Patent ID: 11917935
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A seed treater comprising:
a treater body defining a mixing chamber in which seeds and seed treatment formulations are mixed, the mixing chamber having a vertical axis, wherein the treater body includes
a stator having an annular upper inner surface extending around the vertical axis of the mixing chamber and defining an upper portion of the mixing chamber, and
a rotor having a generally concave inner surface below the annular upper inner surface of the stator and defining a lower portion of the mixing chamber, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the stator about the vertical axis of the mixing chamber so that seeds within the lower portion of the mixing chamber flow upward along the generally concave inner surface to the annular upper inner surface of the stator; and

a baffle coupled to the treater body, wherein the baffle includes a fin that is selectively movable relative to the treater body and the mixing chamber to adjust an extent to which the fin extends into the mixing chamber during said mixing of the seeds and the seed treatment formulations within the mixing chamber to facilitate mixing of the seeds and the seed treatment formulations within the mixing chamber.