Patent ID: 6129296
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B02C

Abstract:
A peg feeder apparatus for supplying moist grain introduced thereto from a source to crushing rollers of a flaking mill, the peg feeder comprising, a housing having an upper inlet end and a lower discharge end, opposite side walls, and front and rear walls, first baffle means mounted within said housing adjacent said inlet adapted to divert a flow of material into two separate streams along two separate flow paths within said housing, a pair of spaced second baffle means for diverting the two flow paths inwardly of said housing and toward one another, a pair of feed rollers mounted within said housing in spaced relationship with respect to one another and on opposite sides of a discharge exit defined between said feed rollers, and means for rotating said feed rollers in opposite directions with respect to one another so as to urge the two material streams toward one another such that the material streams merge as a combined stream and pass through said discharge exit from said housing.