Tom J Martin

US Patent:

58200398, Oct 13, 1998

Filed:

Feb 3, 1998

Appl. No.:

/017835

Inventors:

Tom Martin - Mesa AZ
Hilbert Schramm - Amarillo TX

Assignee:

Biofoam Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

B02C 1912

US Classification:

241 7

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for removing hulls from milo berries is provided. The apparatus includes a first cylindrical shaped chamber having a plurality of abrasive grinding stones mounted on a shaft extending through the chamber. The outlet to the first chamber is connected by a suitable conduit to the inlet of a second, cylindrical shaped chamber having a plurality of wire brushes mounted on a rotor extending through the chamber. An aspiration system connected to the chambers removes hull particles that have been separated from the milo berries. As the milo berries sequentially pass through the chambers, the stones and brushes remove the hulls from the berries.

US Patent:

57135266, Feb 3, 1998

Filed:

Aug 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/512083

Inventors:

Tom Martin - Mesa AZ
Hilbert V. Schramm - Amarillo TX

Assignee:

Biofoam Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

B02C 1912

US Classification:

241 74

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for removing hulls from milo berries is provided. The apparatus includes a first cylindrical shaped chamber having a plurality of abrasive grinding stones mounted on a shaft extending through the chamber. The outlet to the first chamber is connected by a suitable conduit to the inlet of a second, cylindrical shaped chamber having a plurality of wire brushes mounted on a rotor extending through the chamber. An aspiration system connected to the chambers removes hull particles that have been separated from the milo berries. As the milo berries sequentially pass through the chambers, the stones and brushes remove the hulls from the berries.