Patent ID: 6398036
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B07B

Abstract:
A table separator suitable for separating degerminated corn into at least one endosperm fraction output stream having a predominant concentration of endosperm and at least one germ fraction output stream having a predominant concentration of germ, comprising:a tray positioned so one end is inclined and said tray is mounted for oscillating movement directionally upward and toward the top of the incline to separate the degerminated corn into said fractions; a plurality of spaced-apart depressions aligned in a linear array in the surface of the tray, said depressions having one straight end, an opposite curved end and generally parallel sides, the depressions having a generally planar bottom that defines the depth of the depressions, which bottom extends generally downwardly from the curved end to the straight end, the depression depth relative to the surface adjacent the straight end being in the range of about 1.5 millimeters to about 6.0 millimeters and the depth of the depression at the curved end being about zero.