US1663418A - Means for beating of bagasse for the imbibition of same in cane-sugarmaking industry - Google Patents

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, H. SEGUCHI v MEANS FOR BEATING OF BAGASSE FOR THE IMBIBITION .OF SAME IN CANESUGAR MAKLNG INDUSTRY Filed July 20- .1926

March 20, 1928.

Patented Mar. 20, 1928;

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My iinvention relates to improvements in means for beating bagassebetween two ad'- jacent series of milling rollers'for the purpose of thoroughly. saturating the' bagasse. 5 The-principal object oi this invention is-to I break and beat the compact mass of be asse as it is conveyed from one series of mi ling rollers to the next series of milling rollers by meansof apparatus designed to maintain a uniform-and complete mixing of'the'up- "per, midd1e and lower partsof'the layer of .compressed-bagasse with each other, and at the sa-me timea thorough and even sprinklingo'ffwater on all'parts of the bagassee.

" to'ultimately'e ffect a high degree of juice extraction. I

- ,Qther objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more readily apparent from the .fol-

lowing description [taken in connection with the drawings. I

In' the accompanying'drawings Fig. is a l vertical sectional view of an embodiment of the apparatus according to this invention ap- 'p1ied on thebagasse con yeyor between two adjacent series of crushing rollers. Fig. 2 is a front view of the rotatable beater which is designed to beat the bagasse during the sprinkling thereof.

I Heretofore it has been diflicult a3 main-' tain a uniform'and complete mixing of the upper, middle and lower partsofalayer of bagasse withxeach other, as bagasseonce crushed and extracted of juice by any one; series of crushing rollers while being con-j veyed to the next/ series of-crushing rollers in the form of a compressed mass always" maintained such'state andi'cou'ld notbe ef-- v 5 a fs'craper (5.)1sja'cu1ved plate-(7) of alength fectively sprinkled.

40 Moreover it has previously ficult to thoroughly saturate all .pai'ts of a layer of bagasse with, water, for by machines hithertoin use the water has been usually.

s'howeredonlyupdn the upper surface of a '4 layer of bagasse orsupplieditdboth the upper and lower surfiaces of the same. In the former case, thateis when the water was lower surfaces of the bagasS'e It WQul 11 reachrtheiiniddle part of the same in spiteba'ga-sse sothat not only was the efficiency of the saturation of the bagasse impaired butv also the extraction of juice was greatly decreased. v 1 a The important object of this inventionQisj .to eliminatethesedefects, that is, to achieve a uniform and complete mixing of 'the' up per, middle and lower parts ofa layer of bagasse with each other and at the same time' to gain a "uniform penetration of water I even through the middle part of a layer of bagasse so as to consequently permiigof a' highefiiciencyof juice extraction.

By this invention bag asse whichis sent forward from each series ofmilling rollers is effectively crushed and beaten bygeach heater and SiIJUltttneOHSly water is showered upon bagasse at two-places,jnamely, at the front and rear parts of the said beater.

In the accompanyingdrawings,two series of-crushlngrollers (1) (2) (3) are provide'd-ao while a bagasse scraper (4) attached to the upper millingproller (1) and'another" bagasse scraper. (5) is attached to the rear milling roller (3) -A:beater (6) forjthei' bagasse is provided thelength of the same being equal to that of the milling rollersjaiid isadapted to be rotated ata relativelyhigh speedlzofw-about 500 revolutions per minute- The" saidgfb beater is situated =at-the rear -end'oit escraper :(5) while arran ed beneath the said heater andsecure'd to lie correSponding-to'that" of the heater and scraper; Water supply pipe 's1(8)- are. nowj provided and are perforated longitudinally 79 and are; arranged above the'beateruand slightly in advance and rearwardly thereof 7 so-.as to thoroughly saturate-all of thefbagasse,.as itiis bein beaten. A curved cover-- 'ing and deflecting plate (9),gis supported o over the foremost pipe section (8 and the heater (6) to prevent dispersion ofg; the

.bagasse, which is pushed out backward irom the rotating beater (6). '1he,.p1ate'(9)" tarminates short of the rear so as not to interfere with e spr "of i-pe section .(8) 5 the beaten bagasse with water. In fact the curved end of the plate deflects the beaten bagasse to a point directly beneath the perforations in the rearmost pipe section (8).

' A bagasse conveyor (10) is arranged one sethickness, are of equal diameter and are keyed to a common shaft 12 and in addition are each provided with three holes disposed at equal distances with respect to each other. w

Between adjacent disks (11) there are inserted three steel beating heads (13) as shown in Fig. 2, having the desired length, width andthickness, and each has a hole of equal diameter to the holes on the disk (11). Through these aligning holes there are arranged three elongated bolt and nut arrangements (14:) (-15) (16) as shown in Fig. 1 and -F ig. 2 so as to hold the parts together as a unit.

The improvedapparatus is set up, and as the be'ater is rotated, bagasse which have:

been pushed out of'milling rollers will 'be beaten andi'bro'ken up'b the said heater,

whose speed is tentimes t at of the speed of ba-gasse after it has passed the end of the scraper (5). At the entrance and the exit of the beater the bagasse absorbs the water uniformly and completelyl After the mixing of the upper, middle and lower parts ;of the bagasse and thesaturation of the same with water the bagasse falls down on the bagasse conveyor (10) and is carried to the next-serles of nnlllng rollers.

It is-bcl'ieved in view of the foregoing .that a further detailed description of the inv'entionis entirely unnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages will be appreciated.

Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature of my said invention whatis claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is 1. Improved means for beating and saturating bagasse comprising in combination milling means, conveying means. situated rearwardly thereof, scraping means operatively associated with the. milling means, beat-mg means operatively arranged between the scraping means and conveying means, sprinkling means operatively arranged over the heating means and positioned slightly forwardly"and rearwardly thereof to effect thereon saturation of the bagasse at said points, and combined covering and deflecting means in operative 'relation witlrthe sprinkling and beatingmeans;

2. lmprmed means-as claimed in vclaim 1, wherein 'the heating means includes a rotatable rollenand connected to the rear of the scraping means and extending tothe lower portion of the conveyor ineans and curvedt'o formto the contour of the beater.

3. Improved means as claimed inclaim 1,- wherein the beating means includes a rotatable roller, a curved plate situated therebe neath, and wherein the sprinkling means includes longitudinally perforated pipes for sprinkling the baga sse as it enters-and leaves the beater.

4 Improved means for beatingand saturating bagasse'comprising in combination, milling means, beating means positioned rearwardly thereof, including a rotatable beat-in roller anda curved plate arranged beneat1 the'roller and. between which and the roller the bagae is beaten after it leaves the milling means, a sprinkling means positioned above the heater and including longitudinally perforated pipe sections for saturating the ba-gasse as itlente'rs and leaves the beating roller,-and a curved covering and deflecting plate connected to one of the pipe sections and arranged over said pipe section andthe beater, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

' HIROMU SEGUCHL-

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