschlossen ist.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch ein Mittel zum Ziehen eines Vakuums (30) außerhalb der Kammer, um von den Gegenständen abgeschliffenes Material von dem ein abschleifendes bewegtes Unterteil (16) vorsehenden Mittel (18) zu entfernen.
  10. Verfahren zum Abschleifen kleiner Gegenstände zum Entfernen von Oberflächenmaterial von ihnen, umfassend Zuführen von Gegenständen zu einer Kammer mit einem Oberteil (20) und einen abschleifenden bewegten Unterteil (16), das unter einer Querwand (20) der Kammer passiert, wobei die Querwand zum bewegten Unterteil so beabstandet ist, daß die Gegenstände nicht darunter hindurchlaufen können und deshalb in der Kammer umlaufen müssen, aber das von den Gegenständen entfernte Material darunter hindurchlaufen kann, so daß Gegenstände in der genannten Kammer umlaufen und von den genannten Gegenständen entferntes Material unter der Querwand hindurchläuft, und Entfernen abgeschliffener Gegenstände aus einem Auslaß an der Kammer, gekennzeichnet durch den Betrieb einer Schnecke (26) im Einlaß zur Kammer zum Erzeugen von Druck zwischen dem Oberteil (2) und dem Unterteil (16), wobei dieser auf die umlaufenden Gegenstände ausgeübte Druck die untersten Gegenstände gegen das Unterteil (16) drückt.
  11. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10, gekennzeichnet durch das Einschränken des Stroms von Gegenständen aus dem Auslaß (24).
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, gekennzeichnet durch Ziehen eines Vakuums (30) außerhalb der Kammer (2), um von den Gegenständen abgeschliffenes Material von dem ein abschleifendes bewegtes Unterteil vorsehenden Mittel (18) zu entfernen.
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