Patent ID: 9709330
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: F26B

Claim:
1. A desolventizer toaster (DT) comprising: a housing containing a plurality of generally parallel, vertically spaced trays therewithin, a first set of the plurality of trays each having a peripheral edge engaging an inner surface of a wall defining the housing, and a second set of the plurality of trays each having an edge, generally concentric to, and spaced inwardly from said inner surface of said wall defining the housing, an annular baffle positioned inside of the housing and being configured to restrict fluid passage between the inner surface of the wall defining the housing and the edge of the trays in the second set of trays, thereby causing lower density fluid passing upwardly from said first set of trays and higher density fluid passing downwardly from said second set of trays to intermix.