摘要 |
A vertically oriented pressure cooker for treating granular materials on a continuous basis. A cylindrical cooking chamber, having a flat bottom surface with a discharge opening centrally located therein, is at least partially filled with the material to be cooked, by introducing the material and pressurized steam into the top of the chamber. A vertical shaft is rotatably mounted within the chamber, and it has a pair of curved discharge arms secured to its bottom end, and a pair of leveling arms secured to it, proximate the upper part of the chamber. A cylindrical shield having a larger diameter than the diameter of the discharge opening surrounds the shaft. By rotating the shaft, a layer of material is transferred along the bottom surface of the chamber toward the discharge opening.
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