公开(公告)号：US10376924B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US15440267

申请日：2017-02-23

申请人： Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

发明人： Kevin C. Cogan ,  Joseph H. Gold

IPC分类号： B07B1/28 ,  B07B1/46 ,  B07B13/16 ,  B07B13/07 ,  B07B1/06

摘要： A novel separation screen, a separation apparatus utilizing the separation screen, and a method for product separation are disclosed herein. The separation apparatus includes a housing defining a separation chamber having an inlet and a plurality of outlet orifices. A separation screen, which is located within the separation chamber, has a plurality of openings having fixed, non-uniform sizes. The separation apparatus also includes an adjustable feed placement device located upstream from the separation screen to direct a feed stream to a selected region of the separation screen to achieve a desired size distribution in each of the product streams.

公开(公告)号：US10807126B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US16445850

申请日：2019-06-19

申请人： Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

发明人： Kevin C. Cogan ,  Joseph H. Gold

IPC分类号： B07B13/16 ,  B07B1/46 ,  B07B1/28 ,  B07B13/07 ,  B07B1/06

摘要： A novel separation screen, a separation apparatus utilizing the separation screen, and a method for product separation are disclosed herein. The separation apparatus includes a housing defining a separation chamber having an inlet and a plurality of outlet orifices. A separation screen, which is located within the separation chamber, has a plurality of openings having fixed, non-uniform sizes. The separation apparatus also includes an adjustable feed placement device located upstream from the separation screen to direct a feed stream to a selected region of the separation screen to achieve a desired size distribution in each of the product streams.