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

Claim 13:
14. A seed treater comprising:
a treater body defining a mixing chamber, having a vertical axis, in which seeds and seed treatment are mixed, the treater body including
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 and including a fin configured to facilitate mixing of the seeds and the seed treatment within the mixing chamber, wherein the fin defines an internal flow passage configured to deliver forced fluid through the fin and into the mixing chamber.