Patent ID: 7981220
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: C13B,D01B

Abstract:
1. A split-cane apparatus for separating pith, rind, and epidermis components of a sugarcane billet, the apparatus comprising: a frame with a drive, the drive interconnected with a plurality of components arranged along a processing path; a pair of feed rolls operable in forcing the billet over a splitter blade; a first holdback roll and a first cutting roll, operable in removing the pith from the rind, and in flattening the rind; a deflector operable in removing pith remnants from the rind and directing the pith and pith remnants to a pith receiver; a second holdback roll and a second cutting roll operable in removing the epidermis from the rind; a shredder disc operable in shredding the epidermis and rind; and a tumbling drum operable in separating the shredded epidermis from the shredded rind.