US Patent 9320298 Cut extrudate dispersal hood

Patent 9320298 was granted and assigned to Wenger on April, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Patent Applicant

Wenger

Current Assignee

Wenger

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

9320298

Date of Patent

April 26, 2016

Patent Application Number

14875021

Date Filed

October 5, 2015

Patent Primary Examiner

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Seyed Masoud Malekzadeh

Patent abstract

A product-spreading hood assembly (10) for use with a die unit (128) includes a deflector (14) having wall structure defining a product inlet opening (90) and a product outlet opening (92); the deflector (14) is preferably generally frustoconical in shape and is supported by a housing (12). An optional air delivery assembly (16) allows air currents to be directed from the area of the inlet (90) towards outlet (92) to facilitate separation of discrete products. Advantageously, the air currents are delivered in a circumferential fashion about the die unit (128). Use of the hood assembly (10) serves to separate high moisture or “sticky” extrudates, thereby preventing agglomeration thereof.